Catch all the action at Durban X Fst

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Head down to the Bay of Plenty beach in Durban from July 15 to 17 for Durban’s extreme beach festival, DBNxFST.

With the vision of creating an annual event that showcases all elements of Durban lifestyle and alternative sports, the festival will host a number of events along with partner brands to bring Durban a unique taste of the strength of the industry in the birthplace of surfing and skateboarding in Africa.

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Durban’s Umcebo Design creates art for Aids

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Durban Actor Nhlakanipho Manqele encourages groups of young people to participate in The Butterfly Project – one of the fringe art events of AIDS2016 which encourages youth to envisage an AIDS free generation. Nhlakanipho Manqele plays all-knowing Owl in KickstArt’s adaptation of Winnie the Pooh over the July school holidays at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre on UKZN campus. Pic: Publicity Matters

Respected Durban art makers, Umcebo Design, is involved in two participative art projects as part of AIDS2016 – Light of Hope, an enormous chandelier with individually-beaded leaves which pays tribute to people touched by HIV/Aids; and a youth project envisioning an AIDS free-generation, dubbed The Butterfly Project.

Both projects involve community participation and both are made using recycled plastics –  family-sized yoghurt tubs and ice cream containers. Continue reading

Titi Luzipo presents ‘Songs my Mother Told Me’ in Durban

DSC_0639In association with Concerts SA, Titi Luzipo presents the national tour of Songs My Mother Taught Me, a celebration and remembrance of the songs she learnt from her mother, Vuyelwa Qwesha, which was conceived from the moment Titi held a mic to belt out a note.

She comes to Durban playing the The Chairman on Friday, June 17 starting at 10.30pm. The Chairman is at 146 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Durban. Book at 072 658 0746 or info@thechairmanlive.com Continue reading