The most glamorous event of the year will take place in Kenya on May 24th, 2008 in the Nairobi National Park when FAFA (Festival of African Fashion and Arts), in collaboration with the Kenya Tourist Board (KTB), hosts Fashion for Peace, a fashion show and gala dinner which brings together some of Africa’s world-famous fashion designers and models on the catwalk.
For more information visit: http://fafakenya.org/fashion.html
May 16, 2008
Tuesday 20th May, Nairobi Smartspeak Toastmasters Club, 6.30pm
Millenium Room, Parklands Sports Club, Ojijo Road,Westlands
Entry: Ksh. 100 for non-members. No pre-registration or RSVPs required.
Kenyan Poet Shailja Patel will give a 30-minute talk, followed by a 10-minute Q and A on
“THE POWER OF ORDINARY KENYANS - THIS MEANS YOU.”
The meeting will start at 6.30pm. Shailja will speak from 6.45pm to 7.15pm. There will be ten minutes for any questions and answers thereafter. It’s recommended you arrive at 6pm or earlier to get a parking space.
Contact: Vina Shah - Cell No. 0724-416838
May 15, 2008
Why Are YOU So Scared??
Hosted by multi-talented poet
POINT BLANK
feauturing
Judge, Moroko, Grand Master Masese, Wenyeji, Neema Ngwatilo, Kama, Jaymo’s Band & DJ Joey
LIVE @ British Council, Upper Hill Road, Upper Hill, Nairobi)
Saturday, May 17th, 2008, 9am-3pm
GRAFFITI BY UHURU, ESSEN, ABU, SHAN, HARI, SMOKILLA, BANKSLAVE & SCHEME
LIVE STREET FASHION BY IMANI FASHION HOUSE & URBAN PHUNK
LADIES & GENTS- Free Entry
May 15, 2008
SMASH HITS OPENING PARTY
Featuring the Greatest Hits of MiNA’s career and… for the first time in Nairobi….
The Original Works of NAIROBOTICS INC.
Come and join us for the Opening Party of Mina/ Miriam Rinck’s new exhibition at RAMOMA, on Friday 23rd May, from 6PM
Great Music, Free Drinks, Guest Appearances….
FREE ENTRY. ALL WELCOME
Miriam Rinck
Innovative artist from Buenos Aires, Argentina. She studied Fine Arts and later specialized in Contemporary Art for Art Critics and Curators. Miriam has been exhibiting widely around the world, and her works feature in many private collections. Miriam has been living in Africa for the past six years, where she participated in several shows, including the 1st Biennale of Harare, Zimbabwe. She has been living and working in Kenya for the past three years. You might have seen her works under her alias MINA, or with NAIROBOTICS INC, the collaborative art duo she leads with SuperFriend photographer Levon Van Camp (not his real name).
Nairobotics Inc
Their origins are unclear, but we first hear about them in 1989, after they were expelled from what was then communist Eastern Europe, Cuba and the People’s Republic of China after a series of minor skirmishes related to the revolutionary nature of their work. Later on, they resurfaced in Africa, under different disguises, names, and temporary personalities, where they have been denounced -see pictures below-, censored and supported at different times.They had also suffered to the hand of impostors, and other sort of opportunists trying to cash on the originality of their ideas.
May 15, 2008
Join DJs MIKHAIL KUZI and DRAZEN as they take control of the dance floor to keep you grooving with some seriously earth shaking bass. The finest Minimal Techno, House, Trance and Electro House beats!
Entry is just 400 kshs and ladies free before 10pm.
Let’s celebrate how it all begun!
Event InfoName: Dance Evolution
Tagline: How it all started…
Date: Saturday May 17th
Time: 9:00 to 6am
Location: Steve’s Steakhouse
Street: Nairobi Racecourse
Entrance: 400 kshs
Ladies are FREE before 10pm.
May 15, 2008
Japan Information and Culture Centre will on Friday 16th May 2008 screen Japan Video Topics at 3:30pm followed by CINEMA JAPAN movie called DORA - HEITA at 3:45pm. The movie is directed by KON ICHIKAWA
To see poster and synopsis, click here http://www.ke.emb-japan.go.jp/doraheita.pdf
May 15, 2008
Afro Cuban Jazz: Habanasax
May 16th at Alliance
Tickets: 500/ksh
May 15, 2008
Sunday Salon Nairobi…A Prose Reading Series
Sunday May 18th, 7-9pm
Kengeles, Lavington Green
Entry Only KSh. 300
Four readers, four unique voices
In a tranquil outdoor setting
ABOUT THE WRITERS
Alison Owuor
Alison Ojany Owuor is a young published poet who has presented her work in different public forums. She got her voters card and also graduated from college late last year. She is looking for three things: meaningful work, Kenyans who are of the ethnic group enyan, and hopeful imaginings in red, green, white and black.
Kinyanjui Kombani
Kinyanjui Kombani is a graduate of Kenyatta University. His book, The Last Villains of Molo was born out of Kinyanjui’s experiences both at Molo and Ng’ando, the Nairobi slum he lived in for 5 years, and research into the events that led to the 1992 ethnic clashes.
Kinyanjui’s other works include: Wangari Maathai: Mother of Trees (Longhorn Publishers), We Can Be Friends (Longhorn Publishers) and Mizoga, a film produced for the Born Free Foundation. He is married to Wangui Kombani.
Naliaka Wafula
Naliaka is a poet and runs the monthly Rhythm and Spoken Poetry and Open Mic session at Daas restaurant in Westlands, Nairobi.
