Nature: Kanheri Upper Trail
A gradual climb through the wooded forest of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park Now is a perfect time to see Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, Shikra, Grey Junglefowl, and Indian Peafowl. At the end of the trail, one can visit the ancient Kanheri caves, which date back around 2,100 years.
Group leaders: Mr. Vandan Jhaveri & Mr. Vinod Patil
Charges: Rs. 700 for members and Rs. 750 for others. (Cost includes: Bus from SGNP main gate, Forest Dept. permission charges, entry to SGNP, and BNHS expertise)
How to Reach: Sanjay Gandhi National Park is situated on the Western Express Highway about a kilometer away from Borivali Station (East).
Registration: Call at Hornbill House 22871202/22821811 or e-mail at bnhs.programmes@gmail.com.
@ Sanjay Gandhi National Park
When: June 15 (Sunday)
Reporting Time: 7.30 a.m. at SGNP main gate (The programme will conclude by 11.00 a.m.)
****************************************
Music: The Music Arena Edition 2
Homegrown India & Krunk present The Music Arena (TMA), Mumbai's first audio visual series of monthly live auditorium shows. The line up for the second edition of TMA will feature Yohan Marshall's Debut Album Release - 'Your Silence'. Drawing inuences from bands like Incubus, Radiohead, Switchfoot, Now vs. Now etc, The music can be best described as an Alt- rock sound.
Line Up:
8.10 pm - 8.50 pm: Yohan Marshall
9.10 pm - 10 pm: Big City Harmonics Live Band
Tickets: Rs. 600 - Rs. 750
@ The NCPA Experimental Theatre, Nariman Point, NCPA Marg
When: June 18 (Wednesday)
Contact: 022-2282 4567
****************************************
Art: Paintings in Motion
Gitanjali Rao will take the audience on a journey through visual storytelling, showing excerpts from her films over the years, discussing Indian art and aesthetics, and its influence in her work. She will also talk about the challenge of making animated films without funding, and the rewards of having total control over such a medium.
Entry: Free and open to all. Entry is on a first-come-first-seated basis if seats are available.
@ Kitab Khana, Kitab Khana, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Fort
When: June 20 (Friday)
Time: 5.30 p.m.
Contact: mumbailocal@junoontheatre.org / to.kitabkhana@gmail.com
****************************************
Music: Ghazal Together
Four fabulous voices come together to celebrate the age-old art of Urdu poetry, through melodic renditions - Ashok Khosla, Chandan Dass, Penaz Masani and new talent Tauseef Akhtar.
Tickets: Rs. 300 – 1000 (Available at in.bookmyshow.com)
@ St. Andrews Auditorium, St. Dominic Road, Bandra (West)
When: June 20 (Friday)
Time: 7 p.m.
****************************************
Music: Fête de la Musique
On the occasion of la Fête de la Musique, Alliance Francaise de Bombay in partnership with blueFROG and Novotel Mumbai, Juhu Beach, presents an Indo-French collaboration with Joyshanti and Maati Baani, a world-music concert.
Entry: Rs. 350 or Rs. 1000 post 9pm
@ blueFROG, D/2 Mathuradas Mills Compound N.M. Joshi Marg, Lower Parel
When: June 19 (Thursday)
Time: 10 p.m. – 11.30 p.m.
****************************************
Art: Pravaha - Glimpses of the Art of the Bombay School
This exhibition displays the paintings elucidating the ‘Pravaha’, that is, the flow of the ‘Bombay School’ covering the range of paintings from 1880s till 1950s through the rare works of Pestonjee Bomanjee, Rustom Siodia, M. K. Parandekar, G. H. Nagarkar, Walter Langhammer, and some early works of most famous contemporaries M. F. Hussain, F. N. Souza, S. K. Bakre, Akbar Padamsee and many others. The exhibition is curated by Dr. Prasanna Mangrulkar and Mr. Dilip Ranade.
@ Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), 159/61, Mahatma Gandhi Rd, Kala Ghoda, Fort
When: Till August 17
Time: 10.15 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Contact: 022-2284 4484
