Hellenic Profiles By Thomas Spelios
including "Laughing Matters" edited by Metropolitan Broadcasting and the Gene Shalit. Westwood One Stations Group. He says that the present business climate ANTHONY JAMES, a highly gifted calls for radio management and allows a actor is presenting his art work at the developer to increase his market share Lurie Gallery in Manhattan. James (a while controlling increased costs. The Hellene) for the last 24 years has played financing for Odyssey will be handled the "bad guy" in over 100 TV shoes and by L.N. Gamble Assoc. an investment more than 25 motion pictures. He made banking firm. Over the years Kakoyian his film debut in the 1967 Academy nis has cultivated a wide network of Award wining film, "In the Heat of the personal contacts and has established a Night"... His recent appearances highly regarded reputation throughout include "Star Trek"; "Naked Gun" and the industry. He holds a BA and an MA the "Smell of Fear" ... the son of Greek degree in Business Administration. immigrant parents he was raised in Another Hellenic Odyssey is launched Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. His on the turbulent financial seas. many movie credits include "Guns moke," "Prescription Murder," "Night ULYSSES LOLONIS, the scion of the Rider" and the "A-Team" to mention Lolonis wine family, launched his five only a few. This heavy "bad guy" in red and white vintages in New England LYNN CARAGANIS of Orinda, films is very articulate about poetry, recently. He and his brothers Nikos and Calif., has just published her second philosophy, literature, mythology and Petros own and operate the first and novel, entitled, "Cousin It," the story of his great love-painting. He is indeed a only Greek-owned vineyard, founded a young girl coming of age in the 1950s. Renaissance man in filmdom. by their father, TRYPHON LOLONIS, She is a splendid writer and has received a pioneer Greek immigrant in 1920; the rare reviews. She says she researched MICHAEL KAKOYIANNIS has 275-acre estate sits in Redwood Valley, her book by reading "LIFE" magazine, launched the Odyssey Broadcasting Mendocino County, Calif., the very "Seventeen" and other periodicals from corporation which operates commercial heart of grape land. For the last 70 years 1958 and speaking with many middle broadcasting radio properties in 30 they have been suppliers to others. Now aged women. Her first novel, "Garish domestic markets. He is the company's they bottle their tasty nectar under a Days," was nominated by the American major shareholder and Chief Executive "Lolonis" label. Greeks and Grapes Academy & Institute for the Perform Officer. His expertise includes more have a close bond that goes back five ing Arts for Sue Kaufmann Prize in than 20 years of radio station expe millenia. First Fiction. Her short stories have rience including senior executive posi been published in several anthologies, tions with Metromedia at the PAUL TSONGAS, former Senator
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A NOVEMBER, 1991 19 frDm Mass. is making a IDng-shDt bid Theater in Manhattan. This is a fantas secret miSSIOns behind Nazi lines in fDr the DemDcratic presidential nDmi magoric melange .of kinetic sculpture Greece during 1943-45. Their herDic natiDn. Recently he travelled tD and live music illustrating the history .of deeds led to the defeat .of Nazi Germany Atlanta, GeDrgia, tD meet with fDrmer New YDrk. The lyrics are by ANDREA in the Balkans during the clDsing phase President Jimmy Carter. He paid his BALIS. .of WW II. respects tD the .only DemDcrat WhD PETER KAZARAS is appearing in managed tD get tD the White HDuse in MDzart's Die ZauberfiDte (Magic Flute) TIDBITS the last generatiDn. TSDngas attacked at the Met Opera. His pDwerful vDice the administratiDn fDr pressuring Israel PHILIP LEVENTlS, State SenatDr can easily captivate an audience ... .on the timing .of the $10 billiDn IDan frDm SDuth CarDlina, is a very busy guy MIKE FIGGIS is the writer and direc guarantee. TD activate his campaign .on tDr of an intriguing new film, "Liebes these days. In addition tD his duties in the west CDast TSDngas has appDinted traum" a stDry .of lust, murder and IDSt the State Senate in CDlumbia, he alSD DEMETRIOS BOUTRIS, a LDS dreams. It stars the aged beauty queen served in the recent Gulf War, as an Air Angeles attDrney as directDr .of primary Kim Novak ... National Guard