Technopolis

Olivier Award-winning cult British music act The Tiger Lillies is coming to Greece on a six-stop tour with a new production titled "The Very Worst of the Tiger Lillies," featuring its "fiercest, filthiest tunes for the perverse pleasure of fans old and new." The band will be playing at Piraeus's Veakio Theater on June 19, Thessaloniki's Dasos Theater on June 20, Ioannina's Its Kale castle on Ju

This year's Technopolis Jazz Festival at the City of Athens's cultural complex in the downtown Gazi district features 21 bands, including acts from around Greece, as well as Belgium, the UK, Portugal, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, among others. Doors open daily at 5 p.m. and close at midnight, and admission is free of charge.

More than 90 interactive events, 32 workshops for children and 22 for adults, 45 lectures and five competitions make up this year's annual Athens Science Festival at the municipal Technopolis venue. Experts from scientific institutions around the world and educators will be at the event answering questions regarding the working of CERN, life on other planets and the world's digital future.

As part of its Musical Journeys series, the Athens Municipal Orchestra teams up with cellist Marina Kolovou for a concert dedicated to great Italian classical composers including Rossini, Puccini and Verdi, among others. The concert at the Technopolis cultural complex in the downtown Gazi district starts at 8.30 p.m. and is free of charge.

The cream of the crop of Greek documentaries from 2013 to the present are being screened at the Technopolis cultural complex from Thursday, March 29, to Sunday, April 1, in an event organized by the Greek Documentary Association, the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival and the City of Athens. Thursday's program starts at 6 p.m.

The Technopolis cultural complex and the Industrial Gas Museum have put together an exhibition titled "160 Years Made in Greece" that pays homage to the contribution of industries that excelled in the sectors of textiles, construction, lumber, weaving, energy, copper extraction, food, paper and tobacco and contributed to Greece's industrial revolution.

Chinese dancers perform during an event at the Technopolis cultural complex in Gazi, central Athens, on Saturday. Chinese worldwide are preparing to celebrate the Lunar New Year on February 16 with family reunions, firecrackers, and traditional food as they welcome the Year of the Dog. [Eurokinissi]

The City of Athens Symphony Orchestra is putting on a free concert of classical music at the Technopolis cultural complex on Wednesday, January 23, showcasing the beauty of the winds section in Mozart's Serenade No 12 and Dvorak's Serenade for Wind Instruments. The performance starts at 9 p.m.

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The operation of Greece's first gasworks in 1860 signaled the country's entry into the industrial revolution and, like elsewhere, was instrumental in shifting the focus from a rural, agrarian economy to the power of production and fast-paced industries.

The Christmas Factory returns to Technopolis for the holiday season, with fun activities, food, games, carousel rides, an ice-skating rink and the new Magic School. The Christmas Factory will open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily till Sunday, January 7. Admission costs 5.50 euros per person, but there are discounts for larger groups.