Fun choices, from Clegg to classics
There’s even a chance to make your own art
MUSIC
JOHNNY Clegg will perform at the Music at the Lake concert at Durban’s Botanic Gardens next Sunday at 2.30pm. Tickets are R150 each through webtickets.co.za.
ENJOY live music and dance performances at the launch of Pooven Pillay’s CD at Lenasia’s Patidar Theatre on August 3. Pre-book your tickets, R50 each, through 074 063 7398. The show begins at 6.30pm.
DANCE
TICKETS are out for the Celebrating 100 Years of Bollywood show, at which Babla Shah and his orchestra and singer Salman Khan will perform. The show is set to go on stage at the Gold Reef City Lyric theatre on August 11 at 4pm. Book your seats from R200 each through Computicket.
GURU Manesh Maharaj performs Harihara , a solo Kathak recital inspired by an ancient Tamil Nadu feud between the Shaivites and Vaishnavites, at the Pattundeen Theatre in Arena Park, Chatsworth, on July 20 at 7pm. Tickets will be R50 at the door. Organisations wishing to raise funds for themselves through Maharaj’s performance can contact 082 422 6865.
ART
PAINT for Change is a charity event at St Stithians College, Lyme Park, Sandton, on July 20. The event is a three-hour art session at which you will receive a canvas and art supplies to create a piece of art. Tickets are R250 each through webtickets.co.za.
SUBMIT your artworks for The Collective gallery’s online auction before the event on July 20. The works will be auctioned off at a minimum price of R125 each. If you are interested, take your work to the gallery at 48b Florida Road, Durban, on July 15, 16 or 17 to be catalogued, detailed and photographed between 12pm and 5pm. Contact the gallery on 031 303 4891 for more information.
HEALTH
LISTEN to Dr Gracjan Podgorski’s informative talk on sleep apnea at the next Malabar Diabetes Support Group meeting at the Malabar Community Centre in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday at 7pm. Zulna Botes will give a talk on the dangers of artificial sweeteners at the meeting on August 13. Contact 041 457 4576 or 041 457 5447.
LIFESTYLE
CATCH the Eid Shopping Festival at the Johannesburg CocaCola Dome today from 10am to 8pm. There will be catwalk shows, a celebrity kitchen, a health and transformation zone as well as a kidzone. Tickets cost R35 per person through Computicket or at the door. Children under the age of six get in free.
YOUNGSTERS will love spending the day at Gold Reef City’s Winter Wonderland before school reopens. From 10am to 4.45pm until July 14, they can sled, ice-climb, or glide to the bottom of a snow ramp.
THE annual Umhlanga Winter Festival brings games, talent contests, children’s sing-alongs and more holiday fun from 10am to 2pm daily at Umhlanga’s main beach. It lasts until next Sunday. Contact 031 312 1281.