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Redesigning space Last chance On the catwalk Nowhere Goal in sight Greek talent abroad The multitalented Dimitris must win its final From New York to Paris, via London, Papaioannou speaks about his two World Cup qualifiers to Milan and , designers with special inauguration show for the keep its South Africa 2010 Greek roots show their spring/ National Theater. Pages 24-25 dream alive. Page 18 summer 2010 collections. Page 23 New government, fresh hope After a resounding victory in the October 4 elections, PASOK leader has named a largely untested Cabinet which has the task of taking Greece out of the doldrums and making life easier for citizens [Icon Press] [Icon A new government got down to work this week after PASOK’s pandreou emphasized that the PASOK government must fo- officials, who managed to put aside any bit- emphatic election victory over New Democracy on October cus its attention on stamping out corruption, reviving the terness at their more than 10 percent defeat in the polls. The 4. Prime Minister George Papandreou unveiled a relatively economy, reforming the public sector and protecting the en- loss has sparked a leadership contest in the conservative par- youthful Cabinet, which also contains nine women (photo) vironment. In a rarely observed spirit of cooperation, the new ty, after outgoing Premier Costas Karamanlis stepped down – a record number for Greece. Addressing his new team, Pa- ministers were welcomed to their departments by outgoing from the post. Pages 2, 4-5, 7, 8 & 11

Road to Global warning for the Environment Stavros Dimas talks Sweet Pick-me-up to Athens Plus about Three desserts from master the challenges confectioner Stelios Parliaros, all facing participants made with coffee. Page 33 ahead of the United Berlin Wall to wall Nations Climate Flu Restoring health 4 1 A series of films at the Goethe Change Conference European Health Commissioner Institute pays tribute to the in Copenhagen in tells Athens German capital, from division to early December. Plus about next week’s crucial reunification. Page 35 Page 15 talks on the H1N1 virus. Page 13

9 771791 550005 Transition National Theater revisits two previous hits, debuts a children’s play by Eugene Trivizas Page 28 ATHENSPLUS • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2009 BOOKS & IDEAS BY VIVIENNE NILAN Fictional memoir plays with LIT-BITS New book club amour and theater on mythic isle Floral Books + Coffee is starting a book club that will meet once a month, starting Monday, October 12, at 7 p.m. Sojourns in the Mediterranean have strategic compromises. She deftly The first meeting will focus on the inspired some gems of travel liter- avoids confrontations with those subjects and genres the club will ature. Robert Louis Stevenson’s who wield real power – not just the discuss. 1879 classic, “Travels with a Donkey police chief and the mayor but al- 80 Themistocleous, Exarchia Sq, in the Cevennes,” and Gerald Dur- so the woman who issues tickets to tel 210.380.0070, www.floralcafe.gr rell’s enduringly popular accounts the sole ferry serving the Pharos ● ●●● of his idyllic boyhood on Corfu are route. A seeker of serenity, Sarah prime examples. embraces the surreal elements of Since mass tourism has bur- her adopted island. As she says: “The Diavazo celebrates geoned, spurred on in part by such Embracing whole country’s got a poetic li- books, the genre has expanded ac- cense. That’s why I love it.” Diavazo literary cordingly, though quality has some- the surreal A local woman takes to her hus- review invites times suffered. Entire bookstore de- ‘The whole band with a frying pan in punish- you to celebrate partments overflow with almost in- country’s got a ment for an infidelity she had ig- its 500th issue at distinguishable volumes in the vein poetic license. nored until she became lonely when Metropolis Live Stage, at 7 p.m. of “my week/month/year in That’s why her dog died, while the outsiders ex- Provence/Tuscany/the Algarve.” periment with looser, less conven- on Monday, The sameness and blandness are oc- I love it’ tional ties that prove to be just as October 12. In its casionally punctured by out-of-the- emotionally complex. 33 years of box triumphs like James Hamilton- Along the way there are idyllic existence, the Paterson’s wickedly funny trilogy boat trips to deserted beaches, de- periodical has featuring the acid-tongued Gerry licious meals washed down with become a staple Samper, celebrity ghostwriter and retsina that could double as paint of Greek literary culinary saboteur. stripper, amusing dalliances and life, and its prestigious annual awards A writer hoping to make an im- the serial disappearances of a are a fixture on the cultural calendar. pact in the increasingly crowded Volvo. The evening is also dedicated to poet field needs to offer something orig- Evocative little illustrations by Ga- Titos Patrikios, as is the 500th issue. inal. Barbara Bonfigli’s fictional er, is invited to direct a cast of Greeks she is probably the first to set one ia Franchetti, recipes of foods men- 54 Panepistimiou & E. Benaki, memoir, “Cafe Tempest: Adven- on the fictional island of Pharos in in a deconsecrated church on a tioned in the book and remastered 3rd floor, tel 211.600.9766 tures on a Small Greek Island,” an amateur production of Shake- Greek island. As local rivalries in- by Ana Espinosa and instructions for ● ●●● published by Tell Me Press, offers speare’s “Tempest,” the stage is set tensify the jockeying for parts in the the Cafe Tempestini cocktail, a snappy dialogue, a satisfying nar- for a light-hearted comedy of man- play and feasts disrupt rehearsals challenging combination of retsina, rative arc and lots of humor. ners. – the delicacies supplied by aspir- Samos wine, cranberry juice and Love and hope When Sarah, an American-born, Bonfigli is not the first to use a the- ing actresses – Sarah learns to relax triple sec, add the finishing touch- London-based theatrical produc- ater production as a plot device but and enjoy the food while making es to an enjoyable romp. The Apopeira publishing house presents Lucia Rikaki’s new book “Paramythia tis agapis kai tis elpidas” (Stories of Love and Hope) at the Ianos The Choragic bookstore, Monday, October 12, at 6 Seven itineraries in Athens Monument of p.m. Writers Titsa Pipinou, Vassilis Lysicrates. Rouvalis, Marietta Pepelasi, writer- psychologist Constantinos Unlike scores of other authors of Constantopoulos and actor-director guidebooks on Athens, Mariza De- Stavros Benos will discuss the book. castro is a native Athenian. She de- 24 Stadiou, tel 210.321.7917 ploys that insider’s knowledge in

