The Greek-American Elios Society is organizing the 8th Hellenic Charity Ball to be held on November 12, 2011 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Fransisco. Singer Anna Vissi, director and actor Nick Cassavetes, rocker and Broadway star Constantine Maroulis and entertainer Louie Gundunas are among the 2011 honorees of this year’s glamorous Greek-American show business [...]
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“Diva” Teaches Lessons, Reminds Women They are Strong
BOOK REVIEW We all make mistakes; we’re only human. Sometimes we make the same mistakes over and over. Fortunately, it is possible to learn from others’ mistakes, and that’s what is presented in The Diva Doctrine: 16 Universal Principles Every Women Needs to Know, by Patricia Volonakis Davis. The book will be released next month. [...]
Award-winning Author Patricia Volonakis Davis Takes Helm at Harper Davis Publishers
Patricia Volonakis Davis, award-winning author and the editor-in-chief of the online publication Harlots’ Sauce Radio, is a talented wordsmith and an inspiration to aspiring writers around the world. She decided that 2011 would be her “year to be daring,” and thus, has embarked on a brand new adventure – president of Harper Davis Publishers. The [...]
Rembetiko Takes Over San Francisco!
In San Francisco, Greek choreographer John Antoniou brings to fruition the “Rembetiko”. This is something he has been working on for years in Germany and has now along with the Kunst-Stoff team, brought to America’s west coast. Along with Antoniou, the team will be conducter Minos Matsas, singer Katerina Klabaneva, and Leonidas Hassapides who is a [...]
Hilary Clinton Defends Greece on the FYROM Name Issue
The Obama administration in Washington D.C. is pushing the Skopian Republic to accept the predominant name for the country which is “Vardaska Makedonija”. However the United Nations official proposal of “Northern Makedonia” remains on the table. Secretary of Foreign Affairs Hilary Clinton was very clear about the intentions of the Obama government at a recent U.S. – E.E. meeting [...]
Greek Duo Sells Innovative Touch Screen App. to Google
“With excitement we announce that Blind Type was acquired by Google! We want to thank you all for your tremendous support and positive response.” This brief statement was posted on the website of the Blind Type company by its founders. Kostas Eleftheriou and Panos Petropoulos. The two men are cousins from Greece who created their fortune [...]
Coming-of-Age Story Set During Greece’s Military Junta
It was the early 1970s – the “Age of Aquarius”; Americans were still fighting in Vietnam and Greece was being governed by an oppressive military regime. And Dena Kouremetis was sent to Greece for a college year abroad. She shares this experience in Athens in the coming-of-age story, “Climbing St. Friday,” a new eBook released [...]
Greek Bulgari Store Grand Opening in San Franicsco
A city buzz for months, the evening finally arrived on Tuesday March 2 for the grand opening of the fabulous Bulgari store in Union Square. Six hundred guests meandered around the new three story Bulgari boutique, sipping cocktails and admiring the bold and colorful Bulgari wares. At 13,000 square feet, the Bulgari SF boutique is [...]
2009 Hellenic Charity Ball in San Francisco
On November 7th, The Elios Society, a non profit organization based in Northern California honors George Chakiris, Michael Chiklis, Nicholas Gage and Marilu Henner at the Hellenic Charity Ball. The event will take place at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. Kalomoira, a Greek-American pop singer will also receive “The Elios Spotlight Award”. Maria Menounos [...]
Congressman Billirakis Visits California
Last week, the American Hellenic Council organized a meeting with visiting Greek-American Republican Congressman from the 9th District of Florida Gus Bilirakis. The event was courtesy of George and Bettina Kallins and was held at the Capri Laguna Inn Hotel in Laguna Beach, CA. Mr. Bilirakis was visiting Southern California as part of a 2010 [...]
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 [...]
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