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Macklemore rages against Israel’s Gaza genocide
Friday
/ 12 May 2024

Macklemore rages against Israel’s Gaza genocide

Halled over the coals: Rapper Macklemore’s track Hind’s Hall, which criticises Israel’s war, has gone viral.

By Charles Leonard
Diary: A new gallery opening, Sjava deluxe edition, and opera at Ster-Kinekor
Friday
/ 11 May 2024

Diary: A new gallery opening, Sjava deluxe edition, and opera at Ster-Kinekor

The Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live high-definition cinema simulcasts is into its 17th season at select Ster-Kinekor and Cinema Nouveau cinemas

By Charles Leonard
Exploring the balance: A review of Leo Vardiashvili’s Hard By a Great Forest
Friday
/ 10 May 2024

Exploring the balance: A review of Leo Vardiashvili’s Hard By a Great Forest

The debut novel is a riveting tale of family, loss, and redemption, filled with vivid imagery and emotional depth

By Rodney Ghobril
Thandiswa Mazwai on Sankofa and political currents in South Africa
Friday
/ 9 May 2024

Thandiswa Mazwai on Sankofa and political currents in South Africa

Experience the soul-stirring melodies of Thandiswa Mazwai’s new album ‘Sankofa’, a captivating journey through South African music and culture

By Charles Leonard
Festival shows jazz is safe in the hands of the youth
Friday
/ 9 May 2024

Festival shows jazz is safe in the hands of the youth

This weekend in Cape Town tells me jazz’s future is brighter than ever.

By Charles Leonard
Discovering the unread: Reflections on classic literature, beginning and endings
Friday
/ 9 May 2024

Discovering the unread: Reflections on classic literature, beginning and endings

We ought to read them; we want to; we will. Next summer, or winter, when time indoors lends a circumstantial hand. Or next year. And so the pile grows, to be added to deathbed regrets

By Darryl Accone
Darkly funny tale of two cities
Friday
/ 7 May 2024

Darkly funny tale of two cities

This is an edited extract from SA author Niq Mhlongo’s new novel The City Is Mine

By Niq Mhlongo
What’s Up
Friday
/ 6 May 2024

What’s Up

Here are three cultural things to listen to or watch

By Lesego Chepape and Charles Leonard
Palestinian Armenians fight to keep their music alive
Friday
/ 5 May 2024

Palestinian Armenians fight to keep their music alive

From Palestinian rock to modern folk, generations of Armenian musicians have thrived in Jerusalem. But Israeli attacks threaten the community’s future

By Christina Hazboun
A genuine musical trendsetter
Friday
/ 3 May 2024

A genuine musical trendsetter

From Joburg CBD dives of the 1980s to the Cape Town jazz fest, Hilton Schilder has been ahead of the curve

By Charles Leonard
Get your stylish footwear to these Cape Town International Jazz Festival picks
Friday
/ 3 May 2024

Get your stylish footwear to these Cape Town International Jazz Festival picks

Here are Friday editor Charles Leonard’s 10 picks of the festival

By Charles Leonard
Thandi Ntuli: That beautiful connection …
Friday
/ 2 May 2024

Thandi Ntuli: That beautiful connection …

Last year, South African jazz pianist Thandi Ntuli released her album Rainbow Revisited on International Anthem Records, to great acclaim. But what does it feel like to translate the album to the stage?

By Charles Leonard
Nomthandazo by Zoe Modiga: Seeing the heaven inside us
Friday
/ 2 May 2024

Nomthandazo by Zoe Modiga: Seeing the heaven inside us

Let the music of Zoe Modiga guide you on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment

By Lesego Chepape
The word is made light by Virginia Woolf
Friday
/ 30 April 2024

The word is made light by Virginia Woolf

Today, 96 years after the great writer’s seminal speech on women in fiction, what has changed?

