Creative Week is an annual celebration of creativity, innovation and culture.
Crowdsourced by Capetonians and coordinated by Creative Cape Town, Creative Week is an opportunity to experience the city's energy and diversity. The Loerie Awards, coincided with Creative Week from 2010 to 2014.
The fifth annual Creative Week Cape Town took place from 13 to 21 September 2014 with the theme:
START WHERE YOU ARE, USE WHAT YOU HAVE AND MAKE WHAT YOU CAN TO CELEBRATE EVERYDAY CREATIVITY.
Check out the calendar below to get an idea of what took place during Creative Week 2014,
and visit us on Instagram or Facebook to see images from past events.
For more information on Creative Week, email: creative@capetownpartnership.co.za
Crowdsourced by Capetonians and coordinated by Creative Cape Town, Creative Week is an opportunity to experience the city's energy and diversity. The Loerie Awards, coincided with Creative Week from 2010 to 2014.
The fifth annual Creative Week Cape Town took place from 13 to 21 September 2014 with the theme:
START WHERE YOU ARE, USE WHAT YOU HAVE AND MAKE WHAT YOU CAN TO CELEBRATE EVERYDAY CREATIVITY.
Check out the calendar below to get an idea of what took place during Creative Week 2014,
and visit us on Instagram or Facebook to see images from past events.
For more information on Creative Week, email: creative@capetownpartnership.co.za
Win an iPad ...
To celebrate the creativity of Cape Town’s citizens, there is an Instagra...
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Win an iPad Mini in #MyCreativeWeek Instagram competition
To celebrate the creativity of Cape Town’s citizens, we are running an Instagram competition during Creative Week from 13 to 21 September 2014, with prizes including an iPad Mini, a stay at Daddy Lo...
Venue: Cape Town
Time: 00:00 - 00:00
Admission: Free
Info: grove.skye@gmail.com 0214191881
Seal The Mea...
"Your small change can make make a bigger change." Bringing awareness to th...
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Seal The Meal
It takes an informed and engaged citizenry, meaning all citizens from all walks of life, to co-build towards belonging, ownership, permanence, dignity and identity among one another, inspiring a more ...
Venue: Harrington Street
Time: 08:00 - 00:00
Admission: No fee.
Info: strsin002@myuct.ac.za 0732035204
Kirstenbosch...
The subject of the photographs must be fauna, flora and/or landscapes, and ...
08:00
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Kirstenbosch 2014 Annual Photographic Competition
The subject of the photographs must be fauna, flora and/or landscapes, and must be taken in the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden during 2014. Up to four photographs may submitted each month and ...
Venue: Rhodes Drive, Newlands Cape Town, South Africa
Time: 08:00 - 16:00
Admission: Free
Info: botsoc-kirstenbosh.org.za 021 671 5468
Design and M...
An exhibition tracing the evolution of craft and design.
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Design and Making: The Story of Food
An exhibition tracing the evolution of craft and design through the packaging, storage and distribution of food and drink, from the use of ostrich eggs through clay, wood and glass to plastic.
Venue: Iziko Good Hope Gallery, Castle of Good Hope, Buitenkant St, Cape Town
Time: 09:00 - 15:30
Admission: R30
Info: casteel@mweb.co.za 021 787 1260
Calligraphy ...
Calligraphy workshop (1/2 day) for beginners to advanced students. No equi...
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Calligraphy workshop (beginners to advanced students): Neuland script
The Cape Calligraphy Guild invites the public to join us at our monthly workshop in September. In this workshop we will teach the Neuland Font. Enjoy a half day with calligraphers and be introduced ...
Venue: Tygerberg Art Centre, Du Toit street, Parow
Time: 09:00 - 13:00
Admission: R50
Info: dirmugouws@iafrica.com 0829569946
City Project
During Creative Week, 50 art students from the University of Cape Town will...
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City Project
The project is part of the 2nd year Discourse of Art course at UCT’s Michaelis School of Fine Art. Called the City Project, the course uses the city as a context for thinking about – and making ...
Venue: Harrington Street, Cape Town
Time: 09:00 - 12:00
Admission: None
Info: putter@capetownpartnership.co.za 0834848758
VALUABLE TRA...
VALUABLE TRASH
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VALUABLE TRASH
Exploring the behavior of the people while they interact while trying to buy the trash and also trying to understand the value of these items that we will try to sell.
This intervention is produce...
Venue: HARRINGTON STREET, CAPE TOWN
Time: 09:00 - 13:00
Admission: none
Info: matlhomatlhape@yahoo.com 0604596255
Valuable Tra...
Valuable Trash
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Valuable Trash
Exploring the behavior of the people while they interact while trying to buy the trash and also trying to understand the value of these items that we will try to sell.
This intervention is produced a...
Venue: Harrington Street
Time: 09:00 - 13:00
Admission: None
Info: srijitgupta93@gmail.com None
VALUABLE TRA...
VALUABLE TRASH
09:00
Location
VALUABLE TRASH
Exploring the behavior of the people while they interact while trying to buy the trash and also trying to understand the value of these items that we will try to sell.
This intervention is produced a...
Venue: HARRINGTON STREET, CAPE TOWN
Time: 09:00 - 13:00
Admission: none
Info: mosinyiothusitse@yahoo.com 0604285889
Edu Age
An exhibition of Art and Design student work by The College of Cape Town.
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Edu Age
Edu Age is an exhibition of the College of Cape Town Art and Design student work. Selected works of photography, graphic design, print making, illustration by students. The works will be on exhibiti...
Venue: Corner Buitenkant and Longmarket Streets
Time: 09:00 - 12:00
Admission: Free
Info: rickidy@gmail.com 0790468326
EMMA NOURSE ...
Emma Nourse’s first solo exhibition since graduating from the Michaelis S...
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EMMA NOURSE Pause
The works on exhibition poignantly depict crumbling glaciers and melting ice sheets in stages of depletion. Once thought to be inexhaustible, the degradation of our natural resources now brings into q...
Venue: ORO AFRICA Building (First Floor) 170 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town, 8001
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Admission: free
Info: info@brundyngonsalves.com +27 (0) 21 424 5150
Landscape
Featured artists include:
Jake Aikman
Ruann Coleman
Peter Eastman
Ashle...
09:00
Location
Landscape
Landscape reframed
The term landscape has often been understood and translated in purely visual terms and is frequently construed as a mere view; an understanding of a relationship to the world which...
Venue: In-Fin Art Building, Cnr of Buitengracht & Buitensingel St., Cape Town
Time: 09:00 - 15:30
Admission: Free
Info: info@smacgallery.com (0)21 422 5100
Print in the...
Curated by Thembinkosi Goniwe, the exhibition includes over 100 works (comp...
10:00
Location
Print in the spotlight: Impressions of Rorke’s Drift
The exhibition is drawn entirely from the Jumuna family’s private collection. ‘Impressions of Rorke’s Drift’ offers the chance to see a substantial body of work characterising the Rorke’s Dr...
Venue: South African National Gallery, Government Ave, Cape Town 8000
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Varies
Info: alewis@iziko.org.za 021 481 3961
Homing: An E...
Homing is an interactive sound installation.
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Homing: An Exhibition by Jenna Burchell
Homing is an interactive sound installation featuring an intricate, hand-built environment designed to combine contemporary art, sound and live interactive participation. Created by Jenna Burchell.
Venue: Lovell Gallery, The Loft, 139 Albert Rd, Woodstock, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 14:00
Admission: Free
Info: info@lovellgallery.co.za 021 447 5918
Irma Stern M...
Exhibition of new work by realist artist, John Kramer
First solo exhibitio...
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Location
Irma Stern Museum - John Kramer Solo Exhibition
Cape Town artist John Kramer is holding his first solo exhibition in 25 years at the UCT Irma Stern Museum in Rosebank from 6 - 27 September 2014. His book, John Kramer, published by the Penny Dobbie ...
Venue: Cecil Road, Rosebank, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 14:00
Admission: Adults @ R10 - Pensioners & Learners @ R5
Info: Contact email address 021 685 5686
Tinnda Tin D...
Tinnda Tin DÊ DÊ brings together the work of two Brazilian artists, Berna...
10:00
Location
Tinnda Tin DÊ DÊ
The exhibition includes works and interventions created individually and by chance, and are informed by each artist’s experiences.
Venue: South African National Gallery, Government Ave, Cape Town 8000
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Free
Info: ykohler@iziko.org.za 021 481 3961
Creative Nes...
This Roundtable is about bringing together young creatives from around the ...
10:30
Location
Creative Nestlings Roundtable Series vol 6 : Young & Creative in Cape Town: Part 2
Join us this Saturday in a bus tour around the city and chat about being Young and Creative in Cape Town.
The Creative Nestlings ethos focuses on nurturing a curious, creative, innovative and entr...
Venue: Cape Town CBD
Time: 10:30 - 13:00
Admission: Free RSVP
Info: info@creativenestlings.com 0732783739
Irma Stern M...
Exhibition of new work
by realist artist, John Kramer
First solo exhibiti...
11:00
Location
Irma Stern Museum Artist Walkabout with John Kramer
Cape Town artist John Kramer is holding his first solo exhibition in 25 years at the UCT Irma Stern Museum in Rosebank from 6 - 27 September 2014. His book, John Kramer, published by the Penny Dobbie ...
Venue: Cecil Road, Rosebank, Cape Town, South Africa
Time: 11:00 - 14:00
Admission: Free
Info: Contact email address 021 685 5686
Outside In
Painter Clare Menck’s first solo exhibition at the Erdmann Gallery.
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Outside In
Outside In, her latest solo exhibition and first with Erdmann Contemporary, Clare Menck introduces a new palette of scenes painted at dusk and dawn – strongly referencing change. Known for her origi...
Venue: Erdmann Contemporary, 84 Kloof Street, Cape Town
Time: 11:00 - 14:00
Admission: Free
Info: galleryinfo@mweb.co.za 021 422 2762
Looking Back
An exhibition of works by photographer activisits Zanele Muholi and Andrew ...
12:00
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Looking Back
An exhibition of works by photographer activisits Zanele Muholi and Andrew Putter.
Venue: Zeitz MOCAA Pavilion, Bascule Bridge, V&A Waterfront, Dock Road, Cape Town
Time: 12:00 - 20:00
Admission: Free
Info: info@zeitzfoundation.org None
The Avant Ga...
A creative carnival launching Cape Town's rising talent
12:00
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The Avant Garden
Come and connect with the creative industry’s ground-breakers & scene-shakers at this interactive & multi-faceted event.
--- GREENHOUSE (12:00-19:00): Art / Craft Expo / Food / Live Performers / ...
Venue: East City Studios, 62 Roeland Street, Cape Town
Time: 12:00 - 00:00
Admission: Greenhouse: R60. Treehouse: R120. Both: R150
Info: info@theavantgarden.co.za 0726108127
Calendar of ...
'Calendar of the Everyday' is a visual celebration of the ordinary in an ex...
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Calendar of the Everyday
Calendar of the Everyday is a visual celebration of the ordinary in an extraordinary city.
The project records and shares the everyday experiences of urban life in the Mother City's reign as World ...
Venue: Everyday life in Cape Town
Time: 12:00 - 12:00
Admission: Free
Info: info@calendareveryday.com None
Street Vibra...
street vibrations
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Street Vibrations
A digital soundscape of a local destination, reflecting a fusion of noise by day and night as perspectives collide.
Venue: social media sites
Time: 12:00 - 12:00
Admission: Free
Info: Contact email address None
Struck Silen...
Dance depicting elderly in the global economy
14:00
Location
Struck Silent
South African choreographer Ananda Fuchs once again teams up with Swedish composer Tebogo Monnakgotla to create a new work which looks at the responses of seniors to the rapidly growing pace of the gl...
Venue: Baxter Theatre Centre, Main Road, Rondebosch, CT
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Admission: R100
Info: jeremy.daniel@uct.ac.za 0861 915 8000
Walk With Me...
Want to see Cape Town from a different point of view?
On this walk, you w...
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Walk With Me - A Walking & Writing Adventure with Write On!
There's a long history of famous writers who used to walk on a daily basis for both inspiration and as a form of meditation. Walking has not only physical benefits but psychological ones too.
Join p...
Venue: Centre For The Book - Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Admission: R50
Info: writeonsouthafrica@gmail.com 082 439 9408
Short & Swee...
Short & Sweet returns for another season bringing audiences short films, an...
17:00
Location
Short & Sweet Film Festival
Short & Sweet returns for another season bringing audiences short films, animations and music videos. Highlights include three bars, food, craft beer and live digital art.
Venue: The German Club, Hope Street, Gardens
Time: 17:00 - 23:00
Admission: R30
Info: Contact email address 021 461 8845
Dance Progre...
Ricardo`s Modern Dance Studio presents a spectacular show. Dancers from the...
17:30
Location
Dance Progression 2014
Ricardo`s Modern Dance Studio presents a spectacular show. Dancers from the age of 5 to 20 will entertain you with a variety of dance forms, such as modern contemporary, folk and hip-hop moves.
Venue: Sea Point Civic Centre
Time: 17:30 - 19:45
Admission: 110
Info: ricardo.s@lantic.net 021 439 8994
Struck Silen...
Dance depicting elderly in the global economy
18:30
Location
Struck Silent
South African choreographer Ananda Fuchs once again teams up with Swedish composer Tebogo Monnakgotla to create a new work which looks at the responses of seniors to the rapidly growing pace of the gl...
Venue: Baxter Theatre Centre, Main Road, Rondebosch, CT
Time: 18:30 - 19:30
Admission: R100
Info: jeremy.daniel@uct.ac.za 0861 915 8000
Kaapse Stori...
A unique, vibrant new musical experience blends engaging storytelling, song...
19:00
Location
Kaapse Stories from the Mother City
A unique, vibrant new musical experience blends engaging storytelling, song as well as entertaining performance that is at once intimate as it is enthralling. The show allows the audience to get under...
Venue: 229A Main Rd, Sea Point, Cape Town
Time: 19:00 - 23:00
Admission: R420
Info: bookings@richardscapetown.co.za 076 144 4809
SEPULTURA su...
WITCHDOCTOR PRODUCTIONS PRESENT: SEPULTURA & GROINCHURN SA TOUR
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SEPULTURA supported by GROINCHURN and ING
WITCHDOCTOR PRODUCTIONS PRESENT: SEPULTURA & GROINCHURN SA TOUR
Venue: 61 Harrington Street 8001 Cape Town, Western Cape
Time: 19:00 - 00:00
Admission: R580.00
Info: info@theassembly.co.za None
The Kingma...
The Kingmakers follows a group of opposition-party strategists as t...
