Graphic artist Sameer Kulavoor, who with his team painted the mural on the wall of Artisans’ in Kala Ghoda, will deliver a talk on Sunday.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10
EVENTS FOR CHILDREN
The Art of Calligraphy
Khan-based art academy Artistic Impressions will conduct a calligraphy session for kids between the ages of seven and 16.
When: At 4pm.
Where: Front garden of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya.
Wild Nature
Mumbai-residing children’s book author and nature enthusiast Katie Bagli will guide kids between the ages of eight and 12 on a short nature trail, which will be followed by a talk on wildlife.
When: At 5pm.
Where: Front garden of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya.
FILM
Amdavad Ma Famous
Hardik Mehta’s short Gujarati and Hindi documentary Amdavad Ma Famous (2015) about the kite flying festival in Ahmedabad will be screened.
When: At 2pm.
Where: Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya.
The Last Music Store
Megha Ramaswamy’s English documentary The Last Music Store, about Rhythm House, the legendary music store in Kala Ghoda that closed down in 2016, will be screened for the first time in Mumbai.
When: At 2.30pm.
Where: Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya.
FOOD
Cheese Appreciation
Cheesemaking consultant and freelance food and travel writer Aditya Raghavan will talk about the traditions, techniques and practices of preservation that led to the production of cheese across the world.
When: At 11.30am.
Where: Artists’ Centre.
How To Eat Ayurveda
Food blogger Amrita Rana will talk about body types, incompatible foods and how to adopt an ayurveda lifestyle.
When: At 7pm.
Where: Cross Maidan.
HERITAGE WALKS
Dramatic, Cinematic, Operatic Mumbai
Architect Kruti Garg, who lives in Mumbai, will conduct a walk around the Grant Road East area, which still has a few old single-screen cinemas. She will talk about the history of cinema and theatre attached to the area. The walk will wrap up with a tour of the Royal Opera House, which was recently restored. No prior registration required.
When: At 4.30pm.
Where: The walk will begin outside Alfred Talkies in Girgaon.
LITERATURE
Shakespeare for All Time: The Relevance of the Bard for the 21st Century
City-based children’s book writer Coomi Vevaina, British theatre director Tim Supple and Mumbai-residing theatre directors Vikram Kapadia and Quasar Thakore Padamsee will talk about the relevance of Shakespeare.
When: At 5.30pm.
Where: Seminar room, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya.
MUSIC
Parween Sultana
Mumbai-based Hindustani classical music vocalist Parween Sultana will perform a solo recital.
When: At 7.45pm.
Where: Cross Maidan.
Parthiv Gohil
City-residing Hindi film playback singer Parthiv Gohil will present a concert of Bollywood songs based on Indian classical ragas.
When: At 9.10pm.
Where: Cross Maidan.
TALKS
Reclaiming the City: Because the Best Stories Happen in Your Backyard
City photographers Hashim Badani and Anurag Banerjee will discuss their work.
When: At 3pm.
Where: Artisans’.
THEATRE
Nothing Like Lear
Directed by Rajat Kapoor and performed by Vinay Pathak, Nothing Like Lear is about a lonely old man pining for the company of his only daughter.
When: At 7.30pm.
Where: Horniman Circle Garden.
Internal Affairs
In this play by Mumbai theatre group Akvarious Productions, directed by Adhaar Khurana, Sid has a one-night stand with a colleague soon after he takes up a new job. They start seeing each other but neither is thrilled about the development.
When: At 8.15pm.
Where: M. C. Ghia Hall.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11
EVENTS FOR CHILDREN
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Kids enrolled in the Little Angels School for the differently abled will perform a musical.
When: At 11am.
Where: David Sassoon Library.
Paper Pilots
Professional paper plane makers Dylan Parker and James Norton, who run Australian educational organisation The Paper Pilots, will give kids aged eight and above a crash course in folding and flying toy aircrafts.
When: At 1pm.
Where: Bombay Natural History Society.
