Matt Kay. Oasis Beach. From the series The Front. Durban
OPENING at the KZNSA Gallery in Bulwer Street, Glenwood, on Wednesday, October 28 at 6.30 pm is The Front, a solo exhibition by 2014 Tierney Fellow Matt Kay. Continue reading
Violet Online
Being over 40 and single will never be the same again! Lynita Crofford is Violet Online at the Auto and General Theatre on the Square in Sandton from October 27. Continue reading
Madala Kunene
The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music at the University of KwaZulu-Natal is hosting a performance by internationally acclaimed veteran musician, Madala Kunene, on Wednesday, October 28 at 6 pm. This concert closes off UKZN’s Wednesday Jazz series for 2015. Continue reading
Under Madiba Skies.
NELSON Mandela’s legacy is celebrated in the music collaboration project, Under Madiba Skies, which is touring South Africa from October 29 to November 1. Continue reading
Burni Aman
Burni Aman is in the country, in October and November for her South African tour with new music and a new band. Continue reading
Some like it Hot
FilmClub presents the Hollywood classic, Some Like It Hot, at the Tatham Art Gallery in Pietermaritzburg, today (October 27) at 7 pm. Continue reading
Crimson Roses
PRIVATE letters written between a volunteer nurse and her best friend in World War I provide a personal perspective on a conflict which left some 17 million people dead and a further 20 million wounded.
Beatrice Keir’s letters, along with private photographs and poignant drawings and autographs by men wounded in the four-year conflict, have been compiled into the book Crimson Roses: Beatrice Fraser’s First World War Letters and Memorabilia by her grand-daughter, Fiona Polak, who lives in Howick. Continue reading
Trevor Romain
TREVOR Romain’s latest literary offering, Blind Date at a Funeral (Penguin Random House), will make you laugh, remember similar events in your own life, and may even make you shed a tear or two. Continue reading
Helen MacDonald, author of H is for Hawk.
AS a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the terminology and read all the classic books, including T. H. White’s classic, The Goshawk, which describes his struggle to train a hawk as a spiritual contest.
But until the death of her father, Alisdair Macdonald, a respected photojournalist, who died suddenly of a heart attack in 2007, she never imagined that she would train a Goshawk of her own. Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE Books at the Liberty Midlands Mall in Pietermaritzburg is celebrating the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland with a special Mad Hatter’s book party from 11.30 am to 12.30 pm on Saturday, October 31. The party is being held in conjunction with and Pan Macmillan. For more information and to book phone 033 342 2074 or email midlands@exclusivebooks.co.za
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