CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR’S in Athens

At 3 main squares, in 17 neighborhoods and at 11 cultural centers, with 10 events and 700 artists for 30 days and 30 nights

Program of events

Thursday, December 29th 2011

12.00
Athens Municipality Philharmonic Orchestra Musical walk ,Kanelopoulou Square-Ambelokipoi-Metro Exit Alexandras Avenue and D. Soutsou street.

Klaythmonos Square
10.00-22.00
“New Music Scene” Festival
(«Technopolis” Complex, Athens Municipality.)
10.00 -12.00 Music selections from “Diesi” 101.3
13.30 Theologos Kappos
15.00 NOMISMA
16.30 Demetra Mastoridou
18.00 Salata Band
19.30 Schooldrivers
21.00 DJ party από τον Tareq

Syntagma Square & “Panagiotis Gkazgkas” Closed Gym, Mets
11.00-16.00
Juggling Festival “The Toy Neighborhood”
and music selections from “Athina 98,4″
14.00 – 21.00
Juggling Seminars (Panagiotis Gkazgkas” Closed Gym, Mets-70, M.Moussourou street)

Kotzia Square
10.00-17.00
“Classical Music” Festival
10.00 Classical Melodies by the 3rd Program of E.R.T.
12.00 Modern Music E.R.T. Orchestra Concert (Conductor A. Pylarinos)
14.00 Tzeni & Zisimos Soultouki
16.00 Echo Quartet

Acropolis Museum (2nd floor Balcony)
17.00 Audio Strings Quartet

Friday, December 30th 2011
Klaythmonos Square

19.00
Best 92.6 Radio Station Party

Syntagma Square
10.00-17.00
“The magical square” of Children

Kotzia Square
10.00-19.00
“Classical Music” Festival
10.00 -12.00 Classical Melodies by the 3rd Program of E.R.T.

12.00
Athens Municipality Philharmonic Orchestra Musical walk ,Syntagma Square-Monastiraki-Varvakeios Market-Kotzia Square
15.00 Alexandros Botinis-Zacharias Tarpagos
16.30 Metallon (Brass Ensemble of the Athens State Orchestra)
18.00 Theodoris Economou

Saturday, December 31st 2011

Exarcheia Square
11.30-14.30

Christmas Workshops and happening for children from “Anemoskala” group
with the participation of the Music Team AmEA and the Y.S.O. Exarcheia Cultural Center with Christmas songs.

Heltraich Square
11.30-14.30
Christmas Workshops and happenings for children from “Paichinokamomomata” group.

St. Katherine’s Square
11.30-14.30
Christmas Workshops and happenings for children from “Anemoskala” group.

Athanasiou Diakou Square (Thymarakion)
11.30-14.30
Christmas Workshops and happenings for children from “Oscar” group.

Ag. Eleftherios Square
11.30-14.30
Christmas Workshops and happenings for children from “Pantomima Spectacles” group.

Kalliga Square (ex Karamanlaki Square)
11.30-14.30
Christmas Workshops and happenings for children from “Morfes Ekfrasis” group.

Gyzi Square
11.30-14.30
Christmas Workshops and happenings for children from “Sfyrichtroules” group.

Syntagma Square
10.00-17.00
“The magical square” of Children

Omonia Square
22.30 Municipality of Athens Philarmonic Orchestra

Kotzia Square
Classical Music Festival

12.00
Chalkeion Brass Quintet
14.00
Athens Strings Quartet
23.20
Arrival of Municipality of Athens Philharmonic orchestra
Start of New Year’s eve program
Presenters: Larissa Vergou-Leonidas Antonopoulos
23.30
Municipality of Athens Symphony Orchestra
00.00
Mayor of Athens Greeting
0.20
Musical Performance of the “Mousika Synola” of The Municipality of Athens with the participation of Doros Dimosthenous, Stamatis Beris and Gina Poulou
(The presentation will be done by Sign language interpreters from the NGO “Dro”)

Sunday, January 1st 2012

Rouf Closed Gym
(Peireos & 69, Ehelidon Street)
13.00
Festive Lunch for the Homeless

Monday, January 2nd 2012

“Anna and Maria Kalouta” Athens Municipality venue
(6, Timokreontos Street, Neos Kosmos)
20.00 – 22.00
“Expression, arts meet” Festival

