The Youth Contribute is a non-profit charity organization and our first of many goals is to help people with special needs in Kuwait. We are holding an exhibition by the name of GIVE to help spread awareness for those less privileged than us and all the profit from the exhibition will be donated to help people with special needs. All types of booths are welcome in the exhibition, and certain events will be held throughout the day to promote our cause. The exhibition will take place in the Movenpick Ballrooms (Free Zone) on the 12th of May, from 12PM-10PM.

If you’re into photography you’ll be interested to know that The Shot Lounge is organizing the biggest photography event in Kuwait called Fototalks. The event which will be taking place on April 16th and 17th will include workshops, seminars and photography challenges. If you’re interested to find out more or to register for this even check out the Fototalks website [Here]

Featuring:
Dean-Obeidallah – The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour
Nitin Mirani – King Of UAE Comedy
Aron Kader – The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour

Date: 27th April, Friday 2012
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Dr. Kamil Al-Rayes Auditorium, American International School

All the proceedings of the event will be donated to St. John Ambulance Brigade (India) and Fazlani Foundation (India)

For more information contact Murtaza Pachorawala 66763786 or Minhaj Shikari on 99710242

Professor Ian Buchanan is the Director of the Institute for Social Transformation Research at the University of Wollongong in Australia. Prior to taking up this appointment he was Professor of Critical Theory at Cardiff University in the UK. He is the author of numerous books including Michel de Certeau: Cultural Theorist (2000), Deleuzism: A Metacommentary (2000), Fredric Jameson: Live Theory (2006), Deleuze and Guattari’s Anti-Oedipus (2008), and, most recently, the Dictionary of Critical Theory published by Oxford University Press (2010). He is founding editor of the journal Deleuze Studies; editor of two book series, “Deleuze Connections” (Edinburgh University Press) and “Deleuze Encounters” (Continuum); and co-editor of two additional book series, “Critical Connections” and “Plateaus” (both from Edinburgh University Press). Professor Buchanan has given papers at conferences all over the world.

1 – Schizoanalysis and Method: An Incomplete Project
Schizoanalysis is the name Deleuze and Guattari give to the proposed new method of social and cultural analysis they construct over the course of the four books they wrote together beginning with Anti-Oedipus in 1972. This talk will treat schizoanalysis’ method as an incomplete project and offer some suggestions as to how it might be formulated in a way that would be effective for social research.

Date: Monday, 2 April 2012
Time: 12:30 to 2:00pm
Location: Seminar Room (Basement), Abdullah Al-Otaibi Building College of Arts, Kaifan, Kuwait University

2 – The World the Mall Made
The invention of the suburban shopping mall by Victor Gruen in the 1950s gave form to the entire post-WW2 landscape in the US and, eventually, everywhere else. One can literally say that today we live in the world the mall made. With the rise of the internet, however, the concept of the mall is under threat. This talk will critically examine the mall to understand its attractions and to see if it has the means to meet the challenge of online shopping.

Date: Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Time: 6:00 to 8:00pm
Location: Auditorium, Liberal Arts Building Salmiya, American University of Kuwait

3 – Jindabyne and National Allegory
Jindabyne (dir Ray Lawrence, 2006) begins with the murder of a young aboriginal woman, but its real focus is the way people respond to this murder. In doing so, it tells several interesting truths about race relations in Australia today. This talk will read the film as a national allegory (in Jameson’s sense) and consider how it maps the cultural and political tropes of the present moment in Australia’s history.

Date: Wednesday, 4 April 2012
Time: 5:00 to 7:00pm
Location: Auditorium West Mishref, Australian College of Kuwait

A unique blend of musical styles, the Blend Music Festival is a mellow get-together of some of the best local talent collaborating to bring out the music to a wide audience. This is their second evnt.

