A Greek immigrant family has resumed a quarter-century tradition by hosting a free Thanksgiving dinner at its restaurant near Cleveland. Michael’s Family Restaurant (Michael Petrakis, and his wife Anna) in Rocky River prepared 2,500 pounds of turkey Thursday for the annual crowd that often tops 1,000 people. The Petrakis family invited regular customers, the homeless, [...]

Drexel University has broken ground for a new science building named for its late president. The $70 million Constantine Papadakis(foto) Integrated Sciences Building at 33rd and Chestnut in Philadelphia is expected to be done in spring of 2011. Drexel Provost Mark Greenberg says the university found several ways to memorialize the man who revolutionized the [...]

The literary friendship of the English writer, E.M. Forster and Greek poet Constantine Cavafy – as described in the book, “Forster – Cavafy Letters, Friends at a Slight Angle”, was presented at the Greek Consulate in Boston during a lecture by the Greek-origin professor at Suffolk University and author of the book, Dr. Peter Jeffries. [...]

A new novel by author Ioustini Gragouli-Argyri titled “For the love of others” (Psyhogios publications) was recently presented in Athens’ King George Palace Hotel. Present at the event were, from New York, her son of the book heroine, John Katsimatides, a high profile member of the Greek-American community, together with his wife Margo and their [...]