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What’s on (Exhibitions-Theatre-Events)

weekend
11 Μαΐου 2019 / 05:58

CORFU. Find out what΄s on in Corfu this weekend.

Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th

Corfu Food and Wine Festival 2019



Saturday 11th


Welcome to Corfu - Taste Corfu

Corfu Central Port
11:00


Presentation of Corfu cuisine, local products and traditional music at Corfu Port.
Corfu Chefs Club, College of Tourism and Philharmonic Band.

Kastelani Messi Village Festival

19:00

Shir HaShirim - Asma Asmaton

Synagogue
19:00


Petros Gallias will recite extracts from Solomon's poem "Asma Asmaton". Rentona Kolla (violin) and Amvrosios Vlachopoulos (cello) will perform works by Jewish composers.

Admission free

In the Jewish Neighbourhood

Pergola
21:00


Traditional food and music from the Jewish community.

"Following in the Governor's Footsteps" - Memories from the Tsar
Flavours and music from Russia at the time of Capodistrias

Old Palace Gardens

Memories from the time of the Tsar in St. Petersburg, where Capodistrias was a Minister in the Goverment of Tsar Alexander I from 1808 to 1822. A Russian chef will be preparing dishes of the period and the ION Ensemble String Quartet - Rentona Kolla (violin), Irene Araklioti (violin), Spyros Grigoropoulos (violin) and Amvrosios Vlachopoulos (cello) - will play works by Russian composers of that period. Petros Gallias will recite poetry by Puskin.

Israel - Italy - Corfu

Hotel
21:00


Italian-Israeli chef Massimiliano di Matteo explores the relationship between Italy and Corfu and traditional Jewish cuisine.

MedTaste - European Silk Road -  "Before Odysseus - today"
Tavernaki tis Marinas
21:00

 
Calabria meets Corfu. In mythology Corfu and Crotone are twin cities. Gaetano Nicoletta from Le Stanze restaurant in Crotone prepares traditional dishes from Calabria. Gaetano Nicoletta took part in the first MedTaste (2017) organised by the Marco Polo System along with the Corfu chef Marina Beska.

Organised by Marco Polo System - Venice

Sunday 12th


Farewell Homeric Feast

Old Palace Gardens
11:00


- Gastronomic Innovation: Presentation of new ideas with awards.
- Homeric Cuisine: Final day dedicated to the influence of Homeric cuisine.
- Farewell Homeric Feast with dishes from the towns of the two brothers Alcinous and Crotone.


'Town-Stage' Festival



DIPETHE (Municipal & Regional Theatre) is organising its annual festival ΄Town-Stage΄.

Saturday 11 May

19:00
New Fortress entrance

'Our Foreigners' - A walk that will end in music and theatre with teenage pupils under the auspices of the Panhellenic Drama and Education Network, the 'What if it were you?' Programme and the UNHCR for refugees in Greece. With the support of the Antiquities Inspectorate and the Ministry for Culture.

50 pupils from four Corfu high schools put on a theatrical performance about refugees in Corfu in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Saturday 11 - Sunday 12 May

21:00
St. George's Church, Old Fortress

'Trilogy of Supplicants'
Performance of the 3 tragedies 'The Suppliants - The Suppliant Maidens - 'Heracleidae' by the actors Spyros, Sklavounos, Alexandra Payiataki and Sophia Tombrou with dance participation of actors and the public.
Percussion - Nikos Metallinos
Music:
'Mantzaros' Philharmonic Society
Camerata Vocalis conducted by Rosa Poulimenou, Soloists - Anastasia Tzilianou and Alexandros Komnas.

There will also be a performance of part of the mass 'The Armed Man' by Sir Karl Jenkins which was commissioned by the Royal Armouries Museum for the Millennium celebrations and dedicated to victims of the Kosovo crisis. It is essentially an anti-war piece.

Sunday 12 May

18:00 - 20:00
Contra Fossa

Live Performance – Solo

Concept / Performance - Dimitra Nikolopoulou


'Cliffs of Freedom' at the Orfeas Cinema

 

 
Film drama written and directed by  Van Ling.

Starring:        
Tania Raymonde, Jan Uddin, Raza Jaffrey

Saturday 11/5: 22:30 (2D)
Sunday 12/5: 19:30 (2D)
 

'Avengers: Endgame' at the Orfeas Cinema
 

 
Fantasy film directed by  Anthony Russo & Joe Russo.

Starring:         
Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo

Saturday 11/5: 19:00 (2D)
Sunday 12/5: 22:15 (2D)


AKOUSMATA (Sounds): Electronic music concerts

Thursday 9 – Sunday 12 May

Polytechno - 21:30

Live electronic music ensembles - students, teachers, friends and partners of the School of Audiovisual Arts of the Ionian University.


