Mumbai weekend cultural calendar: Punjabi language plays, cultural festival, and more

FRIDAY, APRIL 8
MUSIC TALKS ADE Global Sessions Seminar at Tote on the Turf
Dutch electronic dance music festival and conference ADE or Amsterdam Dance Event’s touring platform Global Sessions is in Mumbai this week in the form of a seminar and a series of showcase concerts. The three-day seminar, from Thursday, April 7 to Saturday, April 9, will feature individual presentations, panel discussions and masterclasses by Indian and international DJs, producers and industry professionals. See here for the full schedule. Tickets for the seminar, priced at Rs 3,500 per head, which also get you free entry into otherwise ticketed or invite-only showcases and parties, are being sold on Goeventz.com. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Until Saturday, April 9, from 11.30 am to 8 pm.
Where: Tote on the Turf, Gates No.5 & 6, Mahalaxmi Racecourse, Mahalaxmi. Tel: 022 6157 7777.

FOOD & DRINK CULTURE SHOPPING & STYLE Worli Festival at Worli Seaface and Mahalamxi Racecourse
In addition to food and shopping stalls, the south Mumbai neighbourhood’s three-day cultural festival will feature music performances by Delhi electronic music producer Su Real aka Suhrid Manchanda (Friday at 8.30 pm), city-based Sufi singer Kavita Seth (Saturday at 9 pm), Mumbai’s all-female fusion-pop band Indiva (Sunday at 6.25 pm) and Chandigarh electro-pop duo Hari and Sukhmani (Sunday at 6.30 pm) among several others. See here for the complete schedule. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, April 8, from 5 pm to 10 pm and Saturday, April 9 and Sunday, April 10, from 6 am to 10 pm at Worli Seaface; Saturday, April 9 and Sunday, April 10, from 4.30 pm to 10 pm at Mahalaxmi Racecourse.
Where: Promenade, Worli Seaface, Worli. Royal Western India Turf Club, Mahalaxmi Racecourse, near Mahalaxmi Railway Station, Mahalaxmi.

MUSIC TALKS Meet The Maestro: Ram Narayan at the NCPA Experimental Theatre
In this instalment of the series of interviews with veteran musicians, sitar player Arvind Parikh will be in conversation with sarangi player Ram Narayan about his career. Entry is free; seating on a first come, first served basis.
When: Friday, April 8 at 6.30 pm.
Where: Experimental Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.

MUSIC Sunburn Showcase for ADE Global Sessions at High Street Phoenix
This showcase by electronic music festival brand Sunburn, organised as part of the ongoing Mumbai edition of the Amsterdam Dance Event Global Sessions, will feature sets by city-based duos One&One aka Pranav Sanghvi and Shrey Gopani and Zenith aka Harshit Agarwal and Anirudh Jhala and newly formed trio Force, made up of Delhi’s Sartek aka Sarthack Sardana, Mumbai’s Shaan Singh and Goa’s Joshi, whose first name is Rishabh. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, April 8 at 6.30 pm.
Where: Courtyard, High Street Phoenix, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel.

MUSIC Ctrl Alt Dance Showcase for ADE Global Sessions at Ark Bar
City-residing DJ and producer Ankytrixx aka Ankit Kochar, who is the organiser of the Ctrl Alt Delete electronic dance music festival held in Goa every January, will headline this ‘And Friends’ showcase that is part of the ongoing Mumbai edition of the Amsterdam Dance Event Global Sessions. Among the 11 EDM acts that will play sets are Kolkata’s Sanjay Dutta, Bangalore-based Vinayak^A aka Vinayak Karthikayan, and Mumbai’s Jehan Johar and Beat2 aka Abhijeet Bohra. Call the venue for details of the entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, April 8 at 7 pm.
Where: Ark Bar, Courtyard by Marriott, CTS 215, opposite Sangam BIG Cinemas, Andheri-Kurla Road, Andheri (East). Tel: 022 6136 9999.

