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ATHENS EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
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EXHIB: DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS: "LATVIA & GREECE 1918-2018" (23-02-2019 8:00 pm) The Service of Diplomatic and Historical Archives of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in Athens and with the support of the City of Athens Cultural, Sports and Lifelong Learning Organization, organizes an exhibition of diplomatic documents on the occasion of the completion of 100 years of relations between Greece and Latvia. The initiative for the exhibition, originally presented with great success in Riga last November, belongs to the Embassies of the two countries in the respective capitals, as well as to the Diplomatic Archives of the Greek and Latvian Foreign Ministries, which closely and successfully cooperate in several working groups of diplomatic archives at European and international level. The Latvian National Archives took over the scenario of the exhibition and its graphic depiction.
The exhibition is consisted of diplomatic documents from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the two countries, as well as from the Latvian National Archives. It highlights all aspects of Greek-Latvian relations as early as the first independence of Latvia in 1918. The research that was conducted by the Diplomatic Archives in order to set up this exhibition highlighted aspects of the history of the two peoples that few knew: for example, the appointment of a Greek honorary consul in Riga in 1895, 23 years before the independence of Latvia, because of the city's importance as the “most commercial city” of the Empire after St Petersburg and Odessa, as the Greek Chargé d’Affaires in St Petersburg Alexandros Tombazis wrote to the Ministry when he proposed the creation of a consular authority there.
The exhibition will be held from February 15-23rd at the “Melina” Cultural Center of the City of Athens (66 Herakleidon & Thessalonikis, Thissio, Keramikos Metro Station.
Hours of Operation: Tuesday to Saturday 10:00-20:00, Sunday 10:00- 14:00).
The building of the “Melina” Cultural Center, which housed the old Poulopoulos Hat Factory, is symbolically the ideal space for holding this exhibition, as Apostolos Poulopoulos (son of the founder of the factory Elias Poulopoulos and heir of the company) also served as honorary consul of Latvia in Athens in the 1930s.
THEATER: "TONIGHT WE IMPROVISE" (24-02-2019 7:00 pm) A play by Nobel laureate Luigi Pirandello is once again paired with music by Oscar-winning Manos Hadjidakis, this time given new impetus by director Dimitris Mavrikios and conductor Nikos Kypourgos. The multi-faceted director Dimitris Mavrikios, who has an in-depth knowledge of Pirandello’s works, brings the Sicilian dramatist to the Greek National Theater.
A theatrical company is attempting to adapt Pirandello’s own novella, Leonora, addio!, for the stage. The lack of a script creates ambiguity between the actors, who identify so much with their roles that they dispense with the director in order to live the lives of the characters that they are playing!
The power of the creation over the creator is a dynamic that is essential for art, and especially for Pirandello. The play, which is the third in his ‘theatre in the theatre’ trilogy, investigates his favorite theme of the confusion between the imagination and reality.
Pirandello is not only an extraordinary writer whose works continue to be performed with undiminished success all over the world; he is also a great European intellectual and profound political thinker.
English surtitles: Every Friday, Saturday & Sunday.
Hours of Operation:
From 11.11.2018 to 24.02.2019. Wednesdays: 19:00, Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays: 20:30, Sundays: 19:00.
For more information, please visit the official site of the National Theater of Greece:
www.n-t.gr/en/events/apopse-aftosxediazoume.
Venue: National Theater of Greece Ziller Building – Main Stage, Agiou Konstantinou Avenue 22-24, Athens, 210 5288173.
EXHIB: "THE PEOPLE OF DESPOTIKO" (02-03-2019 9:00 pm) A photo display by Mary Chatzaki, curated by art historian, Louisa Karapidaki..
