MORNING MIRROR EXTRA

WEEKENDING 28 AUGUST 2009

SOUTH AFRICAN EMBASSY

REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN EMBASSY WILL BE VISITING BULAWAYO ON 

MONDAY 31 AUGUST
TUESDAY 1 SEPTEMBER
WEDNESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER

PORTLAND HOUSE 13TH AVE AND MAIN STREET

7.30 TO 4.00 P.M.

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Film screenings by Women Filmmakers of Zimbabwe of the best films from the International Images Film Festival 2009 presents:

 COURTING JUSTICE

Saturday, 29 August 2009 @ 5.00pm

National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo, 75 Main Street/ L.Takawira Avenue
Free Entry!
Courting Justice takes viewers behind the gowns and gavels to reveal the women who make up 18% of South Africa's male-dominated judiciary. Hailing from diverse backgrounds and entrusted with enormous responsibilities, these pioneering women share with candor and unexpected humour, accounts of their country's transformation since apartheid, and the evolving demands of balancing their courts, country and families.

Directed by: Jane Lipman
South Africa 2008

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BOOKS ON THE MOVE
For the love of a Book

WILL BE AT THE ASCOT COFFEE SHOPPE
(Ascot Race Course)
THIS SAT 29 AUGUST 2009

FROM 9.30 TILL 12PM

No money required, the only condition
is that your book is in good condition!

- Book Donations welcome to keep the collection going

A GENTLE REMINDER TO ALL OLD AND NEW.

SEE YOU THERE

Lara
011613679

Special thanks to all those who supported last
Months fund raiser for the SPCA.  R1015.00 was
Raised.  An achievement.  Thank you.
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PAB and the Academy

Friday, 28 August.  Boito: Mefistofele
Robert Sibson Hall at 6.30 p.m.  There will be a supper interval.
Carriages: 10.25 p.m.
In Mefistofele Boito takes the familiar Faust legend but also adapts more of
Goethe's drama so that the opera begins with Satan's challenge to God in a
Prologue in Heaven employing a vast chorus and orchestra, incorporates other
episodes after the death of Margherita and ends with Faust's redemption.
Boito was Verdi's librettist for Otello and Falstaff and, if you enjoy
Verdi, then you'll certainly enjoy this too.  The opera steers a course
between grandeur, comedy and tragedy and the lavish production gives all
three their due.  The action is variously updated so that the Easter Sunday
festivities include a medieval pageant in the generally Victorian setting
whilst the Witches' Sabbath takes place in a rather seedy night-club!  It's
all very entertaining, musically splendid and wonderfully well sung by a
cast whose principals are Samuel Ramey as Mefistofele, Gabriela Benacková as
both Margherita and Elena and Dennis O'Neill as Faust.
Tickets: US$2.00/R15.00, free to members.
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The Bulawayo Orchid Society will be holding their annual Orchid Show and Fair on
Saturday 5th September 2009 from 9.00am to 4.00pm   and
Sunday 6th September 2009 from 9.00am to 12.30pm    at
No. 1 Donegal Road, (off Cecil Avenue), Hillside.  (Opposite the Premier Hillside Hospital)
Entrance fees: R10 per person/R5 for Pensioners and children.
As well as the orchid displays there will be Raffles, Teas and Refreshments for sale, also  garden and orchid plants as well as craftwork, homemade goods and gifts, and facepainting for the children.
We look forward to the support of the Bulawayo Public who we hope will come along to enjoy the flowers and sit and relax in pleasant garden surroundings.
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LIONS CLUB OF MATOPOS are hosting a Spring Fair on the 5th September,2009 at their Lions Den in 23rd Ave Famona. Stands are available  at R50.
Entrance on the day will be R20 for adults and for  children a donation of a toy for our Toys for Joy project or R5.
For table bookings please contact the following:
Lion Bev Wood  011-405 652 or e mail bevolux@zol.co.zw
                         09-242968

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