African Dance in the Park, Jun. 1 2019 @ Nairobi Arboretum Park

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Move, reconnect, reground, build community, rethink money and value, and have fun this Madaraka Day with a PAY WHAT YOU DECIDE (PWYD) African dance class at the Nairobi Arboretum. Live drumming, and dance with Wangũi.

Pay what you decide? Yes, pay what you decide. The capitalist economy runs on upside down (and oppressive) allocations of what is valuable and what is not – and many times ignores and puts down the truly valuable things in life. So this PWYD class asks you to decide how much value you ascribe to moving, dancing, and reconnecting with culture, your body, and others. Madaraka means self-rule. What will you do with the freedom to think and hopefully rethink what has value?

Bottom line – come dance and enjoy yourself.

Where: Nairobi Arboretum Park
When: 1st June 2019. 11 am – 1 pm
Cost: Pay What You Decide (PWYD)

Note that the Arboretum charges a 50/= entrance fee payable by MPESA only

Concert: Women in Music Concert with Kendi Nkonge & Wambura Mitaru, May 17 2019 @ Goethe Institut

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Date: May 17, 2019
Venue: Goethe Institut Nairobi
Time: 7 pm
Admission: KES 500/-

The Women in Music concert series is back. We have a great array of vibrant and dynamic artists lined for you this year, ready to give a stellar performance.
This edition will feature two great Kenyan artists, Kendi Nkonge & Wambura Mitaru, live in concert.

LIVE at MUZE: Black Motion with Performances by SURAJ, Jack Rooster, Foozak, Noise On Demand and Blinky Bill, May 18 2019 @ Muze Club – Westlands

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Get ready to experience the best Afro-House live act in the World when Black Motion perform LIVE at MUZE for the 1st time on Saturday, 18th May 2019. With performances by SURAJ, Jack Rooster, Foozak, Noise On Demand and Blinky Bill, it will be an Afro-House night to remember!

Date: Saturday, 18th May 2019
Time: 6PM – 6AM
Venue: MUZE Club, Westlands
Music Policy: Afro-House
Gate Tickets: KES 1000

[Updated] Screening: ‘Like Crazy’ – Italian Participation in Nairobi’s 28th Edition of the European Film Festival, May 18 2019 @ Diamond Plaza II

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Screening: Paolo Virzi’s LA PAZZA GIOIA –
Date: 18th May 2019
Venue: Diamond Plaza II (11th floor)
Time: 7 pm

Italian participation in Nairobi’s 28th edition of the European Film Festival, 2019, with the film – La Pazza Gioia (Like Crazy) by Paolo Virzi’.

Updated Program: EFF 2019 Schedule (pdf)

Link to the Festival web page: La Pazza Gioia (Like Crazy), 2016

Cast: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Micaela Ramazzotti, Valentina Carnelutti
Synopsis:
Beatrice is a motor-mouthed fantasist, a self-styled billionaire countess who likes to believe she’s on intimate terms with world leaders.

Donatella is a tattooed introvert, a fragile young woman locked in her own mystery. They are both patients at the Villa Biondi, a progressive but secure psychiatric clinic.

Paolo Virzì’s new film tells the story of the unpredictable and moving friendship that develops between the two women as they flee the mental institution in search of love and happiness in the open-air nuthouse – the world of sane people.