Out of Town/Mombasa: Blankets & Wine, Apr. 8 2012 @ Nyali International Beach

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Date: April 8, 2012
Venue: Nyali International Beach
Time: 3:00pm – Midnight
Advance tickets are available at Nyali International Beach hotel, and online via Pesapal for 1,300 ksh, children over 5years, 500 Ksh. and free for children under 5years.
Tickets at the gate shall be 1,500 Ksh.
For more info check their facebook event page

Performances by;
Antoneosoul: http://antosoul.blogspot.com/
ElectriqueDjs and the Beat Parade: http://soundcloud.com/elecetriquedjs
Nyota Ndogo: http://www.sternsmusic.com/disk_info/SALCD012
The Itch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLruQSnsPbQ
Atemi & Chris Adwar presenting the “Some Day tour”
Atemi: http://www.reverbnation.com/atemi
Chris Adwar: http://www.reverbnation.com/thevillagersband

NB: After the main event, they shall have an after party hosted at the same venue. [Take note: B&W after parties are as good as they come!]

Blankets & Wine XXXIII, Apr. 1 2012 @ Leisure Gardens Mamba Village

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Date: April 1, 2012
Venue: Leisure Gardens, Mamba Village
Time: 1-6:30pm
Tickets: Advance: 1.300 ksh available on tickets sasa, gate 1,500 ksh and children: Ksh 500
For more info check their facebook page

Performances by Inka, Asali and multi-talented award winning South African funk jazz artist Claire Phillips collaborating with Aaron “Crucial Keys” Rumbui

Blankets & Wine are also broadening their scope and shall have their first ever ‘Blankets & Wine Africa Mash-up’. For their 1st mash up, they have South African jazz/soul/funk musican Claire Phillips collaborating with our very own jazz composer and instrumentalist Aaron Rimbui. They shall co-create/re-arrange each other’s music and perform this work on the 1st of April.

Their aim is to fuse Urban African Sounds with ethnic and urban Kenyan Sounds (and eventually East African sounds) with the end aim of generating club ready music from Africa with a distinct East African flavor.

As always pack your picnic, carry your Maasai shuka/ Blanket/ Kikoys/picnic chair and their preferred company, and come share in this music and lifestyle experience

We at NairobiNow love Blankets & Wine

Online Survey: Regarding the Cultural Events of Goethe-Institut Kenya, Mar. 21-Apr. 4 2012

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Goethe-Institut Kenya is carrying out a Short Survey regarding the Cultural Events it organizes.

With your participation in this short survey, you’ll assist GI in the improvement of their cultural program to match with your needs regarding future cultural events they undertake.

Dates: March 21-April 4, 2012
Survey link: https://www.soscisurvey.de/goethe-institut-kenya/

NB:There will be a raffle for 5 BLNRB-Welcome to the Madhouse Cds, as well as 10 BLNRB T-shirts among all participants.

Media Roundtable: Media and Ethnicity, Mar. 27 2012 @ Alliance

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Media Focus on Africa invites you to the last Media Roundtable of the fora’s second season that began on August 30, 2011. It will be held on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at Alliance Francaise, Nairobi between 12.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m.
Entrance: Free

TOPIC: Media and Ethnicity: The role of the media in tackling ethnicity during elections?

PANELISTS
-Dr. Mzalendo Kibunjia, Chairperson of the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC)
-Ms. Christine Nguku, Chair of Alternative Media Network and GM, Sifa FM stations
-Karambu Ringera (PhD), Founder and President, International Peace initiatives (IPI)
-Mr. Alex Chamwada, Associate Editor, Royal Media Services

Moderator: Kwamchetsi Makokha, a Media Consultant

For more information, visit www.kenyamediaroundtables.org