If you're looking for activities to do this weekend, here's a line-up that is sure to keep you busy
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Thursday
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Comic timing
Comedy: Sit back, relax and have a fun time at this open mic hosted by Pooja Ruparel that will include known and new comics, along with a special act by Pratyasha Rana.
Time 8 pm
At Cat Café Studio, bungalow no 63, Harminder Singh Road, Aram Nagar Part 1, Versova, Andheri West.
Log on to @hooted1ce
Cost Rs 100
She, the architect
Lecture: Join this digital talk on Women Architects in India: Historical and Contemporary Challenges by Madhavi Desai (inset) conducted by The Museum Society of Mumbai and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya.
Time 5.30 pm.
Email museumsocietyofbombay63@gmail.com
Free
Friday
All that jazz
Music: 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.
Time 8.30 pm
At The Royal Opera House, Mathew Road, Charni Road East, Girgaon. l
Log on to @atthequarter
Free
Nature high
Trek: Trek your way to Jambhulmal, the highest point of the city’s lone national park to enjoy a panoramic view of Mumbai.
Time 6.45 am
At Sanjay Gandhi National Park, opposite Omkareshwar Temple, Borivali East.
Call 7738778789
Cost Rs 1,000
Saturday
Vampire in the house
Theatre: 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.
Time 6.30 pm and 8.30 pm
At Little Theatre, NCPA, NCPA Marg, Nariman Point.
Log on to ncpamumbai.com
Cost Rs 400
Burmese bounty
Food: Relish this limited-edition menu called Vacation in Yangon that brings dishes from the streets of Yangon. 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.
Time 12 to 3 pm; 6.30 pm to 10.30 pm
At Burma Burma, Kothari House, MG Road, Fort.
Call 9920240034
Cost Rs 1,800 plus taxes (approximately, for two)
Sunday
Urdu, unplugged
Learn: 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 will aim to familiarise beginners with the basics of the intricate language.
Time 10.30 am at Method Juhu, first floor, Vallabh Nagar Society, Juhu.
Log on to @methodjuhu
Cost Rs 900
Poetry by the sea
Trail: Trace the footsteps of legendary poet Adil Jussawalla’s (above) 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.
Time 9 am
At Sassoon Dock Clock Tower, Colaba.
Call 9819216692
Cost Rs 600