Plaka

Community Connect Athens meets for coffee and cake at the Swedish Center in central Athens on Wednesday, November 9. Participants may also stock up on books, DVDs and CDs, as well as handmade greetings cards, quality used garments and homemade preserves. Proceeds benefit the Anglican Church in Athens and its nominated charities.

The amount of shuttered storefronts as a percentage of all shops in central Athens has crept up, reversing the trend of the first half of the year, according to data released by the Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Enterprises (ESEE).

In September empty stores amounted to 28.1 percent of the total across the country, with the rate in Athens coming to 26.4 percent.

Aeolou & Pelopida, Plaka, tel 210.324.5220
Open: Daily 8.30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Admission to the Roman Agora, where it is located, costs 6 euros (3 euros reduced) and also allows entry to the Acropolis, the Ancient Agora, the Ancient Cemetery and Museum of Kerameikos, Aristotle's Lyceum and Hadrian's Library.
Wheelchair access: No
Metro: Monastiraki

Community Connect Athens meets on Wednesday, October 12, from 10.30 a.m. to noon at the Swedish Center in Plaka. The event includes coffee, cake and conversation, as well as a sale of used books/DVDs/CDs, handmade greeting cards, quality secondhand garments, homemade preserves and Swedish delicacies. Proceeds benefit the Anglican Church.

Community Connect Athens meets on Wednesday, June 8, at St Paul's Garden, the Swedish Center, in Plaka. There will be coffee, cake and bingo, as well as a sale of books, DVDs, CDs, handmade greetings cards, quality used clothing, Swedish delicacies and homemade preserves. Proceeds benefit the Anglican Church in Athens and its nominated charities.

Fotografos magazine is organizing an open discussion on the subject of promoting photography at the AKTO art school on Monday, May 16. Taking part in the discussion are photographers Alkis Xanthakis and Pavlos Fysakis, advertising experts Sissy Vourgana and Michaela Plaka and art curator Manos Stefanidis. The event starts at 7.30 p.m. and admission is free of charge.

Athens Community Connect meets again on Wednesday, May 11, at St Paul's Garden in the Swedish Center, Plaka, central Athens. Besides enjoying coffee and cake and playing bingo, participants can stock up on books/DVDs/CDs, handmade greetings cards, quality used garments and food products. Proceeds benefit the Anglican Church in Athens and its nominated charities.

The 11th Comicdom Con exhibition, organized by the non-profit organization Comicdom Press, theHellenic American Union and the French Institute Of Greece, will take place in Athens on April 15-17 2016.

The three-day comics festival will be hosted at the main building of the Hellenic American Union (22 Massalias str) and the French Institute of Greece building (31 Sina str).

The great Greek painter, teacher and academic, Panayiotis Tetsis, died at the age of 91. “Who can really imagine the history of modern Greek painting without Tetsis?” said the director of National Gallery and close friend of his, Marina Lambraki Plaka, a few days ago at an event held by the Ministry of Culture, which awarded him Yannis Moralis award.

On October 31 , World City Day, Athens will turn into one big party zone to celebrate the Athenian spirit with the rest of the globe. Several street events and celebrations of all kinds will be simultaneously offered around the city.

It’s a day to sample the unique buzz, the music, the tastes, the wonderful world of Athens at its very best and enjoy every moment to the full.