Arts
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Greece’s underrepresented landscapes on display in Victorian Pyrenees
Australian photographer Ashley Perry embarked on a journey to highlight the Greek spots not shown in the tourist reels on Instagram, collating together a collection of 13 pictures in an …
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Renos Haralambidis to stop over in Melbourne for Q+A at 30th Greek Film Festival
Acclaimed Greek filmmaker Renos Haralambidis is set to stop over in Melbourne during this year’s Greek Film Festival, taking part in a Q&A at Palace Cinema Como on Thursday 23 …
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Kalamata to host diverse music festival spanning from classical to contemporary
Kalamata is set to host the ninth consecutive International Kalamata Music Days, showcasing a series of events that spotlight a diverse range of tunes from classical times to modern day. …
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Sophocles’s play Philoctetes returns to Lemnos
On the evenings of 2nd and 3rd of August this year, at the ancient amphitheatre of Ifestia on the northern coast of the northern Aegean Island of Lemnos, Philoctetes returned …
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Kalamata Music Days 2025: Where ancient ruins meet radical soundscapes
Kalamata Music Days 2025: A Festival Bridging Centuries of SoundFrom medieval chants to experimental jazz, the International Kalamata Music Days returns for its ninth edition from August 24 to September …
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Greek-made sculpture honours the migration stories of Melbourne’s Hellenes
Greek sculptor Dimosthenis Tzanakos has gone above and beyond to use his talents to create a piece honouring the legacy of the many Greeks who made the difficult journey to …
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Nikos Papastergiadis wins 2025 Michael Crouch Award for debut biography
Nikos Papastergiadis’s literary non-fiction work John Berger and Me has won the 2025 Michael Crouch Award for a Debut Work in the National Biography Awards. The winner was announced on …
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Greece declares Mikis Theodorakis’ childhood home a cultural monument
The Greek government has officially recognised the childhood home of legendary composer Mikis Theodorakis in Galatas, Hania, Crete, as a modern monument, the Culture Ministry announced on Tuesday. The 19th-century …
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Greek Guide end of July to early August: Festivals, music and more
There are a number of Greek festivals coming up, including some this weekend. On Sunday, ‘My Big Fat Greek Festival’ hits St Albans in Melbourne, with a number of dance …
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Strange Air: Melbourne artist Anna Kiparis revisits pandemic memory in new solo exhibition
Melbourne-based contemporary artist Anna Kiparis is set to unveil her latest solo exhibition, Strange Air, at Montsalvat’s Wood Workshop Gallery in Eltham, running from 30 July to 24 August 2025. …