Featuring:
Jelly Shot – Blues/Rock
Earsplit – Hard Rock
Sounds of March – Alternative Rock

Date: Thursday, March 22
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Bayt Lothan (Opposite Marina Mall)

For more information visit the event Facebook page [Here]

The Kuwait International Motocross Challenge 2012 is taking place this weekend. It’s an international event organized by the Kuwait Quarter Mile Auto & Motorcycle Club. Riders from Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain, USA, South Africa, France and Belgium will be taking part in the event. Photography enthusiasts will be allowed around the track and there are also some activities for the crowd. GoPro will be giving away 5 GoPro cameras to the attendees via a raffle draw while Dunkin Donuts will be offering donuts and hot coffee as well.

Location: Q8 MX Circuit – Bnaider
Date: Saturday, March 17th 2012
Time: Practice sessions start at 8:30AM

Below is the full schedule for the event:

Here is a map to help you find the location of the motocross circuit [Map]
Here is a link to the event website [Link]

BMX – Skateboarding – Inline Skating

Date: Friday 16th, March 2012
Time: 2:00pm onwards
Location: Extreme Skatepark, Marina Seaside

Registration Fee: KD3
Register at the Extreme Skatepark

I just got the March schedule for Cinemagic and it looks like I’ve only watched one of the movies showing this month which is Triplets of Belleville. It’s a really strange but cool animation which is definitely worth watching. Check out the full schedule below.

Thursday, March 1st at 7:30pm
THE MILK OF SORROW
Fausta is suffering from a rare disease called the Milk of Sorrow, which is transmitted through the breast milk of pregnant women who were abused or raped during or soon after pregnancy. While living in constant fear and confusion due to this disease, she must face the sudden death of her mother. She chooses to take drastic measures to not follow in her mother’s footsteps.

Saturday, March 3rd at 7:30pm
BARTON FINK
In 1941, New York intellectual playwright Barton Fink comes to Hollywood to write a Wallace Beery wrestling picture. Staying in the eerie Hotel Earle, Barton develops severe writer’s block. His neighbor, jovial insurance salesman Charlie Meadows, tries to help, but Barton continues to struggle as a bizarre sequence of events distracts him even further from his task.

Thursday, March 8th at 7:30pm
TRIPLETS OF BELLVILLE
When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters–an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire–to rescue him.

Saturday, March 10th at 7:30pm
THE SWEET HEREAFTER
This film documents the effects of a tragic bus accident on the population of a small town.

Thursday, March 15th at 7:30pm
NETWORK
A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor’s ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit.

Saturday, March 17th at 7:30pm
RUSSIAN ARK
A 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years.

Thursday, March 22nd at 7:30pm
CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS
Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting.

Saturday, March 24th at 7:30pm
DOWN BY LAW
The story of three different men in a Louisiana prison and their eventual journey.

Thursday, March 29th at 7:30pm
THE SON’S ROOM
A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba diving accident.

Saturday, March 31st at 7:30pm
500 DAYS OF SUMMER
An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn’t believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.

Cinemagic Kuwait, is organizing these events as part of its efforts to contribute to the development of an internationally competitive Kuwaiti audio-visual production industry, partly by bringing the filmmakers and audiences together and by Increasing the public’s interest in – and appreciation for – the art of film-making. Cinemagic movies are screened in the old Salmiya, on the roof on top of Alghanim Electronics and LG. Entrance is free of charge and includes refreshments, popcorn and much more. Here is a link to their Facebook group [Link]

A unique blend of musical styles, the Blend Music Festival is a mellow get-together of some of the best local talent collaborating to bring out the music to a wide audience.

Featuring:
Ali Sleeq with Gary Ruston & Kevin Owen = JAZZ
Hadi Sarieddine, Bader Nana, & Sarj = ROCK
Lewis Chapman – FOLK / ROCK

Date: March 1, 2012
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Bayt Lothan (Opposite Marina Mall)

This event is free. For more information click [Here]

Live performances by:
Kenyatal Dubose – HIP HOP
Joseph JoBee Mckeel – RNB
Prince GrandMilli – HIP HOP
Taahira Hera Smith – R&B / HIP HOP
BIG D – HIP HOP
John SkyWalker – HIP HOP

Date: Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
Time: 7:30pm until 3:30am
Location: Asia Asia’s Royal Ball Room, Kuwait City

Entrance Fee
KD6 for females and KD8 for males

For more information visit their Facebook page [Here]