Neema Nagamuhunda and Jack Bryton in an open studio session of Performance Lab Nairobi at The GoDown.
The GoDown
The Space debuted on NTV last Saturday at 6 p.m. Appearing on the show, among other artists, was Groove Award’s female artist of the year Emmy Kosgei. This is a show that is bound to ultimately deliver more than it has promised. Do not despair if you missed the first episode, there is plenty coming up. Tune in to NTV every Saturday at 6 p.m. Also follow “The Space”, on the following links:
http://www.facebook.com/TheSpaceTVKenya
https://twitter.com/#!/TheSpaceTV
http://thespacetv.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/thespacekenya
Representatives from the Non State Actors Support Programme (NAS-Net) EU project went for a Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop in Nakuru on the 23rd of April, 2012 running through to April 25th. The training was instrumental in giving the participants insight on the fundamental yet vital skills required in realizing a project’s goals.
With regard to the Handbook project, artists in Kenya are encouraged to subscribe to the working copy of the Artist Handbook and give feedback. Follow this link: www.creativesconnect.org.
GoDown’s Kenya Burning Exhibition is still on at The GoDown every weekday from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. Copies of the Kenya Burning book are also available at The GoDown.
For more information about The GoDown visit
www.thegodownartscentre.com, follow us on twitter @godownarts
Medeva
Medeva’s latest show, The Space, (a co-production with the GoDown Arts Centre) is set to thrill you this Saturday and every other after that on NTV at 6pm. Tune in and see what your favourite artistes are getting up to and you can also join the conversation on Facebook: The Space TV and on Twitter: @TheSpaceTV.
Hafla, our fresh and exciting radio drama is finally on air. If you live in Kibera and its environs, catch us on Pamoja FM 99.9 and for those in Nakuru, Radio Amani 88.3. We will soon be going out on air on a national station where you can all get to listen in to the latest happenings in Milimani.
For enquiries please contact us on
0722/734 696 741.
For more details about us please visit our website on
www.medevatv.com
Ketebul Music
At the end of this week Ketebul signed artist Winyo, who is also a prospective candidate in winning the Rolex Protégé Mentorship Initiative, accompanies Ketebul for a charity event in Eldoret.
For more information contact us at:
info@ketebulmusic.org
www.ketebulmusic.org
Visual Artists
Dickson Kaloki, based at The GoDown will launch a new brand of limited T-shirts “Wathii” this week. The themes featured in this brand include Blank Bullet, Code, Nature, Paparazzi, and Player
Meanwhile, see Charles Ngatia’s work at The Kenya Visual Artists Networking Exhibition at the Nairobi Museum beginning on 2nd May 2012 and running through to July 24th.
NairoBits
This 8th of May NairoBits will hold United For Body Rights (UFBR) workshop with NairoBits parents. UFBR is a programme involving several organizations in Kenya that facilitate reproductive health care. It is spearheaded by Centre for Study of Adolescence (CSA) and supported by the United Nations. The workshop will be part of a research process that aims at exploring which reproductive health centres are available, how people access the centres, among other objectives. The findings will be used to formulate a curriculum for the training of health practitioners in community based centres.
To know more about NairoBits, please visit us at:
www.nairobits.com
Kuruka Maisha
After the thrilling performance of “Tunaruka Tukilala” – a dance/acrobatic musical earlier this year, Kuruka Maisha is now in the final stages of a documentary production which is the next phase of their two-part project. The documentary will reflect the lives of Kuruka Maisha students. Editing begins this week. Check out for the trailer of the same coming out soon.
For enquiries please contact us on
0202362792
programming@conservatoire.co.ke
www.conservatoire.co.ke
Ethical Fashion Africa Limited
Ethical Fashion Africa is currently busy working on collections from European leading designers and Fashion houses. These orders have provided work to about 500 individuals from nine groups of micro-producers in Nairobi, Gilgil, Laikipia, Oldanyati, Mara River, Ngong, Kibera and Korogocho. The work has also engaged some of the finest skills from these marginalized areas which include beading, heavy stitching, screen printing, bone crafting, brass smelting and assorted handiwork capabilities.
For enquiries please contact us on:
Email:- info@ethicalfachionafrica.org
AwaaZ
Red Soil and Roasted Maize: selected essays and articles on contemporary Kenya by RASNA WARAH: Reviewed by Stephen Partington
Warah speaks truth to power, demonstrating that she has little time for that nonsensical type of sycophancy which holds that we must all respect our leaders regardless of their words and actions. Time after time, Warah’s articles asks the reader to thumb his/her nose at irresponsible power, to question the motives of those who’d set Kenyan against Kenyan, and to act responsibly for the good of others.
http://www.awaazmagazine.com/index.php/latest-issue/book-reviews/item/335-red-soil-and-roasted-maize-selected-essays-and-articles-on-contemporary-kenya
Phoenix
Opening this Friday the 4th is RIGHT YOU ARE (IF YOU THINK YOU ARE). This is a situational comedy by Luigi Pirandello and directed by Millicent Ogutu. It revolves around a government official who is deployed to a small town- where everyone knows everything about everybody! He has, in tow, a wife and his mother-in-law. Peculiarly, he houses both women separately, and nobody gets to see his wife- who is permanently ensconced in a fifth-floor apartment. The tongues begin to wag- and Pirandello plays on the fickleness of the human being when faced with a situation they do not understand!
Tickets are Ksh. 650 for Adults and Ksh.400 for Students. Saturday May 5th tickets are however sold out.
For ticket bookings call box office on +254-0729-913425
+254-020-222 55 06. Mpesa Accepted.
E-mail:- info@phoenixtheatre.co.ke