Date: August 30, 2014
Venue: Paa ya paa art centre
Time: 10 am – 6 pm
Entry: Free
Directions
Feast your eyes on inspiring paintings, sculptures, photographs and get exclusive furniture jewelry and leather
accessories with a chance to share and interact with likeminded individuals.
Contact info: 0708085877
RASAST will be celebrating Ruhila’s life by partnering with KSPCA to raise funds and support their initiatives
Date: August 30, 2014
Venue: Zen Garden
Time: 7-12 pm
Tickets: 4000/- includes Dinner, welcome drink, entertainment & raffle.
All proceeds will be allocated to Animal Welfare programs.
Date: Saturday 30 August 2014
Time: from 8.30pm
Free entry
Date: August 23, 2014
Venue: Braeburn School
Time: 7.30 pm
Tickets: KES 1500
Proceeds of the concert will be channeled to Beyond Zero Campaign – An initiative of First Lady of Kenya HE Margaret Kenyatta.
Barcamp Nairobi 2014 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 30th August, 2014 at Bishop Magua Centre.
Theme for this year is: Who’s Your Data’s Daddy? – Is privacy and security online possible in Kenya?
Entry: Free
Visit www.barcamp.co.ke for details on how to register, speak, volunteer or sponsor.
Date: Thursday August 21 2014
Venue: Amnesty International Regional Office
Location: Kanjata Road/Muthangari Drive off Waiyaki Way – Google Map
Time: 5:30pm
Entry: Prior online Registration – Register here.
About
Amnesty International, in partnership with the Rift Valley Institute’s Nairobi Forum, invite you to a book reading and discussion panel on Rasna Warah’s new book War Crimes: How warlords, politicians, foreign governments and aid agencies conspired to create a failed state in Somalia.In War Crimes, Kenyan journalist Rasna Warah writes about the many war crimes that have taken place in Somalia in the name of peace, development, religion and reconciliation. It is an examination of the destruction of Somalia looking at the involvement of the state and the international community.
Rasna Warah will be joined on the panel by acclaimed Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah, winner of the Neustadt International Prize for literature and the Lettre Ulysses Award, and Ali Hersi, Regional Director of the Society for International Development. This discussion, an inaugural event of the Amnesty International Regional Hub Speaker Series, will be moderated by L. Muthoni Wanyeki, Regional Director of Amnesty International.
Moderator: L. Muthoni Wanyeki – Regional Director Amnesty International
Panellists: Rasna Warah – Kenyan writer and photojournalist, Nuruddin Farah – Writer, Ali Hersi – Regional Director Society for International Development
Date: Saturday, August 30, 2014
Time: 9.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Venue: C4D Lab, University of Nairobi – Chiromo Campus
Date: August 21, 2014
Venue: iHub
Time: 6-9 pm
Entry: Free
Panelist: Boniface Mwangi, Blinky Bill, Patricia Kihoro, Erik Hersman & Mark Kamau
Visit http://pawa254.org/art-meets-tech-a-pawa254-ihub-collabo/ for full info.
Singin’ In The Rain by Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly – 1952, 1h43
Presentation and screening of an American Classic by Richard Peña, Professor of Professional Practice at the School of Arts at Columbia University, former Program Director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Director of the New York Film Festival since 1988.
‘Singin’ in the rain’ is one of the most-loved and celebrated film musicals of all time. A charming, up-beat, experience with great songs, lots of flashbacks and wonderful dances.
Colombia Global Centers | Africa have invited Richard Peña for a series of film workshops in Nairobi. Richard has organized several retrospectives of Michelangelo Antonioni, Sacha Guitry, Ritwik Ghatak, Kira Muratova, Youssef Chahine, Yasujiro Ozu, Carlos Saura and Amitabh Bachchan, as well as major film series devoted to African, Chinese, Cuban, Polish, Hungarian, Arab, Korean, Japanese, Soviet and Argentine cinema.
The screening will be followed by Q & A.
Find the full evening Screening program here
Welcome back to the opening race day of the Season!
This Sunday the 17th of August 2014 there are seven races including two feature races.
The first race at 12.50pm is “The Chilli Cup” -1200m and will be followed at 1.25pm, by “The Merchants Purse” – 1800m
At 2.00pm “The Mau Forest” – 1200m will run , then “The Mara Handicap” – 1800m at 2.35pm, then “The Sondu Maiden” 1600m at3.10pm
“The Njoro Maiden” – 1200m will run at 3.45pm.
The last race of the day at 4:20pm will be “The Nzoia Handicap” – 1600m
Come and enjoy Family entertainment at the races
