National Hellenic Museum

Greek Film Fest Chicago

ksmith — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:45:19 +0000

More event information will be coming shortly.

For more information about the FilmHellenes, please visit: http://www.greekfilmfestchicago.org/

Greek Film Fest Chicago

ksmith — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:44:05 +0000

More event information will be coming shortly.

For more information about the FilmHellenes, please visit: http://www.greekfilmfestchicago.org/

Greek Film Fest Chicago

ksmith — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:42:48 +0000

More event information will be coming shortly.

For more information about the FilmHellenes, please visit: http://www.greekfilmfestchicago.org/

Greek Film Fest Chicago

ksmith — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:39:30 +0000

More event information will be coming shortly.

For more information about the FilmHellenes, please visit: http://www.greekfilmfestchicago.org/

Greek Film Fest Chicago

ksmith — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:38:16 +0000

More event information will be coming shortly.

For more information about the FilmHellenes, please visit: http://www.greekfilmfestchicago.org/

Meet Alexander Payne

ksmith — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:18:32 +0000

Fridtjof Nansen: From Arctic Explorer to International Civil Servant (1861-1930)

ksmith — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:41:00 +0000

In Time of Crisis and in the Midst of Tragic Events

Fridtjof Nansen
From Arctic Explorer to International Civil Servant (1861-1930)

October 1922 signaled the beginning of one of the greatest refugee crises of the twentieth century. Already about 750,000 Ottoman Greeks had fled to Greece and to other countrieswhile an estimated half a million were still alive but in danger of being uprooted and deported to the interior. Fridtjof Nansen helped save the lives of hundreds of thousands of the Greek refugees, as well as millions of other victims of famine or war throughout Europe. There is not a country on the continent of Europe where wives and mothers have not wept in gratitude for the work of Nansen.

Please join us for a special event at

The National Hellenic Museum

333 S. Halsted in Chicago, IL

Thursday, May 24, 2012

6:00 pm

to honor

Norwegian Humanitarian Fridtjof Nansen

with a special presentation

of Dr. H. J. Psomiades’ final book

Fridtjof Nansen and the Greek Refugee Crisis 1922-1924

Featured Speakers: Mr. George Shirinian, Executive Director of the Zoryan Institute from Toronto, Canada and Dr. Elaine Thomopoulos, historian and author

Distinguished Guests: Ioanna Efthymiadou, Consul General of Greece and Mrs. Mette M. Bowen, President, Chicago Norwegian Community

Organized by: The Asia Minor and Pontos Hellenic Research Center, The Pontian Greek Society of Chicago, and The National Hellenic Museum

Little Homers: Stories & Songs

ksmith — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:31:33 +0000

Have a blast in Greektown this summer! Think of us when you need to fill your school-free, summer days with fun.

Every Saturday this summer from 11:15 am to 12:15 pm, families can drop-in and attend Little Homers. Little Homers is a weekly program that introduces children to Modern Greek through stories and songs. Each week, the program will change, allowing the children to increase their skills each time. Classes will be taught in English.

Little Homers is perfect for children ages 3-5 and their parents.