CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP : Garbage Game

The work of the French painter Arman will be introduced to students from 5 to 12 years, through the "Adventure of Transformation" at the Concert Hall
We all have access to creation. We have it in us. And you and me, Armand was saying, the great French painter, founding member of the New Realists group, made famous by his series of works "Trash", where he used waste, displayed in a glass box, and "Accumulations", with similar items placed in a polyester box or device, plexiglass etc.
This creator who changed our perception of "trash" and gave the French answer to pop art in the decade 1960, they are invited to meet the children, aged from 5 to 12 years, and to "imitate" the ways of his artistic expression.
This is the visual children's workshop around Armand's work at the Athens Concert Hall, which constitutes the seventh consecutive collaboration of Megaron Plus with the Center Pompidou in Paris, after the workshops around the work of Matisse, Picasso, Brancusi, Calder et al.
"The Adventure of Transformation. Everyday objects: Look at them another way!» is the title of the workshop, with Odile Fayet in charge, from tomorrow until 18 Of March, in which children will experiment with the idea of ​​"transforming objects", as the neorealist Armand did, who was born in Nicaea on 1928 and died in New York on 2005.
There are three stages to the process: "The object's life cycle", where the child collects the objects and categorizes them, in the spirit of Arman who said that "the principle of accumulation changes our perspective on things".
In the second stage, "Object is being decrypted", the child discovers the ways in which the artist worked with the object. The third stage is about "inventing the object", where little aspiring artists assemble small colored boxes to build towers, mazes and walls, a large scale architecture.
Participation in the workshop, either for schools or individual children, it will be done in groups 30 persons. The program, with specially trained personnel, lasts an hour and a half. Information at 210-7282333
Source : ethnos.gr

Struggle to save the Exarchia building

Mobilization to save an extremely interesting building of Exarchia, of the few examples of popular Athenian architecture of the 19th century, that have remained in the capital on Themistokleous Street 62 are done by the "Residents' Group" of the area with the support of the MOnuMENTA movement.

In this context, they organize Wednesday 15 February on 6,30 μ. μ. in the theater of Exarchion (Themistocleus 69) discussion on "The architecture of the Exarchia and the rescue of the building at 62 Themistokleous Street" in which the professors will speakEleni Portaliou, Stavros Stavridis, Konstantinos Dekavallas, Eleni Maistrou, Tassis Papaioannou, the architectTonia Katerinis, the actressAnita Decavallarepresentative of the "Residents' Group to Save the Building" and the archaeologistIrini Graciaby MOnuMENTA. Most of the speakers also live and work in the area, which they have studied thoroughly and have formulated proposals for its substantial protection.

In reference to the building of Themistocleus 62, which is actually a small building complex that develops around an inner courtyard, the way for its demolition seemed to open after the opinion of the Central Council of Newer Monuments of the Ministry of Culture, which did not consider it maintainable.

And that, despite the contrary suggestion of the Ephorate of New Monuments of Attica, which had requested its declaration for the aforementioned reasons but also because it is located in a building environment with many neoclassical buildings, eclecticism as well as buildings with the special architecture of the interwar period, a whole that is, which records the evolution of the residence in Athens.

The unpleasant developments, that will turn the complex into a five-story building have stopped anyway, following the appeal of the "Residents' Group" to the Council of State against the decisions, which have been received and against the demolition permit issued by the Athens Urban Planning Department. Every mobilization therefore advocates the fight to save the building of this historic neighborhood.
Source : tovima.gr

