Life

Performing with the York Symphony this Saturday is Mario Frangoulis, a powerful tenor known for charismatic live performances. Frangoulis is Greek and is fluent in Greek, English, French, Italian, and Spanish, and has performed in all five languages. His...

With a total of 60 paintings, mostly aquarelles, the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) inaugurated the painting exhibition of 12 Austrian artists under the title “Impressions from Hydra” in its premises in Vienna. The inaugurating event of the exhibition was...

The new exhibition hall of the State Historical Museum in Moscow hosts an exhibition of 240 photographs from Mount Athos taken from the archive of the Simonapetra Monastery. In cooperation with the Greek Monastery, the Russian Geographical Society and the...

In Athens in the 5th century BC, at the yearly festival of the City Dionysia, local poets' latest plays were presented in a sunlit amphitheatre before fellow citizens, as part of a competition with rival poets. The victorious production...

The plays unfolds in the wake of a civil war in which two brothers died. Their uncle orders a hero’s’ funeral for one while the other will be buried unmarked. Their sister, the titular Antigone, must decide how she...

The Australian Institute of Macedonian Studies (AIMS) and the Greek Studies Program of the University of Notre Dame will be hosting the esteemed Professor Iakovos Michaelidis from the University of Thessaloniki from 13 to 23 November. The Greek Professor of...

The Annual Staff-Development Seminar of the Direct Archdiocesan District was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 (Election Day), at the High School of St. Demetrios Cathedral in Astoria. The Seminar was held under the auspices of His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios...

Michael and Efthalia Katos have been awarded the Odyssey Award by the Community of St. Demetrios in Astoria during the annual dinner at Terrace on the Park. The President of the Community, Kostas Iliadis praised the couple, emphasizing that the...

Associate Professor of History at Haverford College, Alexander Kitroeff held a lecture in Astoria about the diplomat and humanitarian Fridtjof Nansen, who negotiated the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of refugees in Minor Asia. This lecture was held in honor...

Everyone interested in music left the Kulturforum in Wiesbaden, Germany in absolute joy after the musical night had come to an end. On October’s last Saturday, Greeks gathered in the culture centre of Wiesbaden and enjoyed the performances of five...

Greek-Russian cosmonaut and photographer Greek-Russian cosmonaut, Greek-Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin will hold a lecture for the Greek audience at 18:00 on the 8th of November in the amphitheatre of the Eugenides Foundation (Syggrou Boulevard 387, 175 64 Palaion Faliro). The lecture...

The Leonidas Loizidis Theatre Company continues its journey around the USA with its world-touring production of “Iphigenia in Tauris”. The classic Greek tragedy of Euripides will be staged at Lion Theatre Off-Broadway at410 WEST 42 STREET, New York from...

After the triumph in Bulgaria and Mexico, Elliniko Theatro sets sail for the Odessa with a performance scheduled for the 10th of November. This play will be performed with the Leventis Foundation as the main sponsor and under the...

The 52nd Thessaloniki International Film Festival began with films and ceremonies in the Olympion Theater, on Friday the 4th until Saturday the 12th of November. The opening film of the festival is "The Descendants" the fifth film directed by Greek-American...

“To me poetry is a way of life. A way of understanding the world, time and my own self” says Mexican famed poet-activist Homero Aridjis adding that  “The earth is made of poetry, just like the time and space;...