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Grahamstown National Arts Festival 2013

21 May, 2013 by Wotz Leave a Comment

Friday 27th June sees the launch of the 11 Days of AMAZ!NG that is the National Arts Festival. The sleepy, varsity town of Grahamstown comes to a screeching halt for a week and a half, when people flock from all over the globe to bathe in the luxury of the Arts. The internationally renowned smorgasbord of Arts and Culture is on the eve of its 40th Anniversary, so you know they’re doing something right! This year’s programme is heaving with a line-up that is sure to keep everyone happy. Be it art, drama, dance, comedy, film or music – you are guaranteed to be spoiled for choice at over 100 venues. The Think Fest and Spirit Fest programmes bring together thought leaders, trendsetters and provocateurs, and will definitely host

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Museum

International Museum Day at No7 Castle Hill

15 May, 2013 by Wotz Leave a Comment

No7 Castle Hill Museum is celebrating International Museums Day on the Friday 17th May from 10am to 4pm. Old crafts will be demonstrated; such as embroidery, lace making and quilting. At 10.30 there will be a talk on Victorian Jewelry and a chance to make your own ‘Victorian earrings’. No 7 Castle Hill is the second oldest surviving Settler cottage in Port Elizabeth. The picturesque family dwelling dates back to 1827, built by Rev Frances McClelland, the first Colonial Chaplin in the city. Rev Frances McClelland lived there during his term of office, after which it was home to many English Settlers during the early to late 19th Century. In 1965 the cottage was fully restored to reflect and represent the history and

Tagged With: 28 September 2012, FireFly Africa, Jonker Fourie, Museum, Nelson Mandela Bay tourism, No 7 Castle Hill, Port Elizabeth Museum, Rev Frances McClelland, Settler Cottage

Festivals

Absa Kirkwood Wildsfees 2013

15 May, 2013 by Wotz Leave a Comment

It’s that time of year again for the wildest show in the Eastern Cape. The annual Absa Kirkwood Wildsfees kicks off on the 28th running till the 30th June 2013. The festival takes place at the Kirkwood school grounds in the heart of Kirkwood and surrounding farms have offered their facilities due to the positive growth of the show, now going into its 12th year. Festival organisers of the 2012 ABSA Kirkwood Wildsfees are raising the bar on the winning recipe of wild activities, including live performances by top South African artists, a wine, jazz and gourmet food lifestyle expo, Kids Zone fun, adrenaline rides, 300 specialist stalls, a massive beer tent, the Isuzu 4x4 Extreme Challenge, a premier game auction, agricultural

Tagged With: Absa Kirkwood Wildsfees, Addo, agricultural show, Carstens, DStv, Eastern Cape Tourism, fight against rhino poaching, Game Auction, Karen Zoid, Sundays River Valley

Music

Bob Marley tribute concert in PE

8 May, 2013 by Wotz Leave a Comment

Music lovers from all walks of life in the Metro are invited to join together and celebrate the spirit of multiculturalism and reconciliation at a four-band concert in an Africa Month celebration what Bob Marley stood for. Organised by “One Blood Sound”, the concert will be held in The Boardwalk’s Vodacom Amphitheatre on Saturday, May 25. Starting at 6pm, the concert will feature “Take Note”, “The Brothers”, “Ever High Dread (EHD)”, and “Skank & The Roots”. “Take Note” is a six piece Jazz band formed by young musicians who wanted to revisit the recognisable trademark of Eastern Cape “township Jazz” while appealing to a youthful audience. “The Brothers” hail from Port Elizabeth where they

Tagged With: Africa Month celebration, Bob Marley Tribute Show PE, Computicket, Eastern Cape, May 25 2013, Reggae Band, Take Note, The Boardwalk Casino, The Boardwalk’s Vodacom Amphitheatre, “Ever High Dread (EHD)”, “Skank & The Roots”, “The Brothers”

Festivals

Head to Knysna for Pink Loerie 2013

26 April, 2013 by Wotz Leave a Comment

Pack your Stilettos, mini skirts and pantyhose and road trip, Pricilla style, to Knysna from 1 - 5 May for 2013’s “Wicked Wonderland”, Pink Loerie Mardi Gras. As they say… You can’t keep a good thing down, or small. According to the new organising committee, the 13th addition of the festival promises to be bigger, better and… longer (mmm, Gosh)! Back by popular demand, highlighted features included in this years programme are the Arts Festival, Flea Market, the ever popular Miss Butch and Miss Femme contest and best shop front window dressing! The hysterically funny Manhunt Little Poof (Cabaret). Starring Bruce J. Little & Carel-Piet van Eeden, "promises even more hilarity and moffie musical morphing

