WHAT: Featuring in this year’s Ejekt Festival on Athens’ southern coast, Australian rock legend Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds will be playing along with English rockers Editors and Wolf Alice, as well as American act Protomartyr in their first ever appearance in Greece. Donned one of rock’s “most enduring, redoubtable” bands by Pitchfork Media, an...
Read moreFor Anglophile theatregoers starved of English productions, EllinikoTheatro’s repertoire of plays and performances in English with Greek surtitles to mark its 40th anniversary is a welcome addition to your cultural agenda. WHAT: Rent Control, written and performed by Evan Zes, tells the true tale of a struggling actor living i...
Read moreWHAT: In her first solo exhibition in her native Greece, Stella Kapenzou explores an imaginary world of symbols and stereotypes, depicting an eternal quest for happiness through superficial affluence in colorful and somewhat amusing scenes that each hold a unique tinge of irony. Following two successful solo exhibitions in London and several awa...
Read moreWHAT: David Portner and Noah Lennox, more excitedly known as Avey Tare and Panda Bear of US experimental pop band Animal Collective take the stage to perform their 2004 album Sung Tongs in its entirety. Founded in 2003 in Baltimore, Animal Collective’s ambiance is characterized by their vocal harmonies and their cross-genre experimentation with fol...
Read moreWHAT: The famed Russian chess grandmaster, writer and political activist Garry Kasparov returns to the SNFestival after a light-hearted showdown in 2017 when Kasparov opposed some of Greece’s young aspiring chess masters simultaneously. He won. This year’s competition vows to be different. At 22, Kasparov became the world’s youngest undisputed W...
Read moreAthens 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...
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