Tony Mochama
Tony ‘Smitta’ Mochama is a poet and journalist who lives and works in Nairobi. A Law graduate, Tony is also a vodka connoisseur, gossip columnist extraordinaire, and has a collection of short stories coming out soon titled – ‘The ruins down in Africa’. He has also been called a ‘literary gangster’, from time to rhyme. His collection of poetry, ‘What if I am a literary gangster?’ was published by Brown Bear Insignia in 2007.
RSVP
Email: info@kwani.org
May 15, 2008
The troupe “The Crown of the Russian Ballet” will have a show on May 16th at the International School of Kenya at 7pm. Tickets are Ksh800.
Tickets will be available from next week at the venue.
May 13, 2008
Video Art has become one of the most influential art forms of the 20th Century. Along with other technical media such as photography and other forms of art such as performance and installation, video art is breaking the traditional limitations of visual art. For internationally acclaimed artists from Africa, video art is an important medium, as was, for example, shown by the exhibitions Documenta 11 and Africa Remix.
Since its inception, Germany has been a centre for Video Art. 40 Years of Video Art offers an overview over the most important works and trends:From forerunners Nam June Paik, Wolf Vostell, Klaus vom Bruch and Ulrike Rosenbach to the youngest generation:artists like Daniel Pflumm or Bjorn Melhus. The exhibition offers the rare occasion to get an overview over Video Art from the 60s until now.
This exhibition will be from May 14th to May 30th from 1pm to 6pm at the Goethe-Institut.
May 13, 2008
A Singing, Acrobatics and Martial Arts Workshop
at The GoDown Arts Centre
The Shen Zhen Troupe from the People’s Republic of China who specialises in singing, acrobatics and martial arts, will give a workshop at The GoDown on 15th May 2008 from 9.30am to 12.00pm.
Entrance free!
May 13, 2008
This month’s poetry theme is “obsession”
Date: Tuesday, 13 May, 2008
Venue: NuMetro Cinemas, The Junction
Time: 6-9pm
Tel: 020 359 4813
Email: poetsclub@nu-metro.com
web: www.numetro.com
May 13, 2008
Third Force: two painters and a sculptor
Exhibition at the Village Market, Nairobi, Kenya
featuring Nathaniel Muturi, Irene Wanjiru and Patricia Njeri
1st to 12th May 2008 - 8.30am - 6.00pm
Free entry
May 8, 2008
(via www.kenyabuzz.com)
RaMoMA will now be opening on Sundays.
On top of this,RaMoMA will be having their very first Art Fair on Saturday the 10th of May.
Artists will be on hand to sell their work and to chat with clients.
The Fair will be from 10am to 4pm
It will be repeated the last Saturday of every month thereafter
May 31st, June 28th, July 26th, August 30th, Septemebr 27th, October 25th, November 29th, December 27th etc.
May 8, 2008
The exhibition that continues to draw steams and sighs…
The closing of the “KENYA BURNING” photographic exhibition
This Saturday 10th May 2008 from 2pm to 4pm
Poetry readings
Neema Ngwatilo Mawiyoo
In Johannesburg South Africa while studying Kwaito music, Neema discovered her passion for poetry at a Jozi reading.
Dennis Inkwa
Dennis Inkwa performs regularly at the Kwani? Poetry Open Mic.
Story telling
Erick Omondi
Erick Omondi was the overall winner of the Story Moja Storytelling Competition held December 2007.
Music and video clips
Anto
Anthony Maingi performs regularly at the Sunday Salon Nairobi held every 3rd Sunday of the month at Kengeles Lavington
Abbi and Githuki
Musicians Abbi and Githuku present a new music video ‘Haki Yetu’ on the post-election violence and their appeal to fellow Kenyan to promote peace, tolerance and justice. The video is directed by Mobbpsyche / Big Ideas Entertainment
Guy Wilson
Director & Producer gives us a brief account of Paul Karuri, a bus driver working for the Starliner Bus Company, who left Kisumu with 47 passengers aboard for Mombasa during the skirmishes
The exhibition will remain be open from 10am - 5pm
Entrance: Free!!! All are Welcome
call 555770 or 555227 for more information
May 8, 2008
Ngoma Club: Kachumbari Seven, Muziki wa Kenia
Concert
May 11th at 4.00 p.m.
Goethe-Institut
Ticket: 200/-Ksh, Students: 100/-Ksh
+25420 2224640
prog[at]nairobi.goethe.org
Kachumbari Seven is a new musical group for Kenya, aiming to celebrate the diverse mix of African, Asian and European cultures found in Nairobi. Amongst the group, the musical backgrounds represent North Indian and Nepalese classical and folk traditions, the European classical tradition, the English folk tradition and African music tradition from parts of Kenya and beyond. The music is a colourful mixture of sounds, moods and atmospheres, created by flowing from improvised music to sections with strict rhythms, melodies and ragas. An unique musical experience.
May 7, 2008
Saturday 10 May 2008 at Simba Saloon
Genge North America tour launch
Farewell party for Kenya’s finest as they set off on US tour:
Jua Cali, Collo, P unit, Nonini, DNA and Pili Pili
Entry Shs 300
May 7, 2008
ElectroPulco - a new monthly dance party at Acapulco in Westlands
featuring hot new house-electro-indie beats with dj Jean-Marie & Ugomatic
inviting all beautiful people to a unique night, with great cocktails in the coolest place in town
Friday May 9th from 9.30pm until late
Acapulco Restaurant is in Westlands in Muthithi Road, tel 0720-028903
download flyer of the event
May 7, 2008
Black Sabath
The wildest rock n’rave in town
featuring number one rock and Dance DJs in Nairobi
Friday 9 May 2008
venue: Simba Saloon
entrance Shs 300 from 6pm
May 7, 2008
