Dates: October 4-23, 2011
Venue: Alliance Française, Ground Floor gallery
Cartoon is one of many Kenyan artists whose career started at Banana Hill Art Studio and was propelled to further heights by the enigmatic Ruth Schaffner of Gallery Watatu in the 1980s and 1990s.
His work is dominated by traditional lifestyles and rural settings painted in vibrant colours.
Ketebul Music will be having a ‘Music Publishing and Licensing’ workshop on Wednesday 5th October 2011 in the afternoon at Alliance Francaise. The workshop will be facilitated by David Alexander from Sheer Publishing based in South Africa. Some of the topics covered will be: Introduction to Music Publishing (the concepts, rights and players), Synchronization Licensing (Established Composers earn the majority of their income from Synch licenses , what are these and how do you get your share). The workshop is free and open to performing artists, composers, producers and any interested parties. For more information visit http://www.sheerpublishing.co.za/
On Saturday 8 October 2011 Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association will celebrate World Hospices and Palliative Care Day 2011 with a special film screening event at Alliance Francaise in Nairobi.
Based on the 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Margaret Edson, the film WIT features the Academy Award winning actress Emma Thompson, in a movie directed by Academy award winning director Mike Nichols. The film tells the story of Vivian Bearing (Emma Thompson), a 48-year-old university professor, who learns the importance of simple human kindness when faced with the most daunting of crises: a diagnosis of advanced cancer.
Carole Mandi, Publisher of True Love and Drum Magazines, and one of Kenya’s most positive social commentators, will introduce the film and World Hospices Day 2011.
A drinks reception and raffle will follow the film screening and all proceeds from this event will directly support KEHPCA.
Venue: Alliance Francaise
Date/Time: Saturday 8 October 2011, 3pm
Tickets: Ksh 1,000
Booking:
Phone: 020 2729302 / 0722507219
Email: info@kehpca.org
In person: – At Dormans Coffee Shops in: Yaya Centre, Westgate Mall, and Junction Shopping Centre
– At KEHPCA offices: Chaka Court (next to Chaka Place), Argwings Kodhek Rd.
– At Alliance Française: Loita Street/Monrovia Street
Parking: Complimentary parking for event ticket holders will be available at Kenindia Assurance offices, Loita Street
Wit film is rated a PG-16
Date: October 7, 2011
Venue: Alliance Française Gardens
Time: 7pm
Entry: Free
Dates: September 30-October 2, 2011
Venue: Alliance
Time: Weekdays 6.30pm and Weekends 3 & 6.30pm
Tickets: Adults Kshs 500, Students Kshs 400 and Advance Kshs 400 online tickets
Contacts: 0726 524 124, 0728 130 134 or 0734 524 124
Synopsis
A string of hilarious mis-communications unravel as Jim trades lies and wives almost as quickly as Bill is trading shares.
For more information: Festival of creatives arts blog and respond to their Facebook event
THE GREAT PnP BLAST CONCERT!!!
30th September 2011 at Alliance Francaise Gardens Nairobi
From 7pm to 10pm
ENTRY: 1 packet of Pads and or Panties… (Also available the entrance)
The main Artiste perfoming will be Iddi Achieng with the support of musicians Makadem, Asali, Judith Bwire, peter young, kevo, and Jarta dancers
THE IDDI ACHIENG TRUST (TIAT) is a community focused organization whose goal since inception in 2008 is working together with marginalized communities to realize positive developmental change .Our current programs whose focus is the girl child under the ‘Ka Dana Education Initiative’ seeks to ensure steady class attendance and retention through provision of sanitary towels and panties to rural primary school girls as an entry point to discuss Reproductive Health Education. Hence the title of the concert….(Panties and Pads)
THE IDDI ACHIENG TRUST was founded by musician, actress and social worker, IDDI ACHIENG who has through the Trust secured 8,068 panties from a campaign called “Panties with Purpose” run by an online shop called MARIDADI.co.ke.
Initiated by Maridadi.co.ke, PANTIES WITH PURPOSE is the largest recent global campaign to help keep girls in school. This is because underprivileged school girls in Kenya miss up to 40 school days in a year due to their menstrual cycle (UNICEF 2005) as they do not have access to proper sanitary pads or underwear. It was launched earlier this year to collect undergarments for underprivileged girls. More than 40 cities were involved and the total number of panties collected to date has exceeded 20,000. So far 8,000 have been distributed. Maridadi.co.ke believes that change begins with basics and that human dignity must be upheld even in the smallest places which are not seen on maps, such as schools, classrooms, playgrounds, homes, offices and work places. It believes that human dignity is a basic right and has partnered with the Iddi Achieng Trust to bring dignity to girls who live, work and play in the smallest places.
The goal is to distribute the pads and panties to 20 targeted primary schools with a total of 2,017@4per girl in Alego South, Karemo Division, Bar Ongong’o Zone, Siaya County. The Nairobi concert purposes to raise sanitary protection to match these panties through the unifying factor of music. The event will also be graced by GoK representatives, Invited Development Partners, Friends of TIAT, opinion shapers and fans and will also be the main launch of TIAT
Dates: September 23-25, 2011
Venue: Alliance Francaise
Times: Friday 6 & 8.30pm, Saturday 3,6 &8.30pm and Sunday 3& 6pm
Tickets: Advance Kshs 400, Gate Kshs 500
This fundraising evening will be specially dedicated to the production and logistics for the upcoming 5TH NAIROBI FESTIVAL OF SOLOS AND
DUETS-19TH-29TH OCTOBER 2011. A time to meet the dance community, the fans, the audience of the previous four editions of the Nairobi festival of solos and duets, and the new friends and supporters out there.
This is a day that to share in the aspirations of a dance community like no other, to understand our goals and objective, and to discover first hand what has been that driving force.
There will be three dance performances • Poetry by Ndungi Githuku • Music by Mutinda • Video by DF-N • DF-N t-shirts on sale and many other little surprises on auction and raffle.
Dance Forum-Nairobi Team.
For tickets please contact the Dance Forum Nairobi under following numbers: 0734 413337, 0721 439920, 0722 895006
or email at info@danceforumnbi.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dance-Forum-Nairobi/134675309935122
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