Festivals:

Call for participants for the first Imbumba Fiesta

Bulwer Park Glenwood: Saturday, Feb 3

The first day-long Imbumba Fiesta will take place in Glenwood’s Bulwer Park on Saturday, February 3 with a summer themed market, food stalls, info stands,  an open mic and sun-downer concert – all with an underlying message of encouraging good neighbourliness, supporting underprivileged children and showcasing local artists and crafters.

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The Imbumba team is looking for stall-holders who which to trade either food and beverages, or arts, crafts, decor items, vintage wares and collectables and unusual gifts, clothing, accessories and jewellery. They are also looking for participants for their Open Mic sessions which will take place from 10am until 2pm – so budding rappers, poets, singers and performance artists, you are invited to sign-up and share your skills and talent.

The Imbumba Fiesta is a project of Pietermaritzburg-based Mzala Nxumalo Centre for the Study of South African Society. The KZNSA Gallery will be open – inviting visitors to visit the gallery and shop, and also inviting visitors to enjoy their licensed restaurant and coveted coffee!

Entry to the day is free and all are welcome.

There will be a sun-downer family-friendly music concert alongside the gallery from 3pm until 7pm which will be a ticketed event – full details to follow!

Stall-holders wanting to trade; performers wanting a slot on the Open Mic stage or interested people wanting to become involved with Imbumba, should contact Gabriella Peppas on gabriella@ilifindo.com or 0785835517 – WhatsApp is best.

Musical Theatre:

Synergy

Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre: Feb 14 – 18 

Billed as the most glamourous show of the year, Synergy heads for Durban this Valentine’s season, with Ian von Memerty and his wife, Vivienne hotting up the stage with their latest show.  The ‘King of Versatility’ and the ‘Queen of Dance’ explore glorious partnerships in this dance and comedy musical.

The von Memertys share the stage with respected keyboard maestro Roelof Colyn, who recently was in Durban for the hit musical revue, A Handful of Keys. Not allowing Colyn to have all the fun on the keys, Ian will be sharing time at piano!   Husband and wife take their journey of 26 years of life`s struggles and creative partnership and bring fresh insight into the Synergy that ignites when two people work as one. Synergy takes the musical magic of Lennon and McCartney, the effervescent joy of the Sherman Brothers, the glamour of the Gershwin Brothers, the show-business sizzle of Kander and Ebb,the sophisticated drama of Desiree and Frederick in A Little Night Music and more.

Advance booking is through Computicket, at any Checkers Money Market counter, or via their call centre – 0861 915 8000 or online at  www.computicket.com

Tickets prices are as follows: R130 / R145 / scholars 10 – 18, students with valid card and pensioners over 60 – R100 /Group bookings of 10 or more pay R115 per ticket

Listings:

Wed 14th Feb – Sat 17th  Feb @ 7.30pm – Sat 17th and Sun 18th @ 3pm

Art:

* Everything I Never Told You *

A Solo Exhibition by Bernice Stott

Artplus Gallery, uMhlanga: opens Thursday, Feb 1

Durban artist,  Bernice Stott, opens her new solo exhibition intriguingly titled, Everything I Never Told You, in Artplus Gallery in uMhlanga  on Thursday 1 February in which she considers a less obvious and opposing view of the female body using pen and ink drawings rendered on lightweight acid free paper, displaying both the front and the reverse side of the image.

The reverse side is more ethereal and mysterious than the ‘front’ view, presuming the ‘front’ view to be explicit. It is a resistant view in that the sensuousness of the body is subtle and the subject seems to have more ownership of how she wishes to be viewed, – considers Stott.

“The human narrative holds mystery for me and is at the centre of my work.  I am also intrigued by the female body in contemporary South Africa and social issues of the environment. Currently I am drawing and painting although photography has led me to into the media of video and performance art. Art making feeds my soul: it is a place of solitude yet it provides me with an engagement of both my internal and external life.

Everything I Never Told You will be on display at Artplus Studio 32 Gallery: 32 Solstice Rd, uMhlanga Ridge.  The gallery also retails art supplies, offers workshops and lessons and boasts a comfortable coffee shop.

* Zanele Muholi: Homecoming* 

Durban Art Gallery: now on

Photographer and visual activist, Prof Zanele Muholi, brings her solo exhibition, Homecoming, to the Durban Art Gallery where it opens on Friday December 1 – World Aids Day and within the 16 Days of Activism campaign.

It will be the first time that she has hosted a solo exhibition in KZN. Muholi is set to stage the biggest exhibition in her home city showing for the first time in the history of her career in Durban. The exhibition will feature five different bodies of work and will occupy a large portion of the entire gallery space situated within the Durban City Hall. This exhibition invites the public to engage with the alternating brutality and joy faced by the black LGBT community in South Africa.

For more info, or to book your space on the walkabout or lectures – contact   Nothando Mkhize, DAG Education Officer on 031 331 22 64 / 9 or NOTHANDO.MKHIZE@durban.gov.za

Progamme:

February 3: Religion & spirituality

10am until noon

On February 3 will we be looking at the issue of religion and spirituality in LGBTI, here we will have guests speaking on the topic and we will also be having an ordination of Mapule who is a participant in the Homecoming show and a lesbian women from the VMCI Church; she will be one of a handful of ordained pastors who is in a same sex marriage in Africa.

Entry is free and all are welcome!

Pse RSVP to 031 311 2264 / 9 or NOTHANDO.MKHIZE@durban.gov.za

* The Secret of Beads / Imfihlo Yobuhlalu*

Durban Art Gallery: now on

The SECRETS OF BEADS / IMFIHLO YOBUHLALU exhibition celebrates the richness of Zulu Culture represented by beadwork which has been collected by The Durban Art Gallery over a period of many years.  This is the first time it will be shown to the public.

