The Scout squares, Barnabas, Messolonghi are entering a summer rhythm, with music, choirs, events, digital screenings.
THE Municipality of Athens via Athens Culture Net organizes and implements cultural activities with free admission, in the neighborhoods of Athens! After Kypseli, from the 14th to the 30th of June, 14 new actions come in a favorite area of ​​Athens, in Pagrati.
The National Theater and the Friendship Clubs of the Municipality of Athens, the Intercultural Choir of ELS but also El Sistema, the Byzantine and Christian Museum and the Museum of Heraklion, the Athens Conservatory, the Vassilis and Elizas Goulandris Foundation, the 4th Primary School and Cervantes, the Hellenic Children’s Museum, the Michalis Kakogiannis Foundation, the Athens Digital Arts Festival, the TAKIS Foundation but also the Plenty Gardens and the Balkans Beyond Borders network and collaborate bringing to Pagrati original cultural activities and workshops.
The Scout squares, Barnabas, Messolonghi they enter in a summer rhythm, with music, choirs, events, digital projections.
European Music Day is celebrated with a tribute to the internationally renowned Greek musician, Iannis Xenakis, who this year marks 100 years since his birth. While the fans of Lilliput and the only Manos Hatzidaki make an appointment – where else? – at the composer’s favorite hangout, in Scout Square, in an event with a lot of music and unique stories, which will be honored by the musicians George Kouroupos and Nikos Kypourgos.
THE Mayor of Athens Costas Bakogiannis on the occasion of the start of the events he stated: “We bring culture to the neighborhoods! Everyday, but also with initiatives like this. We support the neighborhood, the living cell of our city. We highlight its unique history, its multiculturalism, its dynamics in the present. We give a step to the creative groups, we share the dreams but also the memories of the inhabitants. We bring a culture that unites, extroverted, open and accessible to all and everyone “.
The program in detail:
14.06
Spanish Cinema Night, Cervantes Institute
El Bola, Achero Mañas 2000, 90 ‘
Awarded 3 Goya: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Juan Jose Bayesta) and Best Original Screenplay.
Location: 4th Primary School of Pagrati, Kononos and Theagenous
Start time: 19.30 – Admission free
15.06
THEATER WORKSHOP: “Or the words will come”, a collaboration of the National Theater with the Friendship Clubs and the Deputy Mayor for Social Solidarity and Civil Society
The workshop will highlight the possibilities of those who are in the mood for play and creative expression to create small theatrical events, drawing on their life experiences, but also on their interaction and deeper acquaintance. It encourages socialization and collectivism after a painful period of isolation and loss. Natassa Sfendylaki teaches
Location: Pagrati Friendship Club, 12 Pratinou, 11634
Time: 09.45- 11.45
Here is Lilliput! Athens Conservatory
George Kouroupos, Nikos Kypourgos, Dimitris Maragopoulos and Haris Xanthoudakis, old collaborators and friends of Manos Hatzidakis, will gather at their old hangout, at the “Enchanted Flute” and will talk about Manos, the music, the creation of Lilipos for many more. The Contemporary Song section of the Athens Conservatory of Larissa Iasonidou participates.
Location: Enchanted Flute, Scout Square
Start time: 20.00 – Admission free
“We are the place”, BBB in the neighborhood Vol VI
Screening of selected Short Films, about the dialectical relationship of man with the urban landscape, the critical role played by our habits and everyday life and the impact they have on its shaping. A discussion with the creators will follow.
Location: 4th Primary School of Pagrati, Kononos and Theagenous.
Start time: 19.30 – Admission free
17.06
THEATER WORKSHOP: “Or the words will come”, a collaboration of the National Theater with the Friendship Clubs and the Deputy Mayor for Social Solidarity and Civil Society
The workshop will highlight the possibilities of those who are in the mood for play and creative expression, to create small theatrical events drawing on their life experiences, but also on their interaction and deeper acquaintance. It encourages socialization and collectivism after a painful period of isolation and loss. Natassa Sfendylaki teaches
Location: Pagrati Friendship Club, 12 Pratinou, 11634
Hours: 10.30- 12.30
18.06
“What is art, what is good or bad, in the age of computer science?”
Collaboration of the Byzantine Christian Museum with the Museum of Heraklion.
An open discussion about how great concepts change, and how the look of each generation differs. Participants: the professor of philosophy and president of the Institute of Philosophy & Technology, Giannis Stamatellos, PhD and from BXM, the director, Mrs. Paris Kalamaras, and the head of the Department of Collection of Images, Murals, Mosaics, Photographs, Photographs Καλαφάτη.
Location: Byzantine Christian Museum, 22 Vasilissis Sofias Ave.
Start time: 19.30 – Admission free
19.06
The “Hive Orchestra” of El Sistema Greece… in Pagrati!
Can children and young people of different nationalities and cultures, who do not speak the same language, form a well-tuned orchestra? Of course they can! The open rehearsal of El Sistema Greece proves once again that music is an international language and a powerful tool for social inclusion.
Location: Goulandris B&E Foundation, 13 Eratosthenous, Pagrati
Start time: 12.30 – Admission free
The Intercultural Choir of the Alternative Tent of ELS in the neighborhoods of the world!
