Delhi weekend cultural calendar: Alternative rock concert, stand-up comedy shows, and more

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
ART Enactments and Each Passing Day at Kiran Nadar Museum of Art
An exhibition of video works by 15 contemporary artists including Gigi Scaria, Vivan Sundaram, Rohini Devasher and Rashid Rana. See here for more information.
When: Until Thursday, December 8. Open Tuesday to Sunday, from 10.30 am to 6.30 pm; Monday, closed.
Where: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Plot No. 3A, Sector 126, Noida. Tel: 011 4916 0000.

SHOPPING & STYLE The Delhi Bride Revisited by Wedding Asia at The Ashok

This wedding-focused shopping exhibition will feature jewellery and bridal couture by designers from across the country. Register here. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, September 9 to Sunday, September 11, from 10.30 am to 7.30 pm.
Where: The Ashok Hotel, 50-B Diplomatic Enclave, Chanakyapuri. Tel: 95607 64151.

SHOPPING & STYLE Desert Crafts Bazaar by Dastkar at Nature Bazaar
Organised by NGO Dastkar, this exhibition will feature handcrafted textiles, clothes, accessories and home decor items by the desert communities of Thar and Kutch. The entry fee is Rs 20 per person. See here for more information.
When: Until Wednesday, September 14, from 11 am to 7.30 pm.
Where: Nature Bazaar, Kisan Haat, Andheri Modh, opposite Chhattarpur Metro Station, Anuvrat Marg. Tel: 99108 02970.

THEATRE The Perfect Wedding at LTG Auditorium
Directors Akhil Vishnu Nair and Pallav Kumar of college theatre group University Gigs will jointly helm this Hinglish adaptation of Robin Hawdon’s play in which a bridegroom wakes up the morning after his bachelor party with a strange girl next to him. His bride-to-be arrives on the scene and hell breaks loose. Tickets priced at Rs 200, Rs 300 and Rs 400 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Friday, September 9 at 4.30 pm and 7.30 pm.
Where: Little Theatre Group, Auditorium, 1 Copernicus Marg, Mandi House, opposite Doordarshan Bhavan, near Connaught Place. Tel: 011 2338 9713.

FILM After the Flowers/Hana no Ato at Japan Foundation
Based on Japanese historical novelist Shuhei Fujisawa’s short story, Kenji Nakanishi’s 2010 drama After The Flowers is about the relationship between a samurai and a young woman skilled at swordsmanship. The film will be screened with English subtitles. There is no free. See here for more information.
When: Friday, September 9 at 6.30 pm.
Where: Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV. Tel: 011 2644 2967.

COMEDY Best In Stand-Up with Azeem Banatwalla + Jaspreet Singh + Mikhail Almeida at Canvas Laugh Club
Stand-up comedians Azeem Banatwalla and Mikhail Almeida from Mumbai and Jaspreet Singh from Delhi will each present sets. Tickets priced at Rs 500 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Friday, September 9, Saturday, September 10 at 7 pm and 9.30 pm, and Sunday, September 11 at 7 pm.
Where: Canvas Laugh Club, The People and Co. Premises No. 5, Building No. 8, Tower B, Cyber City, Gurgaon. Tel: 0124 414 1000.

DANCE Devadasi – The Eternal Dancer at India Habitat Centre
Choreographed by bharatanatyam exponent Jyotsna Shourie, this contemporary piece delves into the controversial lives of devadasis or temple courtesans. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, September 9 at 7 pm.
Where: The Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, near Air Force Bal Bharati School. Tel: 011 2468 2002.

MUSIC Jazz Espartano at La Bodega, The Piano Man Jazz Club and Bandstand
Jazz quartet Jazz Espartano will play sets at three different venues over the next three days. There is an entry fee of Rs 300 per person at The Piano Man Jazz Club. See the Facebook event pages here, here and here for more information.
When: Friday, September 9 at 8.30 pm at La Bodega; Saturday, September 10 at The Piano Man Jazz Club and Sunday, September 11 at 9 pm at BandStand.
Where: La Bodega, First Floor, 29-B Middle Lane, Khan Market. Tel: 011 4310 5777. The Piano Man Jazz Club, Ground Floor, B6-7/22, Safdarjung Enclave Market, opposite Deer Park, Safdarjung. Tel: 011 3310 6260. BandStand, 7, DDA Shopping Complex, Aurobindo Place, Hauz Khas Village. Tel: 90132 08104.

