Livin'Lovin'

Kisses to the Children

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:41:31 +0000

In our effort to always open new windows to the history of Greece and not only the history, but everything related to the country you are now living in, we have found a gem: an awarded-winning documentary film about the Greek-Jewish children who were saved by Christian families from the Nazi’s persecution during the World War II.

The film also depicts the life of the Greek Jewish Communities before the War, complemented with rare images of Occupied Greece from archival material, as well as amateur films by German soldiers and illegal footage shot by Greek patriots.

Vassilis Loules / MASSIVE PRODUCTIONS /
Carousel FILMS / “LIVIN’ and LOVIN’ IT IN GREECE”

present

the awarded-winning documentary film

“KISSES TO THE CHILDREN”:

Personal, little stories in the turbulence of History.

The film director Vassilis Loules will honour us with his presence and will be there after the end of the film to answer questions.

The film is in Greek with English subtitles.

Swing culture and applied arts

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:36:46 +0000

Colourful swing party / Swing culture and applied arts

metamatic:taf is glad to present the exhibition Swink which opens on Monday 20 May and will run until 26 May.

Chicago in the 20s, Europe in the 40s, ruffled skirts and the dancing atmosphere reminds us our love of swing and so we create the Swink Project.

The exhibition takes its name from the synthesis of the words swing and ink and is aiming to combine the swing culture with the applied arts. Twenty eight graphic design companies and freelancers get inspired by music and design art posters that will be exposed in ten rooms of metamatic:taf.

Each participating designer, has been given four basic key words (movement, atmosphere, clothing, musical instruments) and is free to use whatever technique he wishes so as to create a poster that will visualize his own take on swing.

The exhibition will open on Monday 20 May with a colourful swing party, which will include a live show by Belleville, a silkscreen-printing workshop by tind and more surprises.

Organization: Vassia Kalozoumi, Corn Studio (Andreas Xenoulis, Dimos Stathis).

Participants: Anna Trympali, Corn Studio, Daphne Giannakou, Dimitra Karagianni, Dimitris Anapliotis, Ioannis Markakis, Joanna Jelly, Junkart, Kuki, La tigre Design | Christina Pasiou, Lefteris Apostolopoulos, Maria Kozari Mela, Marianna Mantikou, Nearchos Ntaskas | Polkadot Design, Parisko, Reach People, Sale Designers, Seaman, Shk Crew, Sophia Georgopoulou, Stefanos Michaelides, Sugahtank, John Roubanis, Tassos Papaioannou, Thanos Gionis, Tind, Tommaso Taraschi | Tato, Vassia Kalozoumi, Yannis Fetanis.

Opening: Monday 20.05.2013, 20:30

Admission free

Exhibition duration: 20.05 – 26.05.2013

Opening hours: Mon.-Sat. 12:00-21:00, Sun. 12:00-19:00

Address: 5 Normanou str. 105 55 Athens, Monastiraki

source: http://theartfoundation.metamatic.gr/EN/Event/1532/Swink/

Jan Lisiecki, piano recital

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 08:49:38 +0000

MUSICAL EVENINGS IN THE DIMITRIS MITROPOULOS HALL

With the support of the
Embassy of Canada
Air Canada
Hotel Grande Bretagne
Embassy of Poland

- Olivier Messiaen: La colombe, Chant d’ extase dans un paysage triste, Le nombre léger, Instants défunts
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita no 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in A major, K. 331
- Fryderyk Chopin: Études (12), opus 25

Jan Lisiecki piano

“… remarkably poetic… an extraordinary talent…”
The Manchester Evening News

“… perhaps the most ‘complete’ pianist of his age…”
BBC Music Magazine

Already recognized around the world for his poetic and mature playing, 18-year-old Jan Lisiecki has received several awards, including the 2010 Révélations Radio-Canada Musique and the 2011 Jeune Soliste des Radios Francophones. He has signed an exclusive recording agreement with Deutsche Grammophon at age 15 and his debut recording will feature Mozart’s Piano Concertos no. 20, K. 466 and no. 21, K. 467 under Maestro Christian Zacharias with the Kammerorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.
Performance highlights for the 2012-13 season include the opening concert of the Orchestre de Paris under Paavo Järvi at Salle Pleyel, and debuts with the BBC Symphony at the Barbican in London, the Leipzig Radio Symphony at Leipzig Gewandhaus and the Göteborgs Symfoniker. European recital debuts include Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt, Gstaad, Hamburg, Lisbon, Vienna, and Zurich. In 2012 has made his debut with the Accademia de Santa Cecilia Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic.
In 2010, the Fryderyk Chopin Institute released Jan’s live recordings of both Chopin concertos with Sinfonia Varsovia and Howard Shelley, which received the prestigious Diapason Découverte award in May 2010.

ATHENS CONCERT HALL (Megaron Mousikis)

Vas. Sofias & Kokkali str

nearest metro station: megaro mousikis

Location:
Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall

Date/Time:
20 May 2013/20:30

Prices:
Students, young people, unemployed, individuals with special needs: € 6
Families having many children, +65: € 10
Zone B: € 16
Zone A: € 25

Buy your ticket Online

HAVE FUN in ATHENS

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:49 +0000

ATHENS & EPIDAURUS FESTIVAL 2013

admin — Sat, 18 May 2013 07:40:43 +0000

The PROGRAMME of ATHENS & EPIDAURUS FESTIVAL 2013 is OUT !!!
We will be posting the pre-sale dates of the performances every week as they are announced.