19:00
Location
The Kingmakers
After an internal power struggle leaves them out in the cold and on the fringes of the party, they come up with a plan to shape a seemingly ambition-less, but well-respected politician into a ...
Venue: 76 Strand Street, 8001 Cape Town
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Admission: R100 (R90 online)
Info: upstairs@alexanderbar.co.za 021 300 1088
The Vertical...
DAVID HARE’S THE VERTICAL HOUR
Theatre on the Bay
By Sir DAVID HARE
(T...
20:00
Location
The Vertical Hour
DAVID HARE’S THE VERTICAL HOUR
Theatre on the Bay
By Sir DAVID HARE
(The Judas Kiss, Amy’s View, The Blue Room, Plenty, which he adapted into a film starring Meryl Streep, Via Dolorosa, My Zinc...
Venue: Theatre on the Bay
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Admission: Free
Info: Contact email address 021 438 3301
Miskien
Drama about lives of two guys
20:15
Location
Miskien
Performed in English and Afrikaans, Miskien is a simple story of two guys: best friends who are stuck in similar dead end jobs and nondescript lives, both waiting for Happy Hour at the end of each day...
Venue: Baxter Theatre Centre, Main Road, Rondebosch, CT
Time: 20:15 - 21:30
Admission: R80 - R145
Info: jeremy.daniel@uct.ac.za 0861 915 8000
This is Capt...
Marc Lottering’s popular characters return to the stage in his brand-new ...
20:30
Location
This is Captain Lottering speaking
Marc Lottering’s popular characters return to the stage in his brand-new one-man show, This is Captain Lottering speaking.
Venue: Baxter Theatre Centre, Main Road, Rondebosch
Time: 20:30 - 22:00
Admission: Varies
Info: Contact email address 021 685 7880
13Sat34 events
Kirstenbosch...
The subject of the photographs must be fauna, flora and/or landscapes, and ...
08:00
Location
Kirstenbosch 2014 Annual Photographic Competition
The subject of the photographs must be fauna, flora and/or landscapes, and must be taken in the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden during 2014. Up to four photographs may submitted each month and ...
Venue: Rhodes Drive, Newlands Cape Town, South Africa
Time: 08:00 - 16:00
Admission: Free
Info: www.botsoc-kirstenbosch.org.za 021 671 5468
Tinnda Tin D...
Tinnda Tin DÊ DÊ brings together the work of two Brazilian artists, Berna...
10:00
Location
Tinnda Tin DÊ DÊ
The exhibition includes works and interventions created individually and by chance, and are informed by each artist’s experiences.
Venue: South African National Gallery, Government Ave, Cape Town 8000
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Varies
Info: ykohler@iziko.org.za 021 481 3961
Print in the...
Curated by Thembinkosi Goniwe, the exhibition includes over 100 works (comp...
10:00
Location
Print in the spotlight: Impressions of Rorke’s Drift
The exhibition is drawn entirely from the Jumuna family’s private collection. ‘Impressions of Rorke’s Drift’ offers the chance to see a substantial body of work characterising the Rorke’s Dr...
Venue: South African National Gallery, Government Ave, Cape Town 8000
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Varies
Info: alewis@iziko.org.za 021 481 3961
IT'S NEVER G...
IT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN Fascinated by the Impossible? Come and see what's n...
10:00
Location
IT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN Fascinated by the impossible? Come and see what's never gonna be.
Ever have time to go out? Scared your friends are having more fun than you? Well this time you don't have to worry, because here's what's not hot and happening on Sunday the 14th September.
We won'...
Venue: Harrington street
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: 0
Info: charlie.cmart@gmail.com 0837859456
Post Post Po...
Making 'gat' of white-wall elitist gallery art. How can the 'entjies', pee ...
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Post Post Post Modernism Modernism Modernism
This intervention is produced as part of the 2014 Michaelis School of Fine Art 2nd year City Project course
#michaeliscityproject2014
Venue: Harrington Street
Time: 13:00 - 00:00
Admission: Mahala
Info: Contact email address None
One Arm
"One Arm" is an explicit and daring Tennessee Williams short story adapted ...
15:00
Location
One Arm
A young boxer loses his arm in a car accident and turns to prostitution for a living. He violently murders a client and is sentenced to death for this crime. On death-row, the young hustler receives h...
Venue: D F Malan Street, Foreshore, Cape Town 8001
Time: 15:00 - 17:00
Admission: R150
Info: boxoffice@artscape.co.za 0214109838
MENDELSSOHN`...
The New Apostolic Choir and Cape Philharmonic Orchestra present Mendelssohn...
17:00
Location
MENDELSSOHN`S HYMN OF PRAISE - CAPE TOWN
The New Apostolic Choir and Cape Philharmonic Orchestra present Mendelssohn`s Hymn of Praise at the Silvertown Auditorium on 14 September 2014 at 5 pm. Come and experience this Symphony-Cantata which ...
Venue: Durant Street, Silvertown, Athlone
Time: 17:00 - 18:10
Admission: R40 - R90
Info: info@naccape.org.za (021) 700 2200
Kaapse Stori...
A unique, vibrant new musical experience blends engaging storytelling, song...
19:00
Location
Kaapse Stories from the Mother City
A unique, vibrant new musical experience blends engaging storytelling, song as well as entertaining performance that is at once intimate as it is enthralling. The show allows the audience to get under...
Venue: 229A Main Rd, Sea Point, Cape Town
Time: 19:00 - 23:00
Admission: 2014/09/14
Info: bookings@richardscapetown.co.za 076 144 4809
Kaapse Stori...
A unique, vibrant new musical experience blends engaging storytelling, song...
19:00
Location
Kaapse Stories from the Mother City
A unique, vibrant new musical experience blends engaging storytelling, song as well as entertaining performance that is at once intimate as it is enthralling. The show allows the audience to get under...
Venue: 229A Main Rd, Sea Point, Cape Town
Time: 19:00 - 23:00
Admission: R420
Info: bookings@richardscapetown.co.za 076 144 4809
The Vertical...
DAVID HARE’S THE VERTICAL HOUR
20:00
Location
The Vertical Hour
DAVID HARE’S THE VERTICAL HOUR
Theatre on the Bay
By Sir DAVID HARE
(The Judas Kiss, Amy’s View, The Blue Room, Plenty, which he adapted into a film starring Meryl Streep, Via Dolorosa, My Zin...
Venue: Theatre on the Bay
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Admission: Fee
Info: Contact email address 021 438 3301
This is Capt...
Marc Lottering’s popular characters return to the stage in his brand-new ...
20:30
Location
This is Captain Lottering speaking
Marc Lottering’s popular characters return to the stage in his brand-new one-man show, This is Captain Lottering speaking.
Venue: Baxter Theatre Centre, Main Road, Rondebosch
Time: 20:30 - 22:00
Admission: Varies
Info: Contact email address 021 685 7880
14Sun11 events
Meet the Mak...
Join Meet the Makers for a behind-the-scenes visit with Triggerfish, the an...
02:00
Location
Meet the Makers | Triggerfish Animation
Meet the Makers returns again for the fourth year to give unparalleled access to some of the city’s leading creative professionals and their workspaces. Included on the official World Design Capital...
Venue: Off DREYERSDAL FARM ROAD, Bergvliet
Time: 02:00 - 03:00
Admission: Free
Info: caroline@capetownpartnership.co.za 0727866568
Loeries Judg...
Judging of Student; Digital and Ubuntu Award categories. Access for Judges ...
08:00
Location
Loeries Judging
All entries are judged anonymously - this means that the judges do not know the agency that entered the work and judge only on the merit of the entry.
Judges votes are confidential and are only see...
Venue: Cape Town City Hall City St Cape Town 8000
Time: 08:00 - 17:30
Admission: Free
Info: Contact email address None
Kirstenbosch...
The subject of the photographs must be fauna, flora and/or landscapes, and ...
08:00
Location
Kirstenbosch 2014 Annual Photographic Competition
The subject of the photographs must be fauna, flora and/or landscapes, and must be taken in the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden during 2014. Up to four photographs may submitted each month and ...
Venue: Rhodes Drive, Newlands Cape Town, South Africa
Time: 08:00 - 16:00
Admission: Free
Info: www.botsoc-kirstenbosch.org.za 021 671 5468
Ryan Hewett...
His second solo exhibition showcasing his recent paintings.
09:00
Location
Ryan Hewett’s Enlighten
His second solo exhibition showcasing his recent paintings.
Venue: Barnard Gallery, 55 Main St, Newlands, Cape Town
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Admission: Free
Info: gallery@barnardgallery.com 021 671 1553
OPEN LUNCH
Spot the take-away box and have one on us.
09:00
Location
OPEN LUNCH
This intervention is produced as part of the 2014 Michaelis School of Fine Art 2nd year City Project course. #michaeliscityproject2014
Venue: 67 Harrington Street
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Admission: Free
Info: gabosans@hotmail.com 0724480780
Tinnda Tin D...
Tinnda Tin DÊ DÊ brings together the work of two Brazilian artists, Berna...
10:00
Location
Tinnda Tin DÊ DÊ
The exhibition includes works and interventions created individually and by chance, and are informed by each artist’s experiences.
Venue: South African National Gallery, Government Ave, Cape Town 8000
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Varies
Info: ykohler@iziko.org.za 021 481 3961
Coffee and C...
Jo Jardine, spiritual counsellor and teacher, reads your Tarot cards comple...
10:00
Location
Coffee and Cards
Jo Jardine, spiritual counsellor and teacher, reads your Tarot cards complete with a coffee.
Venue: Youngblood Art & Culture Development, Beautiful Life Bdg, 70-72 Bree St, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: R300 for 30min, R500 for 1 hour (includes free coffee)
Info:
Print in the...
Curated by Thembinkosi Goniwe, the exhibition includes over 100 works (comp...
10:00
Location
Print in the spotlight: Impressions of Rorke’s Drift
The exhibition is drawn entirely from the Jumuna family’s private collection. ‘Impressions of Rorke’s Drift’ offers the chance to see a substantial body of work characterising the Rorke’s Dr...
Venue: South African National Gallery, Government Ave, Cape Town 8000
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Varies
Info: alewis@iziko.org.za 021 481 3961
Letters from...
Who was the mysterious Ann Bertram Barker, after whom the Bertram House was...
10:00
Location
Letters from Ann
Bertram House was opened as a museum in 1984. It was envisioned as both a specimen of early 19th-century life at the Cape and a monument to English settlers – in the same way Koopmans-de Wet House h...
Venue: Iziko Bertram House, Corner of Government Avenue and Orange Street
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: R10 (minor); R20 (adult)
Info: wvandelen@iziko.org.za 021 467 7203
Congratulati...
You are cordially invited to be recognized and awarded for your outstanding...
10:00
Location
Congratulations!!!
We aim to celebrate all the people who make Harrington Street the diverse and lively space that it is. Often the vital role that everyday citizens play in creating the public space we all occupy is ov...
Venue: Harrington Street
Time: 10:00 - 15:00
Admission: none
Info: lara@peakpi.com 0795350120
Irma Stern M...
Exhibition of new work by realist artist, John Kramer
First solo exhibitio...
10:00
Location
Irma Stern Museum - John Kramer Solo Exhibition
Cape Town artist John Kramer is holding his first solo exhibition in 25 years at the UCT Irma Stern Museum in Rosebank from 6 - 27 September 2014. His book, John Kramer, published by the Penny Dobbie ...
Venue: Cecil Road, Rosebank, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Adults @ R10 - Pensioners & Learners @ R5
Info: Contact email address 021 685 5686
Red Carpet
Walk upon me and view history through my eyes. See what lay here before thi...
10:00
Location
Red Carpet
For our site intervention we intend to use Harrington Square as a proposed location. We would like to explore the historic use of Harrington Square before District Six was altered due to the Apartheid...
Venue: 21 Canterbury St, Cape Town, Western Cape
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: None
Info: mlnaar001@myuct.ac.za None
The Drawing ...
'The Drawing Room': A private and contained space for individuals to explor...
11:00
Location
The Drawing Room- A small space for big ideas.
'The Drawing Room' is a flexible space which can empower and liberate. It is a contained space free of judgement and rules. The person inside The Drawing Room has access to drawing materials and large...
Venue: Parkfields Primary School, Hanover Park 7782
Time: 11:00 - 12:20
Admission: Free
Info: hgreenblat79@gmail.com 0763543003
Meet the Mak...
Join Creative Cape Town for Meet the Makers with Hasan and Husain Essop. Le...
11:00
Location
Meet the Makers: Hasan & Husain Essop
Hasan and Husain Essop open their work space at Lalela Project for Meet the Makers. The duo are represented by Goodman Gallery, Michaelis graduates, and Standard Bank Young Artist award recipients.
...
Venue: Studio A4, Mainstream Mall and Village, Main Road and Princess Drive, Hout Bay
Time: 11:00 - 12:00
Admission: Free
Info: caroline@capetownpartnership.co.za 0727868568
West Coast L...
Cape Town Opera will be staging FREE Opera performances in Saldanha and Vre...
12:00
Location
West Coast Lunchtime Concerts
Members of Cape Town Opera Chorus will host FREE half hour lunchtime concerts at Panorama Primary, Masiphatsani Primary, Louwville High, St Andrews Primary, Diazville Primary and Diazville High in Sa...
Venue: http://www.capetownopera.co.za/index.php/season/calendar/78/event_details
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Admission: Free
Info: marvink@capetownopera.co.za None
TAG YOU'RE I...
A game stimulating instantaneous connections and relating people in and aro...
13:00
Location
TAG YOU'RE IT!
A game stimulating instantaneous connections and relating people in and around Harrington Street. Now pass it on.
This intervention is produced as part of the 2014 Michaelis School of Fine Art 2nd...
Venue: Harrington street cape town
Time: 13:00 - 16:00
Admission: Free
Info: dvsgre004@myuct.ac.za None
Kickstart Yo...
Feeling like you're in a creative slump? Need some inspiration or motivatio...
19:00
Location
Kickstart Your Creativity with Write On!
*Have you tried writing but you can’t find the words or you don’t know where to start?
*Are you already a blogger or writer needing a creative boost to generate new ideas for content?
*Have...
Venue: The Rosebank Theatre Foyer, 16 Alma Road, Cape Town
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Admission: R150
Info: writeonsouthafrica@gmail.com None
Quiz Night a...
A weekly pub quiz, where teams (of any size) get together over a glass (or ...
19:30
Location
Quiz Night at Oblivion Café
A weekly pub quiz, where teams (of any size) get together over a glass (or bottle) of wine to test their general knowledge. A ‘Tasting Section’ offers wines, cheeses, spices and more.
Venue: Oblivion Café, cnr 3rd Ave & Chichester Rd, Harfield Village, Cape Town
Time: 19:30 - 22:00
Admission: R20
Info:
Baxter Theat...
A special offer forbaxter theatre monday special Monday night theatre-goers...
20:00
Location
Baxter Theatre Special
A special offer forbaxter theatre monday special Monday night theatre-goers: 2 for 1 on tickets or a light meal from the Baxter Restaurant followed by a performance in the Golden Arrow Studio Theatre....
Venue: Baxter Theatre Centre, Main Road, Rondebosch
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Admission: According to show
Info:
The Barleyco...
Started way back in the 70′s Cape Town’s oldest music club provides a s...
20:00
Location
The Barleycorn Music Club
A proven springboard for the likes of David Kramer and Freshly Ground, audiences can be assured of varied and original performances. Full bar and pub food kitchen available.
Venue: Villager Football Club, 11 Lansdowne Rd, Claremont
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Admission: R20 (members) / R30 (non-members)
Info:
TheatreSport...
Along the lines of ‘Whose Line is it Anyway’ this is improvised theatre...
20:00
Location
TheatreSports at The Galloway, Waterfront Theatre School
Along the lines of ‘Whose Line is it Anyway’ this is improvised theatre. Two teams of actors play out a series of improvised games. No one knows what to expect next but the result is surprisingly ...
Venue: Galloway Theatre, Waterfront Theatre School, Port Road, Cape Town
Time: 20:00 - 21:15
Admission: R60
Info:
The Vertical...
The Vertical Hour
20:00
Location
The Vertical Hour
DAVID HARE’S THE VERTICAL HOUR
Theatre on the Bay
By Sir DAVID HARE
(The Judas Kiss, Amy’s View, The Blue Room, Plenty, which he adapted into a film starring Meryl Streep, Via Dolorosa, My Zin...
Venue: Theatre on the Bay
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Admission: Fee
Info: Contact email address 021 438 3301
Miskien
Drama about the lives of two guys
20:15
Location
Miskien
Performed in English and Afrikaans, Miskien is a simple story of two guys: best friends who are stuck in similar dead end jobs and nondescript lives, both waiting for Happy Hour at the end of each day...
Venue: Baxter Theatre Centre, Main Road, Rondebosch, CT
Time: 20:15 - 21:30
Admission: R80 - R145
Info: jeremy.daniel@uct.ac.za 0861 915 8000
This is Capt...
Marc Lottering’s popular characters return to the stage in his brand-new ...
20:30
Location
This is Captain Lottering speaking
Marc Lottering’s popular characters return to the stage in his brand-new one-man show, This is Captain Lottering speaking.
Venue: Baxter Theatre Centre, Main Road, Rondebosch
Time: 20:30 - 22:00
Admission: Varies
Info: Contact email address 021 685 7880
15Mon24 events
Shopstar Eco...
Shopstar's monthly E-commerce Chat - learn more about selling your products...
05:00
Location
Shopstar Ecommerce Chat
On September 16, social media hero Adele Bezuidenhout of WonderwomanCPT, will talk about marketing your online business successfully and making customers happy. Shopstar is a home-grown e-commerce pl...
Venue: Tamboerswinkel, 3 De Lorentz Street/Kloof Street, Upper Gardens, Cape Town
Time: 05:00 - 09:00
Admission: Free
Info: hello@shopstar.co.za 021 4241579
(Un)welcome
A conflicting public space with vulnerability and dirty comments.
07:00
Location
(Un)welcome
The city is an uncomfortable space for most women. A performance piece by three women who have had enough. This intervention is produced as part of the 2014 Michaelis School of Fine Art 2nd year City ...
Venue: Harrington Street
Time: 07:00 - 08:00
Admission: Free
Info: rbotha@me.com None
SA Innovatio...
The SA Innovation Summit aspires to raise awareness in innovation, facilita...
07:30
Location
SA Innovation Summit - Day 1
SA’s premier innovation event of the year brings together thought leaders and practitioners in the field of innovation to show-case success stories, share lessons learnt, connect with peers, be insp...
Venue: Cape Town Stadium, Fritz Sonnenberg Road, Green Point, Cape Town 8051
Time: 07:30 - 20:00
Admission: varies
Info: bookings@innovationsummit.co.za +27 (21) 839 2330
Loeries Judg...
The focus of the awards is to recognise and reward the best examples of bra...
08:00
Location
Loeries Judging
Judging of Student; Digital and Integrated Campaign categories. Access for Judges only.
Venue: Cape Town City Hall City St Cape Town 8000
Time: 08:00 - 17:30
Admission: Judges only
Info: info@loeries.com 011 447 6889
Kirstenbosch...
The subject of the photographs must be fauna, flora and/or landscapes, and ...
08:00
Location
Kirstenbosch 2014 Annual Photographic Competition
The subject of the photographs must be fauna, flora and/or landscapes, and must be taken in the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden during 2014. Up to four photographs may submitted each month and ...
Venue: Rhodes Drive, Newlands Cape Town, South Africa
Time: 08:00 - 16:00
Admission: Free
Info: www.botsoc-kirstenbosch.org.za 021 671 5468
LOOK OUT
We'll be watching you...
09:00
Location
LOOK OUT
This intervention investigates notions surrounding voyeurism and surveillance within the city. This intervention is produced as part of the 2014 Michaelis School of Fine Art 2nd year City Project cour...
Venue: Harrington Street
Time: 09:00 - 18:00
Admission: Free
Info: evanwig@gmail.com None
Tinnda Tin D...
Tinnda Tin DÊ DÊ brings together the work of two Brazilian artists, Berna...
10:00
Location
Tinnda Tin DÊ DÊ
The exhibition includes works and interventions created individually and by chance, and are informed by each artist’s experiences.
Venue: South African National Gallery, Government Ave, Cape Town 8000
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Varies
Info: ykohler@iziko.org.za 021 481 3961
Print in the...
Curated by Thembinkosi Goniwe, the exhibition includes over 100 works (comp...
10:00
Location
Print in the spotlight: Impressions of Rorke’s Drift
The exhibition is drawn entirely from the Jumuna family’s private collection. ‘Impressions of Rorke’s Drift’ offers the chance to see a substantial body of work characterising the Rorke’s Dr...
Venue: South African National Gallery, Government Ave, Cape Town 8000
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Varies
Info: alewis@iziko.org.za 021 481 3961
Letters from...
Who was the mysterious Ann Bertram Barker, after whom the Bertram House was...
10:00
Location
Letters from Ann
Bertram House was opened as a museum in 1984. It was envisioned as both a specimen of early 19th-century life at the Cape and a monument to English settlers – in the same way Koopmans-de Wet House h...
Venue: Iziko Bertram House, Corner of Government Avenue and Orange Street
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: R10 (minor); R20 (adult)
Info: wvandelen@iziko.org.za 021 467 7203
Meet the Mak...
Join Creative Cape Town for a Meet the Makers visit with Black Ginger, a mu...
10:00
Location
Meet the Makers | Black Ginger
Join Creative Cape Town for a Meet the Makers visit with Black Ginger, a multi award winning talent driven animation and visual effects studio. RSVP here: http://bit.ly/1A5amhg
Venue: 60 New Church St 2nd floor, Infinart Building Cape Town 8001
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Admission: None; RSVP required
Info: caroline@capetownpartnership.co.zaq 0727866568
Irma Stern M...
Exhibition of new work by realist artist, John Kramer
First solo exhibitio...
10:00
Location
Irma Stern Museum - John Kramer Solo Exhibition
Cape Town artist John Kramer is holding his first solo exhibition in 25 years at the UCT Irma Stern Museum in Rosebank from 6 - 27 September 2014. His book, John Kramer, published by the Penny Dobbie ...
Venue: Cecil Road, Rosebank, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Adults @ R10 - Pensioners & Learners @ R5
Info: Contact email address 021 685 5686
Outside In
Painter Clare Menck’s first solo exhibition at the Erdmann Gallery.
10:00
Location
Outside In
Outside In, her latest solo exhibition and first with Erdmann Contemporary, Clare Menck introduces a new palette of scenes painted at dusk and dawn – strongly referencing change. Known for her origi...
Venue: Erdmann Contemporary, 84 Kloof Street, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Free
Info: galleryinfo@mweb.co.za 021 422 2762
PlayDough Pa...
“Playdough Partnership”
Come and be a child in an urban playground spa...
10:00
Location
PlayDough Partnership
“Playdough Partnership”
An interactive intervention created as part of the 2014 Michaelis School of Fine Art 2nd year City Project which is displayed upon a fenced-off playground squeezed in amo...
Venue: 36 Canterbury street
Time: 10:00 - 13:00
Admission: none
Info: Contact email address None
Meet the Mak...
Join Creative Cape Town for Meet the Makers with Chimurenga. The legendary ...
11:00
Location
Meet the Makers | Chimurenga
Join Creative Cape Town for Meet the Makers with Chimurenga. The legendary publication focuses on pan African culture, art and politics - and now, the team is offering their industry expertise up to c...
Venue: Room 303, Pan African Market, 76 Long Street
Time: 11:00 - 12:00
Admission: Free
Info: caroline@capetownpartnership.co.za 0727866568
West Coast L...
Cape Town Opera will be staging FREE Opera performances in Saldanha and Vre...
12:00
Location
West Coast Lunchtime Concerts
Members of Cape Town Opera Chorus will host FREE half hour lunchtime concerts at Panorama Primary, Masiphatsani Primary, Louwville High, St Andrews Primary, Diazville Primary and Diazville High in Sa...
Venue: Panorama Primary, Masiphatsani Primary, Louwville High, St Andrews Primary, Diazville Primary and Diazville High in Saldanha and Vredenburg
Time: 12:00 - 12:30
Admission: Free
Info: marvink@capetownopera.co.za None
No Fixed Abo...
The New Church Museum presents No Fixed Abode, an exhibition curated by Can...
12:00
Location
No Fixed Abode
The New Church Museum presents No Fixed Abode, an exhibition curated by Candice Allison, that features the work of a diverse group of African artists, all of whom present works that address the epheme...
Venue: 102 New Church Street, Tamboerskloof
Time: 12:00 - 15:00
Admission: Entrance is Free
Info: info@thenewchurch.co None
Meet the Mak...
Join Meet the Makers for a tour of Workshop 17 with James Du Plessis of Wol...
13:00
Location
Meet the Makers | James Du Plessis, Wolff Architects
Join Meet the Makers for a tour of Workshop 17 with James Du Plessis of Wolff Architects. Workshop 17, a collaboration between V&A Waterfront and UCT's Graduate School of Business, is an innovation h...
Venue: Workshop 17, parallel to the Robinson Dry Dock at the V&A Waterfront
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Admission: Free
Info: caroline@capetownpartnership.co.za 0727866568
Kaapse Stori...
A unique, vibrant new musical experience blends engaging storytelling, song...
19:00
Location
Kaapse Stories from the Mother City
A unique, vibrant new musical experience blends engaging storytelling, song as well as entertaining performance that is at once intimate as it is enthralling. The show allows the audience to get under...
Venue: 229A Main Rd, Sea Point, Cape Town
Time: 19:00 - 23:00
Admission: R420
Info: bookings@richardscapetown.co.za 076 144 4809
This is Capt...
Marc Lottering’s popular characters return to the stage in his brand-new ...
20:00
Location
This is Captain Lottering speaking
Marc Lottering’s popular characters return to the stage in his brand-new one-man show, This is Captain Lottering speaking.
Venue: Baxter Theatre Centre, Main Road, Rondebosch
Time: 20:00 - 21:30
Admission: Varies
Info: Contact email address 021 685 7880
The Vertical...
The Vertical Hour
20:00
Location
The Vertical Hour
DAVID HARE’S THE VERTICAL HOUR
Theatre on the Bay
By Sir DAVID HARE
(The Judas Kiss, Amy’s View, The Blue Room, Plenty, which he adapted into a film starring Meryl Streep, Via Dolorosa, My Zin...
Venue: Theatre on the Bay
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Admission: Fee
Info: Contact email address 021 438 3301
Miskien
Drama about the lives of two guys
20:15
Location
Miskien
Performed in English and Afrikaans, Miskien is a simple story of two guys: best friends who are stuck in similar dead end jobs and nondescript lives, both waiting for Happy Hour at the end of each day...
Venue: Baxter Theatre Centre, Main Road, Rondebosch, CT
Time: 20:15 - 21:30
Admission: R80 - R145
Info: jeremy.daniel@uct.ac.za 0861 915 8000
16Tue21 events
SA Innovatio...
The SA Innovation Summit aspires to raise awareness in innovation, facilita...
02:00
Location
SA Innovation Summit - Day 2
SA’s premier innovation event of the year brings together thought leaders and practitioners in the field of innovation to show-case success stories, share lessons learnt, connect with peers, be insp...
Venue: Cape Town Stadium, Fritz Sonnenberg Road, Green Point, Cape Town 8051
Time: 02:00 - 02:00
Admission: Varies
Info:
Redress Your...
ReDRESS
Our everyday 'performance' is a product of spaces, places and soci...
07:00
Location
Redress Yourself
Our City Project begins to questions how we can deconstruct the 'constructed' spatial practices of our time, how can we counteract or make an awareness of the institutional systems in which we live an...
Venue: Harrington Street
Time: 07:00 - 15:00
Admission: None
Info: anel.wessels@yahoo.com 0823574712
Loeries Judg...
The focus of the awards is to recognise and reward the best examples of bra...
08:00
Location
Loeries Judging
Judging of Effective Creativity; Print; Outdoor & Collateral; Design;
TV & Radio categories.
Venue: Cape Town City Hall City St Cape Town 8000
Time: 08:00 - 17:30
Admission: Judges only
Info: info@loeries.com 011 447 6889
Kirstenbosch...
The subject of the photographs must be fauna, flora and/or landscapes, and ...
08:00
Location
Kirstenbosch 2014 Annual Photographic Competition
The subject of the photographs must be fauna, flora and/or landscapes, and must be taken in the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden during 2014. Up to four photographs may submitted each month and ...
Venue: Rhodes Drive, Newlands Cape Town, South Africa
Time: 08:00 - 16:00
Admission: Free
Info: www.botsoc-kirstenbosch.org.za 021 671 5468
Kirstenbosch...
The subject of the photographs must be fauna, flora and/or landscapes, and ...
08:00
Location
Kirstenbosch 2014 Annual Photographic Competition
The subject of the photographs must be fauna, flora and/or landscapes, and must be taken in the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden during 2014. Up to four photographs may submitted each month and ...
