Date: December 19, 2019
Venue: Shifteye Studios, The Priory, Argwings Khodek Road, Nairobi
Time: 7 pm
Entry: Free
About
An immersive experience to launch wasted.ke’s debut project, #Wasted, a creative response to the plastic pollution crises where they turn the mirror on themselves and then ask you — can you do it better?
Dates: Dec. 30 2019 – Jan. 2 2020
Venue: Beneath the Baobabs, Kilifi
Date: December 15, 2019
Venue: Paa ya Paa, Ridgeways
Time: from 10 am
Date: December 14, 2019
Venue: Lamu
Date: Saturday and Sunday – December 14th-15th
Venue: Shamba Cafe, Loresho
Time: 10am to 6pm
Entry: Free
Pop Up & Chill Christmas Market
“The holidays are just around the corner and there are loads of amazing local brands with high quality unique handmade products to fill your gift list.Pop Up & Chill brings together a carefully curated array of artisans and collectors for the best handmade, eco, holistic goods, inspired by Africa and majorly made in Kenya in a funky space with great music and great people. As we usually do in December, we’ll be holding the market over 2 days Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th December with over 40 vendors and 10 unique vendors featuring on each day.”
Find more information, here.
Date: December 16, 2019
Venue: Alliance Française
Time: 6 pm
Free entry
About
V. Y. Mudimbe is a Congolese philosopher, professor and author of poems and novels, a towering figure in Francophone African studies.He is an esteemed scholar of literature and social sciences in the United States recognized for his essays on contemporary African thought and intellectual history.
With the participation of European and Kenyan academics specializing in Mudimbe’s thinking.
Date: December 10, 2019
Venue: Dagoz
Time: 8-11 pm
Cover: KES 250/-
Dates: December 12-16, 2019
Venue: Lamu Archipelago
HEAVEN CAN WAIT: An exhibition of new works by Michael Soi, Kenyan, b.1972
Opens Wednesday 11 Dec, 6 – 8 pm
Venue: Circle Art Gallery
The exhibition runs until 10 January 2020*
About
Michael Soi’s distinct style is instantly recognisable in Kenya. His satirical commentary on Kenyan social, economical and political life has garnered him a large local and international following. Soi began his practice in 1995, and his paintings are influenced by the history of political cartoonists in the region. This new body of work continues this tradition.He has traveled far and wide to residencies and workshops and exhibited in East Africa, Ghana, South Africa, South Korea and U.S.A.
* The gallery will close for the holidays from Dec 21 to Jan 2 2020. During this time we will open by appointment between 11 am and 3 pm.
Call +254 (0)790 289-991 to book an appointment, and please give at least 24 hrs notice
Date: December 11, 2019
Venue: Alliance Française
Time: from 6 pm
Entry: KES 1,000/-
Wanjiku the Teacher, Kenya’s most recognized female comedian’s career took off at the Alliance Française back in 2009 when she appeared as Wanjiku, a Swahili teacher with a deep Kikuyu accent, in the Heartstrings Kenya play ‘The 43rd Kenyan Tribe’. She returns to celebrate 10 years in comedy.
Teacher Wanjiku has recently been feted with a Lifetime Achievement Award for a decade in comedy in the USA.
The show will also feature sketches by the Alliance Française students and a guest appearance by Larry Asego.
