Date: February 11, 2017
Venue: Fairmont – the Norfolk, Nairobi
Time: 9.30 am – 12 noon
Presentation by John Dramani Mahama – Immediate Former President of Republic of Ghana
#MindSpeak with @JDMahama Democracy defines good governance as safety
& rule of law, participation by citizens & a respect for human rights pic.twitter.com/P4Kpl7wevG— #MindSpeak (@mindspeakclub) February 3, 2017
Roots International presents an intimate listening experience featuring Argentinian artist INÉS BASOMBRÍO and Kenyan artist MUTINDA
Date: January 28, 2017
Venue: #2 Gem Lane – Kileleshwa, off Mandera Road
Time: 8 pm
Tickets: KES 1,000 (note: the audience number is limited to 30)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrCKhmn_V3o
About
ACOUSTIC LIVING ROOM CONCERTS is us presenting music in an intimate format, a living room, where artists share the stories behind their songs and the influences that drive their creativity while performing an acoustic repertoire in either a solo or duo format.The audience number is limited to 30 so reserve your spot via Mpesa Buy Goods # 701924. The cost is 1000 Ksh. There will be a beer & wine cash bar. The event begins at 8 pm on Saturday January 28th.
Location is #2 Gem Lane Kileleshwa off Mandera Road. Keep to left and follow the road til it ends at a white gate. There ask the askari for house no. 2.
Kilifi New Year’s line-up includes the best of Kenyan and international DJs and electronic acts: Bengatronics, Seth Schwarz, Be Svendsen, Electrafrique Band, Umojah Sound System, DJ Cortega, Luke Redford, Umoja, Gregg Tendwa, Eddie Grey, Makadem, Dread Steppa, Lucky Birdi, Enchan, Chucky, Pete Rowbots, and Max Melesi
About
Kilifi New Year is preparing for the third edition of the festival this year, promising a bigger, better and bolder show than ever before. The highlights of a line-up that brings together artists from Kenya, Senegal, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Netherlands and the UK include Kenya’s own Bengatronics, the return of Seth Schwarz with his unique electric violin combo, an Electrafrique Band reunion, a visit from the legendary Be Svendsen and a broad mix of Kenya’s finest electronic performers.
Dates: December 10, 2016 to January 14, 2017
Venue: Creativity Gallery, National Museum
Time: Open Daily; 8.30 am – 5.30 pm
Museum Rates Apply
About
Mary Ogembo’s paintings are rich with vibrant Earth colors that bring about the state of the African environment. She is inspired by the African woman and applies unconventional, engaging and fun concepts that overlook the negative stereotype placed on the African woman.Ogembo is a kenyan born artist who has been working as a full time artist since 1998. She is currently based at the GoDown Arts centre in Nairobi. 2005, she won commonwealth arts and craft award, worked in Ghana as a resident artist for a period of six months at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Her work has been widely recognized by local media in Kenya and other countries including, South African broadcasting cooperation, Featuring Africa Within, CNN Inside Africa 2011 and others.
Collected by: The National Art Gallery of Zimbabwe, The Standard Chartered bank UK and Casoria museum in Italy have collected her work.
Exhibitions: Kenya, France, USA, Egypt, Canada, Finland, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Tanzania, Zambia, India, Germany, Lithuania and Abu Dhabi.
_______________________________________Dickens George Otieno’s (B.1979) practice is driven by the search to find meaning and worth in things that seem otherwise useless. Otieno weaves large sculptural fabrics and makes cloth sculpture from discarded drink cans which he collects from local kiosks near his home and studio. He compares the shredded cans to palm leaves which have been used traditionally for weaving through many generations and civilizations.
Clothing is important because apart from covering the body, it is also a statement about the person through the different designs of color, material and even the patterns printed on them which reflects the time and the world today.
