Pearl Tuhin Mehta - Saturday 28th @ 20.30

Art appreciation course | Ranga Shankara - from Friday 18th

Dhaatu Navaratra Mahotsava - from Wednesday 9th @ 18.00

Bidesai in Bambai - Friday 27th @ 20.30

Ms Meena | Rashmi Ruth Devadasan - from Friday 27th @ 20.00

Iconic film star Ms. Meena, formerly Asha, returns to her village, Pichampuram, after 20 years to make her final film. In the intervening years, Pichampuram has descended into dire poverty. With news of Ms. Meena’s arrival there is a burst of energy and hope and she is hailed as their saviour. Ravi, her former lover, now a prominent shopkeeper, is pushed to appeal to her on the village’s behalf. After all, Ms. Meena must still harbour some ‘feelings’ for Ravi mustn’t she?

Violin & piano recital - Saturday 28th @ 19.00

Mind the home - Saturday 28th @ 18.30

Poetry slam - Friday 27th @ 17.00

Poetry Slam with Bas Böttcher
Bas Böttcher, much-acclaimed and awarded founder of the German-speaking Poetry Slam, is in Bangalore to participate in the Bangalore Literature Festival and conduct a Poetry Slam at the Bhavan!
Competition: Friday, September 27, 5.00 p.m. for workshop participants. Limited places, with special prizes, for outsiders.
Register with your name and selected language (German or English) by Wednesday September 25, 2013: german@bangalore.goethe.org.
Performance: Friday, September 27, 7.30 p.m. Come and marvel at Bas Böttcher LIVE on stage.

A shout out for monologue session - from today

Elektrik circus - Friday 27th @ 20.30

Paintings by Children - Friday 27th @ 18.00

Jatin Das - Thursday 26th @ 17.30

Bangalore Literature Festival - From Friday 27th

Bangalore Literature Festival is back!

In BLF 2.0, we have three concurrent sessions and 110+ personalities from the world of literature, art, music and cinema to keep you enthralled for three days.

This year, BlrLitFest will be held from Friday, 27th September to Sunday, 29th September at Crowne Plaza @ Velankani Park, Electronics City, Bangalore. For the full list of personalities gracing the event and our schedule, please visit: www.bangaloreliteraturefestival.org/blf-2013.php

To register, click on link below :

http://bangaloreliteraturefestival.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6086daa350a16452477fcbb57&id=c663329b5d&e=49df26ca4d

Star Biz | Dorothee Wenner - Tuesday 24th @ 19.00

Bombay and Berlin; fast cars and  films ... interesting on-screen encounters!

German filmmaker and curator, Dorothee Wenner is the delegate for films from India for both the Berlinale and the Dubai International Film Festival. This film expert will be in Bangalore briefly and we are happy to announce a Public Screening + Discussion, as part of our Art InSight: Meet-the-Curator series.

At "The International Arena", Dorothee Wenner will screen her own film "Star Biz" and an excerpt from "Unser Ausland 10 Experts from 10 Countries". The screenings will be followed by interaction with Ms. Wenner.

Star Biz
Merle Kröger and Dorothee Wenner, 82 min., Germany 2005 Engl./German/Hindi, Engl. Subtitles
Photography: Bernd Meiners
Editing: Merle Kröger
Music: Philip Scheffner
Sound: Pascal Capitolin

Germans who spend time in India are surprisingly often approached to talk about 'the Mercedes' - even when the traveller is quite ignorant about cars and often not as well informed about the issue as the interlocutor from the other end of the world. As much as this may please the car company in Sindelfingen - the consequences and implications of this associative link are too labyrinthine and complex to be dealt with simply looking at the number of cars sold in the respective countries.

This is precisely the subject of the documentary Star Biz. Using the Mercedes as a 'symbol', this hyper-realistic documentary examines the process of cultural appropriation of Western consumer and luxury goods in India. The German car industry and the Indian film industry meet in the heat of Bombay traffic and in the cold of a Berlin winter: the entertaining, critical and insightful encounter of two giants.

a forgotten carpentry lesson and a love song | Sunoj D - Friday 20th @ 18.00

Distance  by Sunoj D will be lit every alternate Friday between 6-7 pm until the 5th of October  (September 06, 20 and October 04)

Parvaaz & friends - Saturday 21st @ 20.00

Vidushi Manju Mehta - Wednesday 2nd @ 10.00 am

Hindustani Classical Vocal Concert - Saturday 21st @ 18.00

Canara Union Arts Section

Presents a 

Hindustani Classical Vocal Concert

By 

Smt. Padmini Rao 

Tabla:  Mihir Kalyanpur         Harmonium:  Umakant Puranik

On

Saturday, 21^st September 2013 – 6:00 pm

at  Canara Union

13^th Cross, Canara Union Road (8^th Main Road)

Malleswaram, Bangalore 

Dijana's art project - We need your help

Dijana, Resident @ Yuvachintana Foundation, needs your help!

