Jeffrey Eugenides at the SNFCC
WHAT: Internationally known Pulitzer Laureate Jeffrey Eugenides will talk with author Kallia Papadaki and journalist and book critic Mikela Chartoulari in ...
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Robert McCabe’s Journey through Time
Nothing captures a Greece before the advent of mass tourism like Robert McCabe’s...
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Losing his marbles over the Marbles
Konstantin Kakanias dons an activist hat for his new exhibition using whimsical ...
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Chloé Moglia, the Suspensionist
Isabelle Merminod and Tim Baster capture the callisthenic poetry of French artist Chloé Moglia whose perches over her six-metre high metal frame can only be described as ‘suspension in disbelief’. Dangling, with no nets, from a bar that barely snakes its way around her body, Moglia relies only on her coarse, callused hands and strong arms as she de...
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A Literary Labour of Love
Matt Stanley, who penned three crime thrillers under the pseudonym James McCreet, writes his tenth book, A Collar for Cerebrus, under his real name, in a style far-removed from the blood and gore of his Victorian mysteries. In a long, candid interview with Sudha Nair-Iliades, he confesses that this insightful opus is an ode to his beloved...
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A Requiem for a Master Storyteller
John Zervos pays tribute to Philip Kerr, a master of historical detective fiction, and the creator of Bernie Gunther, one of the most endearing, wisecracking detectives in crime writing. In his last book, Greeks Bearing Gifts, published a week after his death in March this year, Kerr leaves behind a compelling spy novel that moves swiftly...
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Mosaic Identities and Curvy Culture
Corfiot resident and cross-culture explorer Richard Pine thinks laterally about the identity debate that has preoccupied much of Greece and suggests embracing a mindful middleway. We should be celebrating much more, and stop feeling sorry for ourselves. Aristotle must take much of the blame for our current gloom. His idea, tha...
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Refugee Food Festival 2018: Meet the Chefs
From Iraq to Morroco to Eritrea, the Athens 2018 Refugee Food Festival is bringing international flavours to Greek cuisine, promising a week of culinary experiments and cross-cultural discussion. Meet the six chefs involved in this year's festival. MAHBOUBEH TAVIKOLI Cooking Iranian cuisine at Seychelles restaurant (Athens, Greece) on June 19. ...
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Ethereal, mellow sounds from the Swedish Lapland
To celebrate its National Day in style on June 6, the Swedish Embassy in Athens hosts Jarnna from Sapmi, a band that sculpts sound which simultaneously exalts and transcends tradition. Deeply rooted in old sami jojk traditions, the band's music establishes a mellow, meditative mood that is at once modern, timeless and suggestive, evocativ...
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Mrs. Tependris, She’s mine Bitch
Konstantinos Kakanias is back with Mrs. Tependris, his eccentric protagonist in a provocative socio-political exhibition, That's Mine Bitch, Don't Touch Her. Back Off! at the Rebecca Camhi Gallery and at The Kalfayan Gallery. In an interview with Athens Insider in 2012, Kakanias confessed how ‘growing up as a gay boy in Greece, in the ‘60...
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