Month: January 2016
Helping the homeless (San José, Costa Rica)
Each month, volunteers from the central branch of New Acropolis Costa Rica deliver food in the streets of the capital, San Jose, to the homeless.
Experimental theater: Scenes from Plato’s ‘Phaedo’ (Mumbai, India)
Members of the New Acropolis Center in Mumbai staged a play rooted in the Socratic dialogues. The presentation investigated the writings of Plato, describing Socrates’ life and philosophy. Selecting themes […]
‘Eternal Moments’, celebrating International White Cane Day (Gyor, Hungary)
Volunteers of the music group of New Acropolis Hungary’s Győr Center performed a music show entitled Eternal Moments, featuring Hungarian poems set to music, at the Blind Dinner organized by […]
Lecture: ‘Philosophy and the Science of Happiness’ (Morelia and Mexico City, Mexico)
The lecture ‘Philosophy and the Science of Happiness’ was held in the cities of Morelia and Mexico City. The lecture discussed the factors that determine happiness and also addressed the following questions: […]
‘The language of symbols’ workshop (Bulgaria)
New Acropolis organized a workshop about the language of symbols. The program began with a brief lecture about the symbols that humanity has used for millennia to describe in a timeless […]
New Acropolis Munich volunteers adopt a new project of recovery and maintenance (Germany)
After successfully terminating a 10-year stream ‘adoption’, volunteers of New Acropolis Munich began a new project in collaboration with the city council. On a hot summer day volunteers waded through stream waters, […]
World Philosophy Day (Montevideo, Uruguay)
In commemoration of World Philosophy Day, the central branch of New Acropolis Pocitos organized a TED-type lecture titled Happiness: a search of all time. A large audience attended this presentation […]
Christmas party for the children of an orphanage (Bulgaria)
New Acropolis volunteers visited the children of the orphanage of Razliv with whom they prepared a big Christmas party. Everyone participated in songs, dances and performances of all kinds, even […]
The Little Prince visited the Sacred Heart Home (Tegucigalpa, Honduras)
“What is essential is invisible to the eye.” This popular phrase from The Little Prince, inspired the last visit of the year to the Sacred Heart Home that welcomes orphan and […]
Fourth Central American Contest of Haiku Poetry (Costa Rica)
Fourth Central American Contest of Haiku Poetry, organized by New Acropolis Costa Rica and the Embassy of Japan in this country. The Contest winner was Gustavo Adolfo Castillo Duran and […]
