28 May 2013

Lifestyle

Unique entertainment

Welcome to another weekly dose of all things entertainment. This week's top Lifestyle stories include a review of the "drop it like it's hot" Cape Town concert featuring Snoop Lion aka Snoop Dogg, by Brandon Williams. Nkululeko Mthetwa feels the heat despite the chilly night at the Castle Lite Extra Cold Live Experience at Fiction on Saturday, and I sit down with Brian Little, MD of experiential events marketing company, Seed Experiences, to chat unique event experiences and activations.

In motoring news, Henrie Geyser reviews four recently released cars; the cute DS3 Cabrio Citroen, the new Ford vans, the destined for greatness Geely Emgrand EC7, and the uniquely designed MINI Paceman.

Daniel Dercksen gives his thoughts on the feel-good, based-on-a-true-story film The Sapphires, and Eugene Yiga highly recommends production; Same Time Next Year, now showing at the Kalk Bay Theatre.

Two tickets to the Mafukuzela - Songs of Freedom music revue at the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town are up for grabs this week!

Ruth Cooper, Co-editor: Lifestyle & Production Manager (@Biz_Lounge)

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Weekly top stories

Snoop Lion roars with a new flavour
[Brandon Williams] On Wednesday night The Grand Arena hosted one of hip hop's most iconic figures, the only rapper most likely known by everybody's grandmother, Snoop Lion (formerly Snoop Dogg). He blazed the stage at the Cape Town leg of his Reincarnated concert tour. Read more >>
Brian Little chats Seed Experiences
[Ruth Cooper]
Cool Citroen with red-hot appeal
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor]

Food & Wine
Something light
[Brian Berkman] When I started my no starch, no sugar, no alcohol eating plan I resolved never to eat my beloved pasta again. Read more >>


Motoring
Mini Paceman pushes design boundaries
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] The latest addition to the Mini stable has Paceman blatantly tattooed on its derriere and its design is so spaced out it could easily be the love-child of the equally off-the-wall BMWX6 and Range Rover Evoque. Read more >>

Cool Citroen with red-hot appeal
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Citroen's cute little neck-twisting DS3 Cabrio, which caused as much of a stir at the Paris Motor Show last year as French supermodel Laetitia Casta strutting her haute couture stuff on the runways of the fashion capital, is now brazenly flaunting its sexy topless appeal in local dealer showrooms. Read more >>

Step carefully when buying a car
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] The Consumer Protection Act (CPA), which came into effect in April 2008, has far-reaching implications for vehicle buyers, particularly those interested in acquiring a used vehicle, yet there is still a lot of ignorance around with buyers being taken for a ride because they don't know their own rights. Read more >>


Movies
The Sapphires glitter bright
[Daniel Dercksen] True talent is priceless and with the magnificent independent Australian film The Sapphires, the voices and lives of four gutsy young Australian Aboriginal women will live in your hearts forever. Read more >>


Music
Extra Cold Live street party
[Nkululeko Mthethwa] Maybe "Extra Cold Live Street" would be more accurate... Simply because that is what it was turned into. Big ups to Castle Lite, and of course the voters who brought us amazing acts from all over the country. Read more >>

Snoop Lion roars with a new flavour
[Brandon Williams] On Wednesday night The Grand Arena hosted one of hip hop's most iconic figures, the only rapper most likely known by everybody's grandmother, Snoop Lion (formerly Snoop Dogg). He blazed the stage at the Cape Town leg of his Reincarnated concert tour. Read more >>

Brian Little chats Seed Experiences
[Ruth Cooper] Ever embarked on a bus to a mysterious destination, become one with multi-hued powder and people or trod lightly amongst the daisies? Hopefully you have taken part in at least one of these happenings and were one of the many who attended any of the #5GumExperiences, the sold-out events for the We Are One festivals or the ever-popular Rocking the Daisies. Read more >>

Abdullah Ibrahim to headline at Standard Bank Joy of Jazz
South African jazz giant Abdullah Ibrahim joins Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Terence Blanchard and pianist Ahmad Jamal at the opening night of Standard Bank Joy of Jazz, which runs in Newtown from 22 to 24 August, 2013. Read more >>


Theatre
Let's meet Same Time Next Year
[Eugene Yiga] Two people meet by chance at a country inn, fall in love, and agree to meet there at the same time each year. But there's a problem: both of them are married with children. Um, awkward. Read more >>


International

Angry Internet users hunt down Nile relic vandal
BEIJING, CHINA: A Chinese tourist who defaced an ancient Egyptian monument was hunted down by angry Chinese Internet users who prompted his parents to apologise, state media reported yesterday. Read more >>

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