7 October 2010
Creative Coffee Mornings – a circle of inspiration
@ The Book Lounge, Roeland Street 01 October 2010 Over the speakers, some local indie folk singer is caterwauling about lost cabins while, in the teen section, a twelve year old is mouthing silent sentences. The walls are heavily hung with hardcovers and softcovers of all kinds, and, in a seated circle, teaspoons are chinking [...]
7 October 2010
Creative Cape Town Annual launch 2010
@Field Office, Barrack Street, East City 29th September 2010 If you’re talking Cape Town clichés, I’m a bit lost right now. I don’t know which gourmet coffee shop I’m in, who exactly these confidently dressed creative professionals are, or why there’s a giant poster on the well hung wall that towers over the buzzing bodies [...]
7 October 2010
Cool Folk at The Assembly
@ The Assembly, Harrington Street 30th September 2010 Trees on stage. Why did nobody ever think of doing that in The Assembly before? It’s an inviting cavern of potential creativity, a space to fill, and we’ve filled it with hippies, yuppies, buppies and trippies, with musicians, instruments, spilt drinks and good times. But not with [...]
7 October 2010
Museum Gallery – a new view on the Upper East Side
@ Upper East Side, 31 Brickfield Road, Woodstock 30th September 2010 What’s the point of a photograph? To freeze time? To capture light?Both, probably.but let’s hazard a suggestion. What if the real point is to change your view? Not your world view (though it may contribute to it), not your residential view (though it might [...]
1 October 2010
CT Design Network – Design editors speak
@ Free World Coating, Waterkant St 28th September 2010 “Design is all around us, engaging with it is not only unavoidable, it is also rewarding and fun.” - Leigh Robertson, features editor of House and Leisure The venue for the Cape Town Design Network gathering smells new, of fresh paint and unchristened seats. It IS [...]




