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Fragrance Fest 2020 is here!

Anelma Ruschioni Food, local culture, the beauty of the countryside … this and more will be part of the 6th Fragrance Fest on Saturday 14 March. The only day when all venues on the circular Fragrance Route open their doors! This is an…
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Holiday Photo Hints

Get really close to your subject – fill the frame, make it huge and impossible to miss! This is far more impressive than a cluttered, busy scene. Yes, show the surroundings or old fishing boat but also get up close, show the detail of fittings,…
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‘PETRO HANSEN SE AFRIKAANS SMELT SOOS BOTTER OP DIE TONG’

“Aandskemering. Rintinkel. Winternag. Hantam. Dit is woorde wat ek gebore is om te sê… Awendster. Pypkaneel. Kotiljons. Kalbas. Appelliefie. Ons mooie Afrikaanse taal rol soos botter op my tong. Ek weet dit. Die winkelassistent in Woolworths…
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Foto Focus – Creating Motion

If you want to create movement in a photograph you need to make use of a combination of methods. These include panning, as in tracking the movement of your subject, choice of shutter speed and to a degree aperture. What shutter speed you use…
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Alhambra, Granada: an Assault on the Senses

We discovered, way before we set off for Spain, the challenges entailed in securing yourself an entry to the hallowed portals of the Alhambra ꟷ part palace, part fortress ꟷ in Granada, Andalusia, set at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains.…
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DAZZLING SANLAM ART EXTRAVAGANZA

During the month of October and until November 8th,  if you are lucky enough to enter the Sayers Art Gallery in the George Museum your eyes will be pulled every which way because of the superb collection of art in many disciplines. Sanlam,…
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Bekende Digter by Leeskring

Op Woensdag 14 Augustus het die digteres René Bohnen met die Groot Brakrivier Leeskring oor haar digkuns kom gesels.  Hierdie verrykende woord-oggend het oudergewoonte by Art@39 Long kunsgalery plaasgevind.  Dr Gerrit Theron het  René aan…
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Winners of Expression Art Competition

The 7th SCAVA Annual Open Visual Expression Competition was a true celebration of art with more than 78 artists and 236 entries from as far as Oudtshoorn, De Rust, Knysna, Plettenberg Bay and Mossel Bay Region. The various divisions’ winners…
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Vader Noël-Jean Creille , ‘n befaamde orrelis in ons midde

Orrelspel val nie noodwendig in iedereen se smaak nie, maar kan ‘n mens nie anders as om verstom te staan en ‘n waardering te ontwikkel  vir sy wysheid en kennis, nie net van orrespel nie, maar ook van sy lewenservaring in die Kerk en die…
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SES REGRUK INTERIEURWENKE VIR ‘n NUWE SEISOEN

Verfris vinnig jou badkamer of kombuisteёls deur dit te verf of met die nuutste byderwetse teëlplakkers te versier. “Big & Bold” – Helder ‘n area op deur bv. een bank in ‘n kuierarea in ‘n helder kleur oor te trek. …
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Visiting Berlin ꟷ Expectations and Reality

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For a while, the word on the street has been that Berlin is the new hip and happening hotspot. Having recently been absorbed by several Netflix series set in Berlin in the post-war Roaring Twenties, I was intrigued, and soon we had the opportunity…
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Manneloog

Grootbrak Leeskringlede en besoekers se hartsnare is op 10 Julie by Art@39Long geroer deur twee uiteenlopende digters van ons kontrei. Johan Rabie Murray, plaaslike inwoner van Groot Brak, het uit sy twee digbundels “geskoei” van 2017 en…
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Book Review: De Geschiedenis van Nederland in 100 Oude Kaarten

Hierdie boek geskryf deur  Marieke van Delft en Reinder Storm, vertel die geskiedenis van Nederland aan die hand van honderd historiese kaarte. Van die oudste bekende Nederlandse kaartjie uit 1307 oor die bou van ʼn kerk in de Aardenburgse…
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Monastery of San Galgano, Tuscany

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While we were exploring Tuscany recently, a lively waitress at our favourite coffee shop tut-tutted when we admitted we hadn’t yet visited the monastery of San Galgano. It was roughly an hour out of our tiny settlement, Acquacalda, on the…
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LEESKRING VERWELKOM WOORDKUNSTENAAR, DANIёL HUGO

Om ‘n besoek te kry van Daniël Hugo en sy vrou, Marlene, al die pad van Prins Albert af, was louter vreugde vir Grootbrak Leeskring se woord-mense op 8 Mei. Soos gewoonlik was die byeenkoms by die mooie Art@long kunsgalery in Groot Brakrivier. Daniël…
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