Dijana Zoradana, Goethe Resident@Yuva Chintana Foundation is conducting a voyage of discovery for children of varied backgrounds in Karnataka, using the medium of textile and fabric to accentuate their self and identity.  She needs: Old clothes, newspapers or children books. Help her out and participate in this unique initative! Mail Dijana: zoradana@gmx.de.

Art For Concern - Friday 20th @ 19.00

Bengaluru International Arts Festival - from Friday 20th @ 17.00

The Comedy Games - Friday 20th @ 20.00

Filmmakers : how to work in film with partners and subjects from ... elsewhere by Dorothee Wenner - Tuesday 24th @ 14.00

Berlinale comes to Bangalore! German filmmaker and curator, Dorothee Wenner is the delegate for films from India for both the Berlinale and the Dubai International Film Festival. This film expert will be in Bangalore briefly and we are happy to announce a Workshop where she will share her vast experience in the current global film scenario. Later on the same day, she will screen two of her own films and interact with the public.

Workshop for filmmakers/professionals: The International Arena, On how to work in film with partners and subjects from ... elsewhere by Dorothee Wenner

Registration required : Send your CV and statement of interest to:
BAN-raktikant2@Bangalore.goethe.org before Friday September 20, 2013 19.00

Theatre Festival - from 18th to 27th October

Archana Shah | Textile Traditions of Kutch - Thursday 19th @ 18.00

The Tasveer Foundation invites you to a lecture by Archana Shah Thursday, 19th September at 6:00pm National Gallery of Modern Art Manekyavelu Mansion 49 Palace Road Bengaluru – 560 052   The exquisite fabrics of Kutch were legendary and widely traded as far back as the time of the Indus Valley Civilization, some 5000 years ago. Through the centuries, the ancient techniques of dyeing, weaving and printing continued to flourish there, and clothing played a key role in defining the identity of the various communities in Kutch. Weaving together history and legend, as well as myths, mores and miracles, Archana Shah, in this lecture, will offer glimpses of the unique culture and craft practices of the people of Kutch, as well as their food and homes, and particularly their ancient textile traditions, all of which are closely connected with one another and with the vast, arid landscape of the region. This lecture will also explore the traditional self-sustaining ways of life of the people of Kutch, their values and world view, which has taught them to conserve their environment and precious resources; it will also touch on the unrestrained ‘development’ of the region, which has upset the ecological balance and created deep fissures in what was once a harmoniously integrated society.   Archana Shah graduated from the National Institute of Design (NID) in 1980. Early in her career, she travelled to remote corners of the country to study, understand and experience the vast variety of weaving, dyeing, printing, embroidery and ornamentation techniques practised by different communities. Their distinctive colour palettes, and rich design vocabulary became the base for all her future work. In 1985, Shah started a clothing company, Bandhej, a label created for Indian women, with an Indian sensibility. Today, Bandhej is a recognised brand, with stores in six other cities in India. Shah has also designed costumes for films and theatre and architectural textile installations for Festival of India inaugurations at Paris, Moscow, Leningrad and Tashkent. Her book on Kutch, Shifting Sands has just been published.

We request you to be seated 10 minutes before the lecture. RSVP : +91 40535212 / 33 Email: geetha@tasveerarts.com www.tasveerarts.com

Suraj Mani - Saturday 20th @ 21.00

Burning Deck - Saturday 7th @ 21.00

What began as a sole home grown bedroom project now has turned into a fully grown dark ambient/ down tempo outfit. Meet Bangalore lads Sandeep madhavan and Floyd Santimano   who has taken up the burden of delivering some deep underground electronic music fused with 70’s progressive rock and jazz. They extract their influences from musicians like Massive Attack, Portishead, Trent Reznor, Bjork, Cinematic Orchestra, Mute Math, Gentle Giant and Can. Sounds weird yeah? Well to witness this utter weirdness, you need to witness them. Their debut album titled as  ‘kalinihta’ is out already, pick up a copy and give it a listen in utter loneliness, you will get the taste of that ‘weirdness’ I am talking about. The band is a few live gigs old and according to them – ‘the energy, anticipation and improvisation that goes with a live performance is hard to achieve anywhere else.’

Shades of Art - Friday 7th @ 18.30

Vagrant - Saturday 7th @ 20.30

Dead man's cell phone - from Friday 6th @ 20.00

An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And a dead man—with a lot of loose ends. So begins this wildly imaginative new comedy by MacArthur “Genius” Grant recipient and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Vivek Madan.

