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Weekly supplement by Insider Publications • www.insider-publications.com • No 103 • Friday, June 10, 2016 AIDA
IMANY in ATHENS
RE-VOLT ATHENS
Destined to be a highlight of this year’s Athens & Epidaurus Festival is this performance of Verdi’s ‘Aida’ by the Greek National Opera, directed by Enrico Castiglione, and staged June 10-15 at Herodes Atticus Theatre, Dionysiou Areopagitou St, Tel: 210.928.2900, greekfestival.gr. Tickets from €15-100.
Exotic French pop-soul singer Imany - queen of the chilled summer anthem, including “You will never know” and “Do not be so Shy” - returns to Athens, June 29, in a seaside concert at Akrotiri, Vasileos Georgiou B5, Alimos, Tel: 210.985.9147-9, akrotirilounge.gr. Tickets range from €15-55.
A thought-provoking performance by ODC Ensemble about the crisis, staged June 1516, at Peraios 260,Tavros. The audience is guided through the chaotic everyday, viewing the crisis in “aesthetic experience” and through an outsider’s perspective. Tickets €5-15, greekfestival.gr
based on maths and science themes.
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GASTRONOMY
Wayward Pines 2
Tel: 210.666.6117 (ext 7), bc@impanagiotopoulos.gr .
MUSEUM OF CYCLADIC ART
Programme runs for: June 21 to July 25 (6 5-day cycles) For ages: 4-8.
Summer Camps for your Kids! School’s Out for Summer (in the immortal words of Alice Cooper). Insider helps sort your family’s summer strategy with our pick of super camps on offer this year. ACS SUMMER YOUTH CAMP
Programme runs for: First session: June 21July 1, Second session: July 4- July 8. For ages: 4-14.
Long known for its holistic approach to learning, the accent at ACS is on learning English while having fun. Activities include Tennis, Swimming, Soccer, Basketball, English, Art, Wall Climbing, Robotics, Fencing, Adventure Games and more. Plus Fun Olympics, every Friday. Tel: 210.607.0294, 210.607.0304 or summeryouthcamp@acs.gr.
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF ATHENS Programme runs for: June 21-July 22. For ages: 6-16.
This Year’s theme at the ISA Summer Camp is “A Trip around the World in Five Weeks”: an enriching programme to facilitate the students’ knowledge of the English language as well as their confidence in speaking, writing, listening and reading. The weekly schedule includes Language Arts, Computers, Drama, Gross Motor Activities (Giant Bowling, Giant Scrabble, Spider web, Giant Twister), Arts and Crafts, group sports such as basketball, volleyball, soccer, table tennis, swimming activity once a week at the Politia swimming pool and weekly beach trip to Schinias. Activities for older kids include Tai Kwon Do, Aerial Yoga, Zumba, Wall Climbing etc. A visit to the Adventure Park and photography classes are part of the weekly schedule for students in the H1 class. (12 – 16 year olds).
For ages: 5-12.
Give your child the experience of exploring art, science and sport through English. The British Council Summer programme runs from 08.30 to 14.40 (with an optional after-school child-care programme Monday to Friday from 14.40 to 16.40, which includes lunch and a school bus service on major routes). The programme has five main strands: Sports Activities Coaching in a variety of sports plus a number of weekly trips including: • four trips to a local beach devoted to play-and-learn activities • four field trips to places of environmental interest. Art & Science Workshops Workshops with a focus on fun and interesting art and science themes, taught by I.M.Panagiotopoulos School teachers with British Council teachers. Art & Science English Explorer Explore related language in a fun, communicative and creative way. Create, Build and Perform A series of two-week group projects, e.g. creating a video, putting on a play, building a model or installation and/or creating a web page. Kids’ Challenge Games, problem-solving activities and team challenges, some of which will be
The Museum of Cycladic Art is the ultimate destination for younger kids this summer with an exciting theme of “Myths and Stories”. From Monday to Friday (10.00-13.00), they will take part in interactive tours, views, stories, paintings, handicrafts, construction, team games and activities in a week full of joy and creation. The children are divided into two age groups with a responsible adult per group. Day 1: observing islanders craftsmen, touch materials and tools, learn about inspiration and technique. Day 2: following a demigod, mix myths with reality and learn about the adventures of Hercules, following his first feat. Day 3: cruising in the Mediterranean and observe the trade routes of the ancient merchants, Day 4: strolling in Ancient Athens and spend one day in the life of an ancient Athenian Day 5: discovering a modern protagonist, contemporary artist Ai Weiwei Tel: 210.729.4220 or visit www.cycladic.gr
VARI SPORTS CAMP
Programme runs for: June 20-August 5. (Divided into 3 consecutive fortnightly sessions, and a final one week session). For ages: 3-15
A great summer holiday option for young bodies that like to stay active - and one of the best value-for-money camps on the southside. Vari Sports Club offers a friendly clubhouse environment, with kids split into appropriate age groups, and led by qualified and experienced camp counselors. The programme varies from day to day, meaning that children get to sample from a wide menu of the Club’s offered activities such as Beach volleyball, tennis and mini-tennis, mini-basketball, beach soccer, Zumba, swimming and can also pit themselves against the “exergame” interactive fitness gaming station. Tel: 210.899.0048, info@varisportsclub.com
Tel: 210.620.5001, hbarry@isa.du.gr.