Venue: Rhodes Drive, Newlands Cape Town, South Africa
Time: 08:00 - 16:00
Admission: Free
Info: www.botsoc-kirstenbosch.org.za 021 671 5468
RE-ACT
RE-ACT
Our everyday 'performance' is a product of spaces, places, and soci...
08:00
Location
RE-ACT
We move, interact and perform within a space due to specific social constructs and expectations. The clothes that we wear, the architectural structures we have to manoeuvre through and even the way in...
Venue: Harrington Street
Time: 08:00 - 23:00
Admission: None
Info: anel.wessels@yahoo.com 0823574712
Recreate Stu...
Recreate Studio Launch
09:00
Location
Recreate Studio Launch
We are opening the doors to our brand new working studio and inviting everyone to come in and see how discarded junk from our past can be recreated into unique functional pieces of furniture for today...
Venue: 6 Stowe Street, Salt River
Time: 09:00 - 16:30
Admission: Free
Info: hello@recreate.za.net 0769890871
Tinnda Tin D...
Tinnda Tin DÊ DÊ brings together the work of two Brazilian artists, Berna...
10:00
Location
Tinnda Tin DÊ DÊ
The exhibition includes works and interventions created individually and by chance, and are informed by each artist’s experiences.
Venue: South African National Gallery, Government Ave, Cape Town 8000
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Varies
Info: ykohler@iziko.org.za 021 481 3961
Print in the...
Curated by Thembinkosi Goniwe, the exhibition includes over 100 works (comp...
10:00
Location
Print in the spotlight: Impressions of Rorke’s Drift
The exhibition is drawn entirely from the Jumuna family’s private collection. ‘Impressions of Rorke’s Drift’ offers the chance to see a substantial body of work characterising the Rorke’s Dr...
Venue: South African National Gallery, Government Ave, Cape Town 8000
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Varies
Info: alewis@iziko.org.za 021 481 3961
Letters from...
Who was the mysterious Ann Bertram Barker, after whom the Bertram House was...
10:00
Location
Letters from Ann
Bertram House was opened as a museum in 1984. It was envisioned as both a specimen of early 19th-century life at the Cape and a monument to English settlers – in the same way Koopmans-de Wet House h...
Venue: Iziko Bertram House, Corner of Government Avenue and Orange Street
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: R10 (minor); R20 (adult)
Info: wvandelen@iziko.org.za 021 467 7203
Irma Stern M...
Exhibition of new work by realist artist, John Kramer
First solo exhibitio...
10:00
Location
Irma Stern Museum - John Kramer Solo Exhibition
Cape Town artist John Kramer is holding his first solo exhibition in 25 years at the UCT Irma Stern Museum in Rosebank from 6 - 27 September 2014. His book, John Kramer, published by the Penny Dobbie ...
Venue: Cecil Road, Rosebank, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Adults @ R10 - Pensioners & Learners @ R5
Info: Contact email address 021 685 5686
Outside In
Painter Clare Menck’s first solo exhibition at the Erdmann Gallery.
10:00
Location
Outside In
Outside In, her latest solo exhibition and first with Erdmann Contemporary, Clare Menck introduces a new palette of scenes painted at dusk and dawn – strongly referencing change. Known for her origi...
Venue: Erdmann Contemporary, 84 Kloof Street, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Free
Info: galleryinfo@mweb.co.za 021 422 2762
Distance
An exhibition of oil paintings by Kirsten Lilford and Sarah Biggs
10:00
Location
Distance
An exhibition of oil paintings by Kirsten Lilford and Sarah Biggs
Venue: Salon91, 91 Kloof St, Cape Town 8001
Time: 10:00 - 18:00
Admission: Free
Info: info@salon91art.co.za 021 424 6930
Coffee Initi...
In-house advanced Barista Training: Aimed at Coffee lovers who require prof...
11:00
Location
Coffee Initiative Barista Training @Mischu
Mikhael will share his coffee passion, experience and professional knowledge with you and assist you with the following during your training sessions:
- Selecting the perfect coffee machine for you...
Venue: 85A Regent Road, Sea Point, 8060, Western Cape, South Africa
Time: 11:00 - 14:00
Admission: R550
Info: info@mischu.co.za Mikhael Bou Rjeily
Meet the Mak...
Join Creative Cape Town for Meet the Makers with 2BOP, creators of Cape Tow...
11:30
Location
Meet the Makers | 2BOP
Join Creative Cape Town for Meet the Makers with 2BOP, creators of Cape Town's most celebrated street wear brand. Founders Anthony Smith and Bradley Abrahams will take us through a decade of 2BOP's ev...
Venue: 103 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock
Time: 11:30 - 12:30
Admission: Free
Info: caroline@capetownpartnership.co.za 0727866568
West Coast L...
Cape Town Opera will be staging FREE Opera performances in Saldanha and Vre...
12:00
Location
West Coast Lunchtime Concerts
Members of Cape Town Opera Chorus will host FREE half hour lunchtime concerts at Panorama Primary, Masiphatsani Primary, Louwville High, St Andrews Primary, Diazville Primary and Diazville High in Sal...
Venue: Panorama Primary, Masiphatsani Primary, Louwville High, St Andrews Primary, Diazville Primary and Diazville High in Saldanha and Vredenburg
Time: 12:00 - 12:30
Admission: Free
Info: marvink@capetownopera.co.za None
Qokelela - C...
Exploring the unseen connection that we have to the environment.
12:00
Location
Qokelela - Clean the city
An intervention demonstrating our mentality towards the waste we produce and recycling. This intervention is produced as part of the Michaelis School of Fine Art 2nd Year City Project.
Venue: Harrington Street
Time: 12:00 - 15:00
Admission: Free
Info: qokelela@gmail.com None
A Journey fr...
A Journey from Early Childhood Development to Fixing our Schools 2
13:00
Location
A Journey from Early Childhood Development to Fixing our Schools 2- Open Book
Join the later years focus, with Jonathan Jansen, the films of Molly Blank, and others.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town 8001
Time: 13:00 - 15:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Creative tal...
creativity sparks
13:00
Location
Creative talk
Hear artist ,author, performer, Leeorah Hursky talk about creativity and get your own juices flowing.
Venue: 33 Long St City
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Admission: cup of coffee /tea. talk free
Info: leeorah@hotmail.com 0740517433
Meet the Mak...
Join Creative Cape Town for Meet the Makers with Atang Tshikare, Jasper Eal...
13:00
Location
Meet the Makers | Jasper Eales, Atang Tshikare & Taariq Latif
Join Creative Cape Town for Meet the Makers with Atang Tshikare, Jasper Eales, and Taariq Laatif. We'll visit the shared studio space at Woodstock Exchange of three of Cape Town's hottest young design...
Venue: Woodstock Exchange, B106
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Admission: Free!
Info: caroline@capetownpartnership.co.za 0727866568
A Second Rev...
Discussion with Patrick Bond and John Saul
14:00
Location
A Second Revolution
Join Patrick Bond and John Saul discussing the state of the new struggle with reference to Saul's Flawed Freedom: Rethinking South Africa's Revolution and their collaboration on SA: The Present as His...
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town 8001
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Meet Satoshi...
Meet Satoshi Kitamura
14:00
Location
Meet Satoshi Kitamura
Join Verushka Louw speaking to Satoshi Kitamura, the Internationally acclaimed children's book author and illustrator.
Venue: The Book Lounge: 71 Roeland Street, Cape Town
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Admission: R0
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Writing Sexu...
Writing Sexuality
14:00
Location
Writing Sexuality - Open Book
Join Damon Galgut, Michiel Heyns and Karina Szczurek speaking to Karin Schimke about 'writing Sexuality'.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town 8001
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Coffee Initi...
In-house advanced Barista Training: Aimed at Coffee lovers who require prof...
14:00
Location
Coffee Initiative Barista Training @Mischu
Mikhael will share his coffee passion, experience and professional knowledge with you and assist you with the following during your training sessions:
- Selecting the perfect coffee machine for you...
Venue: 85A Regent Road, Sea Point, 8060, Western Cape, South Africa
Time: 14:00 - 17:30
Admission: R500
Info: info@mischu.co.za Mikhael Bou Rjeily
Meet the Mak...
Join Creative Cape Town for Meet the Makers with Katie Thompson, the design...
14:30
Location
Meet the Makers | Recreate
Join Creative Cape Town for Meet the Makers with Katie Thompson, the designer behind an extraordinary interior design range of repurposed furniture and lighting.
We'll catch up with Katie, a #Creat...
Venue: 6 Stowe Street, Salt River
Time: 14:30 - 15:30
Admission: Free
Info: caroline@capetownpartnership.co.za 0727866568
Genius of th...
Genius of the Short Story
16:00
Location
Genius of the Short Story
Listen to Felicitas Hoppe, Karen Jennings and Billy Kahora discuss and read from their stories. Chaired by Rachel Zadok.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town 8001
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Art of the E...
Art of the Essay
16:00
Location
Art of the Essay
Join Imraan Coovadia and Geoff Dyer talking to Hedley Twidle about the Art of Essay writing.
Venue: Art of the Essay
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Pen Dialogue...
Pen Dialogue 1: Aaliya and Clare
16:00
Location
Pen Dialogue 1: Aaliya and Clare - Open Book
Join Michele Magwood discussing the female voices at the heart of their novels with Rabih Alameddine and Margie Orford
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town 8001
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Tech-savvy P...
Tech-savvy ParentingTech-savvy Parenting
16:00
Location
Tech-savvy ParentingTech-savvy Parenting - Open Book
Co-authors Nikki Bush and Arthur Goldstuck discuss raising safe children in a digital world, with St Cyprian's Prep School head, Justin Skea.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town 8001
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Admission: R40
Info: Contact email address 021-462 2425
Art of the E...
Art of the Essay
16:00
Location
Art of the Essay
Imraan Coovadia and Geoff Dyer talk to Hedley Twidle.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town 8001
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Genius of th...
Genius of the Short Story
16:00
Location
Genius of the Short Story
Felicitas Hoppe, Karen Jennings and Billy Kahora discuss and read from their stories. Chaired by Rachel Zadok.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town 8001
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
LIVE DIGITAL...
The tournament is a live on-stage battle format where emerging designers, f...
18:00
Location
LIVE DIGITAL DESIGN TOURNAMENT
Unlike submission-based design contests, the Tournament is a battle format where emerging, freelance and professional designers flex their skills before a live audience. It requires competitors to rap...
Venue: Friends of Design, H.A.K house, 186 Bree Street, Cape Town
Time: 18:00 - 22:30
Admission: FREE
Info: jerry@unitedartists.co.za 0214472627
WRITING TO B...
WRITING TO BE READ
18:00
Location
WRITING TO BE READ
Andrew Brown, Justin Fox and Fiona Leonard discuss their entertaining, issue driven novels with Diane Awerbuck.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town 8001
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Urban Verse ...
Urban Verse – The Sequel
18:00
Location
Urban Verse – The Sequel
Join Jacob Sam-La Rose and Toni Stuart for a poetic conversation between Cape Town and London.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town 8001
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za None
Afrikaanse V...
Afrikaanse Voorlesing
18:00
Location
Afrikaanse Voorlesing
Kom luister na Andre P. Brink, Karin Brynard, Henry Cloete, Johan Vlok Louw, Jaco van Schalkwyk en Ingrid Winterbach.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
15 Million C...
15 Million Copies Sold
18:00
Location
15 Million Copies Sold
Raymond E Feist speaks to Sarah Lotz about Magician's End and all that went before.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Writing to b...
Writing to be Read
18:00
Location
Writing to be Read
Andrew Brown, Justin Fox and Fiona Leonard discuss their entertaining,
issue driven novels with Diane Awerbuck.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
(UN)WELCOME
The city is an uncomfortable space for most women. A performance piece by t...
19:00
Location
(UN)WELCOME
The city is an uncomfortable space for most women. A performance piece by three women who have had enough. This intervention is produced as part of the 2014 Michaelis School of Fine Art 2nd year City ...
Venue: Harrington Street
Time: 19:00 - 20:00
Admission: Free
Info: rbotha@me.com None
This is Capt...
Marc Lottering’s popular characters return to the stage in his brand-new ...
20:00
Location
This is Captain Lottering speaking
Marc Lottering’s popular characters return to the stage in his brand-new one-man show, This is Captain Lottering speaking.
Venue: Baxter Theatre Centre, Main Road, Rondebosch
Time: 20:00 - 21:30
Admission: Varies
Info: Contact email address 021 685 7880
The Vertical...
The Vertical Hour
20:00
Location
The Vertical Hour
DAVID HARE’S THE VERTICAL HOUR
Theatre on the Bay
By Sir DAVID HARE
(The Judas Kiss, Amy’s View, The Blue Room, Plenty, which he adapted into a film starring Meryl Streep, Via Dolorosa, My Zin...
Venue: Theatre on the Bay
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Admission: Fee
Info: Contact email address 021 438 3301
The Doctor w...
The Doctor who Walked Away
20:00
Location
The Doctor who Walked Away
City Press Non-fiction Award Winner Maria Phalime talks to Ferial Haffajee about Postmortem. Haffajee will also announce the winner of the 2014 City Press Tafelberg Non-fiction Award.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 20:00 - 21:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Literature M...
Literature Magazines: The Urgency of Literature and New Voices
20:00
Location
Literature Magazines: The Urgency of Literature and New Voices
Sean O'Toole discusses the importance of the platform with Ntone Edjabe (Chimurenga), Billy Kahora (Kwani?) and Helen Sullivan (Prufrock).
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 20:00 - 21:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Author as Am...
Author as Ambassador
20:00
Location
Author as Ambassador
Zakes Mda and Deon Meyer talk to Margie Orford about representing South Africa to the rest of the world.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 20:00 - 21:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Miskien
Drama about the lives of two guys
20:15
Location
Miskien
Performed in English and Afrikaans, Miskien is a simple story of two guys: best friends who are stuck in similar dead end jobs and nondescript lives, both waiting for Happy Hour at the end of each day...
Venue: Baxter Theatre Centre, Main Road, Rondebosch, CT
Time: 20:15 - 21:30
Admission: R80 - R145
Info: jeremy.daniel@uct.ac.za 0861 915 8000
17Wed44 events
SA Innovatio...
The SA Innovation Summit aspires to raise awareness in innovation, facilita...
02:00
Location
SA Innovation Summit - Day 3
SA’s premier innovation event of the year brings together thought leaders and practitioners in the field of innovation to show-case success stories, share lessons learnt, connect with peers, be insp...