pilDt, flying a number strategy in CalifDrnia. He is a graduate .of bDmbing missiDns against Iraqi stra .of Harvard Law SChDDI and UCLA at JoANNE AKALAITlS, 54, is nDW the tegic targets. His valiant effDrts led tD a Berkley, is affiliated with the legal firm prDducer of the Shakespeare Festival in swift and final victory against Saddam .of White & Case in L.A. TSDngas has New YDrk which presents shows al the megalDmaniac... NICHOLAS lamented that very few dDllars are being fresco at the Delacorte Theater. She GARAUFIS serves as legal adviser and cDntributed by the Greek-American succeeds the legendary giant Joseph cDunsel tD Queens BDrDugh President cDmmunity. This cDlumnist is certain Papp, her background on stage has Claire Shulman ... ANTONIA MAT that if TSDngas were the standard bearer been as a theater director. We hDpe she THEOU was the directDr .of the Greek in 1988 he wDuld have defeated the has the "magic" to lure huge audiences BDDth at the Family Heritage Fair held Republicans, It can be said .of lack tD her plays, otherwise the festival may at NYU during OctDber. This genealDg luster Dukakis that he snatched Defeat becDme another victim of Manhattan's ical safari is designed tD trace our ethnic .out .of the jaws .of VictDry. theatrical malaise ... NICK GOURTZE roots... In attendance were DAN LIS, 17, a seniDr at FDrdham Prep has GEORGAKAS, co-editor .of the Greek DR. JAMES DOUNDOULAKIS, become the schools sDccer star. He American Experience in Greek eminent dental surgeDn and much scored 28 gDals last season that led the American Studies, at CDlumbia acclaimed MaxillDfacial specialist has Rams tD the semi-finals. He started University ... also in attendance were been appDinted Assistant Attending playing when he was 3 years old, and he TDm and Alice SpeliDs and GeDrgia Ste Dentist (PrDsthDdDntist) at New YDrk also sCDres ' with a 3.7 grade pDint fanakis ... EVAN PAPPAS appeared in HDspital fDr the periDd 1991-92. He is a average! the new musical "March of the Falset FellDW .of Academies that specialize in tDS" at the HartfDrd Stage Theater, MaxillDfacial PrDsthetics and PrDsthD DR. CHARLES MOSKOS, a nDted CT... OVID DEMARIS is the ghDSt dDntics and an active member Dfseveral military sDciDIDgiSt was the keynDte writer .of the new bDOk by Judith Exner CD lIeges and sDcieties that research den speaker at the reuniDn of the Greek Bat "My Story." She was the romantic liai tal prDblems. He is a graduate .of Har taliDn in Denver, ColDrado. After 48 SDn between President Kennedy and vard University Dental SChDDI and the years the members of this elite OSS unit mafiDso Sam Giancana. She travelled University .of Pennsylvania SChDDI .of gDt tDgether tD recall their days of glDry. from the sublime tD the slime ... Dental Medicine. He received his BS Recruited among Greek-American mil degree in MicrDbiDIDgy at the Univer itary personnel in the US Army these SHARON BOLANOS is the prDduc sity .of Mass. In the New YDrk area he special agents were trained fDr tDP tiDn manager fDr the "Tribune" Queens has been assDciated with St. Luke's - RDDsevelt HDspital, St. Vincent's HDS pital and lately New YDrk HDSpitai. He is a guest speaker .on Hellenic RadiD To KOrOOTrH.,JO 'EAAI1VIKWV ~WPWV where he lectures .on the fine Art .of CDsmetic Dentistry. (WNYE RadiD). PETER KAYE, a native .of Staten KENTPIKON Island, NY, has been appDinted tD the ALTOPIAL BDard .of DirectDrs .of the Snug HarbDr Cultural Center, an 80-acre histDric site 31-12 23rd Ave. (KOVTO OTrlV 31st Street) which includes 28 landmark buildings (718) 721-9190 Kat (718) 721-9191 and five splendid Greek Revival struc 'EKAf.Krt1 ouAAoyt1 ano /-lnoU/-lnOUVIE:pf.C;, orE:l/Java, /3amIOrIKa, tures. Kaye is a chDcDlate manufac ul/Javro, tpy6Xf.lpa, aVTlKE.i/-lf.va rE:xvf}C;, Kf.pa/-lf.IKO, /31/3Aia, turer. His father, Emanuel, was .one .of nf.pIOOIKO Kai tl/Jf}/-lf.pi6f.c;. - Koprf.C; YIO oAf.C; ric; nf.pmniJof./C;. the fDunders .of the HDly Trinity Greek Church in 1927. nAOyrlOTATH rYAAOrH EAAHNIKON ~lrKON THEODORA SKIPIT ARES is the Koi TAPES, VIDEO CASSETTES writer and director .of a multimedia life 'AvolKro AWrE:pa - rO/3/3aro 10 n./-l. - 8 /-l./-l. - KuplaKEC; 12-6 /-l./-l. size puppet ShDW entitled "The Radiant AI£u8uvol1: XplaTiva Iapl1V1ovvl1 City" playing at the American Place 20 GREEK-AMERICAN REVIEW weekly newspaper which has several dif "Another Point of View" to the Daugh Dept. employee