MUSIC Shadow and Light at The Junkyard Cafe
Capital-residing fusion music duo Shadow and Light aka Pavithra Chari and Anindo Bose will play the CP venue. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, September 9 at 8.30 pm.
Where: The Junkyard Cafe, 91, Second Floor, N Block, Connaught Place. Tel: 95999 47643.

MUSIC Fuzzculture at Raasta Hauz Khas Village
Delhi electro-rock duo Fuzzculture comprising Arsh Sharma and Srijan Mahajan will perform. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, September 9 at 9 pm.
Where: Raasta, First Floor, 30-A Hauz Khas Village. Tel: 011 4062 3028.

MUSIC Nicholson + Mistress at BandStand
Mumbai singer-songwriter Sohrab Nicholson and Delhi electronic music DJ Mistress aka Vikram Singh will each present sets at this gig programmed by website and Magnetic Fields festival organiser Wild City. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, September 9 at 9 pm.
Where: BandStand, 7, DDA Shopping Complex, Aurobindo Place, Hauz Khas Village. Tel: 90132 08104.

MUSIC Bacardi House Party with Tough On Tobacco + The Ganesh Talkies at Summer House Cafe
Alternative rock bands Tough on Tobacco from Mumbai and The Ganesh Talkies from Kolkata will perform at this gig organised to promote the upcoming Bacardi NH7 Weekender music festival in Shillong, Hyderabad and Pune. There is no entry fee. RSVP at Insider.in. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, September 9 at 9.30 pm.
Where: Summer House Café, First Floor, DDA Shopping Complex, Aurobindo Place Market, Hauz Khas. Tel: 93509 27000.

MUSIC The Grind with Tosana at Odeon Social
City-based hip-hop DJ Tosana Laisram will play a set. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, September 9 at 9.30 pm.
Where: Odeon Social, 23, Odeon Complex, D Block, Connaught Place. Tel: 011 4565 2737.

MUSIC Adam Rahman at Hive
Dubai-based electronic dance music DJ Adam Rahman will man the decks There is no entry fee; RSVP here. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, September 9 at 10 pm.
Where: Hive, S-27, Main Market, Green Park. Tel: 011 4170 6637.

MUSIC E-Clip at Kitty Su
Serbian psychedelic trance producer E-Clip aka Marko Radovanovic will play a DJ set. The entry fee of Rs 500 per person for single women and Rs 750 per couple (of any gender) can be paid in advance here. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, September 9 at 10 pm.
Where: Kitty Su, The Lalit, Barakhamba Lane, Connaught Place. Tel: 1800 11 6777.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
WORKSHOPS Baking Workshop with Purple Foodie Shaheen Peerbhai at Khoj
London-based chef Shaheen Peerbhai, who trained at Le Cordon Bleu Paris and runs the popular blog Purple Foodie, will hold four baking classes over the weekend: Tea Time Treats (Saturday at 11 am); Creative Pastry (Saturday at 4 pm); Sweet Bakes (Sunday at 11 am); and Breads and Savoury (Sunday at 4 pm). Tickets priced at Rs 4,800 and Rs 5,800 per class are being sold here. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, September 10 and Sunday, September 11 at 11 am and 4 pm.
Where: Rustom’s Cafe and Bakery, Khoj International Artists Association, S-17, Khirkee Extension. Tel: 011 6565 5873.

SHOPPING & STYLE The Sorbet Soiree at The Lodhi
This shopping bazaar will feature clothes, accessories and luxury items from over 40 labels including women’s wear by Kanika Goyal and Dhruv Kapoor and jewellery from Bijoux by Priya Chandna and Ikroop. There is no entry fee; RSVP at Insider.in. For more information, see the Facebook event page.
When: Saturday, September 10, from 11 am to 8 pm.
Where: The Lodhi Hotel, Lodhi Road, CGO Complex, Pragati Vihar. Tel: 011 4363 3333.

