Acropolis News

From 11 to 14 of May 2017 New Acropolis Prague presented its books and magazines on the international book fair and literary festival Book World. The presentation included the tetralogy about Plato, written by František Novotný, a man who managed to translate all works of the Greek philosopher into Czech. The tetralogy was financed by the Ministry of Culture of Czech Republic. Another popular newly published book was “Templars” by D.S.Guzman.

New Acropolis Prague held an evening dedicated to India in which participants approached this culture through art, theater and gastronomy.

New Acropolis volunteers from Zlin, Brno and Olomouc joined forces to plant trees in the forest near Zlin. Under the careful eye of an expert forester and in the rain, they planted over 1450 seedlings. As one of the volunteers said: “There’s nothing better for the newly planted trees than some rain!”

New Acropolis Liberec with the support of the city of Liberec and several non-profit organizations of the Liberec region organized a clean-up of the surroundings of the Harcov reservoir. An article about this ecological volunteering event appeared in the local newspapers.

A clean-up of the river banks took place in Pardubice where the volunteers’s group that participated in the event managed to fill up almost entire waste container. Volunteers cleaned the area of almost 1 kilometre on the both sides of the river.

The vernissage of the exhibition on the Papyrus of Ani took place in the National Library of Technology in Prague. The exhibition showcases a copy of the famous Ancient Egyptian papyrus that is 31 metres long. The copy was made by Slavko Kroča, whose intention was to introduce people to the beauty and deep symbolism of Ancient Egypt.

New Acropolis volunteers together with blind actors staged the play by Moliere, Scapin the Schemer at the Barka Theater in Brno.