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National Arts Festival: A candlelit house of horrors – Exhibit A
2012-07-04 "Brett Bailey’s Exhibit A, one of the most talked about productions at the 2012 National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, explores the theme of the objectification of black bodies through the lens of the violent history of European colonial expansion on the African continent."
Rock out at One Night in Cape Town!
2012-07-02 Hilltop Live Productions in association with MK present: One Night in Cape Town! at the Grand West Casino's Grand Arena on 9 August.
Lewin and Heyns take top literary honours
2012-06-28 Struggle veteran Hugh Lewin and former Stellenbosch professor Michiel Heyns are the winners of the 2012 Sunday Times Literary Awards.
Aunt Safiyya and the Monastery: A tragic narrative of an unwanted love
2012-06-28 Bahaa’ Taher’s standing as a short story writer and novelist was well established by the time this text, his third novel, was published in the original Arabic in his native Egypt in 1991.
Tribeca Film Festival launches international film competition
2012-06-25 The Tribeca Film Festival just launched an international film competition. One of the judges, Academy Award winner Geoffrey Fletcher, explains how filmmakers and budding filmmakers are given the chance to make their own short film by interpreting a script created by him.
New Urban Tribes of South Africa: Dion Chang weighs in on modern South Africa
2012-06-20 Dion Chang's latest book, New Urban Tribes of South Africa, can be seen as part anthropological essay and part marketing tool. He explains to Steyn du Toit why this book provides a fascinating glimpse at where modern South African society sits in 2012.
Blacksheep TV #34: Sangoma
2012-06-19 The blacksheep characters discuss the mysterious ways of the sangoma in today’s cartoon.
SA Illustrators: Séan Verster
2012-06-19 “From then on I drew everything I saw, and still do. I was lucky to have a father who worked for a paper factory, so I always had top-quality supplies, and needless to say, I filled everything with drawings.” Séan Verster, full-time illustrator, shares his passion for caricatures and comics with Bibi Slippers.
Biggest SA Tattoo spectacular ever at Montecasino
2012-06-18 SA Tattoo presents its biggest and most spectacular line-up ever at Montecasino’s outdoor event area for four days only, from 6 to 9 September 2012. Now in its 4th consecutive year, the SA Tattoo has thrilled more than 70 000 people, selling out at every show since its launch in 2008. It’s the hottest ticket in town!
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.