Mumbai weekend cultural calendar: Lavani performance, alternative rock concert, and more

FRIDAY, APRIL 29
ART Ravi Joshi at The Loft
Ahmedabad-based artist Ravi Joshi’s solo show 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 Indian Cancer Society Exhibition at Cymroza Art Gallery
This fund-raising art exhibition and sale organised by the Indian Cancer Society will feature works by MF Hussain, Akbar Padamsee and Anjolie Ela Menon among others.
When: Until Saturday, April 30. Open daily, from 11 am to 7 pm.
Where: Cymroza Art Gallery, diagonally opposite Amarsons, 72 Bhulabhai Desai Road. Tel: 022 2367 1983.

ART Neha Choksi at Project 88
The artist’s new show Save the translation for later is a series of woodcuts and a video projection of her performance for the exhibition. For more details, visit Project88.in.
When: Until Sunday, June 5. 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 Sameer Kulavoor at Artisans’
City-based visual artist Sameer Kulavoor’s first solo exhibition Please Have A Seat is a set of 18 drawings selected from his sketchbooks, dating back to 2012. The artist will conduct a walkthrough of the show on Saturday at 6.30 pm. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Until Saturday, April 30. Open Monday to Saturday, from 11 am to 7 pm; Sunday, closed.
Where: Artisans’, VB Gandhi Marg, near Rhythm House, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2267 3040.

SHOPPING & STYLE Sublime Summer Pop-up Sale at Up In The Air
Sublime Factory, a new online marketplace for cosmetics, is hosting a two-day pop-up sale of beauty products including such brands as Spa Ceylon from Sri Lanka, Milk and Co. from Australia, Osmium For Men from the UK and Be The Solution from India.
When: Friday, April 29 and Saturday, April 30, from 11 am to 8 pm
Where: Up In The Air, Ador House, Third Floor, 6 K. Dubash Marg, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 98701 43904.

PHOTOGRAPHY The Deepak Puri Collection: Legacy of Photojournalism at Tarq
This exhibition, put together by Bangalore gallery Tasveer and the Museum of Art and Photography (MAP), an institution being built in that city, comprises 50 images by 30 photographers. The works have been selected from The Deepak Puri Collection: Legacy of Photojournalism, a set of over 150 images donated to MAP by Puri, the former photo editor of Time-Life News Service’s south Asia bureau. The photos on display include those by such major lensmen as Raghu Rai and Prashant Panjiar from India, Sebastião Salgado from Brazil and James Nachtwey from the US. See here for a preview.
When: Until Thursday, May 26. 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.

SHOPPING & STYLE Final Day of Shopping at Bombay Electric
Colaba’s iconic decade-old multi-label fashion store Bombay Electric will operate for a final day before it shuts and relocates to London. The online store Bombayelectric.in (which offers free shipping for all purchases within India) will continue to operate.
When: Friday, April 29, from 11 am to 9 pm.
Where: Bombay Electric, 1, Reay House, BEST Marg, near Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Apollo Bunder, Colaba. Tel: 022 2287 6276.

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.

DANCE Sindhu: Celebrating Dance at the NCPA Tata Theatre + Ravindra Natya Mandir + Kashinath Ghanekar Sabagruha
This three-day festival of Indian classical dance, organised by Vaibhav Arekar and Sushant Jadhav of the company Sankhya, will be held at three venues across the city. Kathak exponent Aditi Mangaldas and bharatanatyam dancer Vaibhav Arekar and Sankhya will stage solo and group recitals respectively at the National Centre for the Performing Arts’s Tata Theatre on Friday, from 6.30 pm. Tickets priced at Rs200, Rs 360, Rs 460 and Rs 600 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.

