Date: January 31, 2015
Venue: the GoDown Arts Centre
Time: 2-8 pm
Entry: Free
Japanese Dolls Exhibition: The Dolls of Japan – Shapes of Prayer, Embodiments of Love, Feb. 5-25 2015 @ National Museum
The Embassy of Japan and the National Museums of Kenya invites you to the Japanese Dolls Exhibition titled The Dolls of Japan: Shapes of Prayer, Embodiments of Love.
This exhibition introduces Japan’s representative dolls, including Hina ningyo (Girls’ Festival dolls) and Gogatsu ningyo (Boys’ Day dolls), which have their origins in ancient customs; dolls connected to traditional performing arts like noh, bunraku and kabuki; regional dolls from throughout the country; and “creative dolls” produced by contemporary craftspeople.
Details of the exhibition:
Exhibition Opening: Thursday, February 05, 2015
Dates: Thursday, February 05, 2015 to Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Venue: Temporary Gallery (Ground Floor), Nairobi National Museum
Time: 8:30 am to 5:30 pm
View the catalogue on this link
Note: While entrance to the Japanese Dolls Exhibition is free, kindly note that you will have to pay the normal entrance fee to the Nairobi National Museum
Monthly Get Together: We Love Vinyl, Feb. 1 2015 @ Soiree Gardens – Kindaruma Rd
We Love Vinyl meet is a growing monthly get together of vinyl record enthusiast in Nairobi. What we do on theses meet ups is spread our vinyl all over the place and ogle it while we listen to great music. We have turntables to play those timeless classics and rediscover great albums and singles and just do what vinyl junkies do…meet share and recognize our passion for music.
The event is held monthly at Soiree Gardens on Kindaruma Rd.
Entry: Free
Time: from 12 noon
Event Facebook Page
Festival/Screening: Out Film Festival, Jan 23-25 2015 @ Goethe Institut
Film Festival – Opening: 23. January 2015, 6.00 pm
Goethe-Institut, Auditorium
Admission: free
About
The OUT Film Festival takes place for the fourth time in Kenya. The film festival not only wants to celebrate queer cinema, but to make known to Kenya that a community that the general society deems secret exists.
The festival promises yet another selection of films and documentaries from the region, continent and globe. The OUT Film Festival is about celebrating life’s challenges, love and diversity. It continues to carry forward the message of Ubuntu.
PROGRAMME
Friday January 23rd, 2015
6:00pm – 7:00pm:
Arrival of guests
7:00pm – 7:30pm:
Opening Speech, Opening Act
Fluorescent Sin
7:30pm – 9:00pm: Rag Tag
Saturday January 24th, 2015
10:00am – 11:30am: Dakan
11:55am – 1:30pm: Anders als du und ich – different from you and me
§ 175 / bewildered youth
2:00pm – 3:30pm: No Easy Walk to freedom
3:45pm – 4:00pm: Weight of Words
4:15pm – 5:45pm: Jihad for Love
6:00pm – 8:00pm: Leave it on the Floor
Sunday January 25th, 2015
2:00pm – 2:15pm: Introduction of panelists
2:15pm – 3:45pm:
Weight of Words
Silent Battle
Florescent sin
3:45pm – 4:30pm: Panel Discussion, Q&A session
4:30pm – 4:45pm: Vote of thanks, Refreshments and mingle session
6:00pm ff Guests are free to leave
Find more info on the Festival on GI’s Facebook Event Page
Film Series: Licence to Kill, Jan. 24 – May 16 2105 @ Benga House
A film series inspired by the idea that individuals have the right to take charge of their lives to improve their community and society for a better place. But what happens when that general idea is challenged and we don’t see black and white anymore, but a series of grays? Through a microscopic lens (and lots of comedy!) this film series will explore various factors; be it the law, corporations, health institutions, environment, and protection forces, that make it an uphill battle to become an ideal society.
LICENSE TO KILL film series is curated by Azza Satti and screened to a diverse audience of independent and foreign film appreciators. Films will be screened once a month underneath the Nairobi stars at Benga House on Kyuna Crescent. Guests are required to bring Kikoys or blankets to sit on, and food and drinks will be provided by AQUEOUS.
::ENTRANCE FEE::
Khs 500 in advance, Khs 700 at the door.
For tickets please call, sms, or whatsapp 0716 164 656 or emailazza.satti@gmail.com, please include your full name and contact number.
::EVENING PROGRAM::
Doors open at 6PM
Screening starts at 8PM
Music/Performance 10PM-MIDNIGHT
::LIST OF FILMS::
JANUARY 24
Nothing to Declare (France/Belgium, 2010)
A comedy about two customs officers working at opposite sides of the border during the elimination of the Franco-Belge borders in the 90s, where French officer Mathias (Dan Boon) is in love with Louise (Julie Bernard) the sister of Ruben (Benoit Poelvoodrde) the Belgian officer who hates anything French.
FEBRUARY 21
Waste Land (Brazil, 2010)
Top-selling Brazilian artist Vik Muniz is keen to empower the pickers of recycling in Jardim Gramacho, the world’s largest landfill in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, through a photography project that helps the workers see themselves as who they are and create change in their lives.
MARCH 28
Thank you for Smoking (USA, 2005)
A satirical comedy that follows Nick Naylor who is a tobacco lobbyist who sells, sells, and sells cigarettes to anyone who has a mouth and a lung, but his goals and dreams are brought down when he has to become a role model to his 12 year old son.
APRIL 18
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Romania, 2005)
A cynical comedy about an old drunkard man who is driven from hospital to hospital in the middle of the night to treat an apparent nausea but it is actually something else.
MAY 16
Yacubian Building (Egypt, 2006)
Based on the best-selling book of the same name by Alaa Al Aswany, this film explores the different socio-economic layers, which makes Cairo a fascinating city. This comedy-drama will take you into the Art Deco-style building of the haves and the have notes living in the same premises but have parallel lives. As we follow the tenants we find out about stories of bribery, sexual abuse, homosexuality and other issues that are hidden so well from judgmental eyes.
Opportunity for Musicians: One Beat Fellowship, by Feb. 14 2015 @1beatmusic
OneBeat 2015 fellowships are now open until Saturday, February 14!
Requirements
– You should be aged between 19 and 35 years,
– Country: Kenya is an eligible country
Application portal: http://apply.1beat.org/
About
1 Beat is an initiative of the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in collaboration with Found Sound Nation, OneBeat employs collaborative original music as a potent new form of cultural diplomacy.
OneBeat will bring 25 musicians from around the world to the U.S. for one month this fall to collaboratively write, produce, and perform original music, and develop strategies for arts-based social engagement.
You are encouraged to apply. Past 1 beat fellows from Kenya are Muthoni DQ, Blinky Bill of Just a Band
Nairobi Restaurant Week 2015, Participating Outlet – Café Maghreb, Jan. 22 – Feb. 1 2015 @ Serena Hotel
Dates: January 22 – February 1 2015
Restaurant information from EatOut: http://eatout.co.ke/nairobi/cafe-maghreb-at-serena-hotel
#NRW2015: http://nairobirestaurantweek.com/
Monologue / Comedy: MENding Monologues, Jan. 29-31 2015 @ Michael Joseph Centre
Event date & time: Thursday 29th, Friday 30th and Saturday 31st at 7pm.
Advance Tickets Ksh. 800/= (Offer ends 29th) and At the door Ksh. 1,000/=
Event Venue: Safaricom House-Micheal Joseph Centre (Waiyaki Way,Westlands)
Mending Monologues explores gender violence issues from a male perspective by using true, first-person monologues and comedy.
Directed by Mbeki Mwalimu