COMEDY Sapan Verma at Canvas Laugh Club
Mumbai-based stand-up comedian Sapan Verma will talk about the everyday struggles this generation faces in his show Obsessive Comedic Disorder. Tickets priced at Rs 500 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, September 10 at 5 pm.
Where: Canvas Laugh Club, The People and Co. Premises No. 5, Building No. 8, Tower B, Cyber City, Gurgaon. Tel: 0124 4141000.

MUSIC WORKSHOPS Scratch Workshop with DJ Skip and Kampai at BandStand
DJ Skip aka Rupesh Pant from Delhi and DJ Kampai aka Rumit Virmani from Bangalore will conduct a workshop on scratching. Turntables, on which participants can practice, will be provided. The best student will win a free month-long training session. The two DJs will play sets at the end of the workshop. There is no entry fee; to register, email bandstandhk@gmail.com. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, September 10 at 6 pm.
Where: BandStand, 7, DDA Shopping Complex, Aurobindo Place, Hauz Khas Village. Tel: 90132 08104.

TALKS ‘Getting Across’ at India International Centre
City-based writer Aman Sethi will moderate this panel discussion about the ongoing migration crisis in Europe featuring Berlin-residing journalist Mark Terkessidis and Aladin El-Mafaalani and Vaiju Naravane, who are professors at the University of Muenster and Haryana’s Ashoka University respectively. The talk is being held in conjunction with the ongoing exhibition of the same name at IIC (see Ongoing). There is no entry fee. See here for more information.
When: Saturday, September 10 at 6.30 pm.
Where: India International Centre, Seminar Rooms, Kamaladevi Complex, 40 Max Mueller Marg. Tel: 011 2461 9431.

THEATRE Meeta Ki Kahani at Akshara Theatre
Director Praveen Kumar will helm Delhi theatre group Fourth Dimension’s Meeta Ki Kahani, a Hindi drama based on Vijay Tendulkar’s play of the same name. The story centres around Meeta, a girl who has been raised among boys. Passes priced at Rs 100 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, September 10 at 6.45 pm.
Where: Akshara Theatre, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, near Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. Tel: 011 2374 2083.

BOOKS Meditations at India Habitat Centre
Book club Readers’ Break will conduct a reading and discussion of Meditations, the collection of philosophical writings by second-century Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, September 10 at 7 pm.
Where: Amaltas, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, near Air Force Bal Bharati School. Tel: 011 2468 2002.

TALKS Ramchandra Guha at India Habitat Centre
Historian and writer Ramchandra Guha will present a talk titled Eight Threats To Freedom Of Expression. There is no entry fee.
When: Saturday, September 10 at 7 pm.
Where: Gulmohar, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, near Air Force Bal Bharati School. Tel: 011 2468 2002.

THEATRE Hamlet at Shri Ram Centre
K. Madavane will direct this Hindi adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Tickets priced at Rs 300 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, September 10 at 7 pm and Sunday, September 11 at 11 am and 7 pm.
Where: Shri Ram Centre, Mandi House, 4 Safdar Hashmi Marg. Tel: 011 2373 1112.

THEATRE The Love of Don Kuka (El Amor de Don Kuka) at Instituto Cervantes
Directed by Pallav Chander and performed by Delhi theatre group White Noise Productions, this English play is an adaption of Spanish writer Federico Garcia Lorca’s The Love of Don Perlimplin and Belisa in the Garden. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, September 10 at 7 pm.
Where: Instituto Cervantes, 48 Hanuman Road, Connaught Place. Tel: 011 4368 1907.

THEATRE Chakkar Chalaaye Ghanchakkar at Kamani Auditorium
Directed by Salim Arif and adapted by Gulzar, Chakkar Chalaaye Ghanchakkar is a Hindi version of Shakespeare’s The Comedy Of Errors. See our review here. Tickets priced at Rs 300, Rs 500, Rs 750 and Rs 1,000 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, September 10 at 7.30 pm and Sunday, September 11 at 4 pm and 7.30 pm.
Where: Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, Janpath. Tel: 011 4350 3352.

