Places where you could be this weekend
Spend saturday night, sitaron ki mehfil mein
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On: Saturday
Where: Asangaon
Call: 66635228 / 24122030 Cost: Rs 1,200 per person
This could be your jhakas chance to take your partner for that completely "hatke" date. Lie and relax on the ground and count the stars or look for that elusive shooting star. And if that seems far-fetched, get close to celestial objects by peeping through the telescope. Whatever you decide, we guarantee, it will be a night to remember.
Singer-songwriters take centre stage
On: Today, 9 pm
Where: Gadda Da Vida, Novotel Hotel, Balraj Sahani Marg, Juhu Beach, Juhu.
Call: 66934444
The Tuborg Acoustic Adventures continues this week as Uday Benegal presents Ashima Aiyer featuring Sanjay Divecha. Sanjay, who has also been actively working in Bollywood as a composer and session musician for film songs and soundtracks, brings his brand of folk, rock and jazz style to all his performances. Pune-based singer-songwriter Ashima Aiyer, with influences as varied as Dave Matthews and Patty Griffin, surprises and captivates listeners with her unique harmonies, and intelligent, emotional lyrics.u00a0u00a0
Enjoy a languid, lazy Sunday brunch
On: Sunday, 12.30 pm to 3.30 pm
Where: Olive Bar & Kitchen, Amateur Rider's Club, Mahalaxmi Race Course.
Call: 40859595 Cost: 1,850 per person (plus tax)
There is no better way to spend a lazy November afternoon than by gorging on sumptuous food and sipping on fine bubbly. Olive's Sunday brunch features a brand new brunch menu created by the restaurant's new executive chef Manu Chandra. Choose from an assortment of antipasti, salads and dips, or take a pick from freshly cooked eggs, grilled meats and vegetables, risottos and pastas. Round off your meal with piping hot waffles smothered in maple syrup.
Meet a bunch of musical Brazilians
On: Sunday, 9 pm
Where: The Blue Frog, Mathuradas Mills Compound Lower Parel.
Call: 40332300 Entry: Rs 300
Created in 1999, Banda Gloria, the band from Sao Paulo is made up of 15 musicians, who keep innovating as well as performing a unique and elegant repertory. They create a sophisticated arrangement of Sambas, Chorinhos, Xotes, Fox Trots, Marchinhas, Baioes and Maxixes. Pearls of forgotten Brazilian popular music are woven into foot-tapping performances, which will have you dancing the night away.
When the body registers a protest
On: Today, 6.30 pm
Where: Alliance Francaise, Theosophy Hall, 40 New Marine Lines.
Call: 22036187
This weekend, the Vikalp Archive brings The Lightning Testimonies by Amar Kanwar to South Mumbai. This tell-all documentary reflects upon shattering experiences of sexual violence. The body becomes centralu00a0- as a site for honour and humiliation and also for dignity and protest. As the stories unfold, women from different times and regions come forward. Narratives hidden within a blue window or the weave of a cloth appear, disappear and are then reborn in another vocabulary at another time.
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