Panos gavalas biography of michael
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MILESTONES AND NUMBERS
I was included in 90% of Greek discography, having great collaborations and original recordings such as: “Mikra Asia kai Vyzantinos Esperinos” (Asia Minor and Byzantine Vesper) bygd A. Kaldaras, “To zeimbekiko tis Evdokias” (Evdokia’s zeimbekiko), “Ta Tragoudia tis Charoulas” (Charoula’s songs), “Ta Tragoudia Mas” (Our songs), “Kalimera Ilie” (Good Morning Sun) by M. Loizos, “Mikres Politeies” (Small States), “Otan Anthizoun Paschalies” (When Lilacs Bloom) bygd S. Kougioumtzis, “O Dromos” (The Street), “Loukianou Nekrikoi Dialogoi” (Lucian’s Dialogi Mortuorum), “Gorgones kai magkes” (Mermaids and Guys), by Mimis Plessas, “Skliros Aprilis tou ’45” (Cruel April of ’45) and “Athanasia” (Immortality) by M. Hadjidakis, “Stavros tou Notou” (Southern Cross) by T. Mikroutsikos, “R
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Greece has a rich and storied history. Every month at WindyCity Greek, we commemorate these important dates. Read on to learn about Greek History for the month of October.
October in Greek History
Let’s take a look back at what happened in October in modern Greek history.
1915 – French and British forces landed in Thessaloniki, establishing the Salonika Front.
1923 – Failed anti-Venizelist military coup, sparked out of fear for the upcoming elections’ result.
1944 – German forces withdrew, and the government in exile returned to Athens.
October 1
1846 – Nectarios of Aegina, Greek metropolitan and saint, was born. (d. 1920)
1965 – Royal Coup, involving King Constantine II and a group of politicians, known as Apostasia of 1965. Prime Minister George Papandreou forced to resign.
1974 – Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist & academic, passed away. (b. 1901) His most notable discovery was the site of Akrotiri in Santorini.
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En δυνάμει is a collective of artists with and without disabilities. Through its actions, it proposes a new model of art and life, where the "anomalous", the "strange", the "different" and the "foreign" are integrated into the whole, empowering it.
The way the group operates is based on equal treatment between all its members, attempting to inspire other people to stop perceiving the social complex in a stereotypical way and conventional forms.
The idea for the performance "Wootoo Wopatou" came from the desire of the group En Potential to come close to children and teenagers, with a play that could travel and unfold in any scene, in the classrooms, in the schoolyard, in the park, in the neighborhoods.
At the same time, we realized that it is impossible not to try to approach the issue of bullying, violence, non-acceptance, marginalization, by paralleling Alexandros Papadiamantis' short story with the personal experiences of the participants and spectators, as victims, as perpetra