News/Poetry: Fern Poetry High School Tour

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Fern Poetry Project will see poets, Bernard Muhia, El Poet and Jaju and a comedian/thespian Daddy Marto, visit five schools around the Nairobi Area to present poems on human trafficking for purposes of creating awareness on the vice.

They will be doing this through a project funded by Koinonia Advisory Research and Development Service (KARDS).

The project targets students in high school.

The objectives of the project are;
i) Popularizing anti-Trafficking in Persons through poems that are recited in front of the students.
ii) Encouraging the submission of artistic expressions in the form of essays and poems from students on the theme of trafficking with the aim of exhibiting them.
iii) Holding a competition on poetry and story writing on the theme of human trafficking amongst students in high schools with a prize of Kshs. 1,000 for the winner and Kshs 500 and 300 for the first and second runners up respectively .

For Contacts and more info check Bernard Muhia’s blog

Open-Mic: Launch of Flowetree, Jun. 18 2011 @ Hotel Metro

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Date: June 18, 2011
Venue: (Club) Hotel Metro
Location: Koinange Street, Opposite Consolidated Bank near Java restaurant
Time: 6-10pm
Tickets: Kshs 300 (Inclusive of a soda)

Flowetree presents;
Open Mic Alliance: A collaboration of all our favourite open Mic events in Kenya

Get ready to see Wamathai, Adelle’s Open Mic, Slam Africa, Monaja with Nairobi’s Finest, Talented Immah with Circles of Poetry, Carol with Poetic Mic, Koa with Poetry Spot, Oliver with Bar Stool Open Mic, and Namatsi Lukoye with Hisia Zangu.
There will be a fresh Re-Introduction of Sitawa Open Mic for that day into the scene.

Flowetree, is an organization with a parent company that is working to join hands with the above listed people to take poetry and spoken word industry to its zenith.

Performances by: Nemesis (Man Njoro), Checkmate, Adelle, Wamathai, Samo Bryton, Kenneth B, Monaja, Abu Sense, Tolboy, Achieng Odhiambo, Sitawa, Namatsi, Nuru Bahati, Pepe Haze, Peace, Earnest, USIU (Michezo Africa), Paul Mbuvi, Kuni Mbichi, Immah, Wanjeri, Wairema, Wanjiku Mwaura, Karen, jaju, Bundu Bandit, Nuru Bahati, Queen Moraa, Jemedari, Black skillz among others.

Bhupi will arrange for his artwork to be displayed and Bernard Muhia will grace us with his concept, (Fern Poetry: www.bernardmuhia.com)

Expect: To get electrified with dazzling punch lines and verb plays, and beat boxing that will leave you wordgasmic.

Hosted by: Entertainer Martin “Daddie Marto” Githinji and the compelling Radio Personality Marcus Olang’

Out of Town: Art Exhibit: The Truth about Bees and Elephants, until Jul 27 2011 @ Lily Pond – Nanyuki

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Art Exhibit: “The Truth about Bees and Elephants” an Art Exhibition by Dominique Thoenes
Acknowledging the work of Dr,Lucy King. Msc, Dphil – 15% of the proceeds go to Save the Elephants.
Until 27th July 2011
The Lily Pond Arts Centre sits on the Equator 200m from Nanyuki Nairobi Highway – Off Sweet Waters Ol Pejeta Road – behind Lions Court Lodge

Play: Real Eyes See Through, Jun 4-5 2011 @ National Theatre

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The Chief receives an invitation to the wedding of the son of the colonial Governor of Tanga­nyika. The seemingly good News however comes with a condition; royal attire required. His view of royalty is obviously different from the whites so he finds himself in a state of confu sion. Only his court of advisors can come to his aid in such a time as this. This is more so because they are made of the cream of the land…