An Evening of Storytelling with Kathalaya

Travel through stories to faraway lands and times as storytellers from Kathalaya and Germany dive into their treasure trove of stories and regale you with tales from afar. Come and enjoy an evening of storytelling as three renowned story performers entertain you for over an hour with stories. Families, students, teachers and children above 6 years - All are invited.

Storytellers: Martin Ellrodt, Dirk Nowakowski, Geetha Ramanujam.

March 03- 6pm - Max Muller Bhavan, Indira Nagar.

• Contact Phone + 91 80 2520 5305/06/07/08-203
• Contact Email arts@bangalore.goethe.org

Bowl a Thon 2012

Have you bowled and been applauded because you are good at the game?

Then here’s a chance to showcase your bowling skills but with a difference! You will bowl not just for fun but for a very benevolent cause. Your participation will help an hungry child get a meal!

Bowl a Thon is a first-of-its kind fundraising event in Bangalore in support of The Akshaya Patra Foundation. The event is being launched with an objective to inculcate a sense of social responsibility among corporate and individuals. With enthusiastic individuals and Corporates coming forward to participate in the event, they have already become friends of Akshaya Patra.

Bowl a Thon will be an annual event. This year it will held on March 10 & March 11, 2012 at Amoeba Bowling Alley, Church Street,Bangalore.

The registrations are on till March 7, 2012 6:30 PM.

Visit the official website for more details.

Wine Festival 2012

When: 2nd to 4th March 2012 (Fri-Sun)

Where: White Petals, Palace Grounds, Bangalore.

Entry: Rs. 300

International Wine Festival (IWF) is the largest showcase of wines from Karnataka and all over the world. Visitors may sample up to 500 different varieties of wines. Calling all enthusiastic oenophiles to come and get up close and personal with fascinating winery principals and find their perfect wine.

Walk along the tents featuring the local arts and crafts listening to a variety of live music performed by multiple artists from various genres of music. Catch bands like Euphoria and Swarathma in action creating magic through their instruments.

A renowned chef will guide you through the basics of creating a simple meal while giving the low down on wine and food pairing. Guests will get an opportunity to witness delectable international cuisines being churned out by the chef and also learn to distinguish between the flavours of a Chardonnay with Smoked Cheese and a Sauvignon Blanc with Chicken!

A random call-out by the MC will have participants gathering to partake in the King & Queen Wine contest based on the individual's knowledge about wine .

Other attractions include grape stomping, vintage auto show and wine based games.

Visit Official Website for more details.

Carnival @ Kids Campus, Kalyan Nagar

Step Right Up and Join the Fun : Kids Carnival @ Kids Campus

Saturday 25 Feb 2012 3pm onwards

Festivities Include

Tattoo/ Face Painting Balloon Modeling

Bouncing Castle

Basket ball Shoot

Caricature

Balloon Shooting

Slide & Tunnel

Pin a Tail on Donkey

Stalls, Live Character and much more...Loads of Fun for the whole family!

For more info Call Ashwini 9945003574
Kids Campus: 726, 4B Cross, 1st Block, HRBR Layout, Bangalore 560043

Kathakali Sandhya

Indiranagar Sangeetha Sabha on 26-02-2012 at 5:00 PM

Visit website for more details.

Kitsch Mandi

Time Out Bengaluru Presents Kitsch Mandi, An arts and music festival with the best flea market shops, live graffiti, food, organic market, face painting, fresh fruit home made sorbets and childrens workshops. You can also look forward to live electronic sitar by Greek musician - Sitarsonic, and DJ Asad A .K.A Freeaatmah after dark!

Bring your family along and come spend the day on the 26th of Feb @ Pebble, Palace grounds, Bangalore!!

Banyan Tree's Teen Prahar

A festival that gives a rare treat of unheard of ragas by featuring some of the most talented artistes ranging from upcoming faces to maestros in the making concluding with the most renowned maestros of their arts in interesting combinations of jugalbandis, ensembles and solo performances. This year in a more appealing format as an extended evening concert, Teen Prahar will feature.

Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia (Flute), Purbayan Chatterjee (Sitar), T.M.Krishna (Vocals) and Devaki Pandit (Vocals).

When: 19 Feb 2012 (Sun) 5pm

Where: Chowdiah Memorial Hall

Tickets: Rs. 500, 400, 300, 200

Akashavani Habba 2012

All India Radio AIR) is celebrating Akashavani Habba, a seven-day cultural extravaganza of music, from February 12 at Kuvempu Kalakshetra.

‘Akashavani Habba’ will be held simultaneously across Karnataka. All the 13 stations in the state will celebrate this week long festival in their respective zones. The event includes Sahithya Surabha, a literary event, vocal jugalbandhi, and western music programme among others.

Feb 12 – 18 at Kuvempu Kalakshetra on K R Road

Feb 12:

5:30 pm : Vasanta Gana - R Visweswaran

6:00 pm : Pancha Veena by D Balakrishna , Geetha Ramanand, Revathy Murthy, Manjula Surendra and Vanu Mukundan

7:00pm : Carnatic Classical by S.Sowmya

Feb 13

6:00 pm : Sahitya Saurabha – Multi lingual Poetic Symposium, H R Venkateshmurthy presides. B R Lakshman Rao, Jaraganahalli Shivashankar , B T Lalitha Nayak and others participate

Feb 14

6:00 pm : Spring Duet – Jugalbandi by S Shankar & Vinayak Torvi

7:00 pm : Flute Jugalbandi by Pravin Godkhindi & M K Pranesh

15 Feb

6:00 pm : Vasantha Raga : Kannada Drama Sivarathri by Prayogaranga

7:00 pm : Kannada Drama ‘Manga Manikya Prahadsana’ by Kalagangotri

8:00 pm : Kannada Drama ‘Akkamahadevi’ by Panchakshari Gawai Natya Sangha , Gadag

16 Feb

6:00 pm : Made Vasanta : Violin Duet by Ganesh & Kumaresh

7:00 pm : Carnatic Vocal by Malladi Brothers

17 Feb

11:00 am : Rainbow Jam – Western classical Music competition

18 Feb

6:00 pm Janapada Vaibhava

Maha Satsang by Sri Sri at Banaswadi

Maha Satsang

13^th Feb 2012

Horamavu Junction,
Near MK Retail, Banaswadi, Bangalore, Karnataka,
India

Art of Living satsangs transcend cultures and bring people from over 150 countries together to enjoy music, celebrate life, and meditate. It is neither necessary for you to carry a tune nor to understand the meaning of the words; the important thing is to participate and sing.The entire universe is made up of rhythms. When you sing in a satsang, the rhythm helps you reach your inner self. You can experience a peaceful, calm, and blissful state of mind.

Satsangs in the presence of Sri Sri are a combination of music and reason - perfectly balancing the left and right sides of the brain.

World of Surprises

Oakridge and India’s art & craft Guru ROB take you into a world of surprises. On 26^thFeb, 2012 at Koramangala Indoor Stadium, Bangalore. Children will experience to work with ROB in various engaging, entertaining activities, learn easy painting techniques and more than that spend time with their favorite. Dear Mom and Dad, be prepared to get surprised, as your child unleash his painting potential. Join the ROB revolution!

Rob takes you on a fun-filled, in...teractive, creative journey, transforming ordinary materials into pieces of art. Every child will win a certificate of participation.

Date: 26th February 2012

1st show: 10:00am-12:30pm
2nd show: 2:30pm-5:00pm

Venue: Koramangala Indoor Stadium,80 Feet Road

Rs. 600 for 1 child & 1 parent
Rs. 1000 for 2 children & 2 parents

Ph.: 9986985893,9986985493,9986 985267
Email: robshow@dreamcraft.co.in, worldofsurprises@dreamcraft.co.in

MALNAD MELA 2012

Vanastree is a small collective dedicated to promoting forest garden biodiversity and food security through the conservation of traditional seeds.