Venue: Cape Town Stadium, Fritz Sonnenberg Road, Green Point, Cape Town 8051
Time: 02:00 - 02:00
Admission: Varies
Info:
Loeries Judg...
The focus of the awards is to recognise and reward the best examples of bra...
08:00
Location
Loeries Judging
Judging of Events & PR; Media Innovation; Print; Outdoor & Collateral; Design; New Voice; TV & Radio categories.
Venue: Cape Town City Hall City St Cape Town 8000
Time: 08:00 - 17:30
Admission: Judges only
Info: info@loeries.com 011 447 6889
Kirstenbosch...
The subject of the photographs must be fauna, flora and/or landscapes, and ...
08:00
Location
Kirstenbosch 2014 Annual Photographic Competition
The subject of the photographs must be fauna, flora and/or landscapes, and must be taken in the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden during 2014. Up to four photographs may submitted each month and ...
Venue: Rhodes Drive, Newlands Cape Town, South Africa
Time: 08:00 - 16:00
Admission: Free
Info: www.botsoc-kirstenbosch.org.za 021 671 5468
"WELLDONE"
This intervention is produced in coordination with The Michaelis City Proje...
09:00
Location
"WELLDONE"
Angelo Antonio Valerio, Marianne Thesen Law and Tiago Rodrigues play tok-tokkie with art events.
Venue: Harrington street, Cape Town
Time: 09:00 - 00:00
Admission: Free
Info: iamtiago@icloud.com 0720654843
Comics Fest ...
Comics Fest Workshop: Parallel Lives
10:00
Location
Comics Fest Workshop: Parallel Lives - Open Book
A fun introduction to cartooning with Andy Mason (N.D. Mazin). Age 3 –
31. Bring drawing materials and some examples of your work. Paper
supplied. The 2 most promising participants each win a plac...
Venue: Central Library Cape Town - Old Drill Hall, Cnr. Parade & Darling Streets
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Admission: R0
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Print in the...
Curated by Thembinkosi Goniwe, the exhibition includes over 100 works (comp...
10:00
Location
Print in the spotlight: Impressions of Rorke’s Drift
The exhibition is drawn entirely from the Jumuna family’s private collection. ‘Impressions of Rorke’s Drift’ offers the chance to see a substantial body of work characterising the Rorke’s Dr...
Venue: South African National Gallery, Government Ave, Cape Town 8000
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Varies
Info: alewis@iziko.org.za 021 481 3961
Spier Arts A...
The Spier Arts Academy, which offers a three-year employment-based training...
10:00
Location
Spier Arts Academy - Open studio
The Spier Arts Academy, which offers a three-year employment-based training in professional mosaic and ceramics, has announced an Open Studio on 18 September for Creative Week Cape Town.
Started ...
Venue: Union House, 25 Commercial Street, Cape Town, 8001
Time: 10:00 - 02:00
Admission: N/A
Info: info@spierartsacademy.co.za +27 21 465 9029
Letters from...
Who was the mysterious Ann Bertram Barker, after whom the Bertram House was...
10:00
Location
Letters from Ann
Bertram House was opened as a museum in 1984. It was envisioned as both a specimen of early 19th-century life at the Cape and a monument to English settlers – in the same way Koopmans-de Wet House h...
Venue: Iziko Bertram House, Corner of Government Avenue and Orange Street
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: R10 (minor); R20 (adult)
Info: wvandelen@iziko.org.za 021 467 7203
Facebook Hac...
As part of Loeries® Creative Week™ Cape Town, Facebook will host its fir...
10:00
Location
Facebook Hackathon Workshop
The Hackathon will be overseen by Rob Newlan, Head of Facebook Creative Shop Europe, Middle East and Africa. As the head of a team of creative directors, strategists, entrepreneurs, and technologists...
Venue: Cullinan Hotel, 1 Cullinan Street Cape Town Waterfront Cape Town 8001
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Free
Info: facebook@loeries.com 011 447 6889
Outside In
Painter Clare Menck’s first solo exhibition at the Erdmann Gallery.
10:00
Location
Outside In
Outside In, her latest solo exhibition and first with Erdmann Contemporary, Clare Menck introduces a new palette of scenes painted at dusk and dawn – strongly referencing change. Known for her origi...
Venue: Erdmann Contemporary, 84 Kloof Street, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Free
Info: galleryinfo@mweb.co.za 021 422 2762
Irma Stern M...
Exhibition of new work by realist artist, John Kramer
First solo exhibitio...
10:00
Location
Irma Stern Museum - John Kramer Solo Exhibition
Cape Town artist John Kramer is holding his first solo exhibition in 25 years at the UCT Irma Stern Museum in Rosebank from 6 - 27 September 2014. His book, John Kramer, published by the Penny Dobbie ...
Venue: Cecil Road, Rosebank, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Adults @ R10 - Pensioners & Learners @ R5
Info: Contact email address 021 685 5686
Distance
An exhibition of oil paintings by Kirsten Lilford and Sarah Biggs
10:00
Location
Distance
An exhibition of oil paintings by Kirsten Lilford and Sarah Biggs
Venue: Salon91, 91 Kloof St, Cape Town 8001
Time: 10:00 - 18:00
Admission: Free
Info: info@salon91art.co.za 021 424 6930
Uptown Pushe...
An exhibition of posters and works of art that will be centered on the trol...
10:00
Location
Uptown Pushers
The idea is to pull the trolley pusher and informal trader out of the social peripheries; towards a more visible presence even in the increasingly gentrified area of Harrington Street and Cape Town's ...
Venue: Harrington Street
Time: 10:00 - 19:00
Admission: Free
Info: dadamarshfellow@gmail.com 0612068674
Book Club Mo...
Book Club Morning 2
10:00
Location
Book Club Morning 2
Sefi Atta, Fiona Leonard and Zukiswa Wanner. Chaired by Kgomotso
Matsunyane
Venue: The Book Lounge: 71 Roeland Street, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Admission: R0
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Poetica Writ...
Poetica Writing Workshop
10:00
Location
Poetica Writing Workshop - Open Book
Writing workshop with Liesl Jobson.
Venue: The Homecoming Centre – District Six Museum – 15 Buitenkant Street
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Admission: R60
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
West Coast L...
Cape Town Opera will be staging FREE Opera performances in Saldanha and Vre...
12:00
Location
West Coast Lunchtime Concerts
Members of Cape Town Opera Chorus will host FREE half hour lunchtime concerts at Panorama Primary, Masiphatsani Primary, Louwville High, St Andrews Primary, Diazville Primary and Diazville High in Sal...
Venue: Panorama Primary, Masiphatsani Primary, Louwville High, St Andrews Primary, Diazville Primary and Diazville High in Saldanha and Vredenburg
Time: 12:00 - 12:30
Admission: Free
Info: marvink@capetownopera.co.za None
Loeries Regi...
All ticketholders must register to get access to the awards, Seminar and th...
12:00
Location
Loeries Registration
All ticketholders must register to get access to the awards, Seminar and the Channel O Party.
Venue: Cape Town City Hall City St Cape Town 8000
Time: 12:00 - 21:00
Admission: Free
Info: info@loeries.com 011 447 6889
Loeries Trad...
The Loerie Awards, in partnership with Film & Event Media, will again host ...
12:00
Location
Loeries Trade Expo
Loeries® Creative Week™ Cape Town started as a legacy event for Cape Town’s World Design Capital 2014 bid. The Loerie Awards and Creative Week Expo aims to put this creativity and innovation on d...
Venue: Cape Town City Hall City St Cape Town 8000
Time: 12:00 - 21:00
Admission: Free
Info: info@loeries.com 011 447 6889
Meet the Mak...
Join Creative Cape Town for Meet the Makers with Jenny Altschuler, The Cape...
12:00
Location
Meet the Makers | Jenny Altschuler, The Cape Town Month of Photography (MOP)
Join Creative Cape Town for Meet the Makers with Jenny Altschuler, The Cape Town Month of Photography curator. This is the 6th edition of the MOP festival, a World Design Capital project, and includes...
Venue: The Little Cape Photocentre, 3 Church Street (between Adderley and St. George's Mall)
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Admission: Free
Info: caroline@capetownpartnership.co.za 0727866568
(UN)WELCOME
The city is an uncomfortable space for most women. A performance piece by t...
12:45
Location
(UN)WELCOME
The city is an uncomfortable space for most women. A performance piece by three women who have had enough. This intervention is produced as part of the 2014 Michaelis School of Fine Art 2nd year City ...
Venue: Harrington Street
Time: 12:45 - 13:45
Admission: Free
Info: rbotha@me.com None
Meet the Mak...
Join Creative Cape Town for Meet the Makers for a studio visit with Jimmy U...
13:00
Location
Meet the Makers | Jimmy Umba Di Umba, Bantu Wear
Join Creative Cape Town for Meet the Makers for a studio visit with Jimmy Umba Di Umba, Bantu Wear founder. We'll learn more about this dynamic new fashion line with a pan-African focus, as well as mo...
Venue: 71 Burg Street, Cape Town
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Admission: Free
Info: caroline@capetownpartnership.co.za 0727866568
MEET ADAM ST...
MEET ADAM STOWER!
14:00
Location
MEET ADAM STOWER! - Open Book
Internationally acclaimed children's author and illustrator speaks to Verushka Louw.
Venue: The Book Lounge: 71 Roeland Street, Cape Town
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Admission: R0
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Meet the Mak...
Join Creative Cape Town for Meet the Makers with Yang Zhao of Beijing Opera...
15:00
Location
Meet the Makers | Beijing Opera
Join Creative Cape Town for Meet the Makers with Yang Zhao of Beijing Opera. Yang will take us through her journey from pop-up shop to Cape Town's empress of dim-sum.
Venue: The State House Building, 3-9 Rose Street, De Waterkant, Cape Town
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Admission: Free
Info: caroline@capetownpartnership.co.za 0727866568
COMICS FEST ...
COMICS FEST WORKSHOP: DRAW YOUR OWN SUPERHERO
15:30
Location
COMICS FEST WORKSHOP: DRAW YOUR OWN SUPERHERO - Open Book
Join Roberto and Su Opperman for a beginners class in drawing superheroes! Paper supplied, but please bring your own pencils or markers. 10 -15 years olds welcome. RSVP oppiekrom@yahoo.co.uk
Venue: Central Library Cape Town - Old Drill Hall, Cnr. Parade & Darling Streets
Time: 15:30 - 16:30
Admission: R0
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za None
JUSTICE DENI...
JUSTICE DENIED
16:00
Location
JUSTICE DENIED - Open Book
Forensic expert David Klatzow tells Richard Calland about the limitations of forensic science.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
THIS DAY - O...
THIS DAY
16:00
Location
THIS DAY - Open book
Tiah Beautement launches her novel in the company of Zukiswa Wanner.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
PEN DIALOGUE...
PEN DIALOGUE 2: MANDLA LANGA
16:00
Location
PEN DIALOGUE 2: MANDLA LANGA - open book
Mandla Langa discusses his new novel, Texture of Shadows, with Margie Orford.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
LANDSCAPE AR...
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
16:00
Location
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS - Open Book
Kader Abdolah, Damon Galgut and Marguerite Poland discuss constructing the literary foundations of their respective novels. Chaired by Jacqui L'Ange.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
OPEN DRINKS:...
Meet us and other creatives and chat in a relaxed space. Art exhibitions, v...
16:00
Location
OPEN DRINKS: Legal Advice for Creatives with Von Seidels IP Attorneys
Von Seidels is hosting a walk-in event. Join us for everyday art forms appealing to your senses. Meet and casually chat to creatives and our trademark/design/copyright attorneys. We provide free legal...
Venue: Tjing Tjing Rooftop Bar, 165 Longmarket Street, Cape Town
Time: 16:00 - 19:00
Admission: Free
Info: dlegge@vonseidels.com 0215262800
GREAT TEXTS ...
GREAT TEXTS BIG QUESTIONS: TAIYE SELASI - Open Book
17:30
Location
GREAT TEXTS BIG QUESTIONS: TAIYE SELASI - Open Book
Taiye Selasi sits on panel with four MA students from University of Cape Town's Creative Writing MA Programme to discuss all things writing. Presented by the Gordon Institute of Performing and Creativ...
Venue: Hiddingh Hall Library, UCT’s Hiddingh Campus, 31 Orange Street, Cape Town
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Admission: R0
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
RAPE CRISIS ...
RAPE CRISIS PRESENTS: DUKER AND MBALO
18:00
Location
RAPE CRISIS PRESENTS: DUKER AND MBALO - Open Book
Ekow Duker (Dying in New York) and Sixolile Mbalo (Dear Bullet) speak to
Sindiwe Magona.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
SURPRISING D...
SURPRISING DIVERSIONS
18:00
Location
SURPRISING DIVERSIONS - Open Book
Rabih Alameddine, Geoff Dyer, Deon Meyer and Henrietta Rose-Innes share a passion unrelated to their work as writers. Chaired by Ben Williams.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
TRANSLATING ...
TRANSLATING – IT’S MORE THAN LANGUAGE
18:00
Location
TRANSLATING – IT’S MORE THAN LANGUAGE - Open Book
Sefi Atta, Phillip Hensher and Felicitas Hoppe discuss translating
concepts, the past and fact into fiction. Chaired by Derrick
Higginbotham.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Poetica Work...
Poetica Workshop: Poets in the Digital Sphere
18:00
Location
Poetica Workshop: Poets in the Digital Sphere - Open Book
UK poet and tech afficionado, Jacob Sam-La Rose looks at practical ways for poets to optimise their use of didital tools and social media.
Venue: The Homecoming Centre – District Six Museum – 15 Buitenkant Street
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Admission: R60
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Rape Crisis ...
Rape Crisis Presents: Duker and Mbalo
18:00
Location
Rape Crisis Presents: Duker and Mbalo
Ekow Duker (Dying in New York) and Sixolile Mbalo (Dear Bullet) speak to Sindiwe Magona.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Our French F...
Our French Friends
18:00
Location
Our French Friends - open book
Come and listen to French authors, Oliver Rohe and Olivier Tallec, talk about their work. Thanks to the French Institute.
Venue: The Book Lounge: 71 Roeland Street, Cape Town
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Admission: R0
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Skattie Cele...
SKATTIE, WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? started as platform to share the ups and dow...
18:00
Location
Skattie Celebrates in partnership with Art South Africa
SKATTIE, WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? started as platform to share the ups and downs of South African fashion. It has since become a cultural powerhouse, featuring local art, design, fashion and events curat...
Venue: The AVA Gallery, 35 Church Street
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Admission: Enquire
Info: info@ava.co.za +27-21 424-7436
Egg Films Ju...
The culmination of judging week.