In this exhibition, Mary Chatzaki is presenting her photographic records during the restoration of ancient monuments on the islet of Despotiko, near Antiparos, where, as revealed by the excavations, lie the ruins of a sanctuary, which used to be renowned all over Ancient Greece. Louisa Karapidaki, curator of the exhibition, remarks: “Chatzaki’s photographic captures pay homage to the material and immaterial aspect of people’s toil. True samples of documentary photography, they seek to call the viewer’s attention to the unseen and largely unknown aspects of a painstaking, almost unimaginable, task: that of the restoration of an ancient monument.”
The opening of the exhibition includes a lecture by Yannos Kourayos, Archaeologist, Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades, Ministry of Culture and Director of the excavation at Despotiko.
Following the opening at the Hellenic American Union, the exhibition will travel to the USA to be presented at the Greek Consulate in New York on October 10, 2019. The catalog complementing the two exhibitions is published by Melissa Publishing House with the support of the Welfare Foundation for Social and Cultural Affairs (KIKPE).
Opening Monday, February 11th, 2019, 19:00.
End Date : 02/03/2019.
Gallery Hours/Duration Monday-Friday: 12:00-21:00, Saturday: 10:30-14:30, clïsed on Sunday.
Languages: EL.
Interpretation Provided: No.
Registration Required: No.
Reservation Required: No.
Admission is free.
Venue: Hellenic American Union Theater, Division of Cultural Affairs
Massalias 22,
10680 Athens, 210 3680052
5th LYCBETTUS RUN (10-03-2019 12:00 pm) On Sunday, March 10th, 2019 we run the Lycabettus hill for the organization "The Smile of the Child"! One of the most special running events in the domestic sports calendar, Lycabettus Run returns for the fifth consecutive year.
The popular running race is coming in order to offer to amateur and professional runners the opportunity to test their skills on particular routes and enjoy the experience of hiking in the heart of Athens. This year, as an anniversary year, many surprises are waiting the runners!
Taking advantage of the particular stracture of the area, the race takes place on two different surfaces: the asphalt and the trail. In both cases, the starting point and the finishing point is the entrance of St. As George Lycebettus Lifestyle Hotel. Therefore, the racing program of the day consists of five different events on asphalt and trail. Asphalt races include 2 distances, 5.5 and 11 km. They are all circular, making the runners to move clockwise on the ring road of Lycabettus. The trail routes also include two distances of 4.5 and 9 km.
Like every year this year, the event will also have a charitable character as it will support the "Smile of the Child".
To register and for more information, please visit the official website of the Lycabettus Run:
http://lycabettusrun.gr/index.php/en/.
10th POSEIDON ATHENS HALF MARATHON (21-04-2019 11:30 am) The 10th International Poseidon Athens Half Marathon, the great athletic event aiming to raise awareness regarding diabetes and obesity, will be held on Sunday, April 21st, 2019.
With the phrase “Everyone is a winner” as its moto, the event includes several races apart from the HalfMarathon race such as a Relay Half Marathon race (2 runners), a Quarter Marathon race, a Fun Run, a Power Walking race, the Chiquita Athens Kids Run and a Charity Run.
The courses make their way past the most beautiful spots of the coastline at Faliro area. In the case of the Half Marathon race, these include among others the Nautical Tradition Park, the battleship Averof, the trireme “Olympias”, the Water Square, the Park of Kallithea and Esplanada.
The finish line for all races is in the track of the Cultural and Sports Centre of the Municipality of Palaio Faliro.
Apart from the races, various other events will also take place from April 19th to April 21st, 2019, inviting everyone to participate.
The event is under the auspices of the Municipality of Palaio Faliro, the Municipality of Alimos, the Attica Region, the Greek National Tourism Organisation, the Hellenic Diabetes Association (EDE), the Hellenic Olympics Academy (ÅÈÍ.Ï.Á.), the Hellenic Police, the Hellenic Association of Mass Popular Sports & Ultra Running Clubs (EOSLMA-Y) and the European Federation “Sports for All” (UESpT).
To register and for more information, please visit the official site of the Poseidon Athens Half Marathon:
www.poseidon-athenshalfmarathon.com/en.
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