Odyssey is a bilingual (Greek and English) solo theatre performance which weaves stories from the actor's family's experience of migration from Greece to Australia through Homer's epic poem of the same name. The play is a celebration of diversity and a search for identity and belonging. Performances will be stage from 13-31 March at the Open Stage in Carlton as part of the Antipodes Festival program. For more information call 1300 099 660 or click on the link below.

Cultural Diversity Week is celebrated all across Victoria from March 17-25. It provides an opportunity for all Victorians to share their cultural, linguistic and religious diversity. The City of Brimbank is one of Australia’s most culturally diverse municipalities and celebrates its rich cultural diversity with a jam-packed week of special events for the whole community. The highlight of the week is the annual fun-filled Brimbank Festival on Saturday 24 March. The Cultural Diversity Week in Brimbank Program is available to download in English, Arabic, Chinese and Vietnamese.

The Multicultural Victoria magazine is back! The new-look MV magazine is better and brighter than ever and still offers the best mix of multicultural news and features in Victoria. The new quarterly publication will be available to subscribers from early March. The first edition includes a feature profiling the new VMC Commissioners and an inspirational look at the Multicultural Awards for Excellence winners, as well as grants updates, competitions and much more. It’s easy to get a copy of the latest edition, to subscribe to MV simply email the Victorian Multicultural Commission at info@vmc.vic.gov.au or contact us for more information on (03) 9651 1101.

Stepping Stones is a program that helps refugee and migrant women living in Melbourne develop small business skills. The program offers financial education, micro-business training and mentoring support. This free program builds refugee and migrant women’s capacity to start small businesses in Australia, by giving them assistance with finding traineeships and work opportunities and helping participants to adapt their business experience to the challenge of running a small business in Australia. The program also links participants to enthusiastic and experienced female business mentors in Melbourne. They are recruiting participants until 20 February 2012. The 20 week course – including computer and English skills support workshops – requires one full day per week commitment. Limited places are available.

Moreland Community Legal Centre and the Australian Greek Welfare Society are launching a set of fact sheets on 16 March 2012 for grandparents about family law. The fact sheets will help grandparents to be confident, well informed about their rights and the law, and to enable them to contribute positively to the care, welfare and development of their grandchildren. The six fact sheets are available in both English and Greek and include information about: Family Law, Family Dispute Resolution, Family Violence, Child Protection, Financial Support for Grandparents and a referral guide to free support services and free legal advice. For more information call (03) 9383 2588.

We love to hear what you have planned. You can submit your events and details of any new resources with a multicultural focus via the form on our website. These get added to our online Community Noticeboard and Events Calendar. Selected listings will be included in the VMC Update each fortnight. Click on the link below to find out what's going on around multicultural Victoria.