Husbands for Breakfast

Play/Comedy: Husband for Breakfast, Jan. 28- Feb. 2 2014 @ Alliance Française Auditorium

Husbands for Breakfast
Husbands for breakfast is a comedy by heartstrings Kenya featuring a star-studded cast with Anthony Ndung’u and Olwenya of Nairobi Half Life fame and the fast ever-rising female actress Aimee Ongeso who is a host on CHANNEL O.

Dates: January 28 & 30 and February 1-2, 2014
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
Time: Weekdays 6:30 pm & Weekends 3 & 6.30 pm
Tickets: Kshs 500

About
This comedy puts philanderers on notice. It will show that beauty is not in the eyes of the beholder and that beauty will take to one place only, nowhere.

Kiota

Event: Kiota, Jan. 25 2014 @ Kuona Trust

Kiota
This Saturday Kuona Trust hosts an event that will bring together an eclectic variety of visual and performing artists known as KIOTA.

KIOTA means ‘nest.’ When artists congregate for the purpose of knowing each other a creative nest of music and poetry, dance and theater, photography and art will follow.

This is a platform for sharing of creative experiences and ideals, as well as providing art lovers and artists with an opportunity to interact, share, and learn from each other.

Date: January 25, 2014
Venue: Kuona Trust
Time: 1100-1700hrs

You are welcome to bring a musical instrument and take part in any of the day’s activities.

Zerihun at One Off

Exhibition: by Visiting Ethiopian Artist Zerihun Seyoum, Jan. 26 – Feb. 19 2014 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

Zerihun at One Off
Opening: January 26, 2014 from 11 am to 5 pm
Venue: One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

Exhibition Dates: Until February 19, 2014

About Zerihun
A graduate of Addis Ababa University, Zerihun taught art for three years before devoting himself full time to producing his own work. He opened a studio he calls the ‘Embassy of ideas‘ which welcomes artists from around the world to collaborate and create.

His works have been extensively exhibited at home and in New York, London, Brussels, Frankfurt, Paris and Djibouti.

Francis F.

Lecture: Origins of Political Order by Prof. Francis Fukuyama, Jan. 22 2014 @ Strathmore Business School

Francis F.
Prof. Francis Fukuyama, one of the World’s Top 100 Thinkers and political scientist who has been referred to as one of the leading public intellectuals of our time will deliver a lecture based on his most recent book, ‘The Origins of Political Order,’ at Strathmore Business School on Wednesday, 22nd January 2013 from 5:30pm.

The lecture will provide a sweeping account of how today’s basic political institutions were developed and why we continue to live in a world where democracy, prosperity and law and order are unevenly distributed. Prof. Fukuyama will concentrate on the problem of democratic order and will seek to address the reason why some societies have gone down the democratic route to stability while others have remained stuck with autocracy.

The lecture which has been organized by the Strathmore Business School’s Center for Public Policy and Competitiveness in collaboration with the Leadership Academy of Development, an affiliate of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced and International Studies will further explore the provenance of three basic political institutions – the state, the rule of law, and accountability – that constitute the basis for modern government.

Find more information about the lecture here

remembering Kenya Vol 2

Book Launch/Panel Discussion: (Re)membering Kenya, Jan. 24 2014 @ Goethe Institut Auditorium

remembering Kenya Vol 2
Date & Time: January 24, 2014 at 6 pm
Venue: Goethe-Institut, Auditorium
Admission free

(Re)membering Kenya Vol. 2 – Interrogating, Marginalization and Governance provides important insights into the directions that Kenya can take to address the root causes of inequalities, election related violence and exclusion. It suggests a path for sustainable peace in Kenya.

The public lecture series was a critical response to the crisis after the 2007 general elections in Kenya. The talks provided space for intense discussions between academics, civil society and the public. As a result of the initial conversations, the book (Re)Membering Kenya Volume 1 which focused on Identity, Culture and Freedom was published.
Later another round of talks was held and this second volume on Interrogating Marginalization and Governance has been published recently by Twaweza Communications and was edited by George Gona and Mbugua wa-Mungai.

In cooperation with Ford Foundation and Twaweza Communications.