Breath exhibition

Exhibition: Breath of Consciousness II, Feb. 5-24 2013 @ Alliance

Breath exhibition
Painting & engraving exhibition by Ermias Ekube

Opening: February 5, 2013 at 6.30 pm
Venue: Alliance Ground Floor Gallery

Exhibition Dates: Until February 25, 2013

In breath of consciousness II, Ermias Ekube presents a series of paintings and engravings that mainly focus on women and children.

Ermias Ekube powerful portraits are really striking. His topics, weather painted or engraved, are dynamic and filled with emotion.

About
Ermias Ekube is a respected artist born and brought up in Ethiopia with Eritrean Nationality. Ekube is a painter, engraver, sculptor and poet. He has studies four years at Addis Ababa college of Fine Arts and Design [DFA in 1990].
Since 1991 he participated in several group exhibitions and exhibited about 20 solo exhibitions in Eriteria, Ethiopia, Djiibuti, Tanzania, Swaziland, Norway, England, Denmark and Italia.

Ermias is now living in Nairobi and currently working on his art at the Kuona Trust.

Nairobi Live @ Tree House

Concerts: Nairobi Live, Every Thursday @ Tree House

Nairobi Live @ Tree House
Nairobi Live @ Tree House is a new series of concerts at Tree House featuring the best of Kenyan performers and international acts.

The music profile will focus on jazz, blues, afro fusion and singer/songwriters showcasing both established and upcoming acts. Key artist factors are: A strong showmanship, raw talent and an outstanding ability to entertain.

Dates & Time: Every single Thursday, throughout the entire year, from 8.30 to 11.00 pm.

Entry: Free [No Cover Charge]

Expect: Free ample and secure parking right outside the venue. Great view of the Nairobi skyline plus Tree House is the only open terrace venue in Westlands.

Thursday night special meals and special bar offers only for Nairobi Live @ Tree House.

Line up February

Thursday 07.02.2013: Christine Kamau “The Jazzist” and her band.

Thursday 14.03.2013: Nina Ogot + band. (Valentines special)

Thursday 21.03.2013: Wakake featuring The Outlaws, Victor Muli, and Nathan Okite.

Thursday 28.02.2013: Maia Von Lekow, (record release)

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Phoenix Players Presents: In the Eye of a Stranger, until Feb 9 2013 @ Professional Centre

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“In the eyes of a stranger” runs until 9th feb 2013. Tickets only Ksh. 500. Students Ksh. 200.

Sold Out: 6pm show on 9th Feb

SYNOPSIS

The enigmatic center of the play is Pinon, a hermit who 18 years ago locked himself away in his seaside house after possibly cutting his wife into small pieces and permanently scarring the face of Gratia, a local prostitute. Now he sits at the edge of the sea cliff, observing the would-be suicides who come to this lonely spot.
They include Sebastian, a nervous young man with a heart condition who has just been jilted, and Daniel, who is suffering from questions over his sexuality and abandonment by his parents when he was a child. The third visitor is Vera, a runaway bride who comes to see Pinon out of curiosity after hearing his story from a hotel porter.
Bauer explores variations on his title theme. Sebastian asks Pinon to move into the light so he can see his eyes. Vera wonders to an unseen companion how she must appear in their eyes. The porter begs Vera to let him watch her change her clothes. Along the way Bauer weaves the characters’ lives together, in “La Ronde” fashion, shaping ever-changing onstage and offstage duets. In this complex intertwining, Pinon lives in a house he won from the porter in a card game; the porter relates Pinon’s history to Vera; Sebastian wants Vera; Daniel wants Sebastian; Pinon wants to be Daniel’s substitute father figure.

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Business Conversation with Henry Njoroge: ICT as an enabling pillar for investment in Africa, Feb 6 2013 @ Business Lounge, Junction Mall

 

The Business Conversation is a monthly forum created by the Business Lounge where young entrepreneurs and business people can interact with various personalities who have had a track record of exceptional leadership, management and entrepreneurial experiences.

Mr. Henry Njoroge, the founder and CEO of Xtranet is the guest speaker for the next forum scheduled for 6th/Feb/2013 whose theme is: ICT as an enabling pillar for investment in Africa.

Mr. Henry Njoroge works to expand the information technology sector of Kenya and currently runs Xtranet Communications, which aims to capture the growing opportunities in value added services arising out of the rapid growth of mobile telephony penetration and the coming of the fiber optic cable of East Africa Coast this year. He hopes to provide employment to hundreds of jobless youth in Kenya through initiatives such as call centers, outsourcing and business process engineering.

He is also a trustee of the Kenya Youth Business Trust, a non-profit organization affiliated to Youth Business International, whose aim is to empower the poorest of the poor through entrepreneurship by giving microloans. Mr. Njoroge was previously CEO of Openview Business Systems and has also established and expanded several other IT companies in Kenya, Angola, Zambia and Uganda. With each company, he has worked to redefine ICT, the Internet, and telecommunications in Africa, making technology more widely accessible.

Date: February  6, 2013
Venue: Business Lounge, Junction Mall, 4th Floor, Ngong Road
Time: 6:00pm -9:00pm
Tickets: Advance Kshs 1,500 & Gate Kshs 2000
Reservation: 0705 980520
xtranet_poster_design_3Contacts: Email info@businesslounge.co.ke