Alexander S. Onassis Foundation
Punk-rock legend goes back to her roots in Athens performance
Patti Smith tapped into her roots as a poet and narrator at the Onassis Foundation's Stegi in Athens on Thursday and Friday, delivering a spellbinding performance on the devastating impact of climate change on our planet.
Cultural centers just small oases in concrete jungle of Athens
With very few exceptions, Athens has by no means experienced the so-called "Bilbao phenomenon," which occurred in the Spanish city; namely a domino effect of changes that would improve the urban environment around its museums and large cultural sites.
Play about fascism divides audience
"Upset" is perhaps the most apt and mild description of the emotion evoked by Portuguese director Tiago Rodrigues' play "Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists: in the few days it has been staged in Athens by the Onassis Foundation. The controversial work, set in a dystopian future, raises the question of whether it is right to break the laws of democracy in order to defend it.
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Plan to revitalize Pedion tou Areos park
A view of Pedion tou Areos park in central Athens, in an image made available on Tuesday. As part of a series of interventions in public spaces, the Onassis Foundation has undertaken an initiative to revitalize the park.
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Onassis Foundation spurs the culture of play
A new playground created by the Alexander S. Onassis Foundation for the City of Athens stands out with its vivid colors in Avdi Square, in the downtown district of Metaxourgeio.
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Nightstalker | January 10
The Onassis Foundation is supporting the independent Greek music scene with a series of screenings of audience-free concerts from iconic venues like the AN Club and Gagarin 205 in Athens. On January 10, its YouTube channel will be showing a career-spanning set by stoner rock act Nightstalker, live from the Gagarin 205, at 9 p.m.
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Kraftwerk Tribute | December 18
The Onassis Cultural Center's Movement Radio initiative is holding a special 24-hour tribute to German music pioneers Kraftwerk on the occasion of the Dusseldorf-based band's 50-year anniversary.
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Happiness Machine | Athens | November 1 & 2
"Happiness Machine - 24 Hours of Bliss with the Klangforum Wien" is an interdisciplinary project at the Onassis Cultural Center revolving around Christian Felber's alternative economic model, the Economy for the Common Good.
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Rabih Mroue | Athens | November 8-10
Celebrated Lebanese playwright, performer and visual artist Rabih Mroue, hailed as one of the most important contemporary artists in the world right now, comes to Athens' Onassis Cultural Center with two pieces created for the Berlin-based Dance on Ensemble.
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Faded | Athens | April 12-14
In "Faded," acclaimed Greek choreographer Ioannis Mandafounis tackles the uncomfortable subject of the final curtain through the prism of a dancer's ability or proclivity to deal with his or her inevitable physical decline. His humorous approach to the subject takes the audience behind the scenes to underscore that dance is not a sprint, but a marathon.
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