Category: Cultural Life
Exploring Greek heritage, culture, and identity.
Leonard Cohen – The Greece Years
This month Australia plays host to Leonard Cohen, the world famous Canadian poet, novelist, singer, songwriter and professional manic-depressive. What many people do not know is that Leonard Cohen learned the Greek language in his twenties,…
So It’s Christmas And Here Is The Kourabie…
The smell of baking Kourabiedes marks the beginning of the Christmas season in many Greek households. In some regions of Greece, the recipe will call for sheep’s or goat’s milk butter, while other Greek recipes substitute…
Food For Love
A documentary about the all embracing love of the Greek mother. By Greek filmmaker Marianna Economou.
Mario Frangoulis, Accepts The 2013 “elios Award Of Excellence”
San Francisco, CA – Last month Mario Frangoulis accepted the 2013 “Elios Award of Excellence” at the annual Hellenic Charity Ball in San Francisco, hosted by the Elios Charitable Foundation. Mario Frangoulis is a tenor of…
Yiorgos Sofianidis, A Pontian Life And Legacy
Every once in a while someone comes along in the Greek music scene that blazes a trail and leaves us with an impression we carry throughout our lives. Greek music history is filled with those who…
Nostalgic Greek Coffee House Night At The Pontian Leskhi In Philadelphia
It was a scene reminiscent of a classic black and white photograph from an era that seems to have faded away. The Greek coffee house was a place to be with fellow Greeks; to smoke, drink,…
Committed, A Road Trip Movie Set In Cyprus
The film, entitled Committed, is a road trip movie set in Cyprus about a chance meeting between a man being pressured to propose to his girlfriend and a runaway bride. It is an English-language romantic comedy…
New Greek Elixir Hits The Market… The Sapphire Elixir: A Novel By Frank Voutsakis
The Sapphire Elixir is the dramatic chronicle of a fictional village of exiles forced from their homes in Anatolia and repatriated to the mountains of Northern Greece. Refuges in their own land, a few clans stake…
“Heaven And Earth: Art Of Byzantium From Greek Collections” At The National Gallery Of Art In Washington
Washington, DC – In the first exhibition devoted to Byzantine art at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, some 170 rare and important works, drawn exclusively from Greek collections, will offer a fascinating glimpse of the…
Passion For Photography Inspires Thessaloniki Community
Thessaloniki, Greece – Last week, Photoglobe in downtown Thessaloniki hosted its first student exhibit titled RGB. Curated by director Vasiliki Eleftheriou, the event featured an array of photography skills from lovers of the art. So what…
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, told…
Venetia Bebi, A Greek-American Artists Journey
Philadelphia, PA – Two words define an artist. “If you don’t have passion and conviction as a creative person, your gift and desires only remain dreams”, says Venetia Bebi. Bebi certainly posses these attributes and a…
