A medal awarded at the first modern Olympic Games, held in Athens in 1896, recently sold at auction for $65,625.

 

The bronze medal was awarded to Georgios Tsitas, a Greco-Roman wrestling athlete who won second place at the Athens Olympic games in 1896. At the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens, first-place winners received a silver medal, a certificate, and an olive branch, while runner ups won a bronze medal, a certificate, and a laurel branch.

 

The medals were designed by Jules-Clement Chaplain, a renowned French Art Nouveau sculptor, and feature a relief of Zeus holding Nike, the goddess of victory. On the other side, there is an elaborate representation of the Parthenon and the words “International Olympic Games in Athens, 1896,” in Greek.

 

The Boston-based auction house that made the sale noted that athletes’ medals from the 1896 Olympic Games are extremely rare to come across, and this is the first one they have ever sold.

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With a high sense of responsibility for the safety of participants and attendees and due to the severe and extreme weather conditions that have been announced, the organizing committee of the Glyfada Maritime Golf Event has decided to postpone the shipping community tournament for Saturday, October 10, 2020.

From the tee and the par of the course to the birdie, the eagle and, why not, the hole-in-one…

Greek shipping executives will learn everything and apply them during the new Glyfada Maritime Golf Event that will be held at the beautiful Glyfada Golf course.

Tournament based on a detailed health protocol

The event will be held in accordance with the strict specifications set by the Greek General Secretariat of Sports and the Hellenic Golf Federation. Always having the safety and health of all participants and staff as a top priority, Glyfada Maritime Golf Event will be implemented based on the health protocol established by the experienced and certified by the World Health Organization Active Media Group staff, based on the guidelines of special scientists-collaborators of the General Secretariat of Sports as well as the epidemiological data and the suggestions of the General Secretariat of Sports’ Health Committee. This is the first golf tournament in Greece that will be held based on a strict health protocol approved by the General Secretariat of Sports, with a maximum total number of 100 attendees.

The schedule

The first golf tournament is expected to attract the interest of the Greek and international shipping industry as its senior executives will form teams of four.

Participants will have the opportunity to receive their participation kit from the registration area at the Clubhouse of Glyfada Golf course, which will be open from 08:00 am to 09:00 am on Saturday morning.

The golf action will start at 10:00 am in the morning with the shotgun scramble tournament. Golfers will compete at a team level, at the 18-hole golf course, par 72, of Glyfada.

Non-participants in the tournament will have the opportunity to attend golf lessons and take part in the golf clinic which will take place from 11:30 am to 13:00 pm.

The tournament will end with the awards ceremony at 16:30 pm, for the top three teams in the tournament’s overall standings, and the special awards that will be given to players who will achieve the best scores in the special categories of “Longest Drive” and “Closest to the Pin”.

To view the event's full schedule, please click here.

Lots of gifts will be given from sponsors and many surprises will be expected for participants. Specifically, after a draw, a lucky winner will have the opportunity to experience the Porsche Panamera Turbo S e-Hybrid Sport Turismo for a test-drive that will last an entire weekend. During the event, participants will be able to take a short test-drive in the full range of Porsche cars, including the new, all-electric Taycan.

Completion of Registrations

Registrations are now closed. All proceeds from entry fees will be allocated for the improvement of the facilities of Glyfada Golf course.

In the context of the 1 st Glyfada Maritime Golf Event, the recognized PGA Golfer, Mr. Thanos Karantzias stated: “With our experienced staff, we organize another golf tournament in a golf course of high international standards, for the people of the shipping industry, always having the safety of participants as our main priority. With our initiative, we promote the region’s golf tourism, we help to spread the sport of golf in Greece, and we contribute to the upgrade and improvement of this historic golf course’s facilities”.

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

Flux Laboratory Athens supports Persa Stamatopoulou’s Contemporary Dance Company and the new dance production titled "Traces". 

The project is negotiating the mapping of the human imprint in space and time through a sound installation, drawing material from events of world history.

A collage of sound stimuli triggers the creation of bridges between the past and the present assembling a narrative of a world that seems to be progressing through its repetition.

