Bird Watching in Cyprus

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An exhibition and presentation of the publication of “Famagusta 1940 - 1950: BIRD WATCHING IN CYPRUS Photographic Memories” by Andreas Birdlife Cyprus arranges bird watching Soteriou. Organised by the Marfin Laiki trips regularly. Organised by the Birdlife Bank Cultural Centre. Cyprus. For further information please Venue: Marfin Laiki Bank Cultural Centre, contact 22455072, 99059541. Corner of Makarios III ave., and Web-site: www.birdlifecyprus.org Bouboulinas street, 3rd floor. Visiting hours: Monday to Friday 09:00- 14:00, 17:00-20:00 (14/5 – 4/6) and 09:00 EVENTS IN LEFKOSIA –14:00 (7/6 – 2/7). For further information (NICOSIA) please contact 22718601 / 2 / 3. TUE, 1 JUN – TUE, 30 NOV EXHIBITION- CYPRUS AND ITALY IN WED, 14 APR – SUN, 27 JUN THE AGE OF BYZANTIUM PAINTING EXHIBITION An exhibition of icons, sacred lyrics and An exhibition of paintings by the famous other examples of Byzantine art from the Greek artist Giannis Tsarouhis 1910 – collection of the Byzantine Museum of 1989. Organised by the Bank of Cyprus Cyprus and other private collections. Cultural Centre in collaboration with the Organized within the occasion of the “GIannis Tsarouhis” Foundation and Italian Cultural Month.Organised by the “Benaki” Museum. Byzantine Museum of the Archbishop Venue: Bank of Cyprus Cultural Centre. Makarios III Foundation in collaboration Visiting hours: 10:00-21:00. with the Cyprus Tourism Organisation and For further information please contact 800 the Italian Embassy. 00 800. Venue: Byzantine Museum. Visiting hours: 09:00-13:00, 14:00 – MON, 10 MAY – SUN, 6 JUN 16:30 (Monday to Friday) and 09:00 – ART EXHIBITION 13:00 (Saturday). “Art-Genius-War-City, urbanism and For further information please contact military architecture in Italy”. An art 22430008 22691290. exhibition organized within the occasion of the Italian Cultural Month. Organised by SAT, 19 JUN the Nicosia Leventis Municipal Museum in SOLAR CAR CHALLENGE co-operation with the Italian Embassy. A competition challenging teams to Venue: The Leventis Municipal Museum design, build, manage and race solar- of Nicosia. powered vehicles. Local and international Visiting Hours: 10:00-16:30. (Closed on teams participating. Organised by the Mondays). Cyprus Institute in collaboration with the For further information please contact Research Promotion Foundation. 22661475. Venue: Daytona Race Track, Tseri village. THU, 13 MAY – FRI, 2 JUL ART EXHIBITION 1

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WED, 30 JUN Time: 08:30 – 18:30. From the Lore of the Sweet Land of For further information please contact Cyprus. 22208700. THU, 8 JUL WEBSITE: , www.cyi.ac.cy, How do you still a heart that finds no solace – People and places in the Eastern SUN, 20 - MON 21 JUN Mediterranean and the Middle East.. JAZZ FESTIVAL 2010 FRI, 9 JUL A jazz festival with local and foreign “Romiosyni” by Vasilis Michaelides. groups. Organised by the Aglantzia Theatrical workshop of the University of Municipality. Cyprus. Venue: Old Aglantzia Square MON, 12 JUL Time: 21:00 Sympnoia – Takoushis Karapatakis Free Entrance. Quartet. For further information please contact WED, 14 JUL 22336363. The Garden of RIla – Martha Mavroidi. WEBSITE: www.aglantzia.org.cy Venue: “Axiothea” Mansion. Time: 20:30 for all performances FRI, 21 MAY – MON, 12 JUL TH For further information please contact 13 CULTURAL FESTIVAL 22894532 / 5. UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS FRI, 21 MAY FRI 25 JUN “Erotocritos” by Vincenzo Cornaro. – CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERT Theatrical Workshop of the University of Chamber music concert with the Cyprus Cyprus. Symphony Orchestra. The programme SUN, 23 MAY includes works by C.M Von Weber, J. European Youth Jazz Dialogues with Brahms and A. Dvorak. Soloist: Wolfgang HGM Jazz Orchestra and Epilogi Choir. Schroeder. Conductor: Mark Kadin. TUE, 25 MAY Organised by Cyprus Symphony Theatre - “The Ballad of the Bridge” Orchestra. FRI, 4 AND SAT, 5 JUN Venue: Strovolos Municipal Theatre “The Good Dragon of Hong Kong” with Time: 20:30 ETHAL Theatre. Entrance: €12, €7. WED, 9 JUN For further information please contact IF – Based on Euripide’s “Iphigenia at 22463144. Aulis” with Mitos Performing Arts Center. WEBSITE: www.eyso.org.cy TUE, 15 JUN Solo Violin Recital, Violin A Capella. With FRI, 25 - SAT 26 JUN Naiara Castillejo. NICOSIA JAZZ FESTIVAL 2010 WED, 16 JUN A jazz festival with local and foreign Aristophanes Lysistrata by Costas Montis. groups. Organised by the “Syndesmos Theatrical workshop. Katastimatarxon Stasikratous”. WED, 23 AND THU, 24 JUN Venue: Stasikratous street. The Circle of Life, Agioi Omologites Time: 21:00 Cultural Workshop. 2

