New, Groundbreaking Remastered Boxed Set of Maria Callas Works Coming from Warner Classics
Warner Classics presents the most ambitious and extensive project ever undertaken in the name of the Maria Callas catalogue: a groundbreaking remastered edition of her complete recordings. For the first time this century, a team of world-class sound engineers at London’s Abbey Road Studios – where Callas herself recorded – returned to her original master tapes […]
Bravo AHEPA, Just Bravo
Almost a century after it was founded to promote Hellenism and to combat discrimination against Greeks in America, AHEPA is leading the way in the Greek American community as it heads into its 92nd annual convention in New Orleans on July 21st. I grew up in a city where AHEPA was big, but the truth […]
(Photo Gallery) Greek National Soccer Team Players’ Island of Choice for Post Cup R&R— Mykonos, of Course
Move over Kelly Ripa and Jerry Seinfeld… If you thought you were all the rage in Mykonos this summer and people were going nuts over your vacation there— wrong! The new Mykonos vacation buzz is all about Greek soccer. Not one, not two— no, not even three members of Greece’s national soccer team were spotted […]
Book of the Week: Paradise Lost, Smyrna 1922: The Destruction of Islam’s City of Tolerance
Paradise Lost: Smyrna 1922 is one of the most important books written about the war and subsequent burning of Smyrna written by prominent British historian Giles Milton. The hardcover book, published in 2009, is long out of print but almost new copies are available on Amazon for as low as $20.00 and the paperback for about […]
From Kathimerini: The Greek Island Where Every Jew Survived the Holocaust
In the late spring of 1944, Nazi ships of death were making stops in the ports of the Ionian Islands. They had stowed 2,000 Jews from Corfu in their holds and another 400 from Cephalonia, and were heading for Zakynthos. The mission of the SS squads was to round up all of the members of […]
Multi-Billion Dollar Project set to Transform Old Athens Airport into Global Destination
An area larger than Monaco and once the epicenter of the eastern Mediterranean’s air travel, the old Hellinikon Airport property is set for a badly-needed facelift— thanks to the richest Greek in the world, Spyros Latsis. Lamda Development, led by Latsis, has leased the space from the Greek government for 99 years. Lamda has created […]
Award-Winning Animator Nassos Vakalis Serves-Up New Sociopolitical Animated Film “Dinner for Few”
EMMY award winning animation artist Nassos Vakalis unveils his new CG-animation short film DINNER FOR FEW, an allegorical depiction of society in its struggle to survive and evolve. [youtube id=”n3dD_6j21a8″ width=”600″ height=”350″] Inspired by the economic recession that shook Southern Europe, DINNER FOR FEW depicts a sociopolitical allegory of modern society. During dinner, ‘the system’ […]
Greek America Foundation Sends $5000 to Greek Charity Desmos
On July 1st, Greek America Foundation supporters Lea Soupata and her husband Sotiris Zervoulias presented a check for $5,000.00 from the Chicago based Greek America Foundation (GAF) to Desmos, a non-profit organization that has helped thousands of people in need throughout Greece. Project Hope for Greece is an initiative of the Greek America Foundation that is […]
Book of the Week: The Complete Book of Greek Cooking by the St. Paul Cathedral Recipe Club
More than fifty years later, these women just keep on cooking. It all started with a dedicated group of Greek women in 1958, wanting to do something for their church, while simultaneously using their gifts and talents as cooks, to make a difference. Over fifty years later, the result is one of the most popular […]
Those Naughty Greeks: Archaeologists Discover World’s Oldest Erotic Graffiti on Greek Island
Inscriptions and etchings documenting an ongoing sexual relationship between two men in Ancient Greece were discovered on the Greek island of Astypalaia. Archaeologists believe it is the oldest record of erotic graffiti ever found. The etchings included racy inscriptions and phalluses carved on a rock, dating from the mid 6th century BC. In an interview […]