Places where you could be this weekend
If you are a lover Chataais at Bandstand are yours to sprawl on
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Today and tomorrow. Metal Detector (during the daytime) and Love Chataais (3.30 pm to 6.30pm)
You pass through a metal detector to enter a watering hole and an innocent voice asks you a question in a language you don't understand. This happens again. And again. Each time in a different language, till you finally get to English. "Are you human?" you are asked.u00a0 You don't have to answer anyone but yourself. The detector that's been placed at the entrance to Colaba's Leopold Cafu00e9 by artist Uday Shanbag, is one of many installations dotting the city as part of a public art project titled, Encounters. Organised by Asia Society India Centre, the initiative involves five artists who are investigating life in Mumbai. Neil Dantas has set up heart-decorated chataais along Bandra Bandstand. It doesn't matter if you a jilted lover or a coochie-cooing couple. Sprawl on one to contemplate on the meaning of existence.
Let a Boston based band jazz up your night
On: Sunday, 9 pm onwards
Where: Blue Frog, Mathuradas Mills Compound, Lower Parel.
Call: 40332300
From Boston to Bombay, the Aditya Balani group has traversed miles to wow Mumbai with World-Jazz numbers. With musicians from six different countries, you can expect a blend of sounds that find inspiration in varied musical traditions peppered with Indian classical and folk.
Listen to Asha, educate kids
On: Sunday, 6 pm to 10 pm
Where: Parle Tilak School Ground, Vile Parle (E).
Tickets: Rs 100 to Rs 3,000
Call: 9869287887
We have all shimmied to Piya Tuuu... Ab Toh Aaja. But listening to the melodious voice of Hindi cabaret live is sure to be exhilarating. The event, Unplugged & Sizzling Asha Bhosale, will see the singer as Chief Guest. The evening will feature some of her most popular number spanning the 1950s till today, sung by various artistes. The highlight: Asha Bhonsle will take the stage for a couple of songs. All proceeds from sale tickets will go towards educating children, providing financial aid to widows, and helping the underprivileged.
There's traffic traffic on roads today
Till: Sunday
Where: Dadar and Sion (Friday), Ghatkopar, Chembur and Kurla (Saturday) and Bandra to Andheri (Sunday)
Call: 9821044429
This Sunday, don't be surprised if you find it difficult to flag a rickshaw outside Bandra station. Chances are, drivers will be huddled nearby guffawing at their lives played out by seven actors who weave in a message of following road rules. Road Safety Week ends on Sunday, and the Mumbai Police have thought up a novel initiative to drive home their message. Collaborating with Ideal Drama And Entertainment Academy, they will organise street plays across important junctions. "Six hundred accidents occur every year because people don't adhere to traffic rules," says Mujeeb Khan, writer-director. At the end of the play, be ready to pledge to follow road rules.
Hear man of magic fingers play
On: Today at 6.30 pm
Where: Tata Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, NCPA Marg, Nariman Point.
Call: 22824567
Tickets: Rs 300 to Rs 1,000
What happens when two music maestros belonging to the North and South Indian classical traditions come together? Expect magic this evening when Tabla Ustad Zakir Hussain will clash in a jugalbandi with Mridangam player Karaikudi Mani. Tala Vadya Samvad will get a rhythmic dialogue going between these
masters for the first time ever, kicking off NCPA's annual multi-arts festival, Anubhuti.
Discuss your city with experts
On: Today and tomorrow
Where: Sophia College, Bhulabhai Desai Road, Grant Road.
Call: 23513280
Entry: Rs 150 (for students) and Rs 300 (for others) for both days.
At Sophia College's two-day conference that starts today, you get to indulge in discussions with academics and field experts on the portrayal of the metropolis in various mediums. Harvard University professor, post-colonial theorist and Chief Guest of the event, Homi K Bhabha, will address the participants, followed by an impressive list of speakers.
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