MUSIC SPORTS IPL Opening Ceremony at the NSCI Dome
American dance music trio Major Lazer and US pop singer Chris Brown will be among the performers at the opening ceremony of the 2016 edition of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament, which will also feature performances by rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh and Bollywood stars Katrina Kaif, Ranveer Singh and Jacqueline Fernandez. Tickets priced at Rs 10,000 and Rs 15,000 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Friday, April 8 at 7 pm.
Where: Dome, Sardar Vallabhbhai Stadium, National Sports Club of India, Lala Lajpatrai Marg, Worli. Tel: 022 2493 8813.

THEATRE Writers’ Bloc Festival at Prithvi Theatre
The fourth edition of the festival of original writing will conclude at Prithvi Theatre this weekend. On the bill are writer Swati Simha’s English drama Flypaper Trap about how a young girl is influenced by the language of religious fundamentalism (Friday at 7 pm and 9.30 pm); Given, Shivam Sharma’s English play in which two people, who haven’t met in eight years, have a confrontation over something that happened years ago (Saturday at 6 pm and 9 pm); and Tamil drama Mundhirikkotte by Sunanda Raghunathan in which a young boy and his mother adjust to a new place (Sunday at 6 pm and 9 pm). Tickets priced at Rs 300 per head per play are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Until Sunday, April 10.
Where: Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road, Juhu. Tel: 022 2614 9546.

CULTURE Litmus: Word Experiments in Lower Parel
This two-day multi-disciplinary festival organised by events company For Your India will have music performances, talks, dance shows and film screenings across five venues: The Barking Deer, Blue Frog, Café Zoe, Todi Mill Social and True School of Music. The events include gigs by folk-fusion rock band Neeraj Arya’s Kabir Café (Blue Frog at 7.30 pm on Friday) and ambient electronica outfit Dwam Society (True School of Music at 9.30 pm on Friday); a talk titled ‘The First Word’ by London-based writer and comics publisher Paul Gravett (Blue Frog at 10 am on Saturday); screenings of Chaitanya Tamhane’s film Court (The Barking Deer at 2 pm on Saturday) and Abhay Kumar’s documentary Placebo (The Barking Deer at 5.15 pm on Saturday); a recital by kathak dancer Gauri Sharma Tripathi (Blue Frog at 3.30 pm on Saturday) and a spoken word marathon by poets Rochelle D’Silva, Preeti Vangani, Siddharth Warrior, Isha Joshi, Imaan Surve and Jitesh Jaggi (Blue Frog at 6.15 pm on Saturday). For the complete schedule, see here. There is no entry fee.
When: Friday, April 8 from 7.30 pm and Saturday, April 9 from 10 am.
Where: For the complete list of venues, see here.

THEATRE Loretta at St. Andrew’s Auditorium
Director Sunil Shanbag English tiatr-style play light-heartedly addresses the debate around Goan identity. Rafael and his Anglo-Indian girlfriend Loretta visit his father Antonio in Goa. Loretta is keen to live in Goa but she can only stay on the condition that she learns Konkani in three months. Tickets priced at Rs 300, Rs 500, Rs 750 and Rs 1,000 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Friday, April 8 at 7.30pm and Saturday, April 9 at 4pm and 7.30 pm.
Where: St. Andrew’s Auditorium, St. Andrew’s College, St. Dominic Road, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 2640 1657.

MUSIC OML Showcase for ADE Global Sessions at Todi Mill Social
Artist management, concert production and event management company Only Much Louder will present two showcases of electronic music acts under its roster at Lower Parel bar Todi Mill Social at the ongoing Mumbai edition of the Amsterdam Dance Event Global Sessions. Goa-based Nucleya aka Udyan Sagar, Ritviz Srivastava from Pune and Sickflip aka Sarvesh Shrivastava from Mumbai will perform on Friday; and Anish Sood, who lives in Goa, Dualist Inquiry aka Sahej Bakshi from Delhi and Sandunes aka Sanaya Ardeshir from Mumbai on Saturday. Tickets priced at Rs 500 per head per gig are being sold on Insider.in here and here. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, April 8 and Saturday, April 9 at 9 pm.
Where: Todi Mill Social, #242, near Viva Centre and Cafe Zoe, Mathuradas Mill Compound, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6511 0361.

