Cafe Idiot †Great Russian and vegetarian food served all day. Jazz, cappuccino, fresh juice, specialty teas. Happy hour from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Weekend brunch. Used English-language books and magazines, plus an art gallery. Open daily, 11 a.m. to 1 a.m.
MAPUTO †Xenophobic attacks against foreign nationals in South Africa are generating a good deal of soul searching in a region that has shared much history, culture and strong informal economic ties †as well as hardships.
A frenzied hunt across the Scottish Highlands for a mythic artefact. A secret passed down the ages from keeper to keeper. Runes and cryptic messages to decipher, hoodlums to dodge, elderly historians to be consulted shortly before their violent deaths At first glance Andrew Greig's new novel seems like a home-grown, rather indignant riposte to The Da Vinci Code.
The Fruit Hunters A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession by Adam Leith Gollner (Scribner) Part journalist, part detective, part scientist and part foodie, Gollner gives us a juicy look at the world of fruit, traveling around the
I Am Da Streetz In a new VIBE.com series, independent Atlanta rapper Streetz takes us on a journey from his experiences growing up in the violent slums of the Bahamas, to his drive towards becoming the next rap superstar.
Eddie Harris was a one-of-a-kind, nonconformist multi-instrumentalist whose first recording, a saxophone rendition of the theme from the movie Exodus (1961), was a pop instrumental hit.
Lassy Chiwayo, the new mayor of Mpumalanga's capital city of Nelspruit, has promised to donate his entire salary package to charity. Chiwayo said this week that his mandate was service delivery, not self-enrichment.
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