AEL as @ 8 March 2010
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see AEL 1st March 2010
Forthcoming events over the next two weeks
Fuller
details and later events below. Events are in Harare unless stated
otherwise.HIFA
- Troubadour Amigos
- Amigos
MUSIC
- LM Radio @ Twin Rivers School (10–13 March)
- Musica @ Highlands Presbyterian Church (12 & 13 March)
- Congo Fever @ The Mannenberg (12 March)
- NIAA Vocal and Instrumental Festival 2010 (Eisteddfod) (to 27 March)
- Marden
Singers: Passiontide Concert @ Arundel School Chapel (21
March)
Performing Arts Bulawayo [PAB] and the Academy [Bulawayo]
- Lunchtime Talks @ the Academy (11 & 18 March)
- Brideshead Revisited @ the Robert Sibson Hall (11 March)
- Bellini: I Puritani @ the Robert Sibson Hall (12 March)
- Brian Hartmann: Expanding Jazz Harmonies @ the Robert Sibson Hall (15 March)
- August Rush @ the Robert Sibson Hall (18 March)
- The Bulawayo Chamber Music Society@ the Robert Sibson Hall (20 March)
- Academy Students Concert @ the Robert Sibson Hall (24 March)
- Claire
Béchu & Christian Foison (piano) @ the Robert Sibson Hall (25
March)
- World Press Photo Exhibition @ National Gallery, Bulawayo (12–25 March)
- Roots @ Gallery Delta (March)
- Exhibitions @ National Gallery, Harare (March)
- Art
Exhibition: Gail Burnett @ the Academy, Bulawayo (15–27
March)
- Hay Fever @ Reps Theatre Upstairs (to 13 March)
- Waiting for Constitution @ Theatre in the Park (to 20 March)
- Snoopy, The Musical @ Reps (18–27 March)
- Troye
the Hypnogician @ 7 Arts (26–27 March)
CRAFT FAIRS & OTHER FAIRS
- Doon
Estate Monthly Farmers' Market and Book Fair
- Live
Your Dream Seminar (13/14 March)
- Association of Complementary Health Practitioners (9 March)
- BirdLife Zimbabwe (BLZ) Mashonaland (14, 18, 20, 21 March)
- Mountain Club of Zimbabwe (March)
- Tree
Society (21 March)
EVENTS OUTSIDE ZIMBABWE
- Paw
Paw Jam @ Book Cafe UK (26 March)
FUTURE FESTIVALS – 2010
Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA): 27 April – 2 May
Bulawayo Music Festival: 19–23 May
International Images Film Festival for Women (IIFF): Harare: 19–27 November; Bulawayo: 2–4 December
INFORMATION FOR EVENT ORGANISERS/ADVERTISERS
Please send items of news about ARTS EVENTS, written EXACTLY as you wish them to appear, in the BODY of an e-mail, to <mailto:ael@twinarts.co.zw> to arrive BY 4.00 p.m. MONDAY. Please DO NOT SEND AN ATTACHMENT.
Please make sure that it includes the key information (e.g. date, time, place, cost) plus contact details if more information is available to interested readers. Please try to follow the format that we use here, don't use fancy fonts, and please DO NOT TYPE IN ALL CAPS!
PLEASE KEEP WHAT YOU SEND US BRIEF. We do not always have the time to edit down entries from long newsletters or general invitations, or to download and re-type material from images that are submitted to us, and information in this form may have to be omitted.
We do not charge for items to be included, but do appreciate donations and/or complimentary tickets, where appropriate (though we may not always be able to take them up). We do not receive funding from any other source.
DONATIONS. We can now accept donations in US dollars into our CABS account. Cash deposits may be made at any CABS branch, or transfers made via CABS online banking, direct into the Twin Arts Trust CABS account no. 9012665517. Please send us an e-mail to advise us if you have done this so that we can know who it's from. How much to donate: Whatever this service is worth to you, and what you can afford!
Twin Arts gratefully acknowledges the support of M-Web, who have donated the e-mail address & Web site.
HIFA
Troubadour Amigos
Want to see ALL your mainstage HIFA shows FREE?
Become a Troubadour Amigo today, HIFA's new and exciting Amigo category.
1st Day Box Office, FREE Opening Party, Free reserved and guaranteed seating at mainstage, plus all other Amigo benefits. Sounds good? Visit the Wendy House 22 Natal Rd, Avondale OR e-mail <mailto:amigos@hifa.co.zw> OR visit <http://www.hifa.co.zw> to download your application form.
Please note: There are limited cards available and it is purely on a first come, first served basis.
Amigos
Become a hifAmigo and enjoy pre-festival booking, discounted HIFA tickets, VIP privileges and exclusive access to the Green Room.
Subscriptions open to 26 March 2010.
Visit the Wendy House 22 Natal Rd, Avondale OR e-mail <mailto:amigos@hifa.co.zw> OR visit <http://www.hifa.co.zw> to download your application form.
DANCE
MUSIC
LM Radio @ Twin Rivers School (10–13 March)
LM Radio – Let the good times roll! Relive the 60s & 70s with LM radio.
A 10-piece cast from South Africa's Barnyard Theatres comes to Harare – 10–13 March.
Venue: Twin Rivers School.
Tickets: Prices from $20.
Book at Sound Event Management, Tel: 707012/706637/8/9 or 011-601107.
Musica @ Highlands Presbyterian Church (12 & 13 March)
An occasional concert of sacred music by this select group of 15 singers, directed by Iona Jones with organist Ruth Chard. Be transported by Mozart's Magnificat (K193), chill out to contemporary Welsh composer Karl Jenkins, revel in the counterpoint of the 16th Century Spanish composer Victoria (sometimes known as the "Spanish Palestrina"), and relax with the English church anthems, "O Sing Joyfully" by Adrian Batten (1591–1637) and "Blessed be the God and Father" by S. S. Wesley (1810–1876).
Highlands Presbyterian Church, Friday, 12 March at 7pm, and Saturday, 13 March at 4pm.
Enquiries to <mailto:rchard@yoafrica.com>Arts Events List
AEL as @ 8 March 2010
Edited from e-mails received by Twin Arts, and sent weekly to over 1,050 readers. This compilation © Twin Arts Trust.
See AEL online at <http://www.twinarts.co.zw/
Please tell your friends that they can receive AEL directly by sending an e-mail to <mailto:ael@twinarts.co.zw>.
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We will be happy for other Websites to link to this information, so long as it opens in its own window/frameset and credit is given to Twin Arts Trust.
If individual items are selected from this compilation for inclusion in other compilations, we would appreciate acknowledgement being given to Twin Arts, together with a link to <http://www.twinarts.co.zw/
Any enquiries may be addressed to <mailto:twinarts@mweb.co.zw>.
Note: AEL can accept no responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained herein.