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For further information on the walks Entrance: €15 please contact 22 674 264. For further information please contact 22765865. HORSE RACES Organised by the Nicosia Horse Race Club. For further information contact the LEFKOSIA (NICOSIA) WALKS Nicosia Race Club tel. 22782727. Get to know the capital by walking Within the framework of wider efforts to OPEN AIR FRUIT AND VEGETABLE get foreign visitors better acquainted with MARKETS the old city within the walls, the Lefkosia Every Wednesday - “OCHI” Square - (Nicosia) Municipality from 1987 (Lefkosia within the walls) established a series of thematic walking Every Friday - Strovolos Municipality tours. These tours have been reorganised (Industrial area, traffic lights). to present various new aspects of the old Every Saturday - Lefkosia Old Municipal city as well as the city outside the walls. A Square - (Lefkosia within the walls). city like Lefkosia (Nicosia) with its 5000 Organised by the Nicosia Municipality. yearlong history has much to offer. By walking, one gets a better feel for a place and its yearlong atmosphere, then EVENTS IN LEMESOS and now, and a better understanding of its (LIMASSOL) continual cultural development. This is the philosophy upon which these walking tours of Lefkosia (Nicosia) are based. TUE, 18 MAY – SUN, 27 JUN ART EXHIBITION Every Monday 110 YEARS OF OUR HISTORY Chrysaliniotissa and Kaimakli: The An art exhibition which develops the Past Restored Guided bus and walking history of Cyprus. Organised by the Bank tour. of Cyprus Cultural Centre. Starting point: CTO Information Office in Venue: Theatre ENA, B’ Municipal Market Laiki Geitonia at 10:00. Free participation. of Limassol. Every Thursday Visiting hours : 10:00-13 :00, 17 :00- Guided walking tour of old Lefkosia 21 :00 (Monday to Friday), 10 :00-21 :00 Starting point: CTO Information Office in (Saturday and Sunday). Laiki Geitonia at 10:00. Free participation. Every Friday For further information please contact 800 Lefkosia (Nicosia) - Outside the Walls 00 800. Guided bus and walking tour. Starting point: CTO Information Office in Laiki TUE, 1 JUN Geitonia at 10:00. Free participation. CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERT Organised by the Tourist Guides “Music for All”. Community outreach Association in collaboration with the programme with the Cyprus Symphony Cyprus Tourism Organisation. Orchestra. The programme includes works by Bach, Mozart, Rossini,

