Delhi weekend cultural calendar: French jazz concert, gardening workshop, and more

FRIDAY, JULY 29
DANCE Tanya Saxena at India International Centre
City-based bharatanatyam dancer Tanya Saxena, who has trained with Saroja Vaidyanathan, will perform. There is no entry fee.
When: Friday, July 29 at 6.30 pm.
Where: C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, India International Centre, 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate. Tel: 011 2461 9431.

MUSIC Legends of Tomorrow at Lok Kala Manch
Delhi-residing violinist Asghar Hussain will present a solo recital and Agra-based singing siblings Megha and Shubhra Talegaonkar will perform a jugalbandi at this instalment of Legends of Tomorrow, the series of Hindustani classical music concerts that showcases rising talent. There is no entry fee.
When: Friday, July 29 at 6.30 pm.
Where: Vasuki Auditorium, Lok Kala Manch, 20 Lodhi Institutional Area, Lodhi Road. Tel: 011 6580 6268.

COMEDY Best In Stand-Up with Raghav Mandava + Mikhail Almeida + Nishant Tanwar at Canvas Laugh Club
The stand-up comedians will each present a set. Tickets priced at Rs 500 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Friday, July 29 and Saturday, July 30 at 7 pm and 9.30 pm and Sunday, July 31 at 7 pm.
Where: Canvas Laugh Club, The People & Co, Tower 8-B, Cyber Hub, DLF Cyber City, Gurgaon. Tel: 0124 414 1000.

FILM The Smile at India Habitat Centre
Arshad Eqbal’s Urdu short film The Smile, which is based on the short story Anokhi Muskurahat by Syed Mohammed Mohsin, will be screened. There is no entry fee.
When: Friday, July 29 at 7 pm.
Where: The Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, near Air Force Bal Bharati School. Tel: 011 2468 2002.

MUSIC Bonnie Chakraborty at Depot29
Mumbai-based singer Bonnie Chakraborty will present two experimental folk-fusion concerts at the Safdarjung restaurant this weekend, ‘Songs of the Madman’ and ‘Carried By the Wind – Travellers Tales’. The cover charge is Rs 400 per person for each gig. See the Facebook event pages here and here for more information.
When: Friday, July 29 and Saturday, July 30 at 8.45 pm.
Where: Depot 29, Levels 2 and 3, B6/2 Commercial Complex, Humayunpur, Safdarjung Enclave, Safdarjung. Tel: 97174 50029.

MUSIC Electro Tonic with RaySoo + White Rabbit at BandStand
Electronic music DJs RaySoo aka Soo Sze Kim Raymond from Malaysia and Delhi’s White Rabbit aka Robbie Bergo will each play sets. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, July 29 at 9 pm.
Where: BandStand, 7, DDA Shopping Complex, Aurobindo Place, Hauz Khas Village. Tel: 90132 08104.

MUSIC EYM Trio at AntiSocial
French jazz act EYM Trio, made up of pianist Elie Dufour, double bass player Yann Phayphet and drummer Marc Michel, will perform. The entry fee is Rs 300 per person. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, July 29 at 9 pm.
Where: AntiSocial, Third Floor, 9A and 12 Hauz Khas Village. Tel: 78386 52039.

MUSIC Mrs. Ippi Madhouse at The Piano Man Jazz Club
The Delhi-based blues and R&B band, fronted by singer Mrs. Ippi aka Ipshita Roy, will play the jazz club. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, July 29 at 9 pm.
Where: The Piano Man Jazz Club, Ground Floor, B6-7/22, Safdarjung Enclave Market, opposite Deer Park, Safdarjung. Tel: 011 3310 6260.

MUSIC DJ Skip at Fio Cookhouse & Bar
Capital-residing hip hop DJ Skip aka Rupesh Pant will man the decks. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, July 29 at 9.30 pm.
Where: Fio Cookhouse and Bar, Epicuria, Nehru Place. Tel: 011 2628 1026.

SATURDAY, JULY 30
SHOPPING & STYLE Pop-up Event at TabulaBeach Café
This pop-up shopping bazaar by events website Little Black Book and online designer wear rental service Stage3 will feature wares from brands such as artisanal jewellery maker NIMAI and clutch bag label Noorani. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, July 30, from 11 am to 6 pm.
Where: TabulaBeach Café, Asiad Village, Khel Gaon Marg, near Siri Fort Auditorium. Tel: 99101 69745.

