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Writers, poets get writing for GACL competition, periodical
The Greek-Australian Cultural League (GACL) is again calling on writers to take part in its annual literary competition for poems or short stories written in either Greek or English. The …
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Signs of our (non-coronavirus) times
Weary from reading about the coronavirus? Anxious about the future? Relax. Here are five signs spotted in inner-city Melbourne this week to make you laugh and think about other things. …
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Arts sector in economic turmoil due to coronavirus
The arts sector continues to take massive economic hits during the coronavirus pandemic, with an estimated total of $150 million in income losses from current cancellations. Prime Minister Scott Morrison …
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Farewell Athens… Covid-19 dispatch from Greece
Athens, Wednesday, 11 March: I was leading my annual arts and cultural tour of Athens, from 9-13 March. Artists and producers from outside Greece come to Athens for five days …
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A Greek history of great plagues
“Everybody knows that pestilences have a way of recurring in the world, yet somehow we find it hard to believe in ones that crash down on our heads from a …
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Love learning Greek: Young Greeks celebrating culture and language
Learning Greek is not always easy, but passionate educators Melanie and Maria have found a great solution. On 15 March the teachers hosted the ‘Kafes kai Parea’ Greek language event …
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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 …