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The Virtual Museum of Greek Immigration to Canada is the fruit of two years of research conducted by Immigrec, an interdisciplinary educational consortium made up of research teams from the universities of McGill, Simon Fraser and York in Canada and the University of Patras in Greece.

Exciting announcements have been coming in from the organizers of the Release Athens (releaeseathens.gr) rock and metal festival, which is taking place this summer at the Water Plaza and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, both in Faliro Bay, on Athens' southern coast, on June 7, 17, 20, 21, 23, 26 and 28, and July 15, 18, 19, 24 and 27.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (snfcc.org) continues its Cosmos concert series with an appearance by Swedish indie-folk singer-songwriter Jose Gonzalez. Performing at the Stavros Niarchos Hall, the talented musician and singer will be performing songs from his fourth album "Local Valley," released in 2021, among others. For tickets, visit the venue's website.

Luigi Cherubini's "Medea" provided the inspiration for the Greek National Opera's new bespoke candle, as the company prepares to stage the late 18th-century opera at the Stavros Niarchos Hall this spring.

"It takes a village to raise a child" says an African proverb. However, in the picturesque Vamvakou, a small village on the slopes of Mount Parnon in Laconia, at an altitude of 903 meters, the first child born after 30 years creates the conditions for the place itself to "grow".

By Yannis Marinos

At long last, the double tender for the sale of the Skaramanga Shipyards ended successfully with the unexpected highest bidder Georgios Prokopiou paying a total of 62 million euros.

A horizontal section of the base of the famous Monument of Zalongo sculpture by George Zongolopoulos at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center commemorating the mass suicide of women and children from Souli, northwestern Greece, in 1803, who opted to die rather rather than submit to Ottoman troops.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) announced on Μοnday it was suspending its funding to the Greek sailing federation noting its "shock and dissatisfaction" over the body's handling of the rape allegations made by former Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou.

Popular crossover artist Kostis Maraveyas and his multifaceted band will be performing an uplifting, funky holiday program live from the main concert hall of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center on December 28, starting at 8.30 p.m. The concert will be live-streamed by the SNFCC, free of charge on its Facebook page and YouTube channel.

The respected symphony orchestra of Greek state broadcaster ERT is treating listeners to a holiday concert that will be lived-streamed from the National Opera's main stage at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center on Monday, December 21, starting at 8.30 p.m.