The Director of The Durban Art Gallery Dr. M.M. Xakaza in his foreword to the catalogue, writes  “Curators Anthea Martin and Hlengiwe Dube have crafted this exhibition to highlight the fact that traditional Zulu society has never been monolithic in terms of their usage of body adornment as a form of cultural expression. Over a hundred items were selected from the Durban Art Gallery collection for their quality and as examples of beads from many of the areas in KwaZulu-Natal. The exhibition is accompanied by a full colour catalogue which documents each item. This is an essential aid for the understanding of each artefact. The English and Zulu name is given, with explanations of place, age, function and materials. The exhibition will have an educational component with lectures, workshops and a website for access by students.

The exhibition will close at the end of the day on Sunday 29 April 2018.

Music:

Music Tour Funding through Concerts SA

Applications Deadline: Sunday 4 Feb

Planning a music tour but unsure how to fund it? Apply to Concerts SA’s Music Mobility Fund which will select new projects to support in February. This tour support mechanism offers opportunities for professional South African musicians to undertake live music tours in South Africa as well as other Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries. The fund provides support to live music performances, collaborations and performance-based workshops across all music genres.

More than 700 musicians have successfully toured across the nine South African provinces as well as 10 countries in southern Africa (Botswana, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Namibia and Madagascar), playing more than 800 shows to over 50 000 people, spanning genres from folk to hip-hop, from gqomto punk-rock, from jazz to indigenous music, in formal and informal music venues and spaces. For a list of all venues that have hosted a CSA-supported show please visit our website for a comprehensive music map www.concertssa.co.za.

Applicants are encouraged to use the Concerts SA Venue Map (www.concertssa.co.za/venues-map) and the Concerts SA Live Music Toolkit (www.concertssa.co.za/downloads/live-music-toolkit) in the preparation of your tour. Enquiries and applications should be submitted by email toconcertssa@samro.org.za, by fax to 086 500 7028 or by post to Concerts SA, c/o The SAMRO Foundation, 20 De Korte Street, 4^th Floor SAMRO Place, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2001.

For more information, visit https://concertssa.co.za, follow @ConcertsSA on Twitter (www.twitter.com/ConcertsSA) or like Concerts SA on Facebook

Entry: R30 General

Doors open: 7pm

*Mqiki Magic: Jazz to make you happy*

Powerhouse jazz vocalist Asanda Mqiki celebrates debut solo album with an SA and Mozambique tour

The long awaited solo album from jazz chanteuse Asanda Mqiki is finally a reality and will be recorded live in her hometown of Port Elizabeth, on Friday, 2 February 2018. The multi-award-winning entertainer will also be launching a much anticipated South African and Mozambique tour to celebrate the occasion, presented by Arte Viva Management and Concerts SA.

Mqiki has a larger than life personality, an even bigger heart and “an insane amount of control over her notes”. From ballads to funky soul-jazz, her music vibrates with visceral emotion, which combined with her spontaneity and explosive musical talent, attracts a growing and ardent following.  Tracking her career through her time as the lead singer for the band Take Note, regular guest appearances with The Soil (most notably the song ‘Lizzy’), and performances with the likes of the legendary Sibongile Khumalo, Freshlyground, Khaya Mahlangu, Bongeziwe Mabandla, Putuma Tiso and Berita, Asanda Mqiki comes of age with this album recording.

Listings:

The Chairman, Durban.

Saturday, February 10.

Show starts 22h30

Cover charge of R150 deducted from food and drinks bill.

Address: The Chairman, 146 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Durban

Enquiries: bookings@artevivamanagement.com

The Bat Centre, Durban.

Sunday, February 11.

Show starts at 15h00

No cover charge.

Address: The BAT Centre, 45 Maritime Place, Durban.

Enquiries: bookings@artevivamanagement.com

2018 Annual Hurley Weekend

Denis Hurley Centre / Emmanuel Cathedral: Sat, Feb 3

We hope you will join the DHC team for all or some of the activities for this year’s annual Hurley Weekend.

Programme:

Saturday, Feb 3:

12.00-14.00:  First Saturday’ music in Cathedral Mall with professional musicians and The Hurley Voices – a choir made up of homeless singers

14.30-15.00:  Screening of recent SABC TV documentary ‘The Light’ about the life of Paddy Kearney

15.00-15.30:  Tea and unveiling of new artwork: The Block Project by Umcebo Design

15.30-17.00: Annual Stakeholders Meeting – a chance to hear a report on the activities and finances of the DHC in 2017 and plans for 2018; also to ask questions and make comments

17.30-19.00:  After the AGM at 5.30pm Hurley Mass and Procession in Emmanuel Cathedral: the Cardinal will lead the first of the weekend’s Hurley Memorial Masses

Sunday 4 Feb: Emmanuel Cathedral

Memorial Mass and Procession in the Cathedral celebrated by Wilfrid Cardinal Napier OFM at Emmanuel Cathedral on Sunday 4 February

07.45-09.15: Memorial Mass celebrated by Mgr Paul Nadal

10.00-11.30: Memorial Mass celebrated by Wilfrid Cardinal Napier OFM

12.00-13.30: Memorial Mass in Zulu celebrated by Fr Vusi Mazibuko OMI

No need to book – just come along.  Safe parking behind the Cathedral and beneath Victoria Street Market.

Acting for Rhinos

Eden College, Glenmore: 16 Feb

Acting for Rhinos is hosting a participative Rhino Rally for schools, at Eden College on the afternoon of Feb 16, with special guest Kingsley Holgate and Project Rhino to try and canvas for membership and inspire some more youngsters to get involved.

Issued by Publicity Matters