MUSIC Kedar Bodas at India International Centre
Hindustani classical music vocalist Kedar Bodas will perform a solo recital. There is no entry fee.
When: Saturday, July 30 at 6.30 pm.
Where: C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, India International Centre, 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate. Tel: 011 2461 9431.

ART Sudipta Das at Gallery Latitude 28
Assamese artist Sudipta Das’s new solo show The Surface of Memory comprises mixed media works that draw on her identity as a descendant of Bangladeshi migrants. See here for more information.
When: Preview on Saturday, July 30 at 7pm. Until Saturday, September 10. Open Monday to Saturday, from 11 am to 7 pm; Sunday, by appointment.
Where: Gallery Latitude 28, F-208, Lado Sarai. Tel: 011 4679 1111.

FILM Brief Life of Insects + Di Madre in Figlia at India Habitat Centre
Two socio-cultural documentaries will be screened. Tarun Bhartiya’s Brief Life of Insects (2015) is set among a group of farmers on the Assam-Meghalaya border who sing as they thresh paddy. Andrea Zambelli’s Di Madre in Figlia/From Mother to Daughter (2008), in Italian with English subtitles, is about the Mondine of Novi, a choir of women in which the older members are former rice weeders whose songs took shape as they worked. There is no entry fee.
When: Saturday, July 30 at 7 pm.
Where: Gulmohar, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, near Air Force Bal Bharati School. Tel: 011 2468 2002.

MUSIC TALKS Neeta Mathur at India Habitat Centre
Delhi-based singer and scholar Neeta Mathur will give a talk about on ‘Haveli Compositions in Hindustani Classical Music’. There is no entry fee.
When: Saturday, July 30 at 7 pm.
Where: Amaltas, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, near Air Force Bal Bharati School. Tel: 011 2468 2002.

THEATRE Sherlock Holmes and the Speckled Band at Akshara Theatre
Directed by Jalabala Vaidya, this play is an adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s short story The Adventure of the Speckled Band, in which a young woman approaches detective Sherlock Holmes to investigate the mysterious death of her sister on the eve of her wedding. Tickets priced at Rs 350 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, July 30 at 7 pm and Sunday, July 31 at 6 pm.
Where: Akshara Theatre, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, near Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. Tel: 011 2374 2083.

THEATRE Twelve Angry Jurors at Kamani Auditorium
Directed by Nadir Khan, this adaptation of American playwright Reginald Rose’s 1954 teleplay 12 Angry Men centres on a group of men and women debating the conviction of a slum dweller accused of murdering his father. Read the review here. Tickets priced at Rs300, Rs500, Rs750 and Rs1,000 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, July 30 at 7.30 pm and Sunday, July 31 at 4 pm and 7.30 pm.
Where: Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, Janpath. Tel: 011 4350 3352.

MUSIC Jazz Espartano at The Piano Man Jazz Club
The recently-formed jazz quartet will perform. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, July 30 at 8.45pm.
Where: The Piano Man Jazz Club, Ground Floor, B6-7/22, Safdarjung Enclave Market, opposite Deer Park, Safdarjung. Tel: 011 3310 6260.

MUSIC Anushka & Agent at Bunmanchi
The DJ duo of Anushka Menon and Smita Singh aka Agent will spin a set that’s likely to include everything from funk, disco and R&B to hip hop, house and trap. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, July 30 at 9 pm.
Where: Bunmanchi, Building M-20, M Block Market, Greater Kailash II. Tel: 011 465 7867.

MUSIC Firebeatz at Hype
Dutch house music duo Firebeatz will play the Delhi leg of their ongoing tour of India at a gig that will feature a set by their Mumbai-based counterparts Lost Stories. Entry, which is restricted to couples and single women, is free; RSVP via Insider.in. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, July 30 at 9 pm.
Where: Hype, S-1, American Plaza, Eros Hotel, Nehru Place. Tel: 011 3310 6537.

MUSIC Nghtmre at Kitty Su
American trap music DJ-producer Nghtmre aka Tyler Marenyi will take over the console. Tickets priced at Rs 500 per person for women and Rs 1,000 per person for men are being sold on Kittysu.com. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, July 30 at 10 pm.
Where: Kitty Su, The Lalit, Barakhamba Lane, Connaught Place. Tel: 1800 11 6777.

