Puppet-theater Free Meetings

The ‘Puppet Theater’ of Takis Sarris and the ‘Merlin’ Puppet-show team organize free meetings for everyone for the period 2008-2009 with Greek puppet-theater players.

Meet in person professionals of the business, talk with them, explore the way they work their personal aspect of the puppets and their theater and learn all the ‘job’ secrets.

The puppet-theater meeting is a new activity and will get its final form as time goes by and in accordance to the participation of the public. Meetings address to teachers, puppet-theater actors and everyone that uses a puppet as a tool in their workplace but also to everyone that loves puppets and their theater.

It’s very important that two puppet-theater teams join their powers and experience in order to promote the art of puppet-theater, which is a “language” that can describe human feelings in its own special way.

18/3, 6-8 p.m.
Fr. Briton of the team ‘Baruti stin Akri tis klostis’
Information and Seat Reservations: Mina Sarri, Tel.: 2108323714

Every first and last Wednesday of every month, 6-8 p.m.

Theatro tis Kouklas, Psaroudaki 34, Kato Patisia (near the train station)

e-outlets: save money and time

Here are some Greek sites with offers for a wide range of products:

•  e-outlet: some of the top brands in men's, women's and kid's fashion (on season and off season)
  
• online mall: 50-70% sales in famous clothing brands
• last call: clearance offers for a wide range of shoes and bags
• av outlet: electronics (new, second hand and daily specials) 
• e-shop stockhouse: electronics (extra session for special offers)
• e-smartbuy: electronics (extra session for special offers)
• e-tapis: special offers for carpets and white goods

Stockhouses in Attica

Stylish clothes and accessories demand a fat wallet, or not? 

Unfortunately, this is a basic principle for shopping. However, as there are always exceptions to the principles, the below shopping points belong to this case. There, you can find sales up to 80%.

• Factory outlet: 210 3541800, Airport/ 210 4833926, 76 Pireos Str, 18547
  
• Empoli outlet: 210 5755500, 73 Ifigeneias Str. N Ionia
  
• Euro outlet center: 210 2618922, 41 Petroupoleos Str. and 210 9603323, 47 Vouliagmenis Av.

Because the good things in life are free

Are you looking for free dental snack for your dog? Do you need to get your body fit for the summer but you are broke? www.freemania.gr may help you to this. You can find a wide range of products and services such as cosmetics, books, games, personal care services. Not too many per month but you may be lucky to find what you need putting your money back in your pocket. 

Free press Capital A magazine

New issue out now

Find in around 12O key locations in Athens, Psyhiko, Kifissia and the Northern Suburbs

Get a free copy @ Eleftheroudakis Bookstores, IANOS, Papasotiriou Bookstores, the Benaki Museums, the Megaron, the Museum of Cycladic Art, Lalounis Museum, Herakleidon, the Greek National Opera, Mikrocosmos Cinema

@ Gregory's Athens coffee shops
also @ the Food Company, Cake, Magaze, Almaz, Prosopa, Mamaca's, TGI Friday's- Kolonaki, Disa, Filion, Arhontiko, Ginger, Kapelo, (Central Athens)
and @ Menta, Baroco, 21, Capsis, Ivy, Semiramis (Northern Suberbs)

plus @ many more hotels, bars, clubs, restaurants and embassies across Attica

Borrow books for free !

Now you can borrow books, comics and magazines for free. The Municipality of Athens owns the Library of Ioanniou Pneumatikou Kentrou, the Demotic Library and the Music Library which have in total over 70.000 books! All of which are at your disposal to read them!

The areas that are covered are: literature, history, philosophy, education, data material, childrens books, social sciences, economy, commerce, law, geography, sociology, tourism, music etc.

Plus: In the Library of Ioannio Pneumatiko Centre you can have all the copies of the material you wish for free!

Library of Ioannio Pneumatiko Centre
Address: Panormou 59
Tel.: 210 6983905
E-mail:

podbibl@otenet.gr
Subscription: A fixed-phone bill in your name and national identity card or passport

Demotic Library
Address: Domokou 2, Stathmos Larisis Metro Station
Tel.: 210 8846011
Subscription: A fixed-phone bill in your name and national identity card or passport
Hours: Monday, Thursday, Friday 9:00 – 15:00 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday 9:00 – 17:00 p.m.


Music Library
Monday, Thursday, Friday 9:00 – 15:00 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday 9:00 – 17:00 p.m.

Address: Ipirou 70
Tel.: 210 8840019
E-mail: music.library.athens@gmail.com
Hours: Monday, Thursday, Friday 9:00 – 15:00 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday 9:00 – 17:00 p.m.

