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What does freedom sound like? City Hall Sessions, on stage and behind the scenes
What does freedom sound like? If you were at the sixth instalment of City Hall Sessions in Cape Town on Saturday 27 April 2013 – the day South Africa celebrated the first post-apartheid elections 19 years ago – you would’ve heard Paul Hanmer, McCoy Mrubata, Amaryoni and the Moreira Project in concert. And perhaps, through their music, you would’ve tasted freedom. What did performing in this particular space on Freedom Day mean for the musicians and for the crew behind the scenes? Alma Viviers went in search of answers. Continued…
Posted in Creative, Events, Experience Town, Featured, Stories.
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Serendipity in the city: A City Views cover story
Cities and serendipity are somehow synonymous: There’s something about the diversity that cities bring together in dense areas that makes them the perfect place to come across something extraordinary or surprising completely by accident. This is also what makes our urban environment rich hunting ground for photography, an art form that relies a great deal on happy accidents – finding the right shot at the right time when you happen to have your camera handy. The cover shot of our December edition of City Views captured just such a moment in our city. Here’s the back story to our front cover. Continued…
Posted in Creative, Events, Experience Town, Featured, Stories.
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Man-made rainbow on Wale Street in the run-up to Creative Week
The build-up to Creative Week Cape Town has begun with a surprising and delightful public art installation by artist Michael Elion. Continued…
Posted in Creative, Experience, Featured, Spaces, Stories.
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Trees give Cape Town a green edge
Cape Town is a better city for its beautiful trees, and the four hundred indigenous trees that will be planted to celebrate Arbor Day is an investment in the future, city officials say. Continued…
Posted in CCID, Experience, Featured, Green, Stories, Urban management.
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Stroll Among the New Street Sculptures on the Fan Walk
Soccer fans walking near the Prestwich Memorial area of the Fan Walk will be able to touch, explore and photograph themselves with unusual new street sculptures that have been installed for the soccer festival. Continued…
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Free Wi-Fi internet set to further enhance bustling Greenmarket Square precinct
For an initial six months only, Capetonians can enjoy free wireless internet at South Africa’s oldest public space, Greenmarket Square. In a unique collaboration between Cape Town Partnership and Skyrove, the premium Wi-Fi hotspot provider, locals will now have access to 10MB’s of free internet daily. Continued…
Posted in Featured, Press Releases.
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Music in the City
Lovers of good music have good reason to visit the Cape Town City Hall over the next few days. Continued…
Posted in Press Releases.
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Green Point Urban Park
With the Cape Town Stadium now complete, the Green Point Urban Park takes shape in this recent aerial photograph. (Photo by Bruce Sutherland)
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Jazz Concert helps celebrate the past and future of Greenmarket Square
Capetonians proved that their city is a place of relaxed togetherness as they rocked to the rhythm of some of the world’s best jazz sounds at the EspAFRIKA Free Community Concert on Greenmarket Square on Thursday April 1. Continued…
Posted in CCID, Featured, Urban management.
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Greenmarket Square 300 years old
Ed Suter writes: Greenmarket Square, the second oldest public square in the country, has different associations for everyone in this city. Continued…
Posted in Experience.
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