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Thursday, 01 November 2018 01:25
Danish Institute of Athens - SKINd Signs of purity
The Danish Institute at Athens is pleased to invite you the opening of an art exhibition on 3 November 12 noon at The Bath House of the Winds.
The exhibition is the end result of the Danish sculptor Misja Kristoffer Rasmussen’s collaboration with The Danish Institute at Athens. Here the artist had the opportunity to intensify his research: "Step by step, layer by layer, I learned to scratch under the contemporary concrete skin of Athens: the city gradually taught me how, and when to discover and rediscover my inspiration."
“At first sight Misja Kristoffer Rasmussen might be taken for a nostalgic imitator of classical art, an interpreter of the image, intent on reproducing the stylistic features of Greek statuary with painstaking precision; but only an absent-minded observer could fail to miss the modernity at the soul of his inspiration.” (Prof. Cosimo Strazzeri, art critic, historian)
Misja Kristoffer Rasmussen has chosen to invite the young Greek artist Raschmie Soukoulis to participate. For this exhibition she has created a set of visual voices that unfold in the historical space of the Bath House of the Winds narrating a single story through three sections.
“At first sight Misja Kristoffer Rasmussen might be taken for a nostalgic imitator of classical art, an interpreter of the image, intent on reproducing the stylistic features of Greek statuary with painstaking precision; but only an absent-minded observer could fail to miss the modernity at the soul of his inspiration.” (Prof. Cosimo Strazzeri, art critic, historian)
Misja Kristoffer Rasmussen has chosen to invite the young Greek artist Raschmie Soukoulis to participate. For this exhibition she has created a set of visual voices that unfold in the historical space of the Bath House of the Winds narrating a single story through three sections.
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Thursday, 18 October 2018 00:09
FokiaNou Art Space ~ A Solo Painting Exhibition By María Galván Cobo
FokiaNou Art Space is pleased to present a solo painting exhibition by Maria Galvan Cobo. Her work is inspired by and organized into a scheme reflected in the words in the title. From the Indo-European root “Leg-”, to choose or discern, two verbs arose, two cognates with different meanings: the ancient Greek "LΕGΕΙΝ"(to speak) and the Latin, "LEGERE"(to read). Symbolically, LΕGΕΙΝ represents ongoing narration in the present continuous, that is fluid and open to interpretation, in contrast to LEGERE, which connotes the existence of a written and recorded narration that is fixed, so variations are no longer possible. Her paintings are musings on the interrelationship between the ancient and the contemporary by taking their elements (contemporary Greek objects and history/myth) out of their usual context, and using them to play with notions of identity and culture.
Born in Madrid in 1990, Maria Galvan Cobo has been based in Athens and Madrid since 2011. She holds a BA in Fine Arts from the Complutence University of Madrid. In her painting she is primarily concerned with the process of meaning construction in images and exploring the symbiosis of different cultures. She has participated in numerous exhibitions in Spain and Greece and her work is included in many private collections. She was also the co-director of Y Residency, Athens, a residency for artists from all over the world.
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.
Opening: Saturday, 3 November 2018, 19.00
Opening hours: Thursday to Saturday 17.00 - 20.00.
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Tuesday, 23 October 2018 01:20
Adventure Film Festival 2018
The only Greek film festival, dedicated to adventure sports, returns, for the 5th consecutive year to a new venue and with a renewed composition, presenting once again unique movie productions, photo exhibitions and, of course, immersive speeches from distinguished people of sports and action, which make up a unique, thematic and spectacular event.
Adventure Film Festival Greece has proven to be the greatest celebration of outdoor activities, as over the past 4 years, over 8,000 people honored it with their presence and attended a packed theater during the screenings of 87 films, enjoyed 26 speeches and admired 16 photo exhibitions, all dealing with a wide range of activities carried out through man’s willpower, transforming the elements of nature into an endless field of action. Our aim is not to create a story but rather facilitate a change in everyday life for all of us.
At the 5th AFF Anniversary, at Pierce Theater - The American College of Greece, on Saturday November 3rd and Sunday, November 4th, athletes, filmmakers, photographers, equipment companies and outdoor activities join forces by composing a two-day celebration that became an institution. All lovers of adventure and adrenaline will be there.
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Tuesday, 30 October 2018 16:49
Expats Saturday Night Fever - Eat & Dance #2
Just a few weeks since the Expats in Athens (Greece) community's last catch-up...they are making it happen again!
There will be a gathering for another "night out" and an excellent opportunity to meet new & old members of the community!
The meeting this time will take place at "To Paradosiako", a traditional restaurant in central Athens and for those who wish for an extended good time....a Deep/Tech-house night can be planned at "SIX D.O.G.S"
Please confirm your attendance as soon as possible by posting on the event wall on Facebook!
