Arts
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Santa says let’s get behind the Bilingual Bookshop
In 2009, Sydney became the home of the Greek Bilingual Bookshop, a Greek bookshop ahead of its time. Set up by the singer/songwriter/author Eleni Elefterias at Stanmore, before moving to …
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Cretan musicians to headline Arkadia 2024 celebrations in Sydney and Melbourne
Sydney and Melbourne audiences will get a chance to experience popular Cretan musicians Kostas Kakoudakis, Michalis Petsakis, and Stelios Stamatogiannakis perform live as part of the 158th anniversary of the …
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Pi-O Wins 2024 Patrick White Literary Award for radical poetics
Pi-O (π.ο.) has won the 2024 Patrick White Literary Award, the poet who was born in Greece in 1951, immigrated with his family in 1954 to Australia, where they settled …
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Additional screenings for the Greek Film Festival in Sydney
The Greek Film Festival of Sydney has announced additional screenings to the program at Palace Norton Street due to popular demand. After several sold out sessions since the opening night …
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Launch of the 70th issue of ‘Antipodes’ magazine dedicated to Cyprus
The 70th issue of the bilingual magazine ‘Antipodes’, dedicated to Cyprus, was launched last Sunday in a packed Andronikos Centre at Alphington Grammar School. The Greek-Australian Cultural League of Melbourne …
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Creation of our narrative in documentaries like Greko of Calabria and Anzac in the Greek Film Festival and documentaries
Almost three decades ago, the Greek Orthodox Community of NSW had the vision to bring to films from Greece and by Greeks from the diaspora to Australia. The annual Greek …
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Greek Australian family dynamic explored in new way in ‘The Greek Word for Funeral’
On Friday October 18, the Melbourne Theatre Company will host a play reading of a new work, ‘The Greek Word for Funeral’. Written by George Lazaris and directed by Bridget …
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Greek-Australian Cultural League to honour Cyprus at latest ‘Antipodes’ launch
The Greek-Australian Cultural League (GACL) is set to launch the 70th edition of its annual bilingual journal Antipodes, with this year’s publication dedicated to Cyprus, the island of Aphrodite, and …
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Wood and Deering back proposal for Intercultural Museum in Melbourne
In a move set to bolster Melbourne’s multicultural reputation, Lord Mayoral candidate Arron Wood and Deputy Lord Mayoral candidate Erin Deering have announced their support for the establishment of an …
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‘Diaphanous Impressions’: an exploration of the softness of nature
Artist Anna Abell (née Krambousanos) is set to display her upcoming collection of ink paintings centred on the evolution and fragility of nature. The exhibition titled ‘Diaphanous Impressions’ will be …