Forthcoming events over the next two weeks
Fuller details and later events below. Events are in Harare unless stated otherwise.HIFA
- Troubadour Amigos
- Amigos
MUSIC
- LM Radio @ Twin Rivers School (10–13 March)
- Musica @ Highlands Presbyterian Church (12 & 13 March)
- Congo Fever @ The Mannenberg (12 March)
- NIAA Vocal and Instrumental Festival 2010 (Eisteddfod) (to 27 March)
- Marden Singers: Passiontide Concert @ Arundel School Chapel (21 March)
Performing Arts Bulawayo [PAB] and the Academy [Bulawayo]
- Lunchtime Talks @ the Academy (11 & 18 March)
- Brideshead Revisited @ the Robert Sibson Hall (11 March)
- Bellini: I Puritani @ the Robert Sibson Hall (12 March)
- Brian Hartmann: Expanding Jazz Harmonies @ the Robert Sibson Hall (15 March)
- August Rush @ the Robert Sibson Hall (18 March)
- The Bulawayo Chamber Music Society@ the Robert Sibson Hall (20 March)
- Academy Students Concert @ the Robert Sibson Hall (24 March)
- Claire Béchu & Christian Foison (piano) @ the Robert Sibson Hall (25 March)
- World Press Photo Exhibition @ National Gallery, Bulawayo (12–25 March)
- Roots @ Gallery Delta (March)
- Exhibitions @ National Gallery, Harare (March)
- Art Exhibition: Gail Burnett @ the Academy, Bulawayo (15–27 March)
- Hay Fever @ Reps Theatre Upstairs (to 13 March)
- Waiting for Constitution @ Theatre in the Park (to 20 March)
- Snoopy, The Musical @ Reps (18–27 March)
- Troye the Hypnogician @ 7 Arts (26–27 March)
CRAFT FAIRS & OTHER FAIRS
- Doon Estate Monthly Farmers' Market and Book Fair
- Live Your Dream Seminar (13/14 March)
- Association of Complementary Health Practitioners (9 March)
- BirdLife Zimbabwe (BLZ) Mashonaland (14, 18, 20, 21 March)
- Mountain Club of Zimbabwe (March)
- Tree Society (21 March)
EVENTS OUTSIDE ZIMBABWE
- Paw Paw Jam @ Book Cafe UK (26 March)
FUTURE FESTIVALS – 2010
Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA): 27 April – 2 May
Bulawayo Music Festival: 19–23 May
International Images Film Festival for Women (IIFF): Harare: 19–27 November; Bulawayo: 2–4 December
INFORMATION FOR EVENT ORGANISERS/ADVERTISERS
Please send items of news about ARTS EVENTS, written EXACTLY as you wish them to appear, in the BODY of an e-mail, to <mailto:ael@twinarts.co.zw> to arrive BY 4.00 p.m. MONDAY. Please DO NOT SEND AN ATTACHMENT.
Please make sure that it includes the key information (e.g. date, time, place, cost) plus contact details if more information is available to interested readers. Please try to follow the format that we use here, don't use fancy fonts, and please DO NOT TYPE IN ALL CAPS!
PLEASE KEEP WHAT YOU SEND US BRIEF. We do not always have the time to edit down entries from long newsletters or general invitations, or to download and re-type material from images that are submitted to us, and information in this form may have to be omitted.
We do not charge for items to be included, but do appreciate donations and/or complimentary tickets, where appropriate (though we may not always be able to take them up). We do not receive funding from any other source.
DONATIONS. We can now accept donations in US dollars into our CABS account. Cash deposits may be made at any CABS branch, or transfers made via CABS online banking, direct into the Twin Arts Trust CABS account no. 9012665517. Please send us an e-mail to advise us if you have done this so that we can know who it's from. How much to donate: Whatever this service is worth to you, and what you can afford!
Twin Arts gratefully acknowledges the support of M-Web, who have donated the e-mail address & Web site.
HIFA
Troubadour Amigos
Want to see ALL your mainstage HIFA shows FREE?
Become a Troubadour Amigo today, HIFA's new and exciting Amigo category.
1st Day Box Office, FREE Opening Party, Free reserved and guaranteed seating at mainstage, plus all other Amigo benefits. Sounds good? Visit the Wendy House 22 Natal Rd, Avondale OR e-mail <mailto:amigos@hifa.co.zw> OR visit <http://www.hifa.co.zw> to download your application form.
Please note: There are limited cards available and it is purely on a first come, first served basis.
Amigos
Become a hifAmigo and enjoy pre-festival booking, discounted HIFA tickets, VIP privileges and exclusive access to the Green Room.
Subscriptions open to 26 March 2010.
Visit the Wendy House 22 Natal Rd, Avondale OR e-mail <mailto:amigos@hifa.co.zw> OR visit <http://www.hifa.co.zw> to download your application form.
DANCE
MUSIC
LM Radio @ Twin Rivers School (10–13 March)
LM Radio – Let the good times roll! Relive the 60s & 70s with LM radio.
A 10-piece cast from South Africa's Barnyard Theatres comes to Harare – 10–13 March.
Venue: Twin Rivers School.
Tickets: Prices from $20.
Book at Sound Event Management, Tel: 707012/706637/8/9 or 011-601107.
Musica @ Highlands Presbyterian Church (12 & 13 March)
An occasional concert of sacred music by this select group of 15 singers, directed by Iona Jones with organist Ruth Chard. Be transported by Mozart's Magnificat (K193), chill out to contemporary Welsh composer Karl Jenkins, revel in the counterpoint of the 16th Century Spanish composer Victoria (sometimes known as the "Spanish Palestrina"), and relax with the English church anthems, "O Sing Joyfully" by Adrian Batten (1591–1637) and "Blessed be the God and Father" by S. S. Wesley (1810–1876).
Highlands Presbyterian Church, Friday, 12 March at 7pm, and Saturday, 13 March at 4pm.
Enquiries to <mailto:rchard@yoafrica.com>
Congo Fever @ The Mannenberg (12 March)
The dancefloor is open at The Mannenberg on Friday, 12 March, when the popular Fife Avenue venue opens its doors for its first-ever west-African dance-off, 'Congo Fever!' welcoming French DJ Ben Montrésor, hot off Jozi turntables.
DJ Ben Montrésor is a French "young Old School" DJ who worked for several years in worldwide acclaimed Paris-based radio station Radio Nova. He landed in South Africa a few years ago with almost 100 kg of vinyl records in his bags... and since then, the volume has doubled! Drum, Jazz, Blues, Afro Traditional, Funk, Soul, Afro Grooves, Reggae, Hip Hop, House, Jungle, Techno... Ben Montrésor can rock every style.
DJ Ben's Harare gigs will be mixing blazing classic rumbas with the freshest kwassa kwassa tunes from the Congolese capital, adding spices from West Africa and a couple of Afrobeat chillies - a special memorable dish to be savoured on the dancefloor! A special menu will also be cooking up in The Mannenberg restaurant, under the close supervision of new venue managers Grace Rukure and Themba Sigauke, bringing new life, fresh ideas and a tasty selection of African dishes to the programme.
Ben Montrésor is brought to Harare by a collaboration between Alliance Francaise and Pamberi Trust, a creative partnership between two cultural organisations which has already hosted diverse musicians of the world since the arrival of Alliance Francaise director Charles Houdart in 2009 - Salque & Periani (France) in October and Chico Antonio (Mozambique) in December 2009.
The Mannenberg will be rearranged for space to welcome those who love to dance, who are called by the rhythm, who have to dance! Come out and get down!
'Congo Fever' with DJ Ben Montrésor (France), The Mannenberg, Friday, 12 March, 9.30pm
Fife Avenue Shopping Mall (upstairs above OK), cnr. Fife Ave. / 6th Street, Harare
Tel 253239, e-mail: <mailto:pamberit@gmail.com>, Website: <http://www.zimbabwearts.org>
NIAA Vocal and Instrumental Festival 2010 (Eisteddfod) (8–27 March)
Ethnomusicology: Prince Edward School Music Centre: 8, 9, 10 March; Harare International School: 19, 22 and 23 March.
Western Music: Prince Edward School: 11–22 March (no classes on Sunday, 21 March)
Harare International Schools (Choir/Orchestra Days) 23–26 March.
Admission $1.00 per session. Students and Senior Citizens FREE!
