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Party: Electrafrique Nairobi – June Edition, Jun. 22 2013 @ Tree House
Electrique DJs, Dj Cortega plus The Beat Parade Band are delighted to welcome all to another explosive edition of Electrafrique Nairobi @ Tree House – June Edition
Date: Saturday, 22nd June 2013
Venue: Tree House, Museum Hill, Westlands
Time: From 9pm – 5am
Entry: Ksh 500
Age: Strictly +21(Proof of Age required)
This Edition will feature Electrique DJs: B-dj, Dj Somi, Andrea with the incredible L.A as a special guest Dj and The Beat Parade Band Live composed of Dave on Lead Guitar, Jack The Sax Anduuru, Kevin Chagalla on Lead traditional Drums, Kaboge Chagalla on the Djembe, Ongeri Magati on Shakers
Mc of the Night is Hot 96′s Coco Rasta Ngori
Music Policy
Afro House | Deep House | Soulful House | Tribal House | Tech House|African Soul|Afro Funk|Coupe De Calle |Kuduro|
What to expect
Electrafrique & Tree House reserve the right to entry.
Screening: I am Breathing, Jun. 21 2013 @ Kuona Trust
DOCUBOX in conjunction with Kuona Trust will be screening the film ‘I am breathing’ .
Date: June 21, 2013
Venue: Kuona Trust
Time: from 6.30pm
This moving film by Emma Davie & Morag McKinnon was inspired by the story of Neil Platt, who died aged 34, 14 months after being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND).Within a year, he went from being a healthy young father to becoming completely immobile from the neck down.
To find out more about the film, and the global screening event, visit the link here:
http://www.iambreathingfilm.com/
There will be a free welcome drink (wine/beer or juice) and after that a cash bar.
Exhibition: Stunning Portraits by Ermias Ekube, Jun. 18 – Jul. 6 2013 @ Talisman Restaurant
Dates: June 18 – July 6 2013
Venue: Talisman Restaurant
Location: Ngong Road, Karen
Sneak Peak of the portraits
All That Jazz Fest feat. Shumi, Change Kato & A. Rimbui, Jun. 27-28 2013 @ National Museum
Dates: June 27 & 28, 2013
Venue: National museum auditorium
Time: 8 pm
Entry: Kshs 2, 500
Guest artists: Moussa Diallo & Shumi & Kato Change
Kanga Stories Exhibition: The Cloth that Reveals, Jun. 13 – Jul. 13 2013 @ National Museum
Dates: Until July 13, 2013
Venue: National Museum
Time: 8.30am to 5.30 pm [Open daily]
Entry: museum rates apply
Discussion: Kenya’s Participation at the 2013 Venice Biennale, Jun. 20 2013 @ the NEST
Date: June 20, 2013
Venue: the Nest, Jabavu Maisonettes House No. 4
Location: Opposite Kilimani Police Station
Time: from 6 pm
Entry: free
Context
Kenya’s Chinese takeaway in Venice by Frank Whalley
Kenya’s delegation to Venice Biennale – Source venice biennale 2013 official website
Artists: Kivuthi Mbuno, Armando Tanzini, Chrispus Wangombe Wachira, Fan Bo, Luo Ling & Liu Ke, Lu Peng, Li Wei, He Weiming, Chen Wenling, Feng Zhengjie, César Meneghetti
Commissioner: Paola Poponi
Curators: Sandro Orlandi, Paola Poponi
Venue: Caserma Cornoldi, Castello 4142 and San Servolo island
For more information about this event please visit the Facebook event page
Kwani Sunday Saloon, Jun. 23 2013 @ the elephant [formerly Kifaru Gardens]
Date: June 23, 2013
Venue: the elephant, formerly Kifaru Gardens
Time: 3-9 pm
Entry: Free
Readings from: Nadifa Mohamed – UK, Adam Foulds – UK, Thabiso Mohare – South Africa, Billy Kahora – Kenya & Abdul Adan – Kenya
For more info. visit Kwani? website
Nai Ni Who Festival: Zone 11 – Kibera, Nairobi Dam, Ngei & Kenyatta Market, Jun 15-21 2013 @ Various Venues
Dates: Until June 21, 2013
Venue: Zone 11 encompassing Kibera, Nairobi Dam, Ngei & Kenyatta Market
Programme
For more info. visit: http://www.nainiwho.co.ke/
