Category: Culture
Workshop ‘Philosophy and the art of Bonsai’ (Athens, Greece)
The vice president of the international organization New Acropolis, George Alvarado Planas, taught a workshop on philosophy in the Japanese art of bonsai: participants learned about the bonsai, a microcosm […]
Workshop on the art of Ikebana (Bulgaria)
An event dedicated to the art of Ikebana was held in the headquarters of New Acropolis Bulgaria. The program began with a lecture that familiarized the audience with the history […]
Bike tours in Moscow’s center (Central Russia)
Every weekend in September New Acropolis gathered those fond of city biketours in Moscow. Bicycle is not just an easy way to travel. It is a life style and it […]
900 children and youths sang in the National Encounter of the XXII Festival of Choirs ‘Concordia 2014’
The Gran Mariscal Theater of the city of Sucre, welcomed the National Meeting of the XXII National Festival of Student Choirs Concordia, organized by New Acropolis Bolivia with the support […]
New Acropolis celebrated International Music Day (Zagreb, Croatia)
For the first time, New Acropolis in Zagreb celebrated International Music Day through a series of activities including a public lecture “Orpheus and the Songs of the Soul”; a music workshop with […]
The peaceful warrior: he who dances, frees and builds
“Enhancing qualities in ourselves, wanting less and doing more,” are some of the words spoken by Fernand Schwarz, director of New Acropolis France. The anthropologist and philosopher facilitated the first of […]
New Acropolis Toronto participated in National Culture Days initiative (Canada)
New Acropolis Toronto offered a free interactive philosophical Chinese calligraphy workshop as part of the fifth edition of Culture Days, the largest-ever collective public participation initiative undertaken by the arts […]
Japanese poetry: Haiku (Australia)
New Acropolis Sydney volunteers organised a night of “Japanese Poetry: Haiku”. Haiku is an ancient form of Japanese poetry, with a unique verse style. At its peak in the 17th century, Haiku […]
The project ‘Philosophy is Culture’ highlights the work of CG Jung (Brasilia, Brazil)
The Red Book can be considered one of the most significant works of the thinker Carl Jung. Unlike many of his writings that are structured as academic treatises, the Red Book […]
‘Books of Wisdom’ book club with ‘The Alchemist’ (Chicago, USA)
New Acropolis Chicago held its monthly Books of Wisdom book club meeting with an interactive inspirational discussion on Paulo Coelho’s best-selling novel The Alchemist, translated into over 50 languages. The […]