La Vie en Rosé As Oenorama devotes a special Rosé Wine Extravaganza to our favourite summer tipple, Cordelia Madden-Kanellopoulou uncorks her own fave five “Pink Drinks” Life is looking especially rosy this Sun- enjoy a surge of popularity as drinkers day. Over 100 of the world’s finest rosé discover their light and easy appeal, wines on the market (both Greek and their versatility, and palatable prices, foreign), will be paraded for tasting at says oenophile Cordelia Madden“Drink Pink” – a prestigious viniculture Kanellopoulou. event organized by Oenorama (the largest exhibitor of Greek wines in the Here, she selects her Top 3: world) - and dedicated 100 percent 1.Vyssinokipos, Ktima Palivou: to the ferociously-popular rose-tinted Nemean Agiorgitiko grapes are known drop. for their vivid, velvety reds, but they For many years, rosé wines have been also make a very refreshing rosé. With the most neglected category in Greece. notes of cherry, raspberry and caramel, However, great advances in quality and underlined with intense tannins, this the fact that their consumption is now wine from Ktima Palivou blends the loa worldwide trend (rosé consumption cal variety with Syrah with exceedingly in France has surpassed that of white), drinkable results. make them an ideal summer choice. 2. Vivlia Hora Rosé: Just about everyThe burgeoning harvest of Greek rosé thing Vangelis Gerovasileiou and his wines is a harmonious accompaniment winemaking partner at Vivlia Hora, to light meze meals, pairing perfectly Vasilis Tsaktsarlis, make drinks like with salads and ladera dishes, cheese nectar of the gods, and their rosé is no or pasta. They can even hold their own exception. It’s a one-variety wine (Syrat a barbecue, as they balance grilled ah) that exudes aromas of blueberries, meats without provoking them. cherries and raspberries, with lasting Indeed, rosé has now become the se- spicy notes. In a word: delicious. cret weapon of the Greek vineyard. 3. Claudia Papaioannou Rosé: A fine, “The rosé wine perfectly meets the cultured wine using Grenache Rouge needs of summer wine lovers due to and Syrah grapes, with a pomegranate the climate of the country, our cuisine blush and sweet aromas of red fruits. and lifestyle,” says Stelios Boutari It sounds delicate, but is rounded from the Kir-Yianni, participating in the and rich enough in the mouth to be event. matched with almost any foods – or The Drink Pink Rosé Wine Extravagan- just enjoyed by itself on a balmy spring za highlights latest Greek viniculture evening. trends, the main one undoubtedly being the creation of lighter-hued, pleas- Drink Pink is on at the Athens Hilton, ant rosés closer to white than red, and Sunday June 12 (from noon to 8pm), organized by Oenorama, and will highlight emblematic of Provence rosé wines. Pink wines have shed their inferiority complex (along with most of their sugars), and emerged sleeker and drier to
BRITISH COUNCIL SUMMER SCHOOL
Programme runs for: June 17-July 15. (2 or 4 Week Programmes available).
new trends in Greek rosé wine, which has begun to acquire an excellent reputation globally. Entrance: €8, www.drinkpink.gr, Tel: 210.760.0560.
INTERVIEW
Posidonia Maritime Expo Last day to see the vast “show and tell” of maritime exhibits, open to the public (until June 10), at Athens Metropolitan Expo, Athens International Airport, With over 1,800 exhibitors from 89 countries, it’s the flagship event of the biennial Posidonia Shipping Week. Tel:
Exhibition
ART & CULTURE
For the first time in 35 years, the Benaki Museum presents to the Greek and international public highlights from its singular collection of Chinese ceramics – from June 8 to September 4. Ninety masterpieces of ceramic art from the historical collection of George Eumorfopoulos, donated to the Benaki Museum in the 1930s, testify to the global impact of Chinese civilisation, shed light on the course of contact between China and the West through art, and attest to the vision of the collector and his ties with Greece. The exhibition is designed in such as way as to be read in two ways. One narrative explores the history and civilisation of China from the 3rd millennium BCE to the 19th century CE. Read anticlockwise, the same objects illustrate the contact between China and the West throughout the centuries (14th–20th c. CE), with a focus on the interests of early See historical masterpieces of Chinese 20th c. European collectors and experts ceramic art testifying to the global im- in Chinese art. pact of Chinese civilisation. Of exceptional importance are the mag-
Ceramics from China
Comedy
Dinner in the Sky Join the Mile High Club as Dinner in the Sky returns to Technopolis, Kerameikos, until October 5. A slowly-rotating table of 22 “floats” up to 50m high, enjoying Acropolis and Saronic gulf views. Gazi Comedy Fiesta Price is €120 for a 5-course dinner with Whether you like your comedy razor wine. Dinnerinthesky.gr to reserve. sharp or escapist, the Gazi Comedy Summer Fiesta will have you in fits and giggles, from June 12-16, with Englishlanguage stand-ups from Sameena Zehra and Tessa Waters, tickets € 10.
