Real Estate Developer Jim Pappas Passes at 70
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Real estate developer James “Jim” A. Pappas passed away at age 70 in West Palm Beach on August 1, the Palm Beach Daily News reported. After years of real estate development...
View ArticleArchons to Present Gov. Cuomo with Athenagoras Award
NEW YORK – The Order of St. Andrew, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate will present this year’s Athenagoras Human Rights Award to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo at this year’s banquet in New York...
View ArticleScholarship Brings Republic of Georgia Greek Orthodox Youth to Camp
CHICAGO — Over 500 young people from throughout the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago’s six states of Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Indiana traveled to Kansasville, WI to enjoy...
View ArticleGreek Served Hillary in Diner: She’s “Nice and Intelligent” but “We Need a...
HARRISBURG, PA – A server at the Capitol Diner in Harrisburg, PA, identified as a Greek-American named Athena, told New York Times reporter Robert Draper on July 27, the day before Hillary Clinton was...
View ArticleNHM Unveils Interactive Book as Part of Olympic Games Exhibit
CHICAGO, IL— The National Hellenic Museum (NHM) unveiled a new interactive book on August 9 offering visitors a unique view of the Olympic Games from ancient times to the modern revival. The new...
View ArticleNew York Euripides Summer Festival Presents Cyclops
The New York Euripides Summer Festival (NYESF) presented Cyclops, a satyr play by Euripides, produced by the American Thymele Theatre (ATT) at three venues this year. The show premiered at the East...
View ArticleWeek One in Rio: Greek-American Wins Olympic Silver
The first week of the Rio Olympics has had its share of ups and downs for Greek and Greek-American athletes, but the silver medal won by Greek-American Alexander Massialas was a high note. One of the...
View ArticleWith Astoria Cove on Hold, Alma Turns to Long Island City
LONG ISLAND CITY – Developer Alma Realty Corp. recently put its plans for the Astoria Cove project on hold, but having secured a $34.2 million loan from Deutsche Bank, the company has embarked on a...
View ArticleToronto’s Danforth Street Greek Megafest Draws More Than 1.6M
TORONTO – The 23rd annual Taste of the Danforth Festival, held from August 5th to August 7 along Danforth Avenue in Toronto, exceeded all expectations in terms of attendance, with over 1.6 million...
View ArticleIn Tarpon Springs, the Only “Problem” is Where to Greek Dance
TARPON SPRINGS, FL – In most parts of the country (New York, Chicago, Boston, and other large American cities are notably excluded), Greek-Americans are hard-pressed to find even one place to Greek...
View ArticleArianna Stassinopoulos Huffington Leaving The Huffington Post
NEW YORK — The Huffington Post is going to be without a Huffington. Arianna Huffington says she is stepping down as editor-in-chief to focus on a new health startup. She founded The Huffington Post in...
View ArticleNiarchos Foundation Extends SNFCC Public Access and Programming
With the desire to keep the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), in constant dialogue with the public until its official delivery to the State, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)...
View ArticleAuthorities Padlock Euro Market in Astoria
NEW YORK– The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (NYSDTF) put a padlock on the Greek supermarket Euro Market in Astoria for non-payment of New York State sales taxes. The order to close...
View ArticleDemetrios Reports of Rapid Advancement in Rebuilding St. Nicholas at Ground Zero
NEW YORK – “It has come a long way,” Archbishop Geron Demetrios of America told The National Herald about the rebuilding of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan. But...
View ArticleHelen Unaris, Devoted New Britain, CT Parishioner, 91
New Britan, CT – Helen (Papadoupoulis) Unaris, 91, of Southington passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, at home, surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late Arthur Unaris, who was...
View ArticleAt Meraki, Idaho Potatoes are Papates Tiganites
BOISE, ID – Idaho is known for its potatoes, but the patates tiganites (French fries, to Americans) served inside the gyros made at Meraki Greek Street Food in Boise is an unmistakably Greek tradition,...
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Tarpon’s Vast Greek Community’s Pre-Panagias Celebration
TARPON SPRINGS, FL – On August 13, two days before the Feast of Panagias (Assumption of the Virgin Mary), the sprawling Greek community of Tarpon Springs, FL, the city with the highest Greek population...
View ArticleGreg Massialas Talks of Son’s Two Olympic Fencing Medals
RIO DE JANIERO, BRAZIL – Greg Massialas, father and coach of his son, Alexander, jubilantly described his son’s two-medal performance in the 2016 Olympics in Rio De Janiero, Brazil. Alexander won a...
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Kimisis tis Theotokou Celebrated
NEW YORK— The Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption- Kimisis tis Theotokou of Port Jefferson, NY celebrated the name day of the church on August 15. The festivities began on Sunday morning with the...
View ArticleA Historic Walk Down Greek-American Lane in Lowell
LOWELL, MA – Former Massachusetts State Senator Steve Panagiotakos, on a recent walk in the old Greek-American neighborhood of Acre in Lowell, and told the story of the vibrant life his fellow Greeks...
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