Month: September 2016

Durban’s rising talent will be on show the DUT DigiFest

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Graphic design students will exhibit their work-in-progress portfolios, which embrace a wide range of digital mediums for design of print or online publications, websites, online apps, animation, advertising, stationery, or other forms of visual communication at the DUT DigiFest which takes place on September 9 and 10 at DUT’s City Campus. Pictured here going digital is graphic design student Xabisa Xolo.

 

DURBAN University of Technology’s will be hosting its third annual DigiFest on September 9 and 10 at the university’s city campus in Durban.

The two-day event will include a series of live art activations, exhibitions, panel discussions, workshops, music, theatre, poetry, comedy and dance. Continue reading →

Introduce your little ones to the joy of theatre at DUT’s Children’s Theatre Festival

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Sunshine Babies, by Happy go Lucky Productions, stars Mlu Ngidi and deaf actor Sibo Masondo.

THE sixth annual Durban University of Technology Children’s Theatre Festival takes place at the DUT City Campus and the Courtyard Theatre in Steve Biko Road, Durban, from September 8 to 11. Continue reading →

Matisse’s Women: Four female muses who shaped the master

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Henri Matisse’s Portrait de madame Matisse Collioure 1905.

As South Africa marks 60 years since the historic Women’s March to the Union Buildings, the Standard Bank Gallery raises a toast to an artist whose life brimmed with interesting and influential women – Henri Matisse.

Thousands of visitors have already marvelled at the Henri Matisse – Rhythm and Meaning exhibition, the first full-scale showcase of the French modernist’s work on the African continent. Art lovers have until September 17 to experience this rare and illuminating display of paintings, sculptures, prints and paper cutouts spanning 50 years. Continue reading →

Khabonina Qubeka shines in new SA film, ‘Dora’s Peace’

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Dora’s Peace, starring Khabonina Qubeka (pictured) in the title role, and directed by Kosta Kalarytis, has opened to excellent reviews.

Shot on location in Johannesburg, the film tells the story of Dora, a Hillbrow prostitute, who sets out to save a gifted young boy from the violent clutches of organised crime, in the process, she is forced to rediscover aspects of her own lost humanity. Continue reading →

Indian pianist, Pallavi Mahidhara, to perform with the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra

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The third concert of the KZN Philharmonic’s World Symphony Series Spring Season features Dutch conductor, Arjan Tien, leading the orchestra in a programme of music from France, with famed Indian pianist, Pallavi Mahindhara, as the soloist for the evening. The concert takes place in the Durban City Hall on Thursday, September 8. Continue reading →

Musa Hlatshwayo receives Eric Shabalala Contemporary Dance Champion Award at JOMBA!

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Musa Hlatshwayo (right) receives the Eric Shabalala Dance Champion Award at Jomba! from David Wa Maahlamela, director of the Centre for Creative Arts, UKZN.

The Centre for Creative Arts and the Jomba! Contemporary Dance Experience Dance Festival honoured acclaimed Durban dancer, choreographer and dance educator Musa Hlatshwayo, with the Eric Shabalala Dance Champion Award. Continue reading →

History Channel to screen 9/11 documentary

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The History Channel (DStv channel 186) will be screening the documentary, 9/11 15th Anniversary Special – 102 Minutes That Changed America at 8.30 pm on Sunday, September 4.

This Emmy Award-winning and critically acclaimed documentary, chronicles the terror of 9/11 in real-time.

It is a minute by minute account of the catastrophe unfolding, using footage from numerous sources, including personal camcorder footage, police and fire department recordings, and in-the-moment commentary from first responders and witnesses.

There are also interviews and perspectives from those featured in the film, or people who can speak of the events that followed the attack.