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When Pope Leo XIV met Thanasis Veggos

The incredible story of the meeting of the current Pope Leo XIV with Thanasis Veggos in the 90s in Colombia is told to protothema.gr by the director and then actress Varvara Douka

They read a charred scroll of Philodemus 2,000 years after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius – They found the word “disgust”

Researchers discovered the title and author on the Erculaneum scroll after x-raying the charred scroll and virtually unrolling it on a computer

In Los Angeles, the film about Stelios Kazantzidis

The screening will take place as part of the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF) on May 4 at 6:30 p.m. at Harmony Gold in West Hollywood, followed by a reception

Concerts: The big international live shows of the summer

Tom Jones, The Stranglers, Alice Cooper, and other major names complete the summer concert “map”

Singer Jill Sobule found dead in a house fire

Among her hits, her 1995 song "I Kissed a Girl" stands out, which is widely regarded as the first song with LGBTQ+ themes to reach a position in the Billboard Top 20

Benjamin Labatut: The Chilean writer – Phenomenon at the Onassis Foundation Stegi

His book, When We Cease to Understand the World, was among the finalists for the 2021 Booker International Prize

Moni Lazariston: Charity concert on May 31st for the 40th Anniversary of the modern conservatory of Thessaloniki

Pantelis Thalassinos, Eleni Tsaligopoulou, Fotini Velesiotou, Dimitris Bakoulis, Giorgos Chouvardas, and Eleni Dimopoulou will take the Thessaloniki audience on a journey through the unmatched art of Giorgos Kazantzis

Julianne Moore recites Cavafy 162 years after his Birth – Video

Prominent artists feature in the documentary and short films about the Alexandrian poet, premiering today on the Onassis Foundation's digital YouTube channel

Simone Leigh: Three works by the renowned sculptor at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

She is the first African American woman to represent the U.S. at the Venice Biennale in 2022, where she won the Golden Lion

Greece-Saudi Arabia: Strengthening cultural cooperation

Culture Minister Lina Mendoni is in Jeddah for the inaugural meeting of the Joint Cultural Committee, within the framework of the Strategic Partnership Council of the two countries

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