Embracing Diversity: An Art and Dance Exhibition, May 21 2011 @ 2nd Parklands Ave

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Art without Borders Kenya & Pamoja Dance Group invites you to an Art & Dance Exhibition for a great cause*

Date: May 21, 2011
Venue: 2nd Parklands, Off Limuru Rd-(Formerly RaMoMa)
Time: 1-6pm
Tickets: Kshs 100 Adults & Kshs 50 Children under 15

* All admission fees and 20% of all art sales will go towards Art without Borders Kenya’s Community Programmes and Pamoja Dance Group.

Embracing Diversity is an art and dance exhibition hosted by Art Without Borders Kenya and Pamoja Dance Group. Art Without Borders Kenya is a local organization that provides art lessons and art therapy programs to the local community and to children in Kenyatta National Hospital, children’s homes, and slum-based schools. Pamoja Dance Group is a contemporary dance group composed of people with and without physical disabilities.

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TEDx Braeburn, May 12 2011 @ Braeburn School

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When? Thursday 12th May 2011, 7pm (for 7:30) to 9:00pm.
Where? Austin Theater, Braeburn School, Gitanga road, Lavington

This week’s theme: The fringe benefits of failure and a new definition of success.  The following TED talks will be screened:

At her Harvard commencement speech, “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling offers some powerful, heartening advice to dreamers and overachievers, including one hard-won lesson that she deems “worth more than any qualification I ever earned.”  Perhaps the most famous contemporary fiction writer in the world, with her Harry Potter series of children’s books — a chronicle of the adventures of an adolescent wizard of the same name. The fourth volume of the series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, was the fastest-selling book in history.  Since completing the series, Rowling has put her fortune toward philanthropic projects dealing with poverty, multiple sclerosis and other issues through her own Volant Charitable Trust.

Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure — and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work.  Through his witty and literate books — and his new School of Life — Alain de Botton helps others find fulfillment in the everyday. We need to intelligently reassess our systems of governance, societal structure, education, and cultural narratives, and creatively think about the roles of morality, technology, human behaviour and collaborative civil society in our world.  Join us for a light-hearted intellectual exploration.

Directions to Braeburn: http://www.braeburn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=197&Itemid=695
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Charity: Gala Latina, May 14 2011 @ Hilton

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The Spanish Speaking Association (website in Spanish: www.ssakenya.org) requests the pleasure of your company at the renown “Annual Charity Gala Latina” which will take place on 14th May at the Hilton Hotel, Nairobi. The ticket price is KSHS 4,500 (Cash Bar) and it includes welcome cocktail, buffet dinner and a glass of wine, Latin Dance exhibition and grand prize raffle. Among the prizes we have flights to Europe and nights at hotels. Extra raffle tickets for many fabulous prizes will be sold throughout the evening. All proceeds go to charity.
Dress code: Formal
For more information or ticket purchases please call 0714925702 or 0736551818.
Please note tickets won’t be sold at the door.

Founded in Nairobi (1994), the Spanish Speaking Association (SSA) encompasses all members of Spanish speaking countries who are resident
in Kenya, and, who voluntarily offer their services to assist in projects of local development and in the promotion of the Hispanic
culture in this country.

It is financed by the yearly fees of the members, as well as the profits obtained through the various fundraising events during the
year, and, the generous donations granted by public companies and private people.

The SSA has granted eleven scholarships to students of secondary education, and, additionally collaborates in Orione Community Training
Center (Thika), for challenged children with special needs, Community Missionary San Pablo Apostle of Spain (Turkana-Kaikor) providing
support of various Centers of Nutrition, Health and Education for children from 2 to 7 years of age, Sisters Marianitas of Equator
(Turkana-Kaikor) dedicated to the promotion of  woman, care of the elder and agricultural development, Kariobangi, professional promotion
of woman in Kenya.

Out of Town: Saturdays activities @ Lily Pond Arts Centre, Nanyuki

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Join the Lily Pond Arts Centre for Saturday Morning activities for children aged 4-12.
Drop in any time from 10.30a.m -12.30p.m. and enjoy brunch on the decking while the totos get arty.

All activities will be subject to a charge of 250 ksh. to cover the cost of materials.
Limited spaces are available and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Free 2Mb Wi-Fi available at the laptop friendly Lily Pond.

Saturday 7th May, 2011 – 7.00pm
The Blues Brothers (1980) on the BIG Screen at the Lily Pond Arts Centre – Nanyuki.

