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Wednesday, 02 May 2018 23:50
The Meet Market – Athens Conservatoire
This May, the Meet Market returns to the fabulous venue of the Athens Conservatoire, Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th, with 70+ Greek brands of spring essentials in the ‘Ω2’ exhibition hall. Located 5 minute walk from Syntagma Square or Evangelismos, this super central venue is an architectural piece of art, a cultural landmark, and the perfect place for the Meet Market to kick off the spring-summer season.
Whether it’s a weekend stroll you’re after, a refreshing cocktail, a Greek Craft Beer, a coffee and a chat, a big scoop of ice cream, a spontaneous shop or a place to come meet up with friends or take your kids, join us because there is something for everyone including nonstop dj sets, plenty of creativity to admire and lots of free stuff to win at the central cashier.
A Weekend for Kids: Moms and dads, make sure you bring your little people because there’s lots going on for them too! And there will be plenty of shade from the hot days ahead to keep your kids cool while keeping them busy. For the first time this May, the Meet Market is doing a very special collaboration with the Hellenic Children’s Museum, located right next to the entrance of the Meet Market at the Athens Conservatoire. All kids are welcome to come and play all weekend long at the Hellenic Children’s Museum, or head downstairs to enjoy a puppet theater show, stretch their little bodies with Yoga for Kids, or get creative at our Doodling and Graffiti workshops!
It’s official. Spring has sprung. See you there!
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Thursday, 26 April 2018 09:54
6th Greek Exports Forum
.The Greek Exports Forum, the conference which has become an institution in the exports sector, is organized for the sixth consecutive year by the Union of Diplomatic Officers for Economic & Commercial Affairs (ΕΝΔΥ ΟΕΥ) and Ethos Events, in collaboration with banks.com.gr and ΗRIMA magazine.
The 6th Greek Exports Forum will take place on Thursday 10 May 2018 at the Athenaeum InterContinental Hotel.
This year’s conference aims to provide Greek exporters, especially those who wish to venture outside Greece for the first time, with useful tools and information which will help them reinforce their exporting activities and encourage them to target the most promising international markets
Registration Deadline: 7/05/2018
Registration Deadline: 7/05/2018
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Thursday, 03 May 2018 00:21
“Shifting Spaces”: Rea Stavropoulos & Iliana Theodoropoulou
FokiaNou Art Space is pleased to present a collaborative art exhibition between two artists, Rea Stavropoulos and Iliana Theodoropoulou.
Rea Stavropoulos is an “Athenian Florentine Londoner” in an age when the notion of nations, boundaries and allegiances shifts and becomes increasingly uncertain. The installation “Shifting Spaces” and related events is a dialogue with the city of her birth. Her “Secret Gardens” project has travelled across Europe since 2001, developing with each new space. It relates to the search for a personal space in the heart of a city and a place in the world, and to spatial relationships, constantly shifting physically, psychologically and metaphorically. The installation will be like the artist’s studio, a process of shifting spaces challenging us to “re-envision” the world, looking within and without.
Iliana Theodoropoulou‘s work, which began in 2005, also takes part in the dialogue, exploring spatial phenomena such as surfaces, rocks, walls and especially sidewalks or pavements, while observing the linear elements they create. This linearity is felt both as experience and inspiration, resulting in small abstract works that are grouped together and set in a grid. A second, more recent series of folded works which began in 2017 refer to autobiographical routes within Athens and focus more on decay, memory and absence. These pieces open and unfold, revealing an ephemeral moment that is the product of recording and editing.
