The TimeOut Mint Planner, 04 July 2014
From music and movies to dance and drama, there's plenty to do or experience over the coming week
OTHERS :
Bangalore
Music
Sharik Hasan Quartet
4 July
The Sharik Hasan Quartet from New York, US, will play its distinct jazz sound, which is as energetic and catchy as it is soulful and thoughtful. The group comprises Sharik Hasan on piano, Philippe Lemm on drums, Pawan Benjamin on saxophone and Marco Zenini on bass.
7pm. Alliance Française, 108, Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar (41231345). Entry, ₹ 200.
Seventh Chamber CarnaticVocal Concert
5 July
Classical music aficionados Thiagarajan Venkatesan and his wife Radha began Pranava Fine Arts to formalize the concerts they were hosting at their house. At this home concert organized by the duo, the featured artiste will be Carnatic vocalist Ashwini Satish, accompanied by Achyut Rao on violin, B.S. Prashanth on mridangam and B.S. Raghunandan on ghatam.
4pm. Pranava Fine Arts, Villa No. 37A, SJR Eastwood Layout, Harlur Road, off Sarjapur Road. For details, call 9538418888/ 9538508888.
Theatre
AHA! International Theatre For Children Festival 2014
10-20 July
The sixth edition of the festival will see productions from Israel, South Korea and, locally, from Udupi, New Delhi and Mumbai. The main aim is to initiate critical thinking among children. So there will be plays with themes such as climate change, war, love and friendship, in languages ranging from English to gibberish and, sometimes, silence.
Timings vary. Ranga Shankara, 36/2, 8th Cross, 2nd Phase, JP Nagar (26592777). For the full schedule, tickets and details, visitwww.rangashankara.org or in.bookmyshow.com.
Film
Les Chansons D’Amour (Love Songs)
9 July
6.30pm. Alliance Française, 108, Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar (41231345).
Around town
Peeling The Onion
5 July
Human resource and consulting firm Transcendix, along with book store Atta Galatta, is launching a new series of talks on management books called “Peeling The Onion". Each 2-hour session will focus on one book and the management lessons participants can glean from their reading. The first session will use Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson as reading material.
5pm. Atta Galatta, 134, KHB Colony, 5th Block, Koramangala (41600677).
Curious Scientists
6 July-8 February
This 14-session workshop, which will be conducted on Sundays by Kutoohala—A Space for Curious Minds, will incorporate concepts from physics, chemistry and biology to come up with different solutions to problems. Children aged 8-12 will be able to create electric games, engage with invisible gases and cook eggs using solar energy as part of activities that explore basic science.
10am-noon.Kutoohala—A Space for Curious Minds, 1/1, Ratnavilas Road, Basavanagudi.Fee, ₹ 5,450. For registration and details, call 9611119478 or visit www.kutoohala.in/science.
Introduction To Pottery—Your Window Into The Fascinating World Of Clay
5 July-23 August
10.30am-1pm. Clay Station Art Studios Pvt. Ltd, 1C, Second floor, 1st D Main, 14th B Cross, Sector 6, HSR Layout. Fee, ₹ 3,850 (including supplies). To register, call 9535000629 or visitwww.claystation.in.
The Extra Terrestrials
5-6 July
Performers from Ukraine, Norway, Russia, France and China will present acts like hand-balancing, juggling, umbrella twirling and acrobatics on a pole.
4pm/6pm/8pm. Phoenix MarketCity, Mahadevapura, Whitefield Main Road (40677300). Tickets, ₹ 500, ₹ 800, ₹ 1,200, ₹ 1,500 and ₹ 2,000, available onin.bookmyshow.com.
Open Up
6 July
“Radical" mime group PunchTantraa, along with comedians Praveen Kumar and Raja Sekhar, will present a “clean" show that will impart social messages with a dose of humour.
6.30pm. Rangasthala Auditorium, Rangoli, Metro Art Center, MG Road (22969265). Tickets, ₹ 200, available onin.bookmyshow.com.
TOP PICK
Music
Ahmad Jamal—Live In Concert
5 July
Born in 1930 in the US, Ahmad Jamal started playing the piano when he was three years old. In his six-decade career, the jazz pianist has composed over 60 albums and won accolades like the French government’s Order of Arts and Letters (Ordre des Arts et des Lettres), and the US’ National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship.
7pm. Chowdiah Memorial Hall, GD Park Extension, 16th Cross, Vyalikaval (23445810). Tickets, 1,000, 3,000 and 3,500, available on in.bookmyshow.com.
Chennai
Art
Cadences Of A New Dialect
5 July-2 August
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