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Fashion Treasures from the Greeks in Washington Museum
From the peplos to haute couture designers like Jean Dessès or Celia Kritharioti, fashion has always played a central role in Greek culture. In turn, Greek dress reverberates through modern fashion, in daily life and pop culture alike. While most research on Greek fashion history focuses on the ancient Classical period, the Greeks in Washington Museum houses a large collection of modern Greek clothing objects, giving fashion enthusiasts a lens into an under explored area of dress history.
Our Greek Heritage: Three Perspectives
The Greek-American Historical Museum of Washington State held a panel discussion on October 14, 2018, at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption community hall in Seattle, Washington. Approximately 50 people attended following the fellowship hour where light hors d’oeurves were provided.
Greek Radio Hour
Spiro Savvides is an extrovert. He would go to night clubs, dance at church festivals and get involved in as many activities as possible not only to promote his businesses but to seek variety in his life. Thus, after Pete Farmasonis and Terry Karis began the Greek Radio Hour in 1972 and the station needed someone with a radio engineer’s license, Spiro took over.
Greek Wedding Favors
Is it boubouniera? Or bomboniere? Perhaps bonboniere? What about boboniere? Or maybe bouboniera? Ah, yes also boubounniera. And not to be forgotten, bonbonniere. Having noted these various spellings, what can be said about this favor given as a gift to guests at weddings and baptisms?
Vancouver Island and Victoria in British Columbia Greeks
A short history of Greeks on Vancouver Island and Victoria in British Columbia
The Forgotten Story of Nativism and the Greeks
In an age where discrimination was commonplace, Greek Americans organized to achieve the American dream of success and acceptance. These immigrants were the victims of persecution, yet they were also indomitable. Their story unfolds with the Ku Klux Klan in the early 1900s.