THE BURGER PROJECT

Thessaloniki and Patras raise the curtain on this year's music festivals. The new Greek scene is well represented in almost all its genres, even reggae, which to be honest in our country does not know moments of glory. As far as the entries are concerned, among others, Locomondo takes part, Imam Baildi, Kostis Maravejia, aspiring to transfer their energy from the stage to the audience. All this at Spring Reggae Festival and Ark Festival.

It precedes in time, the first reggae festival of the spring to be held on Wednesday 7 March at the Eightball club, in Thessaloniki. Its program includes screenings of reggae documentaries as well as music from 'our own' FYAH FIST and Berliners ILLBILY HITEC.

Spring reggae Festival in detail:

Studio One Story
A 3-hour documentary about the legendary Studio One, the point 0 of Kingston, Jamaica and reggae. Interviews with major artists such as Horace Andy, Alton Elis, Ken Boothe, Sugar Minott κ. a. Extensive mention is also made of the artists who started their careers from "One" such as Bob Marley and the Wailers, o Alton Ellis, The Heptones, Ken Boothe, The Skatalites, Burning Spear κ. The. Mr. The film also visits places in Jamaica such as Trenchtown's old Dancehalls, το Alpha School, το Tuff Gong studios and Pressing Plant, Orange street and all the places mentioned during the interviews. There are also rare videos from performances, events, music before 1960 as well as Haile Selassie's visit to Jamaica.

FYAH FIST ft DJ ΑΜΟΚ and MAGMA DEE
The band from Thessaloniki that has deservedly earned a place in the reggae scene of the country will be there to raise the atmosphere with ragamuffin rhyming tunes online with Jamaica.

ILLBILY HITEC
From Berlin with love, one of the most up-and-coming electro reggae bands in Europe. Two producers and a drummer create the ultimate reggae electronics, combining influences of dub, breakbeat tunes.

Info
EIGHTBALL CLUB
(PINDU 1, OILS)
Entry: 8 euro with beer
Start time: 20.30′

ARK FESTIVAL
Patra dynamically enters the center of musical events and welcomes its first ARK Festival 2012. After his very successful trips to Athens and Thessaloniki, the ARK Festival is spreading to the rest of Greece, starting from the city of Patras on Friday 16 and on Saturday 17 March on the Dymaion Coast.

On line – up Ark "led" by Maraveyas Illegal, Locomondo, The Burger Project and Imam Baildi and with the addition to the line – up two local groups of the city, of B – Sides and Sazman, the ARK Festival stays true to the bonds it has created with its audience.

On Friday 16 Maraveyas Ilegal will be marching from the stage of ARK Festival, The Burger Project and B – Sides, while on Saturday 17 March Locomondo will appear, the Imam Baildi and the Sazman.

Against the current conditions the ARK Festival, as noted by its organizers, it keeps its ticket price low ARK Festival tickets will go on sale on Monday 5 March on DISCOVER, at CITY CAFÉ and Evoi Evan. The first 500 tickets cost 12 euro, while after exhausting this number, but also at the box office on the days of the festival, will be sold at 15 euro. The two-day ticket costs 20 euro.

Except for Patras, very soon the ARK Festival will be transferred to other cities in Greece which will be announced in the month of March.

Source : tovima.gr

It opens with a subsidy 2 million. dollars from the Australian government

A subsidy of two million Australian dollars for the construction of a Greek Cultural Center in Melbourne will be granted by the Australian government according to an announcement signed by the Prime Minister of the country Mrs. Julia Gillard, the Minister of Culture Mr. Simon Crean and Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Mrs Kate Lundy.

The news was first announced by the Prime Minister of the country last Saturday at an event in the context of the Greek festival "Antipodes" in Melbourne.

The new cultural center will be located in the heart of Melbourne's Greek community and will be housed in a multi-purpose space in the city's Central Business District. "The modernized space will house the proud history of the Greek community, will showcase valuable archives created over the decades and host special exhibitions and performances”, stated in the announcement. "It will also provide assistance to members of the Greek community through programs implemented by the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria".

