Eleni Philippou

It’s that time of the year again. Halloween! The time to get your autumn décor out, carve pumpkins, bake pumpkins, dress up as something spooky and welcome the ...

Mines. They’ve been photographed, featured in the news, worked on and some abandoned. Their land, location and surrounding nature hold so many more stories than meet the eye and ...

Jazz lovers and music enthusiasts rejoice! Acclaimed US trumpet player John Marshall will be captivating audiences this October with five thrilling performances islandwide, the musician’s first-ever gigs in Cyprus. ...

A beach party in October? Why not? It does sort of still feel like summer some days and some say that summer never really ends in Cyprus. An upcoming beach ...

Fengaros Reacts: Fengaros Festival returns with a second edition of its free, online festival with an all-Cypriot line-up. ELENI PHILIPPOU finds out more Met with a storm of support and ...

Marking visual artist Maria Papacharalambous’ 30 years on the local and international art scene, The Lefteris Economou Cultural Foundation presents the project woanders in Nicosia, curated by art theorist, researcher and ...

The Nicosia Pop Up Festival is coming back once again this winter, along Makarios Avenue and in the old town, aiming to showcase and promote creative and innovative ideas in ...

A new exhibition in Nicosia this week explores and celebrates the local contemporary art scene. A collaboration between Phoenix Leaders and Alpha CK Art Gallery, the exhibition will feature contemporary ...

A new art exhibition at Alpha CK Gallery by Elena Tsigaridou will take viewers on a journey full of symbolism in Her Odyssey. Through allegories and parallels, the artist recreates ...

A two-week exhibition comprising of a time-based performance and installation by Emiddio Vasquez is coming to Limassol’s The Island Club and will present a sonic and conceptual experience. Hardcore ...

The events just keep rolling in as October is proving to be one of the busiest months so far! Three small-scale festivals are coming up, entertaining antique car lovers, beer ...

It has been one of the most talked-about plays of the year with performances at theatres around Cyprus, which won awards at a theatre festival in Turkey last week. Waiting ...

It’s a heavy topic, talking about women and children who were sucked into the human trafficking ring but one that shouldn’t be ignored. Some call them victims but ...

Understanding and archiving identity can be a complex task and for Cypriot ceramist and expressive artist Athena Ierodiaconou van Dongen is of utmost importance. Having lived in a variety of ...

Village scenes, local meals, traditional handicrafts and colourful landscapes usually make up the postcards of Cyprus. Yet there are more ways than one to immortalise the island, its people, culture ...

With October and November set to be busy months on the local cultural scene, the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra has five concerts planned for this autumn, bringing more quality music to ...

“The dog days are over, but the summer spirit still lingers,” says the Nature & Spirit venue nestled in the woods of Moniatis village. A fun day-event that is coming ...

The time has come for Larnaca Biennale to return. This week exhibitions, installations, presentations and parallel events on the theme of Limitless Limits will begin around the town as the ...

Women’s Stories are the focus of an exhibition opening on Wednesday by artist and academic at the University of Nicosia Maria Christoforou. Maria approaches Women’s Stories by presenting ...

Coffee. Don’t we love to love it? It’s your morning energy cup, the fuel of the day but in Cyprus, the coffee culture goes way beyond just being ...

Calling all rock music lovers! The unique Paphos venue with its famous Mongolian tents, The Yurts in Cyprus, is organising a rock festival this month. On Saturday four bands will ...

The greatest tool for cross-cultural relations, tales and human connections may well be music and that is exactly what a two-year Erasmus+ musical inheritance programme has focused on. Titled Mapping ...

How many tales and how much heritage can a city hold? A new walking tour organised by the Association for Historical Dialogue and Research and the Home for Cooperation explores ...

After a successful 13-year cycle and with several fruitful collaborations with accomplished Cyprus-based and international artists under its belt the NO_BODY festival has transformed into the On_Bodies Festival ...