Video Art – Animation, new artists
1. 1. Konstantinos Lianos
2. Sotiris Fokeas
3. ΒΑ17 Team
4. Sophia Ladeni, Giorgos Tsakalis, Panagiotis Grizos
5. Emilia Liontou, Villy Hisnaki, Alexia Psaradeli
6. Stela Vula
7. Theodoris Vogiatzides
8. Manolis Daskalakis, Menelaos Kouroudis
9. Mmine group
10. Olga Evagelidou
11. Pavlos Margaris, Christos Tsiamis

Performance
Olga Evagelidou, , Alexia Psaradeli
12. Pantelis Giannakis
13. Vassilis Papageorgiou
14. Giannis Mouradas
15. Natasha Efstathiade
16. Pantazis Tselios, Fotis Varthis
17. Veronika Marioglou-Malagon
18. Aliki Souma
19. Eleni Fountoulaki
20. Stephanos Athanatos
21. Nikos Hatzikostantis

Tuesday January 3rd 2012

Syntagma Square
10.00-17.00
“The magical square” of Children

“Anna and Maria Kalouta” Athens Municipality venue
(6, Timokreontos Street, Neos Kosmos)
18.00 -18.30
anasa-African dance and drums (Μusic Performance)
19.00 – 20.15
Opera Chaotique Tenorman & Voodoo Drummer (Jazz- Cabaret-Opera)
20.45 – 22.15
“Όrnithai»” by Aristophanes, A rock Performance for teenagers by Georgina Kakoudaki

Klaythmonos Square
“Expression, arts meet” Festival
16.30 – 17.30
«The forgetful bee»Theatrical Performance by the 2+2 Team
17.30 – 18.00
«Drawing toys» performance by Sotiris Fokeas
18.00 – 18.15
Video Art – Animation
• Κonstantinos Lianos
• Sotiris Fokeas
• ΒΑ17 team
18.30 – 20.00
«How can I remain silent» Theodoris Economou (Piano and vocal symphony)
20.00 -20.15
Video Art – Animation
• Sophia Ladeni, Giorgos Tsakalis, Panagiotis Grizos
• Emilia Liontou, Villy Hisnaki, Alexia Psaradeli
• Stela Vula
20.15 -20.45
Tango Verse (Tango Performance)
20.45 – 21.00
Video Art – Animation
• Theodoris Vogiatzides
• Manolis Daskalakis, Menelaos Kouroudes
• Mmine group
21.00 – 21.45
Μorfeas (Intercultural theatrical team)

Wednesday January 4th 2012

Syntagma Square
10.00-17.00
“The magical square” of Children

Old People’s Home of Athens
11.00
Municipality of Athens Philharmonic Orchestra Concert

“Anna and Maria Kalouta” Athens Municipality venue
(6, Timokreontos Street, Neos Kosmos)
“Expression, arts meet” Festival
17.30 – 18.30
«The forgetful bee» Theatrical Performance by the 2+2 Team
19.00 – 19.45
Μorfeas (Intercultural theatrical team)
20.00 – 20.45
Tango Verse (Tango Performance)
21.00 – 22.30
«How can I remain silent» Theodoris Economou (Piano and vocal symphony)

Klaythmonos Square
“Expression, arts meet” Festival
16.00 – 16.30
“The bow and the word” Musical and Theatrical Performance by Alekos Vassilatos
17.00 – 17.30
Capoeira Group Cordao de Ouro
18.00 – 18.30
“Strange Animals” Theatrical Performance by Margarita Amarandidi

18.40 -18.50
Video Art – Animation
• Olga Evaggelidou
• Pavlos Margaris, Christos Tsamis
19.00 – 20.00
«Drawing toys» Performance by Sotiris Fokeas& Performance with Olga Evaggelidou
20.15 -20.30
Video Art – Animation
• Pantellis Giannakis
• Vassilis Papageorgiou
20.30 – 21.00
«Eipan» Street Theater by Katerina Vardakastani.
21.00 -21.15
Video Art – Animation
• Giannis Mouradas
• Natasha Efstathiadi
21.15 – 21.45
African Drums & Dance

