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Museum housing shackled skeletons on track
The Culture Ministry has announced that a tender will be completed in the next few months for the selection of the contractor who will construct the museum/shell that will protect and showcase an ancient mass grave discovered in 2016 during digging at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center at Phaleron (present-day Faliro) Delta, south of Athens.
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SNFCC New Year’s Eve Party | Athens | December 31
Welcome 2024 with a bang at the Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center's New Year's Eve extravaganza on December 31, where the action gets under way at 10.30 p.m. Greek-Ugandan singer Idra Kayne and her 10-piece orchestra set the mood with a musical journey from disco to RnB.
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Holocaust Museum in Thessaloniki gets approval
The urban planning authority of Thessaloniki in northern Greece announced Wednesday that permission for the construction of a Holocaust museum in the city has been granted, and that construction will begin early next year.
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Building permit for Thessaloniki Holocaust Museum finally issued
Greece's Environment Ministry and Thessaloniki's municipal town planning authority issued on December 19 the building permit for the construction of the city's Holocaust Museum, with work expected to begin next year, the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki announced on Wednesday.
The project is slated for completion in 2026.
Open-Air Gigs | Athens | December 19 – January 5
As part of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) Christmas World program, the SNFCC Youth Council has organized four open-air gigs to highlight up-and-coming representatives of different musical genres, from indie folk and grooves to traditional sounds and electronic experimentation, in the Stavros Niarchos Park's Pine Grove.
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Papageno’s Holidays | Athens | December 25
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) is set to stage the musical performance "Papageno's Holidays" in the Stavros Niarchos Hall.
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Into the Woods | Athens | December 14 – January 7
The masterly and Tony Award-winning musical "Into the Woods" by leading composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim and the great writer James Lapine returns to the GNO Alternative Stage, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, in the new approved version for piano and percussion.
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The Greeks of Egypt: A bridge between Europe and the Middle East
With diplomatic relations between Greece and Egypt deepening over the last years, there has been a renewed focus on the ties binding these two Mediterranean countries. One link that is back in the spotlight is the historic Greek community in Egypt, which for the last 200 years has maintained ties with homelands on both sides of the Mediterranean Sea.
SNF Run | Athens | January 1
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation First Run is coming up and will be awaiting all at the starting line at the cultural center's Esplanade. Participants take on the first goal of the New Year in this 3-kilometer course that kicks off four minutes into 2024 and takes runners around the center's landscape.
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Professor Stathis Kalyvas is the new president of the SNFCC
The new chairman of the Board of Directors at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) is Stathis Kalyvas, Gladstone Professor of Government at the University of Oxford's Department of Politics and International Relations, as was announced on Monday.
Additionally, the SNFCC general assembly renewed Ellis Andriopoulou's term of office as its Managing Director.