Traveling Doors by Santhana Krishnan

Aadi-Anant

For the first time ever, Citi in association with NCPA presents a unique travelling festival of Indian Music across three cities: in Bengaluru .

The festival is based on the juxtaposition of the concepts of eternity and those that are bound by time and how the two co-exist in our lives. The concept of eternity (anant) denotes that which has neither a beginning (aadi) nor an end (ant). It is inherent in Indian philosophy, where time is viewed as being not linear, but cyclical.

The show will have two back to back performances on the same day at Chowdiah Memorial Hall. Kaushiki Chakrabarty Desikans (vocal solo) performance will be followed by Talavadya Kacheri: Anindo Chatterji (tabla), Kaaraikkudi Mani (mridangam), V. Suresh (ghatam) and N. Amrith (kanjira).

When: 10 Feb, 2012 (Fri) | 7:00pm

Where: Chowdiah Memorial Hall
Tickets: Rs. 400, 300, 300

Visit:
http://www.ncpamumbai.com/files/NCPA-Aadi%20Anant%20-Press%20Release.pdf

Second to None Flea Market

Bangalore's very own flea market - Second to None flea market is here again! Come and find great bargains on used products, upcycled products, vintage collectibles, books, music, home decor, and a lot of utilitarian products. A one of a kind flea market!

When: Sun Feb 05 2012 at 11:00 am onwards

Where: Jaaga Creative Common Ground, KH Double Road, No 68, KH Double Road, Opposite Corporation Bank

Directions to Jaa...ga (the map still shows the old location):

Jaaga is on Double Road, Shanti Nagar. Go towards Lalbagh from Richmond Circle. On Double Road, go up to Bus Depot/Big Bazaar. Take a U turn. Come up to HDFC Bank on your left. Just after HDFC, there’s a BTS Bus stop. Jaaga is the metal structure right behind the bus stop.

If you are coming from Jayanagar, come straight down Double Road from Lalbagh Nursery gate, HDFC Bank and Jaaga will be on your left.

Hadouk Trio Concert

Celebrating 25 years of Bangalore School of Music

Institut Français, the Alliance Française de Bangalore and the Bangalore School of Music present

Hadouk Trio

The sonic possibilities with this group are endless and the enchanting quality is so pervasive you may just feel like a fourth member of the trio!

Line up:
Didier Malherbe: doudouk, flute, khen.
Loy Ehrlich: hajouj, kora, sanza, gumbass.
Steve Shehah: percussions, hang

Hadouk Trio's music takes us towards and into an ethereal world.

Welcome aboard Air Hadouk! Fly 'Aerozen' and explore the beginning of new instrumental metamorphoses: the khen, the Laotian mouth organ, is wrapped in electrical energy, the hang, a mix between a steel drum and a gamelan, enters into the world of chromaticism; the doudouk steps into of the shoes of jazz, le hajouj, a bass originally from the desert made from camels skin becomes a piccolo, heightening the tone; the appearance of the bahu flute, with its free Chinese reed, creates a wave of movement. Swings and loops, high voltage rhythms and gliding harmonies, our 3 co-pilots opt for free style. But they also know how to help you land gently with no turbulence.

Enjoy your flight into the Hadouk land!

When: Feb 06, 2012 (Mon) | 7:30 pm

Where: Alliance Francaise, Vasanth Nagar, Bangalore

Carnatic Music Idol in Bengaluru

Auditions for the Carnatic Music Idol would be held in Bangalore this weekend.

Date & Time: 04 Feb 2012 (Sat), 10 AM onwards

Venue: Woodrose Club, Brigade Millennium, 7th Phase, JP Nagar

Age: 5 to 30 yrs