CONNIE MOURTOUPALAS

Garifallia and the burden of tradition

Feeling she’d been lumbered with an old-fashioned moniker, a chance discovery led Connie Mourtoupalas down an inspirational rabbit hole.

A sweet history: Greek immigrants in the confection business

The Greek-American connection with restaurants, albeit stereotypically exaggerated, is by now proverbial. Not as well-known is the Greek association with the confectionery industry, which Greek immigrants came to dominate, if not monopolize, for the better part of the 20th century.

24.05.2020 / 11:30

The Greek American who captured the zeitgeist in fashion illustration

During his brief life, George Stavrinos elevated the genre into a true art form and continues to serve as an influence today.

05.05.2020 / 16:36

Greek evangelical missionary turns abolitionist

Lesser known is the story of the boys recruited by British and American evangelical Congregationalists, Protestants of the reformed tradition, for missionary work.

02.04.2019 / 11:11

Johnny Otis: The Greek Godfather of R&B

Born Ioannis Alexandros Veliotes, the son of immigrants from Ermioni and Hydra was one of the first US musicians to cross the racial divide.

18.03.2019 / 12:42

Helen Maroulis: America’s first female Olympic wrestling champion

Wrestling was never really my cup of tea. But when word got out on South Halsted Street in Chicago’s Greektown – my neighborhood at the time – that a Greek American had just become the first US Olympic champion in women’s wrestling, things changed and I had to see for myself.

04.03.2019 / 06:40

Maria Foscarinis: Over 30 years fighting for the rights of the homeless

Making my first article in Kathimerini English Edition about a woman is no coincidence. It is a statement. One that seeks to rectify the fact that Greek-American women and their accomplishments are largely overlooked by most Greek-American organizations.