Thursday January 5th 2012

Syntagma Square
10.00-17.00
“The magical square” of Children

“Anna and Maria Kalouta” Athens Municipality venue
(6, Timokreontos Street, Neos Kosmos)
“Expression, arts meet” Festival
19.00 – 20.00
“The bow and the word” Musical and Theatrical Performance by Alekos Vassilatos
20.00 – 20.30
«Eipan» Street Theater by Katerina Vardakastani.
21.00 – 21.30
“Strange Animals” Theatrical Performance by Margarita Amarandidi

Municipality of Athens Directorate of Social Welfare in the context of its social policy is organizing Christmas Celebration for the members of the Friendship Club in the “Technopolis” Complex from the 8th until the 20th of December 2011 with the participation of the the Municipality of Athens Greek Music Orchestra.

Atenistas NGO is also participating in the “Athens Celebrating” program with three activities. For the dates and time of these activities we will inform you through our site www.christmasinathens.gr

source: http://www.cityofathens.gr/en/node/18508

source/read more:http://www.cityofathens.gr/en/

This Christmas season, Athens is reviving. Young people take action in bringing a sign of hope and participation to the City. The festive program that the City of Athens has prepared this year, concentrates on solidarity and joint efforts. For this reason, the artistic workforce of the City is giving an emphasis on giving life to the commercial center of Athens, which has lately been hit from the financial crisis, with lots of shops shutting down.

source/read the article: breathtakingathens.com

<<Technopolis>>, City of Athens

Saturday 10 & Sunday 11, December, 2011

Halls D6 “Takis Papatsonis” & D7 “Konstantinos Kavafis”

Sat: 15:00 – 00:00 // Sun: 13:00- 23:00

Pireos 100, Gazi 11854

This December 10 & 11th, the Meet Market celebrates Christmas, its 4 year anniversary and its 30th event at Technopolis, City of Athens, 100 Pireos, Gazi.

With our spirits high, and an appetite for festivities, we’ll be filling up D6 & D7 with the creative work of over 100 designers, both new and regular, dj sets, interactive games, and positive holiday vibes.

Come find gifts for you and your loved ones, in a 2 day market party full of clothes, accessories, art, objects, jewelry, furniture, photography, home deco, vintage & retro collectables, organic body products, food, books, christmas decorations and a whole lot more … or just join us for a drink, for a walk, for a dance, for a flirt, or just for a meet.

source: themeetmarket.gr

All its artistic forces are in action, offering their time and energy, joined by all organizations affiliated to the Municipality of Athens, trying to give to all a message of celebration and happiness, but of optimism and new meaning as well, that of solidarity, of collectiveness and of participation…

…The festivals, each one with a different theme, will give the vibe of the holiday season for 30 days and nights in the main squares of the city: Syntagma, Klauthmonos and Kotzia square while at the same time they will be expanded to 17 neighborhoods of the city. More than 700 artists will assist this effort, musicians, music groups, singers, dancers, representatives of fine arts, actors, jogglers….

source/read the article: breathtakingathens.com

MONODROME is being realized despite the Crisis that affects Greece heavily. Produced in a state of emergency, and through the synergy of all participants and a large group of volunteers, MONODROME assembles the diverse pieces of an exploratory puzzle, addressing the “here and now”. At the same time the exhibition attempts to question historical narratives that have functioned as dictums of the Greek sociopolitical and aesthetic identity and resulted in the country’s perennial suspension between a ‘before’ (tradition) and an ‘after’ (modernization). Being usually perceived and promoted as an emblematic city, Athens today is the epicentre of the Greek upheaval, a place of massive demonstrations and public discussions…

…

The 3rd Athens Biennale 2011 MONODROME is a collective discourse of artists, art groups, curators and theorists, reflecting on the complex relations between the global and the local, in an attempt to explore new modes of cultural action that open up dialogue and debate, comment on cultural production and revisit relations between (art) histories and subjectivities. It consists of three intertwined modes: the MONODROME exhibition & projects, the MONODROME Debate, the MONODROME online Channel. Furthermore, a series of exhibitions and events organized by cultural institutions, museums and galleries in Athens are included in MONODROME Parallel Events.

The MONODROME Debate is an ongoing body of lectures, interviews, discussions and performative presentations that will take place at the auditorium of Diplareios School. Participants include: Charles Esche, Anna Dezeuze, Kostis Stafylakis & Thanos Lipovats, Antonis Liakos, Effie Gazi, Dimitra Labropoulou, Alexis Fragiadakis, Manuel Ramos, Makis Malafekas and others.

