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Food, drinks, music and community flow freely at these Chicago-area festivals and events.

/PRNewswire/ -- Alma Bank (the "Bank") is pleased to announce the appointment of Nancy Papaioannou as Senior Advisor. In her new role, Ms. Papaioannou will...

“It’s been an awful long time in coming,” said Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who held a ribbon cutting Wednesday morning to mark the accomplishment

SKOKIE, IL – The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, 9603 Woods Drive in Skokie, and the Asia Minor and Pontos Hellenic Research Center present The Great Fire of Smyrna – The Genocide of Greeks in Asia Minor Remembered: 100th Anniversary Commemoration on Sunday, September 18, 1 PM Cent

Chicago’s impressive list of museums has something for everyone, from the explorers to the art gurus to those looking for a fun and refreshing experience. We’ve compiled a few of our favorites to check out this fall.

The ministers of Migration & Asylum and of Tourism signed a memorandum of cooperation on Holy Wednesday with the municipalities of Mytilini, East Samos, Leros, Kos, and Chios to fund their tourism promotion.

Master Chef Diane Kochilas with Stowe Shoemaker at the unveiling of the new program. Credit: The National Hellenic SocietyGreek cuisine was recently introduced as a program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) which announced the establishment of the National Hellenic Society Culinary Legacy Fund to promote Hellenic heritage, culture, and cuisine to culinary…

*Image Credit: Mike Manatos Renowned plastic surgeon and co-founder and former Contact Director and Investor of the Milwaukee Bucks Expansion Basketball Team, George J. Korkos M.D., passed away on May 28, at the age of 89. His funeral which took place last Friday at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Milwaukee, was officiated by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael of Chicago. The renowned Greek-American had been a member of numero...

Helias Doundoulakis in his U.S. Army uniform. Credit: National Hellenic MuseumThe story of Helias Doundoulakis is like a great war movie: The story of the Greek spy who helped Greece and the United States win the war against the Nazis.The National Hellenic Museum honors the great Greek-American in a new exhibition called “Becoming a Spy:…

Greek diaspora: Which cities have the largest Greek population outside of Greece? Search for: The fact that there is another little Greece outside of the borders of the country, might sound a little excessive to some, but it is true indeed! According to the latest estimates of the General Secretariat of Hellenes Abroad, today there more than 5,000,000 people of Greek origin that live outside of the Greek borders, scattered in 140 countries across the globe. The first big wave of immigration fro...