by MAT DEAN | Aug 21, 2026 | OUTSIDE THE MANI
Preparations for the 12th White Night of Kalamata Preparations have begun for the 12th White Night of Kalamata, which this year will take place on August 29 and the highlight of the evening will be the concert by Panos Mouzourakis at 9pm in the central square As the...
by MAT DEAN | Aug 11, 2026 | OUTSIDE THE MANI
The “digital transformation” of the Municipality of Kalamata is nearing completion Big Brother or an inevitable, beneficial progression? All sounding perfectly reasonable? One of the most important digital transformation projects that the Municipality of Kalamata...
by MAT DEAN | Jul 20, 2026 | INSIDE THE MANI, OUTSIDE THE MANI
Homer's Odyssey, the New Movie, and Mani's Place in the Story Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock this summer, you’ll have heard about The Odyssey — Christopher Nolan’s $250 million, six-country epic retelling of Homer’s oldest adventure...
by MAT DEAN | Jul 11, 2026 | OUTSIDE THE MANI
"My Number One" comes to Kalamata! If, as a foreigner like me, you were living here in 2005, you must have heard the song by Elena Paparizou “My Number One” hundreds of times. It was being played everywhere. Not my taste in music but you could tell it was a catchy...
by MAT DEAN | May 15, 2026 | OUTSIDE THE MANI
The programme for the 32nd Kalamata International Dance Festival At the National Gallery in Athens, in front of many journalists from major newspapers, channels and news websites, the program of the 32nd Kalamata International Dance Festival was presented yesterday...