Catch DJ Daddy G at Cafe Nemo on Sunday.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23
SHOPPING & STYLE DramAttic at Hotel Sahara Star
This day-long exhibition organised by luxury bag rental company Buzz A Bag will feature stalls by western wear designer Salita Nanda, bridal wear and couture experts Karleo, make-up brand Bharat Dorris, bag makers Wink and costume jewellery label Blink. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, October 23, from 10am to 8pm.
Where: Jade Ballroom, Hotel Sahara Star, near the Domestic Airport, Vile Parle (East).
ART Anant Joshi at Gallery Maskara
Chemould Prescott Road will host Trembling Hands (of the clock), an exhibition of sculptures by artist Anant Joshi, who is attached to their gallery, at Gallery Maskara.
When: Until Saturday, November 21. Open from Tuesday to Saturday, from 11am to 7pm; Sunday and Monday, closed.
Where: Gallery Maskara, 6/7 Third Pasta Lane, Colaba. Tel: 022 2202 3056.
ART Gigi Scaria at Chemould Prescott Road
The Kerala-born artist will present The Ark, a solo show of drawings, paintings and multi-media works.
When: Until Saturday, November 21. Open from Monday to Saturday, from 11am to 7pm; Sunday, closed.
Where: Chemould Prescott Road, Queens Mansion, Third Floor, G. Talwatkar Marg, near Cathedral School, Fort. Tel: 022 2200 0211.
ART Rana Begum at Jhaveri Contemporary
The British-Bangladeshi artist will present a solo show titled Towards an Infinite Geometry.
When: Until Saturday, November 28. Open Tuesday to Saturday, from 11am to 6pm; Sunday and Monday, closed.
Where: Jhaveri Contemporary, 2, Krishna Niwas, 58A Walkeshwar Road. Tel: 022 2369 3639.
SHOPPING & STYLE Gaia Contemporary Jewellery At Artisans’ Centre
An exhibition and sale of jewellery by Mumbai designer Usha Shah, who creates pieces using objects picked up on her travels around the world.
When: Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24, from 11am to 7pm.
Where: Artisans’ Centre, V. B. Gandhi Marg, near Rhythm House, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2267 3040.
FOOD & DRINK DineFest in Mumbai
Fifteen casual-dining restaurants, including Dadar’s Terttulia, Lower Parel’s Cafe Zoe, Bandra’s The Fatty Bao, and Bandra Kurla Complex’s Sodabottleopenerwala, will serve three-course meals at the discounted fixed price of Rs600 per person (excluding taxes) during the inaugural edition of this new event organised by Cellar Door Hospitality. See here for the complete list of restaurants and timings.
When: Until Sunday, November 1, from noon.
Where: At restaurants across the city.
PHOTOGRAPHY NCPA Photography Festival at the NCPA Piramal Gallery
This five-day festival will have exhibitions by veteran as well as contemporary photographers and photojournalists such as Homai Vyarawalla and Jagan Mehta plus talks and portfolio review sessions by lensmen like Vikram Bawa, Kevin Nunes, Vishal Bhende, who is the director of photography at Symbiosis School of Photography in Pune and Jagdish Agarwal, the founder of Dinodia Photo Gallery among others. There is no entry fee. For more details, see the Facebook event page. For the complete schedule and to register, email mukesh.ncpa@gmail.com.
When: Until Monday, October 26, from noon to 8pm.
Where: Piramal Gallery, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.
MUSIC One World Many Musics with Strings In the Wind at the NCPA Experimental Theatre
An ensemble made up of mandolin player U. Rajesh, pianist Anil Srinivasan, bansuri player Rakesh Chaurasia and tabla player Satyajit Talwalkar will perform a musical tribute to Rajesh’s late brother U. Srinivas at this year’s edition of the annual concert series organised by the National Centre for the Performing Arts. Tickets priced at Rs300 and Rs400 are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Friday, October 23 at 7pm.
Where: Experimental Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, NCPA Marg, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.
MUSIC Astrix at Blue Frog
The psytrance DJ and producer born Avi Shmailov will play the Mumbai leg of his ongoing tour of India. The entry fee is Rs1,000 per head before 10pm and Rs1,500 per head after.
When: Friday, October 23 at 8pm.
Where: Blue Frog, Mathuradas Mill Compound, Tulsi Pipe Road, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6158 6158.
MUSIC Eden Art Fest Pre-Party at China 1
Electronica collective Bhavishyavani Future Soundz will perform at this ‘pre-party’ for their upcoming music and arts festival Eden. Entry is free but via a guest list, which you can get on by sending an RSVP on the Facebook event page.
When: Friday, October 23 at 9pm.
Where: China 1, C-70, Ground Floor, The Capital, G Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex. Tel: 022 6738 1111.
MUSIC KeyLow at Cafe Nemo
The DJ also known as Karan Gonsalves will spin a set of deep house and future garage. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, October 23 at 9.30pm.
Where: Cafe Nemo, 329/A, Thadani House, opposite Indian Coast Guard, Worli Village, Worli. Tel: 022 2437 9841.
MUSIC Pleasurekraft at Kitty Su
The Swedish-American tech-house and techno duo of Kaveh Soroush and Kalle Ronngardh will take over the console. Tickets, priced at Rs1,500 (only entry fee) or Rs3,000 (full cover charge) per couple; at Rs2,000 (only entry fee) or Rs3,500 (full cover charge) per head for single men; and at Rs1,000 (full cover charge) per head for single women, are being sold on the venue’s website.
When: Friday, October 23 at 10pm.
Where: Kitty Su, The Lalit, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Road, Andheri (East). Tel: 022 6104 3145.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24
SHOPPING & STYLE Back Alley’s Pre-Diwali Thrift Shop at Cafe Nemo
This crowd-sourced exhibition and sale, organised by shopping consultants Back Alley, will have on offer Indian and western clothes and accessories, books, CDs, furniture and home decor. Prices will range from Rs50 to Rs3,500. Proceeds from the sale will be donated to the Inner Wheel Club of Bombay Queens Necklace, an NGO that supports the education of the underprivileged. Only cash accepted. For more details, check the Facebook event page.
When: Saturday, October 24 and Sunday, October 25, from 11am to 7pm.
Where: Café Nemo, 329/A, Thadani House, opposite Indian Coast Guard, Worli Village, Worli. Tel: 022 2437 9841.
FOOD & DRINK Oktoberfest at Aqaba
Mediterranean restaurant Aqaba will celebrate Oktoberfest in collaboration with food deals website Wow Tables. In addition to craft brews by Mumbai’s the Gateway Brewing Co. and imported beer from Guinness, Schneider Weisse and Erdinger, there will be a special menu featuring beer mac ’n’ cheese, beer and cheese fondue, German sausages, shawarmas, pizzas and burgers. The cover charge, which entitles you to three pