Arts & Culture

The Catalogue that became a Book

BY MARC HOBERMAN About a year ago, Gavin Morris invited me for one of our favourite coffee catch up rituals at Café Riteve. He had invited me for this specific...

Enjoy the Jewish humour in earthside 

When I saw Candice Bernstein’s one-woman show, earthside, about a year ago, I was struck by how sad it...

A Little Night Music – a night of lots of entertainment 

After performing last in a full-length production almost 30 years ago, Cape Town’s well-known opera star of many years Aviva Pelham is...

Judge Dennis Davis: A life in law and music

From courtroom to concert hall, a lifelong devotion finds its fullest expression KAREN MILLER There are public figures whose reputations...

Auction of local art a resounding success

LISA TRUTER, Coordinator, SAFIM Art Collaborative On Tuesday, 12 May, SAFIM Art Collaborative hosted their 9th Gala & Auction...

Lost and found: a true story

In this incredible story of luck and coincidence, items lost from the Ponovez Shul made their way home, through the connection of community members...

UK music scholar seeks forgotten music of the past

A British scholar is looking to trace music from Poland or Lithuania that made its way to South Africa before or during the Holocaust. "My...

Mediations on memory and meaning

“My work explores the interplay between the conscious and the unconscious, light, texture, colour, the South African landscape and my experience of being in...

Muizenberg ‘moving’ to London

The ‘Memories of Muizenberg’ exhibition that smashed attendance records in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Israel is out to conquer new territory. In a move that...

A series of synagogues and a brush with history

“This exhibition is a culmination of a couple of years work trying to locate and paint all the synagogues in Cape Town and the...

The unconventional artist

Local artist David Myers is making waves in the art world with his powerful, unique and exciting paintings that are unlike anything seen before. I...

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