By GOTH Music Writer, Vasilis Xydias It’s taken Greece quite a while to musically recoup from a love of everything Metal and The Scorpions, but hip-hop has finally made its mark.  With graffiti artists throwing up amazing pieces on the streets of Athens and rappers getting real-estate in Greek songs, I wondered, ok now, where [...]

Greek-Australian illustrator Kareena Zerefos resides in Sydney, but spends much of her time inhabiting the wistful depths of her own mind.  While Kareena is three generations removed from Greece, growing up with a tight-knit, Greek family has had an impact on her work; “When I’m coming up with ideas for a new work, I spend [...]

Article by Marilyn Manno, for GOTH. If Cavo rented rooms we would have stayed the night. Although the night begged us to dance, and stay up to greet the sun. From delicate zucchini blossoms that seem to flutter to your plate before they are served, to the bright colors hanging from trees and around fountains [...]

While we don’t like to reveal our sources, we must admit that we look to Beetroot design group in Thessaloniki to keep our finger on the pulse of Greek graphic design, as well as to see which Greek brands are blessed with a super-fresh identity or website by this uber-talented group.  Though we’ve spent many [...]

While most consider American poetry to be the written form for those with the utmost grasp of the English language, Kostas Anagnopoulos, a Greek-American writer who’s first language was Greek, embraced poetry as a way to express himself in a tounge he’s never truly felt comfortable with.  Author of several chapbooks (Daydream, Irritant, Various Sex Acts [...]

When you think of Greek cookies, kourambiedes, koulourakia and other classics most likely come to mind.  However, Greek American Eleni Gianopulos, founder of the famous Eleni’s, made her millions by putting a fresh spin on the classic sugar cookie. It all began with baklava, actually.  Growing up, Eleni’s mother taught Greek cooking on a local [...]

While Greeks have a well-deserved reputation for sheltering and overprotecting their children, Yorgos Lanthimos’ acclaimed indie film Dogtooth takes ensuring your children’s well-being to an eerily thought-provoking level.   It’s bigger, and far more twisted, than “treating” your son to a home attached to yours, or telling your daughter she can’t go on her first date [...]

Despite the abundance of high-end Greek restaurants popping up in cosmopolitan cities around the world, Greek cuisine is still breaking down stigmas outside of Greece that decades of diners and street-meat have afforded it.  It was not until 2008 that Greek food was voted ‘Cuisine of the Year’ by Bon Appétit magazine and, in the [...]

Born in Athens and raised in Geneva, Athena Procopiou grew up in a creative home filled with paintings, music and fairytales.  Although she trained as a pianist at the Conservatoire, she decided to leave her career in music behind at eighteen years old and made a bold move to Paris to study Art History at [...]

Greece has spent most of its football (i.e. soccer, for the Americans) history in relative obscurity, having participated in only one World Cup in 1994.  After a successful qualifying campaign, expectations back in Greece were high and no one could have imagined the pending failure to come. The Greeks lost all their three of their [...]

To thoroughly research the evil eye is to discover an amazing cross-section of stories that lie somewhere between a mystic fairytale and a modern pharmaceutical ad.  The Greek belief in the power of envy, and its ability to cause serious side effects for the envied party, is not just ancient folklore perpetuated by generation after [...]

While GOTH has vowed to never dip its silver spoon into the sticky honey pots of Greek economics, politics or religion, we believe Panos Tsagaris’ spiritually-based art is a beautiful exception to the rule.  In his work, Tsagaris collects and combines elements from diverse religious traditions, as well as mystical beliefs, and strips them of [...]

Greek travel typically conjures images of white stucco homes adorned with turquoise shutters, over-looking crystal clear waters.  Sprinkle on top of that some European tourists tanning topless over a frappe and a salata horiatiki and you’ve got your quintessential Greek holiday.  Sound appealing?  Then you’ve come to the wrong place.  If you want to read [...]

As with most great business ideas, it begins by filling a gap you stumble upon in your own life. Two years ago, Greek-American Julie Karatzis from Belmont, California was planning her wedding to take place in Saronida, Greece.  Envisioning high quality, reasonably priced, bilingual invites, she quickly realized there were zero options out there, so [...]

As with many things, Greece was the first to do it, but is no longer recognized for it today.  Despite the emphasis Greece has put on the wine industry over the last few decades, one is hard pressed to find a single Greek variety at restaurants, or even large retailers, outside of Greece.  In ancient [...]

This week celebrates the two-year anniversary of the first stateside mastihashop, located on the Lower East Side of New York City, franchised by Greek-American sisters Artemis and Kalliope Kohas.  From the exterior, the shop looks just like anything else you’d find in this trendy neighborhood, with sleek glass windows revealing rows of well-designed products.  At [...]

If Goddess of the Hunt were a girl, Greece is for Lovers would certainly be our cooler, older brother that we strive to emulate.  Started in 2005, Greece is for Lovers has a matching manifesto to demystify the Greek clichés perpetuated by movies like ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ and the 1970’s tourism campaign they’ve [...]

April 11th, 2010 marks the official BETA launch of The Goddess of the Hunt.