“Vamma del Sol”: High Quality Organic Cigars Made in Pella, Greece
by Kelly Fanarioti If you think that you can find excellent quality tobacco products only in Cuba, you are mistaken. And that’s because for some years now a family enterprise situated in Kria...
View ArticleYouth Leader and SLAA Founder James Pristouris Charts the Course
Brooklyn Native James Pristouris is an athletic coach who is committed to youth development through the emphasis of good sportsmanship and teamwork. But he is more than that. He is an athletic leader,...
View ArticleHABA Honors Nicolas Bornozis, President & Founder of Capital Link
The Hellenic American Association for Professionals in Finance (HABA), recenty honored Nicolas Bornozis, Founder, President & CEO of Capital Link, Inc. as Executive of the Year in celebration of...
View ArticleA Legacy to be Proud of – How Heritage Museum of Epirus Keeps Tradition Alive
by Marie Lolis Nestled in the heart of Astoria, Queens, the one of a kind Heritage Museum of Epirus hopes to keep tradition and history alive for future generations to appreciate and embrace. The newly...
View ArticleOver 40 US Foreign Policymakers at the 38th Annual PSEKA Conference
The most consequential foreign policy makers in the United States Congress from both parties participated in the 38th Annual Cyprus and Hellenic Leadership Conference, held earlier this summer as over...
View ArticleChris Moschovitis: Guarding the Digital Frontier
We are living in the digital age. We have been for over 40 odd years. Almost every function of living, almost every transaction of our lives is enabled and codified by bits of data. We tap and click...
View ArticleThe Power of a Decade: The Cypriot Young Professionals Celebrates 10 Years...
By Laura Neroulias Bisiotis (Founding President of CYP) Once upon a time, there was a group of Cypriots…who were Young…and very Professional. Yet, there was nowhere for them to go, unite, exchange...
View ArticleGreek-American Memoirists
MNEMOSYNI’S MUSINGS… Maria A. Karamitsos You’ve heard of Mnemosyni, the Greek goddess of memory. Mythology buffs will know that she’s also the goddess of storytelling—and mother of the Muses! So, it’s...
View ArticleKEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE
by Dimitri C. Michalakis I remember going to a dinner several years ago with a group of very young and very bright Greek Americans who were going to the best schools and already had the connections to...
View ArticleZambawango: Α low-carb bakery is changing the dessert landscape in the USA
by Kelly Fanarioti As obesity, diabetes and pre-diabetes have become part of the daily life of more and more people in the United States, a Greek-American from Hydra island, George Coundouriotis, has...
View ArticleGreek Food Stealing the Hearts of Locals in the Adirondacks
by Elena Kefalogianni Every place has its own culinary treasures, a lesson chef, Evangelos Karagiannopoulos learned early in life. Unlike the common belief that “Greek food” is similar across the...
View ArticleThe Ahepa Delphi Chapter 25 Supports The Icarus Assistance Organization and...
Throughout its 100-year history the Manhattan chapter of AHEPA, the Delphi Chapter No. 25, has had a vital role in serving the Greek community both here and abroad. AHEPA was founded on the Ancient...
View ArticleThird Annual NHS Heritage Greece Program Fundraiser in NY
The New York Heritage Greece Initiative Committee of the National Hellenic Society is organizing its 3rd consecutive annual fundraiser on Friday, November 10 2023, 6:30 p.m., at the Strathmore...
View ArticleFull Circle: Indie Film Reconnects a Filmmaker with His Former Teacher-Turned...
Sometimes we never know the impact we have on others. But when a former high school teacher, now Author and Screenwriter Patricia V. Davis, reconnected with a student, she learned that she ignited a...
View ArticleThe Hellenic Initiative’s 11th Annual Gala to Honor Ted Leonsis
The Hellenic Initiative (THI), the largest global non-profit uniting the Greek Diaspora – with supporters in over 47 countries – will host its 11th Annual Gala on Saturday, December 2, 2023, in New...
View ArticleTHE DARK DAY OF THE DISTOMO MASSACRE BY THE NAZIS
About 100 miles roughly northwest of Athens lies the town of Distomo. Nestled in the foothills of the Mount Helicon, in western Boiotia, the town of roughly 3,000 resembles many of its bucolic sister...
View ArticleSeptemvriana: A Night of Terror for Greeks in Constantinople
by Marie Lolis Mike Katsantonis’ office is typical. His desk piled high with papers and on the floor a “We love you Pappou!” poster board from his grandchildren. Yet hanging among the family photos is...
View Article“JUST BECAUSE,” SAYS MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY ABOUT HIS NEW CHILDREN’S BOOK
We’d like to thank Markos Papadatos for getting this exclusive with Matthew McConaughey and making this a special Greek-American anniversary for us: our 18th anniversary as a magazine not just for...
View ArticleOXI Day in …Italy!
Demetrios Rhompotis Salute amici! This year I will be in Italy in time for the OXI Day, which is nothing important there, they probably have no idea about the anniversary. And who in his right mind...
View ArticleThe FAITH Endowment Awards 168 Academic Scholarships to Top Greek American...
In its nineteenth year championing education and empowering young Greek American leaders, FAITH awarded 96 FAITH Scholarships for Academic Excellence to top graduating high school seniors and 72 FAITH...
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