Pyx Lax, probably the most famous Greek Rock band, rocked a sold out Terminal 5 in New York City. It is estimated that 2,500 fans attended the concert. Roy Orbit, a Greek band from Brooklyn opened the concert, followed by the Greek/Armenian band Viza from Los Angeles. Pyx Lax came on stage approximately at 9:30pm and played [...]
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‘Lifting The Soul Upwards With Cretan Poets Kazantzakis And Prevelakis’ Lecture To Be Presented in Astoria
A lecture will be given in Astoria on the 11th of March titled ‘Lifting The Soul Upwards With Cretan Poets Kazantzakis And Prevelakis’. The main speaker of the event will be Dr. Chrysa Damianaki, Professor of Art History, (Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione dell’Università di Lecce) in Italy. Chrysa Damianaki of Cretan Origin will visit [...]
New York Comic Con 2011 and the Greeks
The New York Comic Con opened this year at the Javits Center from Oct 13-16. Compared to last year, there was an additional day added to the excitement of all comic and anime enthusiasts. This year, hardcore attendees had really step up their creative ideas for their self made costumes, ranging from Wonder Woman to [...]
What Greece really needs from us right now
By Gregory Pappas An article I read on CNN.com prompted me to take stylus to iPad and begin writing this commentary. The article talked about Greek Americans to the rescue– organizing to help the homeland in her time of need. The headline was intriguing enough to warrant a click through from my Facebook newsfeed. Unfortunately, [...]
Greek Flavor at the New York Comic Con 2010
New York Comic Con is always one of the most fun events for Comic lovers. Lots of guest dressed up in the most imaginary costumes, from common superman to X-men to other animation characters. Many costumes were self-made and very impressive. This year the conference had a Greek flavor. Greek entrepreneurs Paris Kasidokostas Latsis and [...]
A New Sound Was Born in Bay Ridge by “Republic Of Apes”
In a packed venue in watergrill bar in Bay Ridge, NY a new band named Republic Of Apes had their first gig this week. There are 6 members in the band, two of them Greek Americans S.C. Xenakis (vocals) Anastasio Theodorakopoulos (bass). Other band members are Andrew Doyle, Lex Doyle in flute, Michael Bordino in [...]
Greek Independence Day Parade in New York City
Like every year Greeks take over one of the city’s most famous spots, Fifth Avenue, to celebrate Greek Independence Day. The date of the anniversary is March 25 but the parade every year takes place on a different day. The Greek government was represented by deputy minister of Foreign Affairs, Spyros Kouvelis and members of [...]
Hermes Expo International April 24-25 in Atlantic City
With a main target of strengthening trade relations between the United States and Greece “Hermes Expo International” will be hosting the 19th exhibition during the weekend of 24-25 of April in Atlantic City. Greek National Tourism Organization (EOT) will be joining the exhibition along with the District of Kavala, the Municipalities of Thessaloniki, Patra and [...]
Congressman Gus Bilirakis voted against the new government health plan
Greek American congressman Gus Bilirakis sent a report that explains the reasons of which he voted against the new government health plan. The Republican congressman commented “Today the House of Representatives lost a chance in shaping the health system in a logical and fair way. Instead of taking new measures that will lower the cost [...]
George Tselos: “Memories Guardian” on Ellis Island
He walks slowly through the corridors filled with nostalgia and tears. On the surrounding walls black & white photographs are telling the stories of immigrants. Once upon a time, this place was the final stop before the dream began. Ellis Island sealed their future in America. Today, George Tselos (foto) is keeping those memories safe. [...]
Duff is back and …”Loaded”
I was at the Blender Theater at Gramercy in New York on Tuesday night, where Duff McKagan who many of you know from Guns n’ Roses and the youngsters from Velvet Revolver gave an amazing performance with his new band “Loaded”. Duff was really loaded with surprises and a very entertaining night along with his [...]
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