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Funny how time flies; (so cliche).. This here blog is now a full five years old; I remember talking to one Muthoni Njeri (of the kenyanpoet thing) and telling her how she made me do this. What more can be said? We have to just keep celebrating the love that the kenyan artistic space exudes. There's another five to go and another fifty to celebrate.

New venue, new life..kesho it all goes down. Open Mic is a monthly poetry and spoken word event held every first Tuesday of the month @ Club Soundd on Kaunda street from 7-9pm. We feature a poet / spoken word artist who has shown consistency and growth in performance and audience pull. Past features include Njeri Wangari, Ngwatilo Mawiyoo, Phyllis Muthoni, Winyo, Eko dydda, Just a band, Kenyan Poet, Uko Fulani Mau Mau and others. The rest of the evening is open for anyone to perform / read their work: Sign-ups happen between 5-7pm. See you there! Kwani? Open Mic Reloaded February 2012 Featured Poet: Benson Kimani (Winner 2011 Kwani? Open Mic Slam) Featured Artist: Anto and Paragasha Band MC: Cindy Ogana Date: 7th February 2012 Time: 7 -9 pm Venue: Insomnia Club (Eternity City), 3rd floor of the T-MALL (Off Langata Road-Mbagathi way roundabout) Entry: 200 Ksh

Wamathai.com presents Wamathai Spoken Word December on Saturday 3rd December 2011 at The Michael Joseph Centre, Safaricom House on Waiyaki Way. The event will be hosted by TV personality Anyiko Owoko & Blogger and Auditor Robert Kunga. There will be Poetry Performances by: Wanjiku Mwaurah, Asali, Pearl, Jeremy Levinger, Lonesome Bounty, Mike Kwambo, Kennet B, Nuru Bahati,Kevin ‘Man Njoro’, M.K, Abu Sense, Claude Baus, Ngartia, Dave Ndirangu, Aisha Salim, Ami, Mugambi Nthiga, Vickie Zosi, Mark Anthony, PotentAsh and many more Music by: Elani & Afrology The event will feature an exhibition of poetographs from the Koroga II project, a collaboration between Kenyan poets and photographers. Other Details Time: 4pm – 7pm Charges: Kshs. 300 in advance & Kshs. 400 at the gate Advance tickets are available from WWW.TICKETSASA.COM & at the Michael Joseph Centre reception desk.

Poetry Slam - Winner walks away with a cash prize of ksh10,000 - Runners Up walk away with a Kwani? Gift Pack Featured Artist: Davis Ntare (TPF Winner 2010) MC: Cindy Ogana. Date: 6th December 2011. Time: 7 -9 pm. Venue: Club Soundd. Entry: 200 Ksh. DAVIS NTARE.. Davis is a multi-talented individual with an interest in music production and performance, abstract art, photography and song writing. He uses his art and Music to reach out to people in a positive way. He has a diverse musical background, including playing the trumpet in a brass band back home, doing background vocals for renown musicians and singing in the school and church choirs. Davis Hillary Ntare’s journey to stardom started when he won the Tusker Project Fame top prize in 2010. He later produced yet another winner of the East African music talent show, his first single, Sheka Sheka, produced and arranged with Robert "rkay" Kamanzi. Davis is a force to reckon with in the African music scene, and is accompanie...

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