18:00
Location
Egg Films Judges Wrap
The culmination of judging week is happening at Era in Loop street where Specials guests will also get to rub shoulders with the judges.
Venue: Era , Loop street, Cape Town
Time: 18:00 - 22:00
Admission: Judges and by invitation only
Info: info@loeries.com 011 447 6889
Cape Town Sc...
Cape Town School of Photography Student Exhibition
18:00
Location
Cape Town School of Photography Student Exhibition
This term's full-time student work will showcase a variety of selected works. Visual explorations around the body, beauty culture, the social environment, and self portraiture are represented. Join us...
Venue: 4th Floor, 62 Roeland Street
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Admission: No admission fee
Info: sandy@CTSP.co.za 0214652152
Opera Meets ...
Join Cape Town Opera at the lauded Cuvee Restaurant on the Simonsig Wine Es...
18:30
Location
Opera Meets Food and Wine
Mischief, mayhem and marriage go hand in hand in the brand-new production of WA Mozart's comic masterpiece of impetuous love, "Le Nozze di Figaro," which will be staged in Opera house accompanied by t...
Venue: Simonsig Wine Estate: Kromme Rhee Road, Koelenhof, Stellenbosch, Cape Town 7605
Time: 18:30 - 21:30
Admission: R500
Info: cuvee@simonsig.co.za 021-888-4932
Elemental - ...
Cape Town Carnival's theme for 2015 is ELEMENTAL - a celebration of our int...
19:00
Location
Elemental - The Film
Cape Town Carnival's theme for 2015 is ELEMENTAL - a celebration of our interconnectedness, our relationship to each other and our environment. "Elemental - The Film" tells the story of three individ...
Venue: Twenty Fifty, 36 Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Admission: R20.00
Info: shelley@capetowncarnival.com 021-406 2947
Fox & Raven ...
Fox & Raven Presents: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Rocks!
20:00
Location
Fox & Raven Presents: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Rocks! - Open Book
Mike Carey, Dave de Burgh and Raymond E Feist tell Marius du Plessis how much they love their jobs.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 20:00 - 21:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Launch of Ra...
Launch of Ragged Glory: The Rainbow Nation in Black and White
20:00
Location
Launch of Ragged Glory: The Rainbow Nation in Black and White - Open Book
Look back on 20 years of democracy with author Ray Hartley in conversation with Tony Weaver.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 20:00 - 21:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Writer’s R...
Writer’s Rage
20:00
Location
Writer’s Rage - Open Book
Zukiswa Wanner and Thando Mgqolozana discuss what's really pissing them off as South African writers in the company of Mervyn Sloman.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 20:00 - 21:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
This is Capt...
Marc Lottering’s popular characters return to the stage in his brand-new ...
20:00
Location
This is Captain Lottering speaking
Marc Lottering’s popular characters return to the stage in his brand-new one-man show, This is Captain Lottering speaking.
Venue: Baxter Theatre Centre, Main Road, Rondebosch
Time: 20:00 - 21:30
Admission: Varies
Info: Contact email address 021 685 7880
The Vertical...
The Vertical Hour
20:00
Location
The Vertical Hour
DAVID HARE’S THE VERTICAL HOUR
Theatre on the Bay
By Sir DAVID HARE
(The Judas Kiss, Amy’s View, The Blue Room, Plenty, which he adapted into a film starring Meryl Streep, Via Dolorosa, My Zin...
Venue: Theatre on the Bay
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Admission: Fee
Info: Contact email address 021 438 3301
18Thu46 events
Loeries Trad...
The Loerie Awards, in partnership with Film & Event Media, will again host ...
07:00
Location
Loeries Trade Expo
Loeries® Creative Week™ Cape Town started as a legacy event for Cape Town’s World Design Capital 2014 bid. The Loerie Awards and Creative Week Expo aims to put this creativity and innovation on d...
Venue: Cape Town City Hall City St Cape Town 8000
Time: 07:00 - 21:00
Admission: Free
Info: info@loeries.com 011 447 6889
Jammerlappie
A mourning/morning performance piece in which 3 students attempt to wash aw...
07:00
Location
Jammerlappie
Jammerlappie will be a piece in which we will be spending the whole morning washing the pavement around the Charlie's Bakery parking lot.
Venue: Harrington Street
Time: 07:00 - 12:00
Admission: N/A
Info: scbuys@gmail.com 0795220945
PARK(ing) Da...
PARK(ing) Day is an annual worldwide event where artists, designers and cit...
08:00
Location
PARK(ing) Day
PARK(ing) Day is a annual open-source global event where citizens, artists and activists collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spaces into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public place...
Venue: At a parking spot near you, rain or shine
Time: 08:00 - 17:00
Admission: Free
Info: participate@parkingday.org None
Kirstenbosch...
The subject of the photographs must be fauna, flora and/or landscapes, and ...
08:00
Location
Kirstenbosch 2014 Annual Photographic Competition
The subject of the photographs must be fauna, flora and/or landscapes, and must be taken in the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden during 2014. Up to four photographs may submitted each month and ...
Venue: Rhodes Drive, Newlands Cape Town, South Africa
Time: 08:00 - 16:00
Admission: Free
Info: www.botsoc-kirstenbosch.org.za 021 671 5468
DStv Seminar...
The seminar is a fantastic opportunity for agencies and marketers to hear a...
08:30
Location
DStv Seminar of Creativity
The DStv Seminar of Creativity will be held at Cape Town's City Hall on Friday 19 September 2014, as part of Loeries Creative Week Cape Town.
Venue: Cape Town City Hall City St Cape Town 8000
Time: 08:30 - 16:30
Admission: R 1 320.00
Info: info@loeries.com 011 447 6889
ENGRAINED
This intervention is produced as part of the 2014 Michaelis School of Fine ...
09:00
Location
ENGRAINED
Exploring the relationship between temporary and permanent boundaries through the physical manifestation of social divides #michaeliscityproject2014
Venue: Canterbury Street
Time: 09:00 - 16:00
Admission: 0
Info: Contact email address None
Print in the...
Curated by Thembinkosi Goniwe, the exhibition includes over 100 works (comp...
10:00
Location
Print in the spotlight: Impressions of Rorke’s Drift
The exhibition is drawn entirely from the Jumuna family’s private collection. ‘Impressions of Rorke’s Drift’ offers the chance to see a substantial body of work characterising the Rorke’s Dr...
Venue: South African National Gallery, Government Ave, Cape Town 8000
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Varies
Info: alewis@iziko.org.za 021 481 3961
Letters from...
Who was the mysterious Ann Bertram Barker, after whom the Bertram House was...
10:00
Location
Letters from Ann
Bertram House was opened as a museum in 1984. It was envisioned as both a specimen of early 19th-century life at the Cape and a monument to English settlers – in the same way Koopmans-de Wet House h...
Venue: Iziko Bertram House, Corner of Government Avenue and Orange Street
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: R10 (minor); R20 (adult); free (student/pensioner)
Info: wvandelen@iziko.org.za 021 467 7203
Outside In
Painter Clare Menck’s first solo exhibition at the Erdmann Gallery.
10:00
Location
Outside In
Outside In, her latest solo exhibition and first with Erdmann Contemporary, Clare Menck introduces a new palette of scenes painted at dusk and dawn – strongly referencing change. Known for her origi...
Venue: Erdmann Contemporary, 84 Kloof Street, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Free
Info: galleryinfo@mweb.co.za 021 422 2762
Irma Stern M...
Exhibition of new work by realist artist, John Kramer
First solo exhibitio...
10:00
Location
Irma Stern Museum - John Kramer Solo Exhibition
Cape Town artist John Kramer is holding his first solo exhibition in 25 years at the UCT Irma Stern Museum in Rosebank from 6 - 27 September 2014. His book, John Kramer, published by the Penny Dobbie ...
Venue: Cecil Road, Rosebank, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Adults @ R10 - Pensioners & Learners @ R5
Info: Contact email address 021 685 5686
Distance
An exhibition of oil paintings by Kirsten Lilford and Sarah Biggs
10:00
Location
Distance
An exhibition of oil paintings by Kirsten Lilford and Sarah Biggs
Venue: Salon91, 91 Kloof St, Cape Town 8001
Time: 10:00 - 18:00
Admission: Free
Info: info@salon91art.co.za 021 424 6930
MEMBERS ONLY
Questioning the public/private dichotomy that pervades Harrington Street. I...
10:00
Location
MEMBERS ONLY
Members Only: If I buy it, it's mine.
Venue: Harrington Street, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 15:30
Admission: free
Info: vupossumhorwitz@gmail.com None
Flavours
Cupcake extravaganza
10:00
Location
Flavours
Cupcake extravaganza. A sweet delight in city centre. Enjoy tasty cupcakes cupcake art .
Venue: 33 Long St
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Admission: product cost
Info: leeorah@hotmail.com 0740517433
Meet the Mak...
Join Creative Cape Town for Meet the Makers with Heather Thompson of Skinny...
10:00
Location
Meet the Makers | Heather Thompson of Skinny laMinx
Join Creative Cape Town for Meet the Makers with Heather Thompson of Skinny laMinx. We'll hear about Heather's journey as a designer and take a sneak peek into the beautiful studio space on Bree Stree...
Venue: 201 Bree St, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Admission: Free
Info: caroline@capetownpartnership.co.za 0727866568
Daily Maveri...
Daily Maverick Mini gathering
11:00
Location
Daily Maverick Mini gathering - Open Book
See www.openbookfestival.co.za for details.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 11:00 - 13:00
Admission: R0
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Kyle Weeks E...
See the opening of Kyle Weeks' exhibition as part of MOP6.
11:00
Location
Kyle Weeks Exhibition Opening, Month of Photography
See the opening of Kyle Weeks' exhibition as part of MOP6.
Venue: Johans Borman Fine Arts Gallery, 16 Kildare Road, Newlands
Time: 11:00 - 16:00
Admission: Free
Info: Amy Catchpole 0216836863
Meet the Mak...
Join Creative Cape Town for Meet the Makers with Cape Town Carnival. We'll ...
11:15
Location
Meet the Makers | Cape Town Carnival
Join Creative Cape Town for Meet the Makers with Cape Town Carnival. We'll go behind the scenes with creative director Brad Baard to discover more about the 2014 theme "Elemental". Plus, we'll meet th...
Venue: The group will meet at Sababa, 231 Bree Street
Time: 11:15 - 12:30
Admission: Freee
Info: caroline@capetownpartnershi.co.za 0727866568
West Coast L...
Cape Town Opera will be staging FREE Opera performances in Saldanha and Vre...
12:00
Location
West Coast Lunchtime Concerts
Members of Cape Town Opera Chorus will host FREE half hour lunchtime concerts at Panorama Primary, Masiphatsani Primary, Louwville High, St Andrews Primary, Diazville Primary and Diazville High in Sal...
Venue: Panorama Primary, Masiphatsani Primary, Louwville High, St Andrews Primary, Diazville Primary and Diazville High in Saldanha and Vredenburg
Time: 12:00 - 12:30
Admission: Free
Info: marvink@capetownopera.co.za None
Meet the Mak...
Join Creative Cape Town for Meet the Makers with opera singer Siphamandla Y...
13:00
Location
Meet the Makers | Cape Town Opera
Join Creative Cape Town for Meet the Makers with opera singer Siphamandla Yakupa and head vocal coach Ean Smit. We'll go behind the scenes with the duo and learn more about their work as part of this ...
Venue: DF Malan Street, Foreshore, Cape Town 8001
Time: 13:00 - 14:30
Admission: Free
Info: caroline@capetownpartnership.co.za 0727866568
Tim Noakes -...
Tim Noakes - Open Book
14:00
Location
Tim Noakes - Open Book
Africa Melane interviews the good doctor about recent scientific developments in relation to the Real Meal Revolution
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za None
Time: A Brie...
On a Friday afternoon stroll, take a turn past the Green Point Lighthouse t...
15:30
Location
Time: A Brief Exploration of Transcience. Come check out the work of an emerging artist as she explores the temporal nature of existence through acrylic and mixed media painting.
Cat Wilson explores the theme of time and the ephemeral. The works portray a fleeting instant that echoes of times since passed and the temporary nature of our existence on earth. The bustle of dail...
Venue: Green Point Lighthouse
Time: 15:30 - 18:00
Admission: Free
Info: cittyster@gmail.com 0792257376
Comics Fest ...
Comics Fest Workshop
16:00
Location
Comics Fest Workshop - Open Book
Writing Masterclass with Sean Izaakse and Moray Rhoda. RSVP to comics@openbookfestival.co.za
Venue: Central Library Cape Town - Old Drill Hall, Cnr. Parade & Darling Streets
Time: 16:00 - 18:00
Admission: R0
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
The Poacher...
The Poacher’s Moon: Rhino – Hard Talk
16:00
Location
The Poacher’s Moon: Rhino – Hard Talk - Open Book
Richard Peirce speaks to Jana Pretorius (SA Vet Association), Dr Wendy Annecke (SanParks) and Christy Bragg (Endangered Wildlife Trust) about whether the battle for rhinos can be won.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Reading out ...
Reading out Loud
16:00
Location
Reading out Loud - Open Book
Kader Abdolah, Rabih Alameddine, Tiah Beautement, Philip Hensher and Taiye Selasi read from their work.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Off the Page...
Off the Page
16:00
Location
Off the Page - Open Book
Karina Szczurek asks Andrew Brown, Ekow Duker and Jonny Steinberg about the impact that the content of their books has on them.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Chalk Storie...
Sidewalk chalk drawings and story telling
16:00
Location
Chalk Stories
After a story and discussion on happiness, children will be given the opportunity to draw positive images with chalk on the promenade. Individual children will be filmed telling stories using the chal...
Venue: Seapoint Promenade opposite Winchester Mansions
Time: 16:00 - 18:00
Admission: Admission free
Info: angelamaydon@gmail.com 0763902077
Poetica Work...
Poetica Workshop: Performance Poetry
17:00
Location
Poetica Workshop: Performance Poetry - Open Book
Masterclass with Francesca Beard, one of the UK's most experienced perfomance poets. Thanks to British Council and ConnectZA. RSVP to mail@tonistuart.com
Venue: The Homecoming Centre – District Six Museum – 15 Buitenkant Street
Time: 17:00 - 19:00
Admission: R0
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Cry the Belo...
Cry the Beloved Other Country
18:00
Location
Cry the Beloved Other Country - Open Book
Distance gives you an edge. Damon Galgut and Zakes Mda talk to Alison Lowry.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Life and Tim...
