April/May 2013 Catch you at these Hot Spots
OPEN CLOSET, BUWA and AKHANI CAMPS
PRESENTS
ALL GIRLS WINTER CAMP
Where: MAGALIES RETREAT
Date: 26 to 28 April
Cover: R500
This includes: ACCOMODATION FOR 2 NIGHTS, MEALS, GROUP ACTIVITIES (including Sports competitions, obstacle course, healing workshop, networking and many more)
TO RESERVE: contact Dulcy , Lydia, Bibi King or Manu as we seats are limited
COMING SOON: 11 May 2013 BUWA Mosadi Poetry Session - ROAR
BACK TO THE CITY FESTIVAL 2013
THE BIGGEST HIP HOP GATHERING IN AFRICA IS BACK.
Hip-hop has emerged as the biggest musical story of the new millennium. What began as a form of ghetto youth expression has now grown into a multimillion dollar industry that has stretched to cities across Europe, Asia and of course Africa with Johannesburg being no exception. Hip hop’s profile has steadily grown in South Africa but it’s in the city of gold, Jozi maboneng, (the city of lights) where it has established an ever growing following. On Saturday the 27th of April the followers of this global phenomenon will descend on Henry Nxumalo Street in downtown Johannesburg for the seventh annual “Back to the City” festival.
Newtown will commemorate Freedom Day with thousands of youth celebrating the holiday through hip hop music. This year’s Back to the City concert will feature some of the best hip hop artists in South Africa and will comprise of:
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3 Stages
1 Surprise International Act
40 LocalMcs
12 DJS
12 Graffiti Crews
Bboys
6 Dance Crews
Bmxers
Skaters
Beatboxers
A Hip Hop Summit (Museum Africa)
A Beer Garden
A Game Zone
A Chill Zone
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Date: 27 April
Venue: Cnr. Bree & Henry Nxumalo, Newtown Johannesburg
Time: 10h00 - 00h00
Damage: R60 Presold (1st Feb -15th March)
R80 Presold (16th March - 22 April)
R100 Door
SPOKEN SESSIONS AT +27 Featuring AFURAKAN
Our next event is creeping up on us and we're even more excited for this one! Afurakan, from Word n Sound, will grace our stage home as honoured guest, comrade, pioneer, with his words and wisdom.
Diarise this right now.
We're running our open mic competition too - R200 up for grabs (depending on how generous the family feels). There are limited slots so get there early at 18:30 to book your slot on the list.
Date: 19 April
Time: 19:00 (but open mic signup starts at 18:30)
Place: +27 Cafe (cnr South & Jan Shoba)
Cover: R30
Bring: your own wine, snaps, your words and a listening ear
Invite your friends and family, let's spread the words!
SILENT PROTEST JOBURG
The Silent Protest started in Grahamstown in 2006, and has become South Africa's biggest and longest running anti-rape and survivor solidarity protest. We are trying to take the protest national this year - join the Silent Protest by standing in solidarity in Joburg!
Silent Protest media liaison (and unofficial national coordinator)
Michelle Solomon
chair@genderactionproject.org
(if you are unfamiliar with the protest, read my personal experience from 2011. http://journoactivist.com/2011/05/01/silence-is-broken/ )
FIRDAY 19 APRIL 2013