May 2011
BIRD WATCHING IN CYPRUS Birdlife Cyprus arranges bird watching trips regularly. Organised by the Birdlife Cyprus. For further information please contact 22455072, 99059541. WEBSITE: www.birdlifecyprus.org
EVENTS IN LEFKOSIA (NICOSIA)
TUE, 22 MAR – SUN, 11 SEP ART EXHIBITION – MORPHOU AS THEOMORPHOU, YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW The exhibition will feature authentic specimens (icons, wood-carved items, holy vessels, canonicals, manuscripts, incunabula) – all valuable pieces of ecclesiastical art, as well as heirlooms belonging to refugees and repatriated or salvaged icons, books and wood-carved items from the Bishopric’s occupied area.
WED, 13 OCT – THU, 16 JUN ART EXHIBITION “Art Is…”. An exhibition of the art of Cyprus through the ages. A tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Republic of Cyprus. Organised by the Marfin Laiki Bank. Venue: Marfin Laiki Bank Cultural Centre, Vyronos Avenue. Visiting hours: 10:00-13:00, 16:00 – 20:00 (Monday to Friday) and 10:00 – 14:00 (Saturday). For further information please contact 22718601 / 05.
Authentic objects will be supplemented by informative entries as well as by audiovisual material featuring photographs of the monuments whence the objects originated. Also, rare editions by the Cultural Foundation Collections will bring forward documented information on lost and found objects.
TUE, 15 FEB – TUE, 31 MAY ART EXHIBITION An art exhibition entitled “Ptolemy and European Cartographers of the Eastern Mediterranean 1477 - 1777” from the collection of Andreas Nicolaides. Organised by the Leventeion Municipal Museum of Nicosia. Venue: Leventeion Municipal Museum of Nicosia. Visiting Hours: 10:00-16:30. (Closed on Mondays). For further information please contact 22661475. Web-site: www.leventismuseum.org.cy
Organised by the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Centre associated with the Holy Bishopric of Morphou. Venue: Bank of Cyprus Cultural Centre. Visiting hours: 10:00-21:00. For further information please contact 2212 81 70.
Photographs depicting maintenance works on ecclesiastical monuments of the Holy Bishopric of Morphou from the past ten years will also be on display.
FRI, 6 MAY 11TH PHAROS CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL PIANO RECITAL With Paavali Jumppanen performing Beethoven Sonatas. Venue: The Shoe Factory, Nicosia 1