How do you narrate the life of a songwriter without "imprisoning" it in the facts? How do you approach his lyrics without "studying" them like dry excerpts from a corpus? In studying Socrates Malamas, Leon Nar chooses a different path: that of "poetic biography".
In his book "I Tell Fairy Tales to Exorcise Evil... - A Draft of a Poetic Biography of Socrates Malamas", Dr. of Modern Greek Philology - author Leon Nar not only records Malamas's journey, but illuminates it through his own verses, with respect, sensitivity and ongoing dialogue.
More: INTERVIEW WITH LEON NAR ON HIS POETICAL BIOGRAPHY OF SOCRATES MALAMAS
The Jewish Museum of Greece is participating this year in the Festival, This is Athens – City Festival, of the Municipality of Athens and the Athens Development Agency to promote the city, which will be held from May 1 to June 1, 2025, offering the thematic tour:
“Welcome to us”, to adult audiences and families:
Friday, May 9: 11.30 to 12.30
Friday, May 16: 11.30 to 12.30
More: PARTICIPATION OF THE EME IN THE FESTIVAL OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF ATHENS
As part of the lecture series for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the Department of German Language and Literature of the National University of Athens is organizing a lecture by Eugenia Alexaki, Assistant Professor in Art History of the National University of Athens, on the topic "Art in the Nazi Camps. The Artistic Testimony of Isaac Menasseh from Bergen-Belsen." The event will take place on Monday 12 May 2025 at 18:30, at the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens (50 Akadimias, Athens), Antonis Tritsis Amphitheater.
More: LECTURE: ART IN THE NAZI CAMPS. The artistic testimony of Isaac Menashe from...
The award-winning film MAUTHAUSEN gives a cinematic appointment with the Thessaloniki audience:
WHEN: Sunday, April 27, 2025, 21:00 PM
WHERE: OLYMPION Cinema (10 Aristotelous Square, Thessaloniki)
Cinema screening M.THEODORAKIS-I.KAPANELLI “MAUTHAUSEN” (91', 2023), in the presence of the directors Panagiotis Kountouras, Aristarchos Papadaniil (Q&A).
We saw the rehearsal of the performance at the GNO Alternative Stage and met its cast members who are doing wonderful things in this unique "Landino" journey in the shadow of the history of the Sephardic culture of the Mediterranean.
By Dimitris Pantsos
Who still speaks this whisper-language that once flooded the alleys of Thessaloniki with nostalgia, prayers, lullabies and love? Who remembers the voices of those who were lost without a name, without a last word, without in many cases a grave? Who can sing Misourlou the way Zana sang it?