Life and Times of a Chinese Writer
18:00
Location
Life and Times of a Chinese Writer - Open Book
Sheng Keyi talks to Carol-Ann Davids. Thanks to the Confucius Institute.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Western Empi...
Western Empires
18:00
Location
Western Empires - Open Book
Sampie Terreblanche launches his magnum opus: Western Empires, Christianity and the Inequalities Between the West and the Rest 1500-2010.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Wilbur Smith...
Wilbur Smith
18:00
Location
Wilbur Smith - open book
After worldwide sales of more than 120 million books, Wilbur Smith launches his latest novel, Desert God, in the company of Tony Park.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Kaapse Stori...
A unique, vibrant new musical experience blends engaging storytelling, song...
19:00
Location
Kaapse Stories from the Mother City
A unique, vibrant new musical experience blends engaging storytelling, song as well as entertaining performance that is at once intimate as it is enthralling. The show allows the audience to get under...
Venue: 229A Main Rd, Sea Point, Cape Town
Time: 19:00 - 23:00
Admission: R420
Info: bookings@richardscapetown.co.za 076 144 4809
(UN)WELCOME
The city is an uncomfortable space for most women. A performance piece by t...
19:00
Location
(UN)WELCOME
The city is an uncomfortable space for most women. A performance piece by three women who have had enough. This intervention is produced as part of the 2014 Michaelis School of Fine Art 2nd year City ...
Venue: Harrington Street
Time: 19:00 - 20:00
Admission: Free
Info: rbotha@me.com None
Maxim Starck...
Maxim Starcke - soprano saxophone / electric guitar / electronics / samples...
19:30
Location
Maxim Starcke + Ronan Skillen: Forgery
Max is a South African composer, multi-instrumentalist performer and sound artist. His work includes compositions for chamber ensembles and orchestra, performances and recordings in live electro-aco...
Venue: 107 Harrington St, Zonnebloem, Cape Town, South Africa
Time: 19:30 - 21:00
Admission: R50
Info: info@soundandmotion.co.za 0214619862
Disaster Cap...
Disaster Capitalism
20:00
Location
Disaster Capitalism - open book
Antony Loewenstein talks to John Maytham about his upcoming documentary and his book, Profits of Doom.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 20:00 - 21:00
Admission: R40
Info: 021-462 2425 021-462 2425
Another Grea...
Another Great Day at Sea
20:00
Location
Another Great Day at Sea
Andrew Brown gets the inside story from Geoff Dyer about his latest project.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 20:00 - 21:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Surviving th...
Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse
20:00
Location
Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse - Open book
Mike Carey talks to Sally Partridge about The Girl with all the Gifts. Prizes to the best dressed zombie!
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 20:00 - 21:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
This is Capt...
Marc Lottering’s popular characters return to the stage in his brand-new ...
20:00
Location
This is Captain Lottering speaking
Marc Lottering’s popular characters return to the stage in his brand-new one-man show, This is Captain Lottering speaking.
Venue: Baxter Theatre Centre, Main Road, Rondebosch
Time: 20:00 - 21:30
Admission: Varies
Info: Contact email address 021 685 7880
The Vertical...
The Vertical Hour
20:00
Location
The Vertical Hour
DAVID HARE’S THE VERTICAL HOUR
Theatre on the Bay
By Sir DAVID HARE
(The Judas Kiss, Amy’s View, The Blue Room, Plenty, which he adapted into a film starring Meryl Streep, Via Dolorosa, My Zin...
Venue: Theatre on the Bay
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Admission: Fee
Info: Contact email address 021 438 3301
19Fri39 events
Khayelitsha ...
Join Township Art Tours and SJ Artists for a tour of Khayelitsha's street a...
08:30
Location
Khayelitsha Mural Tour
Join Township Art Tours and SJ Artists for a tour of Khayelitsha's street art.
Township Art Tours was born out of involvement in #CreativeWeek 2013 and founded by Juma Mkwela and Shani Judes. The ...
Venue: Meeting point: Charley's Bakery 38 Canterbury Street, Cape Town
Time: 08:30 - 14:00
Admission: R350
Info: shani@shanijudes.co.za 083 5095106
Loeries Regi...
All ticketholders must register to get access to the awards and the Channel...
09:00
Location
Loeries Registration
All ticketholders must register to get access to the awards and the Channel O Party.
Venue: Cape Town City Hall City St Cape Town 8000
Time: 09:00 - 18:30
Admission: Free
Info: info@loeries.com 011 447 6889
Loeries Trad...
The Loerie Awards, in partnership with Film & Event Media, will again host ...
09:00
Location
Loeries Trade Expo
Loeries® Creative Week™ Cape Town started as a legacy event for Cape Town’s World Design Capital 2014 bid. The Loerie Awards and Creative Week Expo aims to put this creativity and innovation on d...
Venue: Cape Town City Hall City St Cape Town 8000
Time: 09:00 - 18:30
Admission: Free
Info: info@loeries.com 011 447 6889
Flower spide...
Flower Spider visit and Beespoke open studio
09:00
Location
Flower spider visit
Come and take a look at the Flower Spider as it's being built;
The flower spider is a giant pneumatic robot spider that will be covered in a floral suit. It's under construction in Beespoke's Noordh...
Venue: 20, Keurboom Road, Noordhoek
Time: 09:00 - 12:00
Admission: Free
Info: james@isat.co.za 0836507181
Print in the...
Curated by Thembinkosi Goniwe, the exhibition includes over 100 works (comp...
10:00
Location
Print in the spotlight: Impressions of Rorke’s Drift
The exhibition is drawn entirely from the Jumuna family’s private collection. ‘Impressions of Rorke’s Drift’ offers the chance to see a substantial body of work characterising the Rorke’s Dr...
Venue: South African National Gallery, Government Ave, Cape Town 8000
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Varies
Info: alewis@iziko.org.za 021 481 3961
Ekow Duker a...
Ekow Duker and Zakes Mda
10:00
Location
Ekow Duker and Zakes Mda - open book
Zethu Matebeni talks to a literary newbie and an icon of SA lit about their new novels.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
My First Rea...
My First Reader
10:00
Location
My First Reader - open book
Mark Gevisser and Jonny Steinberg discuss reading each other's first drafts and other strange stories.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 11:11
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Write On! Wh...
Write On! Why Your Story Matters
10:00
Location
Write On! Why Your Story Matters - open book
Join Amy Kaye and find out why your story matters, why everyone has the ability to write and benefits of sharing your unique life experience in life experiences in this creative 2 hour workshop. Adult...
Venue: Central Library Cape Town - Old Drill Hall, Cnr. Parade & Darling Streets
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Admission: R0
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Necessary Co...
Necessary Conversation - open book
10:00
Location
Necessary Conversation - open book
Rabih Alameddine talks to Rebecca Davis about his novel, An Unnecessary Woman.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Art Sauce Cr...
Art Sauce Creative journal making workshop!
10:00
Location
Art Sauce Creative journal making workshop! - open book
Take home your own unique journal - all materials included. RSVP: 0214610885
Venue: Artsource, 44 Lower Main Rd, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Admission: R200
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Poetica: Lea...
frankie@openbookfestival.co.za
10:00
Location
Poetica: Leave your accent at the door - open book
Athol Williams talks to Primrose Mrwebi, Mbongeni Nomkonwana and Blaq Pearl about the thorny issue of accents on the page and stage - as well as the issue of writing in one's mother tongue.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Admission: Free
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Comics Fest:...
Comics Fest: Gateway Reads
10:00
Location
Comics Fest: Gateway Reads - open book
Shan Fischer, Simone Hough and Satoshi Kitamura discuss getting it right for children with Verushka Louw.
Venue: The Homecoming Centre – District Six Museum – 15 Buitenkant Street
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Admission: R0
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Sentiments R...
A thrifted gallery showcasing anonymous mementos uncovered amongst the br...
10:00
Location
Sentiments Resold
Conceptualising the street as a gallery, in this public space we exhibit private memories that have been discarded and sold in second-hand stores. These forgotten memories are used to merge the public...
Venue: Harrington Street
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: None
Info: hettavdm@hotmail.co.uk 0794965952
Unilever Bru...
THE UNILEVER BRUNCH TAKES PLACE AT HARBOUR HOUSE and we have specifically c...
10:00
Location
Unilever Brunch
The V&A Waterfront will be a networking hot spot, giving you the perfect opportunity to catch up with old friends and connect with new friends (that you more than likely made the night before). And wh...
Venue: Harbour House, Quay 4 V&A Waterfront
Time: 10:00 - 12:30
Admission: Invite only
Info: info@loeries.com 011 447 6889
Irma Stern M...
Exhibition of new work by realist artist, John Kramer
First solo exhibitio...
10:00
Location
Irma Stern Museum - John Kramer Solo Exhibition
Cape Town artist John Kramer is holding his first solo exhibition in 25 years at the UCT Irma Stern Museum in Rosebank from 6 - 27 September 2014. His book, John Kramer, published by the Penny Dobbie ...
Venue: Cecil Road, Rosebank, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 14:00
Admission: Adults @ R10 - Pensioners & Learners @ R5
Info: Contact email address 021 685 5686
Irma Stern M...
Exhibition of new work by realist artist, John Kramer
First solo exhibitio...
10:00
Location
Irma Stern Museum Artist Walkabout with John Kramer
Cape Town artist John Kramer is holding his first solo exhibition in 25 years at the UCT Irma Stern Museum in Rosebank from 6 - 27 September 2014. His book, John Kramer, published by the Penny Dobbie ...
Venue: Cecil Road, Rosebank, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 14:00
Admission: Adults @ R10 - Pensioners & Learners @ R5
Info: Contact email address 021 685 5686
Distance
An exhibition of oil paintings by Kirsten Lilford and Sarah Biggs
10:00
Location
Distance
An exhibition of oil paintings by Kirsten Lilford and Sarah Biggs
Venue: Salon91, 91 Kloof St, Cape Town 8001
Time: 10:00 - 14:00
Admission: Free
Info: info@salon91art.co.za 021 424 6930
Coffee Initi...
In-house advanced Barista Training: Aimed at Coffee lovers who require prof...
10:00
Location
Coffee Initiative Barista Training @Mischu
Mikhael will share his coffee passion, experience and professional knowledge with you and assist you with the following during your training sessions:
- Selecting the perfect coffee machine for you...
Venue: 85A Regent Road, Sea Point, 8060, Western Cape, South Africa
Time: 10:00 - 13:30
Admission: R500
Info: info@mischu.co.za Mikhael Bou Rjeily
V&A Waterfro...
The V&A Waterfront will be a networking hot spot, giving you the perfect op...
10:00
Location
V&A Waterfront Brunch and Lunch
And why not firm up some of your business relations while you're at it?
Venue: V&A Waterfront, Quay 4 and 5, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Invite only
Info: info@loeries.com 011 447 6889
Coffee Initi...
In-house advanced Barista Training: Aimed at Coffee lovers who require prof...
10:00
Location
Coffee Initiative Barista Training @Mischu
Mikhael will share his coffee passion, experience and professional knowledge with you and assist you with the following during your training sessions:
- Selecting the perfect coffee machine for you...
Venue: 85A Regent Road, Sea Point, 8060, Western Cape, South Africa
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Admission: R1100
Info: info@mischu.co.za Mikhael Bou Rjeily
Storytime wi...
Storytime with Adam Stower!
11:00
Location
Storytime with Adam Stower! - open book
Join internationally acclaimed children's author and illustrator for storytime.
Venue: The Book Lounge: 71 Roeland Street, Cape Town
Time: 11:00 - 12:00
Admission: R0
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
No Fixed Abo...
The New Church Museum presents No Fixed Abode, an exhibition curated by Can...
11:00
Location
No Fixed Abode
The New Church Museum presents No Fixed Abode, an exhibition curated by Candice Allison, that features the work of a diverse group of African artists, all of whom present works that address the epheme...
Venue: 102 New Church Street, Tamboerskloof
Time: 11:00 - 15:00
Admission: Entrance is Free
Info: info@thenewchurch.co None
State of the...
State of the Media
12:00
Location
State of the Media - open book
Charles King gets the lowdown from Mzilikazi wa Afrika, Antony Loewenstein, Eusebius McKaiser and Songezo Zibi.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Comics Fest ...
Comics Fest – Comic-Con: The Lowdown
12:00
Location
Comics Fest – Comic-Con: The Lowdown - open book
Daniel Hugo and Moray Rhoda shares their San Diego experiences.
Venue: The Homecoming Centre – District Six Museum – 15 Buitenkant Street
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Admission: R0
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Poetica: Rai...
Poetica: Rainbow Tongues – Celebrating South Africa’s Languages
12:00
Location
Poetica: Rainbow Tongues – Celebrating South Africa’s Languages - open book
David Wa Maahlamela (Sepedi), Lwanda Sindaphi (Xhosa), Zoliswa Flekisi (SASL), Joan Metelerkamp (Eng) and Jolyn Phillips (Afr) perform/read their work.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Presenting K...
Presenting Kader Abdolah
12:00
Location
Presenting Kader Abdolah - open book
This fascinating Dutch/Iranian author is introduced to a South african audience for the first time by Judge Dennis Davis.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Write What I...
Write What I Like
12:00
Location
Write What I Like - open book
Sheng Keyi, Fiona Leonard and Niq Mhlongo discuss their respective novels with Derrick Higginbotham.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
West Coast L...
Cape Town Opera will be staging FREE Opera performances in Saldanha and Vre...
12:00
Location
West Coast Lunchtime Concerts
Members of Cape Town Opera Chorus will host FREE half hour lunchtime concerts at Panorama Primary, Masiphatsani Primary, Louwville High, St Andrews Primary, Diazville Primary and Diazville High in Sal...
Venue: Panorama Primary, Masiphatsani Primary, Louwville High, St Andrews Primary, Diazville Primary and Diazville High in Saldanha and Vredenburg
Time: 12:00 - 12:30
Admission: Free
Info: marvink@capetownopera.co.za None
Poetica: Tak...
Poetica: Take-away Booth
13:00
Location
Poetica: Take-away Booth - open book
Come and get a unique poem written just for you by Helen Moffett! R150/Poem.
Venue: Poetica: Take-away Booth
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Admission: R0
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Comics Fest:...
Comics Fest: Live Drawing in the Marketplace! 1
13:00
Location
Comics Fest: Live Drawing in the Marketplace! 1 - opn book
Workshop
Venue: The Homecoming Centre – District Six Museum – 15 Buitenkant Street
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Admission: R0
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Comics Fest:...
Comics Fest: Mike Carey and Sean Izaakse
14:00
Location
Comics Fest: Mike Carey and Sean Izaakse - open book
Mike Carey and Sean Izaakse discuss their work with Louanne van Riet.
