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Australia
Pantelis Thalassinos To Perform In Australia in February
Greek singer and songwriter Pantelis Thalassinos will be visiting Australia for the first time since he began his career in 1977, to perform at the Melbourne Antipodes Festival on February 23, and give one show only at the Enmore...
Australia
Greek Language Presentation of Athens 2011 Special Olympic Games in Sydney
The official Greek language presentation of the Athens 2011 Special Olympic Games occurred this Sunday, January 22nd, organized by the Centre for Greek Literature and Poetry Kostis Palamas of Sydney.
The Greek language presentation included a tour of the Games,...
Europe
International Society of Nikos Kazantzakis’ Friends Organizes Global Events for 55th Anniversary of Writer’s Death
The International Society of Nikos Kazantzakis’ Friends commemorated the 55th anniversary of the author’s death, who passed away in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, on October 26, 1957 at the age of 74.
A full list of events commemorating the writer...
events
Opening Event of Patras' Famous Carnival On January 21
The annual Patras Carnival started on Saturday, January 21, with an opening event that took place in downtown Patra at 11:00 a.m. Both younger and older people gathered to watch and join the first event celebrating the coming Carnival...
Australia
2012 Adelaide Art Festival Hellenika
FESTIVAL HELLENIKA is Adelaide’s annual multi-disciplinary arts festival dedicated to the maintenance, development, promotion and celebration of Hellenic links in the Arts.
Formerly known as The Greek Cultural Month, the Festival is facilitated, coordinated and presented by the South Australian...
Europe
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Honors Greek Mathematician Constantine Karatheodori
The eminent Professor Rudolf Fritz of the Department of Mathematics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich will hold a lecture on the 25th of January at the central hall of the university. The lecture will be titled '...
Cyprus
The Pancyprian Gymnasium Celebrates Its 200th Anniversary
Celebrations commemorating the Pancyprian Gymnasium’s 200th anniversary took place in the presence of President Demetris Christofias, the Archbishop of Cyprus, the Mayor of Nicosia, and the head of teachers’ union OELMEK, among other dignitaries.
All had high words of praise...
Greece
"Desperados" Unveils the Present Reality of Greek Youth
“Desperados”, a play written by George Iliopoulos and directed by Charalabos Loukopoulos, is about a group of college students that have just graduated from law school. When audiences walk into the Dimotiko Theatre Kallithea in Athens, they seen an...
events
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Celebrates The Greek Letters and Three Hierarchs
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America has organized several events to celebrate the Greek Letters and the Feast Day of the Three Hierarchs, St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian and St. John Chrysostom.
On Saturday, January 28, at...
events
Agora Gallery To Host New Eleni Tsotsorou Exhibition in February
Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the captivating work of Greek artist Eleni Tsotsorou in Elemental Realms. The exhibition is scheduled to run from February 10, 2012 through March 1, 2012 (opening reception: Thursday, February 16, 2012).
Eleni Tsotsorou’s artwork has...
Europe
Thanasis Polykandriotis To Set Childrens’ Lyrics To Music
The Greek Arts and Culture Centre in Munich, ARISTOPHANIS e.V, will be holding a series of cultural events for the 1st Festival of Young Musicians in Germany.
The events aim at collecting lyrics written by children and presenting them after...
Europe
Turkish University Drama Club Brings “Medea” To Europe
Turkish Sabancı University’s Drama Club SuOyuncuları will present their English-language “Medea” performance in different universities around Europe
The tour of the ancient Greek tragedy will start on January 23 in Stuttgart, Germany, where the Turkish Consul General, Mustafa Türker Ari,...
events
Famous Spanish DJ Kiko Navarro to Perform in Greece
The famous DJ Kiko Navarro is going to perform in Greece, at Sixx club in Athens, on the 20th of January.
Kiko Navarro started working as a DJ in 1990 when he became a resident of “Club Luna” in Mallorca,...
Europe
Munich Pays Tribute to Greek Author Alexandros Papadiamantis
The Holy Metropolis of Germany, in collaboration with the Greek House of Munich and the Greek Music Union of Munich, is going to pay tribute to Greek author Alexandros Papadiamantis by organizing an event dedicated to his life and...
Art
First Architecture Biennale in Thessaloniki
The Department of Architecture in Thessaloniki, in collaboration with the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and the Goethe Institute, organize the First Architecture Biennale in Thessaloniki, titled "Architecture and The City in Southeast Europe'. Twenty five Departments of Architecture...