Homages: Cajetan Boy, Feb 10-11 2012 @ Goethe-Institut

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Kenyan Film is making big strides, but many of its protagonists are not well known, not even in Kenya. It’s time to pay homage to their works. This series at the Goethe-Institut paid homage to  Jacob Barua, Judy Kibinge, Willie Owusu, and Jane Murago-Munene. It now continues with another major protagonist: Cajetan Boy.

Cajetan Boy is a playwright, screenwriter, lecturer in screenwriting, performing artist, and the Products Development Leader for Et Cetera Productions Limited, an independent film and TV production house. His first full-length play was Benta (2000) which was published and later produced as a feature film in 2006. Many of his stage plays have also been produced as feature films.

Other than film and stage, he has written extensively for Comic Books, Radio, and TV, i.e. several episodes of dramas, soaps and sit-coms. As usual in this series, a representative selection of his corpus of work will be screened, and accompanied by a discussion with the filmmaker.

Screenings: Friday, 10th February 2012, 4.00 pm & Saturday, 11th February 2012, 3.00 pm
At the Goethe-Institut Nairobi, Free Entrance
info: +254 (0) 20 222 4640, info@nairobi.goethe.org

TEDxBraeburnSchools, Feb 11 2012 @ Austin Room, Braeburn School

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This TEDx event gives parents, teachers, students and the larger community a glimpse into our collective future and a space to engage in open, exploratory dialogue, to understand the world our children will live in and to explore creative ways to adapt to it.

Every Saturday (except the last Saturday of the month), from 10:00 (for 10:30) to 12pm we will be showing two videos of talks from the renowned TED conferences followed by a casual discussion.

This Saturday, February 11th, the following TED talks will be screened:

Talk 1: Jonathan Haidt: The Moral Mind (http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html) 18Mins
Talk 2: Diane Benscoter: How Cults Think (http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/ex_moonie_diane_benscoter_how_cults_think.html) 6Mins
Talk 3: Nate Garvis: Change our culture, change our world (http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/nate_garvis_change_our_culture_change_our_world.html) 10Mins

The Creativez Meetup, Jan 29 2012 @ iHub

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Are you a  Creative,ArtyCulturalist, Techie or Innovator? The First Creativez Meetup 2012 kicks off at the iHub, 4th floor at Bishop Magua Centre on Sunday January 29th from 2.00-5.30pm.

The speakers – Ceo of Brand Kenya Mary Kimonye and Ceo of Brainwave Communications (a leading visual arts company) Rio Alves will be sharing their various experiences and tips on “The Business of Creativity”

If you want to find out how to position yourself as a Kenyan Brand? What sort of support if possible we can can expect from Brand Kenya? At what stage should we review businesses and figure out whats working and change models? Global avenues for positioning yourselves not just as visual artists but as a creative entity etc, Intellectual property rights etc- you DONT want to miss this!

For More information or to RSVP for this Free event email TheCreativez@gbs.co.ke or tweet @TheCreativez

TEDxBraeburnSchools, Jan 21 2012 @ Braeburn School, Gitanga Road, Lavington

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What? Every Saturday (except the last Saturday of the month) we will be showing two videos of talks from the renowned TED conferences followed by a casual discussion. TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world’s leading thinkers and doers to give the talk of their lifetimes in 18 minutes.  In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience.

This Weeks Theme: A New Approach to Solving some of the World’s Problems

Talks Featured:

Noreena Hertz: How to use experts — and when not to
 R.A. Mashelkar: Breakthrough designs for ultra-low-cost products

Hosted by: Andrew Mutua

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

Kenyan Diaspora Conference & Career Fair, Dec 16 2011 @ Crowne Plaza

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Kenyan Diaspora Conference & Career Fair: Theme: “Re-Investing, Working & Doing Business in Kenya”
www.africaalumni.com/diasporaconference2011/

Friday, December 16th, 2011,  3:00pm – 11:00pm
Crowne Plaza, Upper Hill, Nairobi

Are you interested in “Investing, Working or Doing Business in Kenya”? You are invited to the first ever Diaspora Conference and Career Fair that has been organized with you in mind. This event is open to ANYONE, Diaspora or not that: is looking for an opportunity to network with other like minds, VIPs and Special Guests; is looking for a job in Kenya; is contemplating moving to Kenya; is thinking about starting a business in Kenya; would like to learn about investment opportunities available in Kenya; would like to meet other Kenyans that have moved back and have successfully transitioned to life in Kenya; would like to market products and services to the Diaspora, and much more!

Dinner Entertainment by Different Faces Jazz Band – “Kenya’s Leading Jazz Band Today”.
Event sponsored by Chase Bank Kenya.

Remaining tickets are priced at 5000ksh and available online: http://tickets.pesapal.com/order.aspx/15ce9d68-07c4-454a-9a7a-1dc706d5a74d/kenyan-diaspora-conference-career-fair

Kuona Trust Open Day, Dec. 10 2011 @ Kuona Trust

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A series of exciting activities lined up throughout the day including drawing workshops with Patrick Mukabi, writing workshops with Gor Soudan and Zihan Kassam, storytelling with The Theatre Company, portrait sketching, mural painting, face painting for children among others. There will also be the Koroga II exhibition launch which is an innovative combination of photographs and short poems or other text.

There will be plenty of entertainment, food and drink for the whole family.

Open Day 2011
On Saturday 10th December at 12pm to 8pm.
Entry: Adults 200Ksh Children 100Ksh

Where: Likoni Close, Likoni Lane, off Dennis Pritt Road, Hurlingham
Cell: 0721 262326/0733 742752. info@kuonatrust.org. www.kuonatrust.org

Event: Erevuka Kuwa Bingwa, Dec. 1-2 2011 @ Impala Grounds

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Erevuka Kuwa Bingwa event will be held on 1st and 2nd December at Impala Club Grounds. The 2-day extravaganza includes Youth exhibition, Business Conference and a creative arts arena. With a fun mix of interaction, information and entertainment, this event will be the first of its kind in the country.

The Event’s objective is to have a positive impact on the youth and give them an opportunity to be self reliant through entrepreneurship, in this way the next generation will be made up of job creators instead of job seekers. Be part of innovation.

 

For more information:
http://www.erevuka.co.ke/
https://www.facebook.com/events/244856762235717/

Media Roundtable: Media and Human Rights Reporting, Nov. 29 2011 @ Alliance

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Media Focus on Africa and its partners, the University of Nairobi’s School of Journalism, Kenya Editors’ Guild, Alliance Francaise and Media Institute has the pleasure of inviting you to November’s Media Roundtable on

Date: November 29, 2011
Venue:Alliance Francaise, Nairobi (Corner of Monrovia Street and Loita Street)
Time: 12 noon and 2 pm.
Entry: Free

The topic of discussion will be; Media and Human Rights Reporting.
Panelists;

1.Milly Lwanga : Commissioner, National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC)
2.Hassan Omar: Commissioner, Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR)
3.Al-Amin Kimathi: Human Rights Activist
4.Amos Kareithi: Human Rights Reporter, Standard Newspaper

Moderator: Kwamchetsi Makokha – Media Consultant

The format of the roundtable will include brief presentations by the panelists and an open public discussion session.
You are welcome to participate.