A South African Arts & Culture Magazine
Over the weekend, watching the rain, sun, wind and clouds play hide and seek, my eyes came to rest on the top of a Mulberry Tree, moved on to spreading Loquat trees, squinted a bit at a Quince Tree and panned…
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The second Cape Town Baroque Festival (CTBF) is yet again set to be a highlight on the city’s music calendar. With local and international soloists and ensembles performing, the CTBF will offer audiences a varied programme of top quality baroque…
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Beaufort West, a Karoo town, was named after Henry Somerset 5th duke of Beaufort, father of Lord Charles Somerset the then governor of the Cape Colony. It is the centre of a sheep farming and agricultural area and became the…
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September 26 will mark the birthday of Leonard Sachs.The future television, stage and film actor Leonard Meyer Sachs was born that day in 1909 in the small town of Roodepoort, Gauteng. He received his education in South Africa and moved…
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The exhibition Faith has taken 2 months to prepare however it draws from a lifetime of experiences. I investigate Faith with other artists as an ability to stay together until a show is resolved. It is a process of cells…
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KOJAK, a German Shepherd, was a search and rescue dog attached to the K9 Unit in the Eastern Cape. For eight years he worked with his handler WO E.Gerber and when he was diagnosed with cancer it was the same…
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ANIMAL CULTURE, PETS
Applications Deadline: Sunday 16th September 2018 Planning a music tour and require support? Apply to Concerts SA’s Music Mobility Fund, which will select new projects in September Following the success of the ten previous rounds, applications are now…
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The Institute for Creative Arts (ICA) launches Africa’s leading performance art festival, the international ICA LIVE ART Festival, this spring from 1 to 16 September 2018. Returning to Cape Town for its highly anticipated fourth anniversary, the Festival showcases a…
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CURTAINS Material used to cover a window To conceal and reveal – stage curtains, shower curtains To ring down the curtains – performance at an end. Curtain up – performance starting To surround a hospital bed A hopeless situation – …
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Have we become out of touch with what is important and of value in life? Do individuals decide what is important in their lives not what others find important? Social media provides platforms to spread idle speculation and pics with…
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