Odissi dancer Aruna Mohanty and group will perform at the Ravindra Natya Mandir on Saturday at 6.30 pm. Her recital will be followed by a trio presentation by Daksha Mashruwala, Uma Dogra and Vaibhav Arekar, who are veteran Odissi, kathak and bharatanatyam performers. Tickets are priced Rs 250 and Rs 350 per head. The event will close at the Kashinath Ghanekar Sabagruha in Thane on Sunday, when from 8 pm, Odissi dancer Shashwati Gorai and the bharatanatyam duo of Renjith Babu and Vijna Vasudevan will perform. Tickets are priced at Rs 250 per head. Call 98209 84699 between 10 am and 6 pm to book tickets for the Saturday and Sunday shows.
When: Friday, April 29 and Saturday, April 30 at 6.30 pm and Sunday, May 1 at 8 pm.
Where: Tata Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, NCPA Marg, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567. Ravindra Natya Mandir, behind Siddhivinayak Temple, Prabhadevi. Tel: 022 2436 5990. Kashinath Ghanekar Sabagruha, Hiranandani Meadows, Ghodbunder Road, Pawar Nagar, Thane (West). Tel: 022 2173 2525.

MUSIC Awestrung with Zero + The Lightyears Explode + Blakc at High Street Phoenix
Mumbai alternative rock band Zero will headline this month’s instalment of High Street Phoenix’s Awestrung gig series, which will also feature sets by two other city-based acts, pop-punk trio The Lightyears Explode and hard rock group Blakc. Entry is free and via registration on Insider.in. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, April 29 at 6.30 pm.
Where: Courtyard, High Street Phoenix, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel.

TALKS DANCE ’Body Politics: Deconstructing the Male Gaze in the Visual, Literary and Performative Arts’ at the Piramal Museum Of Art
Visual artist Sharmistha Ray and writer Rosalyn D’Mello will discuss ideas of sexuality in the arts. The talk will be followed by a sangeet bari lavani performance by Shakuntalabai Nagarkar and Sunita Dhondraikar. The performance has been written by Bhushan Korgaonkar and directed by Savitri Medhatul. There is no entry fee. To attend, email info@art-x.co. For more details, see the Facebook event page.
When: Friday, April 29 at 7 pm.
Where: Piramal Museum of Art, Piramal Tower, B Wing, Ground Floor, Peninsula Corporate Park, GK Marg, Lower Parel.

THEATRE Ananda: Festival Of Hindi Plays at the National Centre for the Performing Arts
This year’s edition of the National Centre for the Performing Arts’s annual Hindi drama festival will feature four plays. Directed by Sarita Hussain, Surajmukhi aur Hamlet is based on Jean Anouilh’s absurdist drama Episode in the Life of an Author in which a couple arguing in their study are visited by a stream of people including an ex-soldier, two plumbers and a journalist (on Friday at 7 pm at the Experimental Theatre). Tickets priced at Rs 200, Rs 250 and Rs 300 per head are being sold here. Jay Merchant’s Hazaron Khwab Roshan Hai, which will be performed by 24 school students from Ahmedabad, is about the pressures faced by the youth of today (on Saturday at 5 pm at the Godrej Dance Theatre). Tickets priced at Rs 200 per head are being sold on here.

In Atul Mathur’s Beewion ka Madarsa, Haneef Mohammed, a dedicated bachelor for years, decides to raise a six-year-old kid to be his future wife (on Saturday at 7 pm at the Experimental Theatre). Tickets priced at Rs 200, Rs 250 and Rs 300 per head are being sold on here. Nadira Zaheer Babbar’s Murkhapoor is set in a village suffering a curse that turns citizens into fools (on Sunday at 7 pm at the Experimental Theatre). Tickets priced at Rs 200, Rs 250 and Rs 300 per head are being sold on here. For more details, visit Ncpamumbai.com.
When: Friday, April 29 to Sunday, May 1.
Where: National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.

THEATRE Shakkar Ke Paanch Daane at Prithvi Theatre
In writer-director Manav Kaul’s long-running Hindi play starring Kumud Mishra, a poet meditates on his uneventful life in the village and the five people who made a difference to him ‒ his mother, her poet brother Pundaleek, his school friend Raghu, an old man called Radhey and “truckwala dost”. Tickets priced at Rs 200 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Friday, April 29 at 7 pm and 9 pm.
Where: Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road, Juhu. Tel: 022 2614 5917.

