Exhibition: The Tana River Delta, Jun. 8-30 2011 @ Alliance

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On the occasion of the World Environment Day 2011, Alliance Française de Nairobi will be presenting a photographic exhibition on;

The Tana River Delta: a wetland in the balance

Dates: June 8-30, 2011
Venue: Alliance Française Ground Floor Gallery
Entrance: Free

The Tana Delta is one of Kenya’s most important wetland systems. The exhibition has been produced by a multidisciplinary French-Kenyan research team of scientists from the French Institute of Research for Development (IRD, UMR PALOC) and the KENWEB (Kenyan Wetlands Biodiversity) Research Team, working together in the Tana Delta. This photographic exhibition will present the diversity and the richness of the natural and cultural heritage of the Tana Delta, the issues related to water and land and the work of the research team.
It will be accompanied by informative text in English and French and by a 25 minutes documentary.

Play: Men Are From Kenya, Women Are From Pluto, May 31 – Jun 5 2011 @ Alliance

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Men Are From Kenya, Women Are From Pluto

Women always worry about the things that men forget; Men always worry about the things that women remember.  Are these two really from the same planet? The whole world knows that there are only 8 planets after 9th one, Pluto, was removed. What is this about a new ninth planet called Kenya?
With this unforgivably hilarious original comedy, Heartstrings Kenya will unveil what has become the 9th planet: Kenya.

Comedy:                     Men Are From Kenya, Women Are FromPluto
Directors:                   Sammy Mwangi and Victor Ber
Conceptualized by:  Dan Ndambuki aka Churchill
Dates:                         31st May, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th June 2011
Times:                        6.30pm weekdays, 3 & 6.30pm weekends
Venue:                        Alliance Française de Nairobi
Charges:                    500/=

For Reservations call 0721 608 656

Concert/Ballet: Season 5- The Crown of Russian Ballet, May 21-23 2011 @ Safari Park Hotel & Alliance

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Embassy of the Russian Federation in Kenya Presents
Season 5: The Crown of Russian Ballet

Dates: May 21-23, 2011
Venues: Safari Park Hotel & Casino (May 21-22, 2011) and Alliance Française (May 23, 2011)

Date: May 21, 2011
Venue: Safari Park Hotel & Casino
Time: 1900Hrs
Tickets: (Dinner & Performance) Adults Kshs 4000, Children (4-12yrs) Kshs 2000
Performance ONLY (2030Hrs) Adults Kshs 1500, Children (4-12yrs) Kshs 1000
Performance: A. Glazunov-Raymonda, P.Tchaikovsky-Swan Lake Act 3, M. Ravel-Bolero

Date: May 22, 2011
Venue: Safari Park Hotel & Casino
Time: 1300Hrs (Ballet Matinee)
Tickets: (Lunch & Performance-1300Hrs) Adults Kshs 4000, Children (4-12yrs) Kshs 2000
Performance ONLY (1500Hrs) Adults Kshs 1500, Children (4-12yrs) Kshs 1000
Special Performance for Families & Children: Arvo Part Time, A. Borodin-Prince Igor, Polodvtsian Dances, Excerpts from world famous ballets

Date: May 23, 2011
Venue: Alliance Francaise
Time: 1900Hrs
Tickets: Adults Kshs 1200, Children (4-12yrs) Kshs 600
Performances: F. Chopin-Les Sylphides (Chopiniana), Gala Performances of the best of classical ballets

Art Director: A. Aleksidze-Grogol, Chereographer-A. Emelianov

Tickets Available from : Russian Embassy-0722 705 037, 2728700, 0701017172. Alliance-340054/79. Safari Park-36330000/3137, 8562222

CinemAlliance: Traces of the Trade, May 9 2011 @ Alliance

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Date: May 9, 2011
Venue: Alliance
Time: 6pm
Entrance: Free

TRACES OF THE TRADE by Katrina Browne (2008 – 1h26)
10th May in France is a National Day of Remembrance of the Abolition of Slavery.
To mark this day Alliance Française and Pamoja Film Initiative present: ‘Traces of the Trade’ The film maker discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. She and nine cousins retrace the Triangle Trade and gain powerful new perspectives on the black/white divide