Russian-Speaking Women’s Association in South Australia

18/10/2026

🌺 You’ve been asking for it- we’ve got it! 🧶

Following the wonderful success of last year’s Remembrance Day poppy-making workshop, which was featured by the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, our much-loved crochet sessions with MaryAnn are back!

Join us for a relaxed morning of creativity, conversation and connection as we crochet red poppies in preparation for Remembrance Day.

📅 Friday, 23 October 2026
🕥 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
📍 Lakeside Café, 69 Sir Ross Smith Boulevard, Oakden

❤️ Beginners and experienced crocheters are equally welcome. All materials are provided, and participation is free. A gold coin donation to support Prima Nota’s community activities is warmly appreciated.

Come along, bring a friend and enjoy a lovely morning together!

Lest we forget. 🌺

17/10/2026

Dear friends,

Olga Strizhak is the Musical Director of Mt Lofty Singers since January 2011. She has a degree in conducting and is a very experienced choral conductor.
Olga is available for private singing, piano and guitar lessons.

05/10/2026

Come along to Prima Nota’s Annual General Meeting!

Join us for an afternoon of food, entertainment, conversation and community- catch up with old friends, make new ones, meet our committee and the people behind the Prima Nota magic.

We’ll share a little about what we’ve been doing over the past year, what’s coming next, and what’s in our strategic plan for the year ahead.

And if you’ve been following Prima Nota but haven’t joined us as a member yet, you’ll be able to sign up on the spot. Membership is free, and becoming a member doesn’t mean you have to volunteer or join the committee. It can simply be a way to stay connected and be part of our community.

Sunday, 11 October 2026
11:30AM–1:30PM
Felixstow Reserve, Riverside Drive, Felixstow 5070

Members and non-members are very welcome.

03/10/2026

25/09/2026

🥞 MASLENITSA SA 2027- EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST ARE NOW OPEN! 🎉

Our Folk Pancake Festival Maslenitsa SA is returning, and we’re inviting YOU to be part of it!

Following a wonderful celebration in 2026, which brought together over 1,500 people, we’re getting ready to bring Adelaide’s diverse communities together once again for an afternoon of music, dance, delicious food, cultural traditions and new connections.

And we’d love you to join us! ❤️

✨ We’re inviting:

🎶 Performers- choirs, musicians, dance groups and cultural performers who would love to share their talents and traditions with a diverse audience.

🥞 Stallholders- food vendors, artisans and small businesses looking to showcase their products and connect with new customers and communities.

🎨 Artists & artisans- creative people interested in running workshops, sharing traditional crafts or offering live demonstrations.

🤝 Volunteers- enthusiastic people who would like to meet new friends, gain event experience and help bring this celebration to life!

🙌 Community Partners- multicultural associations, community organisations and local service providers who would like to connect with our festival community through cultural activities, information stalls, shared initiatives or other forms of collaboration.

Whether you joined us last year or this will be your first Maslenitsa SA, we would love to hear from you.

Maslenitsa SA is a celebration rooted in Slavic traditions, but open to everyone. We welcome people and cultural communities of all backgrounds to share their talents, celebrate their heritage and create something special together.

📅 Sunday, 14 March 2027

📍 Linde Reserve, Stepney, South Australia

⏰ EOI deadline: 30 November 2026

Volunteer registrations will remain open right up until the festival!

🔗 Interested in participating?

Complete our Expression of Interest form here:

https://primanota.org.au/maslenitsa-2027-eoi/

We look forward to welcoming familiar faces and meeting many new ones as we prepare for Maslenitsa SA 2027!

Different cultures. Shared traditions. One community. 🧡

19/09/2026

SERVICE UPDATE❗️

Saturday 26th September 6:00 pm Vigil
Sunday 27th September 9:00 am Divine Liturgy

A message from our Starosta:

“We can also announce that on Saturday 26th of September & Sunday 27th of September we will have a visiting Priest to celebrate the services for the Exaltation of the Cross. We expect the Vigil service to start at 6 pm & the Divine Liturgy to start at 9 am on Sunday morning

We would also like to remind everyone that the will be a reader’s Vigil service at 6 pm this Saturday night. Everyone is welcome”

- Regards George

12/09/2026

We are delighted to announce that a presentation co-authored by Prima Nota Chair Nina Iouguina and Dr Shawn O’Donnell has been accepted for the FECCA 2026 Conference in Canberra.

The presentation brings together two complementary perspectives.

Dr O’Donnell draws on more than 30 years of medical practice with marginalised and Indigenous communities across Canada, Australia, Ireland and the United States. At times, he was the only medical doctor serving communities across hundreds of kilometres in northern Canada.

Nina brings more than 20 years of community work, extensive board and executive governance experience, and a background in data analysis, evaluation and leadership. Her own life has crossed the former Soviet Union, the United States, Canada and Australia, giving her a deeply personal as well as professional understanding of migration, institutions and belonging.

Together, they examine whether behaviours commonly attributed to “cultural difference” may also be shaped by poverty, housing insecurity, trauma, institutional distrust, difficulty navigating systems and the absence of belonging.

Their presentation asks an important question:

How can services respond effectively if structural marginalisation is mistaken for culture?

We are enormously proud to see this important contribution joining the national conversation on multiculturalism, equity and belonging.

27/08/2026

Dynamic Multi-Layered Color Field Paintings.

Kari Bienert, karibienert.com, is an Australian Color Field painter who has been exhibiting nationally and internationally for over 25 years. Her bright, color-laden oil paintings are recognizable for their unique geometric abstraction that are the result of a very personal oil mixing practice.

Kari earned a BA in Visual Arts from the University of South Australia.

Her latest exhibition, titled "The Power of Colour," opens today in Adelaide at 55 Rundle st Kent Town from 6 pm-8 pm in as part of the 2026 South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival.

Opening Speaker: Emma Fey, Deputy Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia.