Get cooking: Lorna Maseko and friends at Maropeng
ART
- That Art Fair, The Palms Decor and Lifestyle Centre, Woodstock, Cape Town, until March 6. On for one more weekend, this Cape Town event features Nigerian protest artist Bob-Nosa Uwagboe, who says of his work: “The poor leadership in Africa and high level of inhumane practices among men has become my primary subject which I interpret with art, either offensively or defensively. My art is a puzzle, magical and consuming to my viewers.” His 2015 work, Floating Dead Bodies, which deals with the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, will be on show. thatartfair.com
- Zander Blom, Stevenson, Buchanan Building, 160 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock, Cape Town, until April 9. Blom shows new paintings, of which he says: “I have tended to favour an experimental practice instead of simply rendering clearly formed ideas on to canvas. I initially tried to do the latter, but the results were never as interesting as when I let the paint do what it wanted. So in a way I’ve followed the medium instead of trying to make it follow me.” Walkabout on March 4 at noon. stevenson.info
- Delphine Colin, Alliance Française, 22 Sutton Crescent, Morningside, Durban, until March 7. Colin has travelled through Africa over the past four years, documenting people and places as she goes, using black and white photos, digital images and digital drawings. Wanting to show the daily life of people, she spent time with them “to discover their daily conditions of life, and to photograph them in the intimacy of their homes”. alliance.org.za/pages/branches/durban/culture/what-s-on
- Minette Vári, Standard Bank Gallery, corner of Simmonds and Frederick streets, Johannesburg, until March??26. A mid-career retrospective titled Of Darkness and of Light, showing 20 years’ worth of work by one of South Africa’s pioneers in digital and videographic media. sponsorships.standardbank.com
MUSIC
- Two Songwriters, Peta’s Place, 18??Second Street, Abbotsford, Johannesburg, Saturday March 5, at 7pm. This unusual arts, crafts and music venue presents singer-songwriters Frankie Beagle and Mapumba. Owner Peta Hunter says of Frankie that she “draws you into her songs with her poetic tales, dreamy vocals and guitar, creating a delicate percussive landscape around the songs with various guest instruments such as bells, mbira and wavebasket … at once haunting and playful”. The music of Mapumba, who is from the Democratic Republic of Congo and is now living in South Africa, “speaks of the old, sways with the present and rings with new optimism”. Tickets R120; children under 12 free. Bring your own snacks and refreshments. 082?566?4026
- Blah Blah Bar, Kloof Street, Cape Town. Musical and other offerings at this hip nightspot: open mic nights on Tuesdays; Wednesdays are acoustic; Thursdays are experimental and Fridays feature larger bands. The house playlist includes funk, Afrobeat, Latino, Balkan, swing, breakbeat “and other genres that work on the hips”. This week has Launch Pad/Projector (slide shows and talks about photography) on Tuesday March 8; Myddle Earth on March 9; Counterpoint with Emma du Preez, Jonny Luck and Francesca Biancoli on March 10; and Stone Jets + Mobbing Bali on March??11. 082?349?8849
FOOD
- Cooking with Lorna and Friends, Maropeng, Cradle of Humankind, Saturday March 12, from 9am. Book ahead if you want to go cooking with foodie Lorna Maseko. It’s a family event – bring them all. The children can eat different foods at stalls, or tour the Maropeng caves, with their history of early human habitation. Tickets range in price from R640 for the whole package, including a picnic basket, to R100 for entrance only, R150 for entrance and four wine tastings, and R250 is for children (with a cooking session). [email protected] and 011?024?2041.