who recently won the ferent area editions ... TOM AGNOS is ters of Penelope Zelia Chapter. She is a Lotto $4.5 million jackpot. Now he is on the Sheriff of Mariocopa County in champion of many feminist ideals and a easy street... MICHAEL CHIKLIS, a Arizona. He is investigating the recent very gifted speaker ... STATHIS THA fine actor with a Belushi-type style and murder of Buddhist monks which HANA TZIS presented an expo of his image, plays the role of a suburban New rocked the Asian-Americans across the icons and religious paintings in Los York police chief in the new television land... MARK ANDRUS wrote the Angeles recently... icon painting is a series "The Commish" on ABC every script for the new movie, "Late for unique artistic style which was deve Saturday night... TED ANAGNOSTA Dinner" a very enjoyable romantic loped over a millenium in Constantino RAS, a well known musician and artist comedy which is sheer magic on the ple during the golden age of presented an exhibit of his paintings at screen... OLYMPIA DUKAKIS, the Byzantium.. . CHRISSY TSIRPAN the Gracie Square Art Show ... SPIROS Oscar-winning actress starred as the LIS, a sophomore at Kingston High FOCAS was seen in the classic Italian widow in the TV drama "Reversal of School, NY, was named "Miss Orange movie "Rocco and His Brothers" which Roles" recently on CBS-TV with Lind County Teenager." She plans to attend starred Alain Delon. He plays the role say Wagner. .. she is scheduled to appear Harvard Law School. Her father is of Vincenzo Parondi. .. This is one of in the Tennessee William's classic "The Prof. CONSTANTINE TSIRPANLIS Visconti's classic films with the immor Glass Menagerie" in Providence, R.l. of Kingston, NY. .. DIANNA FREAS is tal KATINA PAXINOU ... This was starting in early December. .. the creative production designer for the part of the New York Film Festival... movie "City of Hope". .. STEVEN GEORGE COSMATOS, the talented GEORGE GEORGOUNTZOS serves AR VANITES, 25, a talented young movie director who gave us "Cassandra as an intrepreter at Logan Airport in Crossing" and "Rambo 2" is working on actor, is appearing in a brilliant new Boston. An accomplished linguist he film, "The Fisher King" which stars a new movie about Christopher Colum speaks Greek, French and Russian and bus. He plans to keep the great naviga Robin Williams. Arvanites has studied escorts many confused and frightened tor's dimensions still larger than life in a at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts passengers through customs to make in London ... very hostile atmosphere... attacking other airline connections... GUS Columbus for slavery is wrong, enslave GEORGE KATSOS became a Second YATRON, the U.S. Congressman ment and serfdom were part of the Lt. (US Army) aboard the USS Consti (Dem. -Penn.) is recovering from a triple accepted morality during the 15th cen tution in Boston harbor. He earned his by-pass surgery .. . BRUCE CHALAS tury ... CHRIS CHELIOS of the Chi BA degree at the University of Mass, won the Mass. amateur golf title at the cago Blackhawks is hailed as the best Boston, and took his army ROTC train recent Boston Open at Franklin Park. defenseman in hockey and one of ing at Northeastern University. His par He shot an even par 70 with three bir NHL's finest athletes on ice .. . CON ents are Greek immigrants who settled dies to take the Championship Flight... ST ANTINE MAKRIS is the director of in Arlington, Mass ... GUS KARAS, 69, a dynamic young lawyer KERRY KAT photography for the action-packed of Tappan, NY, is a retired Defense SORHIS, is the Republican nominee police drama "Law & Order" the new weekly series on ABC-Television .. ; ELIZABETH SPINNEY (a Hellene) of ~ Specializing in Travel to Greece Winthrop, Mass., has been named in and the Greek Islands the "Who's Who Among American ~$ High School Students." She plans to . 