Must catch events this weekend

Calling all metal heads in town
Where Alliance Francaise de Bangalore, Vasanthnagar
On July 16, 5 pm onwards
Call 66657272
For R 99
log on to www.themightyriff.com for ticket information



This one's not for the lily livered. Four heavy metal bands from the city: Inner Sanctum, Bevar Sea, Culminant and Pillbox 666 are calling out to all metal heads to show their face at the Mighty Riff heavy metal festival this weekend. While Inner Sanctum, who recently opened for the Cradle of Filth show in town are known for their extreme metal tripping and Culminant is a death and thrash metal, Bevar Sea's sound can be best described as heavy metal meets rock n roll and Pillbox 666, also a heavy metal band will bring in some gut wrenching sound and high octane performance to this festival. So get ready to growl along, thrash it out and head for the mosh pit.

Get an insider's view of the Louvre
Where National Gallery of Modern Art,
49 Palace Cross Road
On July 16, 11.30 am
Call 22342338



As part of its ongoing film festival titled Les Grands Ma ufffdtres or The Great French Artists, the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) will host Le R ufffdveil d'Apollon or the Apollo Awakening, a documentary film that will take you deep inside the world of the famed Louvre Museum in Paris. The museum, which is dedicated to the King Louis XIV is 350 years old and contains two centuries worth of priceless art done by master painters. The documentary shows how a section of the museum, The Apollo gallery was restored back to its original grandeur under the workmanship of 60 artists ,who did backbreaking work to deal with years of seepage and decay.

Love dancing, fight it out Freestyle
Where Club Cocoon, La Marvella, Jayanagar
On from July 17, every Sunday till August 14
Call 9900806981
For R 250, R 150 entry and R 100 redeemable at the bar



Want to show some freestyle moves on the dance floor and prove that you and your team are the best? Then head to this evening where you get to take part in a face off in freestyle dance competition. Freestyle dance falls under the realm of street dance or any form of dance that moves out of a dance studio and is performed in open spaces. Hip Hop, B Boying to Ska and Funk are some of these forms. While the teams fights it out, sending out their best dancers one at a time to out dance their opponents, guests get to vote and choose the winner.u00a0

Up, close & personal with the Cairo revolution
Where 1 Shanthiroad, Shanthinagar
On July 15, 6.30 pm onwards
Call 9880227706



Here's your chance to watch real footage and shot films about the recent Cairo conflict and its after effects through this event titled Screenings from Cairo, Egypt. Four short films as well as footage from the burning city of Cairo will be screened. The film line up, which was recently part of the Cairo International Documentary Film festival include Sturm: Ahmonseto (Philip Rizk), Sturm: Fayoum (Philip Rizk), Living in the Nile (Mohamad El Wassify), I am George (Mohsen Abdelghany). The films are set against the backdrop of Cairo and show how ordinary lives were affected because of the long suffering dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak and the disparities in the economy and the build up that finally led to the revolution. The screenings are being organised in association with Padma, Alternative Law Forum and 1 Shanthiroad.