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Easter Camp At The Industrial Gas Museum
A light afternoon meal will be provided.
Daily Theatrical Show: Medea And Other Friends I Made In Athens
Medea and other friends I made in Athens” is the only daily theatrical show, performed in English in Athens, specially written for visitors to the city who wish to complete their experience of Greece.
The play follows the adventures of a present-day tourist who, while visiting the Acropolis, slips and gets knocked out. When he wakes up, he finds himself transported back to Athens in the 5th century B.C.
Michael Kalambokis and Alexandra Voutzouraki have directed a troupe of, extremely talented young actors who, with the assistance of the KOILON production team, manage to entertain audiences of every nationality with the deep, timeless messages of ancient Greek civilization in the most entertaining and uncomplicated way.
Daily performances at the ‘Athenian Stage’ theatre, at 6 pm, until October 31st.
Ticket prices are 18€ for adults, 14€ for children (up to 12 years old) / students / disabled visitors
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Fast Forward Festival 6 - Onassis Stegi
How do we coexist in the contemporary metropolis? How can we interact, and how can we talk about things that are foreign to us, unfamiliar, different?
The 6th Fast Forward Festival once again disrupts our certainties about art and life, exploring the notion of the commons and of solidarity initiatives from several perspectives and fields of knowledge with the tools of art and CULTURE. Hybrid performances, installations and video works, which arise from monthslong collaboration with experts and local COMMUNITIES, while also exploring atypical public and private spaces, are presented for two weeks in the heart of the city.
Liar Wanted - Pallas Theater
Needless to say, its subject-matter—lying in politics—is as relevant today as it ever was. Thodoros Silvertongue, or Thodoros the Liar (played by Alexis Georgoulis) declares himself a professional liar and leaves his village for Athens and a job in which he can put his talents to good use. A chance quarrel and a punch landed on a fellow passenger on the tram—his boss-to-be Ferekis, a Member of Parliament (played by Giorgos Partsalakis)—will clear the way for a brilliant career as the MP's private secretary; a career founded in the brazen, blatant lies he comes up with to justify his employer’s failure to deliver on the promises he made his angry voters before the elections. Thodoros the Liar undertakes to take care of all his master’s problems with ministries, prisons, unions and... cabaret artistes, and in record time. But his successful career as a very special secretary brings him into conflict with the MP's wife, the lovely Jenny (Natalia Dragoumi). Can he succeed against such a powerful opponent? That will depend on Agis (Argyris Angelou) and the sexy Pitsa Kitsa (Apostolia Zoi in her first theatrical role), the nightclub singer who has captivated the entire male population of the capital!
Liar Wanted examines one of our species’ most obvious characteristics: our talent for blocking out and embroidering reality. Thodoros the Liar represents escape from an ugly and miserable reality. The flight from harsh truth to hope and dreams. He needs to believe that, dirt poor as he is, he will one day be rich. His survival instincts are strong. He is the provincial who, unable to make ends meets back home, packs up his bag and moves to Athens to seek his fortune; to become someone. To do that, Thodoros needs to keep the dream alive inside. It’s the only way he can make his lies come true and make it through difficult times.
Wanted Liar is a timeless work which has as much to say today as it did when it was written. It should come as no surprise that it has played to packed houses and rave reviews in the US, Canada, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and Romania. For it is a powerful, universal work.
*SURTITLES IN PALLAS THEATER - THEATRIKES SKINES SA offer the opportunity to all foreign visitors and residents of Athens as well as theater-lovers with hearing difficulties to watch the performances at PALLAS Theater.
Athens Digital Arts Festival Celebrates Its 15th Birthday
● impressive interactive installations
● web art by COSMOTE Fiber
● top-of-the-top Video Art & Animation projects
● explosive DJ Sets
K.BHTA (Friday, 10/5) and Athens Voice Radio 102.5 (Saturday 11/5)
This two-day event will include some of the most impressive works by artists who have participated in the entire history of the Festival, as one of its main aims is to promote artists and to develop the Cultural and Creative Industry in Greece. The tribute will feature live sets, in a super-festive mood.
