Maria Christodoulou is a clinical herbalist exploring the wisdom and whimsy of ancient Greek herbal medicine. Based in Athens, she offers the Myths & Medicine Plant Walk in the National Garden and educational herbal tours throughout Greece. She also provides herbal consultations and teaches virtual courses based on the bounty of medicine and folklore of her ancestors. As a volunteer, Maria leads the Herbalists Without Borders, Athens, Greece Chapter.

Maria is the author of “The Greek Herbalist's Guide to the Mountains” (2023) and "The Greek Herbalist's Guide to the National Garden, Athens" (2022). She has been published on numerous herbal platforms and has presented at various conferences, including the International Herb Symposium, Panhellenic Conference on Traditional Folk Medicine, and Archaeological Institute of America | Society for Classical Studies Conference. In 2022, Maria was the recipient of the Ancient Worlds, Modern Communities Award from the Society of Classical Studies at New York University. 

Maria earned a Bachelor's degree in Classics from Bucknell University, a Master's degree in Library and Information Science from Drexel University, and a clinical herbalist certificate from ArborVitae School of Traditional Herbalism in New York, where she is from. 

For more adventures through antiquity, visit her website at www.thegreekherbalist.com.

The Alexander’s Cigar Lounge welcomes the acclaimed Nonino distillery in an exclusive tasting event.

On Thursday, 23rd of March 2023, Head Sommelier Evangelos Psofidis and Executive Chef Asterios Koustoudis invite you to live an exclusive culinary experience dedicated to the renowned Nonino distillates in the Alexander’s Cigar Lounge on the 1st floor of Hotel Grande Bretagne. 
 

Guest of honor Elisabetta Nonino, proud member of the Nonino family, will guide you through their century-old art of 100% artisanal distillation in combination with a unique pairing menu specially designed for this evening.  

Reserve your seat in the colonial atmosphere of Alexander’s Cigar Lounge to join an exploration of the secrets that have made Nonino distillates so famous in the world. 

 

Originating from Friuli, North Italy, the Nonino Family has devoted itself to the art of Distillation since 1897. Quality, innovation, research and love for their work are their distinctive mark. Nonino spirits have been awarded for their exceptional quality and innovative production methods, and in 2019 the family's distillery was voted the best distillery in the world by Wine Enthusiast in San Francisco. 

Nonino Grappa and ÙE® are obtained from fresh primary products distilled 100% with artisanal method in their own copper batch steam stills in Ronchi di Percoto, followed by a natural ageing in barriques and small casks under official seal in the 5 Grappa Ageing Warehouses (M.I.G.) of the Nonino Distilleries and are bottled with 0% color additives. The Noninos carry on the evolution of Grappa – Italian Cocktail Spirit, protagonist of fabulous cocktails and Aperitifs.

 

1st floor - HOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE | Vasileos Georgiou 1 A, Athens, 105 64

Arrival time: 20:15

Start time: 20:30

Price per person: 85€ (reservation is required)

 

For reservations and more information kindly contact us on +30 210 3330748

Golf and the maritime community join forces for another year offering competitive action and countless thrills on a historic golf course of Athens. Glyfada Maritime Pro-Am is the first pro-am golf tournament for the maritime industry that takes place in Greece, at the Glyfada Golf Course, on Saturday April 1, 2023, with the participation of both professional and amateur golfers.

 

The first maritime pro-am tournament is expected to attract the interest of Greek and global maritime industry, as more than 70 leading executives will take part. Participants will compete, at a team level, in a shotgun scramble, having the opportunity to play golf on an 18-hole, par 72 championship course.

 

In the pro-am tournament, teams, consisting of four members, include both professional and amateur athletes. In the Glyfada Maritime Pro-Am format, each team consists of one professional golfer and three amateur athletes from the maritime industry. The benefits of a pro-am tournament are multiple, as it offers an opportunity for amateur athletes to compete and learn alongside a professional, it reduces the pressure a player can have as everyone competes with their own handicap, develops teamwork, offers highly valuable gifts to the participants, and most importantly it provides athletes with the chance to compete on a top golf course.

 

The Glyfada Golf Course “K. Karamanlis” of the Municipality of Glyfada, is a spot for sport, recreation and culture, with an excellent view. The golf course matches international standards and is a green space, set in a landscape of low hills, large trees and low Mediterranean vegetation. At the same time, it acts as a venue for daily participation in the Greek and International institutional events and competitions, also contributing to the creation of cultural awareness and values in golf. The Glyfada Maritime Pro-Am event will contribute to the development of golf’s relations with the maritime industry and the promotion of sports tourism in the Municipality of Glyfada and the wider region.

