Jay Westcott (courtesy of Jay Westcott) (Updated at 2:25 p.m.) ARLnow Staff Photographer, Jay Westcottis moving away from the news industry – but he’s not putting his camera aside just yet. At 51, Westcott is leaving the fast-paced world of daily news photography to focus on those aspects of photography that align with his other passions, including portraiture, storytelling and music. “I’m looking forward to just focusing on the things I’m really good at,” he told ARLnow. Growing up in Battle Creek, Michigan, about two hours west of Detroit, Westcott showed a passion for photography from an early age, often…
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INDIANAPOLIS – You might one day see a plaque outside Lucas Oil Stadium that has nothing to do with football.“If you look at Lucas Oil Stadium, you wouldn’t imagine that there was a vibrant, Arabic-speaking community here,” Dr. Edward E. Curtis IV told WRTV.Dr. Curtis is to apply for a marker to be placed outside the football stadium located at 500 S. Capitol Ave. to recognize what was once the historic Syrian quarter of the city. “What was here 120 years ago was the heart of Arab Indianapolis,” Dr. Curtis said.Willard Street once ran through what is today known as…
Women and minorities have fueled the business start-up boom over the past two years in the United States.A investigation found that nearly half of new entrepreneurs in 2021 were women, a significant increase from 28% in 2019. And the share of new Black business owners tripled to 9%, according to Gusto, a payroll and human resources management.
The Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF), an annual film festival showcasing new works by Greek filmmakers from around the world, now in its 17th consecutive successful year, announced October 10 that it will expand its mission and scope of action with an ambitious program. as part of the global program Global Greek Film Initiative (GGFI). GGFI is strategically designed to establish a range of new annual programs aimed at promoting cultural exchanges between Greece, the United States and the Hellenic diaspora, service opportunities for employment and economic growth in Greece, and to be the plate North American rotating cast…
The story of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah is actually the story of a culture war, similar in many ways to the conflicts raging in modern America. The need to engage and prevail in a culture war is a central lesson of this holiday, and the fact that the ancient Israelites did so paved the way for Jewish continuity and survival throughout the centuries. last two millennia. If we want to ensure that the unique and positive aspects of the American experience also endure, we must remember this Hanukkah lesson. Hanukkah commemorates the miraculous success of the ancient Israelites led…
From boxing contests with no weight classification or point score to chariot races where danger lurked around every corner, it’s easy to see why the ancient Games captivated the Greeks for so long. Here we give you the essential information, highlight our favorite facts. Full of blood, passion and extraordinary athletic feats, the Olympic Games were the sporting, social and cultural highlight of the ancient Greek calendar for almost 12 centuries. “It’s hard for us to overstate the importance of the Olympics to the Greeks,” said Paul Christesen, professor of ancient Greek history at Dartmouth College in the United States.…
The Ministry of Labor and Social Security plans a comprehensive network of measures and actions for faster integration of women into the labor market, Adonis Georgiadis said at the 2nd International Women’s Entrepreneurship Forum on Saturday.The Forum is organized by the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the National Network of Chambers of Women Entrepreneurs, under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Attica Region and the Municipality of Athens. As Georgiadis pointed out, women are underrepresented in the workforce and the gender pay gap is real. According to the minister, the objective is to reduce unemployment among…
On Saturday June 24, one day before the official date of the national elections which will take place in Greece on June 25, expatriates from around the world registered on the special electoral lists and entitled to vote from their place of residence will go to the polls . This is what is provided for in the presidential decree published in the Official Journal, signed by interim Prime Minister Ioannis Sarmas and interim Minister of the Interior Kalliopi Spanou, which concerns “the setting of the date and duration of the vote for the election of deputies in polling stations located…
ATHENS, Greece — (AP) — The United States on Friday returned to Greece 30 ancient artifacts, including marble statues, armored helmets and breastplates, that had been illegally removed from the country, authorities said.The coins handed over to Greek authorities in New York date back 4,700 years to the Middle Ages. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said the “exquisite” works were collectively valued at $3.7 million (€3.39 million).Nineteen of the artifacts were voluntarily given away by New York gallerist Michael Ward, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.Three others were seized from British art dealer Robin Symes, the statement said, while…
Thirty Greek antiquities, collectively valued at $3.7 million, are being repatriated to Greece, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. announced Friday. The items include a marble Aphrodite that was recovered from a storage unit owned by convicted trafficker Robin Symes, where it had been hidden since at least 1999; a 4,000-year-old Cycladic marble figure seized by the ATU earlier this year from a warehouse owned by a New York-based private collector; and a bronze Corinthian helmet smuggled out of Greece, faked from Germany, and placed on consignment with New York-based art dealer Michael Ward, who pleaded guilty to fourth-degree…