Cleaning a Canal, but Not Writing About It
- Elissa Gootman - The New York Times
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- March 16, 2010
Christos Tsiamis, 59, grew up in the Greek port city of Patras and spent his summers swimming in the Ionian Sea. These days, Mr. Tsiamis’s attention is consumed by a less alluring body of water: the G...
90-year-old barber hailed for work ethic
- Bob Sandrick - Parma Sun Post
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- March 13, 2010
PARMA, Ohio -- It’s easy for Vaso Karras-Stefanos to become emotional when talking about her father, John Karras.
Vaso is proud because her father immigrated to America from Greece and opened his o...
Who is Dakis Joannou?
- Charlie Finch - Artnet
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- March 06, 2010
One of the neat things about the art world and the plutocrats it serves is that gushing press about collections and the minor curatorial controversies they engender acts as an iron veil over the opera...
In the Spotlight: James DeMetro
- Eleni Kostopoulos
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- March 06, 2010
NEW YORK – James DeMetro (Hatzidimitriou) is a retired English professor who taught at Bronx Community College for 39 years. Mr. DeMetro now devotes much of his time to directing the annual New York ...
Calathes brothers enjoying hoops life in Greece
- Andrea Adelson - Orlando Sentinel
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- March 01, 2010
He is thousands of miles away from home, learning an entirely new style of basketball while adjusting to his awkward role as bench player — a role he has never had in his entire basketball life.
An...
61 Minutes With Dakis Joannou
- Amy Larocca - New York Magazine
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- March 01, 2010
Dakis Joannou does not seem to be at risk of imminent default. The Greek billionaire owns hotels and a construction business and has been a major international distributor of Coca-Cola, including in R...
In the Spotlight: Nik Chinboukas
- Eleni Kostopoulos
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- February 26, 2010
NEW YORK – Nik Chinboukas, a highly sought-after New York-based producer, has been there and done that. Before opening Spin Recording Studios in Long Island City this past year, Chinboukas was a noted...
Garden City Hotel
- Constantine S. Sirigos
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- February 22, 2010
NEW YORK - With beautiful young brides in the audience, smiling models in wedding dresses on the runway and temperatures above freezing the whole weekend, there was a breath of spring in the air at th...
Greek immigrant living the American dream
- Christian Hauser - KECI Missoula
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- February 22, 2010
Missoula residents may have noticed the Epicurean Bistro is open on Stephens Avenue again. It's been closed for about 2 1/2 years. The owner is a Greek Immigrant who moved to the states 40 years ago...
Greek American Evan Lysacek celebrates Olympic gold
- TNH staff
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- February 22, 2010
Greek America figure skater Evan Lysacek, who trains in El Segundo and makes Los Angeles his home, won an Olympic gold medal in Vancouver Thursday night. "I’m Greek, so I love Greek food. My mom and m...
Greek-Canadian sisters win awards at Paris competition
- Judy Creighton - The Canadian Press
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- February 18, 2010
Three Greek-Canadian sisters from Ontario who wrote a cookbook on the cuisine of their native land have been recognized for their work at the recent Gourmand World Cookbook Awards held in France.
T...
Tina Fey Flaunts Vogue Power
- Deanna Barnert - She Knows
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- February 15, 2010
The self-proclaimed "normal girl" and comedy queen tosses aside her nerdy glasses for a glamour shoot and fashion talk.
For many of us, seeing brainy funny woman Tina Fey on the cover of Vogue's Ma...
In the Spotlight: Athina Krikeli
- Eleni Kostopoulos
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- February 12, 2010
NEW YORK- Athina Krikeli is a Greek journalist with an M.A. in Mass Media. She has been honored with awards three times by the president of the Hellenic Republic, Constantinos Stefanopoulos, and in 1...
Tom Kourkoumelis: Sharing Wealth
- Demetris Tsakas
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- February 12, 2010
NEW YORK - Over the past four decades, Tom Kourkoumelis has managed to achieve the American dream. He says he is "in love" with Astoria, which is why he keeps most of his businesses based in the heart...
In the Spotlight: Pete Spanakos
- Eleni Kostopoulos
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- February 04, 2010
NEW YORK- Identical twins Petros (Pete) and Nikos (Nick) Spanakos were known as the “Terror Twins” in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, New York, in the 1950s and ‘60s. The sons of Greek immigrants, t...
The Importance of Being Ernie
- Michael Wilson - The New York Times
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- January 30, 2010
Cops love him. So do schoolchildren, and their parents, and nice old ladies, and waiters in Greek diners, and charity bigwigs, and late-night comedians.
But he is a man who lives by the clock and p...
Grateful Cleveland Greek pledges help for Haiti
- Dick Russ - WKYC
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- January 29, 2010
CLEVELAND -- From the moment he first set foot on United States soil 50 years ago today (Jan. 28), Demetrios "Jim" Anagnostos has been grateful for the opportunity to succeed. Now he wants to help tho...
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