Final Concert: Harare International School Performing Arts Theatre: Saturday, 27 March, 6.30 p.m.
Tickets at the door. Adults $5.00 Students and Senior Citizens: $2.00.
More information: Tel: 702989; Email: <mailto:iaa@yoafrica.com>
Marden Singers: Passiontide Concert @ Arundel School Chapel (21 March)
The Marden Singers are pleased to present a Passiontide Concert on Sunday, 21 March at 3 pm in Arundel School Chapel.
Our concert features an afternoon of classical music - choral, vocal solo and instrumental - combined with spoken verse, to reflect the Passion of the Christ. The concert will run for two hours including an intermission during which teas will be served (by donation) and wine and cheese will be available (at a modest fee).
Songs to be presented by the choir include; Night silence; Just as I am; Were you there (when they crucified my Lord)?; The Three Ravens; When I Survey the Wondrous Cross; All in the April Evening; The Lord is my Shepherd, and An Irish Blessing.
Mike Southall will present the spoken words and verses which interweave the Easter themes in this varied concert. In addition, we will feature solos by some of Zimbabwe's outstanding young musical talent – Tanaka Madyara, Nikita Desai, Mandipa Ndlovu, Cora Clark and Renee Mostert, with the bewitching singing strings of Cabby Stirling.
Don't miss this thought-provoking Eastertide afternoon of uplifting sacred music. Tickets available on the door. For further information contact <mailto:rosie@wildimaginings.
Performing Arts Bulawayo [PAB] and the Academy [Bulawayo]
Lunchtime Talks @ the Academy (11 & 18 March)
Thursdays, 11 & 18 March in Room 25 at 1.10 p.m.
Peter Rollason will introduce varied selections of music and Michael Bullivant continue his exploration of "The Symphony after Beethoven" with the symphonies of Schumann who was born 200 years ago on 8 June 1810.
Admission: $1.00 / R10.00
Brideshead Revisited @ the Robert Sibson Hall (11 March)
Thursdays, 11 March in the Robert Sibson Hall at 7.15 p.m.
The final instalment of this outstanding serialisation and, after the last episode, a 50-minute retrospective documentary, Revisiting Brideshead: 25 years later many of the participants reflect on their experiences during the two years of filming and there are also extracts from Evelyn Waugh's celebrated Face to Face interview.
Bellini: I Puritani @ the Robert Sibson Hall (12 March)
Friday 12 March in the Robert Sibson Hall at 6.30 p.m. with supper interval. Carriages: 10.15 p.m.
Bellini's last opera is set in England at the time of the Civil War and this performance, filmed at the Met in January 2007, features Anna Netrebko who "enchanted audience and critics alike". "The prolonged ovation Netrebko received after the Act II mad scene threatened to stop the performance midway" (The New York Times); "Netrebko has that bel canto gift of singling like a windswept lark on a bright day, and an acting style combining the natural with the daring" (The New York Post).
Admission: $3.00 / R25.00 [free to Red Carpet members and subscribers]
Brian Hartmann: Expanding Jazz Harmonies @ the Robert Sibson Hall (15 March)
Monday 15 March in the Robert Sibson Hall at 7.30 p.m.
Brian Hartmann has been the Academy's guitar teacher for a number of years but he played professionally in a band in South Africa for three years and in this programme he will perform a range of songs and jazz standards with backing tracks from his former colleagues and the programme will include such favourites as All the Things You Are, Angel Eyes, A Child is Born, Blue Bossa and My Funny Valentine.
Proceeds from the concert are in aid of the Academy. No advance booking. Admission: $5.00 / R40.00 [free to Red Carpet members]
The Academy Coffee Shop will be open before the concert with snacks available so come to see the exhibition as well as hear the music and make an evening of it! (We're still looking for an appropriate name – a prize for a successful suggestion. "The Crushed Nuts" was rejected!)
Art Exhibition @ the Academy: Gail Burnett (15–27 March)
Monday 15 March – Saturday 27 March in Room 25.
The Academy is delighted to host another exhibition by a local artist and Gail Burnett's work will be on display in Room 25 for the two weeks from Monday 15 March during normal Academy hours and at all evening events during those two weeks. There will also be a concert on the exhibition's opening day.
August Rush @ the Robert Sibson Hall (18 March)
Thursday 18 March in the Robert Sibson Hall at 7.30 p.m.
"A charismatic young Irish guitarist (Jonathan Rhys Meyer) and a sheltered young cellist (Keri Russell) have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant orphaned by circumstance. Years later, performing on the streets of New York and cared for by a mysterious stranger (Robin Williams) who gives him the name August Rush, the child (Freddie Highmore) uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth."
Admission: $3.00 / R25.00 [free to Red Carpet members]
The Bulawayo Chamber Music Society@ the Robert Sibson Hall (20 March)
Saturday 20 March in the Robert Sibson Hall at 6.00 p.m.
Rose Green (bassoon), Donald Welsh (violin), Ineke te Velde (violin), Deon Marcus (viola and piano/keyboard) and Cynthia Pretorius (cello) in a programme of music by Haydn and Vivaldi.
No advance booking. Admission: $5.00 / R40.00 [free to Red Carpet members]
Academy Students Concert @ the Robert Sibson Hall (24 March)
Wednesday 24 March in the Robert Sibson Hall at 5.15 p.m.
Claire Béchu & Christian Foison (piano) @ the Robert Sibson Hall (25 March)
Thursday 25 March in the Robert Sibson Hall at 7.30 p.m.
Claire Foison Béchu was born in 1971 in a family of musicians. Her musical studies have been rewarded with top prizes from the Conservatories of Nantes, Versailles, Boulogne-Billancourt and higher degrees of education and enforcement at the Ecole Normale of Music of Paris in the class of Andre Gorog. She has performed in many places and in different circumstances, in Ile de France, in Loire Atlantique, in Gironde, in Noumea, Djibouti, recently in Normandy for concerts with the orchestra and chorus of Morbihan, and soon Brittany, Mayenne, Anjou, Paris, Tokyo and ... Zimbabwe.
Her visit is being sponsored by the Alliance Française to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Celebrity Subscription Concerts, whose first concert in March 1960 was also given by a French pianist.
On the programme: Chopin: Etudes, Op.10, Nos.5 & 10; Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op.66; Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.6 in D flat major; Schumann: Carnaval, Op.9; Brahms: Hungarian dances; Fauré, Ravel, Debussy, Bizet.
The artist will perform in the second half with her father, Christian Foison who is also a professional pianist.
Booking at the Academy from Monday 15 March. Admission: $5.00 / R40.00 [free to Red Carpet members and subscribers]
Offenbach: La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein @ the Robert Sibson Hall (26 March)
Friday 26 March in the Robert Sibson Hall at 6.30 p.m. with supper interval. Carriages: 10.15 p.m.
This acclaimed production featured on Opera magazine's list of twenty indispensable operatic DVDs It stars Dame Felicity Lott as the eponymous and man-eating Grand-Duchess and Yann Beuron who "is a great comic as well as a great singer of this repertory: I still think his neck-breakingly fast second-act Rondo delivered note- and word-perfect while being flung about by eight dancers a feat of astounding virtuosity…. Baron Boum and his co-conspirators are a wonderfully grotesque bunch and Marc Minowski [conductor] commands the elegance and musical wit to do full justice to the composer … Definitely one of my Desert Island DVDs affording endless pleasure, endless love of the composer!"
