Hey World, how are you holding up? Are you OK? Just checking in…
by Penny Gallis Here we are a year later, celebrating a second Easter during this pandemic. We’ve come a long way…haven’t we? Although signs of Easter traditions, springtime, the careful reopening of...
View ArticleVenizelos Foundation USA Launched Operations
John Manos, President and founding member of the“Venizelos Foundation USA” The Venizelos Foundation, USA recently launched its operations in the United States to honor Greek Statesman Eleftherios...
View Article2021 FAITH Scholarship for Academic Excellence Application Now Available
“FAITH: An Endowment for Orthodoxy and Hellenism” announced that the 2021 FAITH Scholarship for Academic Excellence application is available to download at thefaithendowment.org/scholarships. Eligible...
View ArticleAcademy Award Winner George Chakiris’ New Book “My West Side Story: A Memoir”
by Markos Papadatos Academy Award winner George Chakiris (“West Side Story”) chatted about his illustrious career in the entertainment business, and his highly-anticipated new book “My West Side Story:...
View ArticleCalamos Investments Expands Chicago Presence with New Office at Fulton East...
Calamos Investments, a leading global asset manager, has signed a multiyear lease for the top floors of Fulton East, an innovative new building at 215 N. Peoria Street, situated in Chicago’s vibrant...
View ArticleSTEFANIE G. ROUMELIOTES AND THE ART OF FUNDING AND PROMOTING POLITICAL...
A fundraising and strategic dynamo behind the campaigns of among others California Governor Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis, San Francisco Mayor London Breed and the national...
View ArticleWho Speaks for the Diaspora Greeks?
Alexander Billinis Greeks are a very individualistic lot. We often quarrel, and tend not to like others speaking for us. Having said that, for centuries Greeks have had to create organizations to...
View ArticleTURKEY’S DISINGENUOUS CHARM OFFENSIVE
by Endy Zemenides The Republic of Turkey’s new Ambassador to the United States, Hasan Murat Mercan, is treating his U.S. hosts to a charm offensive. Travels around the country, pleasant encounters,...
View ArticleFriends, we need your help!
Demetrios Rhompotis I hope this message get to you before you go to Greece and Cyprus and you spend all your money, bringing back beautiful memories and credit card bills that will remind you of your...
View ArticleKEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE
by Dimitri C. Michalakis When we started this magazine over a dozen years ago we wanted to connect the various generations of Greeks, and the various regions of Greek America to each other, and be a...
View ArticleNational Marine Park of Alonissos: a Modern Dive into Antiquity
by Anastasia Kaliabakos The Titanic. The RMS Lusitania. The USS Arizona. All of these are famous ships tragically destroyed, their debris and broken parts submerged at the bottom of the ocean....
View ArticleOleosophia: Love & Tradition Align with the Wisdom of Nature to Bring...
by Maria A. Karamitsos When Marianna Devetzoglou met her husband George Manginas, it was a match made in an olive grove. Born in Athens to an entrepreneurial family, Marianna studied physics and worked...
View ArticleBringing the Simplicity of Greek Cuisine to South Florida with Award-Winning...
Estiatorio Ornos Transports Guests to the Greek Islands with Warm Hospitality, Approachable Environment and South Florida’s First Fish Sommelier by Laura Neroulias Laura Neroulias Not traveling to...
View ArticleAlexander’s Cigar Lounge: A delightful experience in the heart of Athens
The executives of the historical Grande Bretagne hotel talk to NEO about this affordable luxury by Kelly Fanarioti Entering the Grande Bretagne Hotel, which is still the acknowledged queen of Athens...
View ArticleTurkey: 86-year-old Greek Man Murdered; Court Rules against ‘Hate Crime’
by Uzay Bulut* The case concerning the brutal murder of an 86-year-old Greek Christian citizen of Turkey in 2019 has finally concluded. The court ruled against it being considered a hate crime. It also...
View ArticleSchmemann for Our Time: Christ, The Crisis of Our Age
by Fr. Alexis Vinogradov* Each year since his death in 1983, Father Alexander Schmemann’s legacy is evoked through an established annual lecture in his name at St. Vladimir’s, the theological seminary...
View ArticleThe Hellenic Initiative Joins Athens Anti-Graffiti Campaign
The Athens Partnership (AP) has worked with the Athens municipality to bring palpable, positive change to the city’s environs in recent years and now. The Hellenic Initiative (THI) is donating kick-off...
View ArticleAnnual Blue Dream Summer Gala
On August 28, 2021, the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons, NY will host its 10th annual Blue Dream Summer Gala. Each year, the host committee selects deserving...
View ArticleReflections on 20 Years of Editing the Washington Monthly
by Paul Glastris One morning 20 years ago, while my wife Kukula and I were getting our kids ready for school, I got a call from a colleague at the Washington Monthly saying that our offices were...
View ArticleThe Washington Monthly Announces Winners of its 2021 Kukula Award in...
The Washington Monthly magazine announced the two winners of its 2021 Kukula Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Book Reviewing—the only journalism prize dedicated to highlighting and encouraging...
View Article