More information online at: http://www.cityofathens.gr/el/katoikoi/texnes-politismos/xoroi-politismoy/bibliothikes

Free Wi-fi Internet in Athens !

If you have ever seen people in Sintagma Square of Athens seating in benches with open laptops surfing through the web don’t get surprised! It’s for free!

There are already four public wireless hotspots in the centre of Athens. Except of Sintagma Square you can have access at the area of Thiseio in the pedestrian street called Apostolou Pavlou, Asomaton Street and the train station of Thiseio. Also in Kotzia square and the ground floor outside the National Foundation of Research in Vasileos Konstantinou street.

The only thing you need to have is a laptop or mobile phone that support and permit Internet access through a wireless spot. Athens wifi begun its operation in June 2006 and has gained a lot of fans since then.

Moreover, you can have free internet access at Starbucks coffeshops though you propably would have to buy their expensive coffee for that. Finally, the Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos offers to everyone 45 minutes of free Internet Access at the airport facilities.

You can find more information online at www.athenswifi.gr

A great theatrical play for a few Euros over a free glass of wine !

Mama Ellada² is a theatrical play that you can watch at the theatre Theatro tou Iliou for a few euros! It is a 90 minutes comedy play whose plot is about a modern Greek government that sells Acropolis to the Church so that it can make it a casino! Because of that ancient Greeks rise up from their graves trying to save the ancient monument from the dreadful nest of modern Greek society!

During their effort they meet the new age greek politician, a relentless journalist, a badly trained police officer that misses when shooting, a 15 year old rebel and finally TV in their final battle against priests for the custody of Mother Greece.

Comedy of Giannis Palaiologos, Giannis Sarakatsanis and AbOvo team
Director: Giannis Sarakatsanis
Actors: Giannis Giannoulis, Lefteris Eleftheriou, Vaso Kavalieratou, Maria Mpaloutsou, Fanis Pavlopoulos, Giannis Sarakatsanis, Soso Chatzimanoli, Vaso Chela

Theatro tou Iliou
Shows: Sunday 7 p.m., Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9.15 p.m.
Ticket Price: 15€ , Student ticket: 12€ both of them with a glass of wine for free per person.
Address: Frinihou 10, Plaka (Acropolis Metro Station)
Tel.: 210 3231591

Free Press in Athens

Nowadays Athens provides its citizens and tourists a lot of free newspapers and magazines on a daily and weekly basis. It’s already part of our everyday life and as time goes by their readership grows very fast.

Athens Voice is a weekly free press that gets published every Thursday. It has been one of the most known free press papers in Athens since it began in October 2003.

Its issues are about life in the city, travelling, music, guest djs in Athens, theater, cinema, love life, signs etc.

You can find it at train, metro, tram stations, in universities, postal offices cafes, bars and the foolowing shops: Everest, Odeon Cinemas, Papasotiriou, Eleftheroudakis, Pizza Hut, KFC, TGI Friday’s, Applebee’s, Flocafe, mastihashop, IEK Delta, Seven Video net and in flights of Aegean Airlines.

Online at http://www.athensvoice.gr

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) is a free press newspaper that comes out every Thursday. It has articles about politics, entertainment guide, suggestions for new movies, theaters, dining out, signs etc.

You can find it at train, metro, tram stations, universities, and in shops like: Grigoris, Coffeeright, Beer Academy, Haagen-Dazs, TGI Fridays, Ruby Tuesday, Costa Coffee, Kitchen Bar, Papasotiriou, Notos Galleries, IEK Delta, IEK Domi, Public, Applebees, Eleftheroudakis, Antipolis Bookstore, Seven Video Net, Kastaniotis and in many bar, cafes, restaurants and bookstores in Athens.

Online at http://www.faqonline.gr

Lifo is a weekly free press newspaper that gets published every Thusday. It is a full and useful guide for all those who wish to remain active while living in Athens. It provides information to its readers about culture, art, events, news etc.

You can find it at train, tram and metro stations and at the following shops: Grigoris, Eleftheroudakis, Seven Video Net, Flocafe, Odeon Cinemas, Classical Gotels, Fridays, Videorama and in many bars and restaurants.