MUSIC UnMute Showcase for ADE Global Sessions at AntiSocial
The first of two showcases this weekend by Delhi-based electronic music-focused artist management company, booking agency and concert programmer UnMute for the ongoing Mumbai edition of the Amsterdam Dance Event Global Sessions will feature sets by Pune’s Big City Harmonics aka Rohan Hastak, London-based Kaos aka Rohan Chauhan, and Mumbai’s DJ Sa aka Sanket Arjunwade, Sound Avtar aka Piyush Bhatnagar and Spryk aka Tejas Nair. Call the venue for details of the entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, April 8 at 9 pm.
Where: AntiSocial, Rohan Plaza, 5th Road, near Ramee Guest Line Hotel, SV Road, Khar. Tel: 022 6522 6324.

MUSIC Krunk Showcase for ADE Global Sessions at Blue Frog
Electronic music DJs and producers, EZ Riser aka Sohail Arora and Kumail Hamid from Mumbai and Oceantied aka Ketan Bahirat from Bangalore, each of whom are on the roster of Arora’s artist management company, booking agency and programming consultancy Krunk, will play sets. Their gig is a showcase for the ongoing Mumbai edition of the Amsterdam Dance Event Global Sessions. The entry fee is Rs 500 per head. See the Facebook event page for details.
When: Friday, April 8 at 10 pm.
Where: Blue Frog, Mathuradas Mills Compound, Tulsi Pipe Road, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6158 6158.

MUSIC sLick! Showcase for ADE Global Sessions at Kitty Su
Berlin-based bird mask-wearing producer Claptone, whose identity is unknown, will headline electronic dance music-focused company sLicK!’s showcase for the ongoing Mumbai edition of the Amsterdam Dance Event Global Sessions. The gig will also feature sets by Mumbai-residing DJs Blurry Slur aka Lynston Dsouza; Orbs aka Nicky Ramnani; Bullzeye aka Siddhanth Kapoor; Jay Weather, whose real name is Jay Nayak; and Pritam J whose surname is Jangale. Tickets priced at Rs 1,500 per couple (of any gender) are being sold on Kittysu.com. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, April 8 at 10 pm.
Where: Kitty Su, The Lalit, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Road, Andheri (East). Tel: 022 6104 3145.

MUSIC The 3 Stylers at Bonobo and Asilo
The 3 Stylers, the trio made up of DJ Uri Solanki, keyboardist Karan Joseph and saxophonist Ryan Sadri will perform a mix of electro-funk, jazz and soul at two rooftop venues this weekend, Bandra bar Bonobo on Friday night and Lower Parel lounge Asilo on Sunday evening. There is no entry fee for either gig. See the Facebook event page for the Bonobo show for more information.
When: Friday, April 8 at 10 pm and Sunday, April 10 at 5 pm.
Where: Bonobo, Second Floor, Kenilworth Mall, Phase 2, off Linking Road, behind KFC, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 2605 5050. Asilo, 40th Floor, St. Regis hotel, next to the Palladium mall, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6162 8031.

SATURDAY, APRIL 9
SHOPPING & STYLE The Happy Place at Corona Garden
The shopping pop-up sale will feature clothes by labels such as Galang-Gabaan, Love The World Today and The Revival Project, bags by Earthy Roots and Kassa, shoes by Madelyn and beauty products by Island Kiss. For more details, see the Facebook event page.
When: Saturday, April 9, from 11 am to 9 pm.
Where: Corona Garden, 11 St John Baptist Road, next to Bungalow 9, Bandra (West).

SHOPPING & STYLE FOOD & DRINK The Lil Flea Hangover at High Street Phoenix
Before The Lil Flea, the recurring food and shopping bazaar, breaks for the summer and the monsoon, there will be a mini version called The Lil Flea Hangover this weekend. It will feature 40 shopping stalls including those by Boriya Basta (bags), Gentleman’s Community (men’s fashion accessories), Shuddhi Therapy (natural skin products), Sky Goodies (paper products) and The Tribe (sunglasses) and food stalls by The Playlist Pizzeria; waffles on a stick by The Waffle House; baos by Foodarto; sandwiches by Pack-a-Pav; and fruit-flavoured popsicles by Frugurpop. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, April 9 and Sunday, April 10, from 11 am to 10 pm.
Where: Courtyard, High Street Phoenix, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel.

