So International Joke Day was yesterday (1 July) but any time is a good time to laugh and according to research done by the University of Hertfordshire Laugh Lab , UK, these came out as some of the World’s Best Jokes. See more on their website . We hope they make you giggle….. [...]
We chose an ‘Out & About’ theme for this month because there are so many events to keep you amused out in the countryside and in the city. So, get out your diary and make a date for the following: 4 – 6 May Constantia Food & Wine Festival 5 & 6 May Riebeek Valley [...]
Lisa Firer’s ethereal porcelain tea lights are immediately recognisable as her signature product. When lit, they have a desirable, mystical quality that she says, “touches people on so many levels through the elements of fire and light, religion, ritual and sacred spaces.” Imagine 250 tea lights glowing in the crypt of St George’s Cathedral… This [...]
For one week around the March/April school holidays every year, Oudtshoorn is transformed from a quiet Karoo town to a bustling festival playground for all things cultural and artistic. The Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (referred to as the Absa KKNK) is an annual festival for the performing and visual arts, now in its [...]
Friday 30 and Saturday 31 March will see ‘Africa’s Grandest Gathering’ of jazz talent at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival in the CTICC. Attracting a mere six thousand music lovers in 2000, it has grown to become the defining music event on the African continent. Attracting 34,000 people last year, it is now voted [...]
It may only be the third Cape Town Carnival but the spirit of Mardi Gras has inspired Cape Town’s costume designers, float builders and choreographers; they are creating a larger-than-life pageant that will make its way through the streets of Cape Town on 24 March. The parade has moved from Long Street to the Greenpoint [...]
1. Sting (27 – 28 March) Sting performs at the Grand Arena, Grand West. Celebrating 25 years as a solo artist this is his Back to Base tour; all the hits, stripped down, as they haven’t been played in years. Book tickets now. 2. Sleeping Beauty (10 March) Sleeping Beauty showing at the Fugard Theatre [...]
If you happen to notice some strange, artsy things happening all over Cape Town from today until 10 March, you could be witnessing Infecting the City Public Arts Festival. Infecting the City encourages spectators to see, hear, smell the extraordinary and take a fresh look at the Mother City and the people who live in [...]
Always a feast for the senses, 2012’s Design Indaba Expo showcases only bespoke South African designs of the highest quality across all design disciplines such as: advertising, architecture, craft, décor, food, film, fashion, graphic design, interior design, jewellery, new media, publishing, product design, visual media and more! It’s an all-in-one creative stop celebrating quintessentially South [...]
There’s one event in Cape Town that manages to bring many communities and ages together for traditional fun of the fair – the Community Chest Carnival at Maynardville Park. This event’s held annually in Wynberg and this year, the Community Chest Carnival 2012 will take place from Wednesday 29 February until Saturday 3 March. It [...]