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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.
By Fotis Papagermanos
NEW YORK – Art is thought-provoking, and many questions crossed the minds of audience at the U.S. premiere of “Recycling Medea,” the film directed by Asteris Kutulas and scored by renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis.
“Is it a new film or is it a mere recycling” – as the title declares – “of some elements of the well-known tragedy by Euripides” and “what role did the music of Theodorakis play in the development of the film,” were among them, and the answers were provided by the director himself, who also wrote the script with his wife, Ina.
Kutulas told TNH, “I am very happy that I was able to watch the film’s U.S. premiere. I am grateful to the Greek Culture Center (KEP),” which presented the film. “I did not expect the theater to be packed…I am deeply touched” he said of the audience that included Olympia Dukakis and filmmaker Nick Efteriades.
He also spoke warmly of his work with Theodorakis, which dates back to 1980.
Mike Geranios was the cinematographer for Recycling Medea, which was lauded at the Berlin Film Festival as the “the most honored film of the year.”
Kutulas has been asked to screen in in Washington, DC Los Angeles, and three major universities.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea.
ALBANY – New York State Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris, Senator Andrew Gounardes, and Senator James Skoufis honored Greek Independence at the State Capitol on March 26, welcoming His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, who offered an invocation before the Senate.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S.
LOS ANGELES – The UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture presents a captivating evening with acclaimed singer-songwriter Alkinoos Ioannidis, who will perform at UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall on Saturday, April 27, 7:30 PM, in a solo concert.
ATHENS - The "OLYMPOS - Global Spiritual Center" Association presents on Saturday, April 6, at 6:00 pm, at the "Antonis Tritsis" Amphitheatre of the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens, 50, Acadimias Street, the truly ingenious funding proposal for the construction of Heptapolis in the wider area of Delphi, entitled "World Green Taxation Fund".