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16 June 2012. On occasion of the 200 anniversary from the publishing of the Grimm’s Fairy Tales, this theatrical performance, entitled A World of Fairies and Shadows, pays homage to the famous G...
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5 June 2012. The Polish Embassy presents this concert by Artur Dutkiewicz, one of the leading Polish jazz pianists and composers.
Dutkiewicz will perform his own, contemporary jazz mazurkas, taken...
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8-9, 21 June 2012. Goethe Institut pays homage to Wanjiru Kinyanjui, one of Kenya’s veteran film directors.
Kinyanjui studied at the Technical University of Berlin and was awarded for he...
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27 May-20 June 2012. This exhibition features the paintings and sculptures by the Kenyan artist Joseph Bertiers.
Bertiers, who lives and works in Nairobi, began his artistic career in his teens pai...
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Concert by Michaela Rabitsch & Robert Pawlik
3 June 2012. This concert, entitled Two who Replace a Band!, will be performed by the Austrian singer, composer and jazz trumpet player Michaela Rabitsch and by her partner the composer and guitarist...
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6 May-10 June 2012. This exhibition, entitled Nature, Nurture and Other Visual Meditations, displays the works by the Argentinean visual artist Miriam Rubino. Her latest colourful and playful works ar...
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Indigenous Identity in Urban Australia
24 May-1 June 2012. This art exhibition, entitled Message Stick, pays homage to the Indigenous Identity in Urban Australia and is presented by the Australian High Commission.
On display is a select...
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4-27 May 2012. This exhibition, entitled Kangaeru, displays the works by the contemporary artist Yoshinari Nishio and his artists collective, Nishio Workshop Nairobi.
This series of works was produ...
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22 May-22 July 2012. This exhibition, entitled Power of unity: creating a vital voice for artists to influence good governance.
It aims to enable the artists to create a platform and forum, which t...
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The Language of African Art by Chuma Pascal
19 May-1 June 2012. This exhibition, entitled The Language of African Art, displays the works by the Kenyan artist Chuma Pascal.
Pascal started drawing when he as five years old, he later participa...
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Geraldine Robarts’ Spirit of Africa
30 May-10 June 2012. This exhibition, entitled The Spirit of Africa, displays a series of about 20 paintings by the English painter Geraldine Robarts.
Her paintings, which are dedicated to the past...
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21st European Film Festival Nairobi
11-27 May 2012. This European Film Festival is the longest running film festival in Nairobi. On its 21st edition it foresees the screening of 18 movies, including some award winning films, from 16 Eur...
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15-31 May 2012. This exhibition by Kaafiri Kariuki is entitled Shades of Time. Kariuki critically portrays contemporary society in what he calls its ironic existence.
This Kenyan artist, who has be...
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20 April-8 June 2012. This Eco-Art exhibition is entitled Zebra in the Red Heels and brings together a selection of art pieces, created with ecological materials.
This event encourages the creation...
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26 April 2012. This public reading, entitled Silence Literature, is part of the wider series Stories Spoken, organized by Goethe Institut and held by professional readers.
The event introduces cont...
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Lecture Series: Kenya at Fifty
25 April-10 July 2012. This lecture, entitled Kenya at Fifty, is part of a series of 12 weekly lectures, held by professors Frederick K. Iraki and Kimani Njogu.
It focuses on Kenya’s cultural...
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24 April-5 June 2012. This edition of the Spanish Film Festival pays homage to contemporary Spanish Cinema.
On 24 April there is the screening of the movie Mataharis, directed by Iciar Bolla&iacut...
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13-28 April 2012. The Phoenix Players perform this drama, entitled A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry, directed by George Mungai and produced by Millicent Ogutu and George Mungai.
I...
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Exhibition by East Africa's Pioneer Artists
12-29 April 2012. On occasion of the 40th anniversary of the African Heritage, this exhibition pays homage to some of the pioneer artists of East Africa, who struggled against tremendous odds right af...
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Chilonga’s 20 Years of Experience
7-27 April 2012. This exhibition pays tribute to the 20 year-long career of the Tanzanian artist Chilonga Haji.
Chilonga was born in 1969 at Lukuledi in south Tanzania from a pottery and blacksmith...
