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ATHENS EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
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ATHENS & EPIDAURUS FESTIVAL 2018 (19-08-2018 8:00 pm) The Greek calendar is full of cultural festivals and events, especially during the summer months. One of the most prestigious Greek festivals – that has been running for more than 60 years attracting large audiences from Greece and around the world – is the Athens and Epidaurus Festival.
What is it about: Greece’s foremost cultural festival and one of the oldest performing arts festivals in Europe (1955), the Athens & Epidaurus Festival each year presents numerous theater, dance, and music artists, acclaimed in Greece and worldwide, attracting large audiences from around the world.
Taking place annually between June and August, the Athens and Epidaurus Festival features a top line-up of Greek and international theater, drama, opera, music and dance performances held at various historic and modern venues across Athens as well as at Epidaurus in the Peloponnese.
The festival is best-known for its ancient venues, namely the amphitheatre of Epidaurus and Athens’ 2nd Century B.C. Odeon of Herodes Atticus; both open-air. The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus is located within the archaeological site of the Sanctuary of Asklepios in the Peloponnese, which is only a 30m drive from picturesque Nafplio and a 2h drive from Athens, whereas the Odeon of Herodes Atticus lies beneath the Acropolis Hill dominating the western end of its southern slope.
Since its inception in 1955, the Athens and Epidaurus Festival has staged world class performances by internationally acclaimed artists spanning across all fields of performing arts; among them some of the biggest names in music, theatre and dance, including – to name but a few – Frank Sinatra, Maria Callas, Luciano Pavarotti, Martha Graham and Rudolf Nureyev.
So, it comes as no surprise that this year’s Athens and Epidaurus Festival also boasts an impressive lineup! The festival’s 2018 edition includes world-famous Greek singer Nana Mouskouri, Italian orchestra Il Pomo d' Oro, Moscow's Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, British violinist Nigel Kennedy, American actor Bill Murray, rock musician Sting and many more.
The Athens leg of the festival opens at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus with Verdi's "Nabucco" on June 1st and closes with Bizet's "Carmen" on July 31st, whereas the Epidaurus leg of the festival kicks off on June 29th with Aristophanes' “The Acharnians” and closes on August 18th with Sophocles' “Oedipus at Colonus”. In between and for over a month several classic works by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes will be presented every Friday and Saturday at the Epidaurus amphitheater.
All performances have English subtitles unless otherwise stated. Lastly, Athens’s Pireos 260 venue – another iconic venue of the festival – will be hosting contemporary Greek and international plays. Its inaugural performance is "The Pursuit of Happiness" by the US-based Nature Theater of Oklahoma on June 1st.
For more information please visit the official site of Athens & Epidaurus: www.http://greekfestival.gr/en/events
AEGEAN REGATTA 2018 (25-08-2018 10:00 pm) Aegean Regatta, one of the most important sporting events in the country, will be once again welcoming prominent sailing teams from both Greece and abroad looking to compete at this classic offshore race taking place during the third week of August on the Aegean archipelago.
Aegean Regatta, which is now in its 29th edition, will take place on 18-25 August 2018 and is considered to be one of Greece’s signature sailing events gathering approximately 70 to 90 yachts and more than a 1.200 top sailors every year. Its origins go back to 2001, when Aegean Regatta was first held aiming to introduce sailing enthusiasts to lesser known Greek islands and destinations and help boost their local economies. A principle that the event organizers still follow to this day as each year’s race is held in different and relatively unknown Greek islands scattered across the Aegean Sea.
This year’s annual race sets sail on August 19th from the picturesque island of Skyros and navigates through the island of Chios before continuing on to the island of Samos where the race concludes on 25 August 25th. It is a 165 nautical miles sailing route featuring Skyros – a hidden gem of the Sporades compared to cosmopolitan Skiathos, Mama Mia! celebrated Skopelos and rugged Alonissos – as well as the gorgeous northeastern Aegean islands of Chios, home to the famous mastic villages, and Samos, birthplace of Hera – wife to Zeus – according to Greek mythology.