MUSIC Mika Singh at Farzi Café
Punjabi pop and Hindi film playback singer Mika Singh will perform. Tickets priced at Rs 1,500 per person are being sold on Insider.in. For more information, see the Facebook event page.
When: Saturday, September 10 at 9.30 pm.
Where: Farzi Café, DLF Cyber Hub, Cyber City, Gurgaon. Tel: 88006 90419.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
FITNESS COfest at Greenr
This day-long event at vegan cafe Greenr will comprise individually-priced activities such as yoga session, workshops on raw food and skin care, and a film screening. A pop-up food and shopping bazaar will run from noon to 7 pm. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Sunday, September 11, from 8 am to 8 pm.
Where: Greenr, First Floor, 416 Shahpur Jat, Siri Fort. Tel: 81303 57334

FILM Anything You Want/Todo Lo Que Tú Quieras at Instituto Cervantes
In Achero Mañas’s Spanish film Anything You Want (2010), a lawyer has to raise his young daughter as a single parent after the sudden demise of his wife. The movie will be screened with English subtitles. There is no entry fee. See here for more information.
When: Sunday, September 11 at 4.30 pm.
Where: Instituto Cervantes, 48 Hanuman Road, Connaught Place. Tel: 011 4368 1907.

THEATRE Retro at India Habitat Centre
Based on the play of the same name by Russian writer Alexander Galin and directed by Ravi Taneja, Hindi play Retro is a comedy that deals with old age and loneliness. Tickets priced at Rs 350 and Rs 500 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com and at the IHC programmes desk.
When: Sunday, September 11 at 7.30 pm.
Where: The Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, near Airforce Bal Bharati School. Tel: 011 2468 2002.

MUSIC Faya Braz at Hauz Khas Social
French beatboxer Faya Braz will perform a gig organised by Alliance Française de Delhi. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Sunday, September 11 at 9.30 pm.
Where: Social, Third Floor, 9A and 12 Hauz Khas Village. Tel: 78386 52039.

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 Jeram Patel at Kiran Nadir Museum of Art
This retrospective of the works of artist Jeram Patel titled the dark loam: between memory and membrane focuses on paintings he made using blowtorches and crow quills. For more information, see here.
When: Until Tuesday, December 20. 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 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 Getting Across: An Exhibition on Borders at India International Centre and Vadehra Contemporary
Organised in collaboration with Max Mueller Bhavan, this group show, which is underway at India International Centre and the Vadehra Contemporary art gallery simultaneously, explores border conflicts. Among the works on display at IIC are those by German photographers Andre Lutzen and Eva Leitolf; conceptual artist Kimsooja from South Korea; and visual artists Amar Kanwar and Roman Signer, who live in Delhi and St. Gallen respectively. See here for more information. Vadehra Contemporary is showing the works of Indian conceptual artist group Raqs Media Collective; visual artists Francis Alys, Javier Tellez and Bani Abidi, who are from Belgium, Venezuela and Pakistan respectively; and Albanian painter, sculptor and photographer Adrian Paci. See here for more information.
When: Until Thursday, September 15, from 11 am to 7 pm.
Where: Main Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex, India International Centre, 40 Max Mueller Marg. Tel: 011 2461 9431. Vadehra Contemporary, D-53 Defence Colony. Tel: 011 4610 3550.

ART Revisiting Beauty at Gallery Threshold
Ten artists from India and Pakistan reinterpret the term “beauty” in this show of paintings and mixed media works. The artists include Aisha Abid Hussain, Fatima Zahra Hassan and Wardha Shabbir from Pakistan and Anindita Bhattacharya, Desmond Lazaro, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh and Nilima Sheikh from India. For more information, see the Facebook event page.
When: Until Tuesday, October 4. Open Monday to Saturday, from 11 am to 6.30 pm; Sunday, by appointment.
Where: Gallery Threshold, C221, Sarvodaya Enclave. Tel: 011 4603 7985.

These recommendations have been compiled by The Daily Pao.