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Comedienne Nellie Nichols Was Once Cathachakes

Steve Frangos
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August 16, 2010

Helene Cathachakes was the first successful Greek American comedienne of vaudeville, musical theatre, and Hollywood film. Cathachakes’s nearly 40- year career extended from her first great acclaim in ...

Georgia Drake, Greek Goddess of Song

Steve Frangos
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July 16, 2010

Georgia Drake (Tsarpalas) is the first woman of Greek descent to have hosted her own television program: The Georgia Drake Show. A lost moment in the Golden Age of American Television, to some perhaps...

Remembering The Golden Greek, Harry Agganis, the Greatest There Ever Was

Andy Dabilis
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July 05, 2010

Who was the greatest Greek American athlete? This being 2010, there will be a lot of support for Pete Sampras, who was one of the greatest tennis players of all time, as he showed when, in retirement,...

Greek Paradise in Virginia

Steve Frangos
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June 28, 2010

It is almost incredible that John Paradise is a forgotten figure in Greek-American history. During the heady days of the European Enlightenment, Paradise was a highly respected intellectual, socially ...

John Paradise Conquers Virginia

Steve Frangos
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June 20, 2010

In a time when it is claimed that studies of the Greek Diaspora are on the rise worldwide it is well worth re-considering the life of John Paradise. This one man’s life brings together many of the end...

Now A Spelling Bee Contestant Blames the Greeks

June 04, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - Tim Ruiter studied some 20,000 note cards to prepare for the National Spelling Bee, only to be stumped by a skirt worn by men in the Balkans. The 13-year-old from Centreville, Va. an...

Greeks of the Great Northwest

Steve Frangos
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May 23, 2010

America was not the land of every foreigner’s dream. It is now forgotten that many, if not the vast majority, of the early Greek pioneers wanted to return home as soon as financial obligations and opp...

The Greeks of the Great Northwest

Steve Frangos
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April 17, 2010

CHICAGO - The history of the Greeks in the Great Northwest is well recorded. Still, it must be said that the vast majority of Greek Americans have not yet discovered the readily available historical a...

Oregon’s HACCM is a Greek Gem

Steve Frangos
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April 09, 2010

CHICAGO - While June 2006 is always cited as the year the Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum of Oregon and Southwest Washington (HACCM) was established, that date is really only a technicality...

Springfield's Greek ‘godfather’ made and lost fortunes twice

Tom Stafford - Springfield News-Sun
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March 08, 2010

SPRINGFIELD — If Springfield had a Greek godfather, it was Tom Lagos — the grandfather of the Tom and Jim Lagos who now practice law here. The godfather figure is “overdramatized in the movies,” an...

Support Collectivism in New Preservation Movement

Steve Frangos
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February 12, 2010

CHICAGO- How can those dedicated to preserving Greek American history at the local level get the job done? The answer is quite simple. We need to stop seeing every problem as solved by money alone. No...

Nea Historia: The Meaning and Significance of Greek American Autobiography

Steve Frangos
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February 04, 2010

CHICAGO - The Nea Historia is the collectivist form of biography writing Greek Americans have been producing since the 1980s. Rather than follow the traditional single narrative perspective of Western...

The Poignant Recordings of Oct. 25, 1927

Steve Frangos
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January 15, 2010

CHICAGO- In the late autumn of 1927, Koula Antonopoulos’ life was in total chaos. Andreas, her husband, had just died of a sudden violent heart attack. Without a second thought, Koula closed the vastl...

The Greek Rhigas: Grecian ‘Houdini’ Lured Audiences with Amazing Circus Feats

Steve Frangos
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January 07, 2010

CHICAGO - In the summer of 1825, during the approximate middle of the Greek War of Independence, a circus performer known to the public only as ‘The Greek Rhigas’ first performed in the United States ...

Epiphany cross divers recount blessings

Demoriss A. Lee - St. Petersburg Times
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January 03, 2010

TARPON SPRINGS — For Metropolitan Nikitas Lulias, it's something he has understood for as long as he can remember. Things happen because of God's will and it's that will that governs and directs li...

Pontian Genocide Remembered

May 20, 2009

A priest in Thessaloniki leads a memorial service in memory of the hundreds of thousands of Greek people of Pontian descent killed between 1919-1924 by Turkish forces, on Tuesday May 19, 2009. May 19

George Baptiste: The Grecian Gladiator of St. Louis

Steve Frangos
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April 08, 2009

George Baptiste: The Grecian Gladiator of St. Louis George Baptiste is one of the outstanding Greek champion wrestlers of the late 1890 to early 1900 era. Baptiste only differs from those other H...

The Remarkable Monsieur Bon Bon

Steve Frangos
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April 08, 2009

The Remarkable Monsieur Bon-Bon Every day the Old Man would write at his favorite Parisian cafe. Weeks passed beneath the fluttering awnings above the small round glass-topped table where he wrot...

The Archdiocese Under Athenagoras I

Alexandros K. Kyrou
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April 03, 2009

GEORGE PAPAIOANNOU. From Mars Hill to Manhattan: The Greek Orthodox in America under Athenagoras I. Minneapolis, MN: Light and Life Publishing Company, 1976. Pp. 288. $10.95 (paperback).
When fo...

TNH correspondent Steve Frangos' e-mail compromised, hackers making false ransom claims

March 10, 2009

The National Herald's correspondent Steve Frangos recently fell victim to an electronic crime. Hackers took over his e-mail and began sending fraudulent messages to his contacts reporting that he was ...

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