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27May Saturday

BOOK PRESENTATION

Antoinette’s Moses launch of her book of poems: “Take Pandora for Example … Poems for Crete”

Time: Saturday, May 27, 2023 8:00 pm - 8:00 pm / STEGI’S Ground floor (97, V.Kornarou street, Sitia)

Stegi VITSENTZOS KORNAROS is inviting you to Antoinette’s Moses launch of her book of poems: “Take Pandora for Example … Poems for Crete”, which include a feminist rebuttal of how Greek myths have been retold.-The poetess will discuss with the journalist Nikos Nikolaou-Recitation of poems by the actress Afroditi Kalerante-Presentation editor: Michalis GiannakakisSaturday 27th May […]

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04August Friday

BOOK PRESENTATION

Archaeology, Nation and Race – Confronting the Past, Decolonizing the Future in Greece and Israel, a book by Yannis Hamilakis and Raphael Greenberg, to be presented in Sitia.

Time: Friday, August 4, 2023 8:30 pm - 8:30 pm / Municipal Garden of Sitia

The presentation of the book Archaeology, Nation and Race – Confronting the Past, Decolonizing the Future in Greece and Israel, by Yannis Hamilakis and Raphael Greenberg, will take place on Friday, 4 August, at 20:30, at the Municipal Garden of Sitia, as part of the “Kornareia 2023” events. A discussion will follow between the writer […]

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29July Monday

ART EXHIBITION,EVENTS

Aspasia Papadoperaki, Stage Design Exhibition: “Erotokritos and Aretousa”, an opera by Nikos Mamagakis.

Time: Monday, July 29, 2024 8:00 pm - 8:00 pm / 97, V. Kornarou St., Sitia

In 1985 Manos Hadjidakis and the record company Seirios as well as the Mayor of Heraklion Manolis Karellis commissioned Nikos Mamagakis to work on what proved to be perhaps the most aspiring of the Erotokritos plays ever staged; it’s an opera in five acts, with music and libretto by Nikos Mamagakis, directed by Nikos Nikolaidis. […]

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31January Wednesday

BOOK PRESENTATION

BOOK PRESENTATION – Manolis Miaoudakis, Logadera

Time: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 6:30 pm - 6:30 pm / Polykentron of Sitia (16, Kondylaki Str.)

Stegi VITSENTZOS KORNAROS invites you to the presentation of Manolis Miaoudakis’ latest book, Logadera, on Wednesday 31 January at 18:30, at the Polykentron of Sitia (16, Kondylaki Str.). The Philologists Yiorgos Drakonakis and Yiannis Bourbourakis will discuss Logadera, while the local amateur actresses Maria Achladianaki and Stella Foteinaki will read excerpts from the book. The […]

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31May Saturday

CONCERT

Concert: “Selanik Duo” with Rebetiko and Traditional Music of the Eastern Mediterranean

Time: Saturday, May 31, 2025 8:30 pm - 8:30 pm / Stegi Vitsentzos Kornaros

Concert: “Selanik Duo” with Rebetiko and Traditional Music of the Eastern MediterraneanAsteris Varveris – laouto, laftaEirini Zogali – oud, bouzouki Saturday, 31 May 2025 20:30 Vitsentzos Kornaros Cultural Centre (97 V. Kornarou St., Sitia) Free admission✳︎ Asteris Varveris and Eirini Zogali have been performing together as a duo for six years. Their collaboration began with a purely rebetiko repertoire and […]

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31August Thursday

BOOK PRESENTATION

Crete during the German Occupation 1941-1945, a book by Yannis Skalidakis, to be presented at the Municipal Garden of Sitia, at 20:30, as part of the “Kornareia 2023” calendar of events.

Time: Thursday, August 31, 2023 8:30 pm - 8:30 pm / Municipal Garden of Sitia

The book Crete during the German Occupation 1941-1945 by Yannis Skalidakis will be presented by Dr. Aristomenis I. Syngelakis (Academic, Co-Secretary of the National Committee for the Recovery of World War II German Debts to Greece), Andonis Anipsitakis (former Region of Crete Councilor, Stegi VITSENTZOS KORNAROS Managing Committee member), and the writer, Yannis Skalidakis (History […]

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03January Friday

EVENTS,MUSIC

Cutting of our New Year’s cake with the musical group NIMA ENSEMBLE

Time: Friday, January 3, 2025 8:30 pm - 8:30 pm / 97, V. Kornarou St., Sitia

The Founders, the Management Committee, and the Friends of the Stegi VITSENTZOS KORNAROS invite you to celebrate with us the cutting of our New Year’s cake with the musical group NIMA ENSEMBLE. Filothei Alexaki: Oud – Vocals Nikos Avgoustinakis: Lyra Despina Fanouraki: Cello – Vocals Emmanuela Dretaki: Percussion – Vocals The ensemble’s repertoire consists of […]

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08March Friday

LECTURE

Dr Metaxia Tsipopoulou: “Work and Days of Harriet Boyd – a nurse, a democrat and an archaeologist who carried out the dig at Gournia”.

Time: Friday, March 8, 2024 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm / Online

Harriet Boyd (1871-1945), an American archaeologist, was the first woman in the world to ever plan, co-ordinate and publish the finds of an archaeological excavation. She is quite well-known in the region of Lassithi since she was the one to carry out a dig at Gournia (and Kavoussi before that). However, this exceptionally charismatic person […]

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24May Monday

FRIENDS OF STEGI,ON EROTOKRITOS

Erotokritos, 1st edition, 1713

Time: Monday, May 24, 2021 12:00 am - 12:00 am / Stegi Vitsentzos Kornaros

Erotokritos, 1st edition, 1713: The Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens grants Stegi Vitsentzos Kornaros the right to upload and use the digital archive of the rare edition.

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01February Wednesday

THEATER

Erotokritos, a music and theatre performance, from Sitia to Bologna. Directed by Nassos Zagotis. Organised by Stegi Vitsentzos Kornaros and the Hellenic Consulate in Bologna. Co-organised by the Friends of Music Association of Sitia and the Municipality of Sitia.

Time: Wednesday, February 1, 2023 12:00 am - 12:00 am / Polykentro, Sitia - Celebrazioni theatre, Bologna

Erotokritos is setting off on a new adventure. An idea that came about in summer 2022, when Ms Georgia Lambraki, Consul of Greece in Bologna, proposed to Stegi Vitsentzos Kornaros to take on the organization of a new staged version of Erotokritos, adapted fittingly to be presented in Bologna, along with William Shakespeare’s Romeo and […]

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