Exhibition: No Woman Should Die While Giving Life, Nov. 17–28 2010 @ Alliance
Presented by FEMNET (African Women’s Development and Communication Network)
Dates: November 17–28, 2010
Venue: Alliance Francaise ground floor gallery
An exhibition of photographs and video footage collected during the East African Caravan on Maternal Health, a project aimed at raising awareness on the crisis of maternal mortality in Africa.
Concert: The Puesic Project, Dec. 2 2010 @ Alliance
For tickets, info on location visit: ngwatilo website
Concert: Chopin Bicentenary Celebrations, Nov. 16 2010 @ Alliance
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)
CinemaAlliance: Seksmisja (Sexmission), Nov. 15 2010 @ Alliance
The Embassy of the Republic of Poland will present the following film at CinemaAlliance;
Seksmisja (Sexmission)
Polish: Seksmisja 1984, cult Polish science fiction comedy and action film.
It also contains a hidden political satire layer specific to the time and place of its original screening;
Venue: Alliance Française
Date: November 15, 2010
Time: 7pm
Entry: Free
Theater: When the Cat’s Away, Nov. 18-21 2010 @ Alliance
Dates: November 18-21, 2010
Venue: Alliance Francaise
Time: Weekdays; 6:30pm & 8pm and Weekends; 1pm, 3pm, 6:30pm & 8pm.
Tickets at 500/= adults and 400/= students.
Advance tickets purchased by 9th November at 300 bob only.
“When the Cat’s Away” is the hilarious tale of Mildred, a long-suffering, frustrated wife, planning a second honeymoon to Zanzibar with her blundering husband George. When her frigid sister Ethel appears, having left her philandering spouse Humphrey, who is having an affair with his secretary, the bubbly Jennifer, the sisters decide to go on the trip together without the men. But Jennifer won’t go out with Humphrey because her dowdy and depressed roommate Shirley is suicidal and insists on bringing her along. So Humphrey blackmails George into double-dating, just as a baggage handlers strike causes the ladies’ flight to be cancelled. Then things start to get complicated. Of course, the wives, Mildred and Ethel, make an early–and unexpected–return home. And that’s when the fun really starts!
This humorous play is directed by Mbeki Mwalimu and is produced by Abuto Eliud. The comedy stars Ummul Rajab (SHIRLEY), Derrick Amunga (HUMPHREY), Juma Williams (GEORGE), Ciku Mburu (MILDRED), Nduta M’mbogori (JENNIFER), Veronica Waceke (ETHEL).
Ticket hotlines are 020- 2025811, 0726-524124 (mpesa), 0734-524124, 0733-993654 (zap). Tickets available from Sarit Centre Info Desk in Westlands, HENTAGE Music Plaza (First floor 8to8 Shopping Mall)on Moi Avenue, Alliance Francaise next to View Park Towers. Or Email: info@fcakenya.org for more information/queries.