Audio documents refer to moments that have defined our adulthood or have been recorded in us as narratives, redefining our relationship with memory.

Traces that are lost in the oblivion of History come back as short, standalone stories and give feedback to the acoustic installation along with kinetic action, thus complementing each other.

Through minimalistic and abstract aesthetics, two bodies scattered in space are in a continuous flow, searching and developing a dialogue with each other that allows them to interact and move along together, accompany their listening. The people present and absent, the audience and the protagonists, are setting the stage of their own story within History focusing on the echo that is left behind.

In the particular condition being build, the audience is called upon to activate first the sense of hearing, in an era when image as a medium occupies our perception of the world, the audience can bring back memories and compose their own personal images and thoughts.

Performances: 09 & 10.10.2020 at 19.00 and 20.30

Duration: 40 minutes

“indeX 2”, an installation and performance with Panajotis Daramaras and Sania Stribakou  

FokiaNou Art Space is pleased to present “indeX 2”, Panajotis Daramaras’ second part of an ongoing trilogy investigating the symbolic and scientific dimensions of matter. In indeX 2, Daramaras creates an independent universe of sculptural compositions and installations featuring wood and books, as well as a performance by Sania Stribakou. To paraphrase independent curator Ira Papadopoulou, “In indeX 2, not only does Daramaras narrate his own relationship to the unspeakable language of objects, but he also attempts to convey the inner sound of the body of matter itself, and to peel apart its surfaces and portray its primal history –a history existing prior to the palimpsest of records that have transformed matter forever.” The performances will take place on the roof of Fokianou art space. Motion design: Sania Stribakou, Conception: Panajotis Daramaras. Masks and social distancing are required in all areas of the space, including the roof, halls, and elevator.

Panagiotis Daramaras is a visual artist who lives and works in Athens. He studied at the Stavrakos Film School, attended Modern Dance and acting lessons, and later graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Athens. He has designed sets for films and theater and has participated in many group art exhibitions. In 2013 he choreographed and interpreted the work "Traces" in collaboration with Aggeliki Papadatou. In 2018 he presented the first indeX at FokiaNou Art Space. In 2019 he curated the exhibition RememberingRemembered with Lia Petrou and participated in Supermarket, Stockholm Independent Art Fair. Most recently he participated in Ammophila Vol.1 Birth, in Elafonisos, 2020.

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.

Opening: 26 & 27 September, 18.00
Duration: 26 Sept - 17 October 2020. Opening hours: Thursday to Saturday 17.00 - 20.00. 
Performances:  26/9, 27/9, 3/10, 10/10 at 19.00

 

A rare Mediterranean cyclone, named Ianos, will land in Greece today, and will initially impact the western parts of the country in the late afternoon, mainly the islands of Ithaca, Zakynthos, and Cephalonia as well as Ilia and Messinia in west Peloponnese, according to a statement issued by Deputy Civil Protection Minister, Nikos Hardalias.

On Friday, the cyclone is expected to hit the rest of the Peloponnese, Attica, Central Greece, and Evia. The Cyclades islands are expected to be affected by Friday night. Furthermore, it is also possible that Crete will also be impacted on Saturday.

Though his statement, Nikos Hardalias warned the public to be alert and take the necessary precautions. “We must be clear, the effects of Ianos will be similar to those of very bad weather, but with even greater intensity, extent, and duration. Material damage may be caused by strong winds and collisions with objects flying in the wind,” he said.

Article source: ekathimerini.com

 

After a short summer break, YES Forum is back and invites you on Thursday, September 17, at 19:00 to watch the live presentation of the book "Winning Shipping Strategies". In their book, Paul Emmanuelides and George Tsavliris develop a comprehensive framework of winning shipping strategies, through the application of established Strategic Management theory in the Shipping Industry, drawing empirical evidence from case studies of leading firms from the thriving Greek shipping community. 

The presentation will stream live on YES FORUM's Facebook page. During the discussion that will take place, the authors will also answer questions posed by audience members. 

The discussion will be moderated by Antonis Papagiannidis, CEO of Economia Group, and Danae Bezentakou, Concept Founder of YES FORUM & CEO of NAVIGATOR SHIPPING CONSULTANTS LTD.