210.354.2900, posidonia-events.com.
Eumolpidae 41, Tel: 210.345.5020, gazicomedy.com
nificent Neolithic vases decorated with geometric patterns, while the funerary sculpture from the Tang Dynasty (618907 AD) must be singled out as some of the most splendid creations of their kind. The collection continues with elegantly proportioned and finely decorated ware dating to the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD), with porcelain from the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1644 AD and 1644-1911 AD), and with snuff bottles and other objects made of semiprecious stone. The collector Special tribute is paid to George Eumorfopoulos, one of the most important collectors of Chinese and modern art of the early 20th c. His donation to the Benaki Museum, around 800 objects, is unique in being a time capsule of early 20th century taste and learning of Chinese art. A catalogue in English accompanies the exhibition. Benaki Museum, Koumbari 1 & Vas Sofias, Athens, tel. 210.367.1000. Wed and Fri (9h-17h), Thu and Sat (9 am-24), Sun (9 am-15h).
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Feminism is best served with a cocktail
Spandex, sequins and killer dance moves collide in Australian stand-up Tessa Waters’ feisty physical comedy WOMANz, a celebration of love, life … and big hair. So… you’ve been described as the “manic pixie love-child of Cher and Mr Bean”…. How afraid should we be? I’m not gonna lie, this show is one wild ride, but think of it like an amazing first date. It’s okay to be a bit nervous, excited, ‘ooooh what’s gonna happen’? We bet you’re a real hit at parties? Depends on the party and the DJ. If you start playing ColdPlay things won’t go well. However, slap some Prince or James Brown on and I will lead the dancefloor all night. Fun fact: the first song I ever wrote when I was 4 years old was titled ‘P-p-pp-p-p-p-p-party time!’ I think this explains a lot about the woman I have grown into. What can we expect from a “physical comedy”? How much, if any, of the show is verbal? Physical Comedy does what is says on the tin, it is a hilarious hour of fun, hosted by the larger than life character WOMANz who comes from Olympus and has been sent to earth of party and teach us mortals how to love ourselves
You’re the Worst 2
Jimmy accepts a job novelizing television shows. Gretchen and Lindsay realize they have nothing to talk about, except the men in their lives. Edgar meets someone special in his improv class. Friday @ 22.40 on Foxlife. Watch FOX and FoxLife on NOVA, OTE TV, Vodafone, CYTA
CINEMA THIS WEEK
Now You See Me 2 The Four Horsemen resurface and are forcibly recruited by a tech genius to pull off their most impossible heist yet. With Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, and Woody Harrelson.
Alice Through the Looking Glass Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter reprise their roles as Alice returns to the whimsical world of Wonderland and travels back in time to save the Mad Hatter.
turn a blind eye or become apathetic, you absolutely need to keep your sense of humour. Laughing at ourselves reminds us that we are human, that life is amazing and ridiculous and that there is always another way forward. And if the world is going to end, I want to go out dancing!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Exhibition
A Secret Service agent goes to Wayward Pines, Idaho, in search of two federal agents who have gone missing in the bucolic town. He soon learns that he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive. Wednesday @ 23.30 on Fox.
more. I talk to the audience directly, I tell jokes, I ask questions and the whole time I’m moving. Sometimes the joke is told with a dance, a shake of my booty, a hair flick. I use the full arsenal of comedy weapons I have available. WOMANz. The name says it all really. Is there a feminist foundation underpinning the show? Or is it just plain crazy fun? For me, Feminism is best served with a cocktail and a booty shake and that’s what WOMANz is all about. It will make men and women alike feel great about themselves and their bodies and go off into the night dancing. This show celebrates love, life and big hair. Speaking of which, in these strungout times, do you sometimes feel like we’ve lost the ability to laugh at ourselves? It feels like the world is turning upside down right now and at every turn we are reminded about the awful state of play of things. And while it’s important not to
Which high-profile female comics or performers do you have a lady crush on? Ha-ha what’s a ‘lady crush’? I picture a posh english woman getting all flustered, her white-gloved hands desperately fanning her face as she faints in a heap from watching a handsome man ride by on a horse. But to be serious: Amy Poehler, Dawn French, Nina Conti and Louis C K all blow my mind with their talent. You also perform regularly for children with your “How to be a Rockstar” project. Who makes the toughest audience? Kids are much harsher critics than grownups. I mean if an adult does not like the show, they will heckle or look bored, but if a kid doesn’t like it they will stand up and start doing something else, have a loud conversation, walk onto the stage and poke at things or at worst start crying. Luckily this doesn’t happen too much in my shows! Who would you most like to get stuck inside an elevator with? Someone that is handsome and friendly and that has brought snacks and wine. If you could rule the world for a day, what new law would you introduce first? Wow big question, I love it. Compulsory 30 second dance breaks at school and in the work place. WOMANz, June 16 at 9:30 pm (60 mins) Tickets € 10. Gazi Comedy Club, Evmolpidon 41, Tel: 210.345.5020, www.gazicomedy.com