HARARE – Harare’s nightspot, Holly’s Hotel will until Sunday provide dance showcases featuring some of the best dancers on the showbiz circuit. Tucked between Mbare and the city centre, Holly’s is popular with its nightlife and this week will present pole dancers Zoey, Bev, Coco and Ladols on different nights. Today, the joint presents upcoming…
HARARE – The Celebration Ministries International is giving an early Christmas to orphans from different homes by giving them a place at their Christmas Foretold concert. Celebration Ministries’ Pastor Bonnie Deuschle said they were going to give the orphans something to enjoy and love by watching the Christmas play on Friday December 6. “We will…
HARARE – A thousand definitions can be used to define arts centres but for the purpose of this write-up an arts centre will be described as a recreational facility that meets the economic and social desires of both the producer and the consumer. In this regard, the producer could either be the performing artistes, musicians,…
BULAWAYO – Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo will begin a two-day workshop on December 5 targeting more than 30 local teachers in order to resuscitate the art of storytelling in the country. The workshop to be held at The Samaritans in Bulawayo will be facilitated by seasoned artistes such as Pathisa Nyathi, Cont Mhlanga, Naison Tfwala,…
BULAWAYO – Nyandoro Primary School from Mashonaland Central Province last Friday shrugged off competition from eight other provincial champions to land the 2013 Jikinya Dance Festival crown at the Large City Hall. The Mashonaland Central primary school’s performance in the mandatory Jerusalema Mbende dance and another traditional dance of their choice won kudos from the…
HARARE – Upcoming musician Pearl Natasha Waungana Doherty, who has made waves in the United Kingdom (UK), is back in Zimbabwe to work on her debut album titled I/U. The 22-year-old Pearl, whose album is being produced by some of Zimbabwe’s top producers who include Begotten Sun, Take 5, FTR and Squash, believes her country…
BULAWAYO – Sipho Mpofu has scooped this year’s Yvonne Vera Award for short story writing presented to the winner of the annual Intwasa Short Story Competition. The award, named after the late distinguished author Yvonne Vera and is one the biggest literary prizes in Zimbabwe, seeks to recognise fresh and exciting short story writing by…
HARARE – Kumabhebhi founders Clare Nyakujara and Cindy Munyavi will celebrate the first anniversary of their girls-only concert today at the Book Café in a performance meant to mark 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence. Though Kumabhebhi concerts are the preserve of female performers, tomorrow’s show will include male artistes in the spirit…
HARARE – Accomplished bass guitarist and jazz artiste Josh Meck is delighted with the way his music craft has blossomed ever since he relocated to South Africa early this year. Meck, who has played for Chiwoniso Maraire, Africa Revenge, Victor Kunonga, Tanga wekwa Sando and German Jazz star Max Wild, says the South African music…
HARARE – Seven-year-old Junior Mwase, who is probably Zimbabwe’s youngest published author, will launch two books at 71 Belvedere Road, Harare tomorrow. The Selborne Routledge Primary School grade 2 pupil will launch a story book for six to eight-year-olds and a colouring book for pre-school children. Young Mwase’s book has been published by Creative Publishers….