With schools having just started, kids and parents are getting prepared for the new school year; children are happy to see their friends again and share their summer vacation news.

 

However, this year, the return to school will be different. With COVID-19 still going strong, this year's return will be a new experience for children, parents, and teachers – it's much like mapping an unknown territory. So how do you prepare your child to deal with the new conditions in their daily life? I'm not referring to masks or hand washing. I'm talking about the emotional part that we accidentally overlook sometimes.

 

Start with yourself. How do you feel about your child going to school? If you are worried, so will your child. If you think that the situation will continue to be terrible, your child will believe the same. If your attitude is positive and centered, your child will have the same attitude. Let me remind you that children copy and reflect on our emotions. The more calm and stable you are, the better it is for your child. If you have younger children, there's no need to add to their stress. It is very imperative to assure them that it's okay if they forget some rules. After all, that's what the teachers are there for.

 

Listen to your child and their concerns, let them speak, and don't rush to offer your opinion. They may be afraid their friends won't go to school this year, and they will lose them. If you notice a denial on their part, this may be why they don't want to go either. Talk to them about friendship, how relationships change so that if there is a change, it'll be easier for them to accept it.

 

Take their worries seriously, even if they do not seem important to you. Research shows that today's children are under a lot of stress–they do not need any more from us. What they need is our love and support to meet the challenges that this school year will bring.

 

Here's to a great start!

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One of the most active and acclaimed Greek artists, Ilias Papailiakis, is engaged in an ongoing conversation with the history of Greek art. The solo exhibition Theoretical Objects: Works 2017–2020 comprises paintings, drawings, and sculptures produced in the last three years. In Papailiakis’ work, the ‘theoretical object’ is the object of study and research: It is the human body, violence, and history, art and archaeology, landscape and nature, the genealogy of desire, the history of civilization, the cultural traces of the past.

The exhibition consists of the sections: "Studies for a Thinker" (2008-2018), eighteen oils that reveal the transitional stage and the research that preceded until the artist was led to schematic painting. "The Archaic Members" (2018-2019), seven works in oil on canvas, mostly portraits, "The Warrior and the Sleep" (2019-2020), consisting of nine paintings, with the most recognizable The sculptor and the sleeping (2019), as well as six new works. The above sections are completed by 250 drawings with ink or pencil on paper

The exhibition is presented by the City of Athens Cultural, Sports & Youth Organisation (OPANDA) and is curated by Christoforos Marinos, art historian and OPANDA curator.

Renowned Italian actress and beauty icon Monica Bellucci is coming to the Odeon of Herodes Atticus on September 28 - 30, 2020.  Having one of the most talented actresses in the world perform under the Acropolis is big news enough, even without mentioning the role she will be performing. Belucci will be incarnating opera singer Maria Callas and she will be doing so while struggling with her own fear of the stage.

"Going on stage is almost a kind of violence that I put myself through", says Belucci adding that as opposed to films, where scenes are shot one by one, in theatre one's concentration must last for the duration of the show.

Bellucci recently brought Maria Callas to life at the Studio Marigny in Paris, reading excerpts of Tom Volf’s “Lettres et Mémoire”, a monologue based on unpublished letters of the great soprano. These three unique performances in Athens will bring to light hidden and unknown aspects of the iconic singer, taking audiences on a journey into the life and career of the great diva. From her childhood in New York to the years of the war in Athens and from the first steps of her career to her marriage and her stormy love affair with Aristotle Onassis. 

Calling all vinyl lovers! Your favorite event, the Technopolis Vinyl Market is back for its regular fiesta on April 15-17, 2022.

The vinyl market returns enriched with new collections and fresh releases, as well as many other music exhibits. You'll get the chance to dig amongst what both vinyl stores and private sellers will be showing off and discover disks from the entire music range, from rock and jazz to ethnic and reggaeton. 

Of course, as always, pleasant music will thrill you throughout the event. You can expect DJ performances, contests, and sideshows, but don't let them distract you from that sought-after catalog number! 

Days & Hours:
Friday: 17.00-22.00
Saturday & Sunday: 11.00-22.00