"The center will symbolize the enormous contribution of the Greek-Australian community to Australian society and will highlight the special cultural and historical ties between Greece and Australia," the announcement continues..

Australia has changed significantly over the past two decades and the multicultural makeup of its population is greater than ever. "As a government we recognize the important contribution of the Greek community. Our nation has been enriched by the contribution of generations of Greeks who settled in Australia, they raised their families and built strong communities here. Greek-Australians have played an important role in our national history and Greek culture has been a source of inspiration for the arts, the letters, the academic knowledge and the architecture" is noted in the announcement, which ends: “As the Australian Government prepares to announce its first National Cultural Policy, this new center will help highlight Australia's multicultural heritage. The height subsidy 2 million Australian dollars from the Australian Government demonstrates our commitment to deliver programs that empower the nation's cultural diversity".

Source : tovima.gr

On Friday at 15.00 the funeral, from the Amarousiou cemetery.

The well-known and much-loved actor Vassilis Tsivilikas passed away on Wednesday morning, in age 70 years, during his transfer to Sismanoglio General Hospital where he was rushed with severe chest pain. He breathed his last in the ambulance, shortly after seven in the morning, from a heart attack.

As the director of the Sismanoglio Hospital reported to Mega, attempts were made to revive him inside the ambulance, while the same attempt was made on 40 minutes and from the hospital doctors without finally succeeding.

Vassilis Tsivilikas was born in Thessaloniki in 1942. Even from school, his teachers urged him to turn to the theater. Despite the fact that he entered English Literature, decided to go down to Athens and take exams at the Drama school of the Art Theater – he didn't pass there but at the school of Pelos Katselis from where he graduated.

It first appeared in the theater 1965 and a little later he finally collaborated with Karolos Koon and the Art Theater. His first film appearance, in the early 70s, was in Alekos Sakellariou's movie "My aunt the hippie". Since then he has participated in several films, while his presence in the theater was constant.

Thiasarchis has been performing every year on stage for many years, in comedies, Greek and foreign, where he directed and starred. This year, for the second season he played in the comedy "Bicycle Life" together with Yiannis Bostanzoglou, Petros Xekoukis et al.

Vassilis Tsivilikas, a naturally comedic actor, enjoyed great success both in prose and in the revue. He was married and had two children.

In a statement, the Ministry of Culture states: "Vassilis Tsivilikas served the theatrical art for a long time with consistency and ethics and was especially loved by the public".

The mayor of Athens also sent his warm condolences to the actor's family, George Kaminis. "The untimely death of actor and leading comedian Vassilis Tsivilikas is a great loss for modern Greek cinema and theater. He served the Greek inspectorate very well, offering laughter and joy".

The funeral of Vassilis Tsivilikas will be held on 3 at noon on Friday from Amarousiou Cemetery.

Thrill and sadness in the art world

Shocked by the news of the death of Vassilis Tsivilikas, the actor declares to APE-MPE, George Constantine. "I didn't expect something like this. He was a very healthy man. I worked with him for the last four years. He was a great theater person. A man I admired for his courage, his strength and beliefs, which he was very supportive of. Vassilis Tsivilikas was a man “votarist” in the theater, it was his whole life. I'm sorry because it's really a big loss for us.".

George Partsalakis also spoke about Vassilis Tsivilikas: "He was a man of culture, educated, with a lot of humor, theater connoisseur, with humanity. Vassilis and his generation were supports for young people. We also had something else in common. We had both finished the School of Pelos Katselis. And Katselis primarily taught us to be colleagues off stage as well. Vassilis had morals both on and off the stage".

Kind, active and always optimistic describes the comic actor Spyros Bibilas. "He loved young people very much, theater worker and gentleman with a capital K. I am shocked because his death was so unexpected, he was active and into things. Although we never had the chance to work together, we knew each other very well and our contact was very frequent. His death was a sudden event that has shocked us all.".