FILM Short Film Night at The Pantry
Three short films will be shown at Kala Ghoda restaurant The Pantry: Richa Agrawal’s Shikaayat, in Hindi, is about domestic violence. Sandeep Modi’s Beellori, in Marathi, is about the relationship between a young boy and his family; and Rock in the Road, an English film by animation students of Southern Adventist University in the US, is about a king who decides to put his lazy subjects to a test. There is no entry fee. For more information, see the Facebook event page.
When: Friday, April 29 at 8 pm.
Where: The Pantry, Yeshwant Chambers, Ground Floor, Military Square Lane, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2267 8901.

COMEDY Aditi Mittal + Vipul Goyal + Vikamjit Singh at Canvas Laugh Club
Popular stand-up comedians Aditi Mittal, Vipul Goyal and Vikamjit Singh will each present a set. Tickets priced at Rs 750 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Friday, April 29 and Sunday, May 1 at 8.30 pm. Saturday, April 30 at 8.30 pm and 10.30 pm.
Where: Canvas Laugh Club, Palladium Mall, Third Floor, Phoenix Mills, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel. Tel: 90046 03115.

DANCE The Jugnee Indo-Contemporary Dance Festival
The second edition of this contemporary dance festival organised by choreographer Terence Lewis will feature three performances. Emerging Artists: Past and Present, on Friday at 9 pm at Navinbhai Thakkar Auditorium, will comprise short presentations by finalists for the festival’s Emerging Artists Award as well as the 2015 winner Rahul Goswami. Tickets priced at Rs 500 per head are being sold here. Meidhwani, on Saturday at 7.30 pm at Sophia Bhabha Hall, is a piece by Attakalari, the contemporary dance centre in Bangalore. Tickets priced at Rs 500 per head are being sold here. The Kamshet Project, on Sunday at 7.30 pm at St. Andrew’s Auditorium, is an experimental piece by a group of dancers choreographed by Terence Lewis. Tickets priced at Rs 500 per head are being sold here. For more details, call 70459 44890 or visit Jugnee.com.
When: Friday, April 29 to Sunday, May 1.
Where: Navinbhai Thakkar Auditorium, 440 N. P. Thakkar Road, Vile Parle (East). Tel: 022 2612 5995. Sophia Bhabha Hall, Sophia College, Bhulabhai Desai Road, Breach Candy. Tel: 022 2353 8550. St. Andrew’s Auditorium, St. Andrew’s College, St. Dominic Road, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 2640 1657.

MUSIC Curtain Blue + Sid Vashi at Bonobo
Music website and organiser of the Magnetic Fields festival Wild City will present this gig of sets by Delhi’s Curtain Blue, the solo electronica project of alternative rock band The Circus’s vocalist Abhishek Bhatia, and Mumbai electronic music DJ-producer Sid Vashi. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, April 29 at 9 pm.
Where: Bonobo, Second Floor, Kenilworth Mall, Phase 2, off Linking Road, behind KFC, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 2605 5050.

MUSIC Anniversary Celebrations at Kitty Su
The Andheri nightclub is celebrating its first anniversary with a series of electronic dance music gigs through the weekend. On Friday, UK-based genre-hopping DJ Christina Novelli will take over the console in the main room while her French hip hop counterpart Kiss, whose first name is Olivier, will play the club’s VIP area The List. The entry fee is Rs 1,500 per couple (of any gender); tickets are being sold here. See the Facebook event page for more information. Veteran English EDM producer Michael Woods will man the decks on Saturday. The entry fee is Rs 500 per head for single women and Rs 1,500 per couple (of any gender); tickets are being sold here. See the Facebook event page for more information. A poolside party, from noon on Sunday, will feature sets by rapper Shah RuLe aka Rahul Shahani and model and actor turned tech-house DJ Zulfi Syed. The entry fee is Rs 1,000 per head and Rs 1,500 per couple (of any gender); call the venue to book a spot.
When: Friday, April 29 and Saturday April 30 at 10 pm; Sunday, May 1 at noon.
Where: Kitty Su, The Lalit, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Road, Andheri (East). Tel: 022 6104 3145.

