Culture

A dance and a song for lunch

Drivers are used to being frustrated by traffic jams on Hill Street, but last week traffic came to a standstill as the Rhodes Chamber Choir entertained passersby with song.

Inception: What dreams may come?

Inception is the long anticipated latest movie from  director Christopher Nolan of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight fame.

Let the sun (light) in

A new cellphone soon to be launched may be the answer to network connectivity problems in remote areas. The VF 247 is a solar-powered phone which boasts features such as an integrated FM radio,  speakerphone, standard battery, solar panel and a torch.

An evening of harmony

Seven of Grahamstown’s schools converged on the Guy Butler theatre for the annual Winterberg Prestige Choral Evening held on 19 August. Parents, learners and family members braced themselves against the chilly evening to be warmed by harmonising voices of children.
 

Child abduction- some hard candy to swallow

About 1 200 children are reported missing each year in South Africa. As part of the Rhodes Young Directors’ Season 2010, Madelé Vermaak presents Hard Candy, a gritty thriller that delves into the frightening reality of child abduction and abuse.
 

Lord of the ribs in G’town

Nigeria’s number one funny man served a hearty dose of comedy rooted in West African culture at Rhodes  University’s Union last Thursday night.
 

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