Boutari Wines will be participating in the “Fine Red Wines” tasting event on November 24th, 2019 which will take place at Hotel Grand Bretagne in central Athens. 

Greek wine-producing companies and fine wine importers and distributors will exhibit their most exclusive and rare, red wines.

Boutari Winery will present rare and exceptional wines of past vintages.

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

More information about the wine tasting event can be found in Greek
on the organizers’ website fineredwines.gr 

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After a historic career spanning decades, with millions of records sold and countless performances around the world, Catalan tenor José Carreras will perform in Athens as part of his farewell tour – celebrating and saluting a remarkable career.

The renowned tenor will showcase some of his favourite pieces accompanied by the ERT Symphony Orchestra of 70 musicians, marking his last show not only in Greece, but in the Balkans in general.

Celebrated for his expressive voice, Carreras will always be remembered as part of ‘The Three Tenors’ (Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti and Carreras) and heralded for his performances in the operas of Verdi and Pucci. It's truly remarkable that he first hit the spotloght at the age of 11, performing as Trujaman at the Opera of El retablo de maese Pedro.

The AWOG City Center Night Area in collaboration with the Cube Athens, will be co-hosting a presentation on Domestic Violence on Tuesday, November 26, at the Cube Athens.

Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today. It remains largely unreported due to the impunity, silence, stigma and shame surrounding it.

November 25 has been designated by the U.N. as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. In 1991, an international campaign was initiated to raise awareness, the ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence’ that runs from November 25 to December 10, which has been designated as Human Rights Day by the U.N.

To commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and in support of this year's 16 Days to End Violence Against Women and Girls Campaign, we invite you to join us at our presentation with three prominent guests speakers: Criminologist Dr. Maria Alvanou (International Research Doctorate in Criminology), the President of The Social Welfare Center of the Prefecture of Attiki, Sophia Konstantellia and Police Major General Former Director of the Operations Center of GADA, Dimitris Dimitriou.

In addition, all attendees will take turns reading the Articles from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The presentation will be made in Greek with English Translation followed by questions & answers.

The event is free and open to members and friends of AWOG

For the first time, the National Theatre of Greece is staging Carlo Goldoni’s timeless and highly topical comedy, The new house, in which the innovative Italian playwright’s main themes are the pre-eminence of money, middle-class anxiety, and the pitfalls of keeping up appearances.

As the director, Giannis Skourletis, notes: “This dream house is made to be lived in, but the trumping of the collective good by selfishness means that it will never be inhabited. Goldoni’s characters, narcissists and hypocrites to the end, are made to wander like dispossessed shadows in this most tragic comedy of loneliness.”

Newlyweds Anzoletto and Cecilia are preparing to move into the marital home. Cecilia is fussy, and loves luxury and elegance, while the penniless Anzoletto, who is madly in love with her, cannot keep up with her demands. As he runs himself ragged, the vital issues at the heart of the play are revealed.

Schedule

Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 20:30
Wednesdays, Sundays at 19:00

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Haris Andrianos, Antonis Antonopoulos, Angelos Apostolidis, Thanasis Dimou, Antonis Gritsis, Tasos Karahalios, Ioanna Kolliopoulou, Dennis Makris, Vasilis Mihas, Maria Panourgia, Evi Saoulidou, Penelope Tsilika, Stella Vogiatzaki, Polydoros Vogiatzis

BOX OFFICES

ZILLER BUILDING, 22-24 Agiou Konstantinou Str.
Wednesday to Sunday 9:30-21:30

REX THEATRE 48 Panepistimiou Str.
Tuesday: 9:00-16:30
Wednesday to Sunday 9:30-21:30

This holiday season the KAZ bazaar is back in a bigger and more convenient venue! The whole KAZ team, the volunteers, and their four-legged family members invite you to join them at their Christmas Bazaar at the Athens War Museum.

 

Come and join us on Saturday, November 30, from 10:00 to 20:00 and on Sunday, December 1, from 10:00 to 18:00 to enjoy our super raffle, a book bazaar, delicious homemade treats, and many surprises.

The KAZ bazaar is a great place to enjoy your holiday shopping!

 

Save the date and let's support the Shelter For Stray Animals!

This year located at the start of the Canal, in front of the Visitors Center, the Ice Rink will offer all fans of the most Christmassy sport the opportunity to enjoy a fantastic “inside view” of the majestic Dancing Fountains and the illuminated Canal.

The Ice Rink will be open daily from 10.00 to 22.00 until 02/02/2020 (subject to weather conditions), with a maximum 40-minute stay.

Are you passionate about handmade crafts? If so, then December is your month!

Domatio will showcase a great variety of handmade creations, for all tastes, at its first art-bazaar! Craftspeople of various practices are waiting for you with works of Art for the decoration of your house, your Christmas tree, your body, and your mood!

