On May 11, 2013, the 22nd annual Hellenic Times Scholarship Fund (HTSF) GALA was held at the Marriott Marquis in New York City, awarding 36 scholarships to raise the total over its 22 years to more than $2 million. The event commenced with a video telecast that featured such previous honorees as Ernie Anastos, Bob [...]
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Angelopoulos: Greeks Can Repeat the 2004 Miracle
Greeks can repeat the “miracle of 2004” and deserve a much better fate, said Gianna Angelopoulos, during the presentation of her book, My Greek Drama, in an event organized in the cultural hall of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Manhattan on May 17. Talking about her book which will soon be released in [...]
Galis is the Michael Jordan of Greece
On May 14, the New York Times dedicated a 1,244-word dithyrambic tribute to Nick Galis, the legendary basketball player who “changed the face of basketball in Greece.” The American newspaper calls Galis the “Michael Jordan of Greece,” and reminds that Galis led the Greek national basketball team to the EuroBasket 1987 gold medal. Galis scored [...]
Lambesis Charged With Wife Murder Plot
The lead singer of the heavy metal band As I Lay Dying, Tim Lambesis, has been charged with plotting to kill his wife, but no motive was given. Authorities said that the Christian heavy metal vocalist of Greek descent had hired a professional hit man to murder his estranged wife, but the supposed killer was [...]
Paulina Jayne Knows Country Music
Rising Greek-American country singer Paulina Jayne has received four nominations for the Detroit Music Awards, including in the top categories and said he’s excited and hoping to win. In an interview with New York journalist Markos Papadatos about being considered for outstanding vocalist/band, songwriter, song and People’s Choice Song, she said,” “That was so cool [...]
Lloyd and Farantouri Dazzle In Met Concert
A concert by famed Greek singer Maria Farantouri and jazz musician Charles Lloyd took place in a unique atmosphere at the Temple, in the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, New York. Farantouri sung Happy Birthday for Lloyd’s 75th. The tenor saxophone titan spoke on stage with admiration about Greece, the Parthenon, Herodion and the country’s [...]
AHI Holds Annual Awards
The annual awards’ ceremony of the American Hellenic Institute was held in Washington. Four personalities of the Greek Diaspora, involved in American political life were honored this year for their contribution to the promotion of issues related to Greece, Cyprus and Hellenism worldwide. With 39 full years in the struggle for the defense of human [...]
Papandreou’s NY Digs: Move Over, Lady Gaga
While a fifth of Greeks have been pushed into poverty by austerity measures he imposed on the orders of international lenders, former Prime Minister George Papandreou will live in a luxury apartment in Manhattan, courtesy of the Ivy League school Columbia University, which is going to also pay him $30,000 to give seven lectures. His [...]
Manhattan Pays Tribute to Markopoulos
Hellenic Public Radio-COSMOS FM, sponsored by the Greek American Educational Public Information System (GAEPIS,) as part of celebrating its 25 consecutive years of public service and broadcasting in the New York metropolitan and tri-state areas, will bestow the award in a ceremony on Jan. 26 at a special event which is to be held at [...]
Jimi Hendrix’s Guitar Idol: Manolis Hiotis
The late Jimi Hendrix has often been named the world’s greatest guitarist, an elite acknowledgment given the stiff competition. But when asked by American reporters who his choice was, he surprised them by saying, “You believe I’m the best because you have not listened to Greek Manolis Hiotis playing his bouzouki.” Hendrix first met Hiotis [...]
Actor John Stamos Presents His Beloved Santorini
The famous Greek American actor John Stamos, now starring in Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, told his fans in an interview with Vanity Fair magazine that his father’s native Greek island of Santorini is never far from his mind and that he loves visiting. Stamos said that he loves Santorini so much that he wishes, [...]
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