- Stephen Faitos: Inside the World of Starbright Floral Design
- Leadership 100 Appoints New Executive Director
- AHI Announces Honorees for 52nd Anniversary Hellenic Heritage Achievement & National Public Service Awards Dinner
- Justin Hartley of ‘Tracker’ – Season 3
- AHEPA Senior Living Announces Three Senior Leadership Promotions
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NYC Based Singer / Songwriter Annamaria Crowned “Miss Greek Independence 2018”
NYC’s 2018 Greek Independence Day Parade will feature the newly crowned talent, celebrating the 197th Anniversary of Hellenic Independence, on Sunday, April 22nd, along Manhattan’s 5th Avenue. Having kicked off a phenomenal 2018, NYC based Singer/Songwriter Annamaria...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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The Federation of Cypriot American Organizations to Host 2018 National Convention
The Federation of Cypriot American Organizations (FCAO) will host its National Convention on Saturday, April 21st, 2018 at Terrace on the Park, 52-11 111th Street, Flushing Meadows Park, New York. The Keynote Speaker for this year’s convention...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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The National Hellenic Museum to hold Annual Gala
The National Hellenic Museum (NHM) will hold its Annual Gala “Connecting Generations” Saturday, May 12, at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile. The NHM Gala has always been a great opportunity for hundreds of Greek Americans and...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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Striking gold in Greece with honey – and 24-karat edible gold!
by Kelly Fanarioti The story of Yiannis Karypidis and his wife Stavroula Theodorou could be a script for a Hollywood movie. Seven years ago, because of the economic crisis, they were ready to leave Greece and emigrate...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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Does Antigone Act Alone?
By Marina Angelopoulos* For thousands of years, scholars have pondered, prodded, and attempted to unravel the grand work that is Sophocles’ Antigone. Provocative, political, transcendent, Antigone has been categorized, classicized, and reimaged through countless lenses. Whether Antigone...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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Maria Tzompanaki Appointed Director of the New York City Greek Film Festival
The Hellenic American Chamber of Commerce (HACC) proudly announced the appointment of Maria Tzompanaki as the organization’s next Director of the New York City Greek Film Festival (NYCGFF). Mrs. Tzompanaki, Cultural Ambassador of the region of Crete,...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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Eclipses Group Theater NY presents The Greek Play Project New York
In artistic collaboration with Dramatist Irene Mountraki and under the Auspices of the A.S. Onassis Program in Hellenic Studies at NYU & The National Theater of Greece, the Eclipses Group presents the The Greek Play Project New...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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The Writer in Old Age
by Harry Mark Petrakis At my present age of 94 the afflictions of aging assail me like the onslaught of an army bent on my destruction. Each week seems to bring a new, unwelcome impairment. My chest...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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Judge Nicholas Tsoucalas In Memoriam
The Honorable Nicholas Tsoucalas, of Weston, MA, formerly of Rego Park, NY, died peacefully after complications from pneumonia on March 22, 2018. Beloved husband of the late Catherine (Aravantinos) Tsoucalas of 63 years. Devoted father of Georgia...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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Avra Madison & Chef Argiro Barbarigou Offer a New Take on a Time Honored Seasonal Dish
Greek eatery Avra Madison has teamed up with Celebrity Chef & Greece’s Best-Selling Cookbook Author Argiro Barbarigou to bring a LIMITED-EDITION traditional and time honored Greek dish to Manhattanites this Easter. With the goal of modernizing the...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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At the National Hellenic Museum judiciary panel and citizens affirm ancient practice of trial by jury
A jury composed of community leaders, academics and journalists, along with an audience of hundreds, presented their verdict of guilty to a presiding panel of federal and state court judges in the National Hellenic Museum’s Trial of...
- Posted March 11, 2018
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Hilton Athens: More than a Grand Hotel; a Modern Landmark
by Kelly Fanarioti ”A hotel of immense wealth is going to be erected in Athens”, the great newspapers of the time wrote in the late ’50s. And they did not exaggerate. The construction of the chain’s first...
- Posted March 11, 2018
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Greece Research Trip by the Hellenic Classical Charter School
The four selected students for this year’s National History Day Fair, and research trip to Greece, have begun to diligently work on their research, and have already decided that under this year’s theme of “Conflict and Compromise,”...
