Dan and Fiona
The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music at the University of KwaZulu-Natal is hosting the duo Quark on Tuesday, October 6 at 6 pm. Continue reading
Fiona Tozer and Dan Wilson join forces on a new project: Quark
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Award-winning saxophonist to perform at UKZN
Ivan Mazuze. Photo by Jacob Crawfurd
The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music at the University of KwaZulu-Natal is hosting a performance by award-winning saxophonist, Ivan Mazuze, on Wednesday, October 7 at 6 pm. Continue reading
Don’t miss jazz songbird Amanda Tiffin at the Centre for Jazz
Amanda Tiffin
The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music is hosting a concert by Amanda Tiffin on Tuesday,September 29 at 6 pm. Continue reading
Africa’s best poets are heading to Durban for Poetry Africa
Ntsiki Mazwai
POETS from South Africa and around the world will gather together for a week showcasing the face of present day spoken word and storytelling at the 19th Poetry Africa Festival, which takes place in Durban from October 12 to 17.
UKZN hosts International African Music Symposium
Zvirmudeze Mbira ensemble (Zimbabwe)
The University of KwaZulu-Natal is hosting an international African music symposium and the 10th African Cultural Calabash from September 29 to October 4. The music symposium will bring together academics, artists and documentary filmmakers with an interest on Africa and the diaspora. Continue reading
Feast for book-lovers at the Ramsgate Literary Festival
THE inaugural Ramsgate Literary Festival, sponsored by Ugu South Coast Tourism, will take place on September 24 (Heritage Day) and September 25. Continue reading
Join the Trade School movement in Pietermaritzburg
Trade School is taking place at UKZN this week.
The Trade School movement is made up of self-organised barter-for-knowledge schools across the world. It started in 2010 with a small group of friends in New York and spread to Virginia and later Milan in 2011.
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Greg Homann speaks about honouring a literary great
Ralph Lawson as Alan Paton in A Voice I Cannot Silence.
AMONG the many theatrical delights heading to this year’s Hilton Arts Festival, at Hilton College from September 17 to 19, is A Voice I Cannot Silence, a play based on the life and work of Alan Paton. I spoke to director, Greg Homann about the show. Continue reading
Art historians conference in Pietermaritzburg
THE Centre for Visual Art (CVA) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg campus, hosts the 30th annual Art Historians’ Conference on September 10 and September 11. Continue reading
Kyle Shepherd Trio on Southern African tour in September
The Kyle Shepherd Trio. Photo: Gregory Franz
Fresh off a highly acclaimed Canadian tour in June, the Kyle Shepherd Trio will embark on a Southern African tour this month that will see them perform in Mozambique, Botswana and in major cities across South Africa, including Durban, Johannesburg, East London and Cape Town. Continue reading
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