3rd World Magic Festival at the Badminton Theatre

The Badminton Theater presents the spectacular 3rd World Magic Festival, whose theme this year is comedy,
Is the motto of the 16th Spare Parts Bazaar 8 until 12 February 2012.
So impressive, so incredible now and of such "mathematical" precision that they reach the limits of science. But it is everything, what better does the art of modern magic have to offer and indeed from its most iconic representatives. The fact that the top six wizards and magicians in the world right now, they share the same stage for a few days - something that rarely happens- makes the 3rd International Festival of Magic a completely unique experience.
Just as unique is the way each of the "provocateurs of the real" who will occupy the stage of the Badminton Theater, will attempt to reach their limits, or even beyond them, our senses and take us to the most fascinating regions of consciousness, where you will question - and revise- what is ultimately real and what is imaginary. Έχοντας το δικό του προσωπικό στυλ και «ειδίκευση», κάθε μέλος αυτής της ξεχωριστής Dream Team θα σας κρατήσει με κομμένη την ανάσα όπως κάνει στα μεγαλύτερα θέατρα και μιούζικ χολ του κόσμου. Η μαγεία όμως δεν σταματά εδώ…
Χιούμορ και πολλές εκπλήξεις για το κοινό δημιουργούν ένα μοναδικό performance που καθηλώνει ανθρώπους όλων των ηλικιών. Θεατρικά εφέ και στοιχεία stand up comedy και παντομίμας κάνουν το 3ο Διεθνές Φεστιβάλ Μαγείας αυτό που πολλοί ονομάζουν A Lifetime Experience. Μια εμπειρία που θα μείνει χαραγμένη στη μνήμη σας. Και στη φαντασία σας.
Ένας κι ένας…
Jeff Hobson
Ο παρουσιαστής του 3ου Διεθνούς Φεστιβάλ Μαγείας (αλλά και του 1ου!) είναι και από τους πιο περιζήτητους μάγους-κωμικούς της εποχής μας. Ο πρωτότυπος και έξυπνος συνδυασμός κωμωδίας και μαγείας που τον κάνει τόσο ξεχωριστό, έχει κάνει την ατζέντα του το πιο ακριβοθώρητο μέρος για να κλείσει ακόμα και το πιο επίδοξο θέατρο ή μιούζικ χολ κάποια από τις ημερομηνίες του. Παρόμοιο πρόβλημα χώρου αντιμετωπίζει και η βιβλιοθήκη του αφού έχει κερδίσει αναρίθμητα βραβεία για τις ικανότητές του με πιο πρόσφατα το Best Comedy Magic που του απένειμε η Παγκόσμια Ένωση Βραβείων Μαγείας και το Best Magic Review από το World Magic Awards για το ρόλο του αστέρα και παραγωγού του θρυλικού θεάματος Carnival of Wonders που παρουσιάστηκε στα Reno Hilton Hotel και Casino in Reno, in Nevada. His television appearances include HBO, Showtime’s Comedy Club Network, Fox Family’s Masters of Illusion, NBC's World's Greatest Magic as well as the Magic Comedy Strip, a show he ran for 16 weeks on English television.
Michael Giles
Αφήστε τις αισθήσεις σας να θαυμάσουν τη Μαγεία ενός από τους πιο φημισμένους μάγους της Αμερικής, του Michael Giles, καθώς θα οδηγεί τη φαντασία σας στα πιο απαγορευμένα βάθη. Αναδυθείτε σ’ έναν εορτασμό φαντασίας και μύθου, όσο ο Michael Giles, ο πιο γρήγορος και πιο χαρισματικός μάγος της εποχής μας, παρουσιάζει ένα συνδυασμό περίπλοκης μαγείας και θεαματικών ιλουζιονισμών, κάτι που δεν έχετε δει ξανά στο παρελθόν. Ο Michael Giles επανεφευρίσκει τον εαυτό του αντλώντας στοιχεία από την καταπληκτική του καριέρα, από τα ταξίδια του και απ’ το μυστικισμό του, που τον οδηγούν στην πιο καινούρια και πιο συναρπαστική προσπάθειά του.
