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n MARCH 23 available to discuss career and NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – “Mano - internship opportunities. Com - los Mitsias Sings for ” is a panies in the fields of Insurance, benefit concert in support of Banking, Accounting, Attorneys, charities working to alleviate the Trading, Finance, and many oth - suffering of children in Greece ers will be on hand to meet with and . Presented by the job fair applicants. Additional P.G.E.I of American Charitable companies interested in partici - Foundation, The Hellenic Feder - pating, contact: Despina Axio - ation of NJ, and members of Pan takis, Executive Director 201- Gregorian Enterprises. Proceeds 444-5609 or e-mail: to benefit: Hamogelo tou Pediou [email protected]. (The Smile of the Child); Kivotos Admission is Free Refreshments tou Kosmou (Ark of the World); will be served. Apostoli of the Archdiocese of Athens, and the Cyprus Chil - n APRIL 13 dren’s Fund. Saturday, Mar. 23 BAYSIDE – The Hellenic Relief at 7PM and the Nicholas Music Foundation Inc. is announcing a Center of the Rutgers University benefit concert with renowned Douglass Campus. For tickets Greek composer, piano soloist and info call 201-981-5764 or Yannis Spanos. The concert will 908-624-0250. take place at Queensboro Com - Hellenes and Hellenism Shine at the AHI Awards Dinner in Washington, DC. munity College theater 222-05 n MARCH 24 56th Ave in Bayside on Saturday The 38th Annual Hellenic Heritage Achievement and National pher, holding his Hellenic Heritage and National Public Service FLUSHING – Manolis Mitsias will Apr. 13th at 8PM. Yannis Spanos Public Service Awards Dinner of the American Hellenic Institute Award Nick Larigakis, Dr. Anthony Limberakis, center, with present a concert on Sunday, will perform many of his well (AHI) held at the Capital Hilton on March 9 was a great success. the plaque he accepted on behalf of the Order of St. Andrew, Mar. 24 at 5PM at the Lefrak known songs having at his side Clockwise from above left: Dr. Spiros Spireas, Philip Christo - Congressman Michael Grim, center, holds his award. Concert Hall of Queens College the vocalist Hrysoula Stefanaki. at 65-30 Kissena Blvd. in Flush - Tickets are priced at $80, $60, ing. For tickets contact Aphrodite $40 and $20. $ 20 purchases one Daniels at 646-623-0270 or De - package of non perishable foods spina Axiotakis at [email protected]. and home supplies for families Kellari’s Annual “Clean ” School Fundraiser in distress. All net proceeds of n MARCH 26 the concert will benefit the mis - MANHATTAN – The Association sion of the Hellenic Relief Foun - TNH Staff of Greek American Professional dation in Greece. Production Women (AGAPW) cordially in - partner Hellenic Public Radio NEW YORK – Although not all vites you to our 2013 Women’s COSMOS FM 91.5 will partici - Orthodox Christians look for - History Month Celebration and pate in promotion, ticket sales ward to , many just can’t “Greek American woman of the and production. Ticket info : Hel - wait for the annual Kathara Year” Award in Honor of Assem - lenic Relief Foundation: (347) Deftera reception and dinner blymember Aravella Simotas. An 201-1821 or info@hellenicre - that benefits the Gennadius Li - Excellence Tuition Scholarship lief.org. COSMOS FM : (718) brary of the American School of will be presented in Honor of As - 204-8900 or Classical Studies in Athens. sembly member Simotas. Please [email protected]. Hellenic The event was hosted on join us in celebrating the life and Relief: Preserving Dignity in Cri - March 18 by the Library’s Board work of our beloved and charis - sis. of Overseers and the food pre - matic young leader Ms. Aravella sented at the Kellari Taverna by Simotas, and the contributions MANHATTAN – The next Greek Chef Gregory Zapantis was of Greek American women to American Writers Association po - Lent-appropriate. our country and community. etry reading hosted by Dean Kos - Guests were greeted and Tuesday, March 26, 6:00- tos features four compelling po - thanked by the Board’s chair - 8:30PM. Suggested donation: ets, all of an Attic disposition: man, Alexander Zagoreos, and $50. Pre-registration is required. Sarah Arvio; Veronica Golos; Maria Georgopoulou, the Direc - For information, please visit Trebor Healey; Lloyd Robson. tor of the Library, spoke briefly www.agapw.org or contact Dr. At the Cornelia Street Café on about the Library and remark - Olga Alexakos at Saturday, April 13, 6 PM, at 29 able programs and collections. [email protected] or 917- Cornelia Street. 212-989-9319. She summed up the spirit of 405-6833. DEADLINE APRIL 15 the evening when she said “fast - ing in Greece is still coming to - n MARCH 31 WASHINGTON, DC – The Amer - gether and feasting,” but she TENAFLY, NJ – The Consulate ican Hellenic Institute Founda - also made a point of inviting the General of the Republic of tion (AHIF) is accepting applica - guests to visit Greece and noted Cyprus in New York, The Cyprus tions for its program that sends that for their parts, the Library Minna Lee and Aspasia and Sotirios Vahaviolos were early arrivals at the reception that preceded Federation of America and The college students to Greece and and the ASCSA are “proud to the annual feast that benefits the Gennadius Library in Athens. International Coordinating Com - Cyprus to better understand the serve Greece any way we can.” mittee Justice for Cyprus-PSEKA core foreign policy issues impor - Georgopoulou spoke