Category: Kuwait

Josef Stagg brings the KLT production to the stage with a talented cast, headlined by Pauline Barry, bringing to life the real and imagined families of Susan, a woman on the verge of a mental collapse and whose twin worlds appear, disappear and collide in spectacular fashion as the evening progresses.

“Woman in Mind” is an intelligent evening of truly entertaining drama. In true Ayckbourn style audiences are made to smile, laugh and even shed a tear as the characters’ lives unfold before them and KLT’s production is certain to thrill all who attend.

Date: March 9th to March 11th 2011
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Kuwait Little Theater

You can book online at TheKLT.com or by calling 99373678

A couple of days back I found the image above of Lionel Richie on a website and it cracked me. So, I decided to replicate it and put it up in my office. But, I then decided to print a couple of more copies and paste them around town (check an example below) since I figured it would put a smile on the face of a stranger when they saw it.

Now I’m sharing the PDF of the flyer I did in case you want to print and paste it somewhere as well. It’s a silly little thing but it’s fun. [PDF]

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The Kuwait Chamber Philharmonia is organizing the 1st Kuwait International Music Festival to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the founding of The State of Kuwait. The festival is going to be held under the patronage of H.E.Shaikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al -Sabah, Minister of Al Diwan Al Amiri Affairs. The Polish Minister of Culture Bogdan Zdrojewski (who is one of the sponsors of the event) will be a special honor guest of the festival.

QATAR CLASSICAL ENSEMBLE
Consists of virtuoso members of Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra
Program: Rachmaninoff & Schoenberg
Date & Time: Friday, March 11th 2011 at 8pm
Location: Al Hashemii II Grand Ballroom at Radisson Blu Hotel

SINFONIETTA CRACOVIA ORCHESTRA
One of the leading European orchestra from Poland with soloist Robert Kabara (violin)
Program: Mozart -Symphony No. 40 in G minor (KV 550), Violin concerto D-Major KV 218, Karlowicz, Kilar, Gorecki,
Date & Time: Saturday, March 12th 2011 at 8pm
Location: Al Hashemi II Grand Ballroom at Radisson Blu Hotel
and
Date & Time: Sunday, March 13th 2011 at 8pm
Location: Mishref Theater

YOUNG MUSICIANS OF THE GULF
Date & Time: Sunday, March 14th 2011 at 7pm
Location: Mishref Theater

Tickets: KD5 and KD10 (available at Radisson Blu tel 25673000 and Virgin)

For more information visit www.kuwaitcp.com

A bunch of students in Kuwait have come together to create an online radio station called Student VIBE. The station is going to be mostly in English and they will be covering a variety of student related subjects in hopes of keeping students around Kuwait informed and updated on the latest happenings. They’re also offering a chance for talented students to shine as well since students can have their own live shows hosted on the station. The radio station is online based and you can listen to it by visiting their website [Here]

If you are a student and want to host your own show then contact them on [email protected]

The 2011 Kuwait Rally is going to be held this month and I think it’s a great opportunity to take some amazing photos. It’s not often we get automotive events here and since the weather is currently great I think photography enthusiasts should take advantage of this happening.

If you’re interested to shoot the Kuwait Rally this year then you need to visit their website and fill out an application. Click on Media and then Accreditation Form on their website [Here]

I just read that the incredibly fantastic architects Foster+Partners will be designing the new Kuwait Airport terminal. That’s basically amazing news because I was just recently starting to wonder when we would go back to awarding great designers with large landmark projects. I can’t wait to see a rendering of the new terminal and I can’t wait for it to be built. [Link]

Note: Picture above is of the Beijing airport which was designed by F+P

Update: In case you’ve missed my older post, the current airport (before all the ugly updates made to it) was designed by the legendary Japanese architect Kenzo Tange. Here is a link with some pictures of the airport in it’s original state. [Link]

This has to be the strangest thing I’ve read in ages. According to Badoo the compilers of the world’s largest ever study on online flirting, Kuwait ranked 3rd in flirtatious behavior online. 3rd place out of 200! Isn’t that so very weird?

Top 10
1 Athens
2 Moscow
3 Kuwait City
4 Baku
5 Tunis
6 Kiev
7 Beirut
8= Turin
8= Rome
10 Bari

Here is a link to the article [Link]

Thanks FYI

Spotted a golden Bentley parked outside Salhiya today. The car had Saudi license plates and I later spotted it on the road. I have to confess, I thought it actually looked pretty good on the road.

Yesterday I was checking twitter when I read that Sylvester Stallone is going to be coming to Kuwait for the launch of Planet Hollywood. This sounded a bit déjà vu for me since back in December 2009 I posted the exact same thing but that it would open March 2010. That obviously never happened and now it seems they’re opening up this month on the 24th. If its true that Sylvester Stallone is going to be here then I really really REALLY need to meet him. First I need to get my picture taken with him for facebook, and secondly I need him to sign my Cobra DVD for me. Wish I had a Cobra poster for him to sign but I guess there is always time to order one online.

In addition to the videos of the fireworks I posted about earlier, Cajie a photographer posted some great shots of the fireworks display in his flickr page which you can see [Here]

Update: Here is another link to photos taken by Bu Yousef. My favorite one is below. [Link]

Blogger Yousef took videos of the fireworks tonight and posted them on his blog. He divided them into 6 parts and you can check them all out on his blog [Here]

Update: Here is the link to the full 50 minutes fireworks display recorded from KTV [YouTube]

I walked into 360 Mall today to find a B&O stand right in front of me. Since they’ve closed their Fanar branch and are waiting for their Symphony one to open they’ve temporarily set up at 360 Mall while that happens. I love their stuff but there is no way I can afford plunking down KD3,500 for a pair of speakers yet alone one of their audio systems or TVs. But while checking out their stuff I spotted the BeoSound 8.

I had only seen the BeoSound 8 in pictures online before but never in person. It’s one of the coolest and slickest looking iPod docks as well as being one of the few B&O items that is somewhat affordable. From first impressions the sound is pretty good with a lot of good deep bass but not overpowering and well balanced. It comes with a tiny remote control that looks exactly like the circle controller on the main device as well as a wall mount in case you want to mount it on a wall. Just like other B&O speakers, the two circular cloth speaker covers can be exchanged for different colored ones to match your interior. The BeoSound 8 has auxiliary inputs and a USB input in case you want to connect it to your computer but most importantly you can dock any iPod that ever came out which had a dock connector and you can even connect the iPad to it. Price wise it’s not cheap but it’s a lot more affordable than one of their TVs or audio systems. The BeoSoud 8 is being sold locally for KD400, which is a discounted price since they will be selling it for KD450 once relaunched at Symphony mall.

Here is a link to the BeoSound 8 online [Link]

Lots of good footage in the video. [YouTube]

via 965malls

In case you missed it. [YouTube]

Shot this video on my way to work this morning. There is a lot of prep being done around the Kuwait Towers to get ready for the fireworks tomorrow night. I saw two large white balloon shaped objects (you can spot one in the video) which I couldn’t figure out what they were. Looks like something that belongs on Mars. [YouTube]