Have you seen this girl?
Missing for 2500 years, young Athenian girl “reborn” at the Athens International Airport (June 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010) Near entrance 1 on the Arrivals Level – check it out after you’ve checked yourself in and before you leave the airport. “Myrtis: Face to face with the past” The airport exhibition, staged in cooperation [...]
Mario Fragoulis at the Herod Atticus Theater – Second Concert Added
September 16th, 2010 Starting time: 21:00 Ticket Prices: €35, €50, €60, €80, €120 Ticket Services Box Office: 39, Panepistimiou Str (in the Pezmazoglou Arcade) Information: +30 210 7234567 +30 210 7234567 On Line Bookings: www.ticketservices.gr
“Manos Hadjidakis: The Time Of Love” with Marios Fragoulis and the Manos Hadjidakis Orchestra
September 11th, 2010 Starting time: 21:00AND A second concert added! Septembe 16, 2010 Ticket Prices: €35, €50, €60, €80, €120 Ticket Services Box Office: 39, Panepistimiou Str (in the Pezmazoglou Arcade) Information: +30 210 7234567 +30 210 7234567 On Line Bookings: www.ticketservices.gr
Athens International Film Festival
Bravo to the organizers of the 16th annual AIFF (Athens International Film Festival, in case you didn’t figure that one out). They’re as sick and tired of the gloom and doom reporting as I am, and they’ve held their ticket prices to 6 euro – and since laughter is the most infectious medicine, the festival’s [...]
A musical journey back to Athens of the 60′s & 70′s
I’m kind of at a loss of how to describe this, but I guess the closest I can come from an American in Athens perspective is to call it the Greek version of “torch” – that sultry, smokey music that quickly whisks its audience back to another time and place. Though in 2010 you’ll be [...]
Happy September 3 – A short history lesson
Or How Syntagma Square got its name A bit of history about today, September 3, compliments of Wikipedia: The 3 September 1843 Revolution (Greek: Επανάσταση της 3ης Σεπτεμβρίου 1843, NS 13 September), was an uprising by the Greek Army in Athens, supported by large sections of the people, against the autocratic rule of King Otto. [...]
Tribute to Tsitsanis, 25 years later at Lycabettus
Tribute to Tsitsanis, at Lycabettus Theater Friday 17 September 2010 Vasilis Tsitsanis is considered by many to be the father of rembetika, the Greek “blues”. As I was searching around online for a sample of his music (I came up with lots of Youtube video tributes to him and his music, I’ve linkd to some [...]
Excursion from Athens
Boat trip, originally uploaded by greek58.
Sax in Athens
Sonny Rollins 80th Birthday Tour comes to Athens The Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and composer remains one of the biggest names in jazz, with a glittering career that has spanned six decades and seen him perform with Coleman Hawkins, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Max Roach, and John Coltrane. SUNDAY NOVEMBER 28, 2010 AT 21.00 AT THE [...]
Athens Concert benefits MDM in Greece and abroad
And you, if you attend, because you get to see a fabulous lineup of Greek performers. Head to the Petra Festival on September 24, 2010 and you’ll be celebrating and supporting the 20 years of work by Doctors of the World Greece (http://www.mdmgreece.gr) and getting a chance to hear and see some [...]
