Kinanda Arts Festival #6, Jun 26 2011 @ Kifaru Gardens

The Nairobi Kinanda Arts Festival is a monthly Arts extravaganza of music, poetry, visual art, creative writing, spoken word, film and street art..offerings. All this happening over a single weekend, the last Sunday Afternoon, every month.

Where : Kifaru Gardens  (Get on  to James Gichuru Rd. Turn of at Kanjata rd. ( leads to Loreto Convent Msongari) It is the 2nd white gate to your right. ( has a black rhino) ( Google Maps: http://bit.ly/gmMreD )

Date: Sunday 26th June 2011,  2pm-6.45pm!
Cost : 200 bob only! Children under 12 come in free
More Info: kinandafestival.blogspot.com
Twitter: @kinandaArtsfest
FaceBook: NairobiKinandaArtsFest

Perfomances by: Nina Ogot, Aziza, Dempsey,Jason Okumu, Fadhili, Pato (Brook House School)

Poetry Spoken Word: Inkwa, Leon Kiptum
Gallery  Exhibition: Mwangi Kirubi, Allan Gichigi

All this plus you usual mix of great artsy vendors, great company

Documentary: Restrepo, Jun 28 2011 @ Alliance

Screening at 6pm

RESTREPO
by Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger (2010 – 1h33)

Grand Jury Prize for best documentary at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival

A documentary that chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley. The movie focuses on a remote 15-man outpost, “Restrepo,” named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. The goal of the film is to make viewers feel as if they have just been through a 90-minute deployment. Hetherington was killed in April 2011 while covering the Libyan war

Documentary: Research & Development in the Tana River Delta, Jun 27 2011 @ Alliance

Screening at 6pm

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT IN THE TANA RIVER DELTA
by Khamis Ramadhan (2011 – 15min)

documentary produced with the support of  the Embassy of France

The documentary highlights current participatory research activities in the Tana Delta being undertaken jointly by local and international researchers under Kenyan Wetlands Biodiversity Research Group (Kenweb). The discussions will focus on how best to utilize the natural resources for sustainable development in the Delta.

The film will be followed by a discussion.

TEDxBraeburnSchools, Jun 25 2011 @ Austin Theater

Saturday, June 25th 2011 at 10:00am (for 10:30) to 12:00pm.
Location: Braeburn School, Gitanga Rd, Austin Theater

Theme: Longevity, technology, accelerated evolution and the future of health

Medical ethicist Harvey Fineberg shows us three paths forward for the ever-evolving human species: to stop evolving completely, to evolve naturally — or to control the next steps of human evolution, using genetic modification, to make ourselves smarter, faster, better. Neo-evolution is within our grasp. What will we do with it?  Harvey Fineberg studies medical decisionmaking — from how we roll out new medical technology, to how we cope with new illnesses and threatened epidemics.

At TEDxPeachtree, bioethicist Paul Root Wolpe describes an astonishing series of recent bio-engineering experiments, from hybrid pets to mice that grow human ears. He asks: isn’t it time to set some ground rules?  Paul Root Wolpe examines the ethical implications of new science — genetic modification, neuroscience and other breakthroughs that stretch our current philosophy to the breaking point. He’s the chief bioethicist at NASA, among other appointments.