International Museum Day

admin — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:14:27 +0000

The International Council of Museums (ICOM) established International Museum Day in 1977 to encourage public awareness of the role of museums in the development of society.

From America to Oceania, through Europe, Asia and Africa, International Museum Day is a special moment for the museum community. On this day, participating museums interpret an issue that concerns all cultural organisations. International Museum Day is also a fantastic opportunity for museum professionals to meet their public. At the heart of society, museums are institutions dedicated to its development.

Traditionally, International Museum Day is organised around 18 May. It can last a day, a weekend or a whole week, the objective being to meet at the museum with the motto: “Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples”.

Each year, IMD gathers more museums from all around the world. In 2012, 32,000 museums from 129 countries on five continents participated in the event.

source: http://network.icom.museum

Museums around the country celebrate iNTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY:

The Acropolis Museum celebrates

BENAKI MUSEUM: ON THAT DAY:

Byzantine and Christian Museum

Herakleidon Museum

ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM

ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM of THESSALONIKI

Dee Dee Bridgewater @ gazARTE

admin — Fri, 17 May 2013 06:45:40 +0000

“She has a technique and musicality that bests most performers of her generation, and her understanding of the “great American songbook” makes pretenders pale in comparison.”

One of the best jazz singers of her generation, Dee Dee Bridgewater had to move to France to find herself. She performed in Michigan during the ’60s and toured the Soviet Union in 1969 with the University of Illinois Big Band. She sang with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis orchestra (1972-1974) and appeared in the Broadway musical The Wiz (1974-1976). Due to erratic records and a lack of direction, Bridgewater was largely overlooked in the jazz world by the time she moved to France in the ’80s. She appeared in the show Lady Day and at European jazz festivals, and eventually formed her own backup group. By the late ’80s, Bridgewater’s Verve recordings were starting to alert American listeners as to her singing talents. Her 1995 Horace Silver tribute disc (Love and Peace) is a gem, and resulted in the singer extensively touring the U.S, reintroducing her to American audiences. She would find even more success with her tribute album, Dear Ella, which won a Grammy in 1997. This Is New, released in 2002, featured Bridgewater singing Kurt Weill songs, while 2005’s J’ai Deux Amours found her tackling French classics. For 2010’s Eleanora Fagan (1917-1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee, Bridgewater moved from Verve to Decca/Emarcy, and offered her versions of several songs associated with Billie Holiday. She followed this in August 2011 with her sophomore effort for the label; a compilation collection of jazz standards entitled Midnight Sun, with tunes from previously albums ranging from “Angel Eyes” to Horace Silver’s “Lonely Woman,” and included one cut, “L’Hymne a la Amour (J’ai Deux Amours),” which was released previously only in Japan.

She is a three-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter

source: http://www.jazzonline.grf

May 24 & 25, 2013

gazARTE

32- 34 Voutadon str. GAZI

nearest metro station: KERAMIKOS

Quiz Evening

admin — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:21:17 +0000

The Palini Animal Shelter will host another of its popular quiz evenings, with raffle, on Friday 17^th May at 8 p.m.in the Athens Centre, Archimideous 48 & Domboli 13, Metz. Entrance 10 Euros including refreshments. A fun evening with friends old and new so come along and help us to support the animals we rescue and care for.

Children’s fun – fun – fun !!!

admin — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:00:40 +0000

1. Attica Zoological Park

AZP opened in May 2000 and extensions are added ever since. It offers recreational as well as educational experiences. You can participate in an educational program or a guided tour for school children. It is a member of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA). It’s really great !!!

For any information you might need (in Greek and English) ,

go to www.atticapark.com/ZOO

click on: OKEANOPOLIS

click on: DINOSAVROPOLIS

2. Adventure Park

Adventure park is a thematic leisure park in the forest.It is accessible to all , younger or older since it provides different “routes” with increasing difficulty/skill levels, and various heights using special safety equipment. For more info. (in English), go to www.adventure-park.gr

3. Allou fun Park & Kidom

It is the biggest amusement park in Greece. Kidom is for kids 3-11 years old ,

and Allu for 12- 99 !!

It is located in Agios Athanasios Rendis ,Kiffissou ave.& Petrou Ralli. There is a huge parking-lot where you can park for free.

Allou fun Park is divided in three sections .

The main section is the largest ,where you can find many adventure ,interaction and skill games. Try the panorama wheel for an amazing view ,the roller coaster ,bumper cars, etc.

The smaller section is called Kidom, with games for Kids 3-11 while parents can drink their coffee. You can also have your children’s birthday parties organized there.

The third is the adrenaline/extreme rides section where you can enjoy the challenge of 4,5 and 6 G games, Shock Tower, Top Spin, and the new Star Flyer.

At Allou fun Park’s entry/reception don’t forget to ask for the Allu day Pass (15 euros), and Allu food & Fun Pass (19 euros), which provide you with a pass for many games at a lower price.

And when you get hungry or it’s time for a coffee , there is a great variety of restaurants and cafe’s.

In the region around Allou ,you can also find a bowling center, mini soccer fields, an internet cafe ,many stores and Village Park Multiplex cinemas
Allou’s site is in www.alloufunpark (En)

4. “AIDONAKIA” FUN FAIR

It is said to be one of the best for the whole family
.

5) at The Escape Center

(open air fun fair)

67a Dimocratias ave.- Ilion

www.escapecenter.gr

INTERNATIONAL SPRING FAIR

admin — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:53:08 +0000