All posts tagged "featured"
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The Power of Words: John Gumas President & Ceo of Gumas Advertisingby Elena Kefalogianni Ancient Greeks are credited with creating arts and sciences, democracy, medicine, and other advances but who knew that they came up with the idea of advertising! A stroll through the ancient Agora would see...
- Posted March 21, 2023
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Lord Byron’s Epic Heroism and his Role in the Greek War of Independenceby Anastasia Kaliabakos April 19, 2023 marks T-1 year until the bicentennial of the famous poet Lord Byron’s death. Before doing any research into Lord Byron, I only vaguely remembered learning about him from English classes in...
- Posted March 21, 2023
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Serbs in The Greek Revolutionby Dean Kalimniou* Ν΄ ἀνάψωμεν μία φλόγα, σὲ ὅλην τὴν Τουρκιά, Νὰ τρέξ΄ ἀπὸ τὴν Μπόσνα, καὶ ὡς τὴν Ἀραπιά. “We will light a flame throughout the Turkish lands That will spread from Bosnia to Arabia.” Rhigas...
- Posted March 21, 2023
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Leadership 100 Concludes 32nd Annual Conference with more than $5 Million in GrantsThe 32nd Annual Leadership 100 Conference took place from February 2 to 5 at The Phoenician in Scottsdale, Arizona and concluded with a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, celebrated by HArchbishop Elpidophoros of America at Holy Trinity Cathedral in...
- Posted March 21, 2023
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Alkistis Protopsalti and Dimitris Mpasis to Perform in the USAlkistis Protopsalti, one of Greece’s most significant, explosive, respected and enduring vocalists will combine her voice with that of the beloved and respected Greek vocalist Dimitris Mpasis in four performances in New York City (April 28- Tribecca...
- Posted March 21, 2023
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Greece and Cyprus: the success story of the Eastern Mediterranean, says Endy ZemenidesEndy Zemenides is always enthusiastic—but he’s particularly enthusiastic now because of the progress he sees both Greece and Cyprus have made in weathering their crises and only emerging stronger. “If somebody told you in 2015 that Greece...
- Posted December 27, 2022
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A Visit to St. Nicholas National Shrine at the WTCby Emmanuel E. Velivasakis A few weeks ago, my wife Orsa and I had the opportunity to pay a visit to the St. Nicholas National Shrine at the WTC. The great majority of my countless past visits,...
- Posted December 27, 2022
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Hellenic Lawyers Association Holds 32nd Annual GalaOn the evening of November 4th, 2022, the Hellenic Lawyers Association hosted its 32nd Annual Scholarship Dinner Gala in the Grand Ballroom of the historic Pierre Hotel on 5th Avenue in New York City. It was the...
- Posted December 27, 2022
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National Hellenic Society Fundraiser in NY for the Promotion and Preservation of Greek Heritage a Great SuccessWhen it comes to philanthropy, Greeks invented the word, but do they put their money where their mouth is? Some might say that Greeks could do more to help each other, and while they are saying that,...
- Posted December 27, 2022
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Carol Burnett The First Lady of Television Comedyby Markos Papadatos Acclaimed actress and legendary comedian Carol Burnett (“The Carol Burnett Show”) chatted about her latest endeavors. Track and field icon Wilma Rudolph once said: “Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of...
- Posted December 27, 2022
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Rania Svoronou, IBM Design Principal/Executive Design Director at IBM Consulting: Making the Human Side of Technology, …Human!For the past two decades or so our world has been transformed by the digital revolution. Technology and AI are at the core of our daily lives, from using an app to hail a ride to buying...
- Posted October 30, 2022
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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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Avra Estiatorio Breezes in to a New Hot Spot in Miami, 150 Feet from the Ocean!It’s been twenty-two years since Avra Estiatorio swept into the Greek culinary scene, like a fresh island breeze, when it first opened its doors. Greek food is certainly no stranger to the world of fine dining. It’s...
- 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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Michael Georgiou Levels Up the Game in Digital TechnologyNo one said start-up companies were easy, but Michael Georgiou, Co-Founder of Imaginovation, a B2B turn-key technology and digital product development company, knows that with a little bit of elbow grease, perseverance, and imagination, you can jumpstart...
- Posted July 13, 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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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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The Cathedral School Makes A Comeback: An Interview with Principal Meropi KyriacouIn the past seven years, The Cathedral School, a flagship school of the NYC Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, has gone through several administrative changes that almost brought the school to its knees and caused it to nearly crumble....
- 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
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The End of Disinformation On Social Media? George Sehremelis and Overlooked.comIf George Sehremelis gets his way, disinformation on social media will find itself at the receiving end of a proverbial knockout punch. It’s not every day you’ll find a twenty-four year old Greek-American millennial who is on...
- Posted March 22, 2022