Find Your Folktale
Comic book publisher Amar Chitra Katha will conduct a storytelling session for children between the ages of seven and 12.
When: At 3pm.
Where: Front garden of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya.
Are You a Fan of Traditional Gond Art?
At this workshop, kids can learn how to create designs inspired by Gond folk art from Madhya Pradesh.
When: At 4pm.
Where: Front garden of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya.
FILM
Titli
Kanu Behl’s Hindi film Titli (2015), about a young man in Delhi who tries to escape his family of car thieves to make a better life, will be screened.
When: At 5pm.
Where: Visitors’s Centre, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya.
FOOD
Wine Tasting with Vallonne Vineyards
Wine makers from Nashik winery Vallonne Vineyards will demonstrate how to sip, swirl, sniff and appreciate wine at this workshop.
When: At 4pm.
Where: Westside.
Creative Masterclass by Hemant Oberoi
Hemant Oberoi, the former executive chef of the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Colaba, will conduct a cooking workshop using vintage coal irons.
When: At 7pm.
Where: Cross Maidan.
The Wholesome Kitchen
Mumbai-based patisserie chef and restaurateur Pooja Dhingra will demonstrate a selection of health-focused recipes from her soon-to-be-released recipe book The Wholesome Kitchen.
When: At 8pm.
Where: Cross Maidan.
HERITAGE WALKS
Celebrating the Life ‘Line’ of the City
A tour of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus conducted by city-residing architects Kruti Garg and Sanaeya Vandrewala. A. K. Shrivastava, additional general manager of the Central Railways in Mumbai, will address attendees inside the station. Attendees must register at the starting point of the tour.
When: At 9.30am.
Where: The walk will begin at the parking lot across Eros Cinema in Churchgate.
Story Walk into 19th Century Bombay
Mumbai architect Kruti Garg and Lubaina Bandukwala, who runs the children’s literature festival Peek A Book in the city, will conduct a tour of the heritage structures around Horniman Circle Garden, including the restored pyau, the drinking water fountain outside the garden. No prior registration required.
When: At 11.30am.
Where: The walk will begin at the pyau outside Horniman Circle Garden.
LITERATURE
The Endgame: Military History and Strategic Affairs in India
Writer Amit Dasgupta, executive editor of India Today Sandeep Unnithan and air vice marshal Arjun Subramaniam will be in conversation with Manjeet Kripalani, founder of the think tank Gateway House on national security and Indian military history.
When: At 6.15pm.
Where: David Sassoon Library garden.
Multipolis Mumbai: Recovering the City
Kolkata-residing writer Amit Chaudhuri; author Gyan Prakash, who teaches modern Indian history at Princeton University in the US; Emma Bird, a British research scholar working on twentieth-century Bombay poetry and print cultures; and city-based academic Simin Patel will be in conversation on writing about Mumbai.
When: At 7.30pm.
Where: David Sassoon Library garden.
MUSIC
Shilpa Rao
Bollywood playback and pop singer Shilpa Rao, who lives in Mumbai, will perform a concert of her best-known tracks.
When: At 7.10pm.
Where: Asiatic Society Library steps.
Classicool
Hindustani classical musician, sitar player Purbayan Chatterjee will helm a fusion concert by an ensemble featuring vocalist Mahalaxmi Iyer, tabla player Ojas Adhiya and blues-rock guitar player Ridu ‘Rhythm’ Shaw.
When: At 8.30pm.
Where: Asiatic Society Library steps.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12
DANCE
Trishna by Sumeet Nagdev Dance Arts
Mumbai-based contemporary dance company Sumeet Nagdev Dance Arts will present a piece based on “the complexities of human emotions”.
When: At 9.30pm.
Where: Cross Maidan.
EVENTS FOR CHILDREN
Incredible Kids and Their Flying Machines
Artists Arzan Khambatta and Sunil Padwal will instruct kids between the ages eight and 14 on how to envision and create flying machines using cardboard and straw.
When: At 11am.