to TNH The plight of Greece and TNH that one of the ways the The guests’ palates were first Commemorate on April 1st the tant to community. The program about the importance of Cyprus was on the minds of the Diaspora could help build a new greeted – after wine and cham - 58th anniversary of the libera - is open to Greek American and fundraising outside Greece, es - guests, which included John Greece is by offering financial pagne was offered of course – tion struggle of Cyprus from Cypriot American college stu - pecially in light of the Greek cri - Calamos, a noted money man - support and guidance to young by wonderful lagana flatbread British Rule with a Memorial Ser - dents in good academic standing sis. ager, and his wife, Mae. He told entrepreneurs. and jumbo shrimp, but the food vice at The Greek Orthodox studying political science, inter - never stopped coming, includ - Cathedral of Saint John the The - national relations, etc. The 5th ing “horta” that melted in the ologian at 353 East Clinton Av - annual trip be take place June mouths of the guests. More than enue in Tenafly. 19-July. For information visit: one noted he would be happy ahiworld.org/for-students/pol - to “fast” this way all the time. n APRIL 5-11 icy-trip.html. The deadline to ap - The evening’s guests included MANHATTAN – SMYRNA FILM ply is April 15, 2013. Ambassador Loucas Tsillas, Ex - IN N.Y. THEATER. Maria Iliou's ecutive Director of the Onassis documentary "Smyrna: The De - n APRIL 20 Foundation (USA) and his wife struction of a Cosmopolitan City, ASTORIA – The Hellenic Cultural Penny, Sotirios Vahaviolos scien - 1900-1922" will play a one-week Center and the Mikrokosmos En - tist and founder and CEO of Mis - engagement, April 5-11, at the semble present a historical con - tras Group, a New York Stock Quad Cinema, 34 West 13th cert “Rebetiko …To Perpetuity” Exchange-listed company and Street in Manhattan. Information spanning the history of classical his wife Aspasia the consuls gen - at www.quadcinema.com. Rebetika from Smyrna ….to eral of Greece and Cyprus re - Pireaus…and the Blues of New spectively, George Iliopoulos and n APRIL 7 Orleans with Grigoris Maninakis Koula Sophianou, and Ted and GLEN COVE, NY – The Holocaust and the Mikrokosmos Ensemble. Elaine Athanassiades. Memorial & Tolerance Center of Narration by Stelios Taketzis. Fri - Also present were Nassos Nassau County will present a day, April 19 at 7:30 PM; Satur - Michas, the Library’s Vice Chair - special program on Holocaust day, Apr. 20 at 7:30PM; and Sun - man and his wife April, Phaedon Remembrance Day commemo - day, Apr. 21 at 5PM at the T. Tamvakakis, the Secretary- rating the Jews of Greece titled Hellenic Cultural Center, 27-09 Treasurer, member of the Board “Greece and the Holocaust – Crescent Street in Astoria. Reser - Irene Moscahlaidis, and trustees Devastation, Resistance and Re - vations Mon. – Fri. 10AM-4PM Judith Thomson and Andrew newal.” 90 percent of Greek at 718-626-5111; other times: Bridges. Jews were murdered in the 917- 915-8647. Jack Davis, the former direc - Holocaust, yet many people are tor of the school, enjoyed meet - unaware of this tragedy. We will n APRIL 21 ing old and new friends. honor Greek holocaust survivors, SPRINGFIELD, NJ – The friends After the four course meal, rescuers, and victims. Guest are and family of Peter Markou are the guests were entertained by invited to view a special multi- hosting a pasta dinner to raise Grigori Maninakis and his trio. media exhibit on Greek Jewry. awareness and support Peter's All proceeds from the event, There will also be an exhibit cre - battle with colon cancer. Join his which was sponsored by Alpha ated by the Foundation for the family and friends for “Pasta for Trust, support the Library, which Advancement of Sephardic Stud - Pete.” There will also be a bake contains more than 120,000 ies and Culture titled "Portraits sale, raffle and tricky tray. Tickets rare books, archives, manu - of Our Past," which will include will be sold prior to the event for scripts, and research volumes. artifacts from the Kehila Kedosha $10. Sunday, April 21st from Visitors to the Library’s website, Janina synagogue’s permanent 1:00 - 7:00 PM at IUPAT D.C 711 /www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/ exhibit. Local 1331, 9 Fadem Road in gennadius, can learn more Springfield. For tickets or to about its programs. n APRIL 11 make a direct donation email: A new feature of the dinner MANHATTAN – The 2013 An - [email protected]. was the conversion of its annual nual Career and Internship Fair fundraising auction into a vir - sponsored by The Cyprus-U.S. n NOTE TO OUR READERS tual affair presented on two lap - Chamber of Commerce will be This calendar of events section tops. Supporters of the Library held on Thursday, April 11, from is a complimentary service to the can bid through March 26 at: 4:30 – 6:45 PM at the Holy Trin - Greek American community. All www.charitybuzz.com/sup - ity Cathedral Center Ballroom, parishes, organizations and in - port/ASCSA. 337 East 74th Street (between stitutions are encouraged to e- 1st and 2nd Avenues) in Man - mail their information regarding hattan. Guest Speaker Maggie the event 3-4 weeks ahead of Stavrianidis Human Resources time, and no later than Monday Business Partner. Job seekers of the week before the event, to should come with their resume. english.edition@thenationalher - Company representatives will be ald.com

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