SATURDAY, APRIL 30
BOARD GAMES International TableTop Day Celebrations at YWCA
Table Top India, a group of board game enthusiasts, will celebrate the fourth International TableTop Day with a day-long event. Among the activities will be a Catan tournament (open to those above the age of 12) and a 12-hour board-gaming marathon of such games as El Grande, Mission Red Planet and Agricola (open to those above the age of 14). Tickets priced at Rs 400 and Rs 500 per head are being sold on Meraevents.com. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, April 30, from 10 am to 10 pm.
Where: YWCA International Centre, 18 Madame Cama Road, next to St. Anne’s School, opposite the National Gallery of Modern Art, Colaba.

TALKS ’How Social Media Has Transformed Storytelling’ at Express Towers
Hacks/Hackers, a global collective of people interested in the intersection between news and technology, will host this talk about the strategies, tools and technology “newsrooms need to be able to stay on top of their social media game”. The speakers will include editors and writers from such organisations as The Indian Express and The Hindu, fashion blog Style Fiesta and recently-launched website Arre.co.in. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, April 30 at 3 pm.
Where: Indian Express Gallery, Express Towers, Nariman Point.

MUSIC International Jazz Day at Blue Frog
This annual celebration of the genre helmed by keyboardist Louis Banks will feature performances of classics by veterans and contemporary stars of India’s jazz scene including singers Gary Lawyer and Joe Alvares and guitarists Dhruv Ghanekar and Sanjay Divecha. Entry is free until 10 pm, after which there is a cover charge of Rs 500 per head. See here for the full line-up and more information.
When: Saturday, April 30 at 7.30 pm.
Where: Blue Frog, Mathuradas Mills Compound, Tulsi Pipe Road, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6158 6158.

MUSIC BLOT + Hans Seance at AntiSocial
Delhi "mixed media" electronic music duo BLOT or Basic Love of Things will play the Khar basement venue. The gig will be opened by Mumbai EDM DJ-producer Hans Seance aka Hansel Soans. The entry fee is Rs 300 per head. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, April 30 at 9 pm.
Where: AntiSocial, Rohan Plaza, 5th Road, near Ramee Guest Line Hotel, S. V. Road, Khar. Tel: 022 6522 6324.

MUSIC #StrictlyGarage with Zed Bias + Sandunes at Bonobo
British garage DJ-producer Zed Bias whose real name is Dave Jones will perform at the Bandra bar. The gig, organised by artist and event management company Krunk, will also feature a set by Mumbai electronica act Sandunes aka Sanaya Ardeshir. The entry fee is Rs 300 per head. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, April 30 at 10 pm.
Where: Bonobo, Second Floor, Kenilworth Mall, Phase 2, off Linking Road, behind KFC, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 2605 5050.

MUSIC Joshi at MasalaBar
Goa-based house music DJ and producer Joshi, whose first name is Rishabh, will spin a set. There is no entry fee.
When: Saturday, April 30 at 10.30 pm.
Where: MasalaBar, First Floor, Gagangiri Apartments, above Cafe Coffee Day, Carter Road, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 6770 1793.

SUNDAY, MAY 1
MUSIC Pratahswar with Lakshay Mohan and Aayush Mohan at Ravindra Natya Mandir
Delhi-residing siblings, sitar player Lakshay Mohan and sarod player Aayush Mohan will perform a jugalbandi (duet) at this month’s edition of Pratahswar, the series of dawn-time Hindustani classical music concerts of morning ragas organised by event company Pancham Nishad. There is no entry fee; seating is on a first come, first served basis.
When: Sunday, May 1 at 6.30 am.
Where: Ravindra Natya Mandir, behind Siddhivinayak Temple, Prabhadevi. Tel: 022 2436 5990.

OUTDOORS Sanctuary Asia’s Family Day at Sanjay Gandhi National Park
To mark Earth Day, which was celebrated on April 22, Sanctuary Asia is organising a Family Day at Sanjay Gandhi National Park that will include a drive up to the Upper Kanheri Trail, a two-hour trek and clean-up of the park. Participants are advised to carpool. The entrance, vehicle and Nature Information Centre fees are Rs 44, Rs 150 and Rs 200 per head. To register, email valmi@sanctuaryasia.com or mallika@sanctuaryasia.com or call 022 2301 6850. See here for more information.
When: Sunday, May 1, from 7.30 am.
Where: Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Borivali (East).

