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CLORA: not a garden variety drag-show
2012-06-18 Jade Bowers Design proudly presents CLORA featuring Ashraf Johaardien and introducing Daniel Geddes at PopArt and the Grahamstown Festival.
Dark Energy: Images from the Hubble Telescope @ CIRCA
2012-06-18 Dark Energy: Images from the Hubble Telescope, opening 28 June 2012 at the Circa Gallery offers a glimpse into the mystery and wonder that surrounds our universe through one of the most important observatories in history – the Hubble Space Telescope.
SA Illustrators: Louis Minnaar
2012-06-15 Bibi Slippers talks to Louis Minnaar about his art and SF influences.
SA Illustrators: Maaike Bakker
2012-06-15 Bibi Slippers in conversation with illustration lecturer and illustrator Maaike Bakker.
SeeingEye examines the bond between painting and photography
2012-06-14 SeeingEye is an upcoming group exhibition at the BRUNDYN+GONSALVE gallery from 27 June – 14 August. Leigh-Anne Niehaus, the show's curator, talks to Steyn du Toit about the stylistic and conceptual bond between painting and photography.
Recounting The River: Louis Minnaar and Maaike Bakker talk about collaboration, illustration and sloths
2012-06-14Illustrators Louis Minnaar and Maaike Bakker collaborated with storyteller Jaco van der Merwe to create a walk-in storybook in Cape Town’s Salon 91 art gallery. The exhibition, entitled The River, featured illustrations by Maaike and Louis, as well as the text for the story written by Jaco. The artists spoke to Bibi Slippers about creating the work for this show.
Free entry at Iziko Museums on Youth Day
2012-06-13 To celebrate Youth Day, the Iziko Museums can be visited free of charge this Saturday.
Nicholas Spagnoletti wins Olive Schreiner Prize
2012-06-13 Nicholas Spagnoletti has been awarded the Olive Schreiner Prize for Drama for his play London Road.
OppiKoppi 18: your Sweet\Thing
2012-06-13 It is almost time for this year's Oppikoppi festival again. The theme for this year is Sweet\Thing. Some of the international bands that will be performing include The Eagles of Death Metal, Bullet for my Valentine and Enter Shikari. Steyn du Toit asked organisers, Hilltop Live, what else festivalgoers can expect.
My dearest: Love Letter from Robert Browning to his wife Elizabeth Barrett Browning
2012-06-12 Brett Beiles pens a delightful letter to Elizabeth Barrett Browning in the guise of her husband, Robert Browning.
My dearest: Until we finally meet
2012-06-12 "Do you think it’s possible to love someone you’ve never even met – never even seen?"Yolandie Hooman answers the burning question in her letter to an unknown lover.
My dearest: Dearly Beloved Brian
2012-06-12 Lily Forrester goes all Elizabethan in this olf fashioned love letter.
Melanie Cleary's latest exhibition, New Year’s Day, opens at The Photographers Gallery za
2012-06-11 Melanie Cleary's latest exhibition, New Year’s Day, consists of photos taken during the annual New Year's gathering on Durban North Beach.
Athol Fugard documentary coming to Fugard Bioscope
2012-06-11 In celebration of Athol Fugard's 80th year, the Fugard Theatre Bioscope will screen a documentary about his life and times on 16 July.
The University of Johannesburg Prize for South African Writing in English 2011
2012-06-11The University of Johannesburg is pleased to announce the winners of its annual literary award:
- The main prize of R65 000 is awarded to Craig Higginson for The Landscape Painter.
- The debut prize of R25 000 is awarded to Terry Westby-Nunn for The Sea of Wise Insects.
The Voice of Youth Launches at The Assembly
2012-06-11 Glossy youth culture magazine, LIVE, is holding an event to coincide with the launch of their new mobile site.
Win a copy of Judy Croome's Dancing in the Shadows of Love: Winners announced!
2012-06-08 Stand a chance to win a copy of Judy Croome's Dancing in the Shadows of Love.
In the heart of the country: Booktown Richmond’s JM Coetzee and Nobel Laureates Festival II
2012-06-08 "There is love in the heart of the country. As elsewhere in rural South Africa, in Richmond the people often are beautiful and loveable." Waldo Muller attended Booktown Richmond’s JM Coetzee and Nobel Laureates Festival II on 25 and 26 May 2012.
PHFAT releases music video for Kill the Universe
2012-06-07 PHFAT just released a brand-new music video for the song, Kill the Universe. In this interview with LitNet Mike from the band talks third-party powers, a new range of t-shirts, and that elusive debut album.