Art Workshops, Feb 27-Mar 3 2012 @ Kuona Trust

Kuona Trust will be holding a series of workshops led by master artists on a variety of visual art focuses designed for emerging and established professional artists. The workshop schedule is as follows:

Casting & Molding with Kevin Oduor, Feb  27th/28th, 9am – 5pm
Painting with Anthony Okello, Feb 28th, 9am – 5pm
Photoshop with Dennis ‘Dede’ Maingi, Feb 29th, 9am – 5pm
Conceptual Art with Paul Onditi, Mar 1st, 9am – 5pm
Printmaking with John Silver, Mar 2nd, 9am – 5pm
Live Drawing with Patrick Mukabi, Mar 3rd, 9am – 1pm

Registration for each workshop is Ksh 200/- . To register for any of the workshops, please send an email to info@kuonatrust.org or call Renee or Ato on 0733 742752 or 0721262326, before 23rd February 2012 at 4pm. Registration is on a first come first serve basis as class sizes are limited. Refreshments will be available for sale at the venue.

Concert: Makadem Send Off, Feb. 29 2012 @ Michael Joseph Centre


Just imagine presents Makadem send off*

Date: February 29, 2012
Venue: Michael Joseph Centre, Safaricom House
Time: 7.30-10.30pm
Tickets: Kshs 500
Contacts: 0722706581

Performances by Makadem king of Ohangla

Makadem is back from global touring where he shared the stage with Seun Kuti (Son of Fela Kuti) & Egypt 80, Oliver Mtukudzi, Soweto Kinch, Baaba Maal, Mahotela Queens, Lokua Kanza, Gllen Washington and many others.

Expect: A night of powerful benga fused with vibrant afrobeat, poetry & dance

*Makadem is heading out in March for a 3 month residency program in Paris, France. This might be his last concert before leaving.
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Reading and Discussion: Amka Space Literature Forum, Feb. 25 2012 @ Goethe

Date: February 25, 2012
Venue: Goethe-Institut Library
Time: 10am – 1pm
Entrance: Free

The Literature Forum brings together upcoming women writers and literary critics to share and discuss stories, poems and current literary trends with the aim of enhancing their creativity. The forum provides a space to listen to the voices of established and budding female writers – voices of women with a passion for literary adventure.

The first product of the Literature Forum is out and available in bookstores in Nairobi: Fresh Paint – Literary Vignettes by Kenyan Women. The volume comprises a selection of poems and short stories presented at the Forum over the last 3 years.

AMKA and the Goethe-Institut organize the monthly readings in the library of the Goethe-Institut every last Saturday of the month.

Participation in the forum is open to both men and women and interested participants may send their poems and short stories to amkaspace@yahoo.com

Theatre: Talking Heads, Feb. 22-26 2012 @ Alliance


Talking heads by Alan Bennett, presented by the Arts Canvas

Dates: February 22-26, 2012
Venue: Alliance
Tickets: Adults Kshs 700 and Students Kshs 300

An evening of comedy, personal struggle, human fragility and search for meaning of life. These intimate and contrasting plays were first performed in Kenya in 1999. In Her big Chance, Lesley is a budding actress, reveals of all the uncertainties and excitements of showbiz and her search for the ‘big break’. The second Bed among Lentils examines life of Susan, the wife of a church minister who is living a double life.

This play is directed and performed by Mumbi Kaigwa

Blankets & Wine, Mar 4 2012 @ Mamba Village

This month Nairobi Now teams teamed up with Blankets & Wine, to give you the chance of winning a few tickets for their first wonderful concert of the year.

From Wednesday February 22nd to Thursday March 1st, every day (apart from the weekend) we gave away one ticket to a lucky member of the Nairobi Now community. Congratulations to all the winners, and we’ll make sure to have more free tickets for upcoming shows.

But now, we just all look forward to Blankets & Wine on Sunday..
In preparation for the gig, enjoy QWERTY Love by Anto, who will be performing at the March 4th B&W!

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Literature Reading: The Blind Side of the Heart, Feb. 23 2012 @ Goethe

Date: February 23, 2012
Venue: Goethe-Institut Library
Time: 6 – 8 pm
Entrance: Free
For more info check their Facebook event page

The public reading series “Stories Spoken” is dedicated to introducing contemporary German literature in English translation to the Kenyan audience.

Amid the chaos of civilians fleeing west in a provincial German railway station in 1945, Helene has brought her seven-year-old son with her. Having survived with him through the horrors and deprivations of the war years, she abandons him at the station platform and never returns.

This is a tale of hope, loneliness and love; of a life lived in terrible times; the story of a family, an era, and a fascinating woman.

Excerpts from the novel will be read in English and German by Ngwatilo Mawiyoo and Susan Nadolny respectively.

A discourse shall ensue thereafter about the readings.

Dance Performance: INBODA Nairo-Bach, Feb. 25-26 2012 @ Goethe


Dates: February 25-26, 2012
Venue: Goethe Institut
Time: Sat. 6pm & Sun 3pm
Entry: Free

The German dance company UnterwegsTheater, in co-operation with Goethe-Institut Nairobi, supported by the Ministry of science and art research in Baden-spice, starts the project INBODA (international body- and dancework) – Nairo-Bach.

Dancers from UnterwegsTheater will work with professional dancers from the contemporary dance scene of Nairobi, combining their dance-styles with classical music from Johann Sebastian Bach among others.

The dance work will be enriched by the imagery of the internationally acclaimed video artist Lillevan (co-founder of Rechenzentrum). The idea of this production is to break the borders of space and concepts, to surprise and challenge the audience as well as the performers.

The dance workshop will culminate in two dance performances.

Participants: Adam Lukas, Kebaya Moturi, Joe Nene, Mani Obeya, Kefa Oiro, Juliette Omondi, Stavros Apostolatos, Florian Bücking, Ini Dill, Bernhard Fauser, Felix Felixine, Jai Gonzales