Carfax
Tuesday, Jan 26 2010
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2:01 am
Interactive art gallery Carfax has invited six leading Cape Town hip hop DJs to give hard done by Gautengers a real vinyl experience. Joburgers may not agree, but Capetonians swear their turntabalists are the best in the country. No playing off CDs for these big boys – you’ll get to experience real live vinyl scratching and mixing. This venue also offers fine art, live music, theatre, multi-media productions and fashion. In fact, it’s rare that you get only thumping music at Carfax – there’s usually something else intriguing on the go.
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2:01 am
A former Rhône-Poulenc pharmaceutical factory provides a suitably atmospheric setting for this exhibition devoted to the factory, as interesting for the way it is presented as for the works themselves. Works by internationally renowned artists are exhibited alongside lesser-known prints, paintings by factory workers and authentic props. A strong selection of photos reveals the variety of approaches, from the committed socialism in John Davies’ images of northern mill towns, to the obsessive cataloguing of Bernd & Hilla Becher and the distanced, high-gloss colour of Andreas Gursky. There is also sculpture, prints, paintings, documentary, video and installation.
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7:03 am
George Balanchine’s ‘Nutcracker’ is considered the definitive interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s magnificent 1891 score, and the New York City Ballet’s performance is regarded by many as the definitive performance of Balanchine’s ‘Nutcracker’. The magic of the playroom when the humans aren’t around is brought to life by a cast that includes 100 children from the School of American Ballet. The idea of a little girl locked in mortal combat with a rodent king may seem a little like that Hollywood violence everybody’s complaining about, but ‘The Nutcracker’ is considered an indispensable part of the New York child’s education.
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1953
Tuesday, Dec 29 2009
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2:00 am
Autumn’s latest English-language show is this production of Craig Raine’s play, which transposes Racine’s ‘Andromaque’ to a fictional post-WW2 Europe. The Allies have lost the war and Hitler has sent a man to Italy to recover the son of the late King of England, much to the chagrin of King Mussolini, who is in love with the sometime Queen. The show is performed in English and French, with subtitles as an integral part of the show.
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5:15 am
‘Wings of Glory’ is one of the city’s major art exhibitions of the year, housed appropriately at Prague’s foremost private gallery space, the Rudolfinum. This national shrine, one of the country’s proudest achievements of the nation-building 19th-century, could hardly be better host for Krídla slávy. Epic works that romanticise and glorify ideas of state, homeland and identity fill the high-ceilinged rooms. It’s hard not to get swept up in the fervour, looking at depictions of angels and war heroes, wise founding fathers and impossibly redolent landscapes. French nationalist painting is also featured extensively.
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Angels
Sunday, Dec 13 2009
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8:32 am
With the festive season fast bearing down, it’s time to think about those party outfits, and with over 75,000 outfits to hire this ‘costumier’ is in a league of its own. Hire prices start around 600F, and there are professionals on hand to advise (it’s essential that you make an appointment). There are hundreds of accessories starting from as little as 11F. You won’t find tacky make-up here as only serious cosmetics round off the sophisticated fancy-dress look. This place is ideal for those wanting to make a supreme effort and come up with an entirely original disguise.
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4:01 am
The corner of Margareten Straße/Schleifmühlgasse is fast becoming a ghetto of exiled Brits. In addition to Johnny’s Irish pub and Bobby’s supermarket – stocking everything from Walker’s Crisps to Fruitgums – we now have Point of Sale, a stylish bagel bar with splendid breakfasts and a bewildering selection of wines, imported beers and schnapps for nightfowl at the Wednesday jazz and house session. A small deli section also offers take-out bagels and sandwiches.
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Tom Yum’s
Tuesday, Apr 28 2009
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4:01 am
The trend these days is to make a cartoon character out of the creature that features mostly on your menu. So if you saw Tom Yum’s cheery prawn glaring at you from its Soho home, you’d feel right assuming it’s a seafood place. Wrong. This Thai eatery is the latest in the successful Phuket’s group and serves a fairly predictable fayre of rice dishes, meats and, of course, tom yum soups. A meal for two will set you back about HK$350.
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Brown
Thursday, Apr 23 2009
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4:01 am
Brown is not a usual choice of colour to theme a restaurant, but designer Nunu Luan’s concept worked so well in the relatively quiet residential area Happy Valley she has opened a second in Mid-Levels. Her new venue aims for a ‘Cheers’kind of feel and offers sofas, comfy chairs and even a library for a leisurely drink. Besides great brunches, the menu is packed with well-presented fusion dishes. Relax to live jazz on Sundays.
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Puff Daddy
Wednesday, Feb 25 2009
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2:01 am
He’s been arrested on weapons charges, (allegedly) punched Boyzone upstart Shane Lynch and lost friends through gangsta killings. Is there anything tame about Seán ‘Puffy’ Combs? Yes, his music. Puff Daddy is the Val Doonican of hip hop, serving the antithesis of Public Enemy’s urgent and angry beats. This is the man, after all, who made Sting’s ‘Every Breath You Take’ sound more mawkish than the original. There is, however, one good reason to attend this concert: the remote possibility that his drop-dead-gorgeous girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez, might be in the audience.
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