By Darryl Accone
‘Festivals must play their role when disasters occur’
Friday
/ 29 April 2024

‘Festivals must play their role when disasters occur’

A Palestinian film director speaks on the sidelines of the Aswan International Women Film Festival

By Bassem Aboualabass
The sound of solidarity
Friday
/ 29 April 2024

The sound of solidarity

South African artists have got together to produce an album to support Palestinians

By Charles Leonard
Dalio principally formed a cult
Friday
/ 28 April 2024

Dalio principally formed a cult

Read the Wall Street legend’s biography — even if it’s just because he doesn’t want you to

By Rodney Ghobril
Lady Zamar returns with vibrant resilience in Rainbow
Friday
/ 28 April 2024

Lady Zamar returns with vibrant resilience in Rainbow

After weathering numerous a public storm, Lady Zamar is determined to reclaim her narrative and share her truth through her music

By Lesego Chepape
Who cares what it is? Celebrate jazz with the world
Friday
/ 27 April 2024

Who cares what it is? Celebrate jazz with the world

It’s almost time for International Jazz Day — 30 April — and there will be events in 190 countries where it will not be necessary to gatekeep about who and what jazz is — the players and the listeners will just enjoy it

By Charles Leonard
Columnist Calland captures state capture for stage
Friday
/ 26 April 2024

Columnist Calland captures state capture for stage

A new play by a new playwright explores shenanigans in South Africa’s politics

By Charles Leonard
Not playing … what happened to the role models?
Friday
/ 26 April 2024

Not playing … what happened to the role models?

Playwright Richard Calland describes the main character “Uncle” as being a Mac Maharaj-like figure with other ANC-types thrown into the mix

By Charles Leonard
Listen to the water and land
Friday
/ 26 April 2024

Listen to the water and land

Two South African artists have created a sonic piece for the annual international cultural exhibition, the Venice Biennale

By Aarti Bhana
Aficionado notes brilliant use of music in state capture play
Friday
/ 25 April 2024

Aficionado notes brilliant use of music in state capture play

The political drama about corruption and power is clever, gripping and insightful

By Charles Leonard
What’s Up
Friday
/ 25 April 2024

What’s Up

Here are three cultural things to listen to or watch

By Lesego Chepape, Charles Leonard and Busi Lethole
Local film releases to look out for
Friday
/ 25 April 2024

Local film releases to look out for

Two films and a miniseries showcase South African talent and explore issues in the country

By Rolland Simpi Motaung
Capital Art Fair Tshwane – A toast to curiosity, imagination and courage
Friday
/ 24 April 2024

Capital Art Fair Tshwane – A toast to curiosity, imagination and courage

The platform showcased the talent of local artists and fostered a sense of community and collaboration

By CAFT
Top price predicted for long-lost Klimt portrait at Vienna auction
Friday
/ 24 April 2024

Top price predicted for long-lost Klimt portrait at Vienna auction

Portrait of Miss Lieser, valued at USD 32 to 53 million, will be sold on auction in Vienna on Wednesday

By Blaise Gauquelin
UK loans stolen Asante treasures to Ghana in six-year deal
Friday
/ 22 April 2024

UK loans stolen Asante treasures to Ghana in six-year deal

The ceremonial return comes amid mounting pressure on European and US museums and institutions to address the restitution of African artefacts plundered during the colonial era

By Afp
Don’t expect deep dive into drug darkness in Winehouse biopic
Friday
/ 21 April 2024

Don’t expect deep dive into drug darkness in Winehouse biopic

Multi-Grammy award-winning Winehouse died in 2011 aged 27 of alcohol poisoning after a very public, drug-driven downward spiral

By Charles Leonard
Conflict, migration exposed
Friday
/ 21 April 2024

Conflict, migration exposed

Alfredo Jaar’s photo exhibition is of Rwandan, Sudanese, Afghani and Vietnamese refugees

By Sean O Toole
An exquisite musical twilight with Abdullah Ibrahim
Friday
/ 20 April 2024

An exquisite musical twilight with Abdullah Ibrahim

We drank deeply from the musician’s ‘Water From an Ancient Well’ tour

By Alf Gunvald Nilsen
Bringing Comic Con to Soweto
Friday
/ 18 April 2024

Bringing Comic Con to Soweto

Experience the diverse world of comics, video games and cosplay at the Afrogeek Festival

By Lesego Chepape
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