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- l' invisibile - choreographed by Roberto Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Zappala (60’) Dvorak, Brahms and Hadjiloizou. MON, 28 – France presents Centre Conductor: Yiannis Hadjiloizou. Buses will Choreographique National de Rochelle in be available for the performance to and the play Duar, choreographed by Kader from Kourion. Organised by the Cyprus Attou (60') Symphony Orchestra. Organised by the Ministry of Education Venue: Kourion Ancient Theatre. and Culture, the Embassies of the Time: 20:30 participating countries and the Rialto Free Entrance Theatre. For further information please contact Venue: Rialto Theatre. 22463144, 25323211. Time: 20:30 WEBSITE: www.eyso.org.cy Entrance: €5,00. For all the performances € 20. Free admittance for students and WED, 2 – MON, 28 JUN dance professionals. 13TH EUROPEAN DANCE FESTIVAL For further information please contact WED, 2 – Greece presents the 77777745, 25343900. Rootlessroot company in Unknown Negative Activity, choreographed by Linta WED, 30 JUN Kapetanea and Jozef Frucek (65’) CONTEMPORARY DANCE FRI, 4 – Germany presents the DIN A “Threads” by The students of Limassol 13 company in Patterns Beyond Traces, Municipal Dance Centre and the senior choreographed by Gerda König (63') principal dancers of the English National THU, 10 - Croatia presents the Cie Ballet Erina Takahashi and Dmitri Marmot company in Trisolistice Gruzdyev present an extract of the choreographed by Irma Omerzo (32') classical ballet Paquita. Music: Ludwig SUN, 13 – Finland presents Susannas Minkus. Choreography: Marius Petipa. Leinonen company in the work And the Staged by Lambros Lambrou. Music by Line Begins to Blur choreographed by Andre Gagnon, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Susanna Leinonen( 30') Goran Bregovic and Simon and Garfunkel WED, 16 – Switzerland presents the Cie Dancer: Nicole Constantinou. Organised Gilles Jobin company in Black Swans by the Rialto Theatre. choreographed by Gilles Jobin (55') Venue: Rialto Theatre. SAT, 19 – Spain presents Thomas Entrance. € 20, €15 Noone Dance Company in the works Tort Time: 20:30 and Chaos Quartet choreographed by For further information please contact Thomas Noone, Roni Haver, Guy 77777745, 25343900. Weizman (60’) MON, 21 – Austria presents the company WED, 9 JUN Dans.Kias in Segret Sight: Dossier MUSIC CONCERT - JOSE CARRERAS choreographed by Saskia Holbling (50’) “Meditarranean Passion”. A music concert WED, 23 – Italy presents the Zappala with Jose Carreras (tenor), Rebeca Danza Company in Instrument 1 scorpine Olivera (soprano). Music Direction: Miquel Ortega. With the Cyprus Symphony

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know the historical centre of Lemesos by Orchestra. Organised by the Limassol walking through its narrow streets which Tourism Company. visually “narrate” its long history. Venue: Limassol Municipal Gardens Monuments of the past, traditional Theatre. workshops, unique architectural features, Time: 20:30 the bustling life of the old market and For further information please contact traditional shops all reflect the city´s 25878744., 7000 9303 atmoshpere, the main element of this tour.

FRI, 18 - SUN, 20 JUN Starting point: CTO Information Office. SHAKESPEARE AT KOURION Spyrou Araouzou 115A. Time: 10:00. THEATRE (in English) Free guiding and participation. Tel: This year’s play is “The Merchant of 25362756. Venice”. Organised by the Performing Arts Organised by the Cyprus Tourist Guides for Cyprus Charities Society. Association in collaboration with the Venue: Kourion Theatre Cyprus Tourism Organisation. Time : 20 :00 Entrance: €20, €10 students For further information please contact EVENTS IN TROODOS 99427572, 99990535. SUN, 30 MAY – FRI, 10 SEP SUN, 20 JUN EXHIBITION MUSIC PERFORMANCE “Parfum De Chypre – Ancient With the Northern Band of the Royal Mediterranean Fragrances”. An exhibition Signals. Organised by the ABF the organized within the occasion of the Italian Soldiers' Charity . Cultural Month. Organised by the Italian Venue: Pissouri village Amphitheatre. Embassy in co-operation with the F. Time: 18:30 Lazarou Investments, Dante Alighieri, Entrance: €10 Troodos Regional Tourist Board, Casale For further information please contact Panayiotis Traditional village and CNR. 99632119, 26432329. Venue: Conference Centre of Oikia EMAIL: [email protected] Lavrentiou, Kalopanayiotis village. For further information please contact 99250405. LIMASSOL WALK . Every Monday. SUN, 27 JUN A stroll in Neapolis, Nemesos, 1ST OLYMPUS ECO-TRAIL Limassol….Lemesos A 14 km run race through Artemis trail and See the best of Lemesos in a Walking Atalanta trail up to Olympus. Organised by Tour organised by the Municipality of the DromeA Racing in cooperation with Lemesos in collaboration with the Cyprus the Ministry of Defence, the Forestry Tourism Organisation and the Cyprus Department and the Embassy of France. Tourist Guides Association. The tour aims Start and Finishing point: Troodos to giving you the opportunity to get to Square.

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Venue: Pattichion Municipal Amphitheatre For further information please contact Larnaca 96326352, 22585557. Time: 21:00 . Entrance: €25 For further information please contact EVENTS IN LARNAKA 24657745.

