What used to be called the Rosebank Rooftop Market is now the Rosebank Sunday Market and it’s a fabulous place to browse, eat, drink and relax, and … if you’re like me, …. buy … on a Sunday morning. It is much better laid out than before – more spacious and with the different sections well […]
Read More »Jazz in Joburg Guests often ask where they can listen to jazz in Joburg and of course the Orbit in Braamfontein is the first place to go. Being in Braamfontein in the heart of the student area, there’s always a great buzz here. There’s jazz every night from 8.30. […]
Read More »Guests love our noticeboard with all its local information. Liz’s current Pick of the Week mentions two art exhibitions. Brett Murray has a large sculpture exhibition showing at Circa/Everard Read on Keyes Art Mile. At Goodman Gallery, the entire gallery has been turned into a surreal night time beach space. There’s beach sand on the floor and lounger chairs for viewers to watch Mikhael Subotksy’s complex 45 minute 3 screen video installation.
Read More »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 »City bus tours give best quick overview of a city Even seasoned travellers who don’t like to be seen as mass-tourists, will take a guided bus tour when they first arrive in a big city. It’s an ideal way to get an overview – literally – from the top of a double decker (or diggle-dupper […]
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 »Exclusive Books Hyde Park Two sisters (whom I have now lost touch with), used to meet one evening a week at Exclusive Books. They’d choose a section to browse, collect books of interest, find one of those great little reading nooks with a coffee table and a couple […]
Read More »Shakespeare and the English language No, I’m not talking about the state of the nation but rather about Shakespeare’s amazing influence on the English language. I am sure many of you are familiar with Bernard Levin’s famous poem On Quoting Shakespeare but I’m afraid to say that I did not know it. I recently saw the HD […]
Read More »Lots of markets on offer in Joburg A market a day keeps the doctor away … although it could add to the waist line and might not do your bank balance much good. If you want to avoid chain stores and same-old same-old bland international chic malls, it’s possible to shop until you drop at […]
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