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“The Odyssey” will open at Kean University’s Wilkins Theater on Friday. Adapted by Mary Zimmerman from the translation by Robert Fitzgerald, the play is based on the ancient Greek poem by Homer. “The world’s first action hero, Odysseus, struggles across...

On Feb. 23-25, one of the works of a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright is coming home. Not only to Mississippi, but to the town of Tennessee Williams' birth, in 1911. Columbus is the opening host city for a state tour...

Solidarity protests for Greece are being organized in many European countries for this Saturday. People will protest against the economic crisis and its effects on Greek society. As noted in an online call to the international audience, the austerity measures...

‘Twice a Stranger’ is a journey into the greatest forced migrations of the 20th century, when millions of people were uprooted and moved to new homelands. Based on oral testimonies and film archive, this multimedia exhibition brings visitors face-to-face...

After a decision taken by Nikolaos Sifounakis, Greek Alternate Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change, the Ministry of Environment will once again undertake the organization of the Greek participation in the 13th Architecture Biennale of Venice. The 13th Exhibition...

Greece participated in the Tourism Exhibition "SPA & Holidays" in Sofia of Bulgaria, with an impressive stall presenting awesome pictures of the Parthenon and White Tower from the city of Thessaloniki. Bulgarian Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism, Traicho Traikov,...

(Original Story in Greek By Ingka Athanasiadou) A tour of the Acropolis is the perfect experience, with which someone can simultaneously experience the sightseeing and the musical meetings offered these days at the Acropolis Museum. The Acropolis Museum, within the framework...

By Zack Winters In the midst of Johns Hopkins rush week, fraternities and sororities aren’t the only organizations on campus going Greek. The Hellenic Student Association hosted its first ever Johns Hopkins Hellenic Association Evening Fundraiser tonight. Guests ranged anywhere...

The Limassol Carnival is one of the most important events in Cyprus, related to the Dionysian Festivals of classical antiquity. It is a joyful and colorful event that attracts both young and old, locals and visitors, making Limassol the...

Australian PM Julia Gillard, and leader of the main opposition party, Tony Abbott, will attend the major “Greek Glenti” of the Greek-Australian ‘Antipodes’ Festival on Saturday, February 25. The news was confirmed by the President of the Greek Community of...

An exhibition on the ancient Greek Tale of Eros and Psyche will be held in Rome at the National Museum of St. Angelo Castle (Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant’ Angelo), running from the 5th of the March through the...

By Ingka Athanasiadou It is ironic that one can find so much information about the lives of Byzantine women in the archives of Mount Athos, a holy mountain to which access has always been denied to members of the female...

By Ingka Athanasiadou On the 3rd of February, the 25th Annual Gala, An Evening in Monte-Carlo and La Grande Fete was held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington. On grand display in the entry hall...

Catherine Plessa-Cramer is the first Greek woman who ever came to Australia. She was born in the 'courtyard' of Ali Pasha's palace, engaged to Ioannis Kolettis (former PM of Greece), and finally married to the war veteran of Waterloo,...

(Οriginal story in Greek by Inga Athanasiadou) The 62nd Berlinale hosted the world premiere of the latest film of Greek director Spiros Stathopoulos, “Meteora”. The film joined the contest of the Berlin International Film Festival. “Do you love like we do?”...