May, the festival’s milestone, the cradle that brought it to life, is the perfect time for this retrospective action that is dedicated to its history. Returning to its roots, ADAF reactivates, this time, the ex- shopping center FOKAS, at 41 Stadiou Street, in the heart of the city, with a great celebration of contemporary culture in Athens. The celebration continues at the newly renovated Pedestrian Street of Miltiadou Street Athens which will be transformed into a large summer cinema on the 1st and 2nd of June, for a 2-day full of Video Art & Animation screenings as well as special tributes and premieres.
We invite all of our supporters, participants, and friends of the Festival to join us in the 15th birthday of ADAF and to celebrate the 15 years of contemporary culture in Athens.
See you there!
Skirt Ride In Athens
MBike Greece and Cities for Cycling will be there to help us check our bikes and talk about safe rides and bike-friendly cities.
The Squeeze By Orange Grove
International Museum Day & European Night of Museums 2019
Family Programs
On Saturday 18 May 2019 our little friends who visit the Museum will be able to participate in the two free family programs ‘Experience the Panathinaea Festival with all my senses’ (3-5 years old) and ‘What happened to Athena’s statue from the Parthenon?’ (6-9 years old). The programs will be held in Greek only by the Museum Archaeologist-Hosts.
The cranes of the Acropolis
On the occasion of this year’s International Museum Day, the Acropolis Museum produced, in collaboration with the Hellenic Mint, commemorative medals dedicated to the cranes of the Acropolis. On the cornice of the first Parthenon (570 BC), cranes (geranos, in Greek) were depicted in horizontal flight, rendered in soft colors and in dense formation. For the ancient Greeks, the crane symbolized intelligence, alertness and good fortune. The medals will be available for purchase in the Museum ground floor Shop.
*Photo credit: Discover Greece
Pint Of Science 2019
After its successful organization in 2018, Pint of Science is back in Athens and Thessaloniki, and for the first time to Heraklion, Serifos, and Volos. Be prepared for 3 nights full of science!
What is the Pint of Science?
It is an original and unique annual celebration of science organized from 2015 around the world with a pint of beer! A major scientific event launched in 2012 by a team of research fellows from Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine in London, in order to disseminate science inside the pubs. The aim is to bring scientists and society together in a simple and direct way in the intimate and friendly environment of a bar. The team's vision is to spread the passion for knowledge and scientific research to the public.
When and where?
From 20 to 22 of May 2019, researchers and scientists from all scientific fields will give short talks at central bars in Athens, Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Serifos and Volos, along with their collaborating researchers in 400 cities from 25 other countries around the world. For three days, the communication of scientists and the public, having ethanol as a catalyst, will mathematically lead to a relaxed conversation.
Pint of Science, addressed to people of all ages, covers a range of scientific topics from hot scientific fields of every day’s life.
The subjects of the talks are divided in 6 sections: Beuatiful Mind, (Psychiatry, Neurosciences and Psychology, Atoms to Galaxies(Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics), Our Body (Biology, Medicine), Planet Earth (Environmental Sciences), Τech Me Out(Technology, Engineering and Computer Science), Our Society (Sociology, Law, History and Political Sciences).
Ιn Athens and Thessaloniki Science Reactors will join the event with their unique and enjoyable Stand Up Science (in the scheme of Stand up Comedy) presentations.
The 5 bars in the center of Athens where the PoS will be hosted are:
- MoMix (Kerameikos)
- T.A.F (Monastiraki)
- Meerkat Cocktail Safari (Koukaki)
- Rabbithole (Lekka str.)
- Lazy Bulldog Pub (Gazi).
An event addressed to the English speaking audience will take place at The Lazy Bulldog Pub, on the 20th of Monday, at 20:00.
ADD Festival 2019