Admission: $3.00 / R25.00 [free to Red Carpet members and subscribers]
FINE ART & EXHIBITIONS
World Press Photo Exhibition @ National Gallery, Bulawayo (12–25 March)
The annual World Press Photo exhibition is the best known of World Press Photo's activities and every year the winning photos go on exhibition at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. The current exhibition is a showcase for creativity in photo-journalism and a platform for developments in the profession, part of World Press Photo's aim of encouraging and stimulating the work of press photographers around the world.
Harare: To March; Bulawayo: From 12 March to 25 March.
Roots @ Gallery Delta (March)
An exhibition of African art and artefacts and contemporary responses with works by
Virginia Chihota, Crispen Matekenya, Tafadzwa Gwetai, Munyaradzi Mugorosa, Masimba Hwati, Richard Mudariki, Richard Jack, Munyaradzi Mazarire, Helen Lieros, Gareth Nyandoro, Kufa Makwavarara, Greg Shaw, Wallen Mapondera, Cosmas Shiridzinomwa, Misheck Masamvu, Ljiljana Vlacic, Marjorie Wallace
Opens on Tuesday, 2 March, 2010 at 5.30.p.m. Supported by Hivos Foundation
Foundation for Art and the Humanities, Gallery Delta
'Robert Paul's Old House,' 110 Livingstone Avenue/Ninth Street, Greenwood Park, Harare
Telephone: 792135; <mailto:artdelta@mweb.co.zw>; <http://www.gallerydelta.com>.
Exhibitions @ National Gallery, Harare (March)
Point of Contact (to 31 March)
The North Gallery is graced by 19th century European paintings, print works and sculptures. The period from 1801 to 1900 witnessed a series of historic events including the French revolution, developments in the fields of mathematics, physics, metallurgy, sport and abolishment of slavery in several countries. The 19th century also witnessed the African colonization where European countries scrambled for and acquired African countries. It is noteworthy to also mention that due to colonization the present European works were brought to Africa to illustrate another side of life that we do not know or we can not see. Several works in the show reveal the thinking and prevalent activities that occurred during the century and several African works from the collection speak to the point of contact, the linking of the two continents in both negative and positive ways.
Black History Month (to 31 March)
Black History Month is a remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. A selection of pictures have put on display to reflect on the representation of the history of Africans in the development of present structures and systems.
Tribute to Colleen Madamombe (to 29 March)
The late Colleen Madamombe celebrated the fuller African physique and her distinguishing style was a refreshing approach away from the more traditional mystical works produced by the first generation of Shona sculptors. Throughout Colleen's works she tried to communicate the injustice that affected the lives of women and their status. She represents the voice of a new generation of Zimbabwean women. Madamombe worked predominantly in hard black Springstone, often using the outer blanket of the stone and creating many different textures to contrast with the polished surfaces. The National Gallery of Zimbabwe takes this opportunity to honour one of the greatest female artists the country has produced.
Celebrating Women in Photos (to 31 March)
On show will be photographs by female photographers. The show seeks to represent the interests and visions of the best of Zimbabwean photography.
Art Exhibition: Gail Burnett @ the Academy, Bulawayo (15–27 March)
Monday 15 March – Saturday 27 March in Room 25.
The Academy is delighted to host another exhibition by a local artist and Gail Burnett's work will be on display in Room 25 for the two weeks from Monday 15 March during normal Academy hours and at all evening events during those two weeks.
DRAMA, THEATRE & SPOKEN WORD
Hay Fever @ Reps Theatre Upstairs (to 13 March)
Hay Fever, by Noël Coward; Directed by Zane E. Lucas; Designed by Funki
Starring Fiona Garrity, Erin J. Housam, Josh Ansley, Simon De Swardt, Chloe Cattin, Musa Saruro
A luminous and entertaining comedy which introduces you to the Bliss family: a retired actress mother, a novelist father, and two children for whom all the world, literally, is a stage. Their outrageous antics alternately infuriate and astound their hapless weekend guests.
REPS Theatre Upstairs, 25 February – 13 March (Matinee 13 March)
Ticket Prices: $10 – Full Price; $8 – Discount for Reps Members and HifAmigos; $5 – Concessions
Waiting for Constitution @ Theatre in the Park (to 20 March)
Written by Stephen Chifunyise for Rooftop Promotions.
Directed and Produced by Daves Guzha.
Featuring a rare combination of seasoned and young television and stage names, such as radio presenter and former Mandy in local soap "Studio 263", Tendai Chakanyuka; NAMA 2003 Best Theatre Actor, Silvanos Mudzvova; long-time community theatre director, Sebastian Maramba; young musician-cum-actor, John Pfumojena, actress-cum-musician, Edith Katiji, and vibrant stage and screen actress, Winnie Moyo.
The play runs for public admission from 24 February until 20 March.
Synopsis
A family marriage consultative meeting fails to take off, erupting into a heated debate on the constitution away from the marriage issues as the gathered family members wait for Constance, the one whose marriage is being discussed, to arrive. It turns out that they are not only waiting for Constance but waiting for the new Constitution because Constance is attending a constitution making meeting. The family is sharply divided by their different beliefs, affiliations, ambitions, interests and questions pertaining what a new constitution is and what it should address or include in terms of democracy and good governance. This heated debate leads to the acting father of the family, an ex-combatant who considers the many questions as anti- government propaganda promoted by foreign NGOs and foreign unfriendly media institutions and governments, storming out of the family meeting throwing the marriage discussion into disarray.
For more information contact: <mailto:media@rooftop.co.zw>; tel. 0912-993 413
Snoopy, The Musical @ Reps (18–27 March)
Starring Stephane Thomas, Richard Sticklen, Erin Cooper, Dean Jones, Michael Thomas, Nicola Kinnaird and Anne Stack. Fun musical directed by Bryan Hill, General Manager of The Teatro at Monte Casino in SA, back home in Zimbabwe just to do this show. Musical direction by Linda Frampton.
Booking now open at The Spotlight, with tickets from $5 to $15. (open Mon-Fri 9am to 4pm, Sat 9am to 12noon – tel 308159)
Troye the Hypnogician @ 7 Arts (26–27 March)
Magic, mystery and hypnosis. This is the funniest show you will see this year.
Troye the Hypnogician, 26-27 March at 7 Arts Theatre.
Tickets: $15. Group discounts available.
Book at Sound Event Management Tel: 707012/706637/8/9 or 011-601107.
FILM
CRAFT FAIRS & OTHER FAIRS
Doon Estate Monthly Farmers' Market and Book Fair
We warmly invite participants to our monthly event at Doon Estate, last Saturday of every month
- If you make or grow FOOD of any sort,
- if you are a WINE merchant, or
- if you are involved in the world of BOOKS whether as a writer, publisher or bookseller
For more info please contact Emma French on <mailto:frenchfries@zol.co.zw> or 0912248380.
Next one Saturday, 27 March, from 9am to 1pm..
WORKSHOPS & COURSES
Live Your Dream Seminar (13/14 March)
Learn how to activate the "Law of Attraction" by attending our Live Your Dream Seminar
Are there areas in your life that you'd really like to change but don't know how?
Are you living life with purpose and passion?
Live Your Dream is designed to assist you in understanding your life's journey, and how to identify and release those beliefs and habits that hold you back from achieving what you really want.
Dates: Sat 13 March, 9.00 am - 5.00 pm; Sun 14 March: 9.00 am - 1.00 pm
Venue: Self-empower.com, 22 Ross Road, Rolf Valley, Harare
Cost: $150.00
For further info call Tania at 0912 702 280 - 850480 <mailto:tania@africaonline.co.
CLUBS & SOCIETIES
Association of Complementary Health Practitioners (9 March)
Our meeting for March will be held on Tuesday the 9th at 6.30 pm for 7 pm, at Highlands Sports Club, off Glenara Ave, in Harare.
