If you're looking for activities to do this weekend, here's a line-up that is sure to keep you busy
Updated On: 2023-10-12 11:47 AM IST
Compiled by : Editor
She, the architect
Join this digital talk on Women Architects in India: Historical and Contemporary Challenges by Madhavi Desai conducted by The Museum Society of Mumbai and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya today at 5:30 pm for free; email: museumsocietyofbombay63@gmail.com
All that jazz
If you’re bored with the same kind of music playing everywhere you go, try some smooth Latin jazz. Catch Adil Manuel and his passionate collective perform a live jazz set at 8:30 pm at The Royal Opera House in Girgaon for free. Log on to @atthequarter.
Nature high
Trek your way to Jambhulmal, the highest point of the city’s lone national park to enjoy a panoramic view of Mumbai from 6:45 am at Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Borivali. Call 7738778789 and book your place for Rs 1,000.
Vampire in the house
Prepare yourself for the Halloween season by watching St Nicholas by Conor McPherson, tale of a cynical Dublin drama critic who finds himself in the company of vampires following a series of events, at 6:30 pm and 8:30 pm; at Little Theatre in the NCPA in Nariman Point. Log on to ncpamumbai.com; Cost Rs 400.
Burmese bounty
Relish this limited-edition menu called Vacation in Yangon that brings dishes from the streets of Yangon to Burma Burma in Fort. Expect delicacies like green tomato and pickled tea leaf salad, crunchy spring roll salad, Mandalay mee shay, icha koi and white pea mash, shwe taung khow suey, malai plaat and more. From 12 to 3 pm; 6.30 pm to 10.30 pm; Call: 9920240034; Cost: Rs 1,800 plus taxes (approximately, for two people).
Urdu, unplugged
Join Seema, a performing Urdu poet and instructor as she conducts an interactive Urdu workshop Aadab Urdu, born from her love for the language. The workshop at Method Juhu will aim to familiarise beginners with the basics of the intricate language. Log on to @methodjuhu; Cost Rs 900.
Poetry by the sea
Trace the footsteps of legendary poet Adil Jussawalla’s poetry collection, Shorelines in this city walk being organised by The Bombay Poetry Crawl. It will explore coastlines, histories, urban lives and characters that the poet had traced in Shorelines. From 9 am at Sassoon Dock Clock Tower, Colaba. Call 9819216692; Cost Rs 600.