Eleni Philippou

With many neighbourhoods in Nicosia revamped and decorated for Christmas, December is a great month to walk around the city and explore it. And so the wandering is not at ...

Live music is thriving this month as numerous bands put on shows. Music from musicals, bluesy sounds and tunes from wind instruments are coming up this week in Nicosia and ...

Christmas can be a stressful time. Take your mind off the festivities and partake in the sounds of silence with a trend that is growing around the world suggests ELENI ...

One more festival returns to fill the city with arts and culture before the year wraps up. The Nicosia Pop Up Festival is back and until December 31 it invites the ...

Music, music and more music is what this December is all about as local and guest musicians and bands get ready for the final performances of the year. Adding to ...

The festive season is officially upon us. If you walk around any central street you will be welcomed by Christmas lights, decorated shop windows and festive music. With Eleftheria Square ...

It may just be the mountains that have snow but the festive atmosphere is coming to Limassol and Nicosia with a holiday musical for young audiences. My Snowman is a ...

Art lovers in Nicosia and Limassol welcome new exhibitions this month. Just before the year ends, numerous local creatives and artists from abroad present their work as four new showcases ...

Situated in the heart of Limassol’s scenic old town, down an alleyway decorated with plant pots, strings of lights and several bars and cafés is the lively Mason ...

Presenting his first solo show in Cyprus, Swiss visual artist Giacomo Santiago Rogado’s exhibition For The Time Left opens at eins gallery on Sunday. Based between Berlin, Lucerne and ...

It’s not just one party that is coming to Nicosia this month but two! It has certainly been a while since we have been able to write those words ...

The Jazz Music Concert Series micro edition at Technopolis 20 continues on Friday at the cosy and intimate Paphos venue in a family atmosphere. This time Technopolis 20 invites well-known beloved jazz ...

A concert uniting children, gigs with jazz tunes and drum rhythms from abroad – this week has it all! A new series of live music performances is set to kick off ...

Another week, another walking tour by the Home for Cooperation and the Association for Historical Dialogue and Research. Their city walks are now a monthly happening, each time inviting different ...

What do lesbians, quiches and atomic bombs have in common? Seemingly nothing at all yet in Andrew Hobgood and Evan Linder’s play 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, they somehow come ...

What is Christmas without a heart-warming ballet? Some stories, such as The Nutcracker, have become Christmas classics and this December – amid measures and pandemic protocols – three ballets are coming to ...

If there is one instrument that could represent Spanish music, it would have to be the guitar. It is a characteristic sound in the country’s music and on December 16, ...

In between the season’s Christmas events, crafty workshops and markets, comes a new exhibition to showcase works by 12 contemporary Cypriot women artists against the backdrop of the Centre for ...

Mushroom lovers this is for you! It is not unusual for festivals to highlight a specific fruit or vegetable, we have annual potato, pomegranate and taro festivals. Yet a festival ...

Christmas celebrations in Nicosia this year will have a Viennese flair as a concert under the auspices of First Lady Andri Anastasiades and the Austrian Embassy in Cyprus will bring ...

Besides the Christmas markets and festive pop-ups that take over December’s events agenda, joining crafty workshops has also become a popular holiday activity. Numerous artists and small businesses have ...

Women in architecture. This is the focus of an exhibition coming to Goethe-Institut Cyprus this month, paying tribute to their role across 100 years. The Frau Architekt exhibition examines the history ...

Paphos music fans have plenty of opportunities to listen to live music this winter as bands, theatres and bars organise back-to-back events. A venue that you can always count on ...

This is meant to be the most wonderful time of the year. Stricter measures and cancellation of some events though certainly doesn’t help to create a festive mood but ...