Posted on August 11, 2010 by Editor
Chelsea Nelson, senior photographer at www.theoppidanpress.com, recently went “trippin’ in India” and brought back a few beautiful images from her holiday away. Watch her slideshow below to get a taste of India and if you have questions about her trip or photographs of your own holiday away then contact us!
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Posted on July 31, 2010 by Editor
To all those drama junkies who are currently experiencing extreme withdrawal symptoms due to the closing of the Grahamstown National Arts Festival – Fear not, for the Rhodes University Drama department have come to the rescue. Over five hundred productions in a mere fifteen action-packed days, with the arts ranging from theatre, dance, music and [...]
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Posted on July 31, 2010 by Editor
It was either FIFA 2010 World Cup quarter finals or staggering apparel to choose from, but with vibrant colours, bulky patterns, various styles and luscious models… Africa Fashion Week 2010 was the obvious choice. This fashion-filled week took place from 30 June-3 July in the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. The seats were empty the [...]
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Posted on May 9, 2010 by Editor
By Stefano De Siena The Union was unfortunately not as busy as expected this past Thursday night, the 29th April. This was unfortunate to see because two of South Africa’s biggest bands at the moment, Taxi Violence and Ashtray Electric were playing an unplugged set. The people that were in the small yet very intimate [...]
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Posted on April 27, 2010 by Editor
By Lauren Vankeirsbilck and Zintle “Tyson” Ngubeni Ladies and Gentlemen, Rhodes University Theatre brings you an African musical uniquely enhanced with a political subject matter, known as Morountodun. Femi Osofisan, a Nigerian playwright is known for his use of deliberately distorted myths to advance his revolutionary performances. However, this is no such myth. If an [...]
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Posted on April 27, 2010 by Editor
Ginos By Carina Truyts We gave Gino’s 2 stars, give us a star rating of your own! I arrived at Gino’s with high expectations. I’d been craving the “real Italian Food” that the advertising suggests, for weeks now. All I wanted was a ripe tomato sauce, poured over well-cooked pasta with fresh basil and a [...]
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Posted on March 18, 2010 by Editor
“To me, it’s really so simple, that life should be lived on the edge. You have to exercise rebellion. To refuse to tape yourself to the rules, to refuse your own success, to refuse to repeat yourself, to see every day, every year, every idea as a true challenge. Then you will live your life [...]
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Posted on March 18, 2010 by Editor
The Dirty Skirts was a crowd-puller on Wednesday evening at The Union when students showed up in numbers to get rocked by the band. With their tightly fitted skinnies and t-shirts, The Dirty Skirts entertained students with electric guitars, drums and accompanying vocals which could be heard a mile away. While the crowd was singing [...]
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Posted on March 18, 2010 by Editor
If you thought this past Wednesday was a normal one, you obviously were not at SlipStream Sports Bar. For the second time in two weeks, Slovenian swing-ska-rock n roll-punk band Red Five Point Star showed Grahamstown how to party. They were supported by another Slovenian band of the same genre We Can’t Sleep at Night. [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on February 26, 2010 by Editor
Our resident ‘agony aunt’ is right here to relate to! This month she tackles ‘Valentine’s Day Demons’… guys and girls ‘this is it’ with Roza Carvalho I’m pissed off. To be more accurate, I was pissed off. Yesterday. On Valentines Day. You’ll be happy to know, that besides possibly having the new strain of swine [...]
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