The MONODROME Channel is an online platform that will be transmitting two parallel projects: The ongoing documentation of the MONODROME exhibitions and time based events (performances, lectures, workshops etc) and the MONODROME Debate programme.

source/read more: http://www.athensbiennial.org/AB/en/monodrome/EN_MDconcept.htm

participants

projects

venues

Exhibition days & hours
23 October – 11 December
Tuesday – Friday: 12.00-21.00
Saturday – Sunday: 10.00-21.00
Closed on Mondays.
The exhibition will remain closed on Thursday, November 17th

info & Access

Title: Η Τραβιάτα

Βιολέττα: Έλενα Κελεσίδη
Αλφρέντο: Αντώνης Κορωναίος
Ζερμόντ: Χάρης Ανδριανός

Στους άλλους ρόλους εμφανίζονται οι καλλιτέχνες:
Βάγια Κωφού,  Μιράντα Μακρυνιώτη, Μαρία Μαυρομμάτη,   Νίκος Τσαούσης, Χρήστος Αμβράζης, Γιώργος Ρούπας, Μιχάλης Κατσούλης.

Συμμετέχει οκταμελής χορωδία.
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Καλλιτεχνικοί υπεύθυνοι των Δράσεων στην Αθήνα:
Σταμάτης Μπερής, Λυδία Αγγελοπούλου

Η όπερα της Βαλίτσας θα ταξιδέψει, στη συνέχεια και σε άλλα μέρη εκτός του κέντρου της Αθήνας. Το αναλυτικό πρόγραμμα θα ανακοινωθεί σύντομα.

Venue

Place:

Πολιτιστικό Κέντρο Γκύζη

The Athens Classic Marathon Organizing Committee and the Marathon Office would like to inform all runners that we are in the last stage of our preparation for the big day.Given that the registration department of the organization is getting ready for the opening of the Registration Centre at Zappeion Megaro, you may get touch with one of its representatives at the following numbers: +30 6909092893 & +30 6909092894.

The Registration Centre will be open for the public the following days and hours: Thursday 10 November at 13.00-20.00, Friday 11 and Saturday 12 November at 09.00-20.00. This time schedule should be strictly followed by everyone and therefore we ask all runners to be there in time in order to collect their bib numbers and race packages.

ΝΟ BIB NUMBERS will be available the day of the Race

You would also like to remind you that NO REGISTRATION IS POSSIBLE AT THE REGISTRATION CENTRE.

We wish you ALL THE BEST!

course info, map, useful info

useful info

source: athensclassicmarathon.gr

The Ancient Drama Festival aspires to connect the tragic myths with the big questions that arise today regarding violence, fear, institutions and democracy, and thus to help us contemplate further on these contemporary issues. At the same time, it wishes to advance classical dialectic thought and to demonstrate the fortitude and strength of man. Therefore today, at the heart of the current crisis, which is not only economic but also spiritual, as well as a crisis of ethical values, we are creating an educational and cultural diversion

source/read more/Programme of Events: http://www.breathtakingathens.com/node/5001437

Second part of the exhibition:

Surrealism, The School of Paris, Portrait – Nude – Still Life, Art of the first post-war decade, Art in the 1960’s, Neo- Fauves, Prints of the Collection

5 May to 2 October, 2011

The George Economou Collection will be on display for the first time at The Municipal Gallery of Athens. Its strength is characterised by range, broadness and diversity of modern paintings, drawings and sculptures. The main purpose of the exhibition is to illustrate the artists’ tendencies, differentiations and ground-breaking achievements from the precursors of modernity, that is Impressionism and the Vienna Secession, to the late manifestations of the 1960s to the 1980s. However, precious “gem” works from the 15^th century to Rococo are also presented in the collection.