Arkadio
Ο ισπανικής καταγωγής Arkadio είναι ένας φτασμένος καλλιτέχνης στον τομέα της μαγείας και του ιλουζιονισμού, με περισσότερα από δέκαπέντε χρόνια εμπειρίας, και συμμετοχές σε διεθνείς διαγωνισμούς και πολλά φεστιβάλ. Η δεινή του ικανότητα στην τέχνη της ταχυδακτυλουργίας του χάρισε αμέτρητα εθνικά, αλλά και διεθνή βραβεία. Αν θέλετε να παρακολουθήσετε ένα υψηλών επιδράσεων θέαμα με οπτικά εφέ, μεθυστική ομορφιά, περιστέρια, παπαγάλους, papers, οπτασίες… αφήστε τον εαυτό σας ελεύθερο να ακολουθήσει το ρυθμό που επιβάλλει η μαγεία του Arkadio.
Michael Holly
Ο Michael Holly είναι εδώ και πολύ καιρό ο αγαπημένος του κοινού, τόσο στο Λας Βέγκας, όσο και στον υπόλοιπο κόσμο. Μία είναι η αιτία…είναι αστείος! Τι άλλο να ζητήσει κανείς, όταν τον καλεί στο σπίτι του…και γελά. Δράση και αντίδραση, γιν και γιαν, αυτοδικαίως και εκ των πραγμάτων. Πρέπει να πούμε κι άλλα;  Okay, θα πούμε! Με μότο την φράση του Oscar Wilde «Η ζωή είναι πολύ σημαντική για να την πάρεις στα σοβαρά», ο Michael φροντίζει να παρουσιάζει τα εκπληκτικά κόλπα του με πολύ χιούμορ και με τη συμμετοχή του κοινού. Φιλικός, ευρηματικός, ο τέλειος συνεργάτης, χρησιμοποιεί αλυσίδες, μπάλες του μπόουλινγκ, μουσικά όργανα και παρουσιάζει ένα μαγικό, αλλά και ξεκαρδιστικό πρόγραμμα.
David Kaplan
Φαντασμαγορία, music, ταχυδακτυλουργία και ανέκφραστη κωμωδία συγκρούονται στο βαριετέ του Kaplan. Εμπνευσμένος από τα αστεία των Keaton, Sellers, Victor Borge, the Smothers Brothers και του επιφανή Wile E. Coyote, including, «Ο Μεγάλος» David Kaplan καλωσορίζει τους θεατές, μεγάλους και μικρούς, σε έναν θαυμαστό, περίεργο κόσμο που δεν θα ξεχάσουν ποτέ.
Ίσως το πιο εντυπωσιακό κατόρθωμα του Kaplan είναι που βγαίνει από την παράσταση σωματικά ακέραιος. Καθώς ο κόσμος του μοιάζει να καταρρέει, αυτός καταφέρνει να δαμάσει μια αδίστακτη μπάλα του μπόουλινγκ, να ζογκλάρει με έπιπλα, να κάνει ταχυδακτυλουργικά και να παίζει μελωδίες μ’ ένα μπαλόνι, μία πλαστική αντλία και το γιουκαλέλι του παππού του, προς μεγάλη ευχαρίστηση του γοητευμένου κοινού.
Glenn Singer
Ο άνθρωπος είναι για γέλια. Ποτέ πριν, στην ανθρώπινη ιστορία, λέγοντας κάτι τέτοιο, δεν θα μπορούσε να είναι τόσο τιμητικό -και αληθινό-, όσο στην περίπτωση του Glenn Singer, του ανθρώπου που (απ)έδειξε, ότι η μαγεία, μπορεί να είναι και ξεκαρδιστική. Γνωστός και ως el Gleno Grande, ο Glenn είναι για την οπτική κωμωδία και τον ιλουζιονισμό, ότι ο Νταλί για τον σουρεαλισμό. Χρειάζεται να πούμε κάτι άλλο; A, Yes. Ότι, εδώ και πάνω από 20 years, οι παραστάσεις του ταξιδεύουν σε ολόκληρο τον κόσμο (και στις πέντε ηπείρους), σε χώρους όπως το Caesar’s Palace στο Las Vegas ή τα Universal Studios στο Χόλιγουντ, ότι διαθέτουν και στοιχεία τσιρκολάνικης παράδοσης, που απευθύνονται, εξίσου, σε όλες τις ηλικίες και ότι διακρίνεται, για τον τρόπο με τον οποίο κάνει το κοινό να συμμετέχει και να περνάει μαγικά. Αυτό δεν είναι το νόημα;
Source : culturenow.gr

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are waiting again… twins!

