To all our wonderful guests, friends, colleagues and suppliers – another year-end rushes towards us breakneck speed. Although 2019 has been a very tough year for most South Africans, there’s also a lot to be grateful for. The summer rains have finally come to Jozi. Nearby Delta Park has transformed overnight and the garden here […]
Read More »Every part of the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre speaks to deep discomfort and immeasurable horror but yet the building and the curatorial decisions display sensitivity, intimacy, reflection and contemplation. A quote at the end of the exhibition space sums up the aim of this primarily educational institution: I have told you this story not […]
Read More »Currently showing at Auto & General Theatre on the Square in Sandton until 16th November is a jewel of a production: Gertrude Stein and a Companion. (Ernest Hemingway, in a relationship of intense mutual dislike with Alice B.Toklas, refused to acknowledge her by name!) And sadly when 4 of us went last Wednesday we comprised […]
Read More »The Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre opened in March 2019. A long time in the making this is an impressive addition to Johannesburg’s private and corporate museums/galleries/educational centres. There’s a post coming on the Centre itself. This is just an alert for a temporary exhibition showing in the Hall of Light on the top floor, […]
Read More »I started writing about our local restaurant at the end of the block. But then, like much writing, it developed a direction of its own. And soon I found that I was looking through Michael Meyersfeld’s portfolio and his list of exhibitions. Why? You might ask. Hanging on the back wall of our great neighbourhood […]
Read More »As many of you know at one stage navigating the Ster Kinekor’s Cinema Nouveau site was a bit of a nightmare. So I somehow became a go-to person (unofficial and definitely unpaid!) for information on the screenings at Cinema Nouveau of the Met’s Live in HD opera series. However over the last couple of years […]
Read More »Over the last few years or so I’ve had some scrumptious meals at Dolci Café (in the Lancaster Village half a block from Liz at Lancaster). And guests of course love the convenience as well as the menu. But it is only recently that I have discovered that Luciana Righi of Assagi and Amacord fame […]
Read More »What can I do that will make a difference? So many people are frustrated by the increasing gross inequalities in our society, by the lack of government interventions and support and often ask in frustration and with a sense of powerlessness “What can I possibly do that will make any difference?” Well here’s something you […]
Read More »Sweet award for the month I love people with vision and when they are hard-working, generous of spirit, inclusive and grounded, I admire them even more. Daniel Basch, who runs Delta Café, is one such person. The Delta Centre in Craighall Park is one of my favourite places in Johannesburg and really – I’m not […]
Read More »Open Days 12th and 13th October Mulligatawny Farm This is a triple whammy – spend a wonderful day out in the country with family and friends; experience the spaces and landscaping of a stunning 16+ hectare garden AND support a really worthwhile community cause. And you can maybe even buy some special plants for your […]
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