Advanced Design Workshop and Comic Workshop Exhibition at Municipal Art Gallery



Collaboration between the Municipal Art Gallery and the Ionian University Music and Audiovisual Arts Department as part of the 13th Audiovisual Arts Festival.

Duration: 8 - 31 May

Corfu Municipal Art Gallery - Art Hall (People's Park)
Tel: 26610 48690
E-mail: [email protected]


Exhibition of Maps: "Corfu by the Great Cartographers"



Corfu Municipal Art Gallery will be exhibiting some of the artistically and scientifically important maps of Corfu from its collection.

From Thursday 25 April the works of these cartographers will be on exhibition in chronological order, covering four centuries, allowing us to see the development of cartography from the 17th century Baroque period, when aesthetics dominated, to the early 19th century, when there was an almost complete absence of any decorative items.

The exhibition will display 15 engravings in the central room of the Gallery's Permanent Exhibition.

Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday 10:00 - 16:00 (Closed on Mondays and public holidays)


Kostas Tombros art exhibition at the Municipal Art Gallery




Corfu Municipal Art Gallery is hosting an art exhibition by Kostas Tombros - "Liquid Fields".

Duration: 17/4 - 2/6
Opening Hours: 10:00 - 16:00. Closed Mondays and Public Holidays.

Tel: 26610 48690



'Easter in Corfu': Photography exhibition by Corfu Photography Club



Alexis Dairy, Ag. Vasiliou 12, Pinia

Club members Nikolaos Gatsoulis, Vasilis Pandis and Alekos Papadopoulos will be exhibiting their works for a month in the 'Easter in Corfu' exhibition.

Duration: 12/4 - 12/5 working hours


Art Exhibition: "Corfu Visual Arts Spring" at Corfu Art Gallery




The exhibition, which is to become an annual event, includes works by eleven deceased Corfu painters chosen from the gallery's permanent exhibition and archives.

Duration: 10/4 - 31/5
Opening: Wednesday 10 April at 20:00
Opening hours: 09:00 - 14:00 / 18:00 - 21:00 Monday to Friday

Corfu Art Gallery
Ioannou Theotoki 77
Tel: 26610 41085



The Art of Uzbekistan Carpets and Textiles at the Museum of Asian Art



The permanent exhibition at the Museum of Asian Art ‘The Art of Central Asia’. The exhibits have been donated by Yiannis Sartzetakis and Ruth Dayton and include woven textiles, knitted textiles, clothing and jewels from 19th century Central Asia.


Weekend at Kantoni Estate
Spend unique Weekends at Kantoni Estate!
Reservation: 6988 799070 / 26630 23157


 
Saturday 11th
 
Chamber music concert at `Old' Philharmonic Society


The Ionian Conservatory presents a chamber music concert with works by Kostas Savvanis and Spyros Rouvas.

'Old' Philharmonic Society Hall

20:30

Admission free


Friday & Saturday evenings at Harry’s Taverna garden


Harry’s Taverna in Kontokali has live music evenings every Friday and Saturday

‘Odiki Voithia’ (Road Assistance) band.
Vangelis Moraitis: bouzouki
Alexis Kremonas: guitar
Yiorgos Pandis: accordion

Reservations: 6981686618



Live music evenings at Abakas traditional meze-bar
Abakas meze bar is organizing live music evenings every Saturday.
Artistic, folk and traditional songs.
Velissariou 30



Sunday 12th

Trek: Kinopiastes - Alepohori - Kamara - Kastellani - Agios Prokopios



Level of Difficulty: 1
Length: 7.5km
Altitude: 200m
Estimated duration: 2.5 hours

Meet-up either at 09:30 in Spilia opposite Mavros Gatos or 10:00 at Kinopiastes crossroads 9just before the EKO filling station). Participants will have to use their own transportation and no registration is required.

6980 944576


Visit to Kato Korakiana branch of National Art Gallery



Arkadades Cultural Society is organising a trip to the Kato Korakiana branch of the National Art Gallery

10:00 - 13:00

Guide: Marina Papasotiriou

Meeting point: Outside Arkadades 'Spyros Kaloudis' Cultural Society.

Those who wish to take part should call 6977 558638 (Evita Tsoli).

Cost: 1€ per person

Children over 10 years can come without an adult.


Voluntary blood donation in Vrioni

The Parish of St Kyriaki Chrisiidas Church in Vrioni is organizing a voluntary blood donation.

10:30 – 13:00