1R~VEL p..... Dally Departutes with attend the University of Maryland ... RON PROTAS is one of the directors ~2~ O&y_.""C of the Martha Graham Dance Com pany which is in its 65th season presen ESTABLISHED 1924 A I. WA Y S tation at the City Center in Manhattan ... MARGARET PLAGA LOW & EASY CONNECTIONS NIS, a gifted young artist presented an FROM ANYWHERE IN U.S.A. exposition of her paintings at the Amos Gallery in New York. The eye-catching * TA:16IA, OIKONOMIKA ME GROUPS, CHARTERS. show was entitled enigmatically "Pan .. ii;:O:iKI\Hl:EII: 1:yrrENQN, EnlI:KEnH2N, NOVEMBER, 1991 21 for the office of Queens District Attor ney in the upcoming elections. Unfortu NEW PATRIARCH ELECTED nately the Republicans are a minority in Queens but I wish him luck ... Boston Red Sox reliever TONY FOSSAS has found that the pitcher's mound is not a safe place. During Boston's wild 11-10 win over Oakland's Athletics last month, he pitched 1/ 3 of an inning, gave up one hit and one unearned run, allowed one walk and had no strikes ... what a bleak performance... CHRIS TOS ZAHAPOULOS a senior scientist at Northeastern University is helping science teachers to conduct electrolysis experiments at the Center for Electro magnetic Research ... Historical Trivia... YANKEES WHO FOUGHT FOR GREECE'S LIBERATION IN 1821. .. Sixteen American volunteers went to Hellas to fight the Turks along with hundreds of other European philhel lenes. The tragic death of romantic poet Lord Byron transformed the Greek Rebellion into an international "cause celebre." The most prominent Ameri cans were Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, a His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew. center. with his predesessor Dimitrios during Harvard graduate from Boston who their visit in Chicago last year. served as Surgeon-general with the The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical knowledge, ms unguistic skills - Greek forces and wrote a brilliant eye Patriarchate of Constantinople on Oct. Greek, Latin, English, French, German, witness account of the bloody and bar 22, unanimously elected Metropolitan Italian and Turkish - his continuous baric struggle (1828); George Jarvis, of Bartholomew of Cha1cedon as the new prolific writing and his moral stature Baltimore, a rootless adventurer and Ecumenical Patriarch. have established him as a top level eccle- dreamer who became thoroughly hel Bartholomew becomes the 270th suc- siastical figure. lenized and a tough guerrilla fighter; the cessor to the Apostle Andrew and Arch At the Ecumenical Patriarchate, he eccentric William Washington, a bishop of Constantinople, New Rome was director of the Patriarchal Office of nephew of President Washington who and Ecumenical Patriarch, succeeding Patriarch Dimitrios while, at the same was killed at the battle ofPalamidi/ two Dimitrios I who died Oct. 2. He was US Navy officers saw action at the siege time, served as chairman of the Com enthroned on Nov. 2. mittee of Faith and Order of the World of Misso10nghi; another Yankee naval Metropolitan Bartholomew occupied gunner after the war settled in Athens as Council of Churches in which he repres the senior Metropolis of Chalcedon ented the Ecumenical Patriarchate at a cemetery caretaker on Arditos Hill. since Jan. 9, 1990. Outstanding Americans who supported Pan-Orthodox conference, while taking the Greek cause were Presidents Tho Patriarch Bartholomew I, nee Dim part in dialogues with other Christian mas Jefferson, James Monroe, Con itrios Archontonis, was born on the denominations. gressman John Calhoun, Sam island of Imvros in 1940. As Metropolitan of Chalcedon, he Houston, poet FitzGreene Halleck and He graduated from the Halki Theo logical School in Constantinople presided over the most important com celebrated writer Washington Irving. mittees of the Holy Synod and was in Among the 940 European volunteers (Instanbul), and continued his studies in charge of relations with all Orthodox who fought against the Turks they Rome, where he completed his Ph.D. jurisdictions. included the following numbers: 342 dissertation on Canon Law. He pursued Germans, 196 French, 137 Italians, 99 further studies in Switzerland and Upon receiving the news, Archbishop British, 35 Swiss, 30 Poles, 12 Dutch Germany. Iakovos expressed joy a the election of men, 8 Swedes/ Danes, 5 Hungarians, 2 Bartholomew was elevated to Metro the new Patriarch and sent Patriarch Spaniards and 1 Mameluke. This does politan of Philadelphia on Christmas elect Bartholomew the following mes not include the thousands of Russian, 1973 and, since 1974, has served as a sage: "Warmest congratulations. I wish British and French sailors who served member of the Holy Synod of the Ecu that Almighty God strengthen you for on Allied ships at the decisive naval bat menical Patriarchate. many years of a successful Patriarchal tle of Navarino (1827). His deep theological and spiritual ministry." 22 GREEK-AMERICAN REVIEW