Golfo, Greece’s 1st Feature Film, at 100
THESSALONIKI – “Golfo, a young shepherdess, and Tasos, a young shepherd, are secretly in love but are too poor to support their union. “Fortunately, an […]
Arts & Literature
Why Hydra Draws The Artists
Even among Greece’s many iconic islands, Hydra has a special mystique, one which draws artists for its quiet magic as much as tourists.
The Parthenon Enigma Unravels The Past
The title of the book demands attention and presages controversy – everything a scholar dreams of: The Parthenon Enigma: A New Understanding of The World’s […]
Happy New Year from all of us at TNH!
Greek New Year’s Kalanta Lyrics Αρχιμηνιά κι Αρχιχρονιά ψηλή μου δεντρολιβανιά κι αρχή καλός μας χρόνος εκκλησιά με τ’ άγιο θρόνος. Αρχή που βγήκε ο […]
Theodorakis Honored by Athens Academy
ATHENS – Perhaps Greece’s greatest composer, Mikis Theodorakis, who scored Zorba the Greek, Axion Esti, the score for the film Serpico and other renowned works, […]
Hard Times Bring Out Best in Greek Films
– John Anderson/New York Times Konstantinos Kontovrakis was a programmer for the Thessaloniki Film Festival until 2009, when he quit to become a film producer. […]
Greek Opera Hits High Notes During Crisis
ATHENS (Euronews.com) – Greece’s National Opera has gone from being a loss-making business to an income-generator with a brand new fan base. Three years ago, […]
From Odyssey to Ottomans: British Library posts hundreds of early Greek manuscripts online
A late 12th century illuminated gospels manuscript in Greek, which has been digitized, is seen at the British Library in London, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. […]
No For An Answer: A Greek-American People’s Opera from the 1940s
On January 5, 1941, the first of only three performances of the Broadway musical, “No For An Answer,” opened at the Mecca Temple in New […]
A Surge in Films about Greek- Americans
With the dawn of the new millennium came a new surge in Greek-American documentary films. Previous entries discussed in my ongoing series of articles can […]