In the fourth year since its creation, the Intercultural Choir continues its fascinating multicultural journey. Songs of indestructible melodic richness from the traditional music of the countries of origin of its members (it already has over 25 members) compose its repertoire, which is constantly enriched.
Location: Messolonghi Square, Pagrati
Start time: 20.00 – Admission free
21.06 EUROPEAN MUSIC DAY
“Tribute to Iannis Xenakis” – For the 100 years since the birth of the great, international Greek composer. A collaboration of the Athens Conservatory with the Byzantine & Christian Museum.
An old student of Iannis Xenakis in Paris, the composer and musicologist Haris Xanthoudakis will talk about the revolution brought by the internationally renowned composer in the field of music. These narratives, the choreographer Lila Zafeiropoulou, will transform into choreography and dance steps. The Higher Vocational School of the Athens Conservatory participates.
Location: Byzantine & Christian Museum, 22 Vasilissis Sofias.
Start time: 20.30 – Admission free
22.06
THEATER WORKSHOP: “Or the words will come”, a collaboration of the National Theater with the Friendship Clubs and the Deputy Mayor for Social Solidarity and Civil Society
The workshop will highlight the possibilities of those who are in the mood for play and creative expression to create small theatrical events drawing on their life experiences, but also on their interaction and deeper acquaintance. It encourages socialization and collectivism after a painful period of isolation and loss. Natassa Sfendylaki teaches
Location: Agios Artemios Friendship Club, 16 Meteora and Damareos, 11631
Hours: 10.30- 12.30
“The tales of colorful feathers”, Michalis Kakogiannis Foundation.
Fairy tales from the oral tradition of Greece and other peoples, starring nature and adorned with traditional songs, take us to magical forests and lush landscapes full of melodies that we are all invited to sing.
A creative workshop for making a decorative flower will follow. With the narrator Kalliopi Liadi.
Mixed audience: 5-105 years old, Location: Pagrati Grove
Start time: 19.00 – Admission free
23.06
THEATER WORKSHOP: “Or the words will come”, a collaboration of the National Theater with the Friendship Clubs and the Deputy Mayor for Social Solidarity and Civil Society
The workshop will highlight the possibilities of those who are in the mood for play and creative expression, to create small theatrical events drawing on their life experiences, but also on their interaction and deeper acquaintance. It encourages socialization and collectivism after a painful period of isolation and loss. Natassa Sfendylaki teaches
Location: Agios Artemios Friendship Club, 16 Meteora and Damareos, 11631
Hours: 10.30- 12.30
“Magnetic sculptures” !, Takis Foundation, educational workshop
An interdisciplinary approach to knowledge and experiential learning, which stimulates the senses and raises questions that promote the creative free expression of children, as they also come in contact with the artwork of the world-famous Greek artist Takis.
Ages: 9 – 12 years old,
Location: Goulandris B&E Foundation, 13 Eratosthenous, Pagrati. Start time: 11.00
Free entrance with electronic reservation on the website of the Goulandris Museum.
24.06
“In the city the sound of a line”, Goulandris B&E Foundation, workshop for children
By activating the body and the senses, walking and artistic activities, the participants will activate the public space of the museum, will meet important works of art from the collection of Vassilis & Elizas Goulandris and will create their own map, based on their own stories.
Ages: 3+, Location: Goulandris B&E Foundation, 13 Eratosthenous, Pagrati
Start time: 18.30
Free entrance with electronic reservation on the website of the Goulandris Museum.
24.06
“Ecopolis”, Hellenic Children’s Museum, educational activity
How many different ways can we protect the environment? Through a floor toy, children become aware of environmental issues, become familiar with methods of ecological behavior at home, school, park and think about how they can contribute.
Location: Peristyle of the Athens Conservatory, in front of the entrance of the Children’s Museum of Athens
Start time: 11.00-15.00
Free entrance
25.06
A dinner at Pagrati “, Plenty Gardens
Street performance, which inspires an open table in interaction with passers-by, drawing ideas and narratives from the popular work, “Dinner” by Iakovos Kampanellis, accompanied by the heroes of the Atreides circle but also poets or artists, whose life and work was associated with Pagrati.
Location: Messolonghi square
Starting hours: 19.30 & 20.30 – Admission free
29.06
Byzantine Christian Museum, presentation of selected exhibits.
A live presentation of selected exhibits of the permanent exhibition by curators of the Museum’s collections. At the same time, the visitors will be invited to participate with any memories they have from the arrival of the refugees from Asia Minor in Pagrati, in the collection of a unique, archival material.
Location: Byzantine Christian Museum, 22 Vasilissis Sofias
Hours: 10.30 – 12.30 – Admission free
30.06
ADAF Open Air Screenings, Athens Digital Arts Festival
A central square in Pagrati is transformed into a large summer cinema, fascinating young and old, through a selected program of Animation and VideoArt works, from the thematic “FutuRetro” of the 18th Athens Digital Arts Festival.
Location: Barnabas Square, Pagrati
Start time: 21.00 – 23.00 – Free entrance
