Soul Boy – Movie Under The Stars @ Purdy Arms Restaurant

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KMS and Purdy Arms present

‘Movies under the Stars’

Soul Boy
Rotterdam Film Festival Audience Award Winner

Purdy Arms Restaurant – Marula Lane, Karen

Wednesday, 12 March 2014, 7.15 pm

Soul Boy is a captivating Kenyan-German co-production shot in Kibera, one of the largest slums in East Africa.
Abila, a 14 year old boy, sets out on a quest to save his father, who has gambledt his soul away to a witch.
His friend Shiku offers to help him… will they succeed?
This movie transforms the mysteries and myths of this multi-faceted social microcosm into a modern day fairy tale.

Drinks: 6.45pm for 7.15pm start
Ksh 1,700 – Movie, Drink & Dinner
Ksh 600 – Movie & Drink
Reservations: 0724 255299, 2339158 or info@kenyamuseumsociety.org
Mpesa no: 400800, Account no: 6571570019

All proceeds go to support the National Museums of Kenya

Tour of Murumbi African Heritage Collection Exhibition – Nairobi Gallery

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Tour of the Murumbi African Heritage Collection Exhibition
Nairobi Gallery – Next to Nyayo House in town
Saturday 8 March 2014
10.30am – 12.30 pm

Located at the intersection of Kenyatta Avenue/ Uhuru Highway in the heart of Nairobi City is the Nairobi Gallery. Built 100 years ago, Old PC’s office building was referred to as ‘Hatches, Matches and Dispatches’ because of the births, marriages and deaths that were recorded there. Today, the building is a National Monument and serves as a museum holding temporary art exhibitions. The gallery is currently showcasing the Murumbi African Heritage Collection Exhibition.
Cost

KMS member: Ksh 600 Member child: Ksh 300
(KMS members to use their membership cards to enter the Museum)

Non members:
Residents: Ksh 1,100 Resident child: Ksh 600
Non Residents: Ksh 1,500 Non member child: Ksh 750
Included:
• Entrance fees for Non Members only
• Brief talk on Joseph Murumbi by Narinder KMS Safari Coordinator
• Guided tour of The Murumbi African Heritage Collection Exhibition
• Talk on some of the gazetted city buildings by Martin Wahogo author of Know Kenya pocket guide book
• Secure and ample parking at Nairobi Gallery

Optional tours after the Gallery visit:
We will take a walk to parliament buildings, to view Kenya’s first President, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta Mausoleum.
We will then culminate our day outing on the rooftop of the tallest building in Nairobi, The Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC). Its strategic position in the City offers citizens and visitors a unique, breathtaking and an amazing 360 degrees view of Nairobi’s Central business district and its environs, from the rooftop, which also doubles as a helipad.
After the tour participants can have their picnic lunch at the rooftop or at Tin Tin restraurant located in KICC building.
Excluded: Transport; optional tours & lunch.

Bring: Your identification cards / papers, a hat, sunscreen, drinking water, picnic lunch (optional) a small camera & binoculars

Recommended books retailing at the KMS Shop:
Know Kenya by Martin Wahogo @ Ksh 600
A brief tour of the buildings of Nairobi by Everlyn Wanjiku @ Ksh 1500

Book and pay for your space now.

Contact: 0724 255 299 or 2339158
info@kenyamuseumsociety.org

TheTugen and Cherangani Hills Safari

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TheTugen and Cherangani Hills
12 – 16 March
Lying west of Baringo, this is a most beautiful and relatively unknown part of Kenya. There is superb scenery, forested areas, excellent birding, cooler weather because of higher altitude and good tarmac roads.
We shall stay 2 nights at Sego Club, a simple place but from their rooftop terrace you have a grand 360 degree view of the Tugen Hills and a super sunset.
We stay another 2 nights in Iten, the home of many of Kenya’s famous runners. You may even come across some of the runners at the Kerio View hotel. The hotel looks like a Swiss chalet and overlooks the Kerio Valley and Lake Kamnarok. It is also the take off point for international paragliders. Kerio Valley is the best place in Kenya for paragliding.
Programme
Wed 12 Mar-Visit the forested Tugen Hills, a stop at the very interesting fossil museum, picnic lunch. Arrive at Sego Club late afternoon.
Thur 13 Mar- Walk in the very dramatic gorge at Chebloch. Picnic lunch. Those who wish can continue to take a 4-hour walk to Torok waterfall. The rest retun to Sego and have an afternoon walk in the Sego area.Possible visit to Kimwarer mining town.
Fri 14 Mar- Drive to Iten. Picnic lunch enroute.Afternoon walk to the forest and visit the stadium where the runners practice. You can also practice on the track!
Sat 15 Mar- Drive into the Cherangani Hills: hairpin bends, forested slopes, tidy villages of the Maraqwet. If possible we shall drive right to the end of the range from where you can look down onto the Pokot plains and beyond are the Turkana plains.
Cost: 16,850pp sharing. Single rooms available at extra cost. Children below 12 pay 50%.
Included: At Sego: HB on 12thand 13th.At Iten : B&B.Kerio View has an extensive a la carte menu.
Not included :transport, picnic lunches.
Book and pay now to avoid disappointment
Contacts: 0724 255299, 2339158 or info@kenyamuseumsociety.org

THE STORY OF BEADS IN AFRICA by Rhodia Mann

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THE STORY OF BEADS IN AFRICA
Saturday 15 February 2014
Louis Leakey Auditorium, Nairobi National Museum

Do you know what a trade bead is? Do you know where they come from, how they are made and what they are worth? Do you know the origin of real amber and how to tell if it is the real thing?
To find out the answers to these questions and many more, you are invited to our fascinating and educative talk by Rhodia Mann.
Born in Kenya, Rhodia discovered her first glass beads on a Zanzibar beach at the age of 12. Thus began her life long passion. In 1973 she became a jewellery designer in New York and had numerous exhibitions of her work. Despite her success the pull to Kenya was strong and in 1981 she returned to the land of her birth.
Over almost 40 years Rhodia travelled widely in both Africa and Asia, in search of beads to make her one-off designs. She also spent a year with the Masai, funded by the Canadian government, collaborating on beaded clothing.
In 2005, she curated an exhibition on the history of beads at the Nairobi Museum. And in 2012 she published ‘Ushanga: The Story of Beads in Africa’ which will be available for sale after the presentation.
Rhodia’s talk represents 40 years of research and experience and includes illustrations from her book.
Please join us and learn about different types of beads, where they come from and how they are made. It will be worth it.

Refreshments 3.15pm Starts 4:00 pm
Donation: Ksh 400 KMS member
Ksh 500 Guest
Ksh 200 Student
Tickets: 0724 255299, 2339158 or info@kenyamuseumsociety.org
Mpesa no: 400800, Account no: 6571570019