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Leporella | Athens | January 11-26
Composer Giorgos Kouroupos turns Stefan Zweig's 1929 short story "Leporella" into an opus for the Greek National Opera's alternative stage at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in southern Athens. The opera is in Greek and will be accompanied by English surtitles.
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The World is One | Athens | January 30 - February 2
Greek electronic music pioneer Konstantinos Bhta will recite poems by the late poet Yannis Ritsos on the alternative stage of the Greek National Opera, as he shares his musical compositions with the public. Bhta performs a musical interpretation of Ritsos' poems and establishes a dialogue between the sounds and the words read, pushing the barriers of communication to another level.
SNFCC Sound, Light & Running | Athens | December 31
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in southern Athens will be ringing in the New Year in tremendous style with a spectacular fireworks show and dancing fountains at the Canal. British DJ, radio show host, and founder/managing director of Acid Jazz Records will also be spinning the decks in a big outdoor party with an intro/outro set by the trumpet-jamming Johny Matto at the Agora.
Ice Skating | Athens | To February 2
The floating ice rink at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center is open as part of the venue's holiday program. The rink has been set up at the start of the Canal, offering fans of the Christmasiest of sports the opportunity to enjoy a fantastic "inside view" of the majestic Dancing Fountains. The rink will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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Metro as well as antiquities
There is absolutely no doubt that Thessaloniki, Greece's second-largest city, needs a metro system to serve its commuters.
There is no argument that could convince us we can afford to waste more time - or money for that matter.
Too many projects in Greece would have been shelved or put on the back burner if skeptics had their way every single time.
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Light Show | Athens | To January 6
While the City of Athens is lighting up the center of the Greek capital after dark this festive season, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center is currently hosting four impressive light installations in its grounds on the city's southern coast.
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Echo Collective | Athens | November 25
Founded by Neil Leiter and Margaret Hermant, Echo Collective is a diverse group of classically trained musicians who explore a broad range of musical genres.
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Potami centrists close to suspending operations
To Potami's political council on Monday proposed that Greece's centrist party suspends its operations ahead of a meeting of party representatives on November 24.
A statement said the reason behind the proposal for the party's suspension was the decimation of Potami's local groups.
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Former PM aide’s declaration of wealth cleared
A special parliamentary committee tasked with probing possible discrepancies in the declarations of wealth of political personnel decided on Thursday to consign to the archive a file on Stavros Papastavrou, an ex-aide of former conservative prime minister Antonis Samaras.
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Powder Her Face | Athens | October 31 & November 2, 7, 9
The Greek National Opera's Alternative Stage presents the Greek debut of the British music scene's enfant terrible and Grammy and Laurence Olivier award-winner, Thomas Ades.