Concert: Music Battle – Benga vs Bongo, Jan 28 2011 @ Goethe-Institut

INGOMA MUSIC & GOETHE-INSTITUT PRESENT
BENGA vs BONGO
A Live Music Showcase of Kenyan Music (Benga) and Tanzanian Music (Bongo Flava)
(Crown Prince of Benga) Dan CHIZI Aceda & (Tanzanian Bongo Flava Artist) MZUNGU KICHAA

LIVE @ Goethe Institut, Maendeleo House, Corner/ Loita & Monrovia Street, Nairobi

Friday, January 28th, 2011, 8pm, Free Entry

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=184369098249281&num_event_invites=0

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Album re-launch: Stan’s Kenya Debut, Jan 28 2011 @ Alliance Francaise

Stan’s “Kenya Debut” Album re-launch

at Alliance Française gardens, tickets: 450/-

Stan, the multi talented musician will be re-launching his album ‘Kenya Debut’ at the Alliance Française gardens… Whether it is a tale of love, pain or joy, Stans’ delivery enriches his musical message allowing us all to relate across age, sex and race.

Listen to the full album online (and buy too!): http://penya.bandcamp.com/album/kenya-debut

French Movie: Les Soeurs Fachees, Jan 24 2011 @ Alliance Francaise

At 6pm – with English subtitles

LES SOEURS FACHEES
by Alexandra Leclère (2004- 1h33)

Louise, younger sister, natural and straightforward, lives in province. Martine, older sister, beautiful and aloof, lives in the Parisian upper middle class. Louise has written a novel. On Monday she will go for an appointment with a publisher in Paris, which may change her life. She comes to live with Martine for three days. During three days, Louise and her obvious happiness exasperate Martine and set her life in glares…..

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0410639/

Elaine Kehew’s exhibition, Jan 23 – Feb 24 2011 @ Le Rustique

Elaine Kehew- The Sugar Canes (Sweet Ruminations). Opening January 23 at Le Rustique. 1-4 pm

In this most recent body of work, the artist has explored the possibilities of the sugar cane from classical nature-morte to contemporary grids of linoleum stamping. Elaine was initially drawn to the canes for their formal properties: the cylindrical shape and the way the sun illuminated their segmented forms. Further observation, however, revealed a spectrum of color from crimson to chartreuse and a rich ochre in the afternoon light. The cane ends, when chopped, are circles that swirl into spirals and reveal another mystery.

Elaine Kehew lives in Nairobi with her husband and daughter. Born in upstate NY, she received a bachelors degree from the University of New York at Geneseo and studied painting at the Corcoran School in Washington DC, and with CM Dupre at the Art League in Alexandria, VA. She has exhibited several times in the USA. This is her first exhibition in Nairobi.

Book launch: Man of the House and Other Short Stories from Kenya

This is not an event, but information on a new book: Man of the House and Other Short Stories from Kenya will be released on 31 January.
The anthology features various authors, including Muthoni Garland, Shalini Gidoomal, Alison Owour, Stanley Gazemba and Rasna Warah, among others. Please spread the word, and if you know of anyone willing to review it, please write to Emma Dawson at worldlits@googlemail.com.

Buy the Book (online from the UK)