Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg.
THE Tatham Art Gallery is hosting a lecture programme throughout April. Continue reading
Great series of lectures at the Tatham Art Gallery
Events
Make an Easter bunny at Ardmore
Head to Ardmore Ceramic Art in the Caversham Valley for some Easter weekend fun. Photo: Supplied
VISIT the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands this Easter weekend and get the chance to make your own Easter Bunny with the help of Ardmore Ceramic Art’s internationally renowned sculptors and painters. Continue reading
Diakonia Good Friday Service in Durban
THE Diakonia Council of Churches’ Good Friday Service – which has the theme “Bruised but Healed through the Cross” – will get under way at 5.15 am on Friday, March 25 at the Durban Exhibition Centre. Participants will then proceed, in silence, walk through the streets of the city to the Durban City Hall. Continue reading
Suits & Sneakers: Change your thinking – change the world
Life is not meant to be a series of monotonous events, ticking off a list of tasks each day, and retiring at night, just to wake up and do the exact same thing tomorrow. Life is an exciting adventure, where anything and everything is possible. Continue reading
Wealth of speakers at GIPCA
Masande Ntshanga. Photo: Simiato
As part of its Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series, the Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts (GIPCA) will present a range of local and international speakers in the month of March – including novelists, choreographers, theatre-makers and academics. Continue reading
Don’t miss the fabulous Francofête!
ALLIANCE Française of Durban presents the fabulous, free fifth annual Francofête on Human Rights Day which takes place under the trees in Sutton Park in Durban’s Morningside on Monday, March 21.
There will be a day time family event from 10 am to 4 pm and an evening sundowner music concert featuring fabulous francophone world music, from 4.30 pm to 9.30 pm which culminates with a fab set by jazz icon, guitarist and vocalist Louis Mhlanga and Madagascar accordion player Regis Gizavo.
The ever proactive Alliance Française uses this annual opportunity to showcase some of the best French; Francophone and French-inspired music; dance; theatre; storytelling; workshops; visual arts; exhibitions … and of course wonderful food and crafts in the alfresco market.
For more info, visit the Alliance Française at 22 Sutton Crescent – telephone 031 312 9582.
Hypnotic Newtown has it all
NEWTOWN has it all; music, art performance and fashion, come and see it showcased at the first Hypnotic Friday held at Newtown Junction on Friday, March 11. Continue reading
New author voices wanted for KZN Literary Tourism
SINCE 2002 the KwaZulu-Natal Literary Tourism project has been quietly archiving writers linked to the province – both past and present.
Students, researchers and academics from different walks of life have contributed to the project over the years. But the organisation is concerned that the archive remains skewed towards writers that are male, white and older. Continue reading
Time of the Writer unveils authors and a challenging programme for its 19th edition
Panashe Chigumadzi
THE authors headed to Durban of the 19th edition of Time of the Writer have been revealed by the Centre for Creative Arts t the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN).
Ten writers from South Africa and Africa will meet for a week of stimulating literary dialogue and exchange of ideas. Audiences can engage with award-winning writers, from a variety of political and social contexts, on the creative and technical processes and perspectives which shape their writing. Continue reading
Enjoy a cultural feast in Newtown
First Thursdays have come to Newtown with both the Newtown Junction and Work Shop New Town participating in this exciting cultural movement starting on March 3 from 5pm to 10pm. Continue reading
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