SUNDAY, JULY 31
WALKS Insect Safari at Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary
The Bombay Natural History Society’s Conservation Education Centre at the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary will conduct a tour of insect breeding sites during which they will explain how insects communicate, forage, mate and locate sites to lay eggs during the monsoon. The registration fee is Rs 350 per person. Call 011 2604 2010 to register. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Sunday, July 31 at 7.30 am.
Where: Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary, Asola.

GARDENING WORKSHOPS Planting Fresh Air: A Workshop on Indoor Air-Purifying Plants at Farm 8
This workshop, organised by gardening consultancy Edible Routes, will teach participants about the best plants to grow indoors. Tickets priced at Rs 550 per person are being sold on Insider.in. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Sunday, July 31 at 8 am.
Where: Farm 8, Aya Nagar Phase 5.

GARDENING WORKSHOPS Intro to Urban Farming at DLF Club5
Organised by gardening consultancy Edible Routes, this workshop will show participants how to grow vegetables, fruits and herbs at home. Tickets priced at Rs 850 per person are being sold on Insider.in. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Sunday, July 31 at 4 pm.
Where: DLF Club5, opposite Trinity Tower, Golf Course Road, DLF Phase 5, Sector 53, Gurgaon. Tel: 0124 494 9101.

FILM O Apóstolo at Instituto Cervantes
Fernando Cortizo’s animated horror film O Apóstolo/The Apostle (2012), in which mysterious events befall an escaped convict who travels to a desolate village to retrieve hidden loot, will be screened. The Spanish film will be shown with English subtitles. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Sunday, July 31 at 4.30 pm.
Where: Instituto Cervantes, 48 Hanuman Road, Connaught Place. Tel: 011 4368 1907.

MUSIC Afterglow at BandStand
The jazz quartet fronted by Delhi-based Japanese alto saxophonist Rie Ona will present a set. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Sunday, July 31 at 8 pm.
Where: BandStand, 7, DDA Shopping Complex, Aurobindo Place, Hauz Khas Village. Tel: 90132 08104.

MUSIC Parvati La Cantante at Depot 29
CIty-based jazz-funk vocalist Parvati M. Krishnan, who sings in English, Hindi, Spanish and Portuguese among other languages, will perform. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Sunday, July 31 at 8 pm.
Where: Depot 29, Levels 2 and 3, B6/2 Commercial Complex, Humayunpur, Safdarjung Enclave. Tel: 97174 50029.

MUSIC The Limited Experience + Kamakshi Khanna Collective at Hauz Khas Social
Delhi rock band The Limited Experience will launch their EP Epic at a gig that will also feature a set by capital-residing singer-songwriter Kamakshi Khanna and her recently formed collective. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Sunday, July 31 at 9 pm.
Where: Hauz Khas Social, 9A and 12 Hauz Khas Village. Tel: 78386 52814.

ONGOING
ART Art Collection at the British Council
This exhibition of artworks from the British Council’s collection covers “various influences in British art” over the last century, from the posters of the London Underground in the 1920s to those of the 2012 London Olympics. See here for more information.
When: Until Monday, October 10. Open Monday to Saturday, from 8 am to 8 pm; Sunday, from 9 am to 6 pm.
Where: The Gallery, British Council, Kasturba Gandhi Marg. Tel: 011 4219 9000.

ART K. G. Subramanyan at Kiran Nadar Museum of Art
An exhibition of the artist’s works titled Anatomy Lessons.
When: Until Friday, September 30. Open Tuesday to Sunday, from 10.30 am to 6.30 pm; Monday, closed.
Where: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, 145, DLF South Court Mall, Saket. Tel: 011 4916 0000.

ART Figures in Time & Space at Triveni Kala Sangam
A group show of drawings, watercolours, lithographs and woodcuts made between 1980 and 2000 by artists Jean Bhownagary, Magan Som Parmar, R. B. Bhaskaran, Vrindavan Solanki, Ajit Seal, B. R. Burman, Rabi Narayan Gupta, Gouri Vemula and Aparajita Srimani Naskar.
When: Until Wednesday, August 10. Open daily, from 11 am to 7 pm.
Where: Art Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, 205 Tansen Marg. Tel: 011 2371 9470.

ART Masks of Mexico at India International Centre
An exhibition of traditional masks in clay, stone, wood and papier mache from the southern region of Mexico.
When: Until Sunday, July 31. Open daily, from 11 am to 7 pm.
Where: Main Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex, Gate No. 1, India International Centre, 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate. Tel: 011 2461 9431.