Media/EVENTS
Speaking Engagements, APPEARANCES
December 2, 2023 Co-host & Moderator: “Callas at 100”. Award-winning Author, Investigative Journalist & FiIm Producer Nicholas Gage will discuss his book, GREEK FIRE: The Story of Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis
Virtual event with Hellenic American Women’s Coucil (HAWC) – Great Lakes Region REGISTER
September 2023 Co-host & Moderator: “Q&A with Award-winning Author Nektaria Anastasiadou”
Event at Greek Islands Restaurant in Chicago, with Hellenic Professional Society of Illinois
August 2023 Co-host & Moderator: “Falling in Love with Greece: A Conversation with Travel Memoirists Sharon Blomfield & Sally Jane Smith Virtual event with Hellenic American Women’s Coucil – Great Lakes Region
September 2022 Poetry Reading, “The Secret Path” at Illinois State Poetry Society “Last Sunday” reading series
May 2022 Inducted Harry Mark Petrakis into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame
March 2022 Hellenic History Fair Judge: Koraes Middle School – Palos Hills, IL
January 2021 Live Virtual Interview with Olympian, Actress, Filmmaker, & Author Alexi Pappas –
Hellenic-American Cultural Center and Museum of Oregon & SW Washington
April 2019 Guest speaker: Writing
Pythagoras Children’s Academy – Elmhurst, IL
Plato Academy – Des Plaines, IL
Hellenic American Academy – Deerfield, IL
March 2019 Panelist: Hellenic Professional Society of Illinois Women in Leadership Panel
Career Day Presentation: Lincoln Elementary School – Elmhurst, IL
April 2018 “Are You a Writer?”: Presentation to Girl Scout Troop – Elmhurst, IL
Guest Speaker: Writer
Pythagoras Children’s Academy – Elmhurst, IL
Plato Academy – Des Plaines, IL
Koraes Elementary School – Palos Hills, IL
Hellenic American Academy – Deerfield, IL
March 2018 Culture Day Presentation: Greece – Lincoln Elementary School, Elmhurst, IL
February 2018 Mistress of Ceremonies – Pythagoras Children’s Academy Gala
September 2016 Author Panel – An Evening with Women.Who.Write
INTERVIEWS, CLIPS, ETC.
May 2022 Articles about Harry Mark Petrakis Induction into Chicago Literary Hall of Fame
National Herald (in English)
National Herald (in Greek)
Hellenic News of America
Tech Phoenix
Pappas Post
July 2021 It’s All Greek to Me Podcast
February 2020 Interview on DistaffMagazine.com (in Greek)
November 2019 Featured in the book, A DROP OF LADI & MY GREEK SOUL, by Krystina Kalapothakos
November 2019 Interview on Mondays with Meleti on Grecian Echoes radio show
October 2019 Interview on A Literary World with Kathryn Gauci
April 2019 Interview on GreekPosts.com
February 2018 Interview on Echoes of Athens radio show
October 2017 Interview on Dialogos Media podcast
July 2016 Interview on Women.Who.Write blog
awards and accolades
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September 2018 |
Among honorees at 40th anniversary celebration of Child’s Play Touring Theatre |
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December 2006 |
Recognized by Greek Women’s University Club as a Top Woman in Greek Media |
wikipedia references
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Maria’s work has been referenced several times in Wikipedia articles. |
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