SHOPPING & STYLE Design Cartel at The Veda Raheja Studio
At this two-day preview and sale you can shop for Merino wool and silk scarves by Meesha, an Indian brand that supplies to Bloomingdales in America, Le Bon Marche in Paris and Harvey Nichols in Hong Kong; architecture-inspired costume jewellery by Malvika Vaswani; and Western wear by fashion designer Veda Raheja. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, April 9 and Sunday, April 10, from 11 am to 7 pm.
Where: The Veda Raheja Studio, G1 La Emerade, 14th Road, opposite the Manish Malhotra Store, Khar. Tel: 96194 99463.

MUSIC The Secret Master Sessions with Arun Kashalkar at Karnataka Sangha
Hindustani classical vocalist Arun Kashalkar, whose singing style is a blend of the Agra, Gwalior and Jaipur gharanas, will perform at the first instalment of The Secret Master Sessions, a series of concerts organised by music event company First Edition Arts that will put the spotlight on artists who have a devoted but niche following. Tickets priced at Rs 200 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, April 9 at 6.30 pm.
Where: Karnataka Sangha, Dr. M. Viseshwarya Smarak Mandir, Chhatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj Marg, off T. H. Kataria Marg, Matunga (West). Tel: 022 2437 7022.

THEATRE Ishq Aaha at G5A Foundation For Contemporary Culture
Directed by Gagan Dev Riar and Sukant Goel, Ishq Aaha is a musical interpretation (in Hindi, English and Punjabi) of four Punjabi romantic epics: Heer-Ranjha, Sassi-Punnu, Mirza Sahiba and Soni-Mahiwal. Donor passes priced at Rs 350 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, April 9 and Sunday, April 10 at 7 pm on each day.
Where: G5A, Laxmi Mills Compound, off Dr. E. Moses Road, Famous Studio Lane, Mahalaxmi. Tel: 022 2490 9393.

MUSIC sLick! Afterparty for ADE Global Sessions at Blue Frog
This afterparty for the ongoing Mumbai edition of the Amsterdam Dance Event Global Sessions, which will actually begin before some of the showcases organised as part of the electronic music extravaganza, will be headlined by Norwegian DJ-producer Finnebassen aka Finn Peder Wang and will feature sets by his counterparts such as ME & Her, the Swiss duo of Phuong and Jen; and Singapore’s Mr. Has aka Hasnor Sidik, among others. The entry fee is Rs 600 per head. See the Facebook event page for details.
When: Saturday, April 9 at 7 pm.
Where: Blue Frog, Mathuradas Mills Compound, Tulsi Pipe Road, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6158 6158.

MUSIC Moniker + Eng. + Robby Banner at Cafe Nemo
Three DJs, Delhi’s Moniker aka Munbir Chawla of music website Wild City, Mumbai’s Eng. aka Kunal Lodhia of artists collective Wetheppl and Bangalore’s Robby Banner, will spin a mix of Afrobeat and Afrohouse. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, April 9 at 9 pm.
Where: Cafe Nemo, 329/A, Thadani House, opposite Indian Coast Guard, Worli Village, Worli. Tel: 022 2437 9841.

MUSIC UnMute Showcase for ADE Global Sessions at Ark Bar
Delhi-based electronic music-focused artist management company, booking agency and concert programmer UnMute’s second showcase this weekend for the ongoing Mumbai edition of the Amsterdam Dance Event Global Sessions will comprise sets by Delhi’s Arjun Vagale and Kohra aka Madhav Shorey; Bangalore’s Praveen Achary and Audio Units, the duo of Ashwin and Ashrith Babu Rao; and Pune pair Oozeundat aka Roan Sable and Sidhant Naren. Call the venue for details of the entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, April 9 at 9 pm.
Where: Ark Bar, Courtyard by Marriott, CTS 215, opposite Sangam BIG Cinemas, Andheri-Kurla Road, Andheri (East). Tel: 022 6136 9999.

