Category: Culture
Book Club: “When Things Fall Apart” by Pema Chödrön (Santa Ana, El Salvador)
A new session of the Book Club was held featuring the book “When Things Fall Apart”, by Pema Chödrön, an American Tibetan Buddhist, and disciple of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Pema […]
A trip to ancient Eqypt without leaving Barcelona (Sabadell, Spain)
Volunteers from New Acropolis Sabadell organized a guided visit to the Egyptian museum of Barcelona which lasted more than three hours and allowed participants to discover the Egyptian festivals, and […]
Marie Curie a martyr of Science (Panama)
Homage to Marie Curie, a martyr of Science. Presently we see her like that, even though she was fortunate to have found in life her purpose and with it to […]
Visiting ancient Egypt (Tutankhamun) exhibition (Taipei, Taiwan)
We visited Tutankhamun’s grave exhibition in Taipei, to open a small door into the mysterious Egyptian civilization. We tried to use our inner sight to look at the symbols and […]
Spirit of Fraternity at Mumbai Marathon (Mumbai, India)
On 19th January 2020, volunteer-members of New Acropolis India participated in the annual Tata Mumbai Marathon to demonstrate a spirit of fraternity and solidarity. The occasion was used to raise […]
Exhibition of archaeological reproductions for (but not only) the blind (Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic)
Earlier this year, visitors to the North Bohemian Research Library had the oportunity to visit the archaeological reproduction exhibit “The Touch of Eternal Beauty”. This exhibition was created in cooperation […]
Workshop: crocheting (Sofia, Bulgaria)
This year New Acropolis started a new workshop for crocheting. The chance to dive completely into the beautiful art of crocheting, to learn some basic techniques as well as to […]
Ikebana Workshop (Athens, Greece)
In early March an Ikebana workshop was held in New Acropolis Athens. The basic techniques of Japanese floral art were introduced and all participants created unique compositions as part of […]
50 km cross-country skiing race (Czech Republic)
For the third time the sport enthusiasts of New Acropolis participated in the cross-country ski race “Jizerská padesátka”. Thanks to training, nice weather and fresh snow our athletes managed to […]
The art of surpassing oneself in sports (Lisbon, Portugal)
Lecture entitled ‘The art of surpassing oneself in sports”, as part of the ongoing ‘School of Sports’ project. The lecturer, Cleto Saldanha, began the activity by talking about sports as […]