Where: Front garden of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya.
Homes in Indian Tribal Art by PotliArts
Indian artefacts e-retail site PotliArts.com will helm this workshop on Indian tribal homes and folk art for children between the ages of eight and 14 years.
When: At 5.30pm.
Where: Front garden of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya.
FILM
Kaaka Muttai
In M. Manikandan’s Tamil film Kaaka Muttai (2015), two slum kids plot to get their hands on pizza from the new pizzeria in the neighbourhood.
When: At 11am.
Where: Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya.
Dharavi
Sudhir Mishra’s Hindi film Dharavi (1993), a portrait of a taxi driver living in Dharavi will be screened in memory of the film’s lead Om Puri.
When: At 2pm.
Where: Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya.
FOOD
Spiced Up Stories with Rushina Munshaw-Ghildiyal
Mumbai-based food blogger and author Rushina Munshaw-Ghildiyal will take attendees on a spice trail through a show and tell.
When: At 4pm.
Where: Westside.
Art by Ananya Banerjee
City-based home chef Ananya Banerjee will prepare doi begun (brinjal in curd); chanar paturi (paneer with mustard) and bhapa doi (baked yoghurt) during this workshop, which will also focus on the presentation of these Bengali dishes.
When: At 7pm.
Where: Cross Maidan.
LITERATURE
Become a Travel Writer in Seven Steps
Niloufer Venkatraman, the Mumbai-based editor-in-chief of National Geographic Traveller India magazine, will talk about travel writing.
When: At noon.
Where: Artisans’.
Migration: To Be and Not To Be
Film writer Ashwani Kumar, Tata Institute of Social Sciences professor Ritambhara Hebbar, film director Dibakar Banerjee and actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui will be in conversation with Galerie magazine editor Bina Sarkar Ellias about migration.
When: At 7.30pm.
Where: David Sassoon Library garden.
MUSIC
Javed Ali
Hindi film playback vocalist Javed Ali, who is based in Mumbai, will perform a mix of retro and current Bollywood tunes.
When: At 6pm.
Where: Asiatic Society Library steps.
Mohit Mukhi Trio
City-based pop-rock singer-songwriter Mohit Mukhi and his band will present a set.
When: At 8pm.
Where: The Boston Butt.
Sukhwinder Singh
Bollywood singer Sukhwinder Singh will close the festival with a concert of his greatest hits.
When: At 8.30pm.
Where: Asiatic Society Library steps.
WORKSHOPS
Suspended Sculptures: Out of the Box
Sculptor Arzan Khambatta and artist Sunil Padwal, both of whom live in Mumbai, will conduct a workshop on 3D art.
When: At 2.30pm.
Where: Jehangir Art Gallery.
Drawing From My Observations
City-residing graphic artist Sameer Kulavoor, who recently completed this mural in Kala Ghoda, will talk about his craft.
When: At 5.30pm.
Where: Jehangir Art Gallery.
VENUES
Artisans’ V. B. Gandhi Marg, near Rhythm House, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2267 3040.
Artists’ Centre Ador House, K. Dubash Marg, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2284 5939.
Asiatic Society Library Near Horniman Circle, Fort.
Bombay Natural History Society Hornbill House, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road, opposite Lion Gate. Tel: 022 2282 1811.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya Mahatma Gandhi Road, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2284 4484.
Cross Maidan New Marine Lines, Churchgate.
David Sassoon Library M. G. Road, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2284 3703.
Horniman Circle Garden opposite Asiatic Society Library.
Jehangir Art Gallery M. G. Road, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2284 3989.
M. C. Ghia Hall Bhogilal Hargovindas, Second Floor, K. Dubash Marg, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2284 4350.
National Gallery of Modern Art Madam Cama Road, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2288 1969.
The Boston Butt First Floor, Rampart Row Building, 30 K. Dubash Marg, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 98924 47669.
Westside Army Naval Building, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Kala Ghoda, Fort. Tel: 022 6636 0497.