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26/09/2008 |
Another balmy hour at Koopmans-De
Wet House
Music aficionados can enjoy another balmy hour of laid-back
classics and contemporary music at Iziko Koopmans-De Wet House at 35
Strand Street in the CBD.
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22/09/2008 |
Baroque Art and Architecture
Lecture series
The well-known art and architectural historian Dr Hans Fransen
will present a series of five illustrated lectures on The World
of Baroque. The series is hosted by the Friends of the Iziko
Michaelis Collection at the Old Town House on Greenmarket Square.
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18/09/2008 |
The charms of music
A charming new exhibition on
the theme of indigenous music, entitled ‘Voices of the Ancestors’
opens at Iziko South African National Gallery on 24 September and
runs until 15 March 2009.
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17/09/2008 |
Photos, photos,
photos - Month of Photography in CT
The
4th Cape Town Month of Photography 2008 presents under over-arching
theme “Emergence and Emergency”.
Festivities have begun in the run-up to the South African Centre for
Photography’s 4th Cape Town Month of Photography 2008 (MoP4).
Officially set to open at the Castle of Good Hope on Thursday 2nd
October at 18:00, this triennial festival will showcase a wide
spectrum of South African photographers, from conceptualist fine
artists to photojournalists and studio photographers.
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12/09/2008 |
Build up your knowledge of the
building stones of Cape Town
Architecturally, Cape Town is described as a fascinating mosiac of
Asian, European and African traditions mixed with increasingly
modern elements. For those who wish to build up their knowledge of
the city’s building stones, brick by brick, there will be a talk at
the Iziko South African Museum, on Tuesday 30 September at 19:00 by
Dr Douglas Cole from the Council for Geoscience, on ‘The Building
Stones of Cape Town’.
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12/09/2008 |
New exhibition at Iziko South
African National Gallery is highlight of Month of Photography
‘Stephen Shore: Colouring American Photography’, opens at Iziko
South African National Gallery on Heritage Day, 24 September, and is
the first solo exhibition in South Africa of the work of American
photographer, Stephen Shore. On view until 23 November, the
exhibition is a component and highlight of MoP4, Cape Town’s Month
of Photography 2008 and focuses on two of Shore’s seminal series:
American Surfaces and Uncommon Places.
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12/09/2008 |
Heritage Day at Iziko Museums
This Heritage Day, Iziko Museums are offering a bountiful
programme of events, all proudly homegrown. To further commemorate
the occasion, entrance to all
Iziko Museums will be free to the
public from 22 – 28 September.
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10/09/2008 |
Heritage Day Celebration at
Koopmans-De Wet House: Miss Nothing
As part of their Heritage Day celebrations, Iziko Museums will
be offering an unusual ‘tea and tales’ event at tea-time, 16:00, on
Wednesday 24 September at the historical Iziko Koopmans-de Wet house
museum in Strand Street in the CBD. Entitled ‘Miss Nothing’, the
event promises to be a delight for the whole family.
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10/09/2008 |
Planetarium holiday fare: Sunshine,
night skies and astrology
With Spring hopefully in the air and the school holidays in
sight, it’s time to hotfoot it to Iziko Planetarium to find out all
about ‘Sunshine Simon and the Dark Day’.
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04/09/2008 |
Make a night of it at the
Planetarium
On Tuesday nights at 20:00, the Iziko Planetarium invites you to
come and make a night of it. This is the ‘double-feature’ night,
which includes an informative discussion on what’s up with the stars
this month. No matter the weather outside, the view at the
Planetarium is always crystal clear!
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04/09/2008 |
Beautiful sounds, elegant surrounds
- Concert at Old Town House
On Sunday evening, 14 September 2008 at 18:00, accomplished
musicians Jürgen Schwietering (violin) and Alex Gabriel (piano) will
give a music recital in the heart of Cape Town.
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02/09/2008 |
A day in the country with artist
Peter Clarke
The beautiful Overberg is the destination for an arty outing with
Friends of the South African National Gallery on Saturday, 20
September. At the Café//Gam in Caledon and later at the town’s
museum, visitors can meet and talk to artist-poet, Peter Clarke, and
view a number of his works.
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