What’s on: community diary 20 – 27 August

20 August: The topic of this month’s U3A Johannesburg meeting will be The Politics of Identity (including Jokes). The meeting will be held at Rosebank Union Church auditorium, corner William Nicol Drive and St Andrews Road, Hurlingham, 10am. Phone 011-883-1494.

21 August: Join fitness classes at the Parkhurst Recreation Centre, corner 5th Avenue and 13th Street, 6.15pm. All ages welcome. Phone 011-678-0559, 082-735-2595.
21 August: The Johannesburg Toastmasters Club meets at St John’s College, St David Road, Houghton, 7pm. Phone 083-280-4279; dessmith@iafrica.com

21 August: Rabbi Cyril Harris Community Centre presents a screening of critically acclaimed documentary Orchestra of Exiles at the centre, corner Glenhove Road and 4th Street, Houghton, 7.30pm. Phone 011-728-8088; rchcc@telkomsa.net

24 August: Assemblage will host a Budget Workshop for Artists, presented by Carmen Dell, at Newarc, 41 Gwi Gwi Mrwebi Street, Newtown, 10am. E-mail workshops@assemblage.co.za

28 August: Ron Smerczak will talk about extraordinary vegetable growing and cooking, at the Horticultural Society meeting at The Floreum, Johannesburg Botanic Garden, Olifants Road, Emmarentia, 9.30am. Phone 082-951-1432.

28 August: The Greenside Toastmasters Club meets at the Bones Room, Pirates Sports Club, Braeside Road, Greenside, 7pm. Phone 083-513-4985.