“I Athina se 7 diadromes: Enas ● ●●● odigos gia mikrous kai megalous” (Athens in 7 Itineraries: A Guide for Young and Old), a new publication Lafcadio Hearn from Metaichmio. With the aid of attractive illus- The American College of Greece’s trations and maps by Stamatis Deree College will mark the 110th Bonatsos, Decastro guides us along anniversary of friendship between routes that reveal the city’s varied Greece and with a tribute to treasures. Lafcadio Hearn at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, A brief introduction explains the October 13. Born in Lefkada in 1850, symbols used in the book to indi- Hearn traveled to Dublin and the cate basics such as the duration and before settling in Japan starting point of each itinerary as where he is renowned as writer of well as hints on how to use a map essays and narratives. Japanese and a few lines on the history of Ambassador Takanori Kitamura will Athens. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Syntagma Square. unveil a monumental work by artist Pausanias is the guide on the first Masaaki Noda, “The Open Mind of route, which starts at the ancient out forcing us to keep our noses in tions for daytrips to the Byzantine Lafcadio Hearn,” and Hearn scholars city wall on the banks of the Iri- the book instead of gazing at the monasteries of Kaisariani and Dafni, will speak. danos River in Kerameikos, goes sights. the archaeological site of Vravrona, 6 Gravias, Aghia Paraksevi through the City Gate from which Other routes take in the beauti- whose temple is dedicated to Iera Odos led to Elefsina and con- ful Byzantine churches, Athens, Artemis, the three harbors of Pi- tinues to the Ancient Agora, and the architectural remnants of the Ot- raeus and Lavrio, Greece’s first in- Acropolis, then on to Hadrian’s toman era, picturesque Plaka and dustrial city. Gate, the Temple of Olympian Zeus Anafiotika, major boulevards, the This modest, informative guide GET IN TOUCH and the Panathenaic Stadium. bustling city market and Monasti- targets locals and visitors, adults Readers are invited to send The text provides enough infor- raki, the National Garden and Par- and children, and is likely to please their views and comments to mation to assist appreciation with- liament. Extras include sugges- them all. [email protected]. 20