What happening in Greece? Screening-discussion with Yannis Youlountas and his new film ‘We are not afraid of ruins’

Sunday January 26, 2025, What happening in Greece? Screening-discussion with Yannis Youlountas and his new film ‘We are not afraid of ruins’ – ‘Nous n’avons pas peur des ruines’ * film from 2024 * 78 minutes * in french and greek, subtitles in english * doors open at 20:00 * intro & film start at 20:30 * donations more than welcome since Yannis and Maud Youlountas are touring presenting the film.

Greece, 2019 to 2023. Mitsotakis replaces Tsipras in power in Greece, promising to put an end to Exarcheia, a rebellious and supportive district of Athens. But resistance organizes and reinforcements arrive from other European cities. The rallying cry becomes “No Pasaran!” Over the years, other struggles spread from north to south of Greece to defend the land, the sea, and life: in Crete, in Thessaly, in Epirus… Even on the island of Paros in the Cyclades, the population protests on the beaches turned into paid ones and manages to make them a common good again, for everyone’s happiness. When everything seems to collapse, in Athens as elsewhere, the same response is heard: “we are not afraid of ruins, we carry a new world in our hearts.
A Franco-Greek philosopher and film-maker, Yannis Youlountas is also a leader of children’s tea parties, a researcher in cooperative pedagogy, and a critic of the media’s fabrication of opinion. Since 2008, he has been taking part in events in Greece, reporting them in articles, photos, books and films, and organizing solidarity actions and convoys. Yannis has been a member of several of the collectives featured on the screen, particularly in Exarcheia and Crete, for the past fifteen years.

We are not afraid of ruins / Nous n’avons pas peur des ruines / https://paspeurdesruines.net/
Director | Yannis Youlountas
Image | Maud Youlountas, Yannis Youlountas
Sound mixing | Berceau D’un Autre Monde
Editing | Maud Youlountas, Yannis Youlountas

Film night at Joe’s Garage, cozy cinema! Free entrance. You want to screen a movie, let us know: joe [at] lists [dot] squat [dot] net

Aman molli: Practice of east Mediterranean Music

Friday January 17, 2025, Aman molli: Practice of east Mediterranean Music. From 20:00 to 23:30.

This is a weekly open practice session of east Mediterranean music, in which we play genres such as rebetiko and Greek/Balkan/Turkish/Middle Eastern folk music. Together we explore the melodic pathways, rhythms (e.g. 9/8, 7/8. 5/4) and harmonies of, as well as connections between these musical traditions. We gather to have fun playing music together, to share musical knowledge and experience, and improve our skills on our instruments. We welcome interested newcomers to join in, regardless of musical experience, and using any kind of instrument (strings, percussion, wind, voice).

Aman Molli https://radar.squat.net/en/aman-molli

Aman molli: Practice of east Mediterranean Music

Friday January 10, 2025, Aman molli: Practice of east Mediterranean Music. From 20:00 to 23:30.

This is a weekly open practice session of east Mediterranean music, in which we play genres such as rebetiko and Greek/Balkan/Turkish/Middle Eastern folk music. Together we explore the melodic pathways, rhythms (e.g. 9/8, 7/8. 5/4) and harmonies of, as well as connections between these musical traditions. We gather to have fun playing music together, to share musical knowledge and experience, and improve our skills on our instruments. We welcome interested newcomers to join in, regardless of musical experience, and using any kind of instrument (strings, percussion, wind, voice).

Aman Molli https://radar.squat.net/en/aman-molli

Aman molli: Practice of east Mediterranean Music

Friday December 20, 2024, Aman molli: Practice of east Mediterranean Music. From 20:00 to 23:30.

This is a weekly open practice session of east Mediterranean music, in which we play genres such as rebetiko and Greek/Balkan/Turkish/Middle Eastern folk music. Together we explore the melodic pathways, rhythms (e.g. 9/8, 7/8. 5/4) and harmonies of, as well as connections between these musical traditions. We gather to have fun playing music together, to share musical knowledge and experience, and improve our skills on our instruments. We welcome interested newcomers to join in, regardless of musical experience, and using any kind of instrument (strings, percussion, wind, voice).

