Date: August 30, 2014
Venue: the GoDown Arts Centre, Industrial Area
Time: 2-8 pm
Entry: Free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onSnxGjXflk
Thursday Nite Live feat. Milege – from Kampala, Aug. 28 2014 @ Choices – Baricho Road
Date: August 28, 2014
Venue: Choices, Baricho Road
Time: 8-11 pm
No Cover Charge
Exhibition: by Florian Ludovick Kaija – A Tanzanian Artist, Until Aug. 29 2014 @ Banana Hill Art Gallery
Dates: Until August 29, 2014
Venue: Banana Hill Art Gallery
Song Writers Lounge feat. Waksy and Jason Sibi Okumu, Aug. 28 2014 @ Italian Institute of Culture – Westlands
The lounge is here yet again. This time more special. Featuring 2 headliners Waksy and Jason Sibi Okumu
Date: 28th August 2014
Venue: Italian Institute of Culture, Westlands
Time: Doors open at 6:30pm, Event begins at 7pm
Entry: 600 advance, 800 at the gate
Call 0722 626 169 for tickets
Concert: Music for Life – In Aid of Beyond Zero Campaign, Aug. 23 2014 @ Braeburn School
Date: August 23, 2014
Venue: Braeburn School
Time: 7.30 pm
Tickets: KES 1500
Proceeds of the concert will be channeled to Beyond Zero Campaign – An initiative of First Lady of Kenya HE Margaret Kenyatta.
Musical: In the Footsteps of Alkebulan’s Great, Aug. 22-24 2014 @ Strathmore University Auditorium
Dates: August 22-24, 2014
Venue: Strathmore University Auditorium
Time: Friday 5.45 pm, Saturday & Sunday 2.45 pm
Tickets: KES 700 at the Door
Barcamp Nairobi 2014 – Who’s Your Data’s Daddy? Aug. 30 2014 @ iHub – Bishop Magua Centre
Barcamp Nairobi 2014 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 30th August, 2014 at Bishop Magua Centre.
Theme for this year is: Who’s Your Data’s Daddy? – Is privacy and security online possible in Kenya?
Entry: Free
Visit www.barcamp.co.ke for details on how to register, speak, volunteer or sponsor.
Book Reading & Discussion: War Crimes in Somalia, Aug. 21 2014 @ Amnesty International Regional Office
Date: Thursday August 21 2014
Venue: Amnesty International Regional Office
Location: Kanjata Road/Muthangari Drive off Waiyaki Way – Google Map
Time: 5:30pm
Entry: Prior online Registration – Register here.
About
Amnesty International, in partnership with the Rift Valley Institute’s Nairobi Forum, invite you to a book reading and discussion panel on Rasna Warah’s new book War Crimes: How warlords, politicians, foreign governments and aid agencies conspired to create a failed state in Somalia.In War Crimes, Kenyan journalist Rasna Warah writes about the many war crimes that have taken place in Somalia in the name of peace, development, religion and reconciliation. It is an examination of the destruction of Somalia looking at the involvement of the state and the international community.
Rasna Warah will be joined on the panel by acclaimed Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah, winner of the Neustadt International Prize for literature and the Lettre Ulysses Award, and Ali Hersi, Regional Director of the Society for International Development. This discussion, an inaugural event of the Amnesty International Regional Hub Speaker Series, will be moderated by L. Muthoni Wanyeki, Regional Director of Amnesty International.
Moderator: L. Muthoni Wanyeki – Regional Director Amnesty International
Panellists: Rasna Warah – Kenyan writer and photojournalist, Nuruddin Farah – Writer, Ali Hersi – Regional Director Society for International Development
The Koroga Festival feat. Papa Wemba and Dan Aceda, Aug. 24 2014 @ Arboretum Gardens
Date: August 24, 2014
Venue: the Arboretum Gardens
Time: from 11 am
Tickets: KES 2000 at the Gate
Performances by: Papa Wemba – Congolese Rhumba Maestro and Dan Aceda – Kenya’s Crown Prince of Benga
Mapping Party for Cyclists in Nairobi, Aug. 30 2014 @ C4DLab – University of Nairobi [Chiromo Campus]
Date: Saturday, August 30, 2014
Time: 9.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Venue: C4D Lab, University of Nairobi – Chiromo Campus