Our speaker will be Mr Willie Badenhorst, whose theme is Health and Wellness. He will tell us about his on-going work with Aloe Vera, and its very many beneficial uses. He will discuss the plant and its benefits for everyone, as well as the medicinal uses through the ages and to the present day. Willie will also give us an outline of recent research findings and explain that AVA has its own database. He would like to come again later in the year and talk about Worms and Vermiculture and their medicinal importance, and will briefly mention this aspect of his work. There will be time for questions and answers. This should be a most interesting talk and well worth attending.
We have a Bring and Share supper after the talk, to which everyone is invited, but we do ask that everyone please bring a plate of something to add to the meal. The bar will be open for drinks. There is a small charge at the door to cover the cost of the hire of the hall and for the help of the kitchen staff. For any inquiries, please phone Lorna Robinson on 744410.
BirdLife Zimbabwe (BLZ) Mashonaland (14, 18, 20, 21 March)
We have a bird walk almost every weekend and a monthly Evening Meeting on the 3rd Thursday of each month 5:30 for 6:00 p.m. The venue is the Avondale Sports Club on Brighton Road between 2nd Street Extension and Upper East Road. There is a bar and eats. There is a security guard to look after the vehicles.
Members and non-members are welcome to attend any of the events.
Unless there is a gate charge by the responsible authorities at some venues (e.g. Haka), there are no other charges associated with a birding outing or evening presentation however at some venues a tip would be appreciated if there is a guard looking after the vehicles. At each outing, there is a leader who will identify the birds being seen for the benefit of the group. There is nothing to stop experienced birders from "doing their own thing" at any of the venues as long as they assemble afterwards at the designated meeting point to participate in the bird count. At most venues, for the bird count, participants will usually have their own chair, refreshments and eats - a social atmosphere prevails!
For more information, contact a committee member, try:
Tony Alegria: 0912 438 697, 883823 Bus. 490375 Home. Email: <mailto:acaply@mango.zw> or <mailto:talegria@cabs.co.zw>
Ken Dixon: 0912 324 301. 793063 Home. Email: <mailto:lynnken@mango.zw>.
Web site: <http://www.birdlifezimbabwe.
Listed below are the events for the next two weeks.
Sunday 14 March 6.30a.m.: Lake Chivero Bird Sanctuary
There is the possibility of seeing Lesser Jacana and Moorhen, Allen's (Lesser) Gallunule, African Rail and Honey Buzzard. Meet at Marimba Shopping Centre, Samora Machel Avenue West. Remember to bring chairs and refreshments.
Thursday 18 March 5:30 for 6:00 pm.: Avondale Sports Club - Winter Visit to Botswana
Julia Pierini will be talking to us about her trip to Botswana and the interesting birds and sights at that time of the year.
Saturday 20 March 7a.m : Haka Park
Sunday 21 March 7:00 a.m : Monavale Vlei Walk
A Dwarf Bittern was seen here recently and there should have been some rain to make this venue very worthwhile. Paths have been cut so you need not slosh around too much. Meet on the BS Leon side of Fenella Drive.
Mountain Club of Zimbabwe (March)
P.O. Box HG 203 Highlands. Secretary: Lorraine Regadas: 0912 416024 <mailto:lorraine@zimbiz.net>
Walker's Rep: Marge Dewdney:011-211576,0912-
WALKING : PLEASE NOTE, we meet at a convenient venue where excess vehicles can be left – contact the leader or Walkers' Rep.
Meet 15 minutes before the advertised time, to ensure a prompt departure. Saturday depart 1.30 pm (afternoon meets), Sunday depart 8am (all-day meets) unless indicated otherwise.
CLIMBING: Climbing is usually held on Wednesday at Cleveland Quarry, from about 4pm. Contact Andy Heelas (885158), or Lynn Gilmour (011 771221) particularly if use of MCZ climbing gear is required.
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS: The HQ (Boy Scouts HQ, 76 Mchlery Ave, Highlands) will be open on Wednesday evenings from about 6.00pm. There is always a braai fire. Bring your own meat etc.
ARRANGEMENT FOR CAMPING WEEKENDS: Please come to the advertised convivial if you wish to go camping, so that transport can be arranged.
March
Wednesday 10 – A quiz will be held after the usual braai on Club Night – Guests are most welcome.
Saturday 13 – Pote River – Shirley Conibear, 744358
Saturday 20 – Lake Chivero – Barbara Maasdorp, 884047
Wednesday 24 – Convivial for Easter in Chimanimanis – Contact Barbara, 884047, or Marge
Sunday 28 – Bushman's Rock – Rosie Mitchell, 0912212730; Mark Oxley, 885276
Time to leave Harare TBA
April
Tree Society (21 March)
Sunday, 21 March, 9.30 a.m., Bally Vaughan sanctuary.
By kind permission of Sarah Carter, the main outing for March will be to the Bally Vaughan Sanctuary. It must be many years since the Tree Society visited Bally Vaughan.
Some interesting rocky and riverine vegetation are to be found in that area.
The Entrance fee is $4.00 per person, please bring some small change with you.
Sarah has agreed we can drive right up to the Restaurant area, park beyond that, do our walk and then use her verandah facility for lunch. So neither chairs nor tables would have to be brought. There is a Snack Menu available if anyone would like to use her kitchen (Burger $3.00) Otherwise bring a packed lunch as usual and some water.
Directions: Take the Enterprise Road out of town to the Toll gate ($1.00) then turn left onto the Shamva road and proceed 21km. On the left is the sign for Bally Vaughan. Drive right up to the restaurant and park beyond.
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EVENTS OUTSIDE ZIMBABWE
Paw Paw Jam @ Book Cafe UK (26 March)
After a phenomenal performance at the launch back in January, it is with great pleasure that the Paw Paw Jam night welcomes back the hugely popular Zimbabwean duo of Mashasha and Sam for our next event at The New Empowering Church. You can check them out performing at the January show here: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Add to that our usual mix of poetry, mbira, DJ's and visuals with our host Victor Mavedzenge and you have a fantastic night not to be missed!
Paw Paw Jam, 26 March, Doors open 9pm - 4am (show starts 9.30pm prompt!); £5 before 10pm - £8 after
The New Empowering Church, 1a Westgate St, London
For ZIMBABWE INFORMATION see the large list of links on <http://www.twinarts.co.zw/
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Congo Fever @ The Mannenberg (12 March)
The dancefloor is open at The Mannenberg on Friday, 12 March, when the popular Fife Avenue venue opens its doors for its first-ever west-African dance-off, 'Congo Fever!' welcoming French DJ Ben Montrésor, hot off Jozi turntables.
DJ Ben Montrésor is a French "young Old School" DJ who worked for several years in worldwide acclaimed Paris-based radio station Radio Nova. He landed in South Africa a few years ago with almost 100 kg of vinyl records in his bags... and since then, the volume has doubled! Drum, Jazz, Blues, Afro Traditional, Funk, Soul, Afro Grooves, Reggae, Hip Hop, House, Jungle, Techno... Ben Montrésor can rock every style.
DJ Ben's Harare gigs will be mixing blazing classic rumbas with the freshest kwassa kwassa tunes from the Congolese capital, adding spices from West Africa and a couple of Afrobeat chillies - a special memorable dish to be savoured on the dancefloor! A special menu will also be cooking up in The Mannenberg restaurant, under the close supervision of new venue managers Grace Rukure and Themba Sigauke, bringing new life, fresh ideas and a tasty selection of African dishes to the programme.
