“MISS CONGENIALITY” starring SANDRA BULLOCK as Gracie Hart/Lou Freebush.
Come see this bombshell F.B.I Agent get to work, this Sunday; from 7p.m
Entry: Free!
Beers: 150
TEDxBraeburnSchools, Sep 24 2011 @ Braeburn School
a Gathering for Curious Minds
When? Saturday 24th September 2011, 10am (for 10:30) to 12:00pm
Where? Austin Room, Braeburn School, Gitanga Road, Lavington
This week’s theme: The Business of Compassion
This Saturday we will show videos featuring:
14min – Google’s “Jolly Good Fellow,” Chade-Meng Tan, talks about how the company practices compassion in its everyday business — and its bold side projects. Chade-Meng Tan was one of Google’s earliest engineers. Among many other things, Meng helped build Google’s first mobile search service, and headed the team that kept a vigilant eye on Google’s search quality. After an eight-year stint in Engineering, he now serves with GoogleEDU as the Head of Personal Growth. One of his main projects is Search Inside Yourself — a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence course, which he hopes will eventually contribute to world peace in a meaningful way.
16min – In this inspiring talk at the NextGen:Charity conference, Sasha Dichter of the Acumen Fund shares the results of his month-long “Generosity Experiment” where he said “yes” to every request for help. Sasha Dichter is the Director of Business Development at Acumen Fund, a nonprofit venture capital fund that invests in enterprises that serve the poor. In this role, he leads up capital raising globally for Acumen Fund, including executing a successful $100M capital raise, serving as the point person for Acumen Fund’s Partner community, and heading up global partnerships for Acumen Fund including global expansion. Sasha is a member of Acumen Fund’s leadership team and the author of the Manifesto for Nonprofit CEOs. He blogs about generosity,philanthropy and social change at http://sashadichter.wordpress.com.
Directions to Braeburn: http://www.braeburn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=197&Itemid=695
Website: http://www.ted.com/tedx/groups/2441 ; also http://www.ted.com/tedx/groups/825
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BLNRB – Music Videos Launch, Sep 24 2011 @ Goethe-Institut
A first for Kenya – the launch of a full set of music videos accompanying the songs of the memorable BLNRB album of collaborations between Berlin-based electronic musicians and the emerging Kenyan music scene. You can listen to some of the superb tracks on ReverbNation
The Goethe-Institut commissioned music videos for 11 tracks from the album from 11 different film and music video directors such as Hawa Essuman, Boomba Video, Rich Pictures, Circle & Square, Cultural Video Foundation, DYMK, Sam Hopkins, Just A Band, Dream Awake Pro, Studio Ang and Philippa Herrmann. The videos will be screened for the first time on September 24th, mixed by a VJ.
Here is a preview, other videos will be published on YouTube in the coming weeks
Open Air Cinema: The Wood, Sep 18 2011 @ Capri 7
Welcome to our weekly Open Air Cinema at Capri 7, where we celebrate classic films!
This week – Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones and Taye Diggs; tell the tale of 3 boys growing up in the hood, in the 1999 black comedy – “THE WOOD.”
Bring your friend, and a duvet!
Time: 7p.m.
Beers: 150
Entry: Free!
Festival: StoryMoja Hay Festival, Sept. 15-18 2011 @ Railway Club Grounds
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Dates: September 15-18, 2011
Venue: Railway Club Grounds
Tickets: Kshs 500 Daily (Including a book) and Kshs 1000 seasonal ticket (3 days)
Tickets Available online: www.enrakenya.com and MPesa 0728 285 021
About
This is a Festival that brings together international writers and personalities to a temporary ’tent city’ in the heart of Nairobi where they celebrate stories, ideas, writing and contemporary culture through storytelling, music, books, live discussion forums, demonstrations, workshops, open mic sessions, debates, exhibitions, performances and competitions.
Festival Programme link: http://www.storymojahayfestival.com/programme/
The Out Film Festival, Sept. 9-10 2011 @ Goethe
Dates: September 9-10, 2011
Venue: Goethe Institut Auditorium
Time: September 9, 2011 at 7-10pm and September 10, 2011 at 10 am
Entry: Free
Queer cinema comes out!
The Inaugural OUT FILM FESTIVAL will be the first public showing of cinema that reflects the life of sexual minorities.
The film festival wants to make known a community that Kenyan society deems to be secret. The festival aims to entertain, educate and celebrate. There will be a variety of films and documentaries from within and outside the continent that will alter the way you look at the way the Queer community lives and loves. People just like you, people who are African themselves.
Diversity + Tolerance = Ubuntu
Ubuntu = I am what I am because of Who We all Are
Visiting movie makers will be in attendance.
The OUT FILM FESTIVAL is brought to you by the Gay Kenya Trust in cooperation with the Embassy of Switzerland and Goethe-Institut Nairobi
Screenings
Friday, 9th September 2011, 7.00 pm
7.00 pm: Fluorescent Sin
7.15 pm: Kuchus of Uganda
8.00 pm: Transformation
8.20 pm: Dakan
Saturday, 10th September 2011, 10.00 am
10.00 am: 7 years
10.30 am: Coming Out
2.00 pm: La Parade, followed by a Q&A-Session with the director Lionel Baier
4.00 pm: Transformation
4.20 pm: Fluorescent Sin
4.35 pm: Kuchus of Uganda
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Festival: Images of Kenya, Sept. 6-8 2011 @ Goethe
Dates: September 6-8, 2011
Venue: Goethe-Institut Auditorium
Time: 5pm
Entry: Free
Kenya’s culture comes to town again, on screen, for the 10th time. It is a celebration of the various cultural images that define Kenya, its cultural mosaic.
Images of Kenya is a popular annual showcase for documentary films produced in Kenya. It represents films covering a cross section of Kenya’s cultural and tourism potential.
Images of Kenya is an annual Film Festival organised by the Department of Film Services in the Ministry of Information and Communications.
As usual, one day of the screenings is dedicated to the final works of graduates of Kenya Institute of Mass Communication.
This screenings are brought by Goethe in cooperation with Department of Film Services and K.I.M.C.
Moonlight Cinema presents Friday, Aug 28 2011 @ Capri 7
Karibu Sana, to Nairobi’s 1st open air cinema, celebrating classics every week on a large outdoor screen.
This time around, Ice Cube and Chris Tucker in the comedy – drama – buddy film “FRIDAY.”
This Sunday @ Capri 7.
Time: 7pm, Local Beers: 150, Entry: Free!
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Moonlight Cinema: Scarface, Aug 21 2011 @ Capri 7
It’s all about catching the stars under the stars, every Sunday at Capri 7
This week, back to the 80s with the Kingpin himself; Tony Montana – as played by Al Pacino in SCARFACE.
Remember “In this Country you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.”
Time: 7pm, Local Beers: 150, Entry: Free!