The Aegean Regatta 2018 racing programme is as follows:
• Sunday 19/08 – offshore race from Skyros to Limnia (Volissos) Chios, 73nm.
• Tuesday 21/08 – offshore race from Limnia to Chios town, 40nm.
• Thursday 23/08 – offshore race from Chios to Vathi Samos, 52nm.
• Saturday 25/08 – inshore races based around Pythagorio in Samos.
Aegean Regatta 2018 is organized by the Secretariat General for Island Policy and the Aegean in collaboration with the Hellenic Sailing Association (Open Sea Committee). Moreover, this year’s event is supported by the Region of North Aegean and the Municipalities of Skyros, Chios and Samos and coordinated by Chios Nautical Club.
For more information about the event and to register please see here http://www.aegeanregatta.gr/en/ and here http://www.aegeanregatta.gr/en/entries-en/entry-submission.html
ATHENS OPEN AIR FILM FEST 2018 (29-08-2018 10:00 pm) The 8th edition of Athens Open Air Film Festival (AOAFF) returns to the city this summer and will be organizing free screenings of a wide selection of films between June-August 2018 against the backdrop of some Athens’s most iconic monuments and unexpected locations.
During the festival archaeological sites, museums and central spots of the city, including squares, parks and pedestrian areas, are transformed into a large open air cinema in order to host outdoor screenings of some of the greatest movies in film history.
The 2018 Athens Open Air Film Festival kicks off on June 4th with Clint Eastwood’s critically acclaimed film “The Bridges of Madison” (1995) featuring Meryl Streep in one of her best ever on screen performances. The festival’s opening film will take place at the Byzantine and Christian Museum garden – one of the most beautiful urban spaces in Athens – and is proudly supported by the U.S. Embassy in Athens.
AOAFF 2018 also joins forces with Athens & Epidaurus Festival for the fourth consecutive time and will be featuring a series of screenings at several iconic Athens & Epidaurus Festival venues, such as Athens’s Pireos 260. Moreover, in a rare collaboration between the two festivals the Little Theatre of Ancient Epidaurus will be hosting its first ever film screening on June 30th with the Academy Award nominated cinematic adaptation of Euripides’s tragedy “Electra” by Michael Cacoyiannis (1962).
Additionally, in collaboration with the «Lost Highway of Greek Cinema», this year’s AOAFF will feature a tribute to renowned Greek filmmakers Stavros Tsiolis and Kostas Gavras. The tribute includes a special screening of digitally restored copies of their first films («The Young Runaway, 1968» by S. Tsiolis and «The Sleeping Car Murders, 1965» by K. Gavras), both of which will take place at the beautiful Cine Riveria on June 25th and July 6th respectively.
Finally, the festival continues its long established and successful partnership with the British Council by presenting a tribute to legendary literary adaptations on the big screen. The tribute is titled “Classics Illustrated” and it includes screenings some of the genre’s most well known masterpieces, such as “The Remains of the Day, 1993” by James Ivory, “The Collector, 1965” by William Wyler, “Lord of the Flies, 1963” by Peter Brook and many more.
The festival that runs until August 29th is organized by Cinema Magazine and Athens International Film Festival in association with Athens Municipality’s Culture, Sports and Youth Organisation, OPANDA.
For more information about AOAFF’s 2018 programme, please see here: http://www.aoaff.gr/english_2018/
"THE DOWRY" EXHIBITION (31-08-2018 9:00 pm) The custom of the dowry, which has been largely dispensed with in modern Greece, is showcased in a fascinating exhibition at the Angeliki Hatzimichali Museum of Folk Art and Tradition.
Steeped in symbolism, lovingly preserved items handed to newly married couples by the brides’ families on their wedding day, including dresses and wreaths as well as linens, are displayed alongside artworks, dowry agreements and creations inspired by traditional wedding preparations.