OUTDOORS Weigh Anchor - The Mumbai Sailing Tour
Travel company Raconteur Walks will conduct a sailing tour of the Mumbai harbour on a Seabird-class sailboat. Tickets priced at Rs 1,500 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com. For more information, email mumbai@raconteurtours.com or call 97691 87580.
When: Sunday, May 1 at 4 pm.
Where: Jetty Number 5, Apollo Bunder Road, opposite Taj Mahal Hotel, Colaba.

ONGOING
EVENTS FOR KIDS THEATRE Summertime at Prithvi Theatre
Prithvi Theatre’s annual series of workshops and plays for children will feature 31 plays and 20 workshops this year. For the complete schedules, see here and here. To sign up for workshops and details of prices, visit the box office.
When: Until Saturday, June 4.
Where: Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road, Juhu. Tel: 022 2614 9546.

FILM PHOTOGRAPHY Silver Magic: Vintage Photographs of the Golden Age of Hindi Cinema at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
An exhibition of photographer Jethalal H. Thakker’s film stills and portraits of Hindi movie actors from the 1950s and ’60s. For more details, see here. 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.
When: Until Tuesday, May 31. Open Thursday to Tuesday, from 10 am to 5.30 pm; Wednesday, closed.
Where: Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Kamalnayan Bajaj Gallery, Rani Baug, Dr BR Ambedkar Road, Byculla. Tel: 022 2373 1234.

ART Dhruva Mistry at Jhaveri Contemporary
Baroda-based artist Dhruva Mistry’s 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 Prabhakar Pachpute at the National Gallery Of Modern Art
Artist Prabhakar Pachpute’s new solo show of wall drawings and sculpture titled no, it wasn’t the locust cloud deals with mining in India and initiatives such as afforestation and collective farming by a group of poets in his hometown Chandrapur. Tickets are priced at Rs 20 per head for Indians and Rs 500 per head for foreign nationals. There is no entry fee for children studying in school up to class 12.
When: Until Sunday, May 15. Open Tuesday to Sunday, from 11 am to 6 pm; Monday, closed.
Where: National Gallery of Modern Art, Madam Cama Road, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2288 1969.

ART Sachin Bonde at Clark House Initiative
Mumbai artist Sachin Bonde’s solo show Soil Oil hinges on the politics of oil production. See here for a review and 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 VB Gandhi Marg, Kala Ghoda, Fort. Tel: 022 4922 2700.

EXHIBITION ’Without Walls: An Investigation Into The Lives Of Mumbai’s Homeless Families’ at Studio X
Organised by Studio X and soon-to-be-launched website Megapolis India, this exhibition will use “multimedia, photography and mapping to interrogate three key aspects of homelessness: lived experiences of Mumbai’s homeless women; livelihoods and the dignity of labour; and the physical space and its relationship to the infrastructure of the city”. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Until Friday, May 13. Open Monday to Friday, from 11 am to 6.30 pm; Saturday and Sunday, closed.
Where: Studio X, Kitab Mahal, Fourth Floor, 192 Dadabhai Naoroji Road, Fort. Tel: 98204 01836.

FOOD & DRINK Restaurant Week India
A total of 26 restaurants will offer prix fixe meals during the 12th edition of Restaurant Week India, organised by Desi Restaurant Week Events. Participating establishments include By The Mekong at the St. Regis in Lower Parel, China House at the Grand Hyatt in Santa Cruz East, Jyran at the Sofitel, NRI and Yauatcha in Bandra Kurla Complex, Ruka in Juhu and The Sassy Spoon in Nariman Point. Lunch is priced at Rs 1,000 per person and dinner at Rs 1,300 per person (excluding taxes). For the complete list of restaurants and to make a reservation, see here.
When: Until Sunday, May 1.
Where: See here for the complete list of restaurants.