Ben Montrésor is brought to Harare by a collaboration between Alliance Francaise and Pamberi Trust, a creative partnership between two cultural organisations which has already hosted diverse musicians of the world since the arrival of Alliance Francaise director Charles Houdart in 2009 - Salque & Periani (France) in October and Chico Antonio (Mozambique) in December 2009.
The Mannenberg will be rearranged for space to welcome those who love to dance, who are called by the rhythm, who have to dance! Come out and get down!
'Congo Fever' with DJ Ben Montrésor (France), The Mannenberg, Friday, 12 March, 9.30pm
Fife Avenue Shopping Mall (upstairs above OK), cnr. Fife Ave. / 6th Street, Harare
Tel 253239, e-mail: <mailto:pamberit@gmail.com>, Website: <http://www.zimbabwearts.org>
NIAA Vocal and Instrumental Festival 2010 (Eisteddfod) (8–27 March)
Ethnomusicology: Prince Edward School Music Centre: 8, 9, 10 March; Harare International School: 19, 22 and 23 March.
Western Music: Prince Edward School: 11–22 March (no classes on Sunday, 21 March)
Harare International Schools (Choir/Orchestra Days) 23–26 March.
Admission $1.00 per session. Students and Senior Citizens FREE!
Final Concert: Harare International School Performing Arts Theatre: Saturday, 27 March, 6.30 p.m.
Tickets at the door. Adults $5.00 Students and Senior Citizens: $2.00.
More information: Tel: 702989; Email: <mailto:iaa@yoafrica.com>
Marden Singers: Passiontide Concert @ Arundel School Chapel (21 March)
The Marden Singers are pleased to present a Passiontide Concert on Sunday, 21 March at 3 pm in Arundel School Chapel.
Our concert features an afternoon of classical music - choral, vocal solo and instrumental - combined with spoken verse, to reflect the Passion of the Christ. The concert will run for two hours including an intermission during which teas will be served (by donation) and wine and cheese will be available (at a modest fee).
Songs to be presented by the choir include; Night silence; Just as I am; Were you there (when they crucified my Lord)?; The Three Ravens; When I Survey the Wondrous Cross; All in the April Evening; The Lord is my Shepherd, and An Irish Blessing.
Mike Southall will present the spoken words and verses which interweave the Easter themes in this varied concert. In addition, we will feature solos by some of Zimbabwe's outstanding young musical talent – Tanaka Madyara, Nikita Desai, Mandipa Ndlovu, Cora Clark and Renee Mostert, with the bewitching singing strings of Cabby Stirling.
Don't miss this thought-provoking Eastertide afternoon of uplifting sacred music. Tickets available on the door. For further information contact <mailto:rosie@wildimaginings.
Performing Arts Bulawayo [PAB] and the Academy [Bulawayo]
Lunchtime Talks @ the Academy (11 & 18 March)
Thursdays, 11 & 18 March in Room 25 at 1.10 p.m.
Peter Rollason will introduce varied selections of music and Michael Bullivant continue his exploration of "The Symphony after Beethoven" with the symphonies of Schumann who was born 200 years ago on 8 June 1810.
Admission: $1.00 / R10.00
Brideshead Revisited @ the Robert Sibson Hall (11 March)
Thursdays, 11 March in the Robert Sibson Hall at 7.15 p.m.
The final instalment of this outstanding serialisation and, after the last episode, a 50-minute retrospective documentary, Revisiting Brideshead: 25 years later many of the participants reflect on their experiences during the two years of filming and there are also extracts from Evelyn Waugh's celebrated Face to Face interview.
Bellini: I Puritani @ the Robert Sibson Hall (12 March)
Friday 12 March in the Robert Sibson Hall at 6.30 p.m. with supper interval. Carriages: 10.15 p.m.
Bellini's last opera is set in England at the time of the Civil War and this performance, filmed at the Met in January 2007, features Anna Netrebko who "enchanted audience and critics alike". "The prolonged ovation Netrebko received after the Act II mad scene threatened to stop the performance midway" (The New York Times); "Netrebko has that bel canto gift of singling like a windswept lark on a bright day, and an acting style combining the natural with the daring" (The New York Post).
Admission: $3.00 / R25.00 [free to Red Carpet members and subscribers]
Brian Hartmann: Expanding Jazz Harmonies @ the Robert Sibson Hall (15 March)
Monday 15 March in the Robert Sibson Hall at 7.30 p.m.
Brian Hartmann has been the Academy's guitar teacher for a number of years but he played professionally in a band in South Africa for three years and in this programme he will perform a range of songs and jazz standards with backing tracks from his former colleagues and the programme will include such favourites as All the Things You Are, Angel Eyes, A Child is Born, Blue Bossa and My Funny Valentine.
Proceeds from the concert are in aid of the Academy. No advance booking. Admission: $5.00 / R40.00 [free to Red Carpet members]
The Academy Coffee Shop will be open before the concert with snacks available so come to see the exhibition as well as hear the music and make an evening of it! (We're still looking for an appropriate name – a prize for a successful suggestion. "The Crushed Nuts" was rejected!)
Art Exhibition @ the Academy: Gail Burnett (15–27 March)
Monday 15 March – Saturday 27 March in Room 25.
The Academy is delighted to host another exhibition by a local artist and Gail Burnett's work will be on display in Room 25 for the two weeks from Monday 15 March during normal Academy hours and at all evening events during those two weeks. There will also be a concert on the exhibition's opening day.
August Rush @ the Robert Sibson Hall (18 March)
Thursday 18 March in the Robert Sibson Hall at 7.30 p.m.
"A charismatic young Irish guitarist (Jonathan Rhys Meyer) and a sheltered young cellist (Keri Russell) have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant orphaned by circumstance. Years later, performing on the streets of New York and cared for by a mysterious stranger (Robin Williams) who gives him the name August Rush, the child (Freddie Highmore) uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth."
Admission: $3.00 / R25.00 [free to Red Carpet members]
The Bulawayo Chamber Music Society@ the Robert Sibson Hall (20 March)
Saturday 20 March in the Robert Sibson Hall at 6.00 p.m.
Rose Green (bassoon), Donald Welsh (violin), Ineke te Velde (violin), Deon Marcus (viola and piano/keyboard) and Cynthia Pretorius (cello) in a programme of music by Haydn and Vivaldi.
No advance booking. Admission: $5.00 / R40.00 [free to Red Carpet members]
Academy Students Concert @ the Robert Sibson Hall (24 March)
Wednesday 24 March in the Robert Sibson Hall at 5.15 p.m.
Claire Béchu & Christian Foison (piano) @ the Robert Sibson Hall (25 March)
Thursday 25 March in the Robert Sibson Hall at 7.30 p.m.
Claire Foison Béchu was born in 1971 in a family of musicians. Her musical studies have been rewarded with top prizes from the Conservatories of Nantes, Versailles, Boulogne-Billancourt and higher degrees of education and enforcement at the Ecole Normale of Music of Paris in the class of Andre Gorog. She has performed in many places and in different circumstances, in Ile de France, in Loire Atlantique, in Gironde, in Noumea, Djibouti, recently in Normandy for concerts with the orchestra and chorus of Morbihan, and soon Brittany, Mayenne, Anjou, Paris, Tokyo and ... Zimbabwe.
Her visit is being sponsored by the Alliance Française to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Celebrity Subscription Concerts, whose first concert in March 1960 was also given by a French pianist.
On the programme: Chopin: Etudes, Op.10, Nos.5 & 10; Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op.66; Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.6 in D flat major; Schumann: Carnaval, Op.9; Brahms: Hungarian dances; Fauré, Ravel, Debussy, Bizet.
