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The Alternative UK – 25 July 2023 Here’s a fascinating, challenging story from Euronews: In 2024, Berlin will increase its culture funding to €947 million, announced Joe Chialo, the State Minister for Culture and Social Cohesion. Chialo has promised to raise that figure to €1 billion for 2025. [That’s over double the arts budget for…

Image credit: Reza Assar The Brain – 3 August 2023 AfrikaBurn is offering two young artists working in visual arts mediums, an opportunity of space and time to pursue research and creative work, with the financial support of a stipend for a four-month period. As the pilots of this inaugural process, the selected Artists will…

Image credit: Gautier Berr The Brain – 3 August 2023 AfrikaBurn is offering the following work-based internship opportunities commencing September 2023: 1 x Communications internship 1 x Archivist internship The internship is coordinated through Art Bank of South Africa, and funded by the Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme. The work-based learning experience is hosted at AfrikaBurn’s…

The CPF Sub Forum in Obs is struggling. We need your help! Please come to our AGM on 16th August at OBSID offices at 18h00. What is the CPF?

Critically acclaimed hard rock band “The Narrow” perform LIVE for the first time at Trenchtown Obs. Stage 1 Band Line Up: THE NARROW Ill System Bullet Script The Alpha Sequence With Dawn Peasant Stage 2 Dj Line Up: Dj Antonio – (Original Gandalf’s owner and Dj) Young Coup – (FSA) Dj NaDa Surf AKA Rowan…

Siviwe Melapi – 20 July 2023 Cape Town – A tree has fallen on a shack at an informal settlement in Main Road, Observatory. The incident came after an email was sent to the City on July 5 warning of the possibility of the tree falling on someone’s dwelling. The City failed to act on…

Dear Edwin, Thanks for your friendly newsletter that is always very welcome. I would like to mention that there’s a lovely new St Luke’s Charity shop in Durham Rd on the right as you go down off Main Rd. It’s diagonally down from the Forensic Labs on the left. Lovely staff. It’s open from 07h30…

Artscape hosts the Women’s Humanity Festival since 17 years. Some events are free. The Humanity Walk on the 9th remains one of the highlights. This year it honours women statues in the CBD as well as Krotoa. Also on Women’s Day itself a host of pop up exhibitors will be at the disposal for women…