Works at: The GoDown Art Centre in Nairobi, Kenya
Selected Exhibitions: Amsterdam art fair(2016), UN.FORM/MULTI.FORM(2016), Kenya Art FAIR (2016), Circle Modern and Contemporary East African Art Auction(2015), solo exhibitions at Nafasi Art Centre-Dar es Saalam(2015), Emerson Hurumizi Zanzibar(2015) and Manjano(2011)
His work is represented in various private collections
Dates: December 6 – 10, 2016
Time & Venue: 6:30pm, Alliance Française auditorium
Free Entry
Saturday 10 December @ 10am Special Children’s Show
About
6 to 10 December – a rebellious week of films by filmmakers who are engaged in cinema as an instrument of struggle and change. Stories of activism and resistance preceded by screening of smart phone shorts #filmbyphone
http://www.alliancefrnairobi.org/nairobi/french-film-festival/
Date: November 12, 2016
Venue: Serena Hotel Nairobi
Time: 7 pm
Entry: KES 1,500
Dress up: Early aviation/Out of Africa
About
Nairobi Serena is hosting a screening of the movie “Out of Africa”.The screening of the movie is part of a bigger campaign that aims to popularize the Vintage Air Rally. The Air Rally is an adventure of a lifetime that will see pilots from 11 countries fly vintage planes (used in the 1920-30’s during the first world war) from Crepe in Greece to Cape in South Africa.
The planes will stop in various countries including Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Zambia and South Africa.
Date: September 24, 2016
Venue: the Elephant, # 3 Kanjata Road – Off James Gichuru Road
Time: from 3 pm
Tickets: KES 3,000 at the Gate and KES 2,000 advance
Frank Biyong (Cameroon), Eddie Grey, Achieng Abura & Teto Tutuma (all from Kenya)
Dates: September 22-24, 2016
Venues: Choices, Treehouse & the Elephant
Time: Thursday – 8 pm, Friday – 8 pm and Saturday – 3 pm
Tickets: Thursday – free, Friday – 3,500 at the gate & 2,500 advance and Saturday – 3,000 at the gate & 2,000 advance
Performances by: Kabo Leburu (Botswana), Keziah Jones (Nigeria), Franck Biyong (Cameroon), Maia Von Lekow (Kenya), Eddie Grey (Kenya), Achieng Abura (Kenya) and Teto Tutuma (Kenya)
An annual open call for cultural partners across East Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia , Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda) and the UK to create new art to showcase to new audiences in the UK and East Africa.
The British Council’s East Africa invites submission of expression of interest to this programme, new Art new Audiences
nAnA Details
There is no theme for nAnA, the ONLY objective is to produce new art which connects to new audiences.
– Minimum one UK and two East African countries to be involved in the project
– Project administered by one East African or UK partner
– Target audience for nAnA is 18-35 year olds
– Project can be match funded
– Minimum and maximum grant allocation is £2,000 – £20,000
– 3-5 year projects will be selected for nAnA 2016/17
Deadline for one page submission of interest is July 31, 2016
About
The East Africa Arts programme works across Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and the UK. This month we are welcoming applications for the new Arts new Audiences grant scheme that facilitates the creation of new collaborative work across art forms in East Africa and the UK. This grant will support between three and five projects for 2016–17. Grant requests can be minimum £2,000 and maximum £20,000For further info see: https://www.britishcouncil.co.ke/east-africa-arts
Xavier Project presents the Nairobi Xavier Ball;
Date: May 14, 2016
Venue: Goan Gymkhana, Museum Hill
Time: 18.30 – Late
Tickets*: Early bird 3,000/- or Advance 3,500/-
* Included in the ticket price are cocktails on arrival, plenty of wine with a delicious Ethiopian feast courtesy of Abyssinia restaurant and entertainment in the form of a live band followed by DJs.
About
This promises to be an unforgettable evening of food, drinks, music and dancing in aid of Xavier Project**, a charity providing educational opportunities to refugees in Kenya and Uganda.
** Xavier Project operates in Kenya and Uganda providing educational opportunities to refugees of all ages. These could be through sponsoring refugee children to attend school or teaching vocational courses to refugee adults at our learning hubs across Nairobi and Kampala.
Find out more information, about this fundraising event, on the Xavier Project website.