MUSIC Madboy at Bonobo
Mumbai electro-pop duo Madboy/Mink’s Madboy aka singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Imaad Shah will launch and play tracks from his debut solo EP Boy. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, April 9 at 10 pm.
Where: Bonobo, Second Floor, Kenilworth Mall, Phase 2, off Linking Road, behind KFC, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 2605 5050.

MUSIC OWSLA Showcase for ADE Global Sessions at Kitty Su
American electronic music label OWSLA’s showcase for the ongoing Mumbai edition of the Amsterdam Dance Event Global Sessions will be made up of sets by three DJ-producers, Australia’s What So Not aka Emoh Instead aka Chris Emerson; Holland’s Wiwek Mahab and the US’s Kill The Noise aka Jake Stanczak. Tickets priced at Rs 500 per head for single women and at Rs 1,500 per couple (of any gender) are being sold on Kittysu.com. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, April 9 at 10 pm.
Where: Kitty Su, The Lalit, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Road, Andheri (East). Tel: 022 6104 3145.

SUNDAY, APRIL 10
WALKS Bhuleshwar Bhulbhulaiya by Khaki Tours
This walk through Bhuleshwar conducted by Khaki Tours will cover such landmarks as the sun temple, Bhuleshwar temple, a sea goddess shrine and papad galli. Tickets priced at Rs 500 per head are being sold on Insider.in. For more details, see the Facebook event page.
When: Sunday, April 10 at 7.30 am.
Where: The meeting point is outside Shiv Sagar restaurant at CP Tank.

EVENTS FOR KIDS ‘Weaving Tales’ with Katie Bagli at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
Writer Katie Bagli will conduct a storytelling workshop for kids between the ages of nine and 14 as part of which she will take participants on a tour of the museum. Tickets priced at Rs 500 per head are being sold on MyCity4Kids.com.
When: Sunday, April 10 at 10.30 am.
Where: Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Rani Baug, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Road, Byculla. Tel: 022 2373 1234.

THEATRE The Government Inspector at the NCPA Experimental Theatre
In director Akarsh Khurana’s adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s play of the same name, a group of actors staging a play about corrupt officials learns that a government inspector is being sent to their village to investigate its affairs. Tickets priced at Rs 200 and Rs 300 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Sunday, April 10 at noon.
Where: Experimental Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.

FOOD & DRINK Table Rhapsody’s Bengali New Year Lunch in Bandra
The next edition of Table Rhapsody, the series of pop-up meals catered by home cooks Roshni Sen and Tara Kapur, will be a lunch spread to mark Poila Baisakh, the Bengali New Year. The menu will feature cholar dal, begun bhaja, chorchori (mixed vegetable), kosha mangsho and pulao, chingri malai curry and bhapa doi. The meal is priced at Rs 1,600 per head. To reserve a seat, call 98673 62012 or 98200 06440. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Sunday, April 10 at 12.30 pm.
Where: Bandra; the complete address will be provided to those who register.

MUSIC REProduce Listening Room at St. Jude Bakery
Delhi-based music company REProduce will host the second Mumbai instalment of their gig series Listening Room, which will comprise sets by producers such as Mumbai’s United Machines aka Himanshu Pandey, Animal Factory aka Aditya Nandwana and Sanaya Ardeshir; Delhi’s Jamblu aka Kartik Pillai, who will collaborate with Mumbai harpist Nush Lewis; Anupal Adhikary, who is one-half of Kolkata duo Jessop&Co., Sister aka Ruhail Kaizer from Leh; and 5Volts aka Varun Desai from Kolkata and Fuzzy Logic aka Arfaaz Kagalwala from Mumbai, who will present a joint performance. Donor passes priced at Rs 300 per head will be available at the venue. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Sunday, April 10 at 3 pm.
Where: St. Jude Bakery, near Birdsong Cafe, behind A1 Bakery, Waroda Road, off Hill Road, Bandra (West).

FILM Amadeus at The Barking Deer
Milos Forman’s Oscar-winning 1984 film on Mozart will shown by Project O, a group that organises movie screenings. Tickets priced at Rs 300 per head, which entitle you to one house beer or mocktail, are being sold on Insider.in. For more details, see the Facebook event page.
When: Sunday, April 10 at 4 pm.
Where: The Barking Deer, Mathuradas Mill Compound, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6141 7400.