The artist will perform in the second half with her father, Christian Foison who is also a professional pianist.
Booking at the Academy from Monday 15 March. Admission: $5.00 / R40.00 [free to Red Carpet members and subscribers]
Offenbach: La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein @ the Robert Sibson Hall (26 March)
Friday 26 March in the Robert Sibson Hall at 6.30 p.m. with supper interval. Carriages: 10.15 p.m.
This acclaimed production featured on Opera magazine's list of twenty indispensable operatic DVDs It stars Dame Felicity Lott as the eponymous and man-eating Grand-Duchess and Yann Beuron who "is a great comic as well as a great singer of this repertory: I still think his neck-breakingly fast second-act Rondo delivered note- and word-perfect while being flung about by eight dancers a feat of astounding virtuosity…. Baron Boum and his co-conspirators are a wonderfully grotesque bunch and Marc Minowski [conductor] commands the elegance and musical wit to do full justice to the composer … Definitely one of my Desert Island DVDs affording endless pleasure, endless love of the composer!"
Admission: $3.00 / R25.00 [free to Red Carpet members and subscribers]
FINE ART & EXHIBITIONS
World Press Photo Exhibition @ National Gallery, Bulawayo (12–25 March)
The annual World Press Photo exhibition is the best known of World Press Photo's activities and every year the winning photos go on exhibition at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. The current exhibition is a showcase for creativity in photo-journalism and a platform for developments in the profession, part of World Press Photo's aim of encouraging and stimulating the work of press photographers around the world.
Harare: To March; Bulawayo: From 12 March to 25 March.
Roots @ Gallery Delta (March)
An exhibition of African art and artefacts and contemporary responses with works by
Virginia Chihota, Crispen Matekenya, Tafadzwa Gwetai, Munyaradzi Mugorosa, Masimba Hwati, Richard Mudariki, Richard Jack, Munyaradzi Mazarire, Helen Lieros, Gareth Nyandoro, Kufa Makwavarara, Greg Shaw, Wallen Mapondera, Cosmas Shiridzinomwa, Misheck Masamvu, Ljiljana Vlacic, Marjorie Wallace
Opens on Tuesday, 2 March, 2010 at 5.30.p.m. Supported by Hivos Foundation
Foundation for Art and the Humanities, Gallery Delta
'Robert Paul's Old House,' 110 Livingstone Avenue/Ninth Street, Greenwood Park, Harare
Telephone: 792135; <mailto:artdelta@mweb.co.zw>; <http://www.gallerydelta.com>.
Exhibitions @ National Gallery, Harare (March)
Point of Contact (to 31 March)
The North Gallery is graced by 19th century European paintings, print works and sculptures. The period from 1801 to 1900 witnessed a series of historic events including the French revolution, developments in the fields of mathematics, physics, metallurgy, sport and abolishment of slavery in several countries. The 19th century also witnessed the African colonization where European countries scrambled for and acquired African countries. It is noteworthy to also mention that due to colonization the present European works were brought to Africa to illustrate another side of life that we do not know or we can not see. Several works in the show reveal the thinking and prevalent activities that occurred during the century and several African works from the collection speak to the point of contact, the linking of the two continents in both negative and positive ways.
Black History Month (to 31 March)
Black History Month is a remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. A selection of pictures have put on display to reflect on the representation of the history of Africans in the development of present structures and systems.
Tribute to Colleen Madamombe (to 29 March)
The late Colleen Madamombe celebrated the fuller African physique and her distinguishing style was a refreshing approach away from the more traditional mystical works produced by the first generation of Shona sculptors. Throughout Colleen's works she tried to communicate the injustice that affected the lives of women and their status. She represents the voice of a new generation of Zimbabwean women. Madamombe worked predominantly in hard black Springstone, often using the outer blanket of the stone and creating many different textures to contrast with the polished surfaces. The National Gallery of Zimbabwe takes this opportunity to honour one of the greatest female artists the country has produced.
Celebrating Women in Photos (to 31 March)
On show will be photographs by female photographers. The show seeks to represent the interests and visions of the best of Zimbabwean photography.
Art Exhibition: Gail Burnett @ the Academy, Bulawayo (15–27 March)
Monday 15 March – Saturday 27 March in Room 25.
The Academy is delighted to host another exhibition by a local artist and Gail Burnett's work will be on display in Room 25 for the two weeks from Monday 15 March during normal Academy hours and at all evening events during those two weeks.
DRAMA, THEATRE & SPOKEN WORD
Hay Fever @ Reps Theatre Upstairs (to 13 March)
Hay Fever, by Noël Coward; Directed by Zane E. Lucas; Designed by Funki
Starring Fiona Garrity, Erin J. Housam, Josh Ansley, Simon De Swardt, Chloe Cattin, Musa Saruro
A luminous and entertaining comedy which introduces you to the Bliss family: a retired actress mother, a novelist father, and two children for whom all the world, literally, is a stage. Their outrageous antics alternately infuriate and astound their hapless weekend guests.
REPS Theatre Upstairs, 25 February – 13 March (Matinee 13 March)
Ticket Prices: $10 – Full Price; $8 – Discount for Reps Members and HifAmigos; $5 – Concessions
Waiting for Constitution @ Theatre in the Park (to 20 March)
Written by Stephen Chifunyise for Rooftop Promotions.
Directed and Produced by Daves Guzha.
Featuring a rare combination of seasoned and young television and stage names, such as radio presenter and former Mandy in local soap "Studio 263", Tendai Chakanyuka; NAMA 2003 Best Theatre Actor, Silvanos Mudzvova; long-time community theatre director, Sebastian Maramba; young musician-cum-actor, John Pfumojena, actress-cum-musician, Edith Katiji, and vibrant stage and screen actress, Winnie Moyo.
The play runs for public admission from 24 February until 20 March.
Synopsis
A family marriage consultative meeting fails to take off, erupting into a heated debate on the constitution away from the marriage issues as the gathered family members wait for Constance, the one whose marriage is being discussed, to arrive. It turns out that they are not only waiting for Constance but waiting for the new Constitution because Constance is attending a constitution making meeting. The family is sharply divided by their different beliefs, affiliations, ambitions, interests and questions pertaining what a new constitution is and what it should address or include in terms of democracy and good governance. This heated debate leads to the acting father of the family, an ex-combatant who considers the many questions as anti- government propaganda promoted by foreign NGOs and foreign unfriendly media institutions and governments, storming out of the family meeting throwing the marriage discussion into disarray.
For more information contact: <mailto:media@rooftop.co.zw>; tel. 0912-993 413
Snoopy, The Musical @ Reps (18–27 March)
Starring Stephane Thomas, Richard Sticklen, Erin Cooper, Dean Jones, Michael Thomas, Nicola Kinnaird and Anne Stack. Fun musical directed by Bryan Hill, General Manager of The Teatro at Monte Casino in SA, back home in Zimbabwe just to do this show. Musical direction by Linda Frampton.
Booking now open at The Spotlight, with tickets from $5 to $15. (open Mon-Fri 9am to 4pm, Sat 9am to 12noon – tel 308159)
Troye the Hypnogician @ 7 Arts (26–27 March)
Magic, mystery and hypnosis. This is the funniest show you will see this year.
Troye the Hypnogician, 26-27 March at 7 Arts Theatre.
Tickets: $15. Group discounts available.
Book at Sound Event Management Tel: 707012/706637/8/9 or 011-601107.
