The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music will be hosting a concert with American musician John Funkhouser on Wednesday, March 9 at 6 pm. Continue reading
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Grammy winner, Fantasia, to play herself in biopic
Fantasia plays herself in the biopic Life is not a Fairytale.
R&B star Fantasia seems to have it all. The winner of American Idol has a Grammy to her name, wowed audiences in the hit Broadway production of The Color Purple and topped the best-selling lists with her memoir. But life was often a struggle for this once unemployed single mother.
“My life looks like a fairy tale in many ways, but you have to remember that life is not a fairy tale. I was the American Idol but at the time I couldn’t even read a fairy tale to my four-year-old daughter,” she revealed in her biography Life is Not a Fairytale.
Her book has been turned into a movie of the same title which airs on True Movies (DStv Channel 138) on March 7 and 14 at 8.45 pm. Continue reading
Pearl Thusi and D’Banj to host Lip Sync Battle Africa
Johannesburg/Lagos,
South Africa’s Pearl Thusi and Nigerian music legend D’Banj will host Lip Sync Battle Africa, the first localised format of the multi-platform, pop-culture phenomenon to air on the continent.
The critically acclaimed and award-nominated Lip Sync Battle, originally created for Spike, features celebrities going head-to-head, lip-syncing the song of their choice, battling for the coolest bragging rights on the planet.
Pearl will serve as all around host and master of ceremonies, while Koko Master and Oliver Twist star D’Banj will step up as the colour commentator, adding his lively observations to the proceedings.
Lip Sync Battle Africa will premiere in April 2016 on MTV (DStv channel 130), MTV Base (DStv channel 322) and e.tv. 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
Check out the music video for Can You Feel It by DJ QNess and December Streets
Check out the music video for Can You Feel It by DJ QNess and December Streets. The song was released in November 2015 by Coke Studio and has since been receiving extensive commercial airplay on South African radio. The single is currently number nine on the Top 40 most locally played songs on SA radio, according to the EMA|SA Local Music Top 40 Playlist Chart. Continue reading
Don’t miss Anthea Martin’s exhibition Birds and Man
THE first exhibition in artSPACE durban’s newly refurbished space opens on Saturday, March 5 at 11am. Lovers of fine art will be able to view Anthea Martin’s work in Birds and Man at 3 Millar Road (off Umgeni Road) in Durban until the end of March.
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
Diamond Thug to launch new EP in Cape Town
DIAMOND Thug are launching their brand new EP Monday Will Have To Wait at The Loft above Truth Coffee Roasting, 36 Buitenkant Street in Cape Town at 8 pm for 8.30 pm on Friday, March 4.
The line-up includes: Diamond Thug, Amy Ayanda, Eden Myrrh. Tickets are R50 presold (http://bit.ly/1mGMctg) or R80 at the door.
Follow Diamond Thug online: https://www.facebook.com/diamondthugSA and https://twitter.com/DiamondThugBand
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New exhibition celebrates the wonder of the human body
BODY WORLDS Vital is an all-new, unique exhibition celebrating the wonder, resilience and fragility of the human body. Visitors will get a detailed look at the human body and its keenly intelligent design, explore how it functions and see what happens when disease strikes.
This internationally acclaimed exhibition opens at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Newtown, Johannesburg on Tuesday, March 1. Tickets are available now at www.bodyworldsvital.co.za and Webtickets www.webticket.co.za. Continue reading
