Deerpark Cafe

For those of you not cooking on coals this Heritage Day …

Carin’s green fingers, bringing the outdoors in ❤️

Join us on tomorrow night for PART 2 of "The Seven Cosmic Alignments Of 1977", presented by Warrick Sony.

Emerging from a sound/video art exhibition that the composer and producer (and creator of the Kalahari Surfers) presented as part of his 2022 Radio Art Residency at Bauhaus University, Warrick muses on 7 randomly aligned events that occurred in 1977, the year that Voyager spacecraft departed earth with its “Golden Record” strapped to the front of its chassis.

Curated by Carl Sagan, it was this “interstellar playlist” - an LP of music and sounds from Earth - that prompted the music theorists Alexander Rehding and Daniel K.L. Chua to pronounce 1977 “the most important year in human history…”

Sony takes us on a philosophical jaunt through the interconnectivity binding music, poetry, sound and art into what Osip Mandelstam called “the noise of time” ... While Part 1 was an overview of the ramifications of each of these seven aligned events, Part 2 will now dig a bit deeper into certain events, particularly around the month of August when Earth not only received a unique communique from outer space, but sent out two of our own—which are still active.

Despite what appeared to be immensely irreconcilable problems amongst ourselves (a nuclear missile contest and conflicts raging in more than 10 countries), 70s arts and politics were inextricably intertwined with funk, punk, dub, disco, reggae and space rock.

A no ignorance he do it
A no brute force do it
Your weapons can't do it
So hear this !
Throw down your arms and come
Drop them
Put them away

(Winston Rodney - Burning Spear - Aug 1977)

See you tomorrow! (PLEASE BOOK THROUGH QUICKET)

Composer, producer and creator of the Kalahari Surfers, Sony presents two lectures that emerged from a sound/video art exhibition he presented as part of the 2022 Radio Art Residency at Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany, and form part of his recently submitted PhD dissertation.

Seven events occurred in 1977, the year that Voyager space craft departed earth with its Golden Record with music from earth, that prompted the music theorists Alexander Rehding and Daniel K.L. Chua to pronounce 1977 “the most important year in human history, if not the only year recorded…”

Sony takes a philosophical jaunt through the interconnectivity's that bind music, poetry, sound and art into, what Osip Mandelstam called, “the noise of time.”

Looking forward to seeing you Tuesday evening 🙌

FLASH PIZZA SPECIAL! Order a pizza between 5.30 and 6.30pm today (18 May), and enjoy a glass of wine on the house 🙌🏽 … (not applicable to children’s pizza orders 🧐😂)

Lovely slow Tuesday … come on over, the weather is fine

We loved yesterday’s post by - so happy the wind that drives us all a bit bonkers blew you into our harbour 😍 Thanks for the great post

Our Turkish eggs, looking all the better for being served on , and mopped up by fresh baked sourdough from Jesse

WORK WITH A VIEW! WE ARE HIRING …

HEAD CHEF/KITCHEN MANAGER

If you have the following skill set, and have minimum 3 years experience running a kitchen, we would be delighted to welcome you to our team!

Do you:

* Enjoy creative cooking
* Have people management skills
* Good at costings
* Manage inventory effectively
* Work flexible hours

Please submit your resume to [email protected]; suitable candidates will be called in for an interview.

What a day! Thank you to everyone who joined us - here’s to a productive and happy week ahead 🙌🏽

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And we're off to a flying start! New Years resolution #3: Make plenty of time to play ... at Deer Park: kids in the playground; you on the terrace🙌

We like to cook what’s fresh and inspirational so present a daily chalkboard menu. But some dishes, like our Falafel Bowl - homemade falafels, hummus, pickles, salad, aubergines and wood-fired pita/wrap - are perennial favourites…

If you haven’t yet tried, come on over and see why!

Served on beautiful

BOOK NOW FOR PART 2!
Part 1 of ‘A Witch’s Cradle - 100 years of Feminist Production’, a trip through ‘Venice Biennale 2022 – The Milk of Dreams’ - presented by Prof Virginia MacKenny from UCT Michaelis School of Fine Art - held us all rapt!

We invite you to join us for Part 2 at 8pm on Thursday 24 November when Prof MacKenny takes us deeper into the current psyche as captured by the 2022 Venice Biennale’s 213 artists from 58 countries.

Dinner menu R150. A Witches Cradle R170. Book the latter through Quicket; meals payable at DPC. Seating limited to 50.

Join us on a trip through the Venice Biennale 2022 – ‘Milk of Dreams’ – with a drink in hand, and Virginia MacKenny, Associate Professor of Painting, UCT Michaelis School of Fine Art, at the helm.

On 15 Nov at 8pm Virginia will offer PART 1, a 2-hour presentation entitled ‘A Witch’s Cradle - 100 years of feminist production’ - a ride through this year’s Biennale and the vision of curator Cecilia Alemani who chose 213 artists from 58 countries to capture the moment in history when the very survival of the species felt most threatened, as well as expanded modes of coexistence.

For Prof MacKenny the Venice Biennale experience was one ‘full of story-telling and world imagining. Dominated by the body: s*x and visceral entanglements, corporeal excesses, madness and abjection, accompanied by witches, mediums and ‘hysterics’ conjuring trances and altered states. Soaring creatures from ethereal realms, earth beings, peat and humus and soil, dirty fingers and ragged minds, incarcerations and freedoms of many kinds churn together. The abject and the beautiful, the brutal and blunt, the violent and bloody, the fragile and delicate, the ephemeral and light of touch. This biennale has its roots well beyond the ambit of Europe, but also finds its home there. Can get one all shook up, but also settles the being…’

(PART 2 will take place at 24 Nov at 8pm. It is not necessary to book Part 1 to enjoy Part 2 or vice versa)

Booking through https://www.quicket.co.za/events/197033-venice-biennale-2022-the-milk-of-dreams-presented-by-virginia-mackenny-part-i/ R170; see you at DPC for a most edifying evening 🙌🏽

I say MARGHERITA, you say MARGARITA! Yes it's Tuesday Pizza Night - order any 2 pizzas before 7.30pm tonight, and you get a Margherita pizza on the house ... or a Margarita cocktail! Whatever floats your boat and gets you closer to Friday :)

TUESDAY PIZZA SPECIAL Test drive our new wood burning pizza oven! Order any 2 pizzas before 7.30pm tonight, and you get a margarita on the house! That’s right, it’s pizza night, and it’s not even Friday 🔥
Eat in, or swing by to pick up 021 035 0195

That’s Tinashe whizzing by, our efficient and much loved front-of-house manager. We’re sorry that on sunny days we’re a bit overwhelmed - our kitchen lay-out not yet optimal and staff still finding their feet - but hoping you’ll pop by one evening too, when the vibe is chilled and Tinashe and Ashton ramp up delivery times… (Pizzas coming soon; just waiting for our flue!)

Turkish eggs, poached to order, topped with warm salted garlic yogurt and hot butter spiced with red pepper flakes and paprika. All our breakfasts are served with sourdough freshly baked by Jesse from Proof.

We serve breakfast daily from 8am to 11.30am. To book, call 0210350195

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