WED, 2 JUN WED, 9 JUN PIANO RECITAL CHARITY EVENT Piano recital by Kyriakos Souroullas and Children’s Festival on the occasion of the Yagmur Olmez on the occasion of the International Children’s Day Varied 80th anniversary of the Greek Ladies entertaining program and activities for Lyceum of Famagusta . Organised by the children. Organised by the “Manitaroulis” Greek Ladies Lyceum of Famagusta Kindergarten and the Christina A. (Larnaca). Apostolou Foundation. Venue: Larnaka Municipal Theatre Venue: Larnaca Municipal Garden Time: 20:30 Amphitheatre Of The Christina A. Free Entrance Apostolou Foundation For further information please contact Time: 17:00 22691221, 24654322. Free Entrance. For further information please contact SUN, 7 MAR – SUN, 30 NOV 24657745 SUNDAYS AT LEFKARA SUN, 6, 13, 20 AND 27 JUN TUE, 10 JUN The programme includes every Sunday THEATRE different events among guiding tours, Theatre ANTIDOTO Youth Stage presents music and dance performances, “Bodytalk” by Andy Rashleigh. Stage preparation of traditional local delicacies, director: Eleni Cosma. Organised by the Lefkara handicrafts, traditional Cypriot ANTIDOTO Theatre. Bazaar of Cypriot products, horse riding Venue: Larnaka Municipal Theatre. and video / film presentation. Organised Time: 19:30 by the Lefkara Municipality. Entrance: €10 and €7 (children up to 18 Venue: Lefkara village years old) Time: morning onwards. For further information please contact For further information please contact 24657745. 24342422. WEBSITE: www.lefkara.org.cy SUN, 13 JUN 1ST GRAFFITI FESTIVAL TUE, 8 JUN Organised by the Larnaca Municipality GREEK MUSIC CONCERT and the Gallery of Modern Art “Afydaton” Concert by the popular Greek singer Venue: N. Laniti Str. 10 (Near Town Hall) Alkinoos Ioannidis. Organised by the Roll Time: 15:00 Out Vision. For further information please contact 24657745

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Time: 19:00 For further information please contact SUN, 20 JUN 24657745. GREEK MUSIC CONCERT Concert with songs by well-known Greek WED, 23 JUN composers with the participation of the CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERT Cyprus Police Band and the Vocal Chamber music concert with the Cyprus Ensemble of the Larnaca Municipality. Symphony Orchestra. The programme Performed on the occasion of the World includes works by C.M Von Weber, J. Music Day. Organised by the Larnaka Brahms and A. Dvorak. Soloist: Wolfgang Municipality. Schroeder. Conductor: Mark Kadin. Venue: Larnaka Medieval Fort Organised by Cyprus Symphony Time: 20:30 Orchestra. Free Entrance Venue: Larnaka Municipal Theatre. For further information please contact Time: 20:30 24657745. Entrance: €12, €7. For further information please contact SUN, 20 JUN 22463144. TRADITIONAL CYPRIOT DANCES WEBSITE: www.eyso.org.cy with the dancing School “Karotseris & Cultural Society “Aradippos”. Organised by the Larnaka Municipality. LARNAKA WALKS Venue: Larnaka Seafront Stage. Every Wednesday Time : 20 :30 LARNAKA-PAST AND PRESENT For further information please contact This walk covers the history of Larnaka 24657745. and its development by focusing on the role that the sea had throughout the TUE, 22 JUN centuries. TRADITIONAL CYPRIOT DANCES Starting point: CTO Information Office, With the “Vasilitzia” dance group. Vasileos Pavlou Square. Time 10:00 Organised by the Larnaka Municipality Free guiding and participation. Tel. Venue: Larnaca Municipal Theatre. 24654322. Time: 20:00 Every Friday Entrance: €5 SCALA – ITS CRAFTSMEN For further information please contact Scala is around the area Larnaka Fort 24657745. and Agios Lazaros Church. The aim of this walk is to explore the area and visit WED, 23 JUN the Handicraft Workshops created by MUSIC PERFORMANCE young ceramic artist most of who are A Music programme with hip hop, rap and inspired by ancient Cypriot art. R&B, on the occasion of the World Music The Walk goes through picturesque Day with the Group of Artists “357”. streets of the Turkish sector of Larnaka , Organised by the Larnaka Municipality where visitors have the chance to see Venue: Larnaca Seafront Stage. traditional white washed houses, houses

