Design meets Art at Momo
WOW – Gallery Momo just keeps blowing us away with their vision and work. Up next is an awesome furniture exhibit featuring some of SA’s top furniture designers such as Gregor Jenkin. Buzzing, inviting and full of promise and inspiration, the “Design meets Art” kicks off on the 16 August. Go Go GO. PHILIP NEL EGG DESIGN TONIC DESIGN GREGOR JENKIN & STEVEN TANCHEL OPENING THURSDAY 16 AUGUST @ 18H30 52 7th Avenue Parktown North Johannesburg T: + 27 11 327...
Celebrate Women Artists in Aug – do it girls!
If you have not been to the awesome ConHill in Braamfontein/Parktown yet, here is your chance, ladies and guys get your friends together and go and celebrate some of our most prolific female artists in SA. If you go on Sunday the 11 August, you get to meet the artists’s and chat to them about their work – a rare opportunity indeed. Go Go Go. To celebrate National Women’s Month in August, an exhibition of contemporary photography and poetry by 14 South African women is being held at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg. Titled Isis X, this exhibition seeks to evoke the spirit of the mythological Egyptian goddess and, at the same time, pays tribute to the creativity of her modern-day earth-bound counterparts. The exhibition, which can be viewed from now to the 31 August 2007, is being presented by Botsotso, a grouping of South African poets, writers and artists that has been in existence for 13 years. The four female photographers taking part in the Isis X exhibition are Neo Ntsoma, Suzy Bernstein, Riana Wiechers and Anna Varney. The latter two women will also be displaying their poetic prowess, and joining them are fellow poets elsbeth e, Sumeera Dawood, Lisemelo Tlale, Elizabeth Trew, Anet Kemp, Baitse Mokiti, Myesha Jenkins, Arja Salafranca, Makhosazana Xaba and Bongekile Mbanjwa. On display are 50 photographs and poems taken from the book Isis X, edited by Allan Kolski Horwitz and available through Botsotso Publishing. “Such an openly women-only venture might attract projections of stereotyped feminism or effeminate style,” commented poet Eva Kowalski of the book, “[but] neither is valid concerning this intelligent, varied, yet ultimately coherent anthology.” Similarly, the Isis X exhibition aims to reflect the humorous personal insights, poignant social observations and spirited expressions of anger and hope reflected by the female contributors in the book. It is hoped that visitors to the exhibition will conclude that a female artist’s pen and lens are, indeed, mightier than the sword. The opening will take place at 6pm for 6.30pm on 2 August, in the atrium of the exhibition space at the Women’s Jail at the Constitution Hill Complex in Kotzé Street, Hillbrow. Keketso Semoko (Isidingo actress and women’s rights activist) and Odette Geldenhuys (legal rights activist and documentary film maker) are the guest speakers, and several of the poets will also give readings of their work. There will be a walkabout for the public on Saturday, 11 August at 11am, during which the photographers and poets will be present to discuss their work. In addition, there will be an evening of women’s poetry at the same venue at 6pm on Friday, 24 August. This will feature...
Get to Maftown for the Golden Stars
Oh it’s gonna be a jam-packed Spring… let’s hope it’s a Sprummer again. Just focus on Sept and don’t let this crappy weather bring you down. There’s only one place to be on the 21, 22 and 23 September and that’s Maftown in the North West Province for the Golden Stars Awards weekend, celebrating the success of arts and business in Mafikeng and by Maftownians. So go out there and enjoy. Click on the flyer for the full line up. We’ll tell you more as we get...
Canadian Movie @ the Alliance
Movie buffs and those of you interested in the French language and culture, make sure to catch the screening of Canadian Oscar-winning (Best Foreign Language 2004) movie Les Invasions Barbares. More on the film at IMDB and see the synopsis below – free entry. Les Invasions Barbares Fri 10 August 2007 6pm Language: French – English subtitles Not suitable for persons under the age of 16 years Free entrance Venue: Alliance Française of Johannesburg 17 Lower Park Drive corner Kerry Road Parkview (opposite Zoo Lake) For more information: 011 646 1169 culture.jhb@alliance.org.za Les invasions barbares Rémy, divorced, in his early fifties, is hospitalized. His ex-wife Louise immediately asks their son Sébastien, now enjoying a successful career in London, to come home. Sébastien hesitates; after all, he and his father haven’t had much to say to one another in years. He relents, however, and flies to Montréal with his French fiancée. Upon his arrival, Sébastien stops at nothing to obtain a clear picture of his father’s state of health and help make things easier for him during the difficult times ahead. He uses his wits, cajoles his family and friends, shakes up the system and even resorts to bribery in order to bring a greater measure of comfort – and happiness – to his father’s life. In the meantime, relatives, friends and lovers stop by Rémy’s bedside to offer their support, settle their accounts… and reflect on their own lives. Seventeen years later, the decline of the american empire continues… Rémy, divorcé, la cinquantaine, est à l’hôpital. Son ex-femme Louise rappelle d’urgence leur fils Sébastien, installé à Londres. Ce dernier hésite, son père et lui n’ont plus rien à se dire depuis longtemps. Finalement, il accepte de revenir à Montréal pour aider sa mère et soutenir son père. Dès son arrivée, Sébastien remue ciel et terre, joue de ses relations, bouscule le système de toutes les manières possibles pour adoucir les épreuves qui attendent Rémy. Il ramène aussi au chevet de Rémy la joyeuse bande qui a marqué son passé : parents, amis et anciennes maîtresses. Que sont-ils devenus à l’heure des “invasions barbares” ? L’irrévérence, l’amitié et la truculence sont-elles toujours au rendez-vous ? L’humour, l’épicurisme, le désir peuplent-ils toujours leurs rêves ? A l’heure des invasions barbares, le déclin de l’empire américain...