MUSIC Goa Gil at Blue Frog
India-based American psychedelic trance pioneer Goa Gil aka Gilbert Levey will play the Lower Parel club. The entry fee is Rs 1,200 per head until 7 pm; Rs 1,500 per head between 7 pm and 10 pm; and Rs 2,000 per head after 10 pm. See the Facebook event page for details.
When: Sunday, April 10 at 5 pm.
Where: Blue Frog, Mathuradas Mills Compound, Tulsi Pipe Road, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6158 6158.

TALKS Sudipta Maiti at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
Sudipta Maiti, a professor of chemical sciences at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, will discuss his work in the fields of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases and how scientific discoveries are often made by taking leaps of imagination. The event, which is part of arts organisation Junoon’s Mumbai Local series of talks, is free. Attendees will, however, have to pay museum entrance charges. Tickets for Indians are priced at Rs 10 per head for adults and Rs 5 per head for children below the age of 13, and tickets for foreigners are priced at Rs 100 per head for adults and Rs 50 per head for children below the age of 13. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Sunday, April 10 at 5 pm.
Where: Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Rani Baug, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Road, Byculla. Tel: 022 2373 1234.

THEATRE Barff at the NCPA Jamshed Bhabha Theatre
Written and directed by Saurabh Shukla, this Hindi thriller is set in Kashmir. Dr. Siddharth Kaul accompanies Gulam Rasool to his village to treat his ailing son. When they reach the village, Kaul realises that the Rasools are the village’s only inhabitants. Tickets priced at Rs 200, Rs 400, Rs 600, Rs 800, Rs 1,000, Rs 1,200 and Rs 1,500 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Sunday, April 10 at 6 pm.
Where: Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.

THEATRE A Friend’s Story at the NCPA Experimental Theatre
Akash Khurana will direct this English version of Vijay Tendulkar’s landmark 1981 Marathi play Mitrachi Goshta. The story hinges on the romantic relationship between two college students, Mitra and Nama, which is complicated by Nama’s boyfriend Dalvi. Nama frustrates Mitra by carrying on with Dalvi despite their regular sexual liaisons. Eventually Nama marries another man, driving Mitra to suicide. Tickets priced at Rs 200 and Rs 300 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Sunday, April 10 at 7 pm.
Where: Experimental Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.

ONGOING
ART Ravi Joshi at The Loft
Ahmedabad-based artist Ravi Joshi’s show titled Field features over 100 small-format landscapes and portraits.
When: Until Saturday, April 30. Open Monday to Saturday, from 10.30 am to 6.30 pm; Sunday, open by appointment.
Where: The Loft, Mathuradas Mill Compound, Tulsi Pipe Road, near Blue Frog, Lower Parel. Tel: 97694 57917.

ART Abraham George at Gallery Maskara
Mumbai-based artist Abraham George’s solo show animal.spirit.algorithm is a series of prints suggestive of “everything from architectural layouts to punch cards and circuit boards but also evoke older ordering systems like maps, tables, icons and totems”. The show includes video works such as ‘Shop Window’, which “follows the breakdown of perceptually continuous images into discrete blocks of information”.
When: Until Thursday, April 14. Open Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 am to 7 pm; Sunday and Monday, closed.
Where: Gallery Maskara, 6/7 Third Pasta Lane, Colaba. Tel: 022 2202 3056.

ART Dhruva Mistry at Jhaveri Contemporary
Baroda-based artist Dhruva Mistry’s new solo show The Human Abstract includes sculptures in fibreglass and bronze, paintings in pastels and gilded plaster reliefs.
When: Until Saturday, May 7. Open Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 am to 6 pm; Sunday and Monday, closed.
Where: Jhaveri Contemporary, 2, Krishna Niwas, 58A Walkeshwar Road. Tel: 022 2369 3639.

ART Feedback Loop at Tarq
A group show featuring eight emerging artists, Starlyn D’Souza, Madhavi Gore, P. S. Jalaja, Nirmal Kulkarni, Violeta Lisboa, Romain Loustau, Lavanya Mani and Atish Saha, this exhibition will feature photography, paintings, sculptures and performances based on ‘various circuits of cause and effect’. For more information, see the gallery Facebook page.
When: Until Saturday, April 23. Open Monday to Saturday, from 11 am to 6 pm; Sunday, closed.
Where: Tarq, F35/36, Dhanraj Mahal, Apollo Bunder, Colaba. Tel: 022 6615 0424.

