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Caterina: Last Queen of Cyprus At the United Solo Theatre Festival, New York
Christina Marouchou “Caterina: Last Queen of Cyprus” is an original stage play by Anthie Zachariadou, directed by Andreas Araouzos. It premiered in 2015 in Nicosia, Cyprus, on the beautiful terrace of...
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Porphyra, A Grecian Rock Opera Triumphs and Enthralls Audiences!
Porphyra, A Grecian Rock Opera, Anna and Vladimir: The love that ROCKED the world, thrilled audiences this past June with a historical and cultural journey into Greece’s past at Flushing Town Hall...
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Yannis Kotsiras captivates in Aktina’s Greek Music Journey 2017
On April 21st, renowned Greek star Yannis Kotsiras was hosted once again by the non-profit cultural organization AKTINA Productions, Inc., at New York’s landmark theater, The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter...
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Lavrentis Machairitsas and Giannis Zouganelis perform in Aktina’s Greek Music...
Greek legendary songwriter/singer Lavrentis Machairitsas returns to New York accompanied by Giannis Zouganelis and their distinguished musicians on Friday, November 3, 2017 at 8:30pm in a new and one...
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Greek Passport offers Visa-Free Access to 171 Countries (Including the Us)!
by Christos Iliopoulos The Visa Restrictions Index (Business Insider, UK, 29 Feb. 2016) ‘evaluates’ the strength of passports of most countries in the world. The main criterion is in how many countries...
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HOME: Where Everyone is Welcome. A book of poetry and song inspired by the...
Paul Avgerinos is a distinguished composer, musician, and producer who has performed with everyone from Isaac Stern and Charles Aznavour to Liza Minnelli and Run DMC and with ensembles around the...
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Director’s Cut: An Inside Look at the 2017 NYC Greek Film Festival
by Chris Salboudis The 11th Annual NYC Greek Film Festival is here! Opening Night at the Directors Guild of America Theatre on 57th Street and 6th Avenue was completely sold out. While the audience...
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Artopolis Bakery: A Slice of Greece in Astoria
by Chris Salboudis For the past 14 years Regina Katopodis and her team at Artopolis Bakery have been a staple for members the Greek community throughout the tri-state area and beyond. Conceived along...
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The FAITH Endowment Awards 65 Scholarships for Academic Excellence
“FAITH: An Endowment for Orthodoxy and Hellenism” is pleased to announce that 65 graduating high school seniors received the prestigious FAITH Scholarship for Academic Excellence in 2017. In its...
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Turkey’s Kristallnacht: the 1955 Pogrom against the Greeks and Other...
by Uzay Bulut* Sept. 6, 1955 started just like any other day for the Greeks, Armenians, and Jews of Istanbul—or Constantinople. ”I resided in Cengelkoy with my wife and two children back then,”...
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Nick Pashalis & Nick Tsoulos Of Manhattan’s Iconic Avra Restaurant Bring Fine...
by Chris Salboudis The launch of Avra Madison Estiatorio in the Fall of 2016 coincided nicely with the opening night of the 10th annual New York City Greek Film Festival, and the team hosted a lovely...
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The Case for Cultural Literacy
Alexander Billinis On Sunday, October 29, 2017 I had the singular pleasure of addressing members of the Hellenic Cultural Association of Salt Lake City, Utah. For a Utah Greek boy long away from his...
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“And so it’s Christmas …”
Demetrios Rhompotis It’s the time of the year when our readers express their support to this heroic project, well in its 13th year, by conveying their wishes to the community through its pages. Once...
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Thanks to the Immigrants
by Dimitri C. Michalakis My oldest daughter recently got married at a beautiful venue in Brooklyn that overlooked New York Harbor and all its fabled sights: the Statue of Liberty lit up across the...
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Peter J. Pappas in Memoriam
Peter J. Pappas, the entrepreneur and philanthropist passed away in Oyster Bay, New York on Thangsgiving Day. He was marride to Catherine Pappas whom he met at the St. Eleftherios Church, in Manhattan...
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Greek American Students Launched Inaugural Convention in Atlanta
The National Hellenic Student Association (NHSA) of North America, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, hosted their first bi-annual convention in the South in Atlanta, GA, this past October. The...
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Ekaterina Botziou: Myths & Legends of a 21st-Century Vlogger
by Chris Salboudis Ekaterina Botziou is a rising star dedicated to putting Greek culture and heritage on the map through a variety of professional and philanthropic projects and publications. Her work...
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Al Gore Visits Hurricane Harvey Victim: Houston, Texas
Two months after hurricane Harvey inundated Houston with 51 inches of rain, former Vice President Al Gore returned to a packed Rice University basketball arena to empathize with Houstonians impacted,...
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Firing up for Charity
The NYC Sergeants’ Benevolent Association (SBA), led by its President Edward Mullins, held a “Cigar Night” fundraiser at Katch, a local brewery, in Astoria, Queens. The event was spearheaded by Gus...
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George Sakellaris and Team Proteus Win the 2017 Corfu Challenge
George Sakellaris and Team Proteus were the winners of the 2017 Corfu Challenge, which ran from July 3 to 8. The event was exceptional because of the challenging sailing conditions for both the coastal...
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