What’s On
Check out what's going on in Benoni and surrounding areas this week.
November 11
Remembrance Day service, Benoni High School, Dalrymple Street, Northmead, noon (Office: 011 849 4129)
• Remembrance Day service, St Dunstan’s College, Rynfield, 10am for 10.15am, must RSVP (Joy Cousins 011 749 1900)
November 12
All Souls Church car boot and book sale, 42 O’Reilly Merry Street, Northmead, 8am until 1pm (Betty Chard 082 455 6752)
• Benoni Lions Club, diabetes and other blood testing, corner of Sixth Avenue and Second Street, Northmead, 9am until noon (David Featherston 082 457 8211)
November 13
Hospice East Rand Adventure Foodie Road Trip. Each vehicle will be charged to participate and the road trip will be completed in four East Rand towns, starts at 218 Kemston Avenue, Western Extension, 9am (Laura Kirsten 083 274 5288 or email to laura@hospiceeastrand.co.za)
• Uncle Tim’s Art, Craft and Antique Market, Uncle Tim’s Cabin, High Road, Brentwood Park, 9am until 3pm (Marietjie Pienaar 083 310 6138 or 010 590 8003)
• Remembrance Day Parade, Mike Strathern (93) will deliver an address on the history of Remembrance Day, Reveille Shellhole, 1 Moth Road, 10am (Garth Tighe 074 215 4442)
November 17
Diabetic Support Group meeting, 5 Ninth Avenue, Northmead, 6pm (Louise Choate 082 783 4792)
November 19
Hospice East Rand Tree of Memories, Welsh Male Voice Choir and St Dunstan’s College Choir to perform, Northfield Methodist Church, Aerodrome Drive, 7pm (Maureen Vosloo 011 422 1531)
November 22
Benoni CFP annual general meeting, Kingsway Secondary School, corner of Duduzile and Phumula streets, Kingsway, 6pm for 6.30pm (Marinda Beukes 082 920 1548)
November 23
East Rand Bird Club meeting, topic: “Expedition to Ayanganna tepui, Guyane, South America”, guest speaker Mark Robbins, Benoni Library Auditorium, 7.30pm (Awie Coetzee 083 677 7097)
November 25
Uncle Tim’s Christmas Night Market, Uncle Tim’s Cabin, High Road, Brentwood Park, 6pm until 9pm (Marietjie Pienaar 083 310 6138 or 010 590 8003)
November 26
Bunny Park Craft Market, Pretoria Road, Rynfield, 9am until 2.30pm (Janine Richardson 072 713 3332)
November 27
Lemongrass Christmas Market, art and crafts, Christmas gift items on sale, Santa and children’s entertainment, supports LifeLine Ekurhuleni, Benoni Host Lions Club and Sector Four CPF, 38 Russel Street, Western Extension, 10am until 3pm (Ivonne Taylor 083 284 4777)
November 29 to December 3
Norfest Christmas Market, more than 120 stalls, vintage car show, carols by candlelight, petting zoo and book sale, Northfield Methodist Church, corner Aerodrome Drive and Webb Street, 9am (Jenine Pretorius 010 140 0210)
December 3
The Greater Benoni Child Welfare Christmas Market, arts and craft stalls, food stalls, stalls still available for a fee, book before November 18, 1 Third Avenue, Northmead, 10am until 4pm (Office: 011 849 5241)
December 9 and 10
Friends of the Benoni Library Book Bash, hundreds of books to choose from, which will be sold at a fair donation. Donations also welcome, Benoni Library, Friday 9am until 4pm, and Saturday 9am until noon (Christine Drake 011 849 3122 or Sandra Castille 011 849 6122)
GENERAL
November 12
East Rand Business Women, Gala Brunch, dress code “Tea with the Queen”, Birchwood Hotel, Boksburg, 9am (Glynis Holdsworth 082 901 2813)
November 16
Hospice East Rand has tickets for the Pantomime “Robin Hood”, at the Joburg Theatre. Ticket price includes transport, bus departs from 218 Kemston Avenue, Western Extension, 9am (Laura Kirsten 083 274 5288)
November 25
Hospice East Rand comedy evening with Mel Miller, Ryan Whittal and Craig Caldwell, cash bar and burgers on sale, East Rand Italian Club, 74 Middle Road, Bartlett, Boksburg, 7.30pm for 8pm (Laura Kirsten 083 274 5288 or laura@hospiceeastrand.co.za)
December 3
Bokkie Park Craft Market, Southvale Road, Boksburg, 9am until 2.30pm (Janine Richardson 072 713 3332)
December 6
Methodist Homes – Eddy House one-day trip to the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Roodepoort, fee charged per person, excluding lunch. Depart from 133 Ampthill Avenue, 8.30am (Estelle Boshoff 011 421 2712)
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