Out of Town/Eldoret: 3rd European Film Festival, Jun. 21-23 2013 @ Alliance Francaise d’Eldoret
Date: June 21-23, 2013
Venue: Alliance Francaise d’Eldoret
Time: Friday 6 pm, Saturday & Sunday 1, 3 & 5 pm
Entrance: Free
Programme
Friday: 6 pm Late Bloomers
Saturday: 1 pm The Imposter, 3 pm Wrinkles & 5 pm L’Arbre
Sunday: 1 pm Sleep Tight, 3 pm The Dinner Club & 5 pm Searching for Sugar Man
Maia Von Lekow in Concert, Jun. 22 2013 @ Tamambo Village Market
Date: June 22, 2013
Venue: Tamambo Village Market
Time: from 8.30 pm
Entry: Kshs 500
Bizarre Bazaar Summer Craft Festival, Jun. 22-23 2013 @ Karura Forest
Dates: June 22-23 2013
Venue: Karura Forest
Entry: Adults Kshs 300, Under 18 Kshs 100
Contact: 0701 395 902
Father’s Day: Brunch, Extended Happy Hour & Performance by Blues Band, Jun. 16 2013 @ Brew Bistro
Date: June 16, 2013
Venue: Brew Bistro and Lounge
Open from 11 am
50th Anniversary Concert, Jun. 14 2013 @ Louis Leakey Auditorium
Date & time: 14th June 2013, 7.30 pm
Venue: Louis Leakey Auditorium, Nairobi National Museum
Entrance: Free
Performances by: Sven Kacirek, Stefan Schneider, Bungo & Birds, Hauschka, Ayub Ogada, Lydia Ogoti and Mukunguni
For more info visit
Writing Workshop by Kwani Trust, Granta & British Council, Jun. 19-21 2013 @ British Council Kenya
BC Nairobi will host a literary week and fiction writers workshop
Dates: June 19, 2013 to June 23, 2013
Venue: BC Nairobi
For more info visit: Kwani?
Kwani Trust and British Council Kenya will collaborate with Granta UK to host a week of literary events in Nairobi between 19th-23rd June 2013. The joint literary programming week will include a launch of the latest Granta issue, ‘Best of Young British Novelists 4’; a three-day fiction-writing workshop; a lecture by the visiting writers from Granta, UK-based Somali Writer, Nadifa Mohamed and British Writer Adam Foulds, at Daystar University; and a 2013 elections evening symposium based on related work by Kwani Trust.
15 selected emerging Kenyan writers will join visiting writers from Uganda, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Malawi and Nigeria for the workshop and other literary events.
Regional British Council offices have partnered with literary organisations from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Nigeria and Uganda to select a writer from each of the countries to attend the fiction workshop, along with a corresponding Literature Programmers’ workshop with participants from the countries above.
Nadifa Mohamed in Conversation + Kenyan Writers & the 2013 Elections, Jun. 21 2013 @ National Museum
Kwani Trust in partnership with the Nairobi Forum will be hosting an evening of writers on 21 June 2013 at Nairobi National Museum.
Date: Friday 21 June 2013
Venue: Louis Leakey Auditorium, Nairobi National Museum
Time: 5 – 8 pm
Entry: Prior reservation
About Nadifa Mohamed
Nadifa Mohamed, the Somali-British author, will be speaking about her writing and her Somali homeland. Born in Hargeisa and raised in South London, Nadifa’s first novel, Black Mamba Boy(2010), was inspired by the life of her father who was forced to leave Somalia and set out on an odyssey that took him to the UK. Identified by Granta as one of the best of young British novelists, Nadifa’s novel was described by one reviewer as a book of elegance and beauty. It won the Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for numerous other prizes. Nadifa’s new novel, The Orchard of Lost Souls, will be published in August 2013. It describes the fall of the Somali state through the lives of three women.
During the same evening, a panel of writers, bloggers, photographers and poets will also discuss their work on the recently concluded 2013 Kenyan general elections.
