HD Screenings at Cinema Nouveau, Ster-Kinekor, Rosebank Mall Jozi’ites are privileged indeed to have access to the HD opera series brought live from the New York Met and the live HD National Theatre productions from London. These much anticipated movies are screened at Sterkinekor’s Cinema Nouveau in the Rosebank Mall, a mere 3 km from Liz […]
Read More »More on parent protection programme Yes .. 6 months have passed since our last blog on what to do with small children in the Parks during the holidays … only now it’s midsummer with quite a few places closing for Christmas through to the new year. Check for many of the playgrounds, local child-friendly eateries […]
Read More »Matisse at the Standard Bank Gallery Jozi’s cultural calendar is very full this week with lots of amazing events to choose from. Apart from all the exhibitions which are on: see last week’s blog, the long-awaited Matisse exhibition ‘Rhythm and Meaning’ opens at the Standard Bank on Wednesday 13th. Sure to be a block buster […]
Read More »What’s the connection? What do these countries have in common with South Africa? Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Botswana, Canada, Fiji, India, Ireland, Malaysia, Mauritius, Namibia, New Zealand, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, Swaziland, UAE, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe ….. ……… they all have a Nando’s presence. Nando’s : a uniquely South African brand Recently I had a sudden […]
Read More »Jozi has much on offer to add to kids’ holiday excitement – wonderful activities, fun places to visit and great shows to see. The playground at Delta Park is always a firm favourite with active youngsters, and there’s plenty of space to take a picnic and relax in the winter sun. Other special places for […]
Read More »Kingsmead Bookfair If you didn’t get to Franschhoek for the annual literary festival this May, and can’t make the UCT summer school, the next best thing (well nearly the next best thing) is the one day event locally in Rosebank : The Kingsmead Book Fair this Saturday 21st May. Admittedly there are no mountains, […]
Read More »Foreign Film Festival at Cinema Nouveau Rosebank Mall As the colder weather sneaks up on us, it’s an ideal time to take yourselves off to Cinema Nouveau in Rosebank, the ‘arthouse’ movie theatre. Until next Sunday 15th May there are showings of 11 foreign films as part of the European Film Festival. All, except for […]
Read More »Maboneng Precinct: POPArt, a moonlit market and new eateries to try Magician’s show at POPart What marvels, miracles and wizardy I had the pleasure of experiencing yesterday – I went with a friend and her grandchildren to Stuart Lightbody’s matinee magic show Devilish at POPart (a small independent theatre venue in the 12 Decades Hotel […]
Read More »South Africa has excellent theatre which is so often under-recognized ‘Us South Africans’ don’t know how lucky we are with the quality of theatre and the comparative low cost of tickets for what are often world class productions. And Joburg is particularly spoilt for choice, with a range of completely different genres. There is too […]
Read More »Taking the Gautrain to Park Station Recently, Liz at Lancaster guests who were born and grew up in Johannesburg and were visiting from overseas for a big family reunion, wanted to take their grand-nieces on the Red City Bus leaving from Gold Reef City. However they were very hesitant about the drive there. When I suggested […]
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