- Athens

- Tonight

Popular jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson and his quartet, joined by Dr Lonnie Smith, will play their funk'n'groove sounds tonight at City Link in the Spyromiliou Arcade (on the block lined by Stadiou, Amerikis, Panepistimiou and Voukourestiou streets). The show will start at 9 p.m. and admission is free.

Spyromiliou Arcade

(off Syntagma Sq).

- Athens

- Tonight & Tomorrow

Baby Dee, founding member of Antony and the Johnsons and harp player of Current 93, will play at the Diavlos Music House (9 Drakou, Koukaki) tonight and tomorrow, in two concerts organized by the Small Music Theater. Baby Dee, a classically trained harpist who is also fluent on the piano and accordion, will play her lyrical, dark melodies, accompanied by Italian avant-garde musician Fabrizio Palumbo.

Small Music Theater,

tel 210.924.5644.

- Athens

- Tonight

Composer Mimis Plessas and the Jazz Quartet will play a selection of American jazz compositions and film music tonight at the Neos Cosmos Municipal Arts Complex, in aid of the Kivotos foundation for children. Starts at 8.30 p.m.

Arts Complex,

6A Timocreontos,

tel 210.934.4131/515.1885.

- Athens

- Tonight

Members of the Percussion Stories ensemble and other music groups will give a concert with a variety of traditional percussion instruments at the National Conservatory tonight, on the occasion of the beginning of the Percussion Workshop under Vassilis Vassilatos. Starts at 7 p.m. and admission is free.

National Conservatory,

18 Mayer,

tel 210.523.3175.

- Athens

- Tonight

Architectural historian Simone Hain will give a lecture titled "Post-1945 German Architecture: A Double Challenge" at the Athens Concert Hall at 7 p.m., in the framework of the exhibition "The Architecture of the Two Germanies, 1949-1989" which will open tomorrow. Admission is free, with priority coupons.

Athens Concert Hall,

1 Kokkali & Vas. Sofias,

tel 210.728.2333.

- Athens

- Tonight

Gaetan Tremblay, professor of sociology at the University of Quebec, will talk about francophone research in the cultural and the media industries at the French Institute tonight. Starts at 7 p.m.

French Institute,

31 Sina, Kolonaki,

tel 210.339.8600.

- Thessaloniki

- Tonight

Dandi Sideri-Speck, who has translated Greek poems into German, will read poetry in Greek and German along with Thessaloniki-based poets at the Goethe Institute in Thessaloniki tonight. The event will start at 8.30 p.m. and admission is free.

Goethe Institute,

66 Vas. Olgas,

tel 2310.889.610.