The Refugee Consortium of Kenya organises a fun day fundraising event to be held on the 27th November.
This is an effort by the organization to fundraise in support in the resettlement process of IDPs who are still living in tents despite the government’s operation rudi nyumbani.
Tickets are available for 2000/= which includes meals, 500/= is
for entry only while 800/= is for children.
Embassy of Poland presents the Polish pianist, Mateusz Kolakowski
Date: November 16, 2010
Venue: Alliance Française auditorium
Time: 7pm
Entrance: Free
Early this year, Poland launched the Chopin Year to mark the 200th anniversary of the celebrated composer Frederic Chopin, with events in Poland and abroad.
In May, on the occasion of the European Film Festival, the Embassy of Poland presented a piano recital by the Polish pianist, Mariusz Drope. To conclude the Chopin Year, the Polish Embassy has invited the young pianist, Mateusz Kolakowski, a laureate of ‘Virtuosi per music di pianoforte’ in the Czech Republic and a graduate of the Berklee College of Music in the US. He is also winner of the 2002 ‘Jazz Fryderyk’ prize, awarded by the Polish Ministry of Culture and the ‘Most Promising Pianist’ at the Martial Solal Competition in Paris.
He is currently studying classical piano at the Music Academy of Katowice in Poland.
Mateusz Kolakowski’s Discography
Triology-‘Presence’-Livingroom Records (USA,2000)
’14th Spring’-Jazz Forum Records (2003)
‘ad LiBiTuM-1st Warsaw Jazz Concert’ (2007)
Mateusz Kolakowski & Dave Liebman ‘Live at Jazz Standard’ (Fenommedia 2009)
The 2010 edition of Kwani? Literature Festival comprises of lectures, conversations, panels, readings and workshops that explore the practical aspects of African writing and literary life between successive literary generations. These conversations will also extend to recapturing what is considered a literary temporal black hole – the 80s and 90s when writing seemed to have dried in the continent, and a fledgling present.
Festival Programme to follow shortly -Check Kwani? website for details!
Ps: Once the program is out NairobiNow will publish it.
