GO along to the gallery, A Spot of Paint at 9 Clairwood House, Natal Settlers, which offers paintings and sketches by Dean, tribal prints, art decor and costume jewellery. Contact 079 665 0054.
LINE dancing classes are on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at Durban North Beach, Monday mornings in Morningside and Tuesday and Friday afternoons on the Berea.
Contact Antoinette on 082 702 7692.
CHESHIRE Home Sparks Estate, 145 Mary Road, Sydenham, invites the public to support its charity shop every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9am to 11.30am. All welcome to browse the store and pick up bargains.
TAFTA will host a support group for friends, family members and care givers of Alzheimers patients at TAFTA Lodge, 42 South Beach Avenue, Durban. Contact Nivashnee on 031 332 3721 for more information.
THE Nazareth House Charity Shop on Ridge Road is open between 9am and 12 noon every Tuesday.
The charity shop raises much needed funds for the home and needs the support of the public. Any donations of clothing, bric-a-brac etc are welcome. Nazareth House will collect.
Contact 031 261 2207.
SASFA, South African Senior Fitness Association, will hold exercise classes for the over 50s every Thursday morning from 9am to 10am at the Masonic Lodge, 25 Hunt Road. SASFA guarantee seniors will have fun and meet new friends. To join and for more information, contact Gill on 031 702 6522.
UP.MARKET, art craft and food, is at Umhlanga Centre (formally Buxtons Centre), 185 Ridge Road, Umhlanga, every Sunday from 9am to 2pm.
WEEKLY meditation classes on Becoming the Person You Wish to Be will be in Morningside at 323 Innes Road on Tuesdays, 7.45am to 8.30am and Tuesdays, 7pm to 8.15pm.
Learn simple breathing meditations to connect with the pure and peaceful nature of our minds. In this way learn to see our life as a place of virtually limitless possibilities and begin to create the causes for the life we want. Classes are a R30 donation to a non-profit organisation. Contact 031 764 6193 or email info@meditateindurban.org
UMBILO Congregational Church, 498 Bartle Road, Umbilo, will hold a fleamarket on Saturday 4 October from 7am to noon. Go have breakfast, tea or lunch and have a wonderful time of fellowship.
Contact Wally van Rooyen on 031 465 4985 should you wish to book a table.
THE Catholic Women's League will host a fete on 4 October at St Josephs Catholic Church, Florida Road from 9am to 3pm. J
GARDEN and House Plant Club meeting is at Musgrave Methodist Hall (entrance in St Thomas Road) on Saturday 4 October at 2.15pm.
Andrè Steenkamp, The Nature Guy offers unique environmental education experiences for schools and is willing to do the same for everyone, with emphasis on reptiles. Contact Naomi Stapersma on 031 465 7358, 072 103 9591 or raywake@telkomsa.net
DR Irwin Friedman will give a power-point demonstration on The Nature of the Universe: Atomic theory in the ancient world and its manifestation in science, the arts and religion at 306 Avondale Road, Morningside, Durban at 10am on Sunday 5 October. Contact 073 585 4856.
A FREE foundation course in meditation will be presented by Brahma Kumaris, Glenwood, 39 Maze Road, Glenwood, Durban.
The course starts on Monday, 6 October from 6pm to 7pm. Contact Seelan/Pathma on 031 208 1336 or devindree@gmail.com
THE Annual General Meeting of members of the KZNSA Gallery will be held at 5.30pm on Wednesday, 8 October at the KZNSA Gallery, 166 Bulwer Road, Glenwood, Durban.
The AGM is a public gathering so all are welcome and refreshments will be served. To be eligible to table proposals at the meeting and participate in voting, our constitution requires that you are a member of the KZNSA – sign up at the gallery before the meeting if you'd like to become more involved at this dynamic cultural hub.
THE KwaZulu-Natal Branch of the South African Military History Society will meet on Thursday 9 October at 7pm in the Murray Lecture Theatre, Department of Civil Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard College Campus. The topics will be The Formation, Training and Operations of WW2 Commandos by John Goodrich and Lawrence of Arabia, by Charles Whiteing. Contact Charles Whiteing on 082 555 4689 or Ken Gillings on 031 702
4828.
ON Saturday, 11 October, Durban High School will host Bellywood presented by Belly Fusion, which will see dancers entertaining through various dance styles at 7.30pm, at a cost of R70 each. Contact Alison on 082 824 0908 or alison@bellyfusion.co.za A portion of proceeds will be donated to Zap-wing, which is the Zululand Anti-poaching Wing.
IF you want to know more about the fascinating hobby of stamp or picture post card collecting, then be a guest at the next meeting of the Highway Philatelic Society on Saturday 11 October at 9am at the Westville Round Table hall next to the Westville Athletics Club, intersection of Maryvale Road and Syringa Avenue, Westville.
Contact John on 031 266 1020 or Bev on 083 679 4080.
