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Vissi reduced Australian tour fee after threat to fill Rod Laver with homeless hecklers
Facing financial disaster after disastrous ticket sales, desperate times had called for desperate measures during Greek superstar Anna Vissi’s 2002 Australian tour, so promoter Michael Chugg called in his ‘Mr …
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Vallejo Gantner brings experience and excellence to Onassis Foundation in New York
Afternoon mid February in Athens it is cold and sunny and we sat on the balcony of an apartment sipping cloudy ouzo and eating salty olives. We did this almost …
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Medea in the era of #MeToo
As part of the Festival Hellenika 2019 program, a second talk will be presented on the Greek mythological figure Medea. But this time around with an entirely different and fresh …
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Greek Australian doctor instrumental to changing clinical practice in most IVF clinics
Dr Christos Venetis’ work has gained international recognition and has been instrumental in changing the clinical practice in most IVF clinics worldwide. Currently the Senior Coordinator of Clinical Research at IVF …
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What? You won’t eat the meat? – ‘It’s a sin!’
No, this is not a piece on the Pet Shop Boys’ iconic song. It’s a piece on a phrase I haven’t stopped hearing since going full vegan in January. Oh, …
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Beauty, make-up and female bonding at the Make-Up Workshop Master Class at Vogue Ballroom
Young women were transformed on Monday evening during at the educational Make-Up Workshop Master Class at Vogue Ballroom. Make-up artist and hairdresser Chrissy Tasios hosted the workshop for women of …
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Ancient shipwreck open to divers in Greece for first time
Greece’s underwater antiquity has been off-limits to the general public. Only archaeologists had access to these sites for fear that they would be looted. Now, an underwater museum has been …
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Maria Callas performs again posthumously as a hologram
Tupak Shakur was one of the first artists to perform again in a post-mortem performance in 2012. Since then, Michael Jackson, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbinson and many other deceased stars …
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Romiosini And Beyond: A musical event celebrating Greekness and Mikis Theodorakis’ oeuvre
Anyone familiar with Greece’s modern history will know that Yiannis Ritsos and Mikis Theodorakis are two figures whose legacy shaped the country’s identity. To situate these legacies merely in the …
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Who says that Saffron and Ryzogalo don’t mix?
The idea of flavouring a ryzogalo (Greek rice pudding) with lemon and krokos Kozanis (saffron) sounded perfect in my mind, so I made a twist to the classic rice pudding …