ART Desmond Lazaro at Chemould Prescott Road
The In-coming Passengers, Pondicherry-based artist Desmond Lazaro’s solo show, is a series of drawings, texts and video works about the migratory history of his family. Lazaro was born in Leeds in the UK to an Anglo-Indian family. His grandparents had immigrated there from Burma and his great-grandfather lived in Madras in the nineteenth-century. See the gallery’s Facebook page for more information.
When: Until Saturday, April 16. Open Monday to Saturday, from 11 am to 7 pm; Sunday, closed.
Where: Chemould Prescott Road, Queens Mansion, Third Floor, G. Talwatkar Marg, near Cathedral School, Fort. Tel: 022 2200 0211.

ART Hemali Bhuta at Project 88
A number of works in Baroda-based artist Hemali Bhuta’s solo show Measure of a Foot have been made by dismantling installations that were part of an earlier exhibition titled Point-Shift and Quoted Objects. The show suggests “that these works of art, and the matter they contain, belong to a continuum. Lying on the ground, they are future memorials to their former selves”. For more information, see the Facebook event page.
When: Until Saturday, April 16. Open Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 am to 7 pm; Sunday and Monday, closed.
Where: Project 88, BMP Building, Narayan A. Sawant Marg, near Colaba Fire Station, Colaba. Tel: 022 2281 0066.

ART Lekha Washington at Sakshi Gallery
Mumbai artist Lekha Washington’s first solo show The Collective Noun or A Pound of Flesh and Suchlike is a set of installations, mixed media works and videos that explores “our relationship with ourselves, our bodies and our worlds”.
When: Until Friday, April 15. Open Monday to Saturday, from 11 am to 6 pm; Sunday, closed.
Where: Sakshi Gallery, 6/19, Second Floor, Grants Building, Arthur Bunder Road, Colaba. Tel: 022 6610 3424.

ART Mysteries of the Organism at Akara Art
The new Colaba gallery’s first show has portraits and studies of the body by modern and contemporary Indian artists such as Amrita Sher-Gil, Manjit Bawa, Atul Dodiya, Justin Ponmany and Raqib Shaw. For more information, see the gallery’s Facebook page.
When: Until Friday, April 15. Open Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 am to 6.30 pm; Sunday and Monday, closed.
Where: Akara Art, 4/5, Churchill Chambers, 32 Mereweather Road, Colaba. Tel: 022 2202 5550.

ART Sachin Bonde at Clark House Initiative
Mumbai artist Sachin Bonde’s solo show Soil Oil hinges on the politics of oil production. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Until Sunday, May 15. Open daily, from 11 am to 7 pm.
Where: Clark House Initiative, Ground Floor, Clark House, 8 Nathalal Parekh Marg (Old Wodehouse Road), opposite Sahakari Bhandar, near Woodside Inn, in the lane opposite Regal Cinema, Colaba. Tel: 98202 13816.

ART The Art of Santiniketan at DAG Modern
An exhibition of paintings by artists Rabindranath Tagore, Ramkinkar Baij, Nandalal Bose and Benode Behari Mukherjee that explores the development of modernism in Santiniketan.
When: Until Tuesday, May 31. Open Monday to Saturday, 11 am to 7 pm; Sunday, closed.
Where: DAG Modern, 58 V. B. Gandhi Marg, Kala Ghoda, Fort. Tel: 022 4922 2700.

ART Raja Ravi Varma at the Piramal Museum of Art
An exhibition of works by the nineteenth-century painter titled Pages of a Mind, Raja Ravi Varma: Life and Expressions.
When: Until Saturday, April 30. Open Monday to Friday, from 3 pm to 9 pm and Saturday and Sunday, from 10 am to 10 pm.
Where: Piramal Museum of Art, Piramal Tower, B Wing, Ground Floor, Peninsula Corporate Park, G. K. Marg, Lower Parel.