Feature: Arts Alive International Festival - 2 to 26 Sept

The annual Joburg Arts Alive International Festival is a project of the City of Joburg that gives back to its residents and visitors through a combination of free and accessibly priced arts and culture events. The project is housed in the Directorate of Arts, Culture and Heritage and in 2010 also includes the support of the Mayoral Committee for Community Development. Taking place in spring each year and running for the month of September, the Joburg Arts Alive International Festival covers all seven regions of the City of Joburg – with the Newtown Precinct forming the heart of the month-long event.

Orania at The Market Photo Workshop

Orania is an exhibition that speaks to the subtleties of a society often not considered with much nuance. Mentored by David Goldblatt, Simons has spent the past year extensively photographing the present realities and constructed identities of the town, established in 1990 as a separatist Volkstaat of Afrikaaner nationalism. This exhibition presents a rare view into an isolated community and a measured take on the space they occupy in contemporary South African society.

Devised by the cast under the direction of Rob Murray, QUACK! is FTH:K's acclaimed Afro-Gothic thriller, which was nominated for a Handspring Award in the category of Best Theatre Visual Production. The production features masks by 2010 Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner for theatre, Janni Younge, who was also nominated for a Fleur du Cap award for her masks. Sound design is by 2008 ABSA L'atelier winner James Webb and Brydon Bolton, set design and props by Jesse Kramer, and costume design by Leila Anderson.

This year’s three-day Moshito conference features an expo section as well as a number of free live showcase events, and ends off with an Africa Unites concert on Friday 3rd September 2010 (in association with Arts Alive).

The line-up includes: Featuring Friends of Gito Baloi, Ali Keita from Ivory Coast, Nezio Tembe from Mozambique & Vuyo Tyolo from S.A
Where: Mary Fitzgerald Square
Time: 7.30 p.m
Price: R50 at Computicket/Door

Shortcuts

Sep 2010 / Oct 2010

Events

Plenty happening at Sci-Bono 1st July 2010 - 30th December 2010

The Science of Soccer is a uniquely South African collection of exhibitions which will run until January 2011 and will be complemented by a full programme of activities throughout the World Cup period.

Speak 2a Scientist 24th August 2010 - 24th September 2010

The Future is here … and it’s tiny. Nanotechnology in our daily lives – global and local applications
Date: Thursday 26 August
Time: 6:30 pm for 7:00 pm (snacks served from 6:30)

Dr. Leskey Cele is the chairperson of the South African Nanotechnology Initiative (SANI) and a senior lecture at the Tshwane University of Technology. He obtained his PhD on Nanomaterials from the University of Johannesburg.

Layer upon Layer 28th August 2010 - 9th October 2010

An exhibition of unique prints by Bronwen Findlay. In collaboration with Tim's Print Studio and Artist Proof Studio.
Please join the exhibition opening on Saturday 28 August 2010

Orania at The Market Photo Workshop 1st September 2010 - 30th September 2010

A festival of the visual at The Market: QUACK! 1st September 2010 - 30th September 2010

Moshito presents Africa Unites Concert on the Square 1st September 2010 - 3rd September 2010

Arts Alive International Festival - 2 to 26 Sept 2nd September 2010 - 26th September 2010

Spring Day tour at SAB 3rd September 2010

Spring is here.
The chilly weather is gone.
So it's frosty season!

Celebrate Spring Day on Friday 3 September 2010, by touring the SAB World of Beer!

Dr. Noal X Plor, infamous director of the Science-4-All Discovery Centre dies mysteriously! 7th September 2010

Come play CSI detective with Prof. Valerie Corfield at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre on Tuesday, 7 September at 6:30 pm.

Streetlights 10th September 2010 - 24th September 2010

The exhibition STREETLIGHTS | JOHANNESBURG (by artist Vaughn Sadie) is the culmination of a project that set out to understand and explore the city through the way it is illuminated. The project mapped the infrastructure that provides this illumination and is made up of two components.

The Power of Writing 11th September 2010

This intensive one-day course encourages students to express themselves confidently in English by mastering the essential skills of creative writing.

Dancing Into Summer 21st September 2010 - 24th September 2010

Moving Into Dance Mophatong invites all to dance into the summer season which takes place at The Dance Factory from 21 to 24 September 2010.

Architecture ZA 2010 25th September 2010 - 28th September 2010

Architecture ZA 2010 offers a week-long festival under the auspices of the South African Institute of Architects. It proposes to relocate architecture within the contemporary conditions and cultural production of South Africa.
Local and international architects, as well as a wide collection of creative minds engaged in the imaging and production of the city - from filmmakers to urban geographers, space politicians to community organizers, philosophers to fashion critics - will be put into energetic contact. They will respond to a range of themes and topics designed to encourage the intersection of multi-disciplinary voices with architects and architecture.