Once again, the famous couple monopolizes the cover of the magazine ”OK!” abroad and this time the reason is that Angelina is expecting twins for the second time and in fact… boys! In a few months the family will list 10 members!

”The couple is sailing in a sea of ​​happiness, since this pregnancy was unexpected and came very quickly! When the ultrasound showed that two hearts were beating in her abdomen and they were both stunned and pleasantly shocked. They could not believe it…

Only their son Maddox knows about the pregnancy at the moment – they do not want to tell the other children, in case something goes wrong do not be upset. Angelina wants to be as calm as possible and have a good pregnancy”, says a man close to Jolie and Brad Pitt. Note that they already have six children - 10-year-old Maddox, the 8-year-old Pax, 7-year-old Zahara, 5-year-old Shiloh, and 3-year-old twins, Knox and Vivienne.

Source : ofono.gr

A pointless soap opera

  
Kosmas Vidos records his thoughts in the Third World every week
  Watching once again the ups and downs of Lakis Gavalas in the detention centers for debts to the State, I thought that this operetta does not concern me at all. I am strongly opposed to the public humiliation of anyone, whatever his crime. And I do not appreciate a state that uses the expulsion of people, surnames or not, in order to prove that he is doing his job properly. Which in this case, let us not laugh, does not do it. He would do it if there were not hundreds (and thousands) Gavalades. He would do it, even at the last minute, if he managed to snatch them (huge) amounts owed, and let us never learn their names. In conclusion, I do not want to know who owes, I want no one to owe, especially when I'm called, that I never owed, to pay his debts. There is something else that worries me: This is how the celebrities went to the facilities of Evelpidon, with Burberry (or whatever,what else) their scarves to cover the handcuffs on their hands, I consider that, in addition to inhuman and degrading, they are also dangerous. Because they target people in these times when most people's minds are… on the railings, that our jungle wildlife is hungrier than ever. Targeting can have dramatic effects: Who tells me that someone misunderstood will not approach the respective debtor to force him to pay (not necessarily by paying money) for his "pities"; That is why I insist: Let us never know their names, but let the state finally take care of them and get rid of their pending issues.
However, as much as I try to do it above, I do not hold… I can not go into more detail in the case of Lakis Gavalas, of an eccentric person, as they have characterized him, of a cosmic clown, I would say. Who succeeded, marketing his controversial taste in a society of nobles, to distinguish and get rich.
This gentleman has always been, in my estimation, a case indulgently comically tragic, which he confirmed with the latter (awful aesthetics) his appearances on the TV show "Fab 5". His ardent effort to provoke, with ridiculous appearances, but also with Madame Sussou level statements (his Greek, simply indescribably), some of them were amused, it mainly made me sad. And such was his self-humiliation all these years, that the recent (third in a row) his arrest, a fact that stigmatizes the life and reputation of any normal person, it looked like another indifferent episode of a pointless soap opera. I did not feel sorry for him either, nor was I shocked, nor did I shout "well done for exposing him!», nor anything. Everyone is responsible for their actions and pays for their consequences. Where I became furious, Nevertheless, it was when I was again confronted with his indescribable audacity. Even now, surrounded by police officers led to the straitjacket of the man who treasured at the expense of the state, at our expense, made him cute. He spoke in Nazi about "those who love me". He refused to acknowledge his responsibilities, saying that "Lakis Gavalas SA" has the problem and "not the face of Lakis Gavalas", as if his company was run by aliens, who, after they did everything,what did they do, they have left for their planet and we will never see them again.
He was talking to her… over mood, the same arrogance we had heard, a few weeks ago, to talk another big tax evader, Tolis Voskopoulos, when after the revelation of his own remoula he complained to the cameras: "You do not love me". You, again, why should we love you, Mister; Because you once sang "Blonde Beloved Virgin"; Who said that since then we have to bow to your artistic greatness with silent admiration; Turning his eyes to (to say it politely) your omissions; Ε, no! Because if people like you, blinded by self-admiration, they can not see how cheap and indecent they become with such behaviors, we and we see, and we understand, and we have a dignity that does not allow us to applaud your game. And I really wonder with all those who this year rushed to applaud Mr. Voskopoulos, at the nightclub where he appeared, giving him a "pardon", the moment they should be very angry with him, who should show by their abstention their disagreement with his economic tactics. As I wonder with those who still find Gavalas funny. And what do they say, referring to the Voskopoulos and the Gavalades of this country, "Their magic". Without realizing that (and) This kind of magic brought us here. At the same time I am waiting, at last, by the rulers to do their job properly, what they have ordered us: to make them pay (Voskopoulos, I read, is in… have a safe trip). And not to permanently punish those who did less or not at all and are now called upon to pull the snake out of the hole, at the moment the Lakides, wearing their very expensive snake skin shoes, they still dance claps around their Mykonian pool.

