The 2005 power blackouts which swept Johannesburg generated a sense of anxiety and unease on many levels. Drawing on this disquiet, as well as on the ghostly evocativeness of the dark nightscapes, Mary Wafer found material for her current exhibition.  The sense of unpredictablity which the blackouts brought, filtered into her painting  in the form of urban [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Johannesburg Shopping Festival (JSF) is designed to promote the city’s status as the African continent’s premier destination for retail and wholesale shopping.   In 2011 the JSF will take place from 17 to 25 September in Rosebank, the Inner City of Johannesburg, Bryanston Organic & Nature Market and Woodmead.

There’s a walkabout of the group exhibition Horse, curated by Ricky Burnett, at Everard Read Gallery in Lower Rosebank at 4.30 pm Friday 16th September and then another walkabout of Ayana V Jackson’s exhibition at Gallery Momo 52 7th Ave Parktown North on Saturday 17th Sept at 11 am.   There are markets in Jozi’s inner [...]

Photographer Chris Saunders presents S’phara Phara, a photo essay that documents the The Real Actions Pantsula Dance Crew from Orange Farm. S’phara Phara is originally derived from the sound that trains make when riding over railway sleepers describing the constant and rhythmic knocking sound over sleepers. This has been adopted to describe the sound of [...]

SA Fashion Week, SA’s premier designer platform, prepares to launch the Winter 2012 Designer Collections in Johannesburg from 22 – 25 September.  The SA Fashion Week Winter 2012 Designer Collections will be staged at the Rosebank Hotel. Tickets are R180 and may be booked directly from www.safashionweek.co.za from 1 September. 
The following week the Summer 2011 [...]

If it has not sold out already it is certain to do so soon, so make sure you book for at least some of the performances . Is sure to be a knock-out.   It comprises a two-week programme of live performance events created by artist William Kentridge, composers Philip Miller and François Sarhan, dancer and [...]

There are going to be a series of interesting tours of Joburg run by the Parktwon Westcliff Heritage Trust over the week-end of 17th and 18th Sept. At least 15 different tours. Unfortunately the page is not active on thie site www.parktownheritage.co.za Maybe will be up and running soon. Contact me for more info if [...]

The Pink Floyd Experience is back again for 5 shows evenings Wed 31 Aug to Sat 3 Sept and 3pm Sunday 4th at the Mandela Theatre (Joburg Theatre)  The show is   a recreation of Pink Floyd’s landmark stadium show THE DIVISION BELL TOUR, which was released as an album in the 1990s titled PULSE. 
 

For a special dinner make a reservation at Rosebank’s Clico restaurant 011 252 3300 27 Sturdee Ave; great venue and excellent food.  Here is August’s mouthwatering menu:
Tartlet of Goat’s Chevin, Pomegranate, Red Onion & Basil  R55Freshly Prepared Seasonal Soup R45Citrus-Cured Salmon, Tempura of Mussel & Japanese Aioli R65Tarte tatin of red onion, gorgonzola & basil cream  [...]

Here for the Joy of Jazz Festival, jazz giant Wynton Marsalis will be hosted in Conversation by Sibongile Khumalo and chaired by  John Kani.  Marsalis became the first jazz artist to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music for his work Blood on the Fields, which was commissioned by jazz at Lincoln Centre.  Tuesday 23 August [...]