Gary Stephens charcoal and mixed media work of hairstyles is showing on an exhibition entitled Braid.  So include it in a visit to the Jan Smuts Art Strip (see other blog posts for further exhibitions close by).  Closes on 27th June. Gallery Momo 52 7th Ave Parktown North 011 327 3247.  

Ann Gollifer’s works exhibition Living on the Horizon is a tribute to the novelist Bessie Head and comprises a new series of large format paintings dealing with colour, space and expansiveness. Gollifer writes: ‘I wanted to make landscapes that might capture the Botswana skies and my long love affair with the horizon, revealed to me over the past [...]

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Now you’ll be able to find them at the Pirate’s Sports Club on 4th Ave Ext, Parkhurst.  Starting at 8h30, you will be assured of finding a great variety of the freshest foodstuffs to eat at the market, or to take home.   There is plenty of space for kids to play, while adutls can enjoy a relaxed [...]

A couple of weeks back I went with friends to a really fab venue:  Foxwood House in Fifth St Houghton .  Built in 1924  this historic home is a real period piece filled with much of the original furniture .  Run as a 5 star boutique hotel, there is a small theatre venue attached.   We went to [...]

Sharlene Khan’s Other Stories opens at Gallery Momo on Thursday 31 March @ 18h30 – 20h00 and concludes on 30 April.  The press release gives a background to her work on this show:
People who sell wares are seen daily as they approach our cars at traffic lights hawking cheap wares, but little do we know [...]

To check it out, go to http://www.jhblive.com/reviews/other/mad_about_malls_-_rosebank_revamped/60842

The highlight has to be ‘The concert’ on 13th Feb. For those like me without tickets, eat your hearts out  that you’ll be missing the event of the year -  U2 on Sunday night at Soccer City stadium. For the adrenalin junkies the Orlando Cooling Towers in Soweto is open for night bungee jumping tonight [...]

Opening today with Das Rheingold, the first in Richard Wagner’s epic four-part Ring cycle, the Live in HD season closes in mid June 2011 with The Valkyri, the second in Wagner’s Ring cycle.  The new production of Das Rheingold is conducted by James Levine and directed by Robert Lepage with  Welsh bass-baritone, Bryn Terfel appearing  in the leading [...]

The construction of Standard Bank’s new headquarters in  Rosebank is well under way.This 11 storey building is spread over an entire block bounded by Oxford and Cradock, Bolton and Baker Roads.  At present the builders are trying to pour concrete from inside the excavation, but this will only continue to be possible if it does not rain and [...]