Category: Events

A Japanese Pop Culture Festival will be held at the National Library of Kuwait on September 12 and 13 in corporation with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and the Japanese Embassy. The Festival will include various events, among them will be a Shadowloo Showdown qualifier, Anime drawing contest, figure drawing contest and a cosplay contest.

Date: Thursday September 12 and Friday September 13, 2013
Time: 6PM
Location: National Library of Kuwait

Shadowloo Showdown includes the following games: Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition ver. 2012, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, King of Fighters XIII. To sign up to it or for more information on this festival visit this [Link]

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This coming Friday August 30th you can compete in the Skatepark Scooter Competition. There will be two categories, amateur and beginners. Registration is available at Skatepark and entry cost KD3.5 per person. There will be prizes.

Date: Friday August 30th, 2013
Time: 5PM
Location: Marina Skatepark

For more information call Carlos on 99059203

The last day for this years Flying Start Triathlon early bird registration is coming up soon. They’ve got two levels of competition:

The event takes place on the 15th of November but early registration earns you a nice discount. If you’re interested to find out more head to their Facebook page [Here]

Every year on August 19 the world remembers all those aid workers who lost their lives while trying to help people in need. The World Humanitarian Day pays tribute to them by raising awareness of humanitarian issues and efforts to help people. This World Humanitarian Day marks 10 years since the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad was bombed and 22 UN and aid agency workers were killed.

World Humanitarian Day in Kuwait is holding an event today (19th of August 2013) at 5PM at Al-Hamra Mall.

What do you think the world needs more of? Contribute with your word and help build a local movement to support a world event.

For more information follow them on Instagram @whdkw

Last night was the launch of the Class of Chairs exhibition at the Contemporary Art Platform. The idea behind Class of Chairs is pretty simple and fun. The space at CAP was set up like a classroom with each chair in the class representing a certain stereotypical character you had back in school like the nerd, the tall guy, the pervert, the hairy guy etc..

The event itself was pretty fun last night since it was a social gathering and everyone knew everybody else. If you’re interested to check it out, Class of Chairs will be exhibiting until tomorrow (Friday). For more information on the event click [Here]

If you’re looking for graffiti supplies I found some for sale last night at the “Not Just a Pop-up” event that was held at Dar Al-Funoon (behind Casper & Gambini in Kuwait City). The event was supposed to be just one night but they’ve extended it for two more hours tonight, 8PM to 10PM. They had Montana spray cans, a collection of caps as well as Krink markers and some stencil books. So if you want any tonight is the last night to pass by.

Date: Wednesday 24th to Friday 26th July 2013
Time: 9:30PM to 11:30PM
Location: Contemporary Art Platform

Update: Here is some more info from their Facebook page

The Class of Chairs is a satirical commentary on the stereotypical characters found within school life. The school culture in Kuwait is relatable to Hollywood’s pop-cultural representation of the high school hierarchy and social groups found in playgrounds and classrooms.

The collection of chairs is a literal adaptation of the different student typecasts found in international and public schools in Kuwait. Each chair represents an individual high school persona, where the character’s attributes are translated in the design aspect of its material and functional use.

The template of each chair was based on the classical 1950’s European school chair in which different manufacturing processes were used to materialistically translate the different student characteristics. The Class of Chairs attempts to evoke nostalgic scenes of past high school memories to create a relatable experience for the viewer.

Collaboration between :
Aseel AlYaqoub, Jassim AlSaddah, Yousef Al-Mehdari

This Earth Event was held at the end of April but I just found about this video and decided it was still worth sharing. The event was organized by Khaled al Hamed and based on the video it looked very interesting. [YouTube]

Thanks Sarah

Visual Therapy presents their first ever art show, “Not Just a Pop-Up”, featuring original artwork and prints by Kuwaiti artist F160 and Brooklyn-based artist Zebadiah Keneally.

Local graffiti artist Monstariam will be painting a live mural during the show which will also include a graffiti shop offering a unique selection of street art supplies and merchandise. In addition, the shop will debut Visual Therapy‘s 2nd t-shirt collaboration. This time they teamed up with Iranian artist A1one, a pioneer of the street art movement in Tehran.

Date: July 16th 2013
Time: 8-11PM
Location: Dar Al-Funoon.

Please visit www.visualtherapyonline.com for more details, and follow @VisualTherapy on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Pecha Kucha Night #9 will be held on June 26 at the Amricani Cultural Centre on the Gulf Road at 7PM. 20 images x 20 seconds will be presented by:

Laila Al-Hamad
Tara Norris
Rana Alomani
Liali&Lamees Nijem
Nada Al-Ragom
Hussa Al-Humaidhi
Ali Al-Yousifi
Faisal Al-Nakib

Date: Wednesday, June 26th 2013
Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Location: Amricani Cultural Centre on the Gulf Road

For more information visit their Facebook page [Here]

Tonight there will be a discussion panel “Exploring a cultural shift” followed by the launch of youraok.net, a new creative networking platform. If you’re interested here are the details:

Date: Tuesday May 28, 2013
Time: 6:30PM
Location: Al Hamra Tower Skylounge on the 55th floor

Seats are limited.

Cost has gone up KD5 this time around but there’s also going to be a small expo for Kuwaiti businesses running at the same time.

Location: Marina Crescent
Date: June 27 to June 30 2013
Time: 10AM to 12PM
Cost: KD25

If you’re interested you should probably book from now by calling 22621766 or 94004335.

If you have ever smiled at one of the Dr. Seuss books, such as The Cat in the Hat, or Horton Hears a Who, you will love SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL, a show filled to bursting with Dr. Seuss’s wonderful characters including Horton, The Whos, The Grinch, Amayzing Mayzie, Gertrude & her one-feathered-tail, and many more . SEUSSICAL is one of the most popular and successful new musicals of the millennium; a delight for all ages, packed with wonderful songs, humour, colour and spectacle and guaranteed to entertain you be you four or ninety four.

Performance dates and times are as follows:
Wednesday June 5 at 7.30pm (KD5) Preview Night
Thursday June 6 at 7.30pm (KD7.5)
Friday June 7 at 3pm and 7.30pm (KD7.5)
Saturday June 8 t 12 noon and 4pm (KD7.5)

Location: Live Theater at Discovery Mall

If you’re interested in booking a ticket, visit their website [Here]

My friends at Monstariam are organizing a super cool event, a “Pop Up Graffiti Picnic”. They’re going to provide you with walls to graffiti (legally) and you just need to come down with your own spray cans and food and just spend the afternoon tagging the walls while eating and socializing.

The event is on May 10th in the park outside Discovery Mall in Kuwait City. I’m going to be there for sure.

TJCfilms attended the Red Bull BC One event that took place in Kuwait a few days back. BC stands for Breakdance Championship and it was held at Al Zumoroda Hall in Bida’a. [YouTube]