Rea Stavropoulos is a British artist of Greek origin who works internationally. Currently based in London and Brighton, she continues to collaborate with arts organisations in Florence where she had a studio for 16 years. She studied Art in London (St Martin’s School of Art), Paris (Beaux Arts) and Florence and has exhibited her paintings, artists books and three dimensional works in private and public spaces all over Europe and in Brazil since 1976. Her practise involves collaborative projects, installations, teaching, lecturing, writing, curating, advocacy and campaigning for women artists. Her work is in private and public collections all over the world. www.reastavropoulos.com
Iliana Theodoropoulou is a visual artist from Athens, Greece. She has studied Surveying Engineering in Athens and Photogrammetry in London. She spent several years doing research and working in Berlin. Since her return to Greece, she has been exclusively working as a visual artist. Her main field is painting, where her work inhabits the border between abstraction and landscape painting, but she also explores the possibilities of photography and film. She has had two solo exhibitions and participated in several group shows. www.ilianatheodoropoulou.com
FoKiaNou Art Space is an artist-run project space in the intimacy of a small apartment in an old building in the center of Athens. The apartment has been transformed into an open space that encourages collaborative creative efforts between Greek and foreign artists, thereby promoting and supporting the local art community. The space hosts exhibitions, workshops and projects under the direction of two artists, Mary Cox and Panagiotis Voulgaris.
Hours: Thursday to Saturday, 17:00-20:00
Hours: Thursday to Saturday, 17:00-20:00
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Monday, 07 May 2018 16:01
Fun With My Mum
On Saturday May 12th, children and mums celebrate together!
We are waiting for you at Esperidon Square in Glyfada from 10:00 a.m to spend a wonderful day full of fun games, educational activities, surprises, gifts and plenty of competitions!
With the support of Kessaris School & Arial Fine Catering.
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Wednesday, 09 May 2018 09:43
Yoga Classes Every Saturday In Nea Smirni
Starting from Saturday, May 12th and every Saturday upon until July 21st, Yoga classes will be taking place at the Alsos of Nea Smirni !
The classes are open to for everone but remember to bring your own matress, towel and water.
See you there!
The classes are open to for everone but remember to bring your own matress, towel and water.
See you there!
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Monday, 07 May 2018 16:29
Join Us For Mother's Day At Hard Rock Cafe
Give Mum a break this Mother’s Day, we have face painting and animator for the kids, so she can sit back, relax and enjoy her lunch.
Kids can make some handcrafted artworks with our animator and offer them to their mum as gifts for that day!
For bookings and information contact us at athens_salescoordinator@hardrock.com or at +30 210 3245170
#MumRocks #ThisIsHardRock #MothersDayAthens #TreatMum
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Thursday, 26 April 2018 14:03
A Celtic Storytelling - Pot Of Gold
Following the highly successful series of performances of the 1st Panhellenic Fairytale Festival (2017), the "Pot of Gold" team sets off for a limited number of appearances in the hospitable scene of Art Space (Xoros Texnis)"14th Day", narrating musical legends and legends of Celtic tradition.
Starting from the excellent collection of Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916), the "Pot of Gold" group delivers with honest respect, but in a free and creative spirit with the form of musical narrations, the magical world of Celts, where lyricism meets power and romance!
In a dreamlike environment of innovative lines and musical compositions, multidimensional orchestrations, melodic interpretations and kinesiological excitements, the Pot of Gold team approaches with the sensitivity of a "seanchaidh" the inwardness and richness of this tradition which was lost in in the depths of the ages and attempts to make reality one with the imaginary element and coexistence of absolutely natural expressions of Celts idioms.
Performances:
Sunday 13/5/18
Sunday 20/5/18
Sunday 27/5/18
Sunday 3/6/18
*Perfomances will be held in Greek
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Wednesday, 11 April 2018 10:19
Platforms Project 2018
Platforms Project 2018 will be presented from 17 to 20 May 2018 at the “Nikos Kessanlis” Exhibition Hall of the Athens School of Fine Arts, including a rich and multifaceted program of lectures, videos andperformances by the participating teams. As an 'incubator' for young artists whereexperimentation, research and the structure of artistic identity is a continuous demand, the exhibition space of the Athens School of Fine Arts is the ideal choice for the PlatformsProject, the aim of which is to present the independent artistic scene, as it is expressed byartist run initiatives.
The project is directed by Artemis Potamianou and Michalis Argyrou. Artemis Potamianouis the artistic director of the Platforms Project 2018.The Platforms Project will be presented for sixth consecutive year aiming to map visualartworks as it is produced within the frame of artist group initiatives of young artists in theinternational art environment in order to find together solutions to contemporary fine artsquestions.Following the successful edition “Platforms Project - Independent Art Fair 2017”,featuring 42 platforms from 17 countries, enabling thousands of viewers to get contact with the independent art scene and artists' groups, Platforms Project 2018 will be the largest meeting of collectives-platforms of all previous years.
