Mardi Gras party happening on 25th Feb at Q-PASA, Karen from 9:00pm.
Free beads, masks n cocktails
Movie: Soul Boy, Feb 29 2012 @ Louis Leakey Auditorium, Nairobi National Museum
Soul Boy (2010)
Director: Hawa Essuman
Abila, a 14 year old boy who lives in Kibera, sets out on an adventurous journey trying to save his father’s soul.
The movie is part of the series “Know Kenya More Through Film” – every last Wednesday of each month, January through may, 2012.
Doors open 6:45, screening at 7pm.
Charges: 500ksh non members, 400ksh members, 200ksh students
Rhythm & Spoken: Music and Poetry Open Mic, Mar 1 2012 @ Avalon Tavern
A Great Music mix & Poetry Open Mic forum.
Followed with the (TRG) Thursday rare groove after party.
Dinner reservations available.
For detailed directions/info to venue call 0722744876/0728293632
Kinanda Arts Festival: Feb. 26. 2012 @ KARI Wayaki Way
Date: February 26, 2012
Venue: KARI- Waiyaki Way
Location: Google Maps: http://g.co/maps/a6xa5 From Westlands: Get on to Waiyaki Way, KARI is directly opposite the bus stop at the junction of Waiyaki Way and James Gichuru Rd. or From Kangemi: KARI is the second Gate to your left right after Nairobi School
Time: 2.30-6.45pm
Tickets: Adults Kshs 350 and Children Kshs 50 (RSVP/Advance tickets: 0728306630)
Music performance by: Makadem, Adawnage, Kombo, ZikiMusic, Kahawa and Mumela
Poetry performance by: Nuru Bahati, Nebila and Achieng Odhiambo
DJ Set: Dj Space
For More Info: http://kinandafestival.blogspot.com/
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Art Workshops, Feb 27-Mar 3 2012 @ Kuona Trust
Kuona Trust will be holding a series of workshops led by master artists on a variety of visual art focuses designed for emerging and established professional artists. The workshop schedule is as follows:
Casting & Molding with Kevin Oduor, Feb 27th/28th, 9am – 5pm
Painting with Anthony Okello, Feb 28th, 9am – 5pm
Photoshop with Dennis ‘Dede’ Maingi, Feb 29th, 9am – 5pm
Conceptual Art with Paul Onditi, Mar 1st, 9am – 5pm
Printmaking with John Silver, Mar 2nd, 9am – 5pm
Live Drawing with Patrick Mukabi, Mar 3rd, 9am – 1pm
Registration for each workshop is Ksh 200/- . To register for any of the workshops, please send an email to info@kuonatrust.org or call Renee or Ato on 0733 742752 or 0721262326, before 23rd February 2012 at 4pm. Registration is on a first come first serve basis as class sizes are limited. Refreshments will be available for sale at the venue.
Concert: The Beathogs, Feb 25 2012 @ Kengeles Lavington
Nairobi’s hottest funk soul band The Beathogs performing some hot new songs at Kengeles Lavington. Sat 25 Feb, 8pm, Kengeles Lavington. Free entry.
Website: http://www.facebook.com/thebeathogs
Concert: Makadem Send Off, Feb. 29 2012 @ Michael Joseph Centre
Just imagine presents Makadem send off*
Date: February 29, 2012
Venue: Michael Joseph Centre, Safaricom House
Time: 7.30-10.30pm
Tickets: Kshs 500
Contacts: 0722706581
Performances by Makadem king of Ohangla
Makadem is back from global touring where he shared the stage with Seun Kuti (Son of Fela Kuti) & Egypt 80, Oliver Mtukudzi, Soweto Kinch, Baaba Maal, Mahotela Queens, Lokua Kanza, Gllen Washington and many others.
Expect: A night of powerful benga fused with vibrant afrobeat, poetry & dance
*Makadem is heading out in March for a 3 month residency program in Paris, France. This might be his last concert before leaving.
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Reading and Discussion: Amka Space Literature Forum, Feb. 25 2012 @ Goethe
Date: February 25, 2012
Venue: Goethe-Institut Library
Time: 10am – 1pm
Entrance: Free
The Literature Forum brings together upcoming women writers and literary critics to share and discuss stories, poems and current literary trends with the aim of enhancing their creativity. The forum provides a space to listen to the voices of established and budding female writers – voices of women with a passion for literary adventure.
The first product of the Literature Forum is out and available in bookstores in Nairobi: Fresh Paint – Literary Vignettes by Kenyan Women. The volume comprises a selection of poems and short stories presented at the Forum over the last 3 years.
AMKA and the Goethe-Institut organize the monthly readings in the library of the Goethe-Institut every last Saturday of the month.
Participation in the forum is open to both men and women and interested participants may send their poems and short stories to amkaspace@yahoo.com
Theatre: Talking Heads, Feb. 22-26 2012 @ Alliance
Talking heads by Alan Bennett, presented by the Arts Canvas
Dates: February 22-26, 2012
Venue: Alliance
Tickets: Adults Kshs 700 and Students Kshs 300
An evening of comedy, personal struggle, human fragility and search for meaning of life. These intimate and contrasting plays were first performed in Kenya in 1999. In Her big Chance, Lesley is a budding actress, reveals of all the uncertainties and excitements of showbiz and her search for the ‘big break’. The second Bed among Lentils examines life of Susan, the wife of a church minister who is living a double life.
This play is directed and performed by Mumbi Kaigwa