Arts & Entertainment |

* FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL
THE France-South Africa season presents the French Film Festival in Port Elizabeth from Wednesday to Saturday August 15-18. Films to be screened 35 Shots of Rum and Declaration of War on Friday August 17, and Chicken with Plums and Love Lasts Three Years on Saturday August 18.
At Ster-Kinekor The Bridge; tickets can be booked at www.sterkinekor.com

* ELVIS BLUE
IDOLS Season 6 winner Elvis Blue will be launching his new album, Journey, which was released last month at Potter’s Place, 18 Oosterland Street in Jeffreys Bay on Saturday August 18 at 6.30pm for 8pm; tickets R120 on (042) 293-2500.

* FUNNI GALORE
PE comedian Gino Fabbri is joined by Donna Africa in a side-splitting comedy at the Old Grey Sports Club, Old Grey Sports Ground, 2 Lenox Street in Glendinningvale, PE, on August 18, 24 and 25 at 7.30pm; tickets R100 at Computicket.

* JAZZ PERFORMANCE
WORLD-renowned jazz and contemporary performer Anna Davel is performing at the La Colline Theatre, Plot 151 Montmedy Road, Theescombe in Port Elizabeth tonight at 6.30 for 8pm; tickets R100 on 083-226-1038 or (041)379-5548.

* GUITAR PERFORMANCE
NMMU music students will give live guitar performances at the NMMU South Campus in Summerstrand, PE, at 1pm on Wednesday August 22, free entrance.

* WORLD-RENOWNED PIANIST
SOUTH African-born pianist Mark Nixon will be performing works from Brahms, Liszt and Debussy at the NMMU South Campus Auditorium in Summerstrand, Thursday August 23 at 7.30pm; entrance R65 (adults), R50 (pensioners) and R20 (students). Inquiries: Erika, (041)504-2974.

ART EXHIBITIONS

French artist Jacques de Loustal’s South African Road Trip is at the Alliance Française, 17 Mackay Street in Richmond Hill, PE, till August 25.

* Dennis Delmar’s oil and acrylic painting exhibition will be at Dessie’s @ The Tin House at 35 Cuyler Street in PE till August 31.

* Collect!ve, a fine art exhibition of 27 leading Eastern Cape artists, is at ART at 51b Cuyler Street, Central Hill in PE till September 30.

* The Standard Bank Young Artist award for visual art 2012 winner Mikhael Subotzky will be exhibiting Retinal Shift which investigates the practice and mechanics of looking while not seeing, at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum till September 5.

* The annual Turned Wood art exhibition is at ArtEC in Bird Street, Central in PE, until August 24.

* The Red Location Museum in New Brighton is hosting the Workers Culture in Two Nations: SA and the US exhibition in collaboration with Michigan State University until the end of September.

* Melody Land will be exhibiting at the Ann Bryant Coach House at 9 St Marks Road, Southernwood, East London, from Tuesday August 21.

* Paper Cuttings from Shaanxi and Selected Chinese Prints of the 20th Century will be exhibited at the Ann Bryant Gallery in the main gallery, East London, from Thursday August 23 till September 22.

* Dennis Delmar’s oil and acrylic painting exhibition will be at Dessie’s @ The Tin House at 35 Cuyler Street in PE, till Friday August 31.

* Collect!ve, a fine art exhibition of 27 leading Eastern Cape artists, is at ART at 51b Cuyler Street, Central Hill in PE till September 30.