The City of Tarpon Springs will open a new permanent exhibition at the Heritage Museum, The Greek Community of Tarpon Springs, on Thursday, February 25, from 6 to 9pm. Greek Consul General Antonios Sgouropoulos will say a few words at the opening ceremonies. The General Consul holds degrees in Political Science, Law and Literature from [...]
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Florida Folk Heritage Award honors Tarpon Greek sponge diver
The Tarpon Springs Department of Cultural and Civic Services recently announced that Anastasios “Taso” Karistinos was the recipient of a 2010 Florida Folk Heritage Award for excellence as a sponge diver and sponge boat captain. Secretary of State Kurt S. Browning announced the winners on March 24 in Tallahassee, honoring Karistinos and other Floridians who [...]
Aristotle University to honor Professor G. Sfakianakis
Radiology and Pediatrics Professor and Director of Nuclear Medicine at the Miller Medical School at the University of Miami, George Sfakianakis, will be named Honorary Professor of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki during a special event to be held on April 14th at the Aristotle University. Professor Sfakianakis, born in Athens in 1938, studied at [...]
Tarpon Springs: Learn Greek bouzouki at workshop
Georgos Soffos (foto) is widely considered the best bouzouki player born outside of Greece. His repertoire includes folk genres such as rembetika, nisiotika and other regional styles, as well as popular and classical Greek works. Since he was 17, Soffos has entertained audiences in Greek night clubs and large venues throughout the world. When top [...]
Tarpon Springs to host daytime maritime festival, night fun Saturday
Men who live by and love the sea will share their lore and more as a new festival showcases not only the seafaring culture of Tarpon Springs but that of other Gulf Coast communities like Cortez, Cedar Key and Apalachicola. The Gulf Maritime Festival, presented by the city of Tarpon Springs, will be held from [...]
City of Miami Now Has a Greek Monument!
The Statue of Liberty in New York finally met her mate, ‘The Union of the World’ in Miami, making these the two most significant symbols of freedom and peace in America. The monument was created by Gines Serran and was sponsored by Greek-American Real estate legend Evangeline Goulettas.
Largest Bronze Sculpture Of Greek Mythology to be Unveiled in Miami
Internationally acclaimed artist Ginés Serrán will make a grand declaration of peace when he unveils the world’s largest bronze sculpture of Classical Mythology, “The Union of the World: Monument to World Peace,” on January 23rd in Mary Brickell Village, Miami. Since Phidias and Chares created “Zeus” and the “Colossus of Rhodes” both of which were [...]
Greek airline signs code-share deal with Delta
Greek airline Olympic Air said it had signed a deal with US carrier Delta Airlines on Thursday allowing code sharing on the Athens-New York route from October 1 in a bid to boost its global reach. Olympic Air chief Antonis Simigdalas said the airline would also sign agreements with Air France-KLM, Cyprus Airways and Etihad [...]
1500 expatriate Olympic passengers “up in air”
The Union of Greek American Travel Agents (GATA) is expressing concerns over the fate of approximately 1500 Olympic Airlines passengers who have return tickets dated after September 30th, the date the airline is set to conduct its final flights. As the current situation is, the manner of return of these passengers remains unknown, after Olympic [...]
The Last Traditional Greek Boat Builder in America
As a boy on the Island of Kalymnos, Greece, George Saroukos watched his father and grandfather build boats. Over time, he learned the craft. By 18, he became a master boat builder. George Saroukos, now 61, is the only remaining builder of traditional Greek sponge diving boats in the Western Hemisphere. During the first half [...]
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