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    Creating safe, inclusive spaces: The importance of events led by young refugees

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    Attend a multicultural festivals that centres refugee and migrant youth as creators, leaders, and storytellers
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    Williamstown juggler brings Gen Zed humour to the comedy stage

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    Six Gen-Z comedians feature in a show giving up-and-coming talent their first proper crack at a festival run.
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    Wyndham City LIT Festival grounded in sustainability

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    This free event transforms the green heart of Werribee into an immersive world of large-scale, light-based art installations, projections and interactive experiences.
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    Screens – April 2025

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    Reviews this month: Death of a Unicorn, Small Thing Like These, The Correspondent, Looney Tunes: The Day They Earth Blew Up, The Penguin Lessons
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    Op Shops on song with Allegro Non Oppo

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    A series of free piano concerts from music composer and fellow Westsider Ania Reynolds kicks off in April offering an op-shopping experience like no other.
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    Westsider Radio finds a home at Kindred Band Room!

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    Kindred is the heart of live music in the inner west and the perfect partner to help us launch this new community-driven initiative.
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    Storytelling comes to the streets of West Footscray

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    By Christien Wilson  The Footscray West Writers Fest will bring the streets of West Footscray to life in a celebration of literature, community and belonging.  A...
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    Trocadero Projects and Environmental Films Australia team up to bring an environmental cinema experience to Footscray.

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    Throughout March, enjoy a selection of short films from Australia, New Zealand and the United States that explore humanity’s connection to country and impact...

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