TEDxCinemaNairobi, May 7 2011 @ Westgate

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TEDx Cinema –  a Gathering for Curious Minds
Free, Saturday 7th May 2011, 10:30am (sharp!) to 12noon, Cinema 6, Westgate Mall, Nairobi

This week’s theme is a behind-the-scenes look at the complex economics and drivers of radical mercenary groups & global crime networks. Insights into the parallel world that exists right in front of us, with their own law, ethics and fully fledged economy.  This week’s videos feature:

Once it was easy to know where our money was going. Now we live under a system Loretta Napoleoni has dubbed “rogue economics,” where the blurry histories of the products we consume and the cash we invest make us complicit in financing barely legal credit schemes — and even crime, if it’s the slavery producing the beans for our lattes or the guts of our mobile phones. The reach of the newly global market, as Napoleoni argues in her new book, Rogue Economics: Capitalism’s New Reality, connects us all to the dark side, regardless of our intentions to be responsible  — and, she says, our deep connection to fishy credit and unregulated finance has laid the groundwork for the current economic crisis.

Journalist Misha Glenny spent several years in a courageous investigation of organized crime networks worldwide, which have grown to an estimated 15% of the global economy. From the Russian mafia, to giant drug cartels, his sources include not just intelligence and law enforcement officials but criminal insiders.

For more information: Farida_sher@yahoo.co.uk; irfan@whiterose.co.ke; salim_keshavjee@yahoo.com;

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Exhibit: Shabu Mwangi, until May 26 2011 @ Le Rustique

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Lawrence Mwangi [Shabu] is a 25-year-old Kenyan artist living in Mukuru slum. He is one of the founders of the Wajukuu art project that provides Art classes to children in low incomes areas. Deeply rooted in his community, Shabu has always worked as an activist and artist, he also collaborates with the organization Art2Be working with marginalized groups using artistic and therapeutic methods to fight stigma and discrimination.
This is his first solo show. Deeply personal and at the same time very much influenced by the figure of Edward Munch in The Cry, Shabu Mwangi gives us a tale of the inside, a broken silence where the faces and  the bodies do not need any narrative interpretation. The obscurity of these paintings proceeds from a personal experience and from fundamental emotions. Like an incessant path between strength, weakness and pain, these works put us in the place of the artist and the viewer, a constant reminder that our existence is very fragile.

Reading Circuit: The Princess Project, May 7 2011 @ The Mug

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The Creekside Reading Circuit is brought to you by The Princess Project (K).

A reading circuit is an informal session where all can read from their work, share thoughts on various topics, and network with other writers, and meet mentors and ‘mentees’ over refreshments

PS: The theme of this month is CELEBRATION OF COMEDY. The discussion will be centered on humor in writing and whether, aside from inducing laughter and floor rolls, it can also be used to highlight the tragedies of life.

If you are a writer, bring your printed 500 word poetry, play or short story excerpt for peer review and comments. Please invite one or two friendly readers or writers. Tea, coffee , samosas and cake will be served

ENTRY: FREE

Time: Saturday, May 7 · 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Location: The Mug, Kaunda Street, CBD Nairobi

The Princess Project website

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Short Film – Casting Call, May 11 2011 @ Shalom House

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A short film to be shot in Kenya later in the month. It’s part of an international collaboration with filmmakers from all over the world. The film will be cut together with footage from all over the world to make a feature film which will be submitted to festivals and distributed worldwide.

The film will be shot in two segments, almost same story, different endings. Both segments require different actors.

Segment 1:
…Characters:

BROWN: He is a middle aged Kenyan man, mustached, classic. He wears a brown ‘Kaunda suit’ and looks like he came straight out of the wardrobe of an eighties politician.
He is rather tall, waify and has a morose demeanor.

TRAIN STATION CLERK: A rather stern and immaculately groomed midget who has the personality of a historical dictator and a razor sharp sense of sarcastic wit. He wears a large cross around his neck, early 50s

Segment 2:

BROWN A thirty-something year old gay male going through a quarter life crisis of sorts. He dresses in drag, chain smoked and is experiencing a metaphorical crossroads in regard to his existence and his relationship with city life in Nairobi and the experiences he’s had within its confines. He’s a tortured but gentle soul. He’s got a lean build and terribly pretty features but talks with a baritone that rivals Barry White’s.

OLD HOMELESS LADY A seventy/eighty year old woman down on her luck in life. She’s been homeless for a while as is evident in her general appearance. She walks with a hunch accompanied by a walking stick, has a face that tells many a story and eyes that carry years of wisdom and kindness behind them. Her quiet demeanor makes her rather cute and endearing while also making her come off as borderline nuts.

**Would be best if you came dressed the part / carried a change of clothes for the parts described.

Time: Wednesday, May 11 · 9:00am – 5:00pm
Location: Shalom House , Daniel Comboni Rd (off Ngong Road)
St Daniel Comboni Rd, Dagoretti Corner
Nairobi, Kenya

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