Taboo

Hod Lipson, a mechanical engineer who directs the Creative Machines Lab at Columbia University, has shaped most of his career around what some people in his industry have called the c-word.

Posts full of "bravos" and "respect" flooded the internet. As a four-time Olympian, winner of a gold medal in Athens in 2004 and a bronze in Beijing four years later, Sofia Bekatorou is used to praise. This time, however, the praise was not about her sailing prowess.

The citizens of a country were justifiably angry with their political system and leadership. But suddenly they felt an unprecedented feeling of liberation. It was fully accepted that you could verbally abuse or even throw a yogurt at a politician. It was no longer taboo. Suddenly you could "meet" other angry fellow citizens and share your anger.

Philanthropist, campaigner and supermodel Natalia Vodianova's digital charitable platform ELBI has been organizing an event aiming at tackling taboos surrounding women's health across the world.

Choreographer Ioanna Portolou and her Griffon dance company conclude a trilogy that began in 2014 ("Forest" and "Taboo") with "Porn," a new production exploring boundaries, both personal and social, and the notion of crossing them. The performance will be staged every evening from Thursday, June 15, to Saturday, June 17, in the E hall of the Greek Festival's Pireos 260 venue.