Aman Molli https://radar.squat.net/en/aman-molli

Aman molli: Concert of rebetiko from Piraeus and Smyrna (Eirini Zogali, Yvonne Melissa, Panos Tsamouras)

Saturday 14 December 2024, Aman molli: Concert of rebetiko from Piraeus and Smyrna (Eirini Zogali, Yvonne Melissa, Panos Tsamouras). The doors will open at 8pm, and music will start at 9 pm.

Three talented young musicians, Eirini Zogali, Yvonne Melissa and Panos Tsamouras, present a repertoire of rebetiko from Piraeus and Smyrna. Favorite compositions from the beginning of the 20th century will be performed.
Eirini Zogali was born in 1997 in Corinth, Greece. Her relationship with music started at the age of 7 with the classical guitar. This first contact led her to audition for the music school of her hometown, in which she graduated in 2015 with a new instrument in hand, the bouzouki.
In 2019, when starting a semester as an exchange student in the Codarts Conservatoire in Rotterdam, Eirini also joined Aman Molli events, performing numerous times at Joe’s Garage and later giving Rebetiko workshops. Since September 2024 based in Athens, Eirini is back for a few dates in Brussels, Paris, Rotterdam, Utrecht and Amsterdam.

Eirini Zogali: bouzouki, oud, voice
Yvonne Melissa: violin, voice
Panos Tsamouras: guitar, voice

Eirini Zogali https://joesgarage.nl/archives/tag/eirini-zogali
Aman Molli https://radar.squat.net/en/aman-molli

Aman molli: Concert with Altana Trio

Friday December 6, 2024, Aman molli music concert with Altana Trio.
December 6, 2024, 16th anniversary of the killing of Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a policeman in Athens. Door opens at 20:00, music from 21:00 till midnight. Donations welcome.

Altana Trio – They met at a rebetiko jam session where their musical connection became apparent: they share the same love for Greek urban folk (rebetiko/laiko) of the early post-war era (40s & 50s). Altana Trio strive for preserving the essence of the original recordings while at the same time injecting their own musical character into the songs and experimenting with original compositions.
Altana Trio members are Kostas Patsis (bouzouki, vocals), Orestis Strymponis (bouzouki, vocals), Panos Tsamouras (guitar, vocals).

Aman Molli https://radar.squat.net/en/aman-molli

Aman molli: Practice of east Mediterranean Music

Friday November 29, 2024, Aman molli: Practice of east Mediterranean Music. From 20:00 to 23:30.

This is a weekly open practice session of east Mediterranean music, in which we play genres such as rebetiko and Greek/Balkan/Turkish/Middle Eastern folk music. Together we explore the melodic pathways, rhythms (e.g. 9/8, 7/8. 5/4) and harmonies of, as well as connections between these musical traditions. We gather to have fun playing music together, to share musical knowledge and experience, and improve our skills on our instruments. We welcome interested newcomers to join in, regardless of musical experience, and using any kind of instrument (strings, percussion, wind, voice).

Aman Molli https://radar.squat.net/en/aman-molli

Solidarity Voku for squatted Prosfygika in Athens

Thursday November 28, 2024, Solidarity Voku for squatted Prosfygika in Athens. Food served from 7pm, no reservation.

Fundraiser for the community of squatted Prosfygika in Athens
The Community – The building complex of Prosfygika was built in 1933 to accommodate refugees from Asia Minor. Thus, in these circumstances, a lively neighbourhood with community characteristics was established, consisting mostly of working class people. In 1944, the anti-fascist partisans used Prosfygika as a shelter against the Greek and British state army; the bullet marks can be seen on the facades of the buildings to this day, as well as the guerrilla monument which has been erected on the front of Prosfygika and reminds us daily of the history of the place. Today, it is one of the largest building complexes in the centre of Athens, which has not yet accepted the gentrification and exploitation that comes from big capital and the state apparatus. It is a place of strategic importance since it is located between two pillars of power – on one side the Supreme Court and on the other the General Police Directorate of Attica.
Find more info on their website: https://sykaprosquat.noblogs.org/english/the-community/

Volkseten Vegazulu is a people’s kitchens existing since the very beginning of Joe’s Garage, June 2005. Your donations are welcome. Food is vegan, no reservation. All benefits go to social & political struggles. Joe’s Garage is a space run by volunteers. Without a collective effort, without your active participation, we’re remaining closed. Get in touch in you feel like giving a hand. We’re always looking for cooks. Any help is welcome in the kitchen. Experience not required. If you want to know which days are still available, mail us.