Athens Center

Democrats Abroad Greece will be running a voting center this Sunday to help Americans living in Athens cast their votes in the Global Presidential Primary, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at The Athens Center, 48 Archimidous, Mets.

Democrats Abroad is the official Democratic Party arm for the millions of Americans living outside the United States.

Friends of the Pallini Animal Shelter are organizing another fun quiz evening, including a raffle and book sale, on Friday, November 9, at 8 p.m. at the Athens Center. Admission costs 10 euros and includes refreshments and drinks. For details, contact Sue on tel 210.604.4157 or 6945.525.8322.

Athens Center, 48 Archimidous &
13 Domboli, Metz, tel 210.701.2268

The friends of the Pallini Animal Shelter will be holding their monthly quiz evening at the Athens Center, on Friday, November 17, starting at 8 p.m. The fundraising event will also feature a raffle and book sale. Admission costs 10 euros, including refreshments.

48 Archimidous & 13 Domboli, Mets,
tel 210.604.4157 or 694.552.8322

The Athens Center has invited author Miriam Frank to discuss her latest book, "The Experience of Exile in Ancient Times and Today," on Wednesday, September 27. The open discussion will focus on the condition of exile to demonstrate how it is guided by historical events and does not distinguish between peoples. The event, which starts at 7 p.m., is admission-free.

The Athens Center is hosting another of the Palini Animal Shelter's popular quiz evenings, with a raffle and prizes, on Friday, April 21. The games begin at 8 p.m. and admission costs 10 euros (including snacks and a drink), with proceeds going in aid of the animal charity.

Australian writer Gillian Bouras, a resident of Greece since the 1980s, presents her latest book of humorous and heartfelt observations on life in the Peloponnese at the Athens Center, on Wednesday, March 22, starting at 7 p.m. In "Seeing and Believing," say the organizers, Bouras "delivers a fresh crop of joys and heartaches, to which she tries to adjust.

The Pallini Animal Shelter for rescued animals is hosting its final farm quiz of the year on Friday, December 16, at the Athens Center. Admission costs 10 euros and includes refreshments and drinks. Proceeds from the event, which also includes a raffle, will go toward the shelter. The event starts at 8 p.m. For more information, call Sue on 210.604.4157 or 6945.525.822.

The Athens Center is hosting a lecture on "Cave Sanctuaries in Attica: The Cave of Pan in Vari," on Tuesday, October 11. The speaker, Dr Alexandra Mari, is a prehistoric archaeologist at the Greek Culture Ministry's Ephorate of Paleoanthropology-Speleology.

The Athens Center will be holding a philosophy and poetry evening on Tuesday, May 10. The event will feature New York-based poet Lee Slonimsky and Ginger F. Zaimis, an American prose writer, poet and photographer living in Athens. A small reception will follow the readings. Open to the public. Starts at 7 p.m.

Four days ahead of strike action scheduled for Thursday, February 4, the government appears unable to appease farmers in their social security demands. The intensity of the farmers’ reaction to planned measures with road blocks around the country appear to have surprised the government with fears that the situation could create a spill-over effect of discontent to other factions.