Date: November 19, 2013
Venue: Choices, Baricho Road
Time: 9 pm to 1 pm
No cover charge!
Out of Town: 13th Edition of Lamu Cultural Festival, Nov. 21-24 2013 @ Lamu
The Lamu Cultural Promotion Group is proud to present the 13th edition of the annual Lamu Cultural Festival.
Dates: November 21-24, 2013
Venue: Lamu County
For those planning to make reservations this might help:http://www.lamu.org/index.html
The Festival continues to promote a World Heritage Site that constitutes the common heritage of humanity, and share its distinct Swahili traditions with the world.
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For more information contact Lamu Cultural Promotion Group on Tel. 0722 476219 / 0733 660216 or Email: lamuculturalfestival@gmail.com
Gala/Fashion: The Face of Nairobi, Nov. 23 2013 @ Pride Inn Hotel – Westlands
The Face Of Nairobi Cordially invites you to come witness an event like no other where we will dine, dance and crown the authentic Face Of Nairobi 2013
Date: November 23, 2013
Venue: Pride Inn Hotel, Westlands
Time: 7pm
Tickets: Kshs 1500 & VIP Kshs 2500 available on www.missnairobi.com
Performances By: Jazz Maestro Joseph Hellon and Band
MCEED BY: Ever beautiful and stunning Pinky Ghelani
Deejayed By: The sassy sherrif DJ Pierra Makena on the Decs
Judged By: Former Miss Kenya Shamim Abdul, Former Miss Kenya Susan Anyango and Former Mr. Kenya Odado Okello
Food is inclusive on the ticket charge!!!
7th E. African Arts Summit: Incorporating 10 years of the GoDown, Nov. 21-23 2013 @ Various Venues
Where is East Africa headed? Socio-political, Economic, Cultural and Technological outlook for coming decades, and their implications for culture and the arts
The 7th Edition of the East Africa Arts Summit will take place from Thursday 21st to Saturday 23rd November in Nairobi, Kenya. It comes at a time of milestone anniversaries in the region. Most East African nations are marking or have recently marked 50 years of Independence, while at the same time, several influential arts organizations in the region celebrate their contribution to a decade of significant change for East Africa’s cultural sector.
As part of The GoDown Arts Centre’s celebration of ten years of diverse events and activities, it invites regional colleagues, artists and arts organizations to reflect on possible future scenarios for East Africa.
The discussions, framed within socio-political, economic, cultural and technological contexts will examine potential prospects, and challenges. The GoDown will also share its ten-year journey in the regional sector, highlighting its perceptions and indicating notable issues for the arts in coming years.Sparking off the discussion will be keynote speakers envisioning possible directions for East Africa based on current developments; East African Community integration; increasing political awareness by regional citizens; oil, gas and mineral deposits in East Africa; burgeoning youth population and unemployment; urbanization; a growing middle class; infrastructural developments–mobile telephony, fibre-optic installation, rail, road and ports; East African innovators, etc –followed by round-table discussions by all participants around key themes on the place and purpose of the arts within these possible futures.
Events open to the Public: The GoDown Gig – Celebrating the 10 years of the GoDown
Date: November 23, 2013
Venue: the GoDown Arts Centre
Time: 5 pm till dawn
Performances by: Sarabi, Iddi Achieng and Makadem
On the Decks: DJ Kafi
An Evening of Afro Jazz Readers Edition, Nov. 26 2013 @ Phoenix Players
Ricky Na Marafiki will be at it again this time with An Evening of Afro Jazz Readers Edition. In this edition we celebrate some of the best poets and writers coupled up with some afro jazz tunes by Ricky na Marafiki.
Some of the guys to expect are Jemedari Muziki, Prisca Ojwang and Sitawa Wafula. Come and sample good music and poems.
All this for only 500ksh at the Phoenix Players from 6-9 pm on Tuesday the 26th of November
Multimedia Exhibition: 7 Billion Others, Nov. 11-Dec. 4 2013 @ Alliance
A GoodPlanet Foundation project based on an initiative by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Dates: November 11 – December 4, 2013
Venue: Alliance Francaise, First Floor Gallery
‘7 billion Others’ is a video portrait of humanity shown through a collection of testimonies that brings together the stories of men and women from around the world. This intercultural project aims to seek out the Other, to listen to what he or she has to tell us, and to share. 6,000 interviews were filmed in 84 countries by about twenty directors who went in search of the Others. Answers to 45 questions touching on issues as diverse as climate change, love, discrimination, health, etc will help us find out what separates us and what unites us.
Come and connect with 7 billion Others.
Human Rights Watch Nairobi Film Festival: NairobiNow’s Editors Pick, Nov. 18-22 2013 @ Alliance
The Human Rights watch presents an excellent array of flicks for this year’s Nairobi HRW film festival. Below is NairobiNow’s Editors Pick which should make interesting viewing;
Tuesday’s 6.30 pm: Fatal Assistance by Raoul Peck
Official selection Berlin Film Festival 2013
Award-winning Haitian born filmmaker Raoul Peck takes us on a two year journey inside the challenging, contradictory, and colossal rebuilding efforts in post-earthquake Haiti. Through its provocative and radical point of view, Fatal Assistance offers a devastating indictment of the international community’s post-disaster idealism.
Discussants: Mohamed Khaled, an expert on working in humanitarian emergencies, and others TBA.
Thursday’s 6.30pm: The Act of Killing by Joshua Oppenheimer
Official selection 2012 Toronto International Film Festival & Winner of 2013 Berlin Film Festival Panorama Audience Award – documentary film
The film encapsulates years of Indonesian genocide, suffering, and repression into the story of one its most lethal and efficient killers, Anwar Congo. In 1965, when the Indonesian government was overthrown by the military, Anwar and his cohorts were promoted from small-time gangsters who sold movie-theater tickets on the black market to death-squad leaders. Anwar’s gang helped the army kill more than one million alleged Communists, ethnic Chinese, and intellectuals in less than a year.
Discussant: Alice Nderitu, board member at Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU).
Friday’s 6.30 pm: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film by Audrey Ewell, Aaron Aites, Lucian Read, Nina Krstic
In September 2011, the Occupy Wall Street movement propelled issues of economic inequality into the spotlight. 99% – The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film goes behind the scenes of the movement, revealing what happened and why. Personal stories imbue analysis of big picture issues with the real-world struggles of those compelled to take action, speak up, march, and risk arrest.
Discussants: Boniface Mwangi, award-winning photographer and Team Leader at PAWA 254, and Dinah Awuor, Bunge la Mwananchi.
Find more info. here
Human Rights Watch Film Festival: Tyranny has a Witness, Nov. 18-21 2013 @ Alliance Française
Dates: November 18-21, 2013
Venue: Alliance Française
Time: 6.30 pm Daily
Entrance: Free
Programme
Full festival info. available here
Thursday Nite Live feat. Franck Biyong from Cameroon, Nov. 21 2013 @ Choices
Date: November 21, 2013
Venue: Choices, Baricho Road
Time: 8-11 pm
No Cover Charge