The Secretariat General of Culture of the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs in cooperation with the International Council of Museums branch in Greece presented the program of celebrating events on the occasion of the International Museum Day on Saturday, May 18. Several institutions from around the country will take place in the festivities [...]
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Edessa Cherries, Wine For Gastronomy Fair
Crunchy cherries, traditional jams and cheese will be featured at the 1st Gastronomic Fair of Edessa from May 17-19, a festival which draws the hungry aplenty. Local products will be showcased in hotels and accommodations of the area and will be included within the certified Greek breakfast, which is internationally recognized under the name Greek [...]
Greek Choreographers Festival In Thessaloniki
The Dance Festival of the Greek Choreographers Association has been organized for the first time in Thessaloniki, with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the co-operation of the Greek department of the International Dance Council – Cid Unesco, and will run from May 27-June 2. The aim of the event is [...]
Miloterranean Geo Experience On Milos
Sponsored by the company S&B Industrial Minerals S.A., Milos Mining Museum on the island of Milos, a volcanic Greek island in the Aegean Sea, presented the new Miloterranean Geo Experience project, a web application which caters to the inquisitive traveler’s desire to discover the multifaceted beauty of the Greek islands’ Milos and Kimolos landscape and [...]
Athens, Epidaurus Festival 2013 Program Announced
George Loukos, President and Artistic Director of Athens Festival the last seven years, announced on May 15 the program of the 2013 festival, which will begin on June 1. Loukos was in the difficult position to organize the program in a very short period of time, because of governmental and ministerial blockages. “Better late than [...]
Mother’s Day Has Its Roots in Ancient Greece
The tradition of Mother’s Day goes back to the era of ancient Greeks and Romans. However, the roots of Mother’s Day history can also be traced in the UK, where a Mothering Sunday was celebrated much before the festival saw the light of the day in the US. Ancient Greeks used to celebrate their annual [...]
Premiere of Tribute to Mikis Theodorakis
The premier of the theatrical performance Who Is Hunting My Life (Pios Ti Zoi Mou) will be held at the Badminton Theater in Athens, on May 10. The performance is a tribute to the great Greek songwriter and composer, world famous Mikis Theodorakis. Through Theodorakis’ music and songs, the audience will travel through the most [...]
European Students Visit Folegandros
Seventeen students from Estonia, Latvia, Turkey, Spain, Denmark and Belgium along with their teachers visited the island of Folegandros for one week, in the framework of the European Lifelong Learning Programs, Comenius. Within the two previous years, Greek students had visited their countries and the last stop of the program was the Greek Aegean island. [...]
Αlex The Lazy Greek Is Back
The video of Alex the lazy Greek which went viral on the Internet last November, showing just how easily the international media had depicted a negative image of Greece due to the ongoing crisis and its European-wide side effects is being used to reverse what critics called an unfair stereotype. The team that created Alex [...]
Byzantium Revives on Andros
The Museum of Contemporary Art on the island of Andros, will host from June 30 to September 29, a different exhibition, Depicting Transcendence/From Byzantine Tradition to Contemporary Art. The aim of this homage is to explore the historical, aesthetic and stylistic influences of the Byzantium, and to enhance the way in which Modern Greek painters [...]
Urban Survivors at Athens International Airport
Doctors Without Borders and the Athens International Airport invite visitors to a different photographic voyage to the margin of contemporary cities. The exhibit, Urban Survivors, will run from May 13 to August 30, and will present the works of Stanley Greene, Francesco Zizola, Pep Bonet, Alixandra Fazzina and Jon Lowenstein, all photographers of the Noor/Apeiron [...]
Greek Museums Packing Them In
Hit by constant protests and riots over austerity measures in 2012, Greece’s museums saw a 2.8 percent drop in visitors, and a decline in revenues of 18.4 percent, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). However, a 15.2% increase was recorded in the number of visitors to Greek museums during January 2013 while revenues rose [...]
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Calendar – Exhibits, Concerts, Fun
- Greece Celebrates International Museum Day on May 18 May 18, 2013
- Edessa Cherries, Wine For Gastronomy Fair May 17, 2013
- Greek Choreographers Festival In Thessaloniki May 17, 2013
- Taxidi Exhibit 2013 Opens in Cyprus May 16, 2013