There will be a gathering for another "night out" and an excellent opportunity to meet new & old members of the community!
The meeting this time will take place at "To Paradosiako", a traditional restaurant in central Athens and for those who wish for an extended good time....a Deep/Tech-house night can be planned at "SIX D.O.G.S"
Please confirm your attendance as soon as possible by posting on the event wall on Facebook!
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Sunday, 28 October 2018 10:23
Stand Up Comedy Special | Angelo Tsarouchas & George Hatzipavlou
It’s a comedy superpower summit!
Stand-up comedy superstar Angelo Tsarouchas is teaming up with one of the most prolific Greek comedians, Giorgos Xatzipavlou for a Greek Tour entitled “Stand Up Comedy Special”.
A once-in-a-lifetime comedy experience!
Giorgos Xatzipavlou has been winning over audiences throughout Greece for years now with this past season being one of his busiest, racking up over 140 shows including a 9-stop European tour! He’s currently writing his next comedy special, part of which he will be performing on this tour.
Sharing the stage with Angelo is not something that just happened. Giorgos has performed with various English language comedians (e.g. Alistair Barrie, Ben Norris and Paul Thorne) and is honoured that he will be joining Angelo to bring laughter to 4 very lucky audiences throughout Greece.
Who is Angelo Tsarouchas?
Angelo is a world-famous comedian. He has performed throughout the world, from Canada to Australia, either performing solo or as a guest for comedians such as Russell Peters or Vince Vaughan. He also combines an amazing career in stand-up with appearances in movies and TV shows such as: “Mad Men”, “Last Comic Standing”, “John Q”, “The Recruit” and “Cinderella Man.
Angelo is coming to Greece with his new show entitled “Appetite for Discussion” in which he “serves” his experiences living in both the Greek and American culture, “garnished” with lots of laughter. Amongst other things, he riffs on how different Greek family life is and how it is growing up in the diaspora.
Make sure to buy your tickets early for this stand-up comedy special which will undoubtedly be an exceptional comedy experience.
Tour dates:
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Monday November 2 - Cinetheater Kolosaion (Thessaloniki)
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Saturday November 3 - Cine Studio (Heraklion)
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Sunday November 4- Act Theater ( Patra)
- Monday, November 5 - Vembo Theater (Athens
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Wednesday, 24 October 2018 13:31
Democrats Abroad Greece Plans U.S. Election Watch Party
The American elections scheduled for Tuesday, November 6th, will determine the legislative course the USA will follow; Democrats Abroad Greece (DAGR) will be watching the contests across the 50 states, with senatorial and congressional seats pushing citizens to the polls.
DAGR will host a “virtual” party as a Facebook event to check in to and follow races in each state. The Election Watch Party will begin at 10 pm on November 6th and conclude at 12 Noon on Wednesday, November 7th. Because of the 7-hour time difference on the East Coast and 10 hours with the West Coast, winners will not begin to be announced in the U.S. until at least 2 am Greek time, when the polls officially close at 7pm Eastern Standard Time.
For the virtual watch party click HERE!
By November 2nd more than 25 million registered voters had cast their ballot; these ballots have been cast through absentee voting, early voting or mail-in voting. Members of DAGR cast their ballots using the absentee ballot method by postal mail or in states where it is permitted, electronic form.
For more than 30 years US citizens living in Greece have the right to vote by absentee ballot. Democrats Abroad Greece is registered as an official non-profit organization. Democrats Abroad is the official Democratic Party arm for the millions of Americans living outside the United States. The organization strives to provide Americans abroad a Democratic voice in the US government and elect Democratic candidates by mobilizing the overseas vote.
Democrats Abroad has more than 60 country committees throughout Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. These country committees keep Americans abroad informed of their rights and help them participate in the U.S. political process. Members live in more than 190 countries around the globe and vote in every state and Congressional district in the U.S.
Democrats Abroad is recognized as a "state" party by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and is represented on the DNC by eight voting members, as well as at the quadrennial Democratic National Convention.
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Sunday, 04 November 2018 00:46
Greek National Opera Alternative Stage Piano Festival
For a second year, the GNO Alternative Stage Piano Festival, in collaboration with the Thessaloniki Piano Festival, revisits a theme that has determined the course of “the king of instruments” over the 20th century: Piano & Jazz. The Festival's inclusive programme comprises five recitals by outstanding soloists with an international career and two major concerts dedicated to the top jazz composer, George Gershwin.
While the triumphant advent of jazz led it to appropriate piano as its main instrument, an opposite influence became manifest on the composers of intellectual music. Impressed by the dynamism of the new folk music idiom, intellectual music composers quickly integrated the harmonic and rhythmic elements of jazz into their compositions, breathing thus new life into classical music.