Representing in Phalaborwa!
So many of us are not from Jozi. In fact many of us are from everywhere but here: drawn to the gold rush, the vibe, the work opportunities… searching for success and a ‘piece of the good pie’ that our wonderful adopted city of Joburg generously offers us. But there’s nothing like going home to your town, kasi, village or street, nostalgia flooding your being at the emotions of remembering where you are from and how far you have come since you left for the big lights. Our writer Reuben “The Matrix” Malema paints exactly this scenario as he takes us through his visit to his hometown of Phalaborwa in Limpopo to attend the Cell C/Ghetto Ruff/Zola event on the weekend. Thanks for reminding us of how good it feels to make a triumphant return. Bring on the holidays. See our photos here. On Saturday 28/07/2007 the Palamine Club – Namakgale – Phalaborwa (My Origins and Home base!!!), had its wide-open grounds teeming with bodies all out in full force and well adorned – partly in support of a charitable good cause and partly in a quest for an exhilarating night out. For me and the ‘Jus Dat’ entourage, the night and fun started way before the official proceedings took centre stage as our convoy conglomerated at the Malepe residence in Namakgale (Di – 12 !!), a place all too familiar to me. In a very emotional way the setting evoked images of my childhood days in a juxtaposed collage of memorabilia against my now triumphant return to my Origins (The warm feeling really defies words and any attempt to express these emotions). At 18:00, hazards flashing, our convoy took to the streets in a presidential-like parade with all routes leading to Palamine Club. Our entry through the VIP access point was indeed a very momentous occasion which got even Big Vic (one part of Jus Dat`s management and Executive production duo) in a near tear-jerking moment as in his own words: “We left home in search of greater opportunities in Johannesburg and now Palamine Club is paying homage to our achievements!” – If I never cried right there and then, I knew i`ll never cry that night ever again, because his words were not just his own, but sentiments shared intimately by many of us from Limpopo who’ve undertaken the same search for success in the Highveld of gold down south! Hence the emotional gratitude and heartfelt tribute to Big Vic and Tumelo Mailula`s success (Re a Thekga Bakone!). The tight security venue was embellished with red and white, clearly symbolic of Cell-C`s corporate identity. At 19:00 Phalaborwa’s star Radio personality: DJ Eddie Crooks handed the stage over to one local star...
CT Theatre of Magic coming to Jozi
You know how we occasionally ponder over why CT’s venues, experiences and general taste can outdo Jozi’s time and again? It’s our pondering and we’re sticking with it. Anyway, moan no more. Cape Town brings us the much desired Madame Zingara’s Spiegelpaleis tent and all the bells and whistles as the “Theatre of dreams” slides into Jozi – and it’s yours for the taking! It’s apparently a fantastical, magical, experiential break from the norm…we’ll be at opening night and let you know if the hype is on point. Events companies take note ! 🙂 New venue! Bookings open today. We decided to see what CT bloggers had to say about it, here’s PurpleRonnies take: The tent itself is something amazing to behold. It is huge. It seats around the outside of it in excess of 300 people. It has a stage at the back, a dj, a dance floor/stage in the middle and stained glass windows made in the 1920s and imported specially. The atmosphere was one of excitement and fun and not a little bit of silliness. The waiters and waitresses were all also dressed in various fun, silly or sexy outfits and this just really added to the whole effect. The performances were incredible and the highlight of my evening. The hostess was wonderfully funny, charming and sexy; and had a sultry, silky singing voice. We saw clowns, jugglers, singers, dancers and the like. But the amazing part consisted of three performers who I still drop my jaw at when I picture it in my mind. They suspended themselves from the ceiling using rings, ropes and other dangerously exciting things and suspended and contorted themselves in the most unimaginable ways….. And the official PR: The Theatre Of Dreams comes to The City Of Gold There is a legend that dates back to 1920, one of such grandeur and splendour that she will enchant all who pass through her seductive doors. The Theatre of Dreams is one of only a handful left in the world today. Like every old theatre, her spirit travels with her, woven into ballooning velvet canopies, merry go round dance floors and stained cut-glass windows. Her intimate booths, ornate bar and bevelled mirror columns hold a million secrets, while her glorious chandeliers hang above. The history of these Spiegelpaleis tents dates back to the 1920s when the tents were built to entertain patrons after WWI and were designed to travel across Europe to small villages where no entertainment was available. They have immense history, mystique and beauty to them and hold myriads of secrets in the mirrors and wood walls. Sell out shows across the world bear testament to their...
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