If music be the food of love...
Music, fashion and food, this weekly wrap up and events announcements of all things Lifestyle is abound with these three topics. In music news the
2014 Wawela Music Award winners are announced, congrats to all! This weekend sees Johhny Clegg and Shortstraw perform at
Old Mutual Music in the Gardens and American indi-pop artist
Laura Burhenn starts her national tour in Cape Town tonight. The
Dullstroom Winter Festival in Mpumalanga kicks off tomorrow and the
Durban July is set to entertain this Saturday.
In fashion news we report back on the
MBFWCT Media Briefing,
Missibaba Colour Block Launch and
Skinny laMinx launch in photographic form. While in foodie news the winner of the
2014 Wolftrap Steakhouse Championships is crowned, Eugene Yiga celebrates
Haute Cabrièr's 20th Birthday and Nina Timm shares her
Easy Peasy Venison Pie recipe.
Happy Thursday and happy weekend!
Ruth Cooper, Lifestyle Co-editor & Production Manager (@Biz_Lounge)
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 | It has been announced that two Cape Town DJs are to play at this year's Glastonbury Festival 2014. Thibo Tazz, an urban deep and contemporary house DJ, and DJ/producer, DJ Fosta have been named to the line-up of Silver Hayes, formerly known as the dance village at Glastonbury. They will play on Saturday, 28 June between 1pm and 3pm. Read more >>
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 | The top-10 bands for the Converse Get Out Of The Garage 2014 competition, which encourages musicians to enter their best tracks via SoundCloud and YouTube, have been announced. The 10 finalists get a world-class single produced by experienced engineers, with the finest instruments and equipment. Read more >>
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 | Johnny Clegg and indie rockers Shortstraw are to be the headline acts at the Old Mutual Music in the Gardens concert at the Pretoria National Botanical Garden on Sunday, 6 July, 2014. Read more >>
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 | Laura Burhenn, front woman of the soul folk band The Mynabirds and also a member of indie bands The Postal Service and Bright Eyes, will be performing in Cape Town, Joburg, Durban and at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival. Read more >>
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 | The fourth Dullstroom Winter Festival will be held from 4 to 6 July, 2014, and will include return performances from Southern Gypsey Queen and Naming James, as well as festival debut sets from Crystal Park, Coelacanth, Robin Auld as well as The Parlotones front man, Kahn. Read more >>
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 | The Durban July, taking place on the 5 July, includes an entertainment line-up of a selection of SA`s leading hip hop artists and top-class DJs. Read more >>
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 | Cirque Éloize's show "iD" will be coming to South Africa for the first time when it opens at the Teatro at Montecasino on Tuesday, 19 August, 2014. The show, which combines contemporary circus arts and urban dance, has announced that it is extending its run by a week and will now close on 14 September. Read more >>
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 | Debbie Hathway An unexpected invitation from Ismail Mahomed, artistic director of the National Arts Festival, to Philippe Cohen for the Grand Théâtre de Genève (Geneva Ballet) to perform in Grahamstown this year has set a range of events in motion. Read more >>
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 | The nominees for the fourth annual South African Savanna Comic's Choice Awards have been announced. Read more >>
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 | Award-winning Joburg designer Marianne Fassler has become the latest to join the line-up who will be showcasing their collections at the forthcoming Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town 2014 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 24 to 26 July. Fassler will present her latest collection at 5pm on 24 July. Read more >>
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 | Nina Timm My mum will do anything and no effort is spared to bring her family and, yes, sometimes complete strangers, together around her table. She taught me that nothing is too much effort, if you can do, bake or be something for someone, just do it! Read more >>
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 | The winner of the Wolftrap Steakhouse Championships 2014, in which 140 steakhouses competed, has been announced. Read more >>
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 | Best known for her role as 'Marcel' in 7de Laan, celebrity actress Zetske van Pletzen joins the outdoor fitness programme for women, Adventure Boot Camp as their Brand Ambassador. Read more >>
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 | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor The Volkswagen Polo is already one of the most popular compact cars in the world having sold nearly 1 million units. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Putting a chef's hat on its Watson supercomputer, IBM and the magazine Bon Appetit unveiled a new initiative that seeks to use Big Data for gastronomy. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Facebook said that the World Cup has kicked up more action at the leading social network than any other event in history. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: A study detailing how Facebook secretly manipulated the news feeds of about 700,000 users to study "emotional contagion" has prompted anger among social media users. Read more >>
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 | SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: South Korea's Samsung and LG have both launched smartwatches powered by Google's new Android Wear software as they jostle to lead an increasingly competitive market for wearable devices seen as the mobile industry's next growth booster. Read more >>
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