- Posted March 11, 2018
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Turkish policy on Cyprus: What we stole from you is ours and what we haven’t stolen from you, you must share!
This is in effect Turkey’s position with regard to the hydrocarbon energy resources of the Republic of Cyprus, an independent member state of the British Commonwealth, Council of Europe and European Union. Having ethno-religiously cleansed more than...
- Posted March 11, 2018
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Nicole Petallides, Anchor FOX Business Network, to Receive Cyprus-US Chamber of Commerce Award
The Cyprus-U.S. Chamber of Commerce (cyprususchamber.com) announced that Nicole Petallides Tsiolas, Anchor, FOX Business Network is the Chamber’s 2018 Distinguished Merit Award recipient. Bestowed annually, the Award honors corporations and individuals who have raised the profile of...
- Posted March 11, 2018
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Hellenic American Academy Hosts 2018 Annual Gala Honoring George D. Behrakis and Peter Maroutsos
The Hellenic American Academy (HAA) hosted its spectacular 2018 Annual Gala at the Loews Chicago O’Hare. This year’s Gala, themed “The Time is Now” celebrated the school’s evolution and its future. “The Time is Now” theme was...
- Posted March 11, 2018
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MidAmerica to Produce Opera-Oratorio on Nicholas Gage’s Memoir “Eleni”
Impresario Peter Tiboris announced today that he has commissioned acclaimed composer Christopher Theofanidis and poet and librettist J. D. McClatchy, a 2003 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, to create an opera-oratorio based on the international bestseller “Eleni”,...
- Posted March 11, 2018
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The Great Counterfeiting of History: Myth of a ‘Macedonian’ nation
by Nicholas L. Moraites, Ph.D.* Most of humanity is generally unaware of the fact that has been a reinterpretation of Balkan history, counterfeiting of historical myths, and artificial nationality and language by the “Sclavineaes”. Further, most are...
- Posted March 11, 2018
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American Hellenic Council Earthquake Relief Arrives in Lesvos
The American Hellenic Council, a Los Angeles-based Greek-American advocacy organization, announced the successful delivery of $15,000 in earthquake relief to the village of Vrisa on the island of Lesvos. “The Council’s truly grateful to all those who...
- Posted March 11, 2018
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The True Meaning of Fasting in The Greek Orthodox Catholic Church
By Philip Kariatis* When we think of fasting in the Orthodox Church today, our mind almost immediately goes to certain rules relating to what we can and cannot eat. Moreover, this practice is especially associated with Great...
- Posted March 11, 2018
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James Stavridis, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, John Angelos and Rev. Nathaniel Symeonides the Main Speakers at the 2018 Leadership 100 Conference
Admiral James Stavridis, formerly Supreme Allied Commander at NATO and currently Dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, will give the keynote address at the Grand Banquet at the 27th Annual Leadership...
- Posted January 14, 2018
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East Mediterranean Business Culture Alliance Holds 2nd Annual Shipping Forum
Plan for Monument to Greek Sailors in Manhattan is Announced The 2nd Annual Hellenic Shipping Industry Panel Discussion presented by EMBCA (East Mediterranean Business Culture Alliance) that took place at the 3 West Club in Midtown Manhattan...
- Posted January 14, 2018
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Paros beer 56isles wins international Great Taste award
The young creators of Paros Microbrewery talk to NEO by Kelly Fanarioti The beautiful island of Paros can boast not only about its Cycladic architecture and sandy beaches, but also the beer “56isles”, which a few months...
- Posted January 14, 2018
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The 2nd Messinia International Golf Tournament
Time is fast approaching for the 2nd international golf tournament Messinia Pro Am, organized by Costa Navarino on 21-24 February 2018. Professionals and amateur golfers from the Americas, Europe and Africa have already formed teams and interest...
- Posted January 14, 2018
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MidAmerica Productions & MidAm International Celebrate 35 Years of Global Music-Making
From the main stage of historic Carnegie Hall, to prestigious international concert halls in Macao, Beijing, and Hong Kong, China, Paris, Vienna, Lisbon, Florence and Hermoupolis, Syros, Greece, MidAmerica Productions has presented more than 1350 concerts in...
- Posted January 14, 2018


