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TUE, 15 JUN with kiosks and the present use of this CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERT residential area. “Music for All”. Community outreach Starting point: Larnaka Fort (Medieval programme with the Cyprus Symphony Museum). Time: 10:00. Free guiding Orchestra. The programme includes and participation. Tel: 24 65 43 22. works by Bach, Mozart, Rossini, Offered by the Larnaka Municipality in Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, collaboration with the Cyprus Tourism Dvorak, Brahms and Hadjiloizou. Organisation and the Cyprus Tourist Conductor: Yiannis Hadjiloizou. Buses will Guides Association. be available for the performance to and Organised by the Cyprus Tourist Guides from Ancient Odeon. Organised by the Association in collaboration with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. Cyprus Tourism Organisation. Venue: Ancient Odeon. Time: 20:30 Free Entrance. EVENTS IN PAFOS For further information please contact 22463144, 26930521. WEBSITE: www.eyso.org.cy FRI, 4 JUN “TO APHRODITE” THU, 24 JUN An event which includes poetry, music, CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERT chorus from ancient hymns dedicated to Chamber music concert with the Cyprus the ancient Goddess Aphrodite as well as Symphony Orchestra. The programme traditional songs of love with Michalis includes works by C.M Von Weber, J. Tzouganakis and love songs from Brahms and A. Dvorak. Soloist: Wolfgang musicals with the Ten Tenors. Organised Schroeder. Conductor: Mark Kadin. by the Geroskipou Municipality and the Organised by Cyprus Symphony Kouklia Community Board. Orchestra. Venue: Ierokipia Farmland, Geroskipou. Venue: Markideion Theatre. Entrance: €25, €20. Time: 20:30 For further information please contact Entrance: €12, €7. 26960857, 26960867. For further information please contact 22463144. MON, 14 - SUN, 20 JUN WEBSITE: www.eyso.org.cy 11TH INTERNATIONAL MUSIC CONCERT Organised by the Kato Pafos Cultural PAFOS WALK Association. Every Thursday Venue: Pafos Castle. STROLLING AROUND PAFOS TOWN Time: 20:00 CENTRE (KTIMA) Entrance: €10. In an effort to get visitors acquainted with For further information please contact Pafos Town Centre (Ktima), which is the 99632346 newest part of the city of Pafos as opposed to New Pafos, the ancient Hellenistic and Roman

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Time: 21:00 Capital of Cyprus, the Municipality of Pafos For further information please contact would like to invite everyone to visit Pafos 23816307. Town Centre (Ktima) and get to know this part of Pafos, incorrectly considered as merely a SUN, 27 JUN shopping area. TRADITIONAL CYPRIOT DANCES The walking tour Strolling around Pafos Town Centre (Ktima) aims to provide an overall With the «Nea Genia» Cultural picture of Pafos and how Pafos Town Centre Association. evolved and developed from the late Venue: Agia Napa Seferis Square. Byzantine and Medieval times to what as it Time: 21:00 was called until recently Κtima. The Pafos For further information please contact Town Centre (Ktima) is associated with the 23816307. local everyday life of the population. For the Pafians though, Pafos Town Centre (Ktima) has so much more to it…. USEFUL TELEPHONES Through historic references, linked with some Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and very important historic phases including Culture 22800933 Medieval, Ottoman, British and modern times; Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation 22128157 one will ‘walk’ into the past but will also get Cyprus Theatrical Organisation 22492900 better acquainted with the commercial centre Nicosia Municipal Theatre 77772717 of Pafos. Pallas Theatre 22 410181 The walk is led by a licensed CTO qualified Strovolos Municipal Theatre 22313010 guide. It lasts about two and a half hours, Lemesos Patticheion Municipal Theatre 25343341 including a half-hour break for refreshments. Larnaka Patticheion Theatre 24629300 Larnaka Town Hall Theatre 24665794 Starting point: CTO Information Office, 3 Pafos Markideion Theatre 26932571 Gladstonos Str. Time 10:00. Rialto Theatre 25343900 State Gallery of Contemporary Art 22304947 Famagusta Gate 22430877 The Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre 22797400 EVENTS IN AGIA NAPA Lefkosia Municipality Cultural Services 23816300 Anastasios Leventis G Foundation 22667706 Pierides Foundation 24651345 TUE, 1 JUN Skali Cultural Centre 22336363 TH Paralimni Municipality 23819212 16 CHILDRENS FESTIVAL Agia Napa Municipality 23816307 Children activities and celebration. Polis Chrysochous Municipality 26321321 Venue: Agia Napa Square. Pafos Aphrodite festival Ltd 26822218 Time: 17:00 – 21:00 The Pharos Trust 22663871 Artos Cultural and Research Foundation 22445455 For further information please contact Theatre ENA 22348203 23816307. www.cyprus-tickets.com 7000-9303

SUN, 13 AND 20 JUN JAZZ ETHNIC FESTIVAL NOTE: The Cyprus Tourism Organisation cannot accept responsibility for any changes in any of Organised by the Agia Napa Municipality the events listed above, that may occur due to in collaboration with the “Thalassa unforeseen factors. Please contact the organisers by phone for confirmation. Municipal Museum”. Venue: “Thalassa” Municipal Museum. D:\Docs\2018-02-09\0ab45c309a8acc3069cd4c21f128c737.doc