GREEK COMPOSER PREMIERE

The music of legendary Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis will be performed for the first time in America. Scenes from four of Theodorakis’ operas, including Medea and Antigone, will be performed on Oct. 15 as part of Cathedral School’s 60th anniversary celebration. The show starts at 8 p.m. at the school, 319 E. 74th St., between First and Second avenues. Admission is $50, $35 for students.

The Kefi Commotion

Quiet Columbus Avenue was no preparation for the frenzied commotion that greeted me inside Kefi on a recent Sunday night. At a quarter to eight, a 10-minute wait just to check in for my reservation afforded time to admire the blue-tiled maritime mosaic on the back wall, an artistic punctuation to the restaurant’s fittingly azure color scheme.  Read more

HOT FOR HAUTE GREEK

MICHAEL PSILAKIS RE-IMAGINES CLASSIC COOKERY WITH A CREATIVE TWIST
By Tom Steele

Arguably, state-of-the-art traditional Greek cookery in Manhattan is found at its best at the gracious Midtowners Milos, Molyvos and Avra. But the best creative Greek cookery is being served at Anthos, thanks to the enthralling culinary imagination of chef/co-owner Michael Psilakis.
Teaming up again with restaurateur Donatella Arpaia, with whom he opened Dona and Mia Dona, and again with designer Matthew Sudock, Psilakis has a roomy, low-key Midtown space in which to serve his creations. Read more