Opening hours are Tuesdays to Fridays from 09:00 to 13:00 and 17:00 to 21:00, and Saturdays and Sundays from 09:00 to 13:00 through August 31st, 2018.
Venue: Angeliki Hatzimichali Museum of Folk Art and Tradition, Angelikis Hatzimichali Street 6, Plaka, 210 3243972.
EN AITHRIA 9 (28-09-2018 9:00 pm) The historic comics and illustrations exhibition at the Hellenic American Union…
"En Aithria 9" at the Hellenic American Union.
Comicdom Press and the Hellenic American Union, in cooperation with the Hellenic American College (HAEC), proudly present the comics and illustrations group exhibition En Aithria 9, featuring 82 Greek creators. The exhibition series “En Aithria” is an initiative by Artistic Director Gabriel Tompalides aiming to bring together in a single space the work of renowned artists of the local comics and illustrations scene with that of up-and-coming new talents. Free of any particular curatorial prompt, as always, participating creators hail from a wide range of different styles and schools, in an attempt to showcase both the diversity in the creativity of Greek artists and in what motivates them in the present time and place.
Exhibition curators: Dimitris Sakaridis, Elias Katirtzigianoglou and Melandros Ganas.
Featuring the following creators:
Irini Agelidou
Dimitris Agarai
Dimitra Adamopoulou
Spyros Evangelos Armenis
Eugenia Vereli
Panagiotis Vlamis
Vasilis Gerkou
Dennis Giatras
Tomek Giovanis
Melandros Ganas & Alexandra Tribola
Vassilis Gogtzilas
Giorgos Gousis
Elena Gogou
Spiros Derveniotis
Georgios Dimitriou
Vasilis Dimopoulos
George Doutsiopoulos
Triantaphyllos Eleutheriou
Giannis Ermidis
Orestis Ermeidis
Vasilis Zikos
Efi Theodoropoulou
Panos Kamoulakos
Avgi Kanaki
Dimitrios Kasdaglis
Elias Katirtzigianoglou & Eugenia Koumaki
Michael Katoglou
Daphne Keskenidou
Thomas Kefalas
Stavros Kioutsioukis
George Komiotis & Harry Saxon
Rafaella Koni
Dimitris Koskinas
Arinela Kociko
Nikos Koutsis
Tasos Kyriakidis, Filippos Konstantakis
Nearhos Konstantinou
George Konstantopoulos Manos Lagouvardos
Aris Labos
Alexia Lougiaki
Vasilis Lolos
Tasos Maragos
Lefteris Mavrogiannis
Panagiotis Mitsobonos
George Micalef
George Moundroukas (Gemo)
Hariton Bekiaris
George Botsos
Athanasios Bangeas
Lila Belivanaki
Nikos Milioris
Kostas Nikellis
Dimitra Nikolaidi
Marios Ksidonas
Alexia Othonaiou
Dimitris Pantazis
Kostas Pantoulas
Siadora Papatheodorou
Thanasis Petrou
Yannis Rubulias
Angeliki Salamaliki
Konstantinos Sklavenitis
George Soulis
Nikolas Stefadouros (Stef)
Tety Solou
Gabriel Tompalides
Thanos Tsilis
Maggie Tsiopelaki
Kostas Fragiadakis
Vassilis Chilas & Panagiotis Tsaousis
Nektarios Chionis
Rianna Adams
Malk
Darina Miroshnichenko
Rob Snow
Dani Strips.
Information:
Organizer: Comicdom Press, Hellenic American Union, Hellenic American College (HAEC).
Start Date: 12/09/2018.
End Date: 28/09/2018.
Opening: Wednesday, September 12th, 2018, 19:00
Gallery.
Hours/Duration: Monday-Friday: 12:00-21:00, Saturday: 10:30-14:30, closed on Sunday.
Admission is free.
Venue: Kennedy Gallery, Hellenic American Union,Massalias 22,
10680 Athens, 210 3680052.
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