The 2018 GNO Alternative Stage Piano Festival will centre both on the jazz-influenced repertoire of intellectual music composers, and on jazz pianists who will present their own personal approach to the classical piano repertoire. The festival's two main concerts constitute a tribute to the work for piano and orchestra of one of the greatest 20th-century American composers, George Gershwin. Starting from some of Gershwin's most popular compositions such as the Rhapsody in Blue and the Concert in F, an osmosis of the classical repertoire with the jazz culture and improvisation will be attempted.
The Festival's parallel actions include a three-day masterclass with members of the Piandaemonium ensemble, afternoon concerts of up-and-coming soloists, as well as concerts of young artists that will be selected through auditions.
Dates: 6, 7, 13, 20, 21, 24, 25 November 2018
Dates: 6, 7, 13, 20, 21, 24, 25 November 2018
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Friday, 09 November 2018 00:29
Athens Innovation Festival 2018
A celebration of innovation and entrepreneurship!
During November 12-14, Zappeion becomes the ultimate meeting point for businesses, startups, universities, private and public institutions.
Two days devoted to innovation and technological developments and opportunities to learn everything you need to know regarding education, networking and dynamic synergies.
Representatives from emerging and acclaimed businesses, investors, researchers, academics and government agencies will be present through interactive discussions, workshops, parallel presentations, and interviews.
Exhibitors from the most emerging industries, from agri-food and health, to fitech and e-commerce, come to showcase next-big-things and bring with them all the experience and know-how.
Top companies that generate value, create jobs and have a significant footprint and outside of Greece come to meet promising startups.
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Monday, 12 November 2018 13:20
Sweat Athens By Alice Potts - Onassis Cultural Center
Artist and recent Royal College of Art Graduate, Alice Potts states: “One day we will be able to grow our own accessories on our skin” while she exhibits in the Onassis Stegi crystalline accessories created by the sweat of dancers and athletes.
Sweat is an excretion of chemicals related to heat, passion, a reaction, a thermo regulation. A bodily fluid as yet un-examined through the eyes of Fashion or Art, Alice Potts has created an aesthetic exploration touching on the chemistry, and the beauty of this entropy. She will take her Masters’ collection of crystalline accessories from dancers and athletes and present them in a curated show by Starvos Karelis in her first moment as an Onassis fellow during the Athens Biennale in November of this year.
“One day we will be able to grow our own accessories on our skin.” Alice stated in conversation with Sarah Mower and so Alice Potts, a recent Royal College of Art Graduate, taught by Zowie Broach, now begins her fellowship programme for the Onassis Foundation.
The main focus of the work will look at the confluence of Fashion, Science and the human body. A poetry of the human fluids, sweat as art, she will begin to further study the human sporting anatomy, both inside and outside led naturally, by the history of Athens, the origins of the Olympian, the body full of blood, the maths of the sweat, that passion and examination of those extraordinary feats of athletic endeavour in a city, within our world, where the sporting, social and cultural high-lights all began.
During the Athens Biennale, Alice will present the work showcasing an alternate future of design and will be the starting point of exploring a deeper connection of her work aiming to create a new alternative and sustainable set of opportunities during her Onassis Fellowship.
Exhibition Opening: November 13th - 19:00 p.m.
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Friday, 09 November 2018 10:01
Canadian Film Screening~ The Canadian Institute In Greece
“Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World”
This award-winning Canadian documentary profiles the impact of Indigenous musicians in Canada and the United States on the development of popular music (blues, jazz, folk, pop, rock, heavy metal). Artists profiled include Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Link Wray, Jimi Hendrix, Jesse Ed Davis, Stevie Salas, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Robbie Robertson, Randy Castillo, Taboo and others.
The title of the film is a reference to the pioneering instrumental "Rumble", released in 1958 by the American group Link Wray & His Ray Men. The instrumental piece was very significant for many artists. The film features many influential musicians who discuss the musical contributions of Indigenous artists, including commentaries from Quincy Jones, George Clinton, Taj Mahal, Martin Scorsese, John Trudell, Steven Tyler, Marky Ramone, Slash, Iggy Pop, Buddy Guy and others.
This award-winning Canadian documentary profiles the impact of Indigenous musicians in Canada and the United States on the development of popular music (blues, jazz, folk, pop, rock, heavy metal). Artists profiled include Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Link Wray, Jimi Hendrix, Jesse Ed Davis, Stevie Salas, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Robbie Robertson, Randy Castillo, Taboo and others.
The title of the film is a reference to the pioneering instrumental "Rumble", released in 1958 by the American group Link Wray & His Ray Men. The instrumental piece was very significant for many artists. The film features many influential musicians who discuss the musical contributions of Indigenous artists, including commentaries from Quincy Jones, George Clinton, Taj Mahal, Martin Scorsese, John Trudell, Steven Tyler, Marky Ramone, Slash, Iggy Pop, Buddy Guy and others.
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