 

Teams participating in Glyfada Maritime Pro-Am will claim prizes for the top three positions in the overall standings; while special awards will be given to players who will achieve the best scores in the special categories of “Longest Drive” and “Closest to the Pin”. 

Moreover, non-golfers will have the opportunity to attend a Golf Clinic.

The event will conclude with the awards ceremony which will be held at the outdoor area of the all-day highly aesthetic Colonial restaurant at Golf Prive in Glyfada, of the Papatheoharis Group of Companies, with an unlimited and beautiful view of the golf course.

 

You may find the event’s full schedule HERE

Mainline Shipping Company is the event’s Gold Sponsor.

IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry, Jotun Hellas, DNV and Marine Tours are Silver Sponsors.

Miele is the Official Sponsor.

Under Armour is the Official Clothing Partner.

Minoa Water is the event’s Official Water.

Beluga, Ipirotissa and Miran are the event’s Partners. 

Boo Productions is the Audio Visual Partner.  

 

The tournament is organized by Birdie Events and ActiveMedia Group and it is an initiative of the recognized Greek PGA golfer, Mr. Thanos Karantzias. The event is exclusively addressed to distinguished executives of the Greek shipping community.

 

The award-winning sports marketing agency of ActiveMedia Group has undertaken the event’s Golf Production.  

 

Hashtag: #glyfadamaritimeproam 

Photo by Boo Productions

Tests and Exams from their favorite anime for about 40'-50' per ticket.

 

–Bleach (Anime Knowledge Recommended, Experience)

–Kakegurui (Card Games, Semi Room)

–Pokemon (Semi Museum, Escape)

–Boku no hero Academia (Fun to play, Experience)

–Fullmetal Alchemist (Magic and Circles, Escape)

 

-9 minutes from Keramikos Ble metro station

-9 minutes from the green train station of Petralona

  

Cosplay friendly

Special changing rooms for Cosplayers

Special room to leave your belongings (at your own risk)

Special anime foods

Anime store with themed room items

Outdoor activities when they stay outside the main rooms

The Acropolis Museum, on the occasion of the International Women’s Day (8 March 2023), is commencing a new series of exhibitions titled “Temporary and unexpected visitors”, including artwork from other world museums, that the Acropolis Museum will host periodically, either in relation to a celebratory event, or unexpectedly, thus enriching visitors’ aesthetics and knowledge.

On the same day last year, the Museum focused on the intellectual contribution of female poets in antiquity, presenting works by Lena Platonos and performed by Maria Farantouri. 

This year, the Museum focuses on female beauty, presenting a work of sculpture that captivates us by the peerless pulchritude of Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, to whom Paris, as a judge of three goddesses, offered the apple of discord to the Fairest of them all, the fairest of form among the three.

 

This year’s unexpected visitor is the sculpture “Venus in a gold bikini”, from the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. This great artwork will be displayed in the Museum ground floor from 8 March until 28 May 2023. Entrance to the Museum ground floor is free. During this exhibition, a video will be on display and a free bilingual explanatory leaflet will be available for visitors. Below are selected texts from the leaflet:

 

“...The statuette was found alongside other ancient artwork in 1954 in the so called ever since ‘House of Venus in bikini’ in Pompeii and kept in the “Secret Cabinet” of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, due to its exquisite quality, the rarity of its decorative elements and its strong erotic aura...”

“...The marble’s whiteness that glows towards the light (the verb used in ancient greek to denote the glowing of light, is the same verb that produces the noun marble) and admirably becomes the golden decoration of her body, creating an impression of a snowhite, soft skin, inviting and challenging you to touch it...” 

“...Under the goddesses’ nose’s chambers there lay the relatively small, diverted on the upper part lips, which have an erasmian austerity, creating a sensation that the goddess lays on a heavenly sphere, in contradiction to the one created by the “dressed” nudity and the rippling of her body’s white flesh, the well-shaped abdominal area and the young Priapus’s erection. As a whole it seems to hover between the heavenly and the pandemos (common to all the people) erotic sphere of the goddess and the golden decoration of her body alludes to the “golden Aphrodite” of the Homeric hymn: Iliad book 9, 389: not though she vied in beauty with golden Aphrodite...”.

 

Finally, the Acropolis Museum is programming a presentation for the rearrangement of the exhibition in the Archaic Acropolis Gallery, for which an official announcement will be coming soon.