Previous Conversations
Out of Town: 4th European Film Festival, Jun. 14-16 2013 @ Alliance Francaise de Kisumu
Dates: June 14-16, 2013
Venue: Alliance Francaise de Kisumu
Location: Milimani Branch. Near CICT, behind Kisumu Law Courts
Entry: Free
Participating Countries
Germany, France, Netherlands, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Switzerland & UK
Programme
Friday 14: 3 pm – Late Bloomers, 5 pm – L’Arbre
Saturday 15: 1 pm – The Imposter, 3 pm – Easy Money & 5 pm – Love
Sunday 16: 1 pm – The Dinner Club, 3 pm – Berlin Calling & 5 pm – Searching for Sugar Man
Exhibition: King Dodge & the Ngecha artists, Until 30 2013 @ National Museum
Date: Until June 30, 2013
Venue: Creative Insight, National Museum
Entry: Museum rates apply
Concert: Nairobi Live ft. Aaron Rimbui, Jun. 13 2013 @ Tree House
Date: June 13, 2013
Venue: Tree House, Museum Hill
Time: 8.30 to 11 pm
Entry: Free
Exhibition: From the Roadside to the Art Galleries by Lake Basin Arts Group, Until Jul. 15 2013 @ National Museum
Dates: Until July 15, 2013
Venue: Creativity Gallery, National Museum
Entry: museum rates apply
String Quartet Charity Concert: ‘Un Cavaliere’ E Tre Italiani, Jun. 19 2013 @ Michael Joseph Centre
Date: June 19, 2013
Venue: Michael Joseph Centre, Safaricom House
Time: 6.30 for 7 pm
Entry: Free
UN CAVALIERE” E TRE ITALIANI * – To mark the bicentenary of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth
Programme
F.J.Haydn – Quartetto Op.74 n.3 in Sol Minore “Reiterquartett”
Allegro
Largo assai
Menuet – Allegro
Finale – Allegro con brio
G.Verdi – Quartetto in Mi Minore
Allegro
Andantino
Prestissimo
Scherzo Fuga – Allegro assai mosso
N.Rota – Fantasia on themes from the films:
• Romeo e Giulietta (Romeo and Juliet)
• Amarcord
• Il Padrino (The Godfather)
• Otto e mezzo (8 ½)
• Il Gattopardo (The Leopard)
(String quartet version by Francesco Zorzini & Marco Nason)
E.Morricone – Fantasia on themes from the films:
• The Mission
• Giù la Testa (A fistful of Dynamite)
• La leggenda del pianista sull’oceano (The Legend of 1900)
• C’era una volta il west (Once upon a time in the West)
• Per un pugno di dollari (A Fistful of Dollars)
• Il buono, il brutto e il cattivo (The Good the Bad and the Ugly)
(String quartet version by Francesco Zorzini & Marco Nason)
Play: Kidnap Game, Until Jun. 22 2013 @ Professional Centre – Parliament Road
Phoenix Players Present Kidnap Game
Directed by Likarion Wainaina
Dates: Until June 22, 2013
Venue: Phoenix Players, Professional Centre – Parliament Road
Tickets: Kshs 500
SYNOPSIS
Paul Kendon is a highly successful businessman, international arms dealer, and head of a large corporation. His world is turned upside-down, however, when he receives a telephone call from a man claiming to have kidnapped his daughter, Sarah…
Creatives Garage: Portfolio Review, Jun. 14 2013 @ Pawa254 Hub
Date: June 14, 2013
Venue: Pawa254 Hub
Time: 5.30 to 8 pm
Entry: Free
This month’s focus: creative platforms and their impact in the creative industry.
Nai ni Who? Zone 10 Events, Jun. 7-14 2013 @ Various Venues Around Kilimani
Dates: June 7-14, 2013
Venue: Zone 10 [around Kilimani]
Look out for
Street Party on Likoni lane opposite Kuona Trust
Date: June 7, 2013
Time: 1-4 pm
Special performances by: Yunasi and Somali musicians.
Download nai ni who zone10 brochure [schedule of events in pdf].
Tales & Stories Vol. II, Jun. 16 2013 @ Alliance
For more info visit: http://www.artsandoak.yolasite.com/
Exhibitions: Architectures, Until June 30 2013 @ Alliance
Three exhibitions about ‘ARCHITECTURES’ at Alliance this month;
- NYROBI in Picture [birth & growth of Nairobi]
- Architecture=durable [10 architects, 10 projects in Ile-de-France]
- People Building Better Cities [challenges of inclusive urbanization]
Screening: Israeli Film Festival, Jun. 11-15 2013 @ Alliance
Dates: June 11-15, 2013
Venue: Alliance Francaise
Time: 5.30 pm and 7.30 pm
Entry: Free
Programme
June 11, 2013: 5.30 pm – Metallic Blues, 7.30 pm – The Matchmaker
June 12, 2013: 5.30 pm – Campfire, 7.30 pm – The Human Resource Manager
June 13, 2013: 5.30 pm – Frozen Days, 7.30 pm – Mabul (the Flood)
June 14, 2013: 5.30 pm – Five hours from Paris, 7.30 pm – Footnote
June 15, 2013: 4.00 pm – Turn left at the end of the World, 7.30 pm – Restoration
Exhibition: 013 Mask Art Prize Nairobi – London, Jun. 11-Jul. 10 2013 @ National Museum
Opening Date: June 11, 2013
Venue: Cultural Dynamism Gallery, Nairobi National Museum
Time: 2 pm
Entry: Free
The exhibition will be opened by the British High Commissioner, Dr Chris Turner.
The winners will be awarded three prizes of Kshs 55,000 each. One Winning Artist will win a trip to London, and one Kenyan state school will win Kshs 100,000 worth of art materials. The Prizes are supported by the Rivers Foundation.
The exhibition will continue until 10 July 2013
It travels to the internationally acclaimed Saatchi Gallery in London from 14 September to 7 October 2013
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