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Wine & Wineries

The luxuriously smooth spirit, Viva Vodka

25 April, 2013 by Wotz Leave a Comment

Sleek, seductive and bravely beautiful, the red Viva Vodka bottle is a standout on shelf and a bold embodiment of expression that perfectly befits the launch of South Africa’s first super-premium vodka.Reflecting the challenging, confident nature of the product, the bottle’s striking silhouette (with the icon of Africa placed front and center) packs a visual punch as powerful as the luxuriously smooth spirit within it. Manufactured through a carbon-filtered process and then distilled five times over a base of cane, there’s no mistaking it: Viva is a vodka in every way! Proudly standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the very best on the market for its exceptional smoothness and drinkability, Viva is firmly set to challenge other

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Concert

Freedom Day Picnic Concert In The Park

23 April, 2013 by Wotz Leave a Comment

The Baakens Valley Community Partenship (BVCP) is hosting a Freedom Day Picnic in the Park at Settlers Park (entrance off How street) on Saturday the 27th April 2013 from 1 till 4pm. Relax and enjoy the Freedom Day afternoon with music, singing, poetry and nature walks! Bring your own picnic refreshments, chairs and blankets. Entrance is free so get out there for the afternoon with your whole family and soak in all the Baakens Valley has to offer. The Baakens Valley runs through the heart of Port Elizabeth and is one of the city’s treasured gems. The BVCP form part of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, WESSA and other environmental groups, their objective is to grow the Baakens Valley as a safe community resource and

Tagged With: 27 April 2013, Baakens Valley, Baakens Valley Community Project, Freedom Day, Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Settlers Park

Charity

Put Your Happy Feet on and Celebrate International Penguins day at SAMREC

18 April, 2013 by Wotz Leave a Comment

International Penguins day is celebrated worldwide on the 25th April each year. This marks the annual migration of penguins to the north. Penguins are found in Antarctica, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, the Falkland Islands and the Galapagos Islands. Elsewhere, they are only found in zoos. SAMREC situated in Port Elizabeth along Marine Drive is a rehabilitation and education centre for penguins and birdlife. With St Croix Island just off Nelson Mandela Bay now been the largest breeding colony in the world, the community is invited to join in the celebrations by participating in the Happy Feet 5km Fun Run fundraiser that will take place at SAMREC in the Cape Recife Nature Reserve on the 20th April 2013. The fun

Tagged With: 20th April 2013, Cape Recife Nature Reserve, International Penguins Day, Nelson Mandela Bay, rehabilitation and education, SAMREC, St Croix Island

Design

Stunning flat pack furniture now available in SA

17 April, 2013 by Wotz Leave a Comment

There are few things as exciting as creative ideas made real through design. The next level of enjoying these features is when we are able to employ them in our own homes. This is exactly what can be achieved with Wintec’s outstanding STRATFLEX™ product range. STRATFLEX™ is a new, patented technology and design innovation that enables rigid flat boards to be strategically flexed, in two and three dimensions, to create seating and related products for the flat pack market. The easy-to-assemble STRATFLEX™ range is manufactured from Finnish plywood and combined with frames made from locally sourced and sustainable Saligna timber. Its natural finish expresses the inherent qualities of the material. The initial

Tagged With: Creative, design, Design Indaba 2013, fashion, furniture, Stratflex, technology, Wintec Innovation

Lifestyle

The Kraken Black Spiced Rum

15 April, 2013 by Wotz Leave a Comment

Another exciting new arrival to SA shores, The Kraken Black Spiced Rum’s richly entertaining brand narrative and superior vintage-style packaging (the bottle is a replica of a double-handled Victorian rum bottle) could quite easily have us believe this Caribbean black spiced rum just fell from the hull of a passing pirate ship. Add to this that The Kraken Rum is the first imported black rum from the Caribbean, distilled from molasses made from local cane sugar and blended with over 11 secret spices (including cinnamon, ginger and clove) and you have all the hallmarks of a rum to be reckoned with. Taking its name from the mythical sea beast, the Kraken, which is said to have wreaked havoc with tall ships and rum-running

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