Arts
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WHAT’S ON Guide: Greek-inspired events across Australia, 18 July onward
VIC GREEK TAVERN NIGHT AT ELENI’S Eleni’s Kitchen + Bar (28 Anderson St, Yarraville) is hosting a Greek tavern night this Friday 19 July at 7.00-10.00 pm. Experience the best of Greek …
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Award-winning novel by Greek author Makis Tsitas translated into English
More readers around the world will now have the chance to enjoy Makis Tsitas’ award-winning novel ‘God Is My Witness’, thanks to Aiora Press which has released the novel in …
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Athens & Epidaurus Festival opens the door to diversity
Summer in Greece is filled with cultural events and activities, however the most important is the Athens and Epidaurus Festival, one of the oldest festivals of Europe, that takes place …
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WHAT’S ON Guide: Greek-inspired events across Australia, 12 July onward
VIC ‘THALASSA’ ART EXHIBITION Stella Zicopoulos-Greig’s latest solo exhibition of oil paintings ‘Thalassa’ explores the artist’s cultural identity and lifelong relationship with the sea. As a child of Greek migrants, …
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Brexit and Alcibiades: Populism, demagoguery and fake news
Does the ancient Greek world of politics – from which ‘democracy’ and indeed ‘politics’ are ultimately derived – have any light to shed on the current UK Brexit catastrophe (another …
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Oldest human skull outside Africa identified as 210,000 years old
A 210,000-year-old human skull found in Greece shows that the human species left Africa much earlier than previously thought. The exciting discovery was published in a new study in Nature …
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Graffiti in Cyprus paints a rich and complex picture of this divided society
All too often, graffiti is categorised as either art or vandalism, when in fact it’s so much more than that. When read with special attention, graffiti can offer deep insights …
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Greek Australian artist Stella Zicopoulos-Grieg explores her cultural identity in solo exhibition ‘Thalassa’
As a child of Greek migrants, memories of the long voyage from Greece to Australia have had a profound influence on Stella Zicopoulos-Grieg’s artistic practice. Her love of the sea …
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WHAT’S ON Guide: Greek-inspired events across Australia, 5 July onward
VIC PIZZA & MOVIE NIGHT This Sunday 7 July St Panteleimon Greek Orthodox Church (19 Herbert St, Dandenong) is hosting a pizza and movie night at 4.30 pm. The first film being …
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Photographer Polixeni Papapetrou: Existentialism and good underwear
Photographer Polixeni Papapetrou died in April last year at age 57 after a five-year illness. Her friend, writer Joanna Murray-Smith writes about the artist in an introduction to the new …