Greece Is The Word

VOL 57

5 OCTOBER 2023

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"If your doorstep is clean, then your city will be clean."

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WHAT DO 212, 917, 718, & 646 HAVE IN COMMON?

They are area codes for the NYC area where the Hellenic Film Society (HFS) is putting on the New York Greek Film Expo from Oct 5th-15th. We had the pleasure of speaking with Eva Mallis, board member and treasurer at HFS, about this incredible event – you can check out highlights from our conversation here. Opa!

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FROM THE GREEK WORD KLIMA

Journalist Matthaios Tsimitakis: “Greece should develop a comprehensive approach that prioritises environmental stewardship and long-term planning for climate crisis mitigation over short-term economic gains from land development.”

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis: “If anything, I would argue that climate change is an opportunity for us to expand our tourism season.”

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HARLEM TO HERAKLION

“We arrived at the island’s primary airport in the north shore capital of Heraklion and made a straight shot for espresso martinis and hors d’oeuvres at the modest seaside Marina Café.”

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GREEK-AMERICANS ALEXI PAPPAS & JENNIFER ANISTON INSPIRE

“Mental health struggles were something Pappas, unfortunately, knew about all too well growing up. Her mom, who had bipolar disorder, died by suicide when [Alexi] was just 4 years old.”

"My parents, watching my family’s relationship, didn’t make me kind of go, ‘Oh, I can’t wait to do that,' Aniston admitted of her late parents, Nancy Dow and John Aniston, who divorced when she was young.

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PAROS

“Páros has been famous since the sixth century B.C. for its flawless marble — Parian marble, it’s called — used to make the Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory of Samothrace. It is an island of beaches, mountains, and windswept rocky cliffs, scattered with broken pillars, sarcophagi, mosaics — evidence that the place was passed from the Greeks to the Romans, from the Byzantines to the Venetians, and from the Ottomans, at last, to independent Greece.”

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SALONICA

“ ‘UNESCO named us Greece’s first City of Gastronomy! We have better sunsets than Santorini, so many cultural layers! Thessaloniki, a city of stories!’ And then: ‘A city of extroverts—every night is a party!’ With that, she rushes off to a party herself.”

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NEA

Try herding this herd of sheep.

From jail, a Nazi is running for mayor of Athens.

The Greek Freak is a partner in a Greek restaurant in Milwaukee. This clip is worth watching just to hear the anchor say the word spanakopita.

Prayers for Ελλάδα. And if you want to help financially, there are several GoFundMe fundraisers such as this one happening for those profoundly impacted by Storm Daniel. (If you know of a better, more direct way to help residents of the flooded areas, let us know and we’ll spread the word.)

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BRAVO SOU

This edition’s Bravo Sou Award goes to George Kratsas, a London-based lawyer, who swam from Albania to Corfu to raise money and awareness for two special needs schools in Corfu and Zakynthos.

And Bravo Sou to our dear friend Diane Kounalakis, constant source of inspiration and daughter of a Cretan resistance hero, who is the first woman to be elected president of the Pancretan Association.

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9.

IT PAYS TO MOVE TO GREECE

If you move to Antikythera, that is.

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10.

WELCOME TO GREECE

​Demi, Dua, Heather, Kelly, Lisa, and Teresa. And here’s a full slide show of other “stars” you might recognize who vacayed in Greece this past summer.

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Greece is the word? Why yes, Greece IS the word!

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Take care of yourselves and one another!

Opa!
Peter and the Greece Is The Word Crew

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