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Book Launch: UNsilenced by Rasna Warah, Oct. 26 2016 @ Goethe Institut Auditorium

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Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Venue: Goethe-Institut Nairobi
Time: 6-8 PM
Admission: free

About
Unmasking the United Nation’s Culture of Cover-ups, Corruption and Impunity. By Rasna Warah.

In a world experiencing increasing conflicts, terrorism and displacement, many people are wondering what the United Nations – the organisation established in 1945 to save future generations from the scourge of war – should do or could have done to prevent the disasters from escalating.

UNsilenced shows that contrary to expectation, the UN has remained a bystander in many of the conflicts and most peace-building efforts have failed miserably. UNsilenced describes how whistleblowers have been denied justice within the UN system and how the immunity accorded to UN officials, combined with other malpractices within the organisation, allows injustice to flourish.

The book will be discussed by John Githongo, Billy Kahora, Kwamchetsi Makokha and the author Rasna Warah.

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Exhibition: The City, the Mountain and further North, Oct. 29 – Nov. 22 2016 @ One Off Contemporary Gallery

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One Off Gallery proudly presents Timothy Brooke’s latest exhibition of oil paintings titled ‘The city, the mountain and further North’.

Opening: October 29, 2016
Venue: One Off Contemporary Gallery
Time: noon – 5 pm

The exhibition runs until: November 22, 2016

About
The show comprises some of Brooke’s classic subjects of cattle with dust, Mt Kenya and tribal women. He also depicts Aloes, low water in a river and Pelicans; a show stopper of a painting and something of a departure for the artist. Brooke’s famous economy of line becomes more and more prevalent.

Don’t miss Brooke’s spectacular rendition of our ‘vanishing Kenya’.

More on Timothy Brooke and the exhibition; http://www.oneoffafrica.com/upcoming-exhibition.html

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Screenings: Udada Film Festival, Oct. 24-28 2016 @ Kenya National Theatre & Pawa 254 Hub

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Dates: October 24-28, 2016
Venue: Kenya National Theatre, Pawa 254 Hub
Time: 10 am – 8 pm (October 25-27, 2016)
Entry: Free

About
The Embassy of Spain is pleased to invite you to the Udada Film Festival, which this Embassy supports every year and which will take place from Monday 24th October to Friday 28th October 2016.

On Monday 24th at 6pm, the opening ceremony of the Festival will be held at the Kenya National Theatre and it will coincide with the “Spanish Night” of the Festival where Spanish films will be screened.

From 25th to 27th October, the Festival will take place from 10am to 8pm daily at the PAWA 254 cultural centre.

On Friday 28th, the closing ceremony will be held at PAWA 254 at 6pm.

Admission is free at all the events of the Festival.

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Screening: Spring Snow, Oct. 29 2016 @ Japan Information & Culture Centre – Embassy of Japan

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The Japan Information & Culture Centre invites you to the screening of the movie “Spring Snow” which will be shown on Saturday, October 29, 2016.

Admission is free of charge and the movie screening is open to all film fans.

Date: Saturday, October 29, 2016
Venue: Japan Information & Culture Centre, Embassy of Japan, Mara Road, Upper Hill
Time: 2:00p.m.
Gates Open: 1:30 p.m.
Entry: Prior Registration

Synopsis
Matsugae Kiyoaki (Tsumabuki Satoshi) was brought up by the aristocratic Ayakura family. Kiyoaki is in love with Count Ayakura’s daughter, Satoko (Takeuchi Yuko), but doesn’t know how to express his love to her. Satoko accepts a proposal of arranged marriage from the imperial family which will benefit the Ayakuras, too. Satoko writes to Kiyoaki to confirm his feeling for her, but his replies never arrive and she ends up accepting the engagement. Only after the official announcement of the marriage does Kiyoaki realize how much he loves Satoko. They begin to meet in secret, in full knowledge that their affair is doomed. Then, Satoko realizes to her horror that she is pregnant. Her parents try to force her to have an abortion, but Satoko leaves her family and doesn’t even tell Kiyoaki about the child. Kiyoaki contracts tuberculosis and although he tries in vain to meet Satoko, he succumbs to the disease and dies.

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Register for the movie screening, by providing your name, ID Number and contact details (via email [jinfocul-at-nb.mofa.go.jp] or through a phone call [020-2898510]).

Deadline for registration is Friday, October 28, 2016 at 4:00pm. If you plan to attend the movie with a friend(s), indicate your friend’s name when you register.

For more information on the movie, visit; http://www.ke.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/CinemaJapan.html

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Comedy: Grass is Greener, Oct. 19-23 2016 @ Alliance Française Auditorium

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Dates: Until October 23, 2016
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
Time: 6.30 pm Weekdays and 3 & 6.30 pm on week-ends
Tickets: KES 599

About
“Grass Is Greener” a gut-dismantling comedy from the supreme kings of comedy Heartstrings Entertainment.

This wildly hilarious comedy will crazily show the fruits of craving for what is not necessarily yours. That greed is one of the most hard-hitting vice that one can ever practice.

A man has been craving for the neighbour’s wife, their house and the life they lead. What he doesn’t know is that the reason that the grass is greener on the other side is because the grass is planted on sewage.