24 August
Well known spot for music – bar Tora k44 – opens its door for a new season with DJ sets of Kris Riot and Postriper.Opening party at Tora k44
Start: 23.00. Place: Tora k44 Address: Constantinople 44 Entrance: free
24 August
Art Beyond Benefits Fest
1 gallery full of artwork, 1 open space, 23 artists from Greece will present their work to an independent Art Festival.
20.00 The festival begins with Art & Bazaar Handmade Jewelry,
Photography Exhibition, Paintings & Digital Art.
22.00 Movie shorts (Where are you going, my child designer) Video Art (Freakshow & Day and Night).
23.00 Painting Face Body / special effects live presentation in an open space.
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At the same time the music program with Djs:
23.00 Eva l (Experimental sunny grooves), Deejay Nic (Classic / Afro house)
24.00 Slob09 (Electro / breaks) , L.Professor (drum N Bass)
Start: 22.00 Place: Cantina Social Address: Leokoriou 8, Psiri
Ongoing – September
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Winter Garden
JAPANESE MICROPOP
An exhibition featuring 35 artworks (drawing, painting, video art) that convey the outlook of 14 young Japanese artists on the world in an era of increasing globalization.
Start: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday: 10:00-18:00; Thursday: 10:00-20:00; Friday: 10:00-20:00 (July-August: 10:00-18:00 )
Place: Institute of Fine Arts and Music Theocharakis.
Address: Vasilissis Sofia Avenue 9 and Merlin Street 1, Syntagma.
Entrance: 6 euro (3 euro – reduced).
23 August- 29 August
Open-air cinemas with a view to Acropolis
Cinema: Thissio
Movie: “Gilda”. The sinister boss of a South American casino finds that his right-hand man Johnny and his sensuous new wife Gilda already know each other.
Every Monday – reduced price!!
Start: Thursday 21 June – till 4 July; 20:50 & 23:10 Place: Open-air cinema Thissio Address: 7, Ap. Pavlou Str., Thissio. Entrance: Monday – 5.5 euro, all other days – 8 euro, students: 6 euro
Cinema: Cine- Paris
Movie:“Take this waltz”
A happily married woman falls for the artist who lives across the street.
Start: 20.45 – 23.10 Place: Cine – Paris Address: 22 St. Kidathinaion, Plaka.
Entrance: 8 euro
Ongoing – September
Ecophenomena at TAF
TAF (The Art Foundation) is a creative bar with art exhibitions and cinema/theatre/music events. The exhibition attempts to create a platform of actions and exchange of concerns with the current urban life as a starting point, using as vehicle imagination respect and coexistence.
Place: TAF. Address 5 Normanou str., Monastiraki. Entrance: free
28 June – September
Greek Dance Festival
The program changes every second Wednesday. There is a group of 75 dancers, musicians and singers. Each program includes popular stories, each one is presented with its own authentic costumes, musical instruments, songs and dances.
Place:Dora Stratou (Greek Dance) Theatre. Address: Philopappou Hill.
Strart: 30 May – 23 Sep 2012, from Wednesday to Friday 21:30 ( Saturday and Sunday – 20:15). Entrance: 15 euro, 10 (students)
Ongoing – 31 December
Greece at Benaki Museum
More than 40,000 items, illustrating the character of the Greek world through a spectacular historical panorama: from antiquity and the age of Roman domination to the medieval Byzantine period; from the fall of Constantinopole (1453) and the centuries of Frankish and Ottoman occupation to the outbreak of the struggle for independence in 1821.
Working hours: Opening hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday: 09:00-17:00, Thursday: 09:00-00:00 and Sunday: 09:00-15:00.
Place: Benaki Museum
Address: Koumbari 1 & Vas. Sofias Avenue.
Ongoing exhibitions
”Apnea”
George Nounesis directs us to “the world of silence in the water” through photography. The beauty of naked bodies and water are the essential elements of his work.
“Water, the ocean . . . it is our most natural environment. We are born naked from the miniature ocean of the mother’s womb . . . and breath-hold diving is a continuance of that”. Jacques Mayol
Start date: ongoing End date: 8 September
Working hours: Mon-Sat 10 am-10 pm, Sun 8pm-12 midnight
Place: Praxitelous Gallery Address Bartesera, Kolokotroni 25
Entrance: free
The exhibition From Picasso to Koons. Artist’s Jewellery at Benaki Museum presents a selection of jewellery designed by some of the greatest artists of the second half of the 20th century and the start of the 21st.
Start date: 16 May 2012 End date: 2 Sep 2012
Working hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 9:00 – 17:00
Thursday: 9:00 – 24:00
Sunday: 9:00 – 15:00
Place: Benaki Museum,Main Building . Address Koumpari Street& Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, m. Syntagma . Entrance: Full admission : € 7 Temporary Exhibition: € 5
