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Opa Disneyland California!

The Disneyland Resort in California will be hosting Opa! A Celebration of Greece, from May 25 to 27. It is the first time such an event has taken place in Disneyland and it will offer a series of authentic Greek experiences addressed to both children and adults. Mickey Mouse will be dressed in traditional “fustanella” [...]

Concert Exploring Greek Immigrants’ Journey to America

The Cultural Center of the City of Tarpon Springs in Florida will present the story of how many Greek Americans reached America’s shores at the concert entitled Xenitia: Journey Songs of the Greek Diaspora. This story has been told many times and passed down from generations. The showcase is a series of public programs that [...]

Despina Siolas Awarded Hermes Expo Honor

Dr Despina Siolas, MD/PhD of Bayside and Mattituck, New York was honored at the 2013 Hermes Expo Dinner on April 13. Stella Kokolis,,President of the Federation of Hellenic American Educators and Vasiliki Filiotis, President of Prometheus Greek Teachers Association presented her with the Aien AristeveinAward.  “Ever To Excel” is a phrase delivered from the sixth [...]

Ambassador Nicholas Burns

BC Hellenic Alumni Network Presents An Evening with Former Ambassador Nicholas Burns

The Boston College Hellenic Alumni Network and the undergraduate Hellenic Society will present an evening with former Ambassador Nicholas Burns ’78 on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the BC Cadigan Alumni Center on the Brighton Campus. The event will focus on foreign policy challenges for the United States: The Crisis in Greece, [...]

Rita Wilson Performing in NYC Through April 20

As her husband Tom Hanks performs on Broadway in “Lucky Man,” Rita Wilson is taking the stage to sing songs from her album AM/FM at New York City nightclub 54 Below, with performances through April 20. The actress, and “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” and “Mamma Mia!” producer, released her debut solo album in 2012. [...]

No Greeks Hurt In Boston Marathon Bombings

The Greek Embassy in Washington, D.C. said it was in contact with U.S. officials in the aftermath of the twin bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15 that killed three and injured 144, but it appears no Greeks were among the victims. “For the moment, there is no official information [...]

San Francisco Turned Blue and White for Greek Parade

On Sunday, April 7, Downtown San Francisco, Market Street and the Civic Center Plaza were dressed in blue and white colors as the Greek Communities of Northern California from Modesto to Sacramento and up to Marin County and Napa Valley held the annual Greek Cultural Parade on the occasion of the 192nd anniversary of Greek [...]

CYPRECO Presents Neolithic Khirokitia Settlement

The history and culture of the Neolithic settlement of Khirokitia, one of the most important prehistoric sites of Cyprus and of the eastern Mediterranean was revived on March 8, during a screening of an original documentary by filmmaker Elena Maroulleti at the Stathakion Cultural Center in Astoria, NY. Organized by CYPRECO of America from its [...]

N.Y’s Greeks Mark Independence Day

It’s a little delayed from March 25, but Greek Independence Day will be celebrated in New York on April  7 with a traditional parade, for which many in the community have been preparing floats and costumes for months. Scores of thousands of people of every age, hundreds of Greek institutions (schools, federations, communities, associations, student [...]

American Hellenic Council Awards with Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, Rep. Gus Bilirakis and Thanasis Maskaleris

Bilirakis, Maskaleris, Angelopoulos-Daskalaki Honored by AHC

The American Hellenic Council (AHC) honored three distinguished Greek individuals for their service to Hellenism and their respective professional fields. During the AHC Gala and awards ceremony Professor, Author & Poet Thanasis Maskaleris received the Theodore Saloutos Award, Congressman Gus Bilirakis was honored with the Pericles Award in Politics and Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic, [...]

Commemorating the Strong Bond of Greek & African-American Communities

By Maria Ioannides - On Wednesday, March 27, 2013, the Johns Hopkins Hellenic Association and its President George Petrocheilos hosted a reception honoring the strong relationship between Greeks and African Americans. The event, which took place at Baltimore’s famed Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History & Culture, aimed in raising awareness of the existing [...]

Getty Museum Will Host Greek Art

Greek bronze artworks will be shown at the Getty Museum in California in 2015 as part of a promotion to showcase Greece through a series of events in the American museum, such as banquets and lectures by Greek Byzantinologists as part of the exhibit Heaven and Earth. The Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections was [...]