ELGIN GARDENS THIS WEEKEND
See the last item in last week's blog for this garden-lover's pleasure weekend.
See the last item in last week's blog for this garden-lover's pleasure weekend.
FROM SUZANI TO SHWE-SHWE
At the Artvark gallery this week only "a celebration of the tradition of cloth making and its decoration, from the suzani embroidered cloth of Uzbekistan to traditional South African textiles." Some cloths will be on sale.
Artvark Gallery in the Cape Quarter - must be a new, we know them from Kalk Bay - call 021 4186572.
Till Sunday 7 9h00 18h00
PAINTERS WHO PRINT EXHIBITION
Over the past twenty years at The Artists Press, Mark Attwood has noticed that artists who are primarily painters tend to make the most exceptional prints. This "alchemy" will be seen in a selection of work at the Press including Kim Berman, Karin Daymond, Johann Louw, Robert Hodgins, Penny Siopis, Judith Mason, Deborah Bell, Colbert Mashile, Pat Mautloa and Andre Naude.
Gallery Grande Provence Franschoek
31 October - 1 December
Over the past twenty years at The Artists Press, Mark Attwood has noticed that artists who are primarily painters tend to make the most exceptional prints. This "alchemy" will be seen in a selection of work at the Press including Kim Berman, Karin Daymond, Johann Louw, Robert Hodgins, Penny Siopis, Judith Mason, Deborah Bell, Colbert Mashile, Pat Mautloa and Andre Naude.
Gallery Grande Provence Franschoek
31 October - 1 December
Colbert Mashile The Barometer
Medium: nine colour lithograph
Medium: nine colour lithograph
UCT DANCE AT THE BAXTER
An interesting work from the UCT School of Dance annual showcase. "Stravinsky’s compelling score forms the backdrop to an exploration of ritual, tradition and notions of modernity. Choreographed by Maxwell Xolani Rani, pioneer of Intsika technique, and Jamila Rodrigues, studying for a Master's in Choreography, the work challenges normative stereotypes of African dance and peoples of the African continent. " The second half of the programme focuses on an eclectic mix of dance languages in an adaptation of Carmen.
Baxter Theatre
Thursday 4 to Saturday 6 19h30
LAUNCH OF LA DJUDERIA DE RHODES
Author Isaac Habib is a "first-generation son among a handful of Sephardic survivor-families from the Island of Rhodes who found their way to Cape Town." This book of poetry is a memento of the life of that community, and while I don't know the poet's work I'm interested enough by the fact that it is written in Ladino, the ancient Judeo-Spanish language spoken on Rhodes, with literal translations into English and French.
Alliance Française 155 Loop Street
Wednesday 3 November 2010
19h, Free Entrance
BOOK LAUNCH: THE FOSSIL ARTIST
I don't know Graeme Friedman's writing but this sounds like a good premise for a story: "Needing desperately to find out what really happened to his fossil-hunter father (the protagonist) begins a quest that will lead him to the very core of the biggest scientific fraud of all time – the forgery of the Piltdown Man fossils – and to a discovery what it really means to be able to love." The author will be in conversation with Ronnie Govender, author of The Lahnee's Pleasure and Song of the Atman.
Hosted by the Book Lounge but note the venue: Sendiggestig Museum 40 Long Street.
Thursday 4 16h30 for 18h00
IT'S DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN
This is the title of an anthology of poems by students of Finuala Dowling's class, including a brief memoir of her experiences as a poetry teacher. "This collection will appeal to all who prefer their poetry with more than a dash of intelligence and noticeably devoid of sentimentality" and I'm sure a good time is to be had at the launch.
Kalk Bay Books
Friday 5 18h00 for 18h30