Venue: The Homecoming Centre – District Six Museum – 15 Buitenkant Street
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Admission: R0
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Storytime wi...
Storytime with Satoshi Kitamura
14:00
Location
Storytime with Satoshi Kitamura - open book
Join internationlly acclaimed children's book author and illustrator for storytime.
Venue: The Book Lounge: 71 Roeland Street, Cape Town
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Admission: R0
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
IPA 1: Indep...
IPA 1: Independent Feminist Publishing – Experiences from Around the Worl...
14:00
Location
IPA 1: Independent Feminist Publishing – Experiences from Around the World - open book
Meg Vandermerwe discusses the experiences of feminist publishers, Susan Hawthorne (Spinifex, Australia), Colleen Higgs (Modjaji, South Africa) and Ritu Menon (Women Unlimited, India).
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Admission: r40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Poetica: Kho...
Poetica: Khoe-San Poetry
14:00
Location
Poetica: Khoe-San Poetry - open book
Poets who have reclaimed their Khoisan heritage, share their work and their understanding of what it means to be a Khoisan poet. Hosted by Weaam Williams with Hakkiesdraad, Lucelle Campbell and Nama X...
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
A Man of Goo...
A Man of Good Hope
14:00
Location
A Man of Good Hope - open book
Launch of Jonny Steinberg's new book in the company of Mervyn Sloman.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
The Laneway ...
Hosting a fun filled night of cooking where participants are urged to bot g...
17:00
Location
The Laneway Kitchen
Barrack Laneway will be used as the site where participants will be able to create a meal which they will then be able to share with the desired person.
Venue: Barrack Laneway
Time: 17:00 - 20:00
Admission: R0
Info: oelofsealex@gmail.com 0784988430
Saturday Loe...
The dress code is Black Tie. Cocktails and snacks will be served prior to t...
17:30
Location
Saturday Loeries Award Ceremony
VIP guests will have access to the VIP lounge. The awards will conclude each evening around 9.30pm. No drinks are allowed in the auditorium and the bar will be closed during the awards.
Venue: Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, Western Cape, South Africa
Time: 17:30 - 21:00
Admission: ticketholders only
Info: info@loeries.com 011 447 6889
Kaapse Stori...
A unique, vibrant new musical experience blends engaging storytelling, song...
19:00
Location
Kaapse Stories from the Mother City
A unique, vibrant new musical experience blends engaging storytelling, song as well as entertaining performance that is at once intimate as it is enthralling. The show allows the audience to get under...
Venue: 229A Main Rd, Sea Point, Cape Town
Time: 19:00 - 23:00
Admission: R420
Info: bookings@richardscapetown.co.za 076 144 4809
Opening Part...
Celebrate the launch of the Month of Photography and the end of Creative We...
19:00
Location
Opening Party of MOP6 Exhibitions
Celebrate the launch of the Month of Photography and the end of Creative Week with a party at Woodstock Exchange with music, exhibitions and short film screenings from Shnit.
Venue: Woodstock Exchange, 66 Albert Road
Time: 19:00 - 22:00
Admission: None
Info: Contact email address None
This is Capt...
Marc Lottering’s popular characters return to the stage in his brand-new ...
20:00
Location
This is Captain Lottering speaking
Marc Lottering’s popular characters return to the stage in his brand-new one-man show, This is Captain Lottering speaking.
Venue: Baxter Theatre Centre, Main Road, Rondebosch
Time: 20:00 - 21:30
Admission: Varies
Info: Contact email address 021 685 7880
The Vertical...
The Vertical Hour
20:00
Location
The Vertical Hour
DAVID HARE’S THE VERTICAL HOUR
Theatre on the Bay
By Sir DAVID HARE
(The Judas Kiss, Amy’s View, The Blue Room, Plenty, which he adapted into a film starring Meryl Streep, Via Dolorosa, My Zin...
Venue: Theatre on the Bay
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Admission: Fee
Info: Contact email address 021 438 3301
Miskien
Drama about the lives of two guys
20:15
Location
Miskien
Performed in English and Afrikaans, Miskien is a simple story of two guys: best friends who are stuck in similar dead end jobs and nondescript lives, both waiting for Happy Hour at the end of each day...
Venue: Baxter Theatre Centre, Main Road, Rondebosch, CT
Time: 20:15 - 21:30
Admission: R80 - R145
Info: jeremy.daniel@uct.ac.za 0861 915 8000
The Saturday...
Hosted by the Brand Council of South Africa, The IAB and EXASA. Access to a...
22:00
Location
The Saturday Night Party "The Wolf of Long Street"
qOne of the Saturday Night Loeries awards after party will be hosted by the Brand Council of South Africa, The IAB and EXASA. Access to all Loeries delegates.
Venue: Fiction Bar 227 Long St, Cape Town 8000
Time: 22:00 - 02:00
Admission: Loeries delegates only
Info: info@loeries.com 011 447 6889
Saturday Nig...
On Saturday 20 September, afer the first night of the awards, everyone will...
22:00
Location
Saturday Night on Long
Loeries VIP Lounge venue Julep Lounge. Join the celebration on Long Street. Make sure you get your private invitations to the best agency parties in town.
Venue: Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, Western Cape, South Africa
Time: 22:00 - 02:00
Admission: ticketholders
Info: info@loeries.com 011 447 6889
20Sat44 events
Streets Sund...
Nebula Skate- a NPO that was discovered by a TSiBA education alumni namely ...
09:00
Location
Streets Sundays
A group of organisations teaming up towards a great cause of fighting social ills and creating livelihood in our neighbourhood.
Venue: Ny 91 Guguletu
Time: 09:00 - 18:00
Admission: Free
Info: siyabulela.mgayiya@gmail.com 061 448 8656
Print in the...
Curated by Thembinkosi Goniwe, the exhibition includes over 100 works (comp...
10:00
Location
Print in the spotlight: Impressions of Rorke’s Drift
The exhibition is drawn entirely from the Jumuna family’s private collection. ‘Impressions of Rorke’s Drift’ offers the chance to see a substantial body of work characterising the Rorke’s Dr...
Venue: South African National Gallery, Government Ave, Cape Town 8000
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Admission: Varies
Info: alewis@iziko.org.za 021 481 3961
Poetica: Pub...
Poetica: Publishing Platforms
10:00
Location
Poetica: Publishing Platforms - open book
James Woodhouse (Kwela), Pieter Odendaal (Slipnet) and Susan Hawthorn (Spinifex) talk to Linda Kaoma about innovative ways publishers are using to distribute and market poetry, and grow readership.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Comics Fest:...
Comics Fest: Jungle Beat with Monkey and Tortoise
10:00
Location
Comics Fest: Jungle Beat with Monkey and Tortoise - open book
Bring your little ones to a screening and activity session! Photo ops with Monkey and Tortoise.
Venue: The Homecoming Centre – District Six Museum – 15 Buitenkant Street
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Admission: R0
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
IPA 3: Inter...
IPA 3: International Bibliodiversity Day Celebration
10:00
Location
IPA 3: International Bibliodiversity Day Celebration - open book
Screening by Guido Indij (Argentina), readings in different languages, by Rodney Saint-Eloi (Haiti), Agnes Gyr Ukunda (Rwanda), Abdulai Sila (Guinea Bissau), Silvia Gonzales (Peru) and Hassan Khalil (...
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Do Judge a B...
Do Judge a Book by its Cover
10:00
Location
Do Judge a Book by its Cover - open book
Jesse Breytenbach, Joey Hifi and Adam Stower talk about what makes for a successful jacket. Chaired by Verushka Louw.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Good Morning...
Good Morning Mr Mandela
10:00
Location
Good Morning Mr Mandela - open book
Zelda la Grange talks to Marianne Thamm
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
CONSCIENTIZA...
A ritualized, meditative cleansing of Harrington Street; for the individual...
10:00
Location
CONSCIENTIZATION, CLEANSING AND BLESSING
This intervention is produced as part of the 2014 Michaelis School of Fine Art 2nd year City Project course
Venue: Harrington Street Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Admission: Free
Info: kefiloe.siwisa@hotmail.com None
Monthly Mark...
We have joined our monthly market with our planting day so our market goers...
10:00
Location
Monthly Market & Planning Day
The Tyisa Nabanye Monthly Market & Planting Day started four months ago as a platform to share their urban agriculture project with their neighbours in Tamboerskloof and Bo-Kaap as well as greater Cap...
Venue: Military Road, Tamboerskloof
Time: 10:00 - 14:00
Admission: free
Info: catherine@tyisanabanye.org 072 601 1013
Monthly Mark...
Market and Planting at Tyisa Nabanye Urban Food Garden
10:00
Location
Monthly Market & Planning Day
We have joined our monthly market with our planting day so our shoppers can get involved in the garden after they have had some chai tea and a pancake for breakfast.
Join us from 10:00 - 14:00 in ...
Venue: cnr leeuwenvoet and military roads tamboerskloof cape town
Time: 10:00 - 14:00
Admission: free
Info: catherine@tyisanabanye.org 072 601 1013
Comics Fest:...
Comics Fest: Gaming with Sunrise Productions
12:00
Location
Comics Fest: Gaming with Sunrise Productions - open book
Industry specialist, David Hecker, looks at the process of creating a game.
Venue: The Homecoming Centre – District Six Museum – 15 Buitenkant Street
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Admission: R0
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Poetica: Poe...
Poetica: Poetry Prizes
12:00
Location
Poetica: Poetry Prizes - open book
Who wins what and why? David Wa Maahlamela and Helen Moffett speak to Liesl Jobson about the prizes that are out there.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Because We C...
Because We Can
12:00
Location
Because We Can - Open book
Geoff Dyer, Mark Gevisser and Ivan Vladislavic try to keep on topic with Bronwyn Law-Viljoen. What topic?
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
IPA 4: Censo...
IPA 4: Censorship, an International Perspective
12:00
Location
IPA 4: Censorship, an International Perspective - open book
Samar Haddad (Atlas Publishing - Syria), Samer Al Kadri (Bright fingers - Syria), Kader Abdolah (Dutch/Iranian). Chaired by Ester Levinrad (Jacana Media, South Africa).
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Admission: R40
Info: Contact email address None
Diaspora and...
Diaspora and Back
12:00
Location
Diaspora and Back - open book
Sefi Atta, Mandla Langa and Taiye Selasi discuss movement in their novels and in their lives with Nancy Onyango.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Poetica: Tak...
Poetica: Take-away Booth
13:00
Location
Poetica: Take-away Booth
Come and get a unique poem written just for you by Philippa Yaa de Villiers! R150/Poem.
Venue: The Homecoming Centre – District Six Museum – 15 Buitenkant Street
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Admission: R0
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Comics Fest ...
Comics Fest Live Drawing in the Marketplace! 2
13:00
Location
Comics Fest Live Drawing in the Marketplace! 2 - open book
Comics Fest Live Drawing in the Marketplace! 2 / workshop
Venue: The Homecoming Centre – District Six Museum – 15 Buitenkant Street
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Admission: R0
Info: Contact email address None
Comics Fest:...
Comics Fest: Where to Draw the Line with Editorial Cartoons?
14:00
Location
Comics Fest: Where to Draw the Line with Editorial Cartoons? - open book
John Curtis hosts Chip, Brandan & Stent in a lively debate about what to draw and what not to draw on.
Venue: The Homecoming Centre – District Six Museum – 15 Buitenkant Street
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Admission: R0
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Shining a Li...
Shining a Light at the Shadows
14:00
Location
Shining a Light at the Shadows- open book
Carol-Ann Davids, Mandla Langa and Niq Mhlongo look at SA's past. Chaired by Judith February.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Responsibili...
Responsibilities of a Writer
14:00
Location
Responsibilities of a Writer - open book
Eusebius McKaiser talks to Sheng Keyi, Antony Loewenstein and Futhi Ntshingila.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Raising the ...
Raising the Bar with Songezo Zibi
14:00
Location
Raising the Bar with Songezo Zibi - open book
Songezo launches Raising the Bar - Hope and Renewal in South Africa. Richard Calland poses the questions.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Poetica: Gen...
Poetica: Gendered Words – The Poetry of the Body
14:00
Location
Poetica: Gendered Words – The Poetry of the Body - open book
Genna Gardini, Koleka Putuma and Phillippa Yaa de Villiers share their experiences of writing about the body with Barbara Boswell.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Walk With Me...
See Cape Town like you've never seen it before on foot with writing prompts...
14:00
Location
Walk With Me - A Writing &Walking Adventure with Write On!
Walking has not only physical but psychological benefits.
Join poet & Write On! founder, Amy Kaye on a leisurely walk through Cape Town. You will be given prompts & once we've finished walking, you...
Venue: Centre For The Book - Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Admission: R50
Info: writeonsouthafrica@gmail.com 082 439 9408
Poetica: Tak...
Poetica: Take-away Booth
15:00
Location
Poetica: Take-away Booth - open book
Come and get a unique poem written just for you by Kelwyn Sole! R150/Poem.
Venue: The Homecoming Centre – District Six Museum – 15 Buitenkant Street
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Admission: R0
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Memoir - ope...
Memoir
16:00
Location
Memoir - open book
Zelda la Grange, Mark Gevisser and Mzilikazi wa Africa. Chaired by Rebecca Davis.
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
IPA 5: Pan A...
IPA 5: Pan African Publishing
16:00
Location
IPA 5: Pan African Publishing - open book
"Terres Soldaires" collection, a Case Study. Yasmin Issaka (Graines de Pensees - Togo) and Francois Nkeme (Ifrikiya, Cameroon). Chaired by Nancy Oyango (This is Africa, South Africa).
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Admission: R40
Info: frankie@openbookfestival.co.za 021-462 2425
Kaapse Stori...
A unique, vibrant new musical experience blends engaging storytelling, song...
19:00
Location
Kaapse Stories from the Mother City
A unique, vibrant new musical experience blends engaging storytelling, song as well as entertaining performance that is at once intimate as it is enthralling. The show allows the audience to get under...
Venue: 229A Main Rd, Sea Point, Cape Town
Time: 19:00 - 23:00
Admission: R420
Info: bookings@richardscapetown.co.za 076 144 4809
The Vertical...
The Vertical Hour
20:00
Location
The Vertical Hour
DAVID HARE’S THE VERTICAL HOUR
Theatre on the Bay
By Sir DAVID HARE
(The Judas Kiss, Amy’s View, The Blue Room, Plenty, which he adapted into a film starring Meryl Streep, Via Dolorosa, My Zin...
Venue: Theatre on the Bay
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Admission: Fee
Info: Contact email address 021 438 3301
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