Play: Who Killed Aunt Caroline? Jul. 30-31 2011 @ Alliance


Michezo Afrika presents to you the play
Who killed Aunt Caroline?

Dates: July 30-31, 2011
Venue: Alliance Francaise
Time: 3pm and 6pm
Tickets: KSh.400 Advance and KSh.500 at the Gate
Contact: 0720257110, 0737973193 or michezoafrika.usiu@gmail.com

“Who killed Aunt Caroline?” is a mystery drama. The Endicott Family are the kind of folks who live next door; but soon you realize one of these genial people has committed calculating murder! Aunt Caroline deserved to die. But who could have killed her? None of the family seems like a murderer, but there’s nobody else, nobody with the slightest motive for poisoning Aunt Caroline, nobody who—but wait, maybe there was! You’re kept guessing to the very end.

Call for Proposals: Tandaa Digital Content Grant, Jul. 21 – Aug. 22 2011

The Kenya ICT Board is pleased to announce that the second round of the Tandaa Digital Content Grant Call for Proposals is now open.

Companies and individual teams with innovative ideas that use web and mobile phone technology are invited to submit their proposals for a chance to be awarded a grant of $10,000 – 50,000.

The objective of the grant is to stimulate ICT innovation and creativity while promoting economic growth in the sector. By supporting tech-entrepreneurs with the funds they need to successfully take their products to market, the Tandaa Grant hopes to grow the number of relevant and local web and mobile applications available to Kenyans.

Workshop Dates

Nakuru: July 26
Kakamega: July 29
Garissa: Aug 2
Mombasa: Aug 6
Nairobi: Aug 9

Call for proposals: July 21 – August 22, 2011

Grant amount:

Individuals: $ 10,000
Companies: $ 50,000
Matching grant for established companies: $ 150,000

Number of grants to be awarded in 2011: At least 40

Eligibility: Kenyan citizens, companies registered in Kenya

Categories: Private Sector Innovation, Government Data Applications

For more information visit: www.ict.go.ke

Party: Sexy Saturdays 2011 with BOOM JINX, Jul. 30 2011 @ Carnivore

Entry:
Advance: 1,500 Kshs
Gate: 2,000 Kshs
V.I.P.: 3,000 Kshs (available in Advance)

Ladies and Gentlemen, mark your calendars and dust off your party jackets because this is going to be a wild one!

On Saturday, 30th July 2011 The Associates & 6:AM Entertainment cordially invite you to join us as we celebrate our 4th year anniversary of SEXY SATURDAYS!

TWO FLOORS OF NON-STOP BEATS
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THE 6:AM ARENA
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This year 6:AM have stepped it up a notch by hosting Anjunabeats Records producer and DJ, BOOM JINX! The man from Norway will be belting out hit after hit from his deadly collection of Trance music for the Nairobi faithful. We cannot begin to explain how excited we are to have such an acclaimed international in our fair land.

Supporting him will be a lively team of Dj’s who will knock your sock off this time round with some amazing killer sets from none other than 6:AM’s finest Mikhail Kuzi with some thumping Techno treats… Foozak & Franky B (6am’s duo) with some bigroom progressive fuego and with a hint of electro, Dj B with some eclectic progressive House..

Music Policy 6:AM ARENA:
House, Minimal, Techno, Trance, Electro, Tech House,

THE ASSOCIATES ARENA
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Manning the decks in the pimped out Associates Arena will be Kaytrix, Kriss Darlin, Dj Space (MOB) and Dj Joe Mflame..

Music Policy CANDY SHOP ARENA:
HipHop, RnB, Ragga, Dancehall, Genge, Bongo, Old School, Crunk

Dress Code: Smart/Sexy

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Dance Performance: Triple Bill, Jul 27-28 2011 @ Goethe-Institut

* WHERE: GOETHE-INSTITUT, Maendeleo House, Monrovia Street
* WHEN: Wednesday 27th July 2011 – 7 PM & Thursday 28th July 2011 – 7 PM
* ENTRY: Ksh 200

Triple Bill 2011 – Dance Performances

The Platform Triple Bill began in 2007 as the Kunja Dance Theatre’s way of sharing three new works in a row under the artistic direction of James Mweu.

