Imam Baildi is the first young Greek band that has managed to bring Greek music from the 40s, 50s and 60s to an audience around the world. Their music is based on remixing songs by legendary composers and singers, as well as combining them with new sounds and production techniques to make them contemporary. As [...]
Archive | The South RSS feed for this section
Evrytanian Association of America “Velouchi” in Support of Greece
Karpenissi, Greece will be the host city for the 71st Convention of the Evrytanian Association of America “Velouchi” to take place in 2015. The Convention will be like a pilgrimage across the Greek Prefecture of Karpenissi and the numerous works that have been done there with the financial support offered by the Greek Diaspora of [...]
Nia Tavlarides Stratos Art Exhibition at Hylton Performing Arts Center
Nia Tavlarides Stratos latest art exhibition will be presented at the Hylton Performing Arts Center at George Mason University from Sunday, March 4 - Sunday, May 6. From the Artist: “I always paint with my imagination. I am never quite sure when I begin a painting how it will end. People often ask me when I know [...]
SxSW: Interactive, Film & Music Highlights
It has been a busy week in Austin, Texas. The SxSW Interactive, Film& Music conferences are finally over… with over 10,000 artists performing and God only knows how many registrants. The 2012 edition, as probably been one of the most successful conferences of the last years. As fun as it was it was, it was [...]
Greek Shipping Company Admits to Pollution Charges
Piraeus, Greece, headquartered Ilios Greek Shipping Company S.A. has pleaded guilty before the New Orleans federal court for trying to cover up illegal discharges of oil waste into the sea. According to prosecutors, crew members of the Agios Emilianos, a 738-foot cargo ship that carried grain from New Orleans to ports across the world, have [...]
Sellout Artists Promote Greece with…Placemats and Disposable Cups
“Live Your Myth in Greece” is the slogan we hear all across New York City and Athens, Greece. Whether it is on the subway or bus stops they are everywhere. Now you can see this wonderful slogan while waiting for your cheeseburger deluxe at your local diner in New York City or anywhere in the [...]
48th Annual Greek Festival of Corpus Christi Begins
The 48th annual Greek Festival at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Texas is opening its gates to the crowds today with tasty Greek food treats and pastries, a wide variety of Greek wine and beer, a bazaar, lots of ethnic dance performances and live music by the band Hellenic Keys. The tradition of the [...]
‘Taste of Greece’ Festival in Arizona
The 24th annual “Taste of Greece” festival hosted by St. Haralambos Greek Orthodox Church, 7950 W. Pinnacle Peak Road in Peoria began on Friday and continues until Sunday. Mediterranean cuisine will be served including souvlaki, moussaka, pastitsio, gyros, kalamari, roast lamb, salads, cheeses, and bread. Desserts will include loukoumades (honey-dipped doughnut holes made fresh as [...]
Alternative Version of Homeric Tales at Johnston School in Carolina
A parody of two Homeric tales will be told on the Johnston High School stage this weekend. The drama department will present “The Iliad, The Odyssey, and All of Greek Mythology, in 99 Minutes or Less,” Thursday through Saturday. The production is truly hilarious. It is very fast-paced and full of jokes that appeal to [...]
Local Theater Troupe in Texas Brings Greek Mythology to Life
Theater can be a powerful teaching tool. One woman from Austin, Texas is bringing theater to many schools to bring Greek Mythology to life. Judy Matetzschk-Cambell is the founder and Artistic Director of Pollyanna Theater Company. Julie Linnard is a principal actor in the company. They joined the KVUE virtual channel in the studio Tuesday [...]
Constantine Maroulis to Perform at Dallas Greek Food Fest
The Greek Food Fest of Dallas, in support of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, will take place September 23-25. Billed as “one of the country’s largest, longest running, and most authentic celebrations of all things Greek,” this is the festival’s 55th year. The festival will open on Friday with OPA Hour in which visitors will [...]
Three More Greek- Americans Elected in Local Elections
Greek-Americans are participating very actively in the United States political arena. Republican Olympia Snowe is the only member of the Senate who is of Greek origin and Democrat Shelley Berkeley is the only Greek-born woman in the US House of Representatives. Now three young Greeks have been elected to important local level positions this term. Aravella [...]
-
05 / 18 Hellenic Times Scholarship Fund Turns 22
-
05 / 17 Ieronymos Honors Boston Marathon Bomb Victims
-
05 / 17 Angelopoulos: Greeks Can Repeat the 2004 Miracle
-
05 / 16 N.Y. Atlas Soccer Marks 67th Year
-
05 / 16 Unemployed Greeks Have Chance to Work in US
-
02 / 11 Exclusive: Hillary Clinton Will Run for President in 2016 – Confirmed
-
07 / 23 St. Nicholas of Manhattan in Ruins while Mosque Rises
-
08 / 12 John Thomas Financial CEO Thomas Belesis Is Optimistic @FoxBusiness
-
12 / 03 Epirotes Abroad Blast Berisha’s “Greater Albania”
-
10 / 23 Mitt Romney, Greece is Not a Punching Bag
Culture Shock
- Sellout Artists Promote Greece with…Placemats and Disposable Cups Tanya Soumbasakis
- Cultures in crisis Anna Maria Delinasiou
- Two ways to be Greek? Anna Maria Delinasiou
Special Reports