After receiving hundreds of applications from 24 countries in the open internet call, Platforms Project 2018 will feature 57 platforms from 17 countries, 41 cities, and more than 600 artists, creating a global network.
The aim of the Platforms Project is to be the core of creativity, showcasing the pioneeringpositions in art, and to develop relationships between the platforms. Thus, PlatformsProject has created within its six years of operation a global network of independent artistic groups and spaces in direct communication with each other. Along with the presentation ofthe Platforms Project 2018, a series of workshops, presentations, performances andworkshops will take place. The Platforms Project is not an impersonal event but a visual community full of energy, freshness, giving time and space to present alternative art thatcould not be expressed elsewhere.
The project is directed by Artemis Potamianou and Michalis Argyrou. Artemis Potamianouis the artistic director of the Platforms Project 2018.The Platforms Project will be presented for sixth consecutive year aiming to map visualartworks as it is produced within the frame of artist group initiatives of young artists in theinternational art environment in order to find together solutions to contemporary fine artsquestions.Following the successful edition “Platforms Project - Independent Art Fair 2017”,featuring 42 platforms from 17 countries, enabling thousands of viewers to get contact with the independent art scene and artists' groups, Platforms Project 2018 will be the largest meeting of collectives-platforms of all previous years.
After receiving hundreds of applications from 24 countries in the open internet call, Platforms Project 2018 will feature 57 platforms from 17 countries, 41 cities, and more than 600 artists, creating a global network.
The aim of the Platforms Project is to be the core of creativity, showcasing the pioneeringpositions in art, and to develop relationships between the platforms. Thus, PlatformsProject has created within its six years of operation a global network of independent artistic groups and spaces in direct communication with each other. Along with the presentation ofthe Platforms Project 2018, a series of workshops, presentations, performances andworkshops will take place. The Platforms Project is not an impersonal event but a visual community full of energy, freshness, giving time and space to present alternative art thatcould not be expressed elsewhere.
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Thursday, 17 May 2018 13:58
Big Bang Festival 4
The Onassis Cultural Centre-Athens presents for the fourth year a colourful music programme that consists of concerts, sound installations, parties, and workshops with unexpected surprises.
We invite young spectators (0-12 years old) to discover different kinds of music from all over the world in an unusual way.
Different? Crazy? Contemporary? Alternative? Any way you put it, the Big Bang Festival is waiting for you: multimedia concerts, creative use of objects not designed for music-making, as well as concerts with unexpected instruments.
You are not invited just as a spectator, but to also share the stage with musicians, create music, and mutually interact with what is more fresh in sound art and music today.
View the event's full schedule HERE!
We invite young spectators (0-12 years old) to discover different kinds of music from all over the world in an unusual way.
Different? Crazy? Contemporary? Alternative? Any way you put it, the Big Bang Festival is waiting for you: multimedia concerts, creative use of objects not designed for music-making, as well as concerts with unexpected instruments.
You are not invited just as a spectator, but to also share the stage with musicians, create music, and mutually interact with what is more fresh in sound art and music today.
View the event's full schedule HERE!
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Monday, 07 May 2018 12:51
Athens Military Music Festival
Against the backdrop of Zappeion, one of Athens’ most glorious neo-classical buildings, the Athens Military Music Festival brings two days of military orchestras, musicians, soloists and dancers from different corners of the globe.
For the first time in Athens, this musical parade combines military music, classical, pop and rock with spectacular lighting and choreography, along with dazzling costumes and fireworks.
Military music has appeared since ancient times, in all armies around the world. Their compositions affect human psychology, aimed at enhancing the morale and enthusiasm of its citizens and soldiers. With orchestras, choruses and dance ensembles, it combines absolute precision, rhythm and synchronicity with an expansive repertoire of both military and traditional songs, classical compositions as well as world music.
Originally posted on WhyAthens
Originally posted on WhyAthens
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