In the Future… – a piece by seven artists blending acrobatics, dance and everyday movements; the dancers take us on a journey of discovering new places, spaces and possibilities while reflecting on the past moments, snaps and gazing into the future. It is part of a boys’ project, which exposes and informs young people on arts, quality performing practices and allows encounters with professionals, with the aim of training, educating and uplifting new talent.

Luna – a poetic piece on seasons, where paths traverse, cross and dancers negotiate… During this performance, the Kunja dancers are joined by dancers from Dance Montage – Dance Forum Nairobi (DF-N) training programme held at The GoDown Arts Centre .

Duet – a work in progress… Just wait and see!

Goethe-Institut Nairobi – +254-20-2224640 – prog@nairobi.goethe.org

Call for Artists: Professional and School Groups, Aug. 29 2011 @ Paa ya Paa

Paa ya Paa is calling all creative artists to contribute their ideas on what they love about Africa for an exhibition called “In Love With Africa”.

This exhibition aims to pay tribute to all the beautiful things that we love and cherish in this continent. Let us come together to show our love for Africa in our own unique way to celebrate our common ground.

How can we show that we are “in love” with a continent?
Is it really possible to do this?
What do we love personally about ourselves and our lives that we would like to share with others?
Who are the people in Africa who have inspired us and make us love who we are?
How can we work together to continue to make Africa proud?

Calling on:
Painters, photographers, mixed media artists, sculptors, pottery and ceramic and textile artists, poets, writers, children and adults, all of you artists out there, come forth!!!

Many of you have your own special way of telling a story through art.

The theme is to pay homage to Africa, both in a personal and broader perspective, including personal art stories that make you proud to be African or connected with Africa.

Artists must bring their ready-to-exhibit works or poems and writings to Paa Ya Paa Arts Centre, Paa Ya\ Paa Lane, Ridgeways Road O! Kiambu Road by

Deadline: August 29, 2011
Time: 9am and 5pm.

Come with a short statement about your work as it relates to the above theme. It will accompany your artwork at the exhibition. Works may be for sale or not for sale. If for sale, there will be a 30% deduction against sales to defray costs.

MORE DETAILS
An artist or poet may bring no more than 2 works for the show.
The size of the artworks should not be larger than 1 sq. meter.
The artworks and poetry should be fresh work unless it is a tribute to an African hero/heroine, regardless of ethnicity.

SCHOOL CATEGORIES
We encourage children to participate through their class or art club groups. We would allow you to organize through a teacher and submit what he/she feels are the best entries.

CONTACT PERSONS (Should there be additional questions)
For the professional artists:
Mr. Nuru Bahati, Artist-Organizer
Cell: 0721 267 239
Mr. Boyd Oyier, Artist-Organizer
Cell: 0770 534 853

For the school group artists:
Ms. Phillda Ragland Njau, Coordinator,
International Arts Program for PYP
Cell: 0733 270 109

For poetry and literature:
Mr. Elimo Njau, Artist-Director
Paa Ya Paa Arts Centre
Cell: 0733 270 109
Thank you for your love and valued participation.

Download call for artists (pdf) poster

Nairobi Arboretum Lecture, Jul. 28 2011 @ Nairobi Arboretum

Date: July 28, 2011
Venue: Tree Centre (Nairobi Arboretum)
Time: 5.30-6.30pm
Entry: Students/FONA/Nature Kenya Members Free, Non-Members Kshs 100
Contacts: fona@naturekenya.org or 0727 300 933

Speaker: Victor Mutumah (Programmes Officer, Born Free Kenya)

For as little as twenty Shillings, you can have a sizeable chunk of meat for lunch or dinner. Have you consumed bush meat without knowing it?
Your chance to learn more about illegal bush meat trade that has led to the decline in wildlife populations contributed to habitat destruction and even exposed people to serious wildlife related diseases

Kinanda Arts Festival #7, Jul. 31 2011 @ Kifaru Gardens


Date: July 31, 2011
Venue: Kifaru Gardens, Kanjata Road, off James Gichuru rd
Time: 1.30-6.30pm
Tickets: Kshs 200

Music by: Kato Change, Ma3’s superstar Annie Soul, Dempsey ‘M’ Omwega, aziza muzik and Maia Von Lekow

Poetry by: Kadryn D Kay, Kiptum and Dennis Inkwa of Mstari wa Nne

Photo gallery by the talented Mwangi ‘Mwarv’ Kirubi

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