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Events - 2009
Monday, 01 March 2010 07:25


NEW TEL 04-253239 -  0912 394 394  -  0913 669 777
 
SPECIALS THIS WEEK 
 
SAT 27, 9pm, LINDSAY YON + SUBWAY, old school, soul, jazz, RnB party! @ The Mannenberg    A special performance to promote women artists, under Pamberi Trust’s gender project FLAME (Female Literary, Arts & Music Enterprise). 
 
SUN 28, 3-6pm, FLAME presents JAZZ P, SWAZILAND (afro raga hiphop) with THANDA RICHARDSON, ZIMBABWE (reggae Afro-fusion) with – another exciting regional collaboration, an explosion of creativity and colour by young women artists of the southern African region! The Mannenberg
 
TUE 02, 5.30pm, STORYTELLING OPEN MIC – ‘Inspired, Inspiring – Tell your story!’ – by the warmth of the fire, as our forefathers would do... A Pamberi Trust project
 
SAT 06, 2pm, HOUSE OF HUNGER POETRY SLAM -  Come feel the energy!  All poets welcome.
 
 
 
 
THE BOOK CAFÉ WEEK
 
FRI 26, 5.30pm, MCINTOSH – Mbira by ‘The Peacemaker’ - Bocapa Xposure 2008 winner’.
 
FRI 26, 8pm, MAWUNGIRA ENHARIRA – Mbira: always versatile!
 
SAT 27, 2-5pm, Black History Month “MIRAGE OF MELODIES”, PFUMOJENA & HOPE MASIKE with MNANDI – a fresh fusion of traditional music from emerging artists on the scene.
 
SAT 27, 5.30-7pm, JOSH MECK & MAWONERO - Pure afro-jazz!  Featuring exciting and gifted young artists on the jazz scene
 
SAT 27, 8pm, TRANSIT CREW – Reggae for the Soul, BIG TINGS ah gwaan!
 
MON 01, 7.30pm, BOCAPA XPOSURE 2010 Season1, The hunt is on for Zimbabwe’s next star - 10 exciting acts!
 
TUE 02, 5.30pm, STORYTELLING OPEN MIC – ‘Inspired, Inspiring – Come tell your story!  A project by Pamberi Trust.
 
TUE 02, 8pm, HOPE MASIKE ne KAKUWE, a fresh fusion of traditional music from gifted young artists
 
WED 03, 5.30pm, Zimbabwe Lawyers For Human Rights Discussion “POSA, WHO NEEDS IT?” - a public debate with CISOMM (the Civil Society Monitoring Mechanism) FREE, ALL WELCOME!
WED 03, 8pm, MOKOOMBA – Tonga Beats hit Zim Streets!  Music Crossroads Winners from Victoria Falls.  Back from their European tour and bound for greater heights!
 
THUR 04, 8pm, ALEXIO & SHADES OF BLACK, with the album ‘Kana’ featuring hit songs “Shaina” & “Famba”.
 
FRI 05, 5.30pm, MCINTOSH – Mbira by ‘The Peacemaker’ - Bocapa Xposure 2008 winner’.
 
FRI 05, 8pm, MAWUNGIRA ENHARIRA – Mbira: always versatile!
 
SAT 06, 2pm, HOUSE OF HUNGER POETRY SLAM - Come feel the energy!  All poets welcome.
 
SAT 06, 5.30pm, THE OTHER FOUR featuring JIMMY BUZUZI (guitar) – Still Jazzin’!
 
SAT 06, 8pm, TRANSIT CREW – Reggae for the Soul, BIG TINGS ah gwaan!
 
 
THE MANNENBERG WEEK
 
FRI 26, 6.30-9.30pm, JAZZ INVITATION & FRIENDS featuring PATIENCE MUSA and other guests – FILBERT MAROVA, ARTHUR TIMBE, GUS SMYTHE : Tru Jazz & the Best Live Old Skool!!  Let your hair down - Come out and enjoy!
 
FRI 26, 10.30pm, VICTOR KUNONGA & PEACE – timeless originals, always in demand!
 
SAT 27, 2pm, THE CIRCLE – Zim’s Hottest Hip-Hop MC battle. If U think U got Rap – Bring it!
 
SAT 27, 9pm, LINDSAY YON  & SUBWAY, old school, soul, jazz, RnB party!  - Featuring Lindsay and COMFORT MWANYISA (vo), with Nigel Wyngard (keyb/guitar), Bob Savannah (drums), Joe Vas (sax/guitar), and Brennan Wyngard (bass) – Come out and party!   A special performance to promote women artists, under Pamberi Trust’s gender project FLAME (Female Literary, Arts & Music Enterprise).
 