Fresh ideas are shared and coexist in our colorful and aesthetic space, stuffed with objects made with passion.

Come join us so that you can meet all of the artists in person and see their suggestions for personalized gifts for every age group!

Don't miss Domatio’s creative team participation, inspired by ethnic motifs and iconic personalities of the art-world. We made crochet Christmas ornaments, jewelry from vintage buttons and loads of color.

Every weekend of December, starting Saturday 30 of November you will find :

Jewelry, Christmas Ornaments, Raw Materials for Crafts (vintage buttons & powder paints), Sculptures from various materials, Paintings printed on Plexiglass, Pillows, Dolls (for both young and old), Sweets with Christmas Motifs, Painted Tote Bags, Up-cycled Musical Instruments, Children- Themed Murals, Lamps, Natural Soaps, Batic Fabrics and Scarves, Various articles of Clothing and Accessories, Essential body oils, Natural Cosmetics and many more..

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Keep in mind that every weekend you will find a variety of different artists!

Domatio is a place that is open to the promotion of artists and ideas, adequately equipped, versatile and adaptable to the needs in question, and this is offered alongside the expert guidance and support of the members that form its frame.

We are here anytime you wish to make use of the opportunity to house any form of expression in the space of ‘domatio’ .

Experience Christmas magic at the largest and most exciting festive village in Athens! Join our social media competitions on Facebook or Instagram and win free invitations for select dates during December & January!

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The first, and only, purely English comedy club in Greece is a reality!

Is the Athens comedy scene “all Greek” to you? Are you Greek and want to flex your English speaking muscles before the next tourist season? Do you want to try your hand at stand up in English? We are here for YOU!

The Athens English Comedy Club brings you visiting international comedians and local acts every first Sunday of the month, right in the heart of Athens. For our December show we bring you not, 1, not 2, not 3, but 10 comedians in what is the Athens English Comedy Club’s first showcase show!

10 comedians, 5 minutes each. Can you even handle so much humor in one night? (We think you can, but challenge you anyway).

MC: Dimitri Doukoglou.

Comedians (in alphabetical order):

Konstantinos Bouras-Baimakos
Dimitris Christodoulou
Xrysa Katsarini
Athina Kefalopoulou
Blink Mike
Dimitra Nikitea
Paris Roupos
Alex Titkov
Odysseas Deniz Ürem
Thomas Zabras

To learn more information click HERE!  We’ll be posting more details as we count-down to the show!  
 

Come and laugh! Nay! Come and chortle. Or better yet, guffaw!

Time: 21:15 (Doors open at 20:30)
Duration: 80 mins without interval
Where: Eliart Theater, Konstantinoupoleos 127 (Kerameikos metro station)
The theater is wheelchair accessible
Reservations: 6987994689 // athensenglishcomedyclub@gmail.com

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XpatAthens is proud to be a Media Sponsor of The Athens English Comedy Club

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One hears about the recent phenomenon of artist-run spaces, but rarely is there the chance to discover more about the work of the artists who run the artist-run space. In their second two-person show at FokiaNou Art Space, Mary Cox and Panagiotis Voulgaris present “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”. Almost four years after their first collaboration in the space, the two directors will show work with many commonalities: the use of repurposed materials to produce small-scale abstract gems with vibrant, intense colors, which give rise to the euphoric feeling of gazing into a Tiffany’s display window.

Mary Cox’s tiny collages and digital prints play with appropriation of work from other artists, rejecting the idea of originality and artistic genius. The appropriated reproductions have been through multiple transformations, scale changes and finally collaging and painting, resulting in a new hybrid metamorphosis.

Mary is an American painter with Greek nationality living and working in Greece since 1993. She holds a Masters in Fine Art from the Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA. Over the years she has taken up different subject matter, and used a range of media, from a mixed-media series on migration which was selected for the Lulea Art Biennial 2011, to a photo-realistic series of paintings of old houses and buildings in the southern suburbs of Athens. 

Panagiotis Voulgaris has long used string, thread and masking tapes to create in situ installations, and interventions in natural and man-made environments. As an artist-in-residence in Valletta, Malta, part of the 2018 European Capital of Culture program, his work included many interventions as well as workshops in schools around Malta. He recorded his ideas for his work in an art book that started as a diary and gradually became a stand-alone work. From this book came the idea for small-scale, easily transportable pieces which are autonomous but also can be combined to form a larger whole: collages on paper, using colored tape and layered with bold shapes, charts, drawings and excerpts from old books.

They are both the recording of a journey to real places as well as the iconography of fantastic geometry and chaos, at once beautiful and spooky. Panagiotis Voulgaris is an artist and curator living and working in Athens. He holds a Masters Degree in Art and Architecture from the University of East London and has participated in numerous exhibitions, festivals and residencies in Greece and abroad.

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 space 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

Wedsnesday - Saturday 17:00 - 20:00