The 12th Annual Los Angeles Greek Film Festival Preview
LOS ANGELES – The 12th Annual Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF) will be held on June 6-10 at the landmark Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd. in Los Angeles. The five-day Festival celebrates...
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Short Stories, Memoir, and Poetry for Your List
Reading literature increases our empathy and offers insights into the world through the eyes of the author. Short stories, memoirs, and poetry can often express what would remain silent otherwise and...
View ArticleGreek President Congratulates first Greek Mayor in Germany
BERLIN – Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos on Monday congratulated Dimitris Axourgos, the first Greek to be elected mayor of a German city, Schwerte, in North Rhine-Westfalia. According to ANA, the...
View ArticleFrank Skartados, Respected NYS Assemblyman, Passes Away at 62
MILTON, NY – Frank K. Skartados, 62, a well-respected and popular New York State Assemblyman died on Sunday, April 15th from pancreatic cancer at St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital. He is survived by his...
View ArticleFederation of Hellenic Societies Honors James and Makropoulos at Gala (Video)
NEW YORK – The Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York held its annual fundraising event the Greek Independence Parade Gala at Terrace on the Park in Flushing on April 15. The event...
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After Andrea and Gianna Constand’s Testimony, Prosecutors Build to Conclusion...
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors are building to the conclusion of their case against Bill Cosby with investigators and a pharmaceutical expert expected to take the stand beginning Tuesday in the...
View ArticleMaria Menounos and Kevin Hart Surprised Chicagoans at the Gym
CHICAGO (BUSINESS WIRE) – Actor and comedian Kevin Hart and Greek-American TV/radio personality Maria Menounos – Health Ambassadors for Rally HealthSM – surprised hundreds of gym goers yesterday at...
View ArticleSimotas Announces Assembly Passage of Her Legislation to Fight Pay...
NEW YORK – Government employees throughout New York State would have the same rights and remedies as private employees when they suffer pay discrimination, under legislation (A2425) which passed the...
View ArticleAHEPA Rips Greek Communists for Trying to Pull Down Truman Statue
The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), the largest Greek-American organization in the United States, denounced an attack in Athens by a Communist-led mob that tried to bring...
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Review: Aeschylus’ The Persians Still Resonates Today
NEW YORK – Though Aeschylus’ The Persians premiered in the City Dinoysia of Athens in 472 BCE, but it still resonates today. The play, the only surviving one in an otherwise entirely lost trilogy which...
View ArticlePhysician Spyros Panos Arrested for Fraud, Identity Theft
NEW YORK – Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced on April 10 that Spyros Panos, a former orthopedic surgeon, who was previously convicted of...
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Trump & Stormy Daniels’ Lawyers Face-Off at Greek Restaurant
NEW YORK – Dueling lawyers Michael Cohen and Michael Avenatti had a run-in at an Upper East Side restaurant recently, sitting at with their own separate parties at the upscale Greek restaurant, Avra on...
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Greek Jewish Shabbat on May 4-5 at Kehila Kedosha Janina
NEW YORK – A very special Shabbat celebrating the Romaniote and Sephardic traditions of the Jews of Greece takes place on May 4-5at Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue and Museum, 280 Broome Street in...
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Greek Independence Day Parade History
NEW YORK – Greek Independence Day is celebrated everywhere Greeks reside, across the globe. Parades have been a part of the commemoration since the first part of the 20th century in the United States....
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Thalassa Benefit for Fordham’s Orthodox Christian Studies Center, May 15
NEW YORK – The 2018 Thalassa Benefit for the Orthodox Christian Studies Center will be held on Tuesday, May 15 at Thalassa Restaurant, 179 Franklin Street (between Greenwich and Hudson Streets) in...
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Greek Designers Present Their Work at Loot: MAD About Jewelry in NYC
NEW YORK – The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), 2 Columbus Circle in Manhattan, has once again assembled a remarkable group of artists for their annual five-day exhibition and sale of contemporary art...
View ArticleGreek-American Sam Galeotos Running for Governor of Wyoming (Video)
CHEYENNE, WY – Greek-American Sam E. Galeotos is running for governor in Wyoming. He told The National Herald that his “mother’s side of the family is from Thessaloniki” and “his father’s side of the...
View ArticleWin or Die: 72 Years Since Kyriakides Last Greek to Win Boston Marathon (Video)
At least for the first mile, and only if they looked up see a statue called The Spirit of the Marathon, runners in the Boston Marathon would unlikely know that the 50th anniversary race was won by last...
View ArticleAnnunciation Greek Heritage and Culture Festival in Manhattan, May 12
NEW YORK – The Parish Community of Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, 302 West 91st Street between West End Ave. and Riverside Drive in Manhattan hosts its annual Greek Festival on Saturday, May 12,...
View ArticleThe Music of Epirus in Boston on April 29 (Video)
BOSTON – Legendary folk musicians bring the Music of Epirus to Boston with a concert on April 29, 4-6 PM, featuring Petros Loukas Chalkias on clarinet, Kostas Tzimas on vocals, Vasilis Kostas on...
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