A fresh vision for the Experimental Stage
“Yes, We Can’t,” a play by Marilena Katranidou exploring today’s “burnout society,” launched the new season at the Greek National Theater’s Experimental Stage for Emerging Artists on November 8.
Where is Kasselakis on the charisma spectrum?
SYRIZA head Stefanos Kasselakis, if you believe the news reports, exudes charisma: confident, cheerful, persuasive, vibrant, and super-charming.
Rethroning the violin in Epirotic music
A multicultural lakeside city hosting people of different ethnic backgrounds and their music: “This was Ioannina 200 years ago, a completely different state and society than it was after World War II,” says Christopher King, the distinguished American ethnomusicologist.
Bonds earn market attention
Major international investment firms are now placing Greek bonds among the top investments for the next few months.
Protest against Thessaloniki flyover
A protest against the Thessaloniki flyover took place on Sunday afternoon in the northern port city.
Amazing | Athens | November 29 – December 14
The Griffon dance group and choreographer Ioanna Portolou return with the explosive performance “Amazing,” a groundbreaking and highly topical work about the wonderful but also self-destructive nature of human nature, which will be presented at PLYFA Theater (plyfa.space) for six additional performances.
One sailor rescued after sinking of freighter with 14 crew off Lesvos island
One sailor of the freighter ‘Raptor’ that sank off the island of Lesvos in the East Aegean early on Sunday was rescued by a Hellenic Navy helicopter, while a search is ongoing for another 13.
Boulevard Humaine | Athens | November 27-30
The performance “Boulevard Humaine” was inspired by “Okho” (1970), a composition for three percussionists by Greek-French avant-garde composer Iannis Xenakis created on the occasion of the bicentenary anniversary of the French Revolution.
Parthenon Marbles: imagine cutting the Mona Lisa in half
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said returning the Parthenon Marbles to Greece is about “reunification” not “ownership,” in an interview on the British state broadcaster BBC on Sunday.
Storms to weaken on Sunday, reports EMY
The National Meteorological Service (EMY) upgraded the emergency bulletin of dangerous weather on Sunday reporting that storm Bettina is gradually receding.