SUN 28, 3-6pm, FLAME presents JAZZ P, SWAZILAND (afro raga hiphop) with THANDA RICHARDSON, ZIMBABWE (reggae Afro-fusion) with – another exciting regional collaboration, an explosion of creativity and colour by young women artists of the southern African region!
 
TUE 02, 9pm, BONGO LOVE – Eclectic, Afrocoustic!  Back home from their extended US tour.
 
WED 03, 6pm, IIFF in club presents film screening “LOVE FOR SHARE” - Three women from three social classes and ethnic backgrounds convey their encounters in dealing with polygamy. They face the same predicament of having to share their domestic life and the love of one man with several women. FREE All Welcome!
 
WED 03, 9pm-12pm, MIC-INITY, Lovaz Rock Reggae! 
 
THU 04, 10pm, CDE FATSO + CHABVONDOKA – Harare’s Soul Rebels – Playing songs from critically acclaimed album “House of Hunger”.
 
FRI 05, 6.30-9.30pm, JAZZ INVITATION & FRIENDS featuring PATIENCE MUSA –
Tru Jazz & the Best Live Old Skool!!  Let your hair down - Come out and enjoy!
 
FRI 05, 10.30pm, VICTOR KUNONGA & PEACE – timeless originals, always in demand!
 
SAT 06, 10pm, SAM MTUKUDZI – Come witness a Contemporary Zimbabwean sound in a new generation
 
 
Fife Ave Mall (upstairs), Fife Avenue / 6th Street, (access upstairs parking from 6th St)
TEL 04-253239, 0912 394 394, 0913 669 777, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , www.zimbabwearts.org    
 
 
PLUS !!!  AFRICA UNSIGNED - INVEST IN ZIMBABWEAN ARTISTS in a unique new concept for exposure to the world – visit www.africaunsigned.com/charts and support Victor Kunonga, Bongo Love, African Destiny, Xtra Large – your chance to help put our artists on the international map!
 
 
PLUS-PLUS !!!  BOOKS + CDs from THE ARTS FACTORY, BOOK CAFÉ
Opens Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and Sat 9am-1pm.
 
The Arts Factory is a new project by Pamberi Trust which provides a point of sale for the work of Zimbabwean artists.  All proceeds from sales go direct to artists/publishers. 
 
CDS IN STOCK:
NEW:  MHEPO: ‘MAPAPIRO’ – limited stock of this classic, hurry while stocks last
OLIVER MTUKUDZI, Dairai
DUDU MANHENGA, Towards Alignment (double CD)
DUDU MANHENGA, Towards Alignment (DVD)
ZIMBABWE TOWNSHIP MUSIC 1930s-1960s: Joyce Jenje Makwenda (DVD)
WILLOM TIGHT, Kuzangoma
ADAM CHISVO, Famba Pore Pore
EDENE, Edene Timbe
ALEXIO KAWARA, Kana
DINO MUDONDO, Estoy Esperando
DUDU MANHENGA, Jula
DUDU MANHENGA with COLOR BLU, Out of the Blu
SAM MTUKUDZI, Rume Rimwe
MINGAS (Mozambique), Vuka Africa
JOSH MECK, Wanetsa
TRANSIT CREW, Unity
SHAMISO, Continually
I-FREE-MUNGWEME, Seeds of Reason
U-MELENI, Soul Psalms
CEE JAY, One Ariega
VIMBAI ZIMUTO, Vimbainashe
LIQID, Tariro/Hope
VICTOR KUNONGA, Such is Life
CEE JAY, One Ariega Reloaded
MATHIAS JULIUS, Here I Come
SOUL BONE, Is It True
SOLID CHORD, You Are Beautiful
G56, Mhoroi
 
 
BOOKS IN STOCK:
Zimbabwe Township Music, By Joyce Jenje Makwenda
Short Writings from Bulawayo II and III,
Long Time Coming,
Dancing with Life: Tales from the Township, By Christopher Mlalazi,
Zimbabwe’s Cultural Heritage by Pathisa Nyathi
Sonatas by Deon Marcus
Erina, by Wim Boswinkel

Mambo Hills: Historical and Religious Significance, by Marieke Clarke
An Elegy for Easterly, by Pettina Gappah
Harare North, by Brian Chikwava
Hatchings, by John Eppel
White Man Crawling, by John Eppel
The Song of My Heart, by Edmore Masendeke
Intwasa Poetry, Compilation
Zimbabwe’s Cultural Heritage, by Pathisa Nyathi
Strife, by Shimmer Chinodya
September Sun, by Bryony Rheam