Georgina Ducsi
26/04/2024 15:05
THE Sivert Hoyem returns to Greece for two club shows that we have missed him so much. Young audiences make movie theater appointments for Greek psychological thriller “Do not open the door”while book lovers are getting ready for the big one Book Walk. Vinyl lovers will look for their favorite music at Vinyl Market in the Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens.
Music
Sivert Hoyem, Floyd and Principal Club Theater
THE Sivert Hoyemcomes to his beloved Greece only for two nightsfor two concerts that promise to be among the most personal, the most intimate, the warmest of recent years.
After 8 whole years – that’s how much has passed since Sivert Hoyem’s last appearances in club show in April 2016 – he comes together with his band, for two unique performances.
He brings with him the songs that his friends have loved over the years, Sleepwalking Man, Theaving Heart, Moon Landing, Give it a Whirltracks like the Aim For The Heart, Two Green Feathers from his last album, On an island which was released at the end of January and of course many Madrugada songs.
On Saturday, April 27 at the Floyd Live Music Venue in Athens and on Sunday, April 28 at the Principal Club Theater in Thessaloniki.
Glykeria, Glass Music Theatre
The performance “Oh my sweet ear and the songs of Spring” with the heartbreaking obituaries of the Virgin Mary as its central axis, will be presented by Glykeria on Holy Monday and Holy Tuesday, April 29 and 30 at the Glass Music Theatre.
In a particularly overwhelming atmosphere, Glykeria will perform hymns of Holy Week, Byzantine hymns and eulogies for the Divine and human passions as well as selected songs for Spring in a program curated by Stelios Fotiadis.
The excellent actor Leonidas Kakouris will read excerpts from the works of Greek poets and prose writers edited by Christos Promiras.
2nd Worship Music Festival
Palm Sunday 28, M. Monday 29, M. Tuesday 30 April 2024. Over 50 concerts in churches, museums, archaeological and concert venues. Artistic direction Giorgos Koumentakis. Free entry for the public.
The Ministry of Culture, the National Opera and Eurolife FFH present the 2nd Worship Music Festival, from Palm Sunday 28 April to Holy Tuesday 30 April 2024, in special, special and immersive spaces, such as the Garden of the Presidential Palace, the Dionysios Areopagitou, the Metropolis of Athens, the Anglican and Evangelical Churches, the Catholic Cathedral, the Fethiye Mosque, the Old Stock Exchange, the Acropolis Museum, the Museums of Newer Greek Culture and Goulandris, the halls of the Greek Orthodox Church in the SNFCC and Parnassos.
The Festival, under the artistic direction of George Koumentakis, will present a marathon of more than 50 concerts and artistic actions, approaching numerous and unexpected aspects of the relationship between religious worship and music.
Theater
“Show What” with Panos Mouzourakis, VOX
Friday, April 16 is your last chance to see Show What… with Panos Mouzourakis who, together with Lefteris Eleftheriou, Stratos Lykos and Iliana Gaitani, successfully present at VOX a popular, futuristic, cabaret about our truths. A Show for a limited amount of intelligence and an unlimited range of imagination.
Cinema
Don’t open the door
Unboxholics’ first feature film is being distributed by Rosebud.
Far from civilization, in a frozen forest on an inhospitable mountainside, a group of researchers is attacked by an unidentified figure. Sole survivor, a young biologist who takes refuge in the isolated cabin of a mysterious man. Together, they will embark on a revelatory journey into the depths of the human soul. What lies in the dark heart of the forest?
The theme song “Close To You” of the film is written and performed by Kid Moxie.
Book
See you in August, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The unpublished novel. Full of surprises and sentimentality, See You in August is a profound meditation on freedom, sorrow, personal transformation, and the mysteries of love; an unexpected gift from one of the greatest writers the world has ever known.
Sitting alone by the clear blue waters of the lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach is curious about the men at the hotel bar. She has two children from a happy marriage of twenty-seven years that she has no reason to want to escape from. And yet, every August, she travels by ferry to the island where her mother is buried, and for one night finds a new lover. Amid stifling Caribbean nights, full of salsa and boleros, Ana travels each year deeper into the hinterland of her lust and her heart’s fears.
Dont miss
In the framework of the Book Day, the Greek Book Association organizes the established Book Walk at 2April 7, in which public and municipal libraries, bookstores and publishing houses participate. The Book Walk, with a history of 9 years, has established itself in the public consciousness as the bibliophile walk that gives readers and book lovers the opportunity to attend interesting events, meet favorite authors, participate in events, feel a different experience from their contact with the book and above all… to find each other.
The Vinyl Market the city’s big event returns with an Easter mood to the now established appointment, a vinyl celebration on April 26, 27 and 28 at the Athens Municipality Technopolis. Refreshed and enriched with new record collections, collectibles, fresh, new releases, but also with many other musical exhibits. Discs from the entire range of music will be there for you to discover. Rock, Soul, Funk, Jazz, Latin, Blues, Ethnic, Electronica and many more. As always, pleasant music will captivate you throughout the event. Well-known DJs will be on the Vinyl Market decks
Also, in the Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens will be the Easter edition of The Meet Market on April 27 – 28, 2024. With over 150 exhibitors, Dj sets, Street food & cocktails and free activities for children.
Read also
Sivert Hoyem on Newsbomb.gr: I doubt myself all the time but I’m working on it
“Don’t open the door”: We saw the Greek “Blair Witch Project”
New movies: Unboxholics’ psychological thriller and Zendaya
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