It’s time TED time!
TEDxJohannnesburg has secured the rights to stream TED2014 live to a public audience for one day only, on Tuesday 18 March from 5:00pm to 10:00pm. The venue is the hospitable JoziHub at 44 Stanley Avenue, in Milpark Johannesburg. This year marks TED’s 30th anniversary, and sees the event move from Longbeach in California, to Vancouver in Canada. Chris Anderson, TED’s curator, had this to say on this year’s theme: “The theme for TED2014 is simply this: ‘The Next Chapter’. We’ll be seeking to understand what are truly the most significant developments of the last 30 years… and applying that knowledge to understand what’s ahead. The theme makes it easy for us to reach out to the world’s greatest minds and challenge them to help shape a program better than any in our history—in an unforgettable custom theater designed for talk.” The webcast focuses on Sessions 2 and 3 — ‘Retrospect’ and ‘Reshape‘. Highlights of these sessions include Hollywood special effects tech designer and magic-maker Bran Ferren, LGBTQ documentary filmmaker Yoruba Richen, and ace DJ-cum-music producer Mark Ronso. We’ll also hear from legendary type designer Mathew Carter, New York’s High Line urban planner Amanda Burden, and Chinese sustainability activist Peggy Liu. The pick of the day though, promises to be cruciverbalist David Kwong, who creates illusions for films and TV, and makes verbal magic as a crossword puzzle maker for the New York Times. “TED2014 is a pivotal event in the history of TED,” says TEDxJohannesburg convener Kelo Kubu, “The move to a new location and a custom designed theatre will add renewed vigour to what is already an awesome offering.” For a R120 contribution you get to enjoy a live connection to two sessions at the most important TED event of the year. Snacks and refreshments included. So make sure you can say ‘My friends and I saw that talk before it went on TED.com’. Get your...
Soul Superstar Joss Stone to Perform at Carnival City.
Hard to believe in a couple of weeks British Soul singer Joss Stone will be performing her smash hits at Carnival City. Read the full press release below, and get your tickets ready. Multi-platinum selling British soul singer Joss Stone will be performing for one night only at the Carnival City Big Top Arena on Wednesday, 2 April. With six albums and over 14-million in sales worldwide under her belt, Stone has made an impression on fans of soul music. With her latest release The Soul Sessions Volume 2, Joss shows why she is so highly acclaimed in her genre. Her new album has been described as “vocal poise, passion and power with some great songs and an artist at the peak of her powers”. Her childhood musical influences were Dusty Springfield and Aretha Franklin and she has emulated their soulful style of singing. Joss enjoyed early success when in 2001, at the age of 13, she won the BBC Television talent show Star for a Night and also won Steps to the Stars. In 2003 she signed a recording contract with S-Curve Records and released The Soul Sessions, her multi-platinum debut album which reached the Top Five in the UK Album charts and the Top 40 of the US Billboard 200 chart. To date Joss has won numerous awards including a Grammy and two Brit Awards. Her decade in showbiz has been characterised by her intuitive and freeform approach to music, and by hard-earned experience. In her short young life and already long career, she has performed onstage with the likes of James Brown, Gladys Knight, Solomon Burke, Blondie, Smokey Robinson and Melissa Etheridge amongst others, and has also enjoyed collaborations with Mick Jagger and Dave Stewart. The show begins at 8pm and tickets are available from Computicket between R300 and R680. DATE Wednesday 2 April 2014 TIME 20h00 VENUE Carnival City Big Top Arena TICKETS R300 to R680 each BOOKING Computicket...
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