Prof. Flora Karagianni Lectures on Alexander the Great
NEW YORK – This year, the 13th Annual New York City Greek Film Festival (NYCGFF) was dedicated to Alexander the Great and featured a digital […]
Literature
Marianna Vardinoyannis Honored by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Cairo
CAIRO (ANA-MPA/N. Katsikas) – UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Marianna Vardinoyannis was on Monday presented a recognition award by the New Library of Alexandria in celebration of […]
AP Exclusive: Julie Andrews Reflects on Her Hollywood Years
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Everyone is on their best behavior when Julie Andrews is around. It’s early June in Los Angeles and Andrews is coming […]
A Moving Story in Photographs: The Last Monk of the Strofades
The light and beauty of Greece has been a source of inspiration since the dawn of time. Tourists flock to the more well-known islands, but […]
Olga Tokarczuk, Peter Handke Win Nobel Literature Prizes
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian writer Peter Handke won the 2018 and 2019 Nobel Prizes for literature on Thursday, after a […]
Andrew Ridgeley Looks Back with Fondness at George Michael
NEW YORK (AP) — Long before he was a music icon in skintight jeans, leather jacket and designer stubble, George Michael was something else — […]
Books on Genocide and the Smyrna Catastrophe
During the month of September, events were held commemorating the Smyrna Catastrophe of 1922 and many scholars who gave presentations referred to various sources and […]
Reading of The Iliad Mesmerizes Emory Audience
Talk about a blast from the past and message from the gods. An audience at Atlanta’s Emory University heard Nick Fesette, an Assistant Professor of […]
Edmund Keeley’s Inventing Paradise: The Greek Journey, 1937-47
In the course of writing about literature, especially Greek literature in translation, the name Edmund Keely will undoubtedly show up, perhaps in the very first […]
New Book Focuses On Jackie Kennedy’s Years As Reporter
NEW YORK — “Camera Girl,” an upcoming book on Jacqueline Kennedy’s early years as a columnist, draws on newspaper archives and interviews with friends and […]