* The article was published in BHMagazino on 5 February 2012

Source : tovima.gr

Penelope Plaka : The "It's Moments" girl is revealed

Is 20 years, studying acting, last year she went to two auditions in one day and got two roles! Do the addition and decide if Coelho was right after all with his theory of the universe…
In 20 you already have a leading role in a daily series, in It's Moments of ANT1. Did you seek it or did it happen?;
When I came from Thessaloniki a year and a half ago to study theater, I had in mind to find a job as soon as possible, so that I have the possibility to stay in Athens throughout my studies. After a year at the school I found out that there was an audition where they were looking for a 19 year old and I went. That's how they chose me.
Would you like to be on the cover?;
I would like to succeed in my work. If I succeed there will be covers, but my goal is not to be in the magazines. And what I'm saying now, I say them, because people need to know me. From now on, I'm not going to put my personal life out there to show off.
Except for your role in the series, you got another role for a film by Nikos Koundouros. By luck too;
Yes! The same day I went to the audition for the series It's Moments, I also auditioned for The Ship, the new film by Nikos Koundouros. I was lucky enough to be selected there as well. I also had to play LOTTO that day…
How are you doing with men?;
Weird. For me, men are very good friends – I will hang out with men more easily than with women. In my personal life I see that I have acceptance, but they don't approach me easily. Maybe my look is stern…
Source : yupi.gr

«e-Solex»: The fastest electric in the world!

Strange as it may seem to you, the electric eSolex holds the world speed record in its class which it achieved last year at the Bonneville Salt Flats in the USA.
Creating playgrounds for use by children with mobility problems and ensuring their access to all municipal structures and schools, in the hands of four French motorcyclists (by Gilles Pujol, Franck Figuls, Yann Bruneau και Jean Caillou), the small electric bike from Solex, developed average hourly speed 32 km / h (!) and won the world record in his category.
How did this happen?, you will tell us. The reason this was possible is simple and easily explains how such a slow two-wheeler is included among the fastest motorcycles in the world. Very simply, this was the first time a speed record was attempted, at the famous Bonneville Speedway, with a mass-produced electric bike that has not received any conversion at all! Before that, the world speed record for the class stood at…0.
Surely the performance of the French and e-Solex will be beaten this year without much effort from any other crew. However Gilles Pujol, Franck Figuls, Yann Bruneau and Jean Caillou can boast that they were the first to try it and the first to enter the record book in this event, on the saddle of an e-Solex.
Source : mototriti.gr