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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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Friday, 16 November 2018 00:09
Social Entrepreneurship Forum 2018
November 23rd-25th 2018, Impact Hub Athens and Kypseli Municipal Market will host the 5th Social Entrepreneurship Forum 2018.
The Social Entrepreneurship Forum (SEF) - a Forum exclusively dedicated to Social Entrepreneurship - is organized for the fifth year in the row in Athens with the participation of initiatives and enterprises active in Social Solidarity Economy. SEF 2018 is an open collaboration platform for the further advancement of social entrepreneurship perceived as a base of values, principles and common visions, in which every type of social enterprise, cooperatives, initiatives and interested parties could participate actively.
This year’s event will take place at the premises of Impact Hub Athens and Kypseli Municipal Market, and the following activities will be organized:
- Workshop: "Setting up Energy Communities: Good practices and Challenges", Friday 23/11, 14.00 to 17.00 at Impact Hub Athens(28, Karaiskaki str.).
- Workshop: "Social Financing: where we stand and where we are heading",Friday 23/11, 18.00 to 20.30 at Impact Hub Athens.
- Workshop: "Support centers and learning tools: building support networks and common learning pools»,Saturday 24/11, 10.00 to 15.00 at Impact Hub Athens.
- Public discussion: "Legal framework and public policies for SSE: assessment, challenges and necessary reforms", Saturday 24/11, 17.00 to 20.00at Impact Hub Athens.
- Exchange meeting: "SSE markets in urban areas: Pilot cases in the municipality of Athens", Sunday 25/11, 11:00 to 14:30at Kypseli Municipal Market (42, Fokionos Negri).
The event is co-organized by: Social Cooperative Enterprise "Wind of Renewal", Development Agency of Karditsa, Network of Social Cooperative Enterprises of Central Macedonia, ERGANI Center, Impact Hub Athens, Heinrich Boell Foundation Greece.
Impact Hub Athens
Impact Hub Athens is an international platform to strengthen and promote social entrepreneurship. Our vision is to create an ecosystem that connects people who can bring change through responsible and sustainable initiatives. With a presence in more than 110 cities, linking over 15,000 members around the world, the Impact Hub is one of the fastest growing social economy players, based on positive impact and collaboration.
The purpose of Impact Hub Athens is to act as a catalyst for business synergies and academic, private and public institutions, investors and media, creating the right environment for ideas to become reality and for actions to take place.
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Thursday, 11 April 2019 01:23
Bubble Jam - Onassis Cultural Center
Who is on the other end of the internet and what are the processes between us when communicating online?" Asking this question, Daniel Wetzel, founding member of the internationally acclaimed Rimini Protokoll, sets up an interactive installation for the peers of YouTube; for those who use messengers despite the age restriction; for the upcoming generation of digital natives.
We, as is usually in theatre, meet in the same space, yet this time a large part of the stage design has been converted into code. An interactive play and an experiment among us, Bubble Jam invites its visitors to act as members of a cloud that explores itself. How are joint decisions made? What happens when algorithms enter that process? And who or what do we “like” and “follow”?
Read more about the event HERE!
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Monday, 12 November 2018 01:16
Oenokentrika 2018
“Oenokentrika” is a wine exhibition showcasing the wines of Central Greece. Organized for the third time in Athens, by the Winemakers Association of the Central Greece, it is open to the public on Sunday, November 25, at the Grand Bretagne Hotel, from 12:00 to 20:00.
More than 180 wines from 20 wineries will be on offer during this stand-around, all day tasting event. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet with wine producers and learn more about their wines and the wineries that are open to the public. Wines from Central Greece (encompassing two administrative regions, Thessaly and Continental Greece) are known for being rich and potent on the nose and full-bodied on the mouth, in other words ideal for the winter table.
Visitors will also have the opportunity to win magnum bottles of wine signed by their winemaker and make use of the show’s Photo Booth to take home a souvenir from their visit to the exhibition.
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Wednesday, 17 October 2018 02:13
Daughters Of Penelope Hesperus - Annual Charity Thanksgiving Luncheon
The Daughters Of Penelope Hesperus invite us to their our Annual Charity Thanksgiving Luncheon which will be held on Sunday November 25 at the Athens Marriot Hotel!
Hesperus was established on September 10th 1981 with 25 Charter members of Greek-American women living in Greece. The women
served as Presidents are unique individuals sharing important traits: honesty, efficiency, caring, love, friendship and absolute dedication to our cause.
In their 37 years of existence as a chapter they have made great strides. They have been recognized by the Greek government as a philanthropic organization and they continue to work diligently to attain our goals united and strong to help improve the lives of those who are less fortunate than us.
Hesperus was established on September 10th 1981 with 25 Charter members of Greek-American women living in Greece. The women
served as Presidents are unique individuals sharing important traits: honesty, efficiency, caring, love, friendship and absolute dedication to our cause.
In their 37 years of existence as a chapter they have made great strides. They have been recognized by the Greek government as a philanthropic organization and they continue to work diligently to attain our goals united and strong to help improve the lives of those who are less fortunate than us.
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Thursday, 15 November 2018 00:07
MBA & Masters Events In Central Athens
One-to-One Meetings with the World's Top Business Schools
Access MBA gives you the ideal opportunity to learn more about the world’s most recognised business degrees – the MBA and Executive MBA – and to speak in person with admissions directors of leading international business schools.
On the day of the Access MBA event, you will:
- Meet admissions directors during 20-minute One-to-One and small group meetings
- Take part in panel discussions featuring school representatives and alumni
- Receive advice and support from the Access MBA consulting team, as well as GMAT and scholarship information
By registering for the One-to-One MBA event, your profile will be carefully matched with the business schools that correspond to your goals and expectations – all free of charge to you. To secure your place at the event, you would be well advised to register at least 10 days before the event.
This is your opportunity to take the first step towards your MBA journey!
When: December 1st, 10:00 a.m. - 14:00
Where: Royal Olympic Hotel, Athanasiou Diakou 28
Click HERE for further details!
Where: Royal Olympic Hotel, Athanasiou Diakou 28
Click HERE for further details!
When: December 1st, 10:00 a.m. - 14:00
Where: Royal Olympic Hotel, Athanasiou Diakou 28
Click HERE for further details!
Your compass in the world of Masters education
The Access Masters Tour guides you in your search for Masters studies, directs you to the schools that best match your preferences, and connects you with some of the world’s best universities and business schools.
The Access Masters Tour is open to final-year university students and recent graduates who speak English that are interested in Masters degree study.
What can you do at the event?
- Meet with top-ranked international universities and business schools
- Get advice on Masters programmes suitable for you
- Obtain information on admission tests (TOEFL, IELTS, GMAT, GRE)
- Learn how to win scholarships and finance your Masters studies
- Take part in the draw to win a free campus visit
Where: Royal Olympic Hotel, Athanasiou Diakou 28
Click HERE for further details!
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