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INTERVIEW: Diane Kochylas, Chef & Food-writerr
DIANE Kochilas s is a charismatic Greek-American chef and food writer who grew up in the US, but who also spends a lot of time coming and going in Athens and her native island of Ikaria to keep in...
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INTERVIEW: Tim Crouch, theatre artist & writer
I first saw Tim Crouch perform the one-man show My Arm, a play that he also directed. “At the age of 10,” the character says, “for want of anything more meaningful to do, I put my arm above my head and...
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INTERVIEW: Christopher Bakken, Poet and Food Author
HAVING lived many years in Greece’s northern capital of Thessaloniki, where he taught English at Anatolia College, Dr. Christopher Bakken is now back in the US where he lives with his family and...
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INTERVIEW: whirling with theatre director / psychotherapist Vikos Nahmias
A long-time student in Time Therapy and energy healing under world acclaimed mystic Manuel Schoch, Vikos Nahmias is a well known theatre director who also works as a psychotherapist and energy...
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INTERVIEW with film director Christos Sourligas
HAPPY SLAPPING: “Slapping a random person (they can be on the bus, walking down the street, whatever) whilst recording the act with a video camera phone.” Greek-Canadian writer/director Christos...
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INTERVIEW with artist Michael Anderson
IN NOVEMBER 2011 I heard about an American artist who was in town and helping unknown young Greek artists showcase their work to the public, in a three-story gallery space inPsyrri that he set up as...
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INTERVIEW with Paul Firos, Experience in visual arts museum
I have been a fan of the Herakleidon Experience in Visual Arts Museum in Thisseio since it opened in 2004, and have hosted its co-founder Paul Firos several times over the years on athens4real to...
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THE ART OF CHANGE - interview with an author
Kelly Intzides and Vivian Andria, two Greek American women with a long friendship, recently published their first novel, The Art of Change, which is about the art world in New York, as well as being a...
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Interview with Eileen Botsford, artist & teacher
I’ve been following the work of Eileen Botsford for several years now, and I can honestly say she’s always doing something interesting & positive, striving to raise awareness and create social...
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Sound healing with Kristina Hesler
Well it’s not surprising that, as I have worked in radio for 8 years now and began singing & songwriting at the age of 6, sound matters a great deal to me. I have always been intrigued by the power...
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BILL BALASKAS AND THE PARTHENON
Bill Balaskas is an up-and-coming Greek artist based in London, and in this interview we spoke about his latest exhibition at the Kalfayan Gallery in Athens. What i found most interesting (and unique)...
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street art & skateboarding with thisisopium
After seeing the exhibition Gitanos Internationales at Stigma Lab gallery in Exarcheia, I interviewed one of the Greek artists taking part in the group exhibition, presenting street art by an...
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sipping ouzo amaro with patrizio nissirio
I met Patrizio Nissirio many years ago when he was heading the Italian ANSA News Agency in Athens. Times were more rosy for Greece, and with other journalist friends we shared some great experiences...
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oliver krimpas & the ghost in the machine
Raised in London & Greece, British-Greek filmmaker Oliver Krimpas has always presented a witty, offbeat and original perspective in his work, all characteristics that came together powerfully in...
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Sonic boom at Baba au rum
COCKTAILS in Athens have never been better…in some places. For years I have wished that the standard in drinks here were far higher, and more deliciously sophisticated. For years I have felt that...
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the surreal landscape of arno rafael minkinnen
The Athens House of Photography recently hosted a stunning retrospective of the works of Arno Rafael Minkinnen, bringing his surreal natural landscapes and expressive human forms into the heart of the...
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Nico manessis: Greeks drink differently
Wine writer Nico Manessis has introduced a great deal of knowledge into the world about Greek wine, publishing the Greek Wine Book and more recently founding the extraordinarily informative website...
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a royal welcome to the little king
SOCRATES Alafouzos is an individual whom I have admired both as an actor and friend since I met him a decade ago. I have always been impressed and somehow reassured by his high creative focus, rare...
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