Kiddies group art classes are on offer between 4.30and 5.30pm, and will explore the use of different mediums. On Saturday The John Russel Trio will provide a jazz session in a Blue Room Session from 8.30pm. R20.

On Sunday they host their Expression Session from 8pm with your own work or just bring a willing ear to hear some of the best in contemporary SA poetry. Tel: 021-788-1121.

Murder in the Common Room by Ralph Kelly opens at the Masque Theatre, Muizenberg, on Friday. The play is directed by Brenda Gray for the Constantiaberg Theatre Players. Runs on September 21, 22 and 23. Weeknights: 8.15pm. Saturdays: 2.15pm and 6.15pm. Tickets: R35 to R45. Tel: 021-788-1898 (o/h) to book.

Salsa classes at Bossa Nova, 43 Somerset Road, Green Point, every Tuesday and Thursday evening. Beginners at 7pm, improvers at 8pm. R20 per class. Tel: 021-425-0295.

Post Mortem 2010 is the latest artwork by Cape Town-based photographer and artist, Dale Yudelman. This five-minute installation piece viewed in a games console takes a look at how the upcoming World Cup is perceived by different role players and segments of our society. Worldart, Church St. Tel: 021-423-3075.

RED! The Gallery will be hosting Cape Artist, Nola Muller's exhibition of drawings, watercolours and acrylics. Opens on Sunday, 5pm to 7pm. Runs until October 25. Gallery hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm, Saturday 10am to 4pm and Sunday 10am to 2pm.

The Association For Visual Arts, in partnership with Spier, invites you to an exhibition of new work by seven Cape-based artists. Entitled Amajita in Conversation, this group show is curated by visual artist Thembinkosi. Runs until Friday, October 13. Tel: 021-424-7436.

The Sanlam Art Gallery presents a mid-career retrospective of the works of artist, musician and poet Tyrone Appollis until October 12. Venue: 2 Strand Rd, Bellville. Open: Mondays to Fridays from 9am to 4.30pm. Free.

A trilogy of struggle exhibitions is on view at the Iziko Slave Lodge. Remembering Slavery reflects on the period of slavery at the Cape from 1658 until early 1800s. Separate not equal deals with segretation in schools in the US during the 1960s. Breaking the Silence: La Luta Continua explores themes such as the campaign against torture, the TRC and the struggle for the rights of survivors. The Slave Lodge is open daily except Sunday. Museum educators available to conduct special school programmes. Tel: 021-481-3823.

Deposit! has been reconstructed in the Red Space at their Cape Town campus. This exhibition captures the most important reasons, at a personal, national and international level, why published and manuscript material should be "deposited" in a place of safekeeping that will ensure its accessibility. Free. 5 Queen Victoria Street. Open: 9am to 5pm on weekdays, except for Wednesday, when it opens at 10am. Tel: 021-487-5630.

Abdullah Ibrahim with the Department of Arts and Culture is hosting the world premiere of the Cape Town Jazz Orchestra at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Saturday. This orchestra features 18 leading SA musicians as well as the Abdullah Ibrahim Quartet from the US with Horace Alexander-Young on horns, Belden Bullock on bass, and George Gray on drums. 8pm. Book at Computicket.

Fine Music Radio 101.3 is hosting a cocktail cabaret at the Artscape Chandelier Foyer at 6pm on Sunday. Director Aviva Pelham has a line-up of popular jazz and classical artists in a selection of genres. From the magnificent voices of opera diva Virginia Davids to the popular jazz musicians of the Mike Laatz Jazz Quartet the evening guarantees a rhythmical great time. Tickets R120, includes snacks and a free glass of wine. Cash bar available. Tel: 021-410-1013.

Raise your pinky to Sri Lankan tea master and founder of Dilmah Tea, Merrill J Fernando, who offers an exclusive tasting of a diverse range of single origin Ceylon tea at The Mount Nelson Hotel on Friday.

Seven-piece band Madame Afrique perform at Manenberg's Jazz Café, Waterfront, on Friday and Saturday. The band launches their debut CD She's Hot on Friday at 9.30pm.

Catch Neil Potgieter and Rob Nel from Slow Train at GrandWest's Jackson Hall every Friday and Saturday during September, between 10pm and 1am. The Coyote Ugly Dancers add glamour to the bar counter at 11.15.

Take in jazz at GrandWest's Supersport Arena with Kayla on guitar and Lucreia on vocals between 8pm and 10.30pm on Wednesdays and between 7.30pm and 10pm on Friday and Saturdays.

Don't miss the last two evenings of Sonja Heroldt performance at GrandWest's Roxy Revue Bar. Doors open at 8pm, curtain goes up at 8.30. Tickets R67 from Computicket. Show ends on Saturday. Tel: 021-505-7777.

At Swingers in Wetton (1 Wetwyn Road, near station) guitarist Alvin Dyers leads the band that features Nic Le Roux on sax, Allistair Andrews on bass, and Denver Furness on drums, from 9pm. Tel: 021-762-2443.

Tonight The Rockets are at The Galaxy in College Road, Rylands. On Saturday afternoon N2 play. West End in the same complex hosts Jimmy Dludlu and the Afro Jazz Project on Sunday from 8pm, and Saturday enjoy Black Current. Tel: 021-637-9132.

Eldred and Hilton Schilder are part of Paradigm Shift playing at Capella, 21b corner of Somerset and Dixon streets on Tuesdays at 8.30pm. Tel: 021-425-0439.

The Dubliner at Kennedy's cigar bar on the ground floor of 251 Long Street features Gabriel on Mondays, Guy Feldman on Tuesdays, Fishbowl on Wednesdays, Daizy Jane on Thursday, Francois on Friday and O-Zone on Saturdays. Tel: 021-424-1212.

Experience Marimba and cocktails at Mnandis at the Solole Game Reserve, 6 Wood Road, Sunnydale, Noordhoek Valley on Friday evenings listening to Buyambo, a marimba band from Masiphumelele. Tel: 021-785-3248.

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