Exhibit: Pop Art Safari, May 17 – Jun 13 2011 @ Que Pasa?

QUE PASA? Bar & Bistro hosts  an exclusive selection of works by Argentinean artist Miriam Rubino de Rinck.

The collector’s edition of Pop Art Safari is a unique opportunity to browse and acquire some of the most popular series of Modern African paintings by this well-established Nairobi resident. With over 15 years of experience in the international art world and numerous successful exhibitions in Nairobi, Miriam’s works are not to be  missed.

Each edition of POP ART SAFARI presents us with a unique critical look at African representations of Self. Through a deceptively simple, almost naive appearance, Pop Art Safari unravels complex ideas about identity, and (de, re)colonization processes.

Opening on Tuesday, May 17th, 2011 at 7 PM. The show will run through June 13th, 2011.

Event: Books and Blogs, May 18 2011 @ Dass

Books and Blogs is all about reading, it is not a book club as such though it will feature books once in a while,

First up, participants will be sharing why they read. (An interesting quote ‘ It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours’ by William Ellery Channing)

So if you have any write up on why you read, send it to sitawaf@gmail.com and you get a chance to read it on the 18th plus have it on the reading revolution website http://readingrevolution.co.ke/

So lets get reading, lets get writing, lets get together for books and blogs

Venue: Dass Rest
Date: Wed 18th May
Entrance: Ksh 100

Find the event on FB http://on.fb.me/mS0v6E and use #booksnblogs  on twitter to talk about it

Embracing Diversity: An Art and Dance Exhibition, May 21 2011 @ 2nd Parklands Ave

Art without Borders Kenya & Pamoja Dance Group invites you to an Art & Dance Exhibition for a great cause*

Date: May 21, 2011
Venue: 2nd Parklands, Off Limuru Rd-(Formerly RaMoMa)
Time: 1-6pm
Tickets: Kshs 100 Adults & Kshs 50 Children under 15

* All admission fees and 20% of all art sales will go towards Art without Borders Kenya’s Community Programmes and Pamoja Dance Group.

Embracing Diversity is an art and dance exhibition hosted by Art Without Borders Kenya and Pamoja Dance Group. Art Without Borders Kenya is a local organization that provides art lessons and art therapy programs to the local community and to children in Kenyatta National Hospital, children’s homes, and slum-based schools. Pamoja Dance Group is a contemporary dance group composed of people with and without physical disabilities.

Click on the flyer of the event to visualize it in full size.

TEDx Braeburn, May 12 2011 @ Braeburn School

When? Thursday 12th May 2011, 7pm (for 7:30) to 9:00pm.
Where? Austin Theater, Braeburn School, Gitanga road, Lavington

This week’s theme: The fringe benefits of failure and a new definition of success.  The following TED talks will be screened:

At her Harvard commencement speech, “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling offers some powerful, heartening advice to dreamers and overachievers, including one hard-won lesson that she deems “worth more than any qualification I ever earned.”  Perhaps the most famous contemporary fiction writer in the world, with her Harry Potter series of children’s books — a chronicle of the adventures of an adolescent wizard of the same name. The fourth volume of the series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, was the fastest-selling book in history.  Since completing the series, Rowling has put her fortune toward philanthropic projects dealing with poverty, multiple sclerosis and other issues through her own Volant Charitable Trust.

Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure — and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work.  Through his witty and literate books — and his new School of Life — Alain de Botton helps others find fulfillment in the everyday. We need to intelligently reassess our systems of governance, societal structure, education, and cultural narratives, and creatively think about the roles of morality, technology, human behaviour and collaborative civil society in our world.  Join us for a light-hearted intellectual exploration.

Directions to Braeburn: http://www.braeburn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=197&Itemid=695
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Charity: Gala Latina, May 14 2011 @ Hilton

The Spanish Speaking Association (website in Spanish: www.ssakenya.org) requests the pleasure of your company at the renown “Annual Charity Gala Latina” which will take place on 14th May at the Hilton Hotel, Nairobi. The ticket price is KSHS 4,500 (Cash Bar) and it includes welcome cocktail, buffet dinner and a glass of wine, Latin Dance exhibition and grand prize raffle. Among the prizes we have flights to Europe and nights at hotels. Extra raffle tickets for many fabulous prizes will be sold throughout the evening. All proceeds go to charity.
Dress code: Formal
For more information or ticket purchases please call 0714925702 or 0736551818.
Please note tickets won’t be sold at the door.

Founded in Nairobi (1994), the Spanish Speaking Association (SSA) encompasses all members of Spanish speaking countries who are resident
in Kenya, and, who voluntarily offer their services to assist in projects of local development and in the promotion of the Hispanic
culture in this country.

It is financed by the yearly fees of the members, as well as the profits obtained through the various fundraising events during the
year, and, the generous donations granted by public companies and private people.

The SSA has granted eleven scholarships to students of secondary education, and, additionally collaborates in Orione Community Training
Center (Thika), for challenged children with special needs, Community Missionary San Pablo Apostle of Spain (Turkana-Kaikor) providing
support of various Centers of Nutrition, Health and Education for children from 2 to 7 years of age, Sisters Marianitas of Equator
(Turkana-Kaikor) dedicated to the promotion of  woman, care of the elder and agricultural development, Kariobangi, professional promotion
of woman in Kenya.

Out of Town: Saturdays activities @ Lily Pond Arts Centre, Nanyuki

Join the Lily Pond Arts Centre for Saturday Morning activities for children aged 4-12.
Drop in any time from 10.30a.m -12.30p.m. and enjoy brunch on the decking while the totos get arty.

All activities will be subject to a charge of 250 ksh. to cover the cost of materials.
Limited spaces are available and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Free 2Mb Wi-Fi available at the laptop friendly Lily Pond.

Saturday 7th May, 2011 – 7.00pm
The Blues Brothers (1980) on the BIG Screen at the Lily Pond Arts Centre – Nanyuki.