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Tom Hanks… Just Call Him Papou
Tom Hanks, one of the world’s most recognizable actors, simply likes being called “Papou.” In an interview with Entertainment Tonight’s Nancy O’Dell, where Hanks talks about his new film, “Captain Phillips,” being released October 11,…
You Know You’re REALLY Greek When…
You have seen thousands of them on Facebook, websites, and plain paper just being handed around. The “You Know You’re Greek When…” sayings. For example, you know you’re Greek when you have bottles of Ouzo…
An American Actor Reaching Back To Ancient Greece To Teach The Children Of Today
American Actor, Helen Slater, who starred in such films as “Supergirl,” “Ruthless People,” and “City Slickers,” and many television roles on “Will and Grace,” Seinfeld,” and most recently, “The Lying Game,” has turned to Ancient…
AHEPA Elects New Supreme President
AHEPA (American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association), founded in Atlanta, Georgia on July 26, 1922, one of the most powerful and influential Greek-American organizations in North America, with international chapters as well, held its 91st Annual…
The Greek Discount
In my last post, “Greeks – One Big Happy Family,” I alluded to the Greek Discount otherwise known as the “GD”. For those of you who have never received the GD – krima! it’s where…
Discobolus Goes To Australia
When one thinks of famous ancient Greek statues, immediately we think of one of the most famous, Discobolus – The discus thrower. And he is visiting Australia together with one hundred pieces of ancient Greek…
A Street Car Named Desire, Remembering Elia Kazan
Sixty-two years ago today, the film, A Streetcar Named Desire, based on the Pulitzer Prize winning stage play by Tennessee Williams, had its United States release on September 18, 1951. Its director was the Greek-American,…
Greeks – One Big Happy Family!
The late Rev. George Dimopulos, a true scholar and gentleman, who was the parish priest at St. Demetrios GOC in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, once told me a story of the time he traveled to Alaska.…
A Greek Savior At The Goliad Massacre
During the Texas War of Independence, between October 2, 1835 and April 26, 1836, Mexican President Antonio López de Santa Anna sent General José Urrea into Texas to find the Republic of Texas Army and…
I am Count Dracula, Jack
Say the name, Jack P. Pierce, and what comes to mind? An athlete? A whiskey company? A Greek immigrant whose make-up creations scared every generation since the 1920s, and are known throughout the world? Jack…
Corfu, the island that may have saved the West and Christianity
Toward the end of the 14th Century, after years of the Venetian’s attempt to annex the Island of Corfu (Kerkyra) from the Sovereignty of Epiros and the Byzantine Empire, the Venetians made a successful attack…
The World Wide Greek Grapevine
In today’s world, if the Greek diaspora wants to communicate with each other or find out what’s going on, there are many websites and social media sites that they can go to, such as our…
