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What’s On 18 March – 25 March
QLD PANIYIRI GREEK FESTIVAL Celebrate all things Greek at Paniyiri Greek Festival, Brisbane’s biggest Greek celebration, jam-packed with Zorba dancing, honey puff eating competitions, cooking demonstrations, markets stalls, rides, sideshow …
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Two Greek filmmakers nominated in this year’s Academy Awards
Two Greek filmmakers are in the Oscar nominations’ mix for the 93rd Academy Awards that will be held on 25 April. The names of Phedon Papamichael and Yorgos Lanthimos were …
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George Pavlides book launch
For 63 years George Pavlides served the community through the Cypriot Community of Apostolos Andreas and then the Greek Cypriot Parent and Youth Club. Mr Pavlides was known for his …
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Family and friends gather to celebrate Sofia Kokkinos’ 100th birthday
Sofia Kokkinos recently celebrated her 100th birthday with her family, relatives and many friends. Born in Emborios Nysiros, she migrated to Australia on 13 June, 1957, to seek a better …
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Homer, the great ancient Greek poet, meets Homer Simpson by the beach
An inflatable five-metre tall sculpture, mixing a bust of the ancient Greek poet Homer with the head of animation character Homer Simpson, is among the highlights of an artist fair …
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This year’s Lonsdale St Festival, an ode to Melbourne’s Greek music scene
The pandemic’s impact is still being felt across the entertainment and events industry, but the Greek Community of Melbourne is among organisers who went for “the show must go on” …
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Doctors’ organisation calls on government to speed vaccine roll out and help poorer nations
A leading medical doctors’ organisation is calling on the Australian government to support the call for more COVID-19 vaccines being made available to poorer countries and to speed the rollout …
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Artists invited to submit their work to new-look Antipodean Palette 2021
After a conventional exhibition venue in 2019 to the online presentation last, year, Antipodean Palette 2021 will take to the streets of Melbourne to be displayed on billboards and on …
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Dreaming that Greece might still be free
Last Wednesday, the 17 March, the City of Moreland, home to one of the most historically significant Greek communities in Melbourne, held a Greek Bicentennial Day Celebration and Flag Raising …
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Max Richter’s Sleep, a filmed antidote to modern life with music to dream by
Music does things. For German-born, English-raised composer Max Richter, music is a “vehicle for travelling through the world, for getting through life”. So he says in the film Max Richter’s …