The visitor will have the opportunity to view works by Ambrosius Bosschaert II, Gerrit Dou, Eugène Delacroix, Franz von Stuck, Edward Cucuel, Lovis Corinth, Paul Signac, Moritz Melzer, Marie Marevna, Félix Vallotton, Émile Bernard, Alfons Walde, Maurice Denis, Egon Schiele, Raoul Dufy, Louis Valtat, Alexej von Jawlensky, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Max Pechstein, Emil Nolde, Georg Tappert, Otto Mueller, Alfred Kubin, Gabriele Muenter, August Macke, Georges Rouault, Hermann Scherer, Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, Ivan Kliun, Liubov Popova, Le Corbusier, Ben Nicholson, Françoise Gilot, Lucio Fontana, Kasimir Malevitch, El Lissitzky, Oskar Schlemmer, Marcel Duchamp, George Grosz, Otto Dix, Jack Crabtree, Kees van Dongen, Joan Miró, Paul Delvaux, André Masson, Man Ray, René Magritte, Willem de Kooning, Andy Warhol, Jim Dine, César, Bridget Riley, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter and Georg Baselitz.

Also on view are exceptional drawings by Erich Heckel, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Diego Rivera, Henri Matisse, Amedeo Modigliani, Giorgio Morandi and Lucian Freud. Prints by Henri Laurens, Juan Gris and Alberto Giacometti will be on display, as well as by David Hockney for the poetry of C.P. Cavafy. Leading Greek artists– Georgios Bouzianis, Thanos Tsingos, Marios Prassinos and Theodoros Stamos – are also featured in the exhibition.

The exhibition will be hosted at the new Municipal Gallery of Athens, in the neoclassical buildings of the former silk factory designed by the Danish architect Hans Christian Hansen (1803-1883).

A large-format 536 -page catalogue featuring essays and color reproductions will be published together with a free exhibition leaflet.

A range of educational activities for pre-school, elementary and secondary education students will be provided free-of-charge during the course of the exhibition.

Exhibition Curator and Catalogue Editor: Nelli Kyriazi, Director of Athens Municipal Gallery

and Museums

Art Editor: Salome Papadopoulou

Curator of the Collection: Irene Dimitrakopoulou

Venue

Leonidou and Myllerou Street, Athens 104 36, Greece, tel.: 210 52 02 420 & 421

Metro: Metaxourgeio, Red Line

Opening hours

Tuesday to Saturday 10.00 to 14.00 & 17.00 to 21.00

Sunday 10.00 to 14.00

Monday closed

Contact

For further information on the exhibition

email press1.poda@cityofathens.gr or call +30 210 36 44 449

For further information on the collection

email info@economoucollection.com or call +30 210 80 90 519/59

Place:  Leonidou and Myllerou Street, Athens 104 36, Greece

source: http://www.cityofathens.gr/en/node/12946

We’re delighted to present an exhibition entitled ARRRGH! Monsters in Fashion, organised by the cultural organisation ATOPOS Contemporary Visual Culture (ATOPOS CVC) at the Benaki Museum.

The exhibition, curated by Vasilis Zinadiakis and ATOPOS (CVC), explores the growing influence of contemporary character design on fashion. Emerging and established fashion designers are redefining the relationship between the body and clothing and between the potential of the human body and our perception of ‘What is Monster?’, combining new visual and dress codes of communication.

The designers and artists experiment, give shape to fabrics and clothe the human body creating hybrid creatures with supernatural forms, vibrant colours and abstract features that take you by surprise. These experimental creations set the scene for a unique and imaginary environment providing renewed views of fashion and redefining our perceptions of visual culture.

ATOPOS CVC will present creations by established as well as upcoming designers and artists such as: Alex Mattsson, Ara Jo, Bronwen Marshall, Cassette Playa aka Carri Mundane, Gary Card, Craig Green, Holly Fox Lee, Dr NOKI’s NHS, Dharma Taylor, Luis Lopez Smith, Piers Atkinson, Alexis Themistocleous, Walter Van Beirendonck, Bart Hess, Jean-Charles De Castelbajac and Issey Miyake among others.

In parallel with the exhibition, we are organising a series of workshops led by UK-based artists Caroline Evans and Dharma Taylor.

The exhibition and workshops are being organized under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the City of Athens, the Ambassade de France en Grèce, and the Embassy of the United States, Athens, as part of the Athens Festival 2011, with the support of the Institut Français d’Athènes, the British Council and the Athens Every Week

When: 14 May–31 July 2011 Where: Benaki Museum, 138 Peiraios & Andronikou Street, 118 54 Athens