Friends of Paxos

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• Irish Wings

  

  Irish blackbird / flying free / rides her song / across the sea
  Under the olive / turtle dove / answers from / its shady grove.
  Theo Dorgan . The village of Loggos, one of the sites of the Irish week in Paxos - photography by Dimitris Kintzios . Irish Wings is an exciting festival of Irish music, poetry, art and cuisine presented on the Greek island of Paxos. The festival explores ways in which artists transcend disciplines and national and geographical boundaries and showcases (...)

• Paxos history

  

  Paxos, the smallest of the Ionian Islands, is made up of a cluster of small islands and rocky islets, the largest of which are Paxos and Antipaxos. They are located in north-western Greece 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of Corfu, at a distance of 8 nautical miles (15 km) from the coast of Epirus and 12 miles (22 km) from the mainland port of Parga.
  Both Paxos and Antipaxos have a lizard-like, long and narrow shape. The islands cover an area of 29 square kilometers and 3 square kilometers (...)

• Friends of Paxos

  

  The non-profit association of the Friends of Paxos was created in Paxos in 2015 with the initiative of Faye Lychnou and Chris Boïcos.
  The objective of the association is to initiate, encourage and organize cultural activities of every type on the island - musical concerts and festivals, art exhibitions, art residencies, musical and artistic workshops and other cultural and artistic projects.
  The association also encourages and participates in projects concerning the island’s architectural, (...)

• Mark Ottaway, 1939 - 2016

  

  Mark Ottaway in the 1960s - Mark Ottaway was an integral part of The Sunday Times Insight team that exposed the great British wine-labelling scam.
  Dear friends,
  Mark Ottaway, celebrated Times journalist, great lover of Greece, long time Paxos resident and dear friend to many of us died in England on 22 December 2016, aged 77.
  He will be immensely regretted by all his friends on the island.
  Please find below the very moving obituary published in the London Times on 6 January 2017. (...)

• Yard of Old School in Lakka

  

  Giannis Karabourniotis, owner of the Guarden Garden Center in Gaios renovated with great success the old Loggos School yard in the spring of 2016. He will now start work on yard of the old Lakka school by January 2017. This garden, beautifully situated on Lakka bay, has fine views the town and the bay and can be used for cultural events, musical concerts and even outdoor movie projections in the summer.
  Giannis will offer his own work for free but FOP and the municipality will cover the (...)

• Paxos Festival 2017

  

  The 2017 program will be announced by the end of January 2017. Events will include: A cooperation with the composition class of the Music Department of the Ionian University A Baroque and Greek program with counter tenor and pianist A harpsichord and baroque violin concert, Jazz concerts in August, A film music composition seminar concluding with film projections and live music A new creation by Dimitra Trypani. “Edward’s Dream” will be performed on 26 April at the Athens Megaron. Any of our (...)

• Acting on Comedy Workshop, by Ken Rea

  

  Workshop participants concentrating on their text
  Ken Rea, renowned theatre director, acting teacher, one of Europe’s top presentation skills trainers and a FOP member offered a one day workshop on acting to amateur actors on Paxos.
  The all-day workshop with eleven participants, many from the Paxos Theater Group, including two children, took place in Greek and English on Saturday 29 October 2016 at the Multiple Use Hall of the School Center in Bogdanatika with Faye Lychnou acting as (...)

• Park above Giannas beach – Gaios

  

  View from the Giannas park toward Agios Nikolaos and Panagia islands
  This little park is located above the pebble beach of Giannas just after the Anemogiannis statue and is the first resting point on the sea coast road south of Gaios. It offers lovely sea views of Agios Nikolaos and Panagia islands as well as of the distant mainland mountains and is frequently used by bathers and children who sit in the shade of its trees. The plot of land for it was donated to the municipality by Ourania (...)

• DIDIMANES CD

  

  Didimanes performance at the Ionian University in Corfu, April 2016.
  Didimanes is a Paxos-inspired musical and theatrical production by Corfu-based composer Dimitra Trypani, based on a short story by author and former mayor of Paxos, Spyros Bogdanos, adapted by Faye Lychnou, and performed in April 2016 by the Phonetic Ensemble of the Ionian University as part of the Paxos Festival. The cd of the April 2016 performance at the Ionian University in Corfu will be available for purchase during (...)

• Paxos Footpath Project

  

  Paxos Olive Grove - Photography and watercolor by Garbriel Stauffer 2016
  Many FOP members share a common ambition: The creation of a footpath network on Paxos, cleared and signposted according to European standards.
  A first contact with the European Ramblers Association made in November 2015 was followed by a contact between FOP and Andros Routes, the only island footpath project in Greece that has received E.R.A. certification. The Paxos Volunteer Group (Εθελοντική Ομάδα Παξών)) was created (...)