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Movie theater, art

'IT' has a new trailer to make you fear clowns forever

In case you weren't terrified enough by the first transfer, new adaptation of Stephen King's creepy novel comes to make clowns synonymous with nightmare. Again!
For everyone who has clownophobia (and not only) the IT’ it's a movie to avoid. Or maybe not;
After the first trailer that didn't run out of cheap gimmicks (jump scares) and took the time to describe some places and characters, the new film adaptation of the iconic novel IT’ by Stephen King (which for a respectable portion of the public is the scariest novel ever written) released its new trailer.
Directed by Andre Muschietti (‘Mama’), the new 'IT’ takes the action to the 80s (for those who loved 'Stranger Things') and things look good enough…nightmares!
The new movie trailer
In the role of the clown Pennywise we will see the 25-year-old Swedish actor Bill Skarsgård (of the famous family), who will face the creepy, classic performance by Tim Carrey. Their son Stellan Skarsgård and brother Alexander, has starred in 'Hemlock Grove'’ and 'The Deviation Trilogy: Loyalty', and for IT’ it will definitely carry a heavy load (and makeup)! Let's remember that Kari Fukunaga (‘Beasts of No Nation’, first cycle of 'true detective') had left the project due to creative differences, especially on the budget, while New Line according to its favorite method ('Lord of the Rings', 'The Hobbit'), wanted to divide the book into 2 places.

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Painting, Plan, art, Photo

40 years "Spetses" in Lizis Kalliga's exhibition

Lizi Kalliga divides her time between Athens and Spetses. Through the window of her atelier on the island, she feels that she has conquered small utopias that have come true. The landscapes, various findings, the beach of Agios Nikolaos and its garden , they are four thematic sections, which are presented in a variety of media, such as painting, plan, engraving and photography, projects covering the decades 1976-2016 . It is a clear look from the workshop she has created in her home and shows her very special relationship with this island.
The first landscapes were painted 1976 and others much later. The maturity of the visual art goes hand in hand with the change of the landscape and gives us the possibility to follow the evolution of it and the island at the same time.
Greek, Music, art, Song

Eurovision: The Greek participations that will remain unforgettable

Eurovision. Even if you don't belong to the category of her fanatical fans, what is certain is that you also have an anxiety every year to find out how the Greek participation in the well-known song contest fared. The truth is that Eurovision has given us many moments of joy, laughter and emotion.
The 5 memorable Greek Eurovision entries
Painting, Movie theater, Music, art, TV

ID Identities: The 25 faces of Kostas Hatzopoulos challenge us to observe them

In the "ID Identities" collection,  25 particular persons are "observers" of the boundary between inside and outside, shape and non-shape, the form and the beautiful. Self-sufficient entities, part of the landscape and space,they form a horizon with their gaze.
Despite the strictness of the expression , the forms diffuse into the colors and the lines through a secret freedom that synchronizes the opposites. Each person encloses the landscape and is part of it, thus defining his identity. The viewer becomes the observer of the observer .
  Kostas Hatzopoulos is a musician. He was born in Athens, studied economics and music at the same time. From an early age he was involved in composition. Qualified for the Manos Hadjidaki Greek Song Competitions in Corfu 1982 and won the first prize in the Greek Composition competition for the guitar 1984. He writes original music for film, television and theater and at the same time deals with orchestration and music production. The 1998 forms with Katerina Nitsopoulou the band ANEMOS. He actively participates in the Greek discography and collaborates with many Greek artists. His first contact with art was painting which he never left.
  
Info  Inauguration:Thursday 4 May 2017, at 20:00Duration: 4 – 19May Opening hours: Tuesday – Saturday 18:00 – 22:00Sunday 14:00 – 20:00, Monday closed
*Friday 19 May: COLOR AND MELODY DAYS – Live ANEMOS (entrance 5 euros with drink)
Folklore, Culture

MULTICOLORED, EUODIASTO, COMPETITIVE AND HOPEFUL MONTH FOR ALL

May or May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and has 31 days. In the Attic calendar it was the eleventh month of Thargilia, corresponding with the time interval 23 April-May 23.
According to Plutarch, this month was dedicated to the God Mercury. Its name is due to the nymph Maia, which was the most beautiful of the Pleiades, the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione and mother of the god.
May is "a month of joy and worship of vegetation", with beliefs and customs of a timeless nature, like the traditional custom with the May Day wreath which decorates the door of the house until 24 June, when it is burned in the fires of Ai-Yiannis.
THE 1 May has been characterized as an almost universal day of strike (and not a holiday) and is dedicated to workers' claims and struggles. On this day you honor the labor movement and the first major demonstrations that took place 1886 in Chicago.
Anthem

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