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Young boy dies after accidental hanging

A 6-year-old boy who accidentally hung himself with a dog collar while playing at his home in Faliro, southern Athens, on Tuesday died on Wednesday while in a hospital intensive care unit.

The boy's mother told Skai TV that he had climbed on a table which he had placed on his bed and put the collar, which he had hung from a hook on the ceiling, around his neck.

Pavlina Styl | Athens | December 20

Performer Pavlina Styl and her quartet of talented musicians will take their audience at the Athenaeum's Cellar venue back to the cabarets of Belle Epoque Paris and Berlin during the interwar years on Thursday, December 20. Admission costs 10 euros and doors open at 9.30 p.m.

Athenaeum, 3 Adrianou, Thiseio, tel 210.321.0239

Manon | Athens | December 12-30

Fifty-two years after its first production of one of the most famous operas in the French repertory, the Greek National Opera returns to Jules Massenet's "Manon," in a new reading by Thomas Moschopoulos, who addresses the theme of ambivalence and takes inspiration from the present, as well as from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Nightmare Before Christmas | Athens | December 15 & 16

The Athens State Orchestra performs the score penned by Danny Elfman for Tim Burton's iconic 1993 stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film "The Nightmare Before Christmas," which will be screened simultaneously with Greek supertitles, at the Athens Concert Hall on December 15 and 16. The show starts at 9 p.m. on Saturday and 5 p.m. on Sunday, and tickets cost 17, 22 and 27 euros.

Harry Potter in concert at Zorlu PSM

As part of the "Movies in Concert" series, the fourth film of the Harry Potter phenomenon, "Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire," will be at Zorlu PSM on May 29 and 30, 2019 accompanied by live orchestra. Audiences will be able to relive the magic of the film on high-definition screen. Tickets are available online.

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