HARARE – French arts expert Camille Bourdier will jet into Zimbabwe tomorrow for a conference at the invitation of Alliance Francaise Harare and the French Embassy. Bourdier, a senior lecturer in Prehistoric Art at Toulouse University in France and a member of the Chaviet Cave Research Team, is in Zimbabwe to study Zimbabwe’s rock art…
HARARE – Pole dancers Zoey Noleen Sifelani and Beverly Sibanda — who have had a stormy relationship for several years — have decided to put aside their differences. The two “rivals” will jointly celebrate their birthdays at the City Sports Bar in Harare tomorrow. Bev turned 25 on April 23 while tomorrow’s event will coincide…
HARARE – Local gospel artistes have been invited to take part in the continental Trumpet Africa Gospel Music Awards (Tagma) which will take place at Pretoria State Theatre, South Africa on May 29. Tagma, which is the brainchild of World Gospel Powerhouse — the producers of South Africa’s Crown Gospel Music Awards — seeks to…
HARARE – Shona poems and mbira music claimed centre stage at celebrations to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare held at Alliance Francaise Harare last Saturday. While several poems in English were fairly well-received, it was, ironically, performances in Shona that set the stage alight. First to raise the bar, at…
HARARE – The Purse, a Christian movie featuring music star Jah Prayzah, will premiere at Ster Kinekor Eastgate on Thursday. Serial award-winner Jah Prayzah acts as a spiritual warrior in the movie about a young lady Maria (played by Rachael Maketa) who enters the spiritual realm during a fervent prayer. She meets an angel who…
HARARE – The Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) has lined up a series of workshops that will take place during the CABS Classical Weekend to be hosted by St Georges College from April 29 to May 1. The CABS Classical Music Celebration will feature South African group Coda Africa, fronted by vocalist Zami…
HARARE – Music superstar Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi will take the commemorations of his late son Sam to Bulawayo’s Large City Hall on April 29. The Bulawayo gig, that will feature Tuku, Gary Tight, Jeys Marabini and the Pakare Paye Ensembles, is a follow-up to the mega concert held at Pakare Paye Arts Centre in Norton…
HARARE – Dendera star Suluman Chimbetu will share the stage with upcoming musician Potifa Mopo at City Sports Bar in the capital tonight. Musicians, poets mark Shakespeare’s milestone.artistes, who include Hope Masike ,Victor Kunonga along with poets Albert Nyathi, Chirikure Chirikure, Tehn Diamond, Cynthia “Flowchyld” Marangwanda, Tendekai “Madzitatiguru” Tati, Peggie “Umind?!” Shangwa, RAE Lyric, Anthea…
HARARE – Artists have generally welcomed the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (Stem) initiative but insist that a similar intervention must also be introduced to prop up the arts. Stem, which seeks to educate students in four specific disciplines — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — is an inter-disciplinary and applied approach introduced by the…
HARARE – Musicians Hope Masike and Victor Kunonga, along with poets Albert Nyathi and Chirikure Chirikure, are among top artists scheduled to perform at Celebrations to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare that will take place at Alliance Francaise Harare on Saturday. The free event, being jointly-organised by the British Council…