FILM
CRAFT FAIRS & OTHER FAIRS
Doon Estate Monthly Farmers' Market and Book Fair
We warmly invite participants to our monthly event at Doon Estate, last Saturday of every month
- If you make or grow FOOD of any sort,
- if you are a WINE merchant, or
- if you are involved in the world of
BOOKS whether as a writer, publisher or bookseller
For more info please contact Emma French on <mailto:frenchfries@zol.co.zw> or 0912248380.
Next one Saturday, 27 March, from 9am to 1pm..
WORKSHOPS & COURSES
Live Your Dream Seminar (13/14 March)
Learn how to activate the "Law of Attraction" by attending our Live Your Dream Seminar
Are there areas in your life that you'd really like to change but don't know how?
Are you living life with purpose and passion?
Live Your Dream is designed to assist you in understanding your life's journey, and how to identify and release those beliefs and habits that hold you back from achieving what you really want.
Dates: Sat 13 March, 9.00 am - 5.00 pm; Sun 14 March: 9.00 am - 1.00 pm
Venue: Self-empower.com, 22 Ross Road, Rolf Valley, Harare
Cost: $150.00
For further info call Tania at 0912 702 280 - 850480 <mailto:tania@africaonline.co.
CLUBS & SOCIETIES
Association of Complementary Health Practitioners (9 March)
Our meeting for March will be held on Tuesday the 9th at 6.30 pm for 7 pm, at Highlands Sports Club, off Glenara Ave, in Harare.
Our speaker will be Mr Willie Badenhorst, whose theme is Health and Wellness. He will tell us about his on-going work with Aloe Vera, and its very many beneficial uses. He will discuss the plant and its benefits for everyone, as well as the medicinal uses through the ages and to the present day. Willie will also give us an outline of recent research findings and explain that AVA has its own database. He would like to come again later in the year and talk about Worms and Vermiculture and their medicinal importance, and will briefly mention this aspect of his work. There will be time for questions and answers. This should be a most interesting talk and well worth attending.
We have a Bring and Share supper after the talk, to which everyone is invited, but we do ask that everyone please bring a plate of something to add to the meal. The bar will be open for drinks. There is a small charge at the door to cover the cost of the hire of the hall and for the help of the kitchen staff. For any inquiries, please phone Lorna Robinson on 744410.
BirdLife Zimbabwe (BLZ) Mashonaland (14, 18, 20, 21 March)
We have a bird walk almost every weekend and a monthly Evening Meeting on the 3rd Thursday of each month 5:30 for 6:00 p.m. The venue is the Avondale Sports Club on Brighton Road between 2nd Street Extension and Upper East Road. There is a bar and eats. There is a security guard to look after the vehicles.
Members and non-members are welcome to attend any of the events.
Unless there is a gate charge by the responsible authorities at some venues (e.g. Haka), there are no other charges associated with a birding outing or evening presentation however at some venues a tip would be appreciated if there is a guard looking after the vehicles. At each outing, there is a leader who will identify the birds being seen for the benefit of the group. There is nothing to stop experienced birders from "doing their own thing" at any of the venues as long as they assemble afterwards at the designated meeting point to participate in the bird count. At most venues, for the bird count, participants will usually have their own chair, refreshments and eats - a social atmosphere prevails!
For more information, contact a committee member, try:
Tony Alegria: 0912 438 697, 883823 Bus. 490375 Home. Email: <mailto:acaply@mango.zw> or <mailto:talegria@cabs.co.zw>
Ken Dixon: 0912 324 301. 793063 Home. Email: <mailto:lynnken@mango.zw>.
Web site: <http://www.birdlifezimbabwe.
Listed below are the events for the next two weeks.
Sunday 14 March 6.30a.m.: Lake Chivero Bird Sanctuary
There is the possibility of seeing Lesser Jacana and Moorhen, Allen's (Lesser) Gallunule, African Rail and Honey Buzzard. Meet at Marimba Shopping Centre, Samora Machel Avenue West. Remember to bring chairs and refreshments.
Thursday 18 March 5:30 for 6:00 pm.: Avondale Sports Club - Winter Visit to Botswana
Julia Pierini will be talking to us about her trip to Botswana and the interesting birds and sights at that time of the year.
Saturday 20 March 7a.m : Haka Park
Sunday 21 March 7:00 a.m : Monavale Vlei Walk
A Dwarf Bittern was seen here recently and there should have been some rain to make this venue very worthwhile. Paths have been cut so you need not slosh around too much. Meet on the BS Leon side of Fenella Drive.
Mountain Club of Zimbabwe (March)
P.O. Box HG 203 Highlands. Secretary: Lorraine Regadas: 0912 416024 <mailto:lorraine@zimbiz.net>
Walker's Rep: Marge Dewdney:011-211576,0912-
WALKING : PLEASE NOTE, we meet at a convenient venue where excess vehicles can be left – contact the leader or Walkers' Rep.
Meet 15 minutes before the advertised time, to ensure a prompt departure. Saturday depart 1.30 pm (afternoon meets), Sunday depart 8am (all-day meets) unless indicated otherwise.
CLIMBING: Climbing is usually held on Wednesday at Cleveland Quarry, from about 4pm. Contact Andy Heelas (885158), or Lynn Gilmour (011 771221) particularly if use of MCZ climbing gear is required.
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS: The HQ (Boy Scouts HQ, 76 Mchlery Ave, Highlands) will be open on Wednesday evenings from about 6.00pm. There is always a braai fire. Bring your own meat etc.
ARRANGEMENT FOR CAMPING WEEKENDS: Please come to the advertised convivial if you wish to go camping, so that transport can be arranged.
March
Wednesday 10 – A quiz will be held after the usual braai on Club Night – Guests are most welcome.
Saturday 13 – Pote River – Shirley Conibear, 744358
Saturday 20 – Lake Chivero – Barbara Maasdorp, 884047
Wednesday 24 – Convivial for Easter in Chimanimanis – Contact Barbara, 884047, or Marge
Sunday 28 – Bushman's Rock – Rosie Mitchell, 0912212730; Mark Oxley, 885276
Time to leave Harare TBA
April
Tree Society (21 March)
Sunday, 21 March, 9.30 a.m., Bally Vaughan sanctuary.
By kind permission of Sarah Carter, the main outing for March will be to the Bally Vaughan Sanctuary. It must be many years since the Tree Society visited Bally Vaughan.
Some interesting rocky and riverine vegetation are to be found in that area.
The Entrance fee is $4.00 per person, please bring some small change with you.
Sarah has agreed we can drive right up to the Restaurant area, park beyond that, do our walk and then use her verandah facility for lunch. So neither chairs nor tables would have to be brought. There is a Snack Menu available if anyone would like to use her kitchen (Burger $3.00) Otherwise bring a packed lunch as usual and some water.
Directions: Take the Enterprise Road out of town to the Toll gate ($1.00) then turn left onto the Shamva road and proceed 21km. On the left is the sign for Bally Vaughan. Drive right up to the restaurant and park beyond.
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EVENTS OUTSIDE ZIMBABWE
Paw Paw Jam @ Book Cafe UK (26 March)
After a phenomenal performance at the launch back in January, it is with great pleasure that the Paw Paw Jam night welcomes back the hugely popular Zimbabwean duo of Mashasha and Sam for our next event at The New Empowering Church. You can check them out performing at the January show here: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Add to that our usual mix of poetry, mbira, DJ's and visuals with our host Victor Mavedzenge and you have a fantastic night not to be missed!
Paw Paw Jam, 26 March, Doors open 9pm - 4am (show starts 9.30pm prompt!); £5 before 10pm - £8 after
The New Empowering Church, 1a Westgate St, London
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