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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
NEW YORK – George Dalaras: The Songs of Our Life concert at the Apollo Theater in Harlem will kick off the well-known Greek singer’s North American tour on Friday, January 31. Originally scheduled for December 5, the concert will undoubtedly delight fans who have not seen Dalaras perform in the U.S. for many years.
Joining Dalaras on the tour will be Cretan singer/composer/soloist on the lute Michalis Tzouganakis, Aspasia Stratigou, and Alexandros Tzouganakis and Band.
The tour to benefit the charitable organization The Ark of the World (Kivotos tou Kosmou) runs through February 28 and includes stops in Atlanta, Atlantic City, Connecticut, Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Houston, and Tampa, Florida.
More information is available online: www.globeent.com and by phone: 718-721-1969 and 718-390-0490. Tickets also available on www.ticketmaster.com.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — More than 100 long-finned pilot whales that beached on the western Australian coast Thursday have returned to sea, while 29 died on the shore, officials said.
NEW YORK – Mike Labatos, AHEPA District 6 Lt.
Cretans are known for loving their guns but the island has the dubious record of having the highest rates of suicide in Greece over the last 25 years, averaging 2.
ATHENS - Forgetting the 2010-18 economic and austerity crisis that saw people so desperate they were picking food out of rubbish and supermarket bins, Greeks are among the European countries with the ignominious title of food wasters.
PARIS (AP) — The second retractable roof at Roland Garros will be inaugurated on the opening day of the French Open next month, organizers said on Thursday about a project planned with the Paris Olympics in mind.