Greek singing sensation Anna Vissi is coming to the United States & Canada in the spring of 2011. Currently she is rocking a sold out show every weekend at Athenon Arena with Sakis Rouvas in Athens. Please see below for tour dates. Friday, May 6th – Toronto Saturday, May 7th – Chicago Friday, May 13th – [...]
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Chicago Family Produces Vaudeville Variety Show
In 2009, Delta House Productions, led by the Diakoumis Family – Nick, Lorraine, Lindsay and Alex – created a vaudeville revival that’s fun for all ages. They return this winter with shows that are easy on the pocket book and the perfect cure for the winter blahs. They’d previously staged the shows at the historic [...]
Featured Speakers at 20th Annual Leadership 100 Conference
Ted Leonsis, one of the country’s premier business entrepreneurs, Peter Diamandis, the celebrated space pioneer, John McKesson Camp II, noted archaeologist, and Michael Psilakis, Executive Chef, are the featured speakers at the 20th Annual Leadership 100 Conference at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida, February 24-27, 2011. Leonsis, a member of Leadership 100, is the [...]
Greek Jazz Ensemble Makes Triumphant Return to Flushing Town Hall, N.Y.
Making a triumphant return to Flushing Town Hall with the Latin Jazz Coalition, which he founded in 1986, Bellerose’s own Greek jazz maestro Demetrios Kastaris led along his new Conjunto Kathari Band. He played two sets of inspiring, soulfully uplifting and spicy jazz compositions for the enjoyment of the capacity crowd. Sitting in with the [...]
Ancient Greek Sculpture Sold for $17 Million Dollars
A unique marble sculpture discovered in the Cyclades has been sold for nearly 17 million dollars at Christie’s in New York. The 44-hundred-year-old sculpture is the only one of 12 known sculptures attributed to an ancient Greek artist that has survived antiquity in perfect condition. The fact that it is the only figure to remain [...]
Aegean Team Meets with Greek Diaspora Regarding Humanitarian, Community & Environmental Efforts
With great interest, members of Greek Diaspora organizations welcomed and heard members of the Aegean Team. The Aegean Team presented humanitarian, community and environmental efforts of the organization in the remote, isolated islands of the Aegean. In Washington, D.C. and New York, five members of the organization’s Board of Directors met with leaders of Greek Diaspora organizations, [...]
Chicago Area Greek Kids Perform in Joffrey Ballet’s “The Nutcracker”
This year’s production of the Joffrey Ballet’s The Nutcracker includes two Greek-American dancers from the Chicago area. Austin Smith, 9, son of Dion and Kathy Kalesperis Smith of Chicago, will play the role of Party Boy # 3. Austin has been dancing since he was 5, and he began in the after school dance program [...]
Readers of Homer Literary Organization Hold All Night Event in NYC
The Readers of Homer is a literary organization. The Readers returned to New York for a unique all night event held at the 92nd Street Y. The organization presented the Greek cultural heritage in a unique way. It had a year of successful activities in all four corners of the world. Last Saturday from 7pm [...]
Oldest Greek Orthodox Church in Texas Celebrates 100th Anniversary!
Uprooted from their homes and having little money and few language skills, Greeks came to Fort Worth and built happy lives. A big part of their existence was St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church on the north side. Marina Katzianis, whose family came from Argos, Greece, said St. Demetrios has been an anchor for many families. “My [...]
Greek Doctors Participate at American Heart Association Conference, Chicago
A conference of the American Heart Association was held few days ago in Chicago. It is the largest cardiology conference in the world. Within the conference Dr. George Dagas who is the chairman of the Administrative Board of the World Hellenic Biomedical Association, in collaboration with Dr. Kostas Drosatos, the elected president of the same association for 2011-2012 and professor in the Medical School [...]
Ancient Greek & Greek-American Thanksgiving Traditions
Thanksgiving day is celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Traditionally it has been a time to give thanks for a bountiful harvest. We give thanks not only for our wonderful provider mother earth, but also for our ancestors having found the new world. The holiday may have been religious in origin. Thanksgiving is [...]
9th Annual “Future of Hellenism” Conference Honored John Aniston in LA
By Alex Mizan* On Saturday, November 20th , 2010 the American Hellenic Institute held its 9th Annual “Future of Hellenism” conference in at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. The conference was well attended by both members of the local Greek-American community and by active Greek-Americans who flew in from all corners of the [...]
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05 / 23 George Tsetsekos to Step Down as Dean of LeBow College
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11 / 27 Greek American Pihakis Busted by Feds for $5.8 Million
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08 / 03 George Demos Tells Fox News We Must Rebuild St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at Ground Zero
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12 / 27 Greek Orthodox Community of America Renounced Anti-Semitic Statements by Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus
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