Festival of Sports and Culture
The Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre (SMRC) will host the One World Festival of Sports and Culture.
The free event features a soccer tournament, sports clinic, cultural dancer performances and food.
- Springers Leisure Centre, 400 Cheltenham Road, Keysborough. Sunday 21 May, 11am to 6pm. Call Sharon Smith on 9767 1900 for more information or to register.
Fotheringham Reserve friends
Visitors can get their hands dirty and enjoy the great outdoors on the fourth Sunday of every second month.
The Friends of Fotheringham Reserve Environmental Group runs activities including water watch, planting indigenous seedlings, weed control, seed collecting and nature walks.
- Fotheringham Reserve, Pyke Street, Dandenong. Sunday 21 May, 10am to noon.
Hazaragi and Dari storytelling
Enjoy a Hazaraghi children’s storytelling session and find out about the Hazaraghi storybook project, where children’s books are created from children’s stories collected in Hazaraghi.
This is an Afghan Australian Initiative in partnership with the Dandenong Library.
- Dandenong Library, 225 Lonsdale Street, Dandenong. Sunday 21 May, 1pm. Free event. No booking required. Call 1300 630 920 for more information.
Indian Fusion Ensemble
Trident combines India’s diverse musical offerings with the arrangement styles of the West.
- Drum Theatre, corner Lonsdale and Walker streets, Dandenong. Saturday 20 May, 7.30pm to 9pm. Tickets are priced from $20. Visit www.drumtheatre.com.au call 8571 1666 for bookings.
Mandolins and lions
Learn to play a mandolin or lion dance for a $2 donation.
- Springvale Neighbourhood House, 46-50 Queens Avenue, Springvale. Mandolin class is on Saturdays, 1pm to 3pm, and lion dancing on Sundays, 1pm to 3pm. Call 9548 3972 for more information.
Walker Street Gallery
The Gatherers features works from artists Susan Hall and Meg Viney, who collect materials from the environment to create art about the natural world’s fragility.
Amanda Fewell hand-embroidered and appliqued flags to reflect themes relating to Australian identity and Australian values for exhibition The Eureka Project.
- Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre, corner Walker and Robinson streets, Dandenong. Until Saturday 3 June. 11am to 5pm Tuesday to Friday and 11am to 3pm Saturdays.