Online at http://www.lifo.gr

Metro is a Greek daily newspaper published in Athens. It has been the first daily free newspaper that came out in Greece. It begun in November of 2000 when it was formely called Metrorama. The beginning of its distribution coincided with the beginning of the Athens Metro in Attica; outside of its stations the first stands of the papers distribution were placed. The newspaper distributes from Tuesday to Thursday 100,000 papers in Athens and from Monday to Friday of every week 130,000 papers. It’s free and you can find it at every metro, tram and train station, at Starbucks coffeshops, at Grigoris fast food, Mc-Donald’s, at Polis Park parking stations and in big hotels of Athens.

You can also find it online at: http://www.metrogreece.gr/

City Press is a daily free political newspaper which began in June 2003 and distributes 110,000 papers daily in Athens. Its content is about the Greek and international political, economical, social and environmental news, sports news as well as articles and suggestions about life in the city of Athens. It is free and you can find it in metro, tram and train stations of Athens, in universities, central squares of the city and in a lot of bars, cafes and restaurants of Athens.

Online at: http://www.citypress.gr/

Free entrance in Athens Museums

National Archaeological Museum
44 Patission and Tositsa str.
Free entrance: Sundays from November 1st to March 31st, 6th March, 5th June, 18th April, 18th May, 27th September.
The official holidays of Greece, the first Sunday of each month, except July, August and September.

Acropolis Museum
Acropolis, Athenas str., Athens
Tel.: 210 3236665

Museum of Cycladic Art
4 Neofitou Douka str.
URL: www.cycladic-m.gr/gr_version/
Tel.: 210 7228321

Byzantine & Christian Museum
22 Vas. Sofias str., Athens
URL: www.byzantinemuseum.gr
Tel.: 210-7211027, 7231570,7232178

Municipal Art Gallery
5 Pireos str., Athens
Tel:. 2103231841, 2103240762 , 3240472, 3234022/3
Free entrance: 9:00a.m.-13:00p.m., 17:00p.m.-21:00p.m., except Saturday and Sunday

*Note: Before you go, make a call for more accurate information.

Free phone calls at The Mall Athens !

Where: At The Mall Athens in Neratziotissa.

When: Always.

There are 6 telephone booths from which we can call for free to the following countries: Greece, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Israel, Canada, China, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Monaco, Brunei, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia, Singapore, Sweden, Finland, Hong Kong.

Mobile to: USA, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong and China.

Time of call: Unlimited

Where you CAN'T call: Mobile Phones (excluding the U.S., Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong and China). Calls to countries like Albania, Bulgaria, Romania and Pakistan.

If you want to find phone booths in the Mall, ask for information or get a map of the Mall.

Free courses at the Municipal Market of Kipseli

Monday till Thursday 20:00– 22:00: Greek courses for immigrants conducted by the Open School of the Market
Every Monday 19:30 – 21:00: German courses
Every Saturday 11:00 – 13:00: Chess courses
Every Sunday 11:00 – 13:00: Chess games
(contact: 6948730362 Mrs. Petrou)
Duration: All year long
Municipal Market of Kipseli
42 Fokionos Negri str.
http://indy.gr/projects/agora-tis-kypselis/project-home

Free Cooking lessons

Cooking Workshop at Vinyl Microstore

This Saturday Ifigenia cooks a Thai tomato soup and a surprise shot, while the VM will offer homemade bread.

Every Saturday 2 pm - 5 pm at Vinyl Microstore

34 Didotou str., Athens, 2103614544,

info@vinylmicrostore.gr, http://www.vinylmicrostore.gr/

Note: Free entrance

However, those who wish may contribute to the "piggy" for this valuable effort!

Free haircut

For men and women at Toni & Guy Academy from October to July
118 Ermou str., Thisseio.
Phone: 210 3233868-878
Trap: Usually haircut at the academy is free, but they may ask you to pay 5 euros just for the sampoos etc. Before you go, make them a call and notify them that you are interested to go there as a model for the training academy.
P.s. They do very good work!

Live music

Costas Gourgouras
Live Rock
http://www.myspace.com/gourgourakoskonstantinos
Every Saturday at 10 pm until the 21st of February at the cafe-bar "Hellas"
8 Plastira square, Pangrati (trolley line 11)

Theatre

Sunday 15/2, 11.30 a.m.
Τimokreontos 6Α, N. Kosmos
The Imaginary Invalid by Moliere
Art director: Vasilis Ritsos
Theater Company Argonauts, directed by: Panagiotis Mentis
Sets - Costumes: Errieti Tsekoura
Music Editor: Dimitris Tsoukas
Cast: Nick Tsoukas, Thaleia Papazoglou, Zacharioudaki Katerina, Katerina Meliti, Tzamaloukas Antonis, Konstantinos Petrou, Yiannis Christopoulos.

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