Dates: Until September 30, 2018
Venue: Kenya National Theatre
Chinua Achebe Colloquium – Conversations about Achebe’s Literary Legacy, Sept. 28 2018 @ British Institute in Eastern Africa
Date: September 28, 2018
Venue: British Institute in Eastern Africa
Conversations about Achebe’s Literary Legacy
–Things Fall Apart: Achebe and Magnum Opus turns 60. ‘Remembering Achebe’s most celebrated work’
–The State of the African State: Politics of Achebe.
–Re-considering the Nobel Prize for Literature. Making the case for Chinua Achebe.
–Leadership, governance and responsibility in African Literature(An appraisal of Achebe, the thinker, essayist socio-cultural critic)
Saturday Sessions ft. Franck Biyong, Sept. 22 2018 @ The Alchemist – Westlands
Venue: Parklands Rd, [Behind Kwikfit] – Westlands,
Time: 7-9 pm
Free Entrance
https://www.facebook.com/AlchemistBar254/videos/2098131806865314/
SATURDAY SESSIONS at The Alchemist feat. Franck Biyong
We’re excited to feature the debut Alchemist performance by Franck Biyong Music and his new project, Hilun. This is a very special celebration of Afro-Rock-Funk Music that will delight you and feature performances by some of Nairobi’s finest instrumentalists including Asaph Uzele on Bass, Moses Muthungu on Keyboards, Emma the Drummer, Will Rama on percussion and special guests vocalists.
Thursday Nite Live ft. Kidum, Sept. 27 2018 @ J’s – Westlands
Date: September 27, 2018
Venue: J’s, Westlands
Solo Exhibition by Patrick Kinuthia, Sept. 23 – Oct. 14 2018 @ the Polka Dot Gallery
Venue: the Polka Dot Gallery
Time: 12 noon – 5 pm
‘Aspects,’ an exhibition by Patrick Kinuthia, on until October 14, 2018.
Equatorial Winds in Concert, Sept. 22 2018 @ The Roger Owles Hall, Kenton College – Kileleshwa
Dates and time: September 22, 2018 from 4PM
Venue: The Roger Owles Hall, Kenton College – Kileleshwa
Tickets (available at the door): 800KSH Adults and 500KSH Children/Students
About
Equatorial Winds is back with another foray into the delightful world of wind quintets, joined for Rimsky Korsakov’s Quintet for Piano and Winds by Hannah Emmrich on piano.It promises to be a very enjoyable concert, though sadly will be the last with leader and flautist, Claire, who returns to the UK at the end of the year following 16 years in Kenya.
If you haven’t heard them before, be sure to make this date in your diaries – September 22nd at 4pm, at Kenton College.
Event: Five Years After Westgate, Sept. 21 2018 @ Rift Valley Institute – Kileleshwa
Venue: Rift Valley Institute, Seminar Room, Laikipia Road – Kileleshwa
Time: 10am – 12.30pm
Speakers: Murithi Mutiga – Researcher, International Crisis Group, Abdullahi Abdille Shahow – Researcher, International Crisis Group, Rashid Abdi – Horn of Africa Project Director, International Crisis Group
Discussant
Martine Zeuthen, Royal United Services Institute
Register, here.
Exhibition: Ripples from the Lake – 2018 Edition of Lake Basin Art Group Expo by Lake Basin Art Group, Until Oct. 12 2018 @ Nairobi National Museum
Dates: Until October 12, 2018
Venue: Nairobi National Museum
About
Lake Basin Art Group (LBAG) once again holds it’s annual exhibition at Nairobi National Museum. The artists, who come majorly from Kenya’s lake region of Kisumu import a taste of originality in the museum galleries like a breath of fresh lake breeze. This year, in their exhibition titled ‘Ripples from the Lake’ they are joined by guest artists from other water regions around Eastern Africa.Visit the museum and enjoy a visual walk of the lakes-capes and activities of the lake people.
The exhibition ends on 12th October 2018.
Screening: Accidental Anarchist, Sept. 18 2018 @ Alliance Française Auditorium
Date: September 18, 2018
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
Time: 6.30 pm
Entry: Free
Naivasha Farmers’ Market, First Saturday of Every Other Month (January, March, May, July, September and November) @ Longonot Farm, Naivasha
Dates: 1st Saturday of every other month (January, March, May, July, September and November).
Venue: Longonot Farm, South Lake Road, Naivasha (next to Sopa Lodge)
Time: 11 am- 4 pm.
About
An exciting new pop-up farmers’ market committed to providing the gorgeous people of Naivasha-and-beyond with fresh, diverse and truly scrumptious produce and a lovely place to meet up with other like-minded foodies and friends.