Dionisis Sykiotis will give a speech at the Greek Community Center in Melbourne, titled “Greek-Albanian Friendship Before 1821. Kolokotronis’ Close Friendship With Muslim Ali Farmaki. Immigrants All Over the World Should be Integrated, Not Incorporated.” Dionisis was born in China and his parents came from the Greek island Ithaca. He completed his school studies in [...]
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Australian Movie About Alzheimer’s Documents Greek Woman’s Experience
Greek-Australian Carol Liavis is one of the three people sharing their personal experience of Alzheimer’s disease with the public. The new film “Dementia: Taking the Next Step” is an initiative of the Victorian branch of Alzheimer’s, Australia. Carol Liavis uses her personal experience to provide families of Alzheimer’s sufferers information about the disease and mostly, [...]
Greek Festival of Sydney Pays Tribute to Greek Dances
The 30th Greek Festival of Sydney presents “Did You Say Dance?” on May 2, an event dedicated to dancing traditions from all around Greece. Take a journey through the regions and islands of Greece with dance and costumes. Under the instruction of veteran dance teacher Paroula Thurban and her daughter Nicole Englezos, dancers will present [...]
Australian Film Critic: ‘Melina Merkouri Taught Me What Freedom Is’
Australian film critic David Stratton presented the book “A History of Greek Cinema” by Vrasidas Karalis at the 30th Greek Festival of Sydney. He told the audience about his experience in regards to the Greek cinema. Obviously, a film critic talking about Greek cinema could not ignore the contribution of Melina Merkouri. “I was 17 years old when [...]
Greek Festival of Sydney Presents Photo Exhibition on Castellorizo
The 30th Greek Festival of Sydney presents the “An Island in Time: Castellorizo in Photographs, 1890-1948″ exhibition at the Kudos Gallery with special guest MC John Mangos. Largely drawn from the recent publication An Island in Time by Nicholas Pappas and Nicholas Bogiatzis (Halstead Press, 2010), the exhibition documents a lost community through its people, [...]
‘Traditions of Our Homeland’ Presented By Greek Festival of Sydney
The 30th Greek Festival of Sydney proudly presents “Traditions of Our Homeland,” an event of narratives, music, song and dance attempting to revive and promote the life of earlier Cretan generations. The Cretan Folkloric Company will stage a two-hour concert displaying traditional elements of the Cretan cultural heritage, focusing on the quality of life in [...]
30th Greek Festival of Sydney Presents “From Zorba to Jazz”
The 30th Greek Festival of Sydney proudly presents “From Zorba to Jazz: The Other Greek Music,” an event honoring the Greek music tradition. Presented by internationally acclaimed duo Spiros Rantos (violin) and Brachi Tilles (piano), with special guest artist Maria Yiakouli (soprano), Romano Crivici (violin), Robert Harris (viola), Trish McMeekin (cello) and Dorit Herskovits (double bass) [...]
Greek-Australian Painter Receives Bulgari Art Award
The Art Gallery of NSW (AGNSW) and Bulgari announced that Brisbane-based artist Michael Zavros was granted a $80,000 art award which will put his work alongside other great artworks in the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The Bulgari Art Award is a new art award which came to be as a result of a [...]
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05 / 17 Book to be Published on Macedonian Hellenes in Oceania
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05 / 17 Indigenous Find New Place to Camp But Still Boycott Paniyiri Festival
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05 / 17 Michael Spartels is 2012 ‘Kastellorizian of the Year’
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05 / 17 Greek Festival of Sydney Presents ‘Dance to the Rhythm’
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05 / 17 Singapore Airlines to Suspend Services to Abu Dhabi, Athens
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05 / 16 Aborigines Forced to Move Their Tents For Greek Paniyiri
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05 / 16 Greek-Australians Exempt from Pension Cuts
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05 / 16 Greek Studies in Australia Gains $450,000
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05 / 16 Greek Festival of Sydney Presents ‘Identity in the Sand’ Concert
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05 / 11 South Australia Greek Consulate Forced to Reduce Work Hours Due to Staff Shortage
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05 / 11 Book Released in Australia On the History of Greeks in Asia
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05 / 17 Book to be Published on Macedonian Hellenes in Oceania
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05 / 10 AHEA Organizes 2012 Hellenic Language Awards in Maroubra
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05 / 08 Melbourne Grammar School Opens Its Doors After Renovation
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05 / 10 Public Lecture on the History of Greek Cafés to be Held in Australia
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05 / 08 Boite-style Musical Performances By Greeks To Be Held In May
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05 / 08 Businessman Calls on Greek-Australian Community to Send Greece Medical Aid
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05 / 09 Greek Illustrator Draws the Titanic for National Geographic
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05 / 16 Aborigines Forced to Move Their Tents For Greek Paniyiri
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05 / 09 Australia Remembers Writer Nikos Kazantzakis
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