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Saturday, 07 April 2018 21:24
Greek-Irish Society ~ Horse Racing Activities For Children
Did you know that some of the most successful thoroughbreds in Greek horse-racing are Irish? In order to cheer them on, and to win a few bob, members and friends of the Greek-Irish Society will gather at the Markopoulou Racetrack on Saturday, 21 April, for the Hellas Horse Races Family Race Day.
The following free children's activities will run from 12 noon:
- Pony ridesHorse carriage rides
- Bouncy Castles
- Musical entertainment
From 2pm, we will watch the races from the VIP bar and restaurant.
Admission is free, food can be bought at the track or you can bring your own, and the first drink will be free for GIS members. There will be special prizes for the most stylish hat and loudest shirt.
As space is limited, please let us know by 18 April if you plan to attend.
As space is limited, please let us know by 18 April if you plan to attend.
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Wednesday, 25 April 2018 10:06
Re-Cycle: New & Old Work By Mary Cox
The Space is pleased to present “Re-Cycle”, a two-part show by Mary Cox comprising a series of mixed media works and paintings on the theme of cycling as well as her new collage boxes.
The bicycle-themed work was inspired by her community involvement in the local bicycle advocacy group as well as her personal pleasure-riding around the southern coast of Attica. The theme of recycling figures in both the recycling of the older work and the collage boxes in the newer work, cut-up reproductions of other artists’ work from the pages of cast-off art magazines, adhered to boxes of various sizes.
Open for viewing all day Thursday, Friday and Saturday.The Space is pleased to present “Re-Cycle”, a two-part show by Mary Cox comprising a series of mixed media works and paintings on the theme of cycling as well as her new collage boxes. The bicycle-themed work was inspired by her community involvement in the local bicycle advocacy group as well as her personal pleasure-riding around the southern coast of Attica.
The theme of recycling figures in both the recycling of the older work and the collage boxes in the newer work, cut-up reproductions of other artists’ work from the pages of cast-off art magazines, adhered to boxes of various sizes. Open for viewing all day Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Mary Cox has been living in Greece since 1993 and has showed her work in Athens and abroad. She holds a Masters in Fine Arts from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and co-runs FokiaNou Art Space in Pagrati.
Opening: Thursday, 26 April, 2018, 19:00-23:00
Duration: 26-28 April, 2018 / Hours: 13:00-21:00
The bicycle-themed work was inspired by her community involvement in the local bicycle advocacy group as well as her personal pleasure-riding around the southern coast of Attica. The theme of recycling figures in both the recycling of the older work and the collage boxes in the newer work, cut-up reproductions of other artists’ work from the pages of cast-off art magazines, adhered to boxes of various sizes.
Open for viewing all day Thursday, Friday and Saturday.The Space is pleased to present “Re-Cycle”, a two-part show by Mary Cox comprising a series of mixed media works and paintings on the theme of cycling as well as her new collage boxes. The bicycle-themed work was inspired by her community involvement in the local bicycle advocacy group as well as her personal pleasure-riding around the southern coast of Attica.
The theme of recycling figures in both the recycling of the older work and the collage boxes in the newer work, cut-up reproductions of other artists’ work from the pages of cast-off art magazines, adhered to boxes of various sizes. Open for viewing all day Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Mary Cox has been living in Greece since 1993 and has showed her work in Athens and abroad. She holds a Masters in Fine Arts from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and co-runs FokiaNou Art Space in Pagrati.
Opening: Thursday, 26 April, 2018, 19:00-23:00
Duration: 26-28 April, 2018 / Hours: 13:00-21:00
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Sunday, 22 April 2018 13:34
Grand Opening - Athenians Rugby Club
New Sports Club Calling on Athenians to Come and Try Rugby
The newly formed Athenians Sports Club will hold a ‘grand opening’ on Saturday 28th of April at Aiolos Glyfadas FC in Vari.
Co-founders Lina Norman and Vasilis Katsakos are encouraging people of all ages to attend and try their hand at rugby and enjoy the other exciting activities planned for the launch.
Both Norman and Katsakos are experienced rugby players and coaches who have a passion for the game and would love to see more Athens residents enjoying the sport as much as they do.
“We decided to start ‘Athenians’ because we want to give more children the chance to play rugby,” said Norman who played in the 2010 Women’s Rugby World Cup for Sweden.
“Rugby has some great values connected to the sport. Respect for others, respect for rules and laws, solidarity with your teammates, discipline and passion. I believe that children who learn to understand and treasure these values early on will benefit in all their social, family and work relationships.’’
Rugby has given Vasilis (Billy) Katsakos the opportunity to play at the elite level in Spain and France as well as Greece and he is now ready to help the next generation reach their goals. “Academies for all kinds of sports have been my biggest dream since I was a student at university. Now I feel ready to start something and share my knowledge with the best people there are, kids! “Rugby is a lot like life.
Sometimes you have to compete with someone taller, faster or heavier than you. The magic thing is that you have to win this “fight” for you and your teammates with the attributes and skills that you have and always respecting the rules of the game and the laws of life. “Rugby is a sport that everybody can join and play an important role on the field whether you are big, small, tall or short.”
Currently there are eleven active rugby union clubs in Greece with approximately three hundred players. There are seven women’s teams. The grand opening will include tag rugby games for the kids, rugby activities for all ages, blue building blocks for the youngest kids, barbecue and drinks for sale and a DJ. There will be the chance to win a family holiday to Italy courtesy of Nova Travel.
If you are undecided whether you should attend, Lina Norman has a simple message for you. “Come! We promise you it will be fun. We have so many activities going it’s gonna be like a rugby fun fair! For the youngest and the oldest and those in between, there will be things to do for everyone.
It doesn’t matter if it’s the first time you see a rugby ball or if you have played in a world cup, rugby is for everyone.” DETAILS: Athenians Sports Club grand opening. Saturday 28 April at 17:00. Venue: Aiolos Glyfadas FC Papandreou Andrea 2, Vari Greece.
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Thursday, 26 April 2018 13:54
CYA/DIKEMES Lecture Series ~ The Urban Realities of Athens
The unique heritage with which Athens has been blessed is in stark contrast to the often chaoticdaily realities. In everything we do, build or aspireto, western values are intermingled with longembedded character traits.So which way forward for the city we love?
Vassilis Sgoutas is a practicing architect with works in Greece and abroad. Former President of the International Union of Architects(UIA). Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA)
A reception will follow the lecture.
Vassilis Sgoutas is a practicing architect with works in Greece and abroad. Former President of the International Union of Architects(UIA). Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA)
A reception will follow the lecture.
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Saturday, 07 April 2018 21:43
Athens Street Food Festival 2018
The Athens Street Food Festival, the festival that changed the gastronomic scene in Athens, had now become an institution for foodies,and is returning with this year's third edition this May.
The great success that Athens Street Food Festival witnessed in 2016 and 2017 (with 100,000 visitors) resulted in the concept of "street food" becoming more popular and being embraced by even renowned chefs.
This year's most feelgood festival in Athens will present an even greater variety of cuisines where dozens of participants will suggest their own view of what "street food" is.
Like every year, Athens Street Food Festival promises new taste suggestions that will be discussed and will be loved by the public, with - pop-up stores exclusively for the festival and many surprises to be announced soon.
The 3rd Street Food Festival will take place this year during the first three days of May (4-5-6, 11-12-13, 18-19-20 May) in the area of the OHS Depot. in Gazi.
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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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