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Cultural Events

Wednesday 9 June : Exceptionnal ONE concert in CT : PARIS-JOBURG

Thursday 3 June : EZETHU : Indigenous Xhosa ceremonial songs and dances with traditional Isixhosa dinner

Tuesday 8 June : Opening of the exhibition : « Fleshy Wasteland » of Retha Ferguson

Thursday 27 May : THEATRE PERFORMANCE/ SCARY MONSTERS WITH DARKROOM CONTEMPORARY, MUSIC BY : LOREZ

Wednesday 26 May : ELLE - Et ELLE créa la femme, Histoire(s) d’ELLE

Thursday 20 May : Concert : Manding Kan

Cancelled !

Monday 17 May : Rencontre littéraire avec Muriel Barbery

French renowned writer, Muriel Barbery, will talk about her work with emphasis upon her latest book ‘the Elegance of the Hedgehog’.

Wednesday 12 May : Dans l’ombre de Brassens (Soirée culturelle et musicale)

Repas + concert

Tuesday 11 May : Vernissage : Esprit du Sport d’Amélie Debray + Film : Looking for Eric de Ken Loach + Lancement officiel du tee shirt Le Cap sportif

Wednesday 5 May : Ciné-club : Amandla ! A Revolution In Four Part Harmony

in partnership with Encounters

Thursday 6 May : Concert : Nibs van der Spuy

CD launch of his new album ‘A House across the River’

Thursday 29 April : Concert : Nomfusi

Wednesday 21 April : Ciné-club : Orfeu Negro

Thursday 15 April : Concert : Saudiq Khan

Trio performance with Cape Town’s well loved musicians : on Guitar, Saudiq Khan, on percussion Ivan Bell, and on upright Bass, Andre Webb

Wednesday 14 April : Opening of Half light, an exhibition of Janet Ranson

Tuesday 6 April : Ciné-club : « Toi et moi »

Thursday 8 April : Concert : MELANIE SCHOLTZ, CD Launch of her new album : ‘LIVING STANDARDS’

with Mark Fransman (piano), Kesivan Naidoo (drums), two of Sweden’s top jazz musicians from her Swedish band, Johan Hörlen (alto saxophone), Martin Sjöstedt (double bass) and a very special guest from Australia Adrian Mears (trombone)

Tuesday 16 March : Ciné-club : Congo in four acts

Friday 26 March : Concert : Tony Cox

Thursday 25 March : Concert : Derek Gripper (guitar) and Udai Muzumdar(tabla, disciple and accompanist of the legendary Ravi Shankar)

Semaine de la Francophonie : Wednesday 24 March : Cinéclub « Congo River » Documentaire (version anglaise)

Semaine de la Francophonie : Tuesday 23 March : Opening of the exhibition “Paris Streets - Perceptions “ of André L Heyns

The exhibition will be running until 11 April

Semaine de la Francophonie : Friday 19 March : Concert : City Kay

French Reggae Band

Thursday 11 March : Concert : Soul Bird (Chris Tokalon, Ronan Skillen and Peter Nordling)

Tuesday 9 March : Cinéclub « Secret défense »

Thursday 4 march : Concert : AS IS

Free jazz : Manfred Zylla (trombone, violin, piano-accordion) ; Garth Erasmus (saxophone) ; Roderick Sauls (bass) ; Brendon Bussy (mandolin & electronics) ; Niklas Zimmer (drums)

Wednesday 24 February : Cinéclub « Il était une fois le salariat »

25 February : Opening to the exhibition by Pierre Florenchie

4 to 24 February : « The Inner life », an exhibition by Philippe Kayumba

Wednesday 17 February : White Paper Boats : A moving journey of ritual through vocal performance by Ernestine Deane

In partnership with Infecting the City

Friday 12 February : Concert : The Jack Mantis band

Tuesday 9 February : Ciné-club : Comme les autres

Thursday 4 February : Concert BENGUELA

Wednesday 27 January 2010 : Cinéclub « Accentus Laurence Equilbey »

by Andy Sommer

Wednesday 20 January : VHS Kahloucha by Néjib Belkadhi

Screening in collaboration with Encounters Film Festival

Tuesday 19 January 2010 : Opening of the exhibition of Béa GARROUSTE-FRITSCH

« Walk about city and countryside »

Tuesday 15 december : Ciné-club : je crois que je l’aime

Thursday 17 December : Concert of Mikanic

Friday 11 December : 50th anniversary of the Alliance Française of Cape Town

Monday 7 December : "Comme un juif en France/ Being Jewish in France by Yves Jeuland

Evènement organisé par l’Alliance Française, le Consulat Français et the South African Holocaust Foundation

Thursday 10 December : Concert of Hot Water

One of the most exciting musical projects to come out of South Africa recently

Wednesday 9 December : Exposition ‘Butamana Afrika, The life in times of Kimpa Vita’ de Patrick Tankama

Saturday 5 December : Marché de Noël / Christmas market

Friday 4 December : Final draw for 2010 soccer

Live big screen at Alliance Française

Thursday 3 December : Concert of Guy Buttery

One of the finest South African acoustic guitarists

16 November to 8 December : Exhibition « Difference » of Veronica Wilkinson

Wednesday 25 November : Yves Saint Laurent 5, avenue Marceau 75116 Paris

Le Mois du documentaire / The Month of The Documentary Films

Tuesday 17 November : Yves Saint Laurent, le temps retrouvé / Yves Saint Laurent : His life and times

(Le Mois du Documentaire / The Month Of The Documentary Films)

Saturday 7 November : Pique Nique at Solms Delta Wine Farm

Organised by the Alliance Française of Stellenbosch

Friday 13 November : Soirée Rugby + specialités de Toulouse

Thursday 12 November : Concert of Shannon Hope and Andy Lund

-* A GENIUNE ART POP EXPERIENCE - COMBINING MUSIC & ART WITH AN EXCLUSIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION

Wednesday 11 November 09 : Documentary film 19h : D’un mur l’autre – Berlin – Ceuta de Patric Jean

Tuesday 3 November : Ciné-club : Sharkwater by Rob Stewart

Collaboration with Encounters Film Festival

Thursday 5 November : “In the footsteps of Claude Levi-Strauss"

Documentary “Claude Levi Strauss in his own words” followed by “Regard éloigné / Olhares proximos”, a photo exhibition of Pataxo Indians by anthropologist Bernd Bierbaum.