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Greek Australian films first feature movie at… his parents’ home!
It took Sydney-based director Andreas Toumbas just 17 days – spread out in six months – to film almost in its entirety his debut feature movie Bad Influence. “I filmed …
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Pavlopetri, the oldest submerged city in the world
Pavlopetri, off the coast of Laconia in south-eastern Peloponnese, is a submerged prehistoric town, which consists of intact building foundations, courtyards, streets, graves, and rock-cut tombs. It is the oldest …
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Watch-from-home Greek theatre in the coronavirus era
With 300 confirmed cases* and just five deaths, according to the live-updating https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ site, Australia is nowhere near the coronavirus COVID-19 crisis currently plaguing other countries in Asia or Europe. …
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Dimitra Hatziadam, photographer of Greek evzones
As I rush up Vassilis Sofias avenue, heading towards the Athens War Museum for an interview with photographer, Dimitra Hatziadam, I cross paths with three striding evzones and their plain-uniformed …
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Vassilis is Shen Yun spectacle’s number-one fan in Melbourne
It is a show that is steeped in Chinese culture and history but it is not from China or performed there. But the New York-based Shen Yun Perfroming Arts production …
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Olympic flame begins its journey from Greece to Tokyo
The Olympic Flame for Tokyo Olympic Games, began its journey in Ancient Olympia, sending glimpses of optimism around the world for better days. The Olympic Flame was lit in the …
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The man who survived: Dimitri finds happiness beyond sickness and pain
The health challenges that Dimitri Tsekinis from Adelaide has faced over much of his life would have broken anyone. The love of family and friends, the ability of his doctors …
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Plagues follow bad leadership in ancient Greek tales
In the fifth century BC, the playwright Sophocles begins Oedipus Tyrannos with the title character struggling to identify the cause of a plague striking his city, Thebes. (Spoiler alert: It’s his …
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WHAT’S ON Guide: Greek-inspired events across Australia, 10 March onward
BUSHFIRE RELIEF FUNDRAISER Aussie Spirit Foundation presents Ena Pnevma. Greek Glendi with Djs and special guest MC Con Laz. Aussie Spirit Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation created to help the people …
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Seminar ranges from divine gambling to study of probability
The Greek Centre at 168 Lonsdale Street is hosting an open lecture by Dr Antonios Meimaris of Monash University on the history of randomness on Monday at 7pm. Part of …