Tale of Us is touring South Africa with Bridges For Music.
JOHANNESBURG
- The electronic music duo Matteo and Karm, aka Tale of Us, in partnership with Bridges for Music, is participating in a fundraising tour of South Africa. Supporting acts include Trancemicsoul, Jazzuelle, Deep Aztec, AudioJerk, Cabin Crew, Dogstar, Fabio, Killer Robot, Thibo Tazz and Black Book. The aim is to support Bridges for Music’s educational projects in townships such as Langa in Cape Town, where the nonprofit organisation wants to build a creative school for underprivileged children. Every ticket bought goes towards making this dream a reality. WHEN & WHERE The pair will perform for free at two fundraising shows: at the AND club, 36 Stiemens Street, Johannesburg (February 27), and in Cape Town (February 28). INFO Tickets are available at residentadvisor.net/to/bridgesformusic and range from R120 for early-bird tickets to R240 for latecomers. Donations can be made at justgiving.com/taleofus
- Connect, engage and learn business lessons from the young minds behind popular creative and street culture brands at the I Create We Create (ICWC) Business of Creativity Youth Conference. Art, brand photography, music, fashion and film will be addressed by keynote speakers, including Vusi “Blackanese” Kunene, Mdu Ntuli (Izikhokho Show), illustrator Ramurai Musekiwa, Shugasmakx and photo-grapher Musa Nxumalo. The ICWC is an independent developmental programme for and by entrepreneurial creatives. WHEN February 28 from 9am. WHERE 1 Kotze Street, Constitutional Hill, Braamfontein. TICKETS R40 and available at webtickets.co.za INFO Visit icreatewecreate.co.za
- Catch Mpho Popps Modikoane’s one-man comedy show Exhibit A, described as a no-holds-barred journey into some of the crazy things that happen in Popps’s head and the world. WHEN February 28 to March?1. WHERE Gold Reef City’s Lyric Theatre. TICKETS They range from R165 to R350 and are available at computicket.com, the Lyric box office on 011?2485000, or at goldreefcity.co.za
CAPE TOWN
- Catch the 48-member Miagi “New Skool” Orchestra’s Celebrating South Africa’s 20 Years of Democracy tour. The orchestra will be conducted by Tshepo Tsotetsi and the young South African conductor from the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, Brandon Phillips. The soloist is the world-renowned Swedish soprano saxophonist and composer Anders Paulsson. TOUR DETAILS March 4 at 8pm, Wits Great Hall: The Deepening Non-Racialism concert, with opening words by Ahmed Kathrada, presented by Miagi and the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation. Tickets will be sold two hours before the event at the door. To reserve tickets, phone 012??320?5154 or e-mail Munashe at [email protected]. March?6 at 5.30pm, KykNET Endler, Stellenbosch University, Wordfees Festival. Tickets at computicket.com. March 7 at 4pm, Spier Estate, the Living Arts Foundation Hall, Community Concert. Attendance is by invitation only. If you would like an invitation, phone 079?664?4405 or e-mail [email protected]
- Don’t miss That Art Party, the official event of That Art Fair, which presents a line-up featuring the Brother Moves On, a DJ set by Spoek Mathambo, Thor Rixon, DJ Invizable and the Champions of the Sonarverse, and Skattie DJs Athi Patra-Ruga, Jana Babez and Mr Blouse. The fair also presents the Cape Town premiere of the acclaimed documentary Shield and Spear, directed by Petter Ringbom, and a performance piece by Angelo Valero titled Ascension. WHEN February?27 from 5pm. WHERE 2nd floor of the parkade, 121 Cecil Road, Salt River. TICKETS From R70 to R120 at webtickets.co.za or at the door. INFO New Uber users can sign up with the promotional code ThatArtUber and receive their first ride of up to R150 for free.
- Forming Impression: The Ghost in the Machine is a curated exhibition of original prints from the Artist Proof Studio and Warren Editions, presented by the AVA Gallery in partnership with Spier. It takes its title from Gilbert Ryle’s critique of Hume’s distinction between ideas and impressions, and questions whether South African printmakers, particularly those whose works can be characterised as abstract expressionism, are influenced by expressionism’s own claims that there is a duality inherent in expressive form. Participating artists include Doris Bloom, Jan-Henri Booyens, Katherine Bull, Paul Edmunds, Georgina Gratrix, William Kentridge, Mongezi Ncaphayi, Christian Nerf, Nkosana Nhlapo, Lucas Nkgweng, Jody Paulsen, Richard Penn, Chloë Reid, Matty Roodt, Michael Taylor, David Tsoka, Sara-Aimee Verity and Max Wolpe. WHEN Until March 19. WHERE The AVA Gallery, 35 Church Street.