Wamathai Spoken Word, Jan 19 2011 @ Secrets Lounge

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WamathaiJan
Date: January 29, 2011
Venue: Secrets Lounge (View Park Towers, Utalii Lane)
Time: 7-10pm
Tickets: Kshs 150

Hosts: Singer/Songwriter Dela & Entertainer Martin ‘Daddie Marto’ Githinji.

There will be performances by Moraa, Claudette Oduor, Mike Kwambo, Namatsi Lukoye, Michael Onsando, Karen Ndiko, Immah, Kinyua Gichohi, Nuru bahati among others.

Lecture & Book Launch: A talk on Medicinal Plants of an East African Region, Jan. 19 2011 @ national Museum

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Dr. Najma Dharani will hold a talk on Medicinal Plants of an East African Region, their importance, traditional uses & conservation.

Date: January 19, 2010
Time: 6:30-7:30pm
Venue: Louis Leakey Auditorium at Nairobi National Museum
Entry*: KMS members Kshs 400, Non members Kshs 500 & Students Kshs 200

Dr. Najma Dharani holds a PhD degree in Plant and Environmental Ecology, and is currently a lecturer in the Dept. of Environmental Science at Kenyatta University.
She is also the author & photographer of Field guide to common Trees and Shrubs in East Africa and Field guide to Acacias of East Africa

She will also Launch her New book called ‘Common Antimalarial trees and Shrubs of East Africa’
Other Books authored by Dr. Dharani, which will also be available for sale on that day

*Proceeds to fund the Museum’s Fossil and Artifacts Casting Department

Launch: foot-notes online magazine, Jan 18 2011 @ Goethe-Institut

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The launch of online magazine foot-notes is January 18th at the Goethe Institute Auditorium at 6pm

foot-notes.org is an artist-led initiative intended to be East Africa’s leading magazine on contemporary visual arts with focus on East African artists and their impact on the global art scene. It aims to be the directory for the most acclaimed signature artists and a showcase of nascent talent in East Africa – the meeting point for the region’s new breed of aficionados who seek emerging contemporary art platforms. The magazine wants to create a platform for critical art review and analysis with the aim of documenting contemporary art in the region thus activating interaction through audience participation in collaboration with local artists and art institutions.

Festival: Taste of Nairobi 2010, Dec. 18-19 2010 @ Nairobi Central Park

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Dates: December 18-19, 2010
Venue: Nairobi Central Park
Entry: Free

The Taste of Nairobi Festival is a brain child of the Ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan Development in partnership with other stakeholders.
They have come up with a yearly, social, cultural and business event that is envisaged to rival other famous festivals in the world such as Oktoberfest in Germany, the Samba Festival in Brazil, Carthage Festival in Tunisia, and The Taste of Chicago Festival in USA among others, which are attended by millions of locals and foreign tourists.

Things to expect: Live entertainment, Food & beverage which will show case among others: farm to festival & taste of the world, Family fun village which will feature a story telling and animations, Business to consumer Exhibitions and Arts & Crafts Village having arts pavilion, crafts pavilion and kanga & Kikoi pavilion
For more details check the festival website.