Athens Insider, UNHCR and Food Sweet Food organise a week of inspiring culinary encounters as refugee chefs join 6 restaurants in Athens to create meals to remember. Tuesday 19 June Eritrean Cuisine by Seinat Neftalem • Blue Fish, Monastiraki (dinner), Tel. 213.036.4214 Iranian Cuisine by Mahboubeh Tavakoli • Seychelle...
Read moreWHAT: The second edition of a festival that honors a hodgepodge of experimental public performances. Tsak Bam Festival is a festival of nonconformity, one that encourages atypical contemporary performances, and in its second run, Tsak Bam will span three days. The spontaneous performances will take place on the island of Aegina, where the Yurt a...
Read moreWHAT: Artist Eleni Papaioannou’s installation in the garden of the Epigraphic Museum explores the symbolic role of gardens as spaces of reflection. Inspired by Viktor Klemperer’s “The Language of the Third Reich: A Philologist’s Notebook,” Papaioannou examines the relationship between gardens and urban spaces through textual media. The exhibitio...
Read moreAs we move further into summer, the Athens Festival is back to relieve you of your heat-induced sluggishness. This month, the festival brings musical and comedic performances alive to enchant the city and to spark a little inspiration in the art lover. Thomas Moschopoulos - Fahrenheit 451 Based on François Truffaut’s stage adap...
Read moreAs it enters its teens, Athens Pride has grown from a fringe event to a mainstream celebration of gay rights and social activism promoting inclusiveness and tolerance. The organisers expect the numbers to be way higher than the 50,000 who participated last year, with a plenty more high school students and youth participating. Join in the ...
Read moreWHAT: For sailors, competition-junkies and water-lovers alike, the Spetses Yacht Regatta is back. Classic, traditional and dragon boats are set to dot Poseidonion and the Argosaronic Gulf with Spetses’ 2018 Classic Yacht Regatta. Greek and international crews will compete in the four-day event as tourists flock the island to witness one of the l...
Read moreWHAT: Porto Carras Grand Resort, in partnership with Zoumboulakis Galleries, hosts an exhibition of Instagram photography. Porto Carras Grand Resort honors ten Instagram photographers who were inspired by the elegant views and breathtaking fauna of the resort and surrounding areas. The project was created out of the picturesque landscapes of the...
Read moreWHAT: Greek and international dancers intend to transfix Kalamata and the Peloponnese this July. This festival of movement and rhythm will once again bring prominent Greek and international artists together in the city of Kalamata to perform and lead a series of movement workshops. This year’s festival will feature dances by Madrid’s contemporar...
Read moreWHAT: The island of Syros presents the fourteenth season of Greece’s renowned cultural festival, the Festival of the Aegean. The festival’s fourteenth run, which will feature the Pan-European Philharmonia of Warsaw, Poland, is set to command Syros with its refined musicality. Honoring the late Italian composer Gioachino Rossini, the festival wil...
Read moreWHAT: As part of Posidonia, the Norwegian Embassy in Athens organizes a breakfast seminar, "Beat Marine Litter", to beat water pollution. Prompted by World Environment Day 2018, the seminar will feature a panel of speakers who have all contributed to the global effort to decreasing water pollution. The seminar will be opened by Special Advisor t...
Read moreWHAT: New York’s EllinikoTheatro returns to Greece with the international performing arts festival ATHENS2018. This summer, EllinikoTheatro will showcase international productions, including Rent Control, Cavafy: Poet of the City and Water Wings, documentaries and shorts, American literature, and a series of interdisciplinary masterclasses by in...
Read moreWHAT: Rebecca Camhi Gallery will honor contemporary artist Konstantin Kakanias with his sixth solo exhibition. Konstantin Kakanias’ illustrations have appeared in publications such as The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, and galleries across Europe and the United States have showcased his work. Rebecca Camhi Gallery will host the next s...
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