Adil & Vasundhara - Friday 6th @ 20.30

Contemporary small format exhibition - Saturday 14th @ 17.30

Kaaga Tales Weekends!! Kaa ! Kaa ! Kaa ! - Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th @ 10.30 & 12.00

A quick reminder...!!!!!!!!!!

Also 14th & 15th September

Age groups : 4 to7 years old

No parents allowed!! 

Don't let your kids miss this unique theatre experience..!!

Magic Show - Sunday 8th

Dear Liar - Thursday 5th @ 19.30

DEAR LIAR”, when first written, (or rather compiled and edited) created a form for playwriting which has been much emulated since. The form is one of straightforward narration of the events rather than a recreation of them.

The events in this case are the ones that accompanied the intense relationship between George Bernard Shaw and Stella Campbell (a famous actress of the time) and which found expression in “the hundreds of letters they wrote to one another over the years…” The play chronicles not only their deep mutual admiration and love (despite both of them being married, and not to each other!) but also that very significant era of history (1895 to 1939) which was witness not only to innumerable path breaking accomplishments in the theatre, but also to both the World Wars and the end of the Edwardian era, and with it, that particular way of life so dear to people like Mrs. Campbell. Mr. Shaw survived it all, long enough to even write about it but not Mrs. Campbell, who died in 1939, alone, broken and virtually penniless. 

The play is self-explanatory, but a few words to explain the nature of the performance: the characters in the play are an Actor and an Actress who portray the two “protagonists”. The playwright specifically states that no attempt should be made to make physically resemble Shaw and Campbell, neither should there be a realistic setting. Since the play covers a time-span of almost 40 years and the action takes place in very many different locations, these people and places are not to be “re-created physically” but only  “represented” The re-creation can take place in the audience’s mind.

Cast : Naseeruddin Shah & Ratna Pathak Shaj

Directed by: Satyadev Dubey

September @ Ranga Shankara

Against the Odds | Ryas Komu - Monday 2nd @ 18.30

Art InSight: Meet-the-Curator Series Against all Odds by Riyas Komu, Co-Curator Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2012

	Riyas Komu, Co-Curator of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2012, was part of the team that pulled off the higly successful debut edition of the Biennale - against all odds! In his talk, Riyas will give us an insight into the production of the Art Biennial and what's in store for art aficionados in India and across the art world. Refreshments will be served before the event.

Talk on Documentary Theatre by Kai Tuchmann, Resident@Jaaga

Also on the same evening: Documentary Theatre is a fascinating and innovative genre that forms part of our engagement within the realm of drama and stage art. Kai Tuchmann, currentlyResident@Jaaga has an interesting project in mind for his residency in Bangalore. In his presentation, he will not only talk about documentary theatre in general, but also disclose his project concept, in an attempt to involve local theatre persons. His project is titled A Room of One’s Own and is based on Virginia Woolf’s essay, in which she discusses among other issues, the role of women in society. Refreshments will be served before the event.

Park's New Festival - from Tuesday 3rd to Thursday 5th

Tuesday Sept. 3rd: Osama, Cinema and a Whole Lot of Black Magic? , The Oak Room, The Park

Stray Factory is an entertainment collaborative comprising of a network of actors, writers, artists and musicians. They will be showcasing four short plays:

• Chairpersons – An original musical piece about the state of politics in the country today.
•  My name is Cine-Ma – Young Cine-ma loves Celluloid a little more than she should. Traditional art forms such as Silambattam and Mridangam in a more contemporary setting
• Lost Audition – A minimalist comedy on the impact of geo-politics on entertainment.
• P. James for President - A look into the life of a magician, and how he has the dreams of an ordinary man… “I have a dream… I want to be president.”

Wednesday Sept. 4th: NH 7 , ADA Rangamandira

Deepak Kurki Shivaswamy is a contemporary dancer who has been engaged in artistic work as a performer, creator and teacher since the year 2000. NH 7 is a dance duet that depicts the intricate, confused, rapid urbanization in which the dancers vividly capture the mad need to build, demolish and re-imagine the city; explore how people are caught up in this mayhem. The work aims at creating moving images with bodies which will reflect the current imagination of the city and the changing landscapes.

This performance won the Prakriti Excellence in Contemporary Dance Award in 2012.

Thursday Sept. 5th: A Moment of Mishearing , The Oak Room, The Park

A Moment of Mishearing is an audio-visual narrative, including film and music, and also weaving in a full concert performance, about Amit Chaudhuri’s music project, which began when he began to 'mishear' the raga in the blues and vice versa, and 'misheard,’ one morning as he was practicing classical music, the riff to Eric Clapton's 'Layla' in the raga Todi.  

The World of puppet | Dhaatu Puppet Theatre - from Saturday 28th to Monday 30th