Art, Band, Graffiti and a Dinosaur Smash Together at Sci-Bono for The Night of a 1000Drawings 2013
The venue for this year’s Night of a 1000Drawings has been announced! This mass art exhibition for charity will take place on Thursday 7 November 2013 at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Newtown, Johannesburg. Sci-Bono began life as the Electric Workshop. The building was initially the First President Street Power Station, commissioned in 1906 to power the new electric tram system. During Newtown’s years of decline as an industrial centre in the mid-1970s, the building stood derelict. In the 1990s, the building was often used as a music venue particularly after the elections of 1994. In 2004, the Gauteng Department of Education and the private sector initiated plans to develop a major interactive science centre. The new Sci-Bono Discovery Centre was to become the largest science centre in Southern Africa. Doors open at 6pm with the artwork on view until 8pm. Then the race to get a sticker on your coveted A5 masterpiece begins! At 9pm the artwork is taken down and collected by its new owners, and then the party begins. Four live bands will take to the stage, followed by DJ’s. A live Doodle Battle will take place in amongst the crowd, and party-goers can also expect to see Jozi’s hottest graffiti artists battle it out on the night. Partners Converse, Adobe and Red Bull have generously donated some great prizes for the artists participating in the battles, as well as those that have created artwork for the exhibition. Over 1000 pieces of artwork have been collected to date, and we’re still collecting! Join the 1000Drawings team at the regular Doodle events held around Jozi where A5 paper and drawing implements are supplied at the city’s hippest venues in a fun and chilled atmosphere. The public can also drop-off their A5 creations at any one of the partner coffee shops around town. For a list of these venues, go to the Drop-Off Points page on the website. The Night of a 1000Drawings is all about uplifting the inner-city and while things have improved since 2006 when 1000Drawings began, there are still many people who live extremely hard lives on the streets of Johannesburg. Paballo, our main charity, continues to feed and support homeless people living in the inner-city every week. Entirely run and funded by volunteers and donors, they need all the help they can get. These volunteers will be working at the Night of a 1000Drawings. Our second charity, Mmabana began when one of Paballo’s success stories – Nosiku Kalonga returned to her home in Zambia and decided to create an organisation that would do for the children of Choma, what Paballo had done for her...
Weekend Gig Guide
Don’t know what you’re doing tonight? Think you’ll be bored this weekend? Well, here are a couple of ideas, you decide if it’s your cup of tea. Also, let us know if you think we should feature other kinds of events or parties or whatever, also send your gigs to editor@represent.co.za Jo’burg and PTA: Penthouse Party: Date: Friday, 9th March Venue: The Penthouse Address: Corner Fox and Von Brandis, Marshalltown Time: 9pm (ladies free before 11pm) Cover: R40 before 11 Dresscode: Look pretty Info: Tibz 076 012 9339 Japan and I Date: Friday, 9 march 2007 Venue: Bohemians Address: cnr Menton and Park rds, Richmond Telephone: 011 726 6019 Line-up: Japan and I, End of my Leave, Suicide Kings Cover: R30 Start Time: 21:00 The Hellphones Date: Friday, 9 March Venue: The Roxy Rhythm Bar, Main Rd, Melville Telephone: 011 726 6019 Line-up: The Hellphones, The Slashdogs, Failing Forward Cover: R40.00 Start Time: 8pm The Slashdogs Date: Friday, 9 March Venue: The Roxy Rhythm Bar, Main Rd, Melville Telephone: 011 726 6019 Line-up: The Slashdogs, The Hellphones, Failing Forward Cover: R40.00 Start Time: 8pm Idle Hands Date: Friday, 9 March Venue: The 88 Lounge, William Rd, Norwood Telephone: 011 728 8147 Line-up: Idle Hand with DJ Hamma and DJ Redwood Cover: R40 non members R20 members Start Time: 8pm Jam On Tuesday Date: Friday, 9th March 2007 Venue: Tanz Cafe Telephone: 011 463 312 or 083 414 9000 Line up: Jam On Tuesday and Cassette Cover: R 50 or R 30 for RSVP guestlist Starts: 20h00 The Hellphones Date: Saturday, 10 March Venue: Zanzibar, Hokaai Shopping Centre Fairy Glen Corner Celikaats Causeway & Graaff-Reinet Roads, PTA Telephone: 012 991 3261 Line-up: The Hellphones, The Slashdogs, Cover: R30.00 Start Time: 8pm Ryan Dent Date: Saturday, 10 March Venue: The 88 Lounge, William Rd, Norwood Telephone: 011 728 8147 Line-up: Ryan Dent and Lady lea Cover: R60 non members R40 members Start Time: 8pm Riot Fest Date: Saturday, 10 March 2007 Venue: (name and address) Rafterz Vanderbijlpark Telephone: Edwin 082 339 6604 Line-up: Insek, Soulriot, Choking Hazard, Torment, Deity’s muse, Pienk prinsessie and more Start Time: 12h00 Cover charge: R40 Fuzigish Date: Sunday, 11 March Venue: Tempo’s, Hans Strydom Ave, Randburg: Telephone: 011 646 6467 Line-up: Fuzigish Cover: R20 with flyer, R50 without Start Time: 3pm Western Cape Rory Eliot Date: Friday, 9 March Venue: The Pavilion, Cape Town Waterfront Telephone: 021 419 7661 Line-up: Rory Eliot, Live album recording Cover: R 50 for students and R 80 for adults Start Time : 20:00 Rory Eliot Date: Saturday, 10 March Venue: The Pavilion, Cape Town...
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