The Athens English Comedy Club presents New York based comedian Liz Miele's "Murder Sheets" - for the first time in Greece!

 

Liz Miele's new hour explores trying to date again, what it means to be an older sibling and how she is handling life as it comes her way. Liz is a NYC comedian that has appeared on Comedy Central, FOX, AXS TV, Hulu and NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me. She's been featured in The New Yorker, NY Times, Runner's World, Psychology Today and The Guardian.

She regularly tours internationally and has three albums out including her first, “Emotionally Exhausting” which has over 2 million views on YouTube and her most recent special, "Self Help Me" which has over 1 million views on YouTube. Her newest special “Ghost of Academic Future” premiered Sept 2022 on YouTube and was listed on The New York Times, Paste Magazine and Interrobang “Best Comedy Specials of 2022” list. Her book "Why Cats Are A**holes" was published March 2021 and she has a weekly podcast with comedian Maria Shehata called "2 Non Doctors".

“Murder Sheets” will be Liz Miele’s first appearance in Greece. 

The theatre is wheelchair accessible.

About the Athens English Comedy Club

Founded in 2019, the Athens English Comedy Club is the first, and only, purely English comedy club in Greece!

The Athens English Comedy club hosts lineup and open mic shows with local and international comedians, showcasing a different selection of comedians each time. The club also organizes workshops on stand up and comedy in general.

IIs the Athens comedy scene “all Greek” to you? Are you on the lookout for English language events which do not require you to read surtitles? Do you want to try your hand at stand up in English? We are here for YOU! 

The Athens English Comedy Club brings you local and international comedians, right in the heart of Athens.

Winter Garden City Lounge welcomes the season of Lent with traditional delicacies carefully prepared by talented Pastry Chef Alexandros Koufas. Lenten Delights menu includes the all-time classic “loukoumades” in their lenten version, which you may accompany with honey and walnuts, bitter Valrhrona with hazelnut praline or homemade orange jam with thyme.

You may also enjoy your favourite kind of “halva” – with tahini and mastic or with semolina, cinnamon and raisins – as well as a new olive oil cake with Kozani red saffron, citrus and tahini-honey foam. Exquisitely accompany our Lenten Delights menu with your favourite hot beverage or a glass of dessert wine.

Available daily from February 28th and during the Great Lent at the Winter Garden from 16:00 to 22:00. 

Birthplace of the marathon, and birthplace of democracy, Greece is a land where history has been created and legends made, a land where magic and mythology come together. Known for its rich culture, illustrious past, stunning beaches and extraordinary food, the list of superlatives about Greece has filled many books, ancient and modern. This is a place of dazzling sunlight, dramatic peaks and wine dark sea where the grandeur and magnificence will sweep you away and leave you mesmerized and inspired.

As tribute to his Greek heritage and his desire to promote Greek tourism to a global audience, renowned Greek-American ultramarathoner Constantine “Dean” Karnazes has joined together with the award-winning sports tourism and wellness agency ActiveMedia Group to launch: Greek Running Tours. Here is an opportunity to explore Greece on foot, immersing in the history and beauty, eating the food and experiencing this legendary land in a way that few tourists ever will. Along with the running (and a walking option for non-runners) each day will include cultural experiences—from bread making in the mountains of Crete, to olive pressing in Kalamata—world-class accommodations, distinctive regional cuisine, and a full suite of spa and sports massage services that will titillate the senses and soothe the soul. Each running route is distinctively designed and will be led by a local expert. Support is provided along the way so all you need to focus on is enjoy the running and delighting in the many captivating sights along the way.

If you’re seeking a unique, intimate and authentic way to experience Greece, you’ve come to the right place. At Greek Running Tours, luxury, gastronomy, culture and adventure coalesce into something unforgettable. Our tours are designed for runners and walkers of all ages and abilities and we adhere to the highest standards of sustainability and eco-tourism in everything we do. Come and experience the finest Greece has to offer at Greek Running Tours, the ultimate runcation.

Named by TIME magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World,” Greek-American ultramarathoning legend Constantine “Dean” Karnazes once ran 50 marathons, in all 50 US states, in 50 consecutive days. This NY Times bestselling author has raced and competed around the world, including running 135-miles nonstop across Death Valley and running a marathon to the South Pole. He has twice carried the Olympic Torch and is a recipient of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition Lifetime Achievement Award.

Photo Credit: Angelos Zymaras