YOUR DAILY WHAT’S ON GUIDE

TALK ON GREAT FIRES

THE University of the Third Age will meet at the Newton Park Library auditorium today at 10am. Guest speaker Carol Victor will speak on The Great Fires of Port Elizabeth, Our Heritage Destroyed. Entry is R20. Inquiries: Merlene Robinson, (041) 583-1568.

VENICE IN THE SPOTLIGHT

THE Italian Culture Club of PE is presenting a talk titled Venice: La Bellissima, a cultural tour by Professor Peter Loyson, tonight at the Italian Club in Charlo. The talk starts at 7pm, preceded by an Italian meal (optional) for R50. Inquiries, or to book meals: Peter, 083-359 -1072.

‘RENT: THE MUSICAL’

ROBIN Williams is directing Rent:

The Musical at the Pemads Theatre until Saturday. The show starts at 7.30pm and tickets are on sale at Computicket at R120. Inquiries: Pemads Theatre, (041) 585-1041.

OPERA PERFORMANCE

THE NMU music department presents Wading Home, an opera of New Orleans by students of Southern Methodist University in Dallas featuring the Nelson Mandela University Choir and the Eastern Cape Children’s Choir tomorrow at the South Campus Auditorium at 7pm. The opera is about one family who struggled to unite physically and spiritually after Hurricane Katrina. The concert is free but donations are welcome. Proceeds will go to the Eastern Cape Children’s Choir. Inquiries: Nicky Bosman, (041) 504-4235.

ART EXHIBITION

THE Nelson Mandela University’s Bird Street gallery is hosting Fragile Histories, an exhibition by South African artist and academic Keith Dietrich. The exhibition runs until June 8. Inquiries: Jonathan van der Walt, (041) 504-3293.