All posts by NEO Magazine
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National Hellenic Society’s Heritage Weekend: Celebrating Hellenism and Uniting PhilhellenesThis year’s National Hellenic Society’s (NHS’s) most memorable event, the Heritage Weekend, continued the organization’s string of successes when it convened from October 6th to 9th at the Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach Resort and Club, in Dana...
- Posted October 30, 2022
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The Hellenic Initiative to Honor Dr. Albert Bourla at 10th Anniversary GalaThe Hellenic Initiative (THI), the leading group uniting the Greek diaspora and philhellenes internationally, will host its 10th Anniversary New York Gala on Saturday, December 3, 2022, in New York City. Funds raised will be deployed in Greece to support humanitarian programsand nurture Greek economic and entrepreneurial development. THI’s new “Plant a Tree in Greece” campaign will...
- Posted October 30, 2022
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Giorgos Sakellaropoulos: the Award – Winning farmer from Spartaby Kelly Fanarioti Solon, the ancient philosopher and lawmaker, one of the Seven Sages of ancient Greece, said about the olive tree – “A precious good for all life’s treatment.” Today, over two thousand years later, hundreds...
- Posted October 30, 2022
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Star Wars: The Greek Originalby Dean Kalimniou* A long time ago, in a place quite far away, a young man embarked upon an epic galactic quest for truth that saw him embroiled in an interplanetary war. Compelled to choose sides, he...
- Posted October 30, 2022
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2022 National Hellenic Museum GalaThe National Hellenic Museum (NHM) raised over $1 million at its 2022 Gala on Saturday, September 10 at the Hilton Chicago, in support of its mission to share Greek history, art, culture and the Greek American story....
- Posted October 30, 2022
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KI Legal Celebrates Firm Expansion and New Office on 40 Wall Street, NYCby Laura Neroulias KI Legal welcomed 250 guests to celebrate the opening and office expansion onto the 49th floor of 40 Wall Street in NYC. Co-founded by Andreas Koutsoudakis and Michael Iakovou, since launching in 2019, the New...
- Posted October 30, 2022
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Michael & Katherine Johnson Family Gift Chapel of Saint Basil the Great to Assumption of the Theotokos Cathedral of Denver, COWhen Metropolitan Isaiah of Denver blessed the Chapel of Saint Basil the Great at Assumption of the Theotokos Cathedral, the Greek Orthodox Metropolis Cathedral of Denver, on May 21, 2022, the idea of Michael and Katherine Johnson...
- Posted October 30, 2022
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HABA Honors Dr. Costis Maglaras, Dean of Columbia Business School at 38th Anniversary EventHABA (Hellenic American Association for Professionals in Finance) honored Dr. Costis Maglaras, Dean of Columbia Business School (CBS) and the David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business at Columbia University, as its 2022 Executive of the Year,...
- Posted October 30, 2022
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CASINO NIGHT in Support of Heritage Greece ProgramHeritage Greece is an annual, life-changing educational and cultural immersion experience sponsored by the National Hellenic Society for 125+ Greek American students thanks to the NHS Heritage Greece Initiative! Our poker players’ support increased the number of Heritage Greece student...
- Posted October 30, 2022
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The Many Hats of Sting: Rock and Roll’s ‘Englishman in New York’By Markos Papadatos Sting is a world-renowned composer, best-selling singer-songwriter, actor, producer author, philanthropist, and activist. He sat down and chatted with Markos Papadatos prior to Shaggy’s “Com Fly Wid Me” album release party, which he hosted,...
- Posted July 13, 2022
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Greeks who Whistle DixieThe Greek Confederate Company’s battles were won by wanderers, opportunists and lonely people far from home by Dean Kalimniou* By now we are used to seeing Greeks crop up in the most unconventional pages of world history....
- Posted July 13, 2022
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Sold-Out PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation Gala Celebrates the Future of Our CommunityFirst live gala since pandemic culminates a weekend of events designed to nurture future leaders by Maria A. Karamitsos* After two years of virtual galas and events due to the pandemic, the PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation (PHSF) made...
- Posted July 13, 2022
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The House of Stathopoulo and Epiphone: The Greeks that Helped Pioneer the Modern Electric Guitarby Billy Chrissochos When the two inventors/scientists Serbian-American Nikola Tesla and American Thomas Edison began harnessing and transmitting electricity in the 1880s, they paved the way for a myriad of possibilities for humanity; like electrifying and amplifying...
- Posted July 13, 2022
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Poseidonion Grand Hotel: The Iconic Landmark of Spetses Islandby Kelly Fanarioti Found at the heart of Spetses’ social life, the imposing building of the Poseidonion Grand Hotel stands proud for over a century. Also known as the “jewel of Spetses” because of its architectural style...
- Posted July 13, 2022
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Navios’ Angeliki Frangou: “The Pandemic Galvanized Us”!by Kelly Fanarioti “It’s been four years since the last Posidonia. The pandemic changed everything. At Navios, the pandemic galvanized us. We understood that with over 4,000 sailors at sea, when the phone rang, we had to...
- Posted July 13, 2022
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“My People” a film by Anna Rezan: A hymn to love, life & courageby Alexander Zak Parallel realities throughout generations …A dialogue of millennial people with their ancestors in regards to history, values, choices and the love for life, which is timeless. A heartwarming message to humanity. The inspiring untold story...
- Posted July 13, 2022
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Chicago Literary Hall of Fame Inducts Harry Mark Petrakisby Maria A. Karamitsos On May 19, three local writers were welcomed posthumously into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame (CLHOF). After a several year hiatus, the event, which took place at the Poetry Foundation in Chicago,...
- Posted July 13, 2022
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An Olympian Legacy: The New York Greek American Soccer Clubby Anastasia Kaliabakos Greece is famous for many things, among them being the development of the Olympic Games, the global event that defines athletic prowess in dozens of different sports from around the world. The Olympic Games...
- Posted July 12, 2022
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Marianthi Vlachos: A creative and philanthropist advocating for Greece through her business, Hellenic Aestheticby Andriana Kourkoumelis Living in New York City, we long for the simplicity and beauty of Greece. Marianthi Vlachos has achieved the feelings of a Grecian summer through her creation Hellenic Aesthetic. “This is a reflection of...
- Posted July 12, 2022
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Greek-American Students to be Mentored by Some of the Community’s Biggest NamesOver 40 of the most prominent Greek-Americans will be mentoring Greek-American college students online August 9-11, 2022. The deadline for applications to the sixth annual National Hellenic Society Heritage America Program is Friday, July 29, 2022. Stavridis, Tenet, Negroponte…Dukakis,...
- Posted July 12, 2022
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Venture Capitalist Peter Barris Joins The Hellenic Initiative BoardThe Hellenic Initiative (THI) announceD that noted venture capitalist Peter Barris has joined its Board of Directors. Founded in 2012, THI is a global non-profit organization that brings together Diaspora Greeks and Philhellenes to invest in Greece today through...
- Posted July 12, 2022
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Michael Bublé the Modern King of Contemporary Pop Musicby Markos Papadatos Four-time Grammy award-winning music superstar Michael Bublé chatted with Markos Papadatos about his upcoming studio album “Higher,” which waw released on March 25, 2022, via Warner Records/Reprise Records. U.S. Army general and former Secretary...
- Posted April 25, 2022
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The Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy at Georgetown UniversityMore than a decade after providing seed capital to establish a financial markets and policy center at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, Michael G. (B’89) and Robin Psaros (Parents’21) are committing $11 million to...
- Posted April 25, 2022
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On The Quay at Smyrna Ernest Hemingway and 1922by Dean Kalimniou* “The worst thing was … how they screamed every night at midnight. I do not know why they started screaming. We were in the harbor and they were on the pier and at midnight...
- Posted April 25, 2022
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From the Shores of the Aegean to the Edge of the PacificA tribute to Alexander Pantages (1864/75–1936) By Ilias Chrissochoidis, Ph.D. Few Greek-American stories can match the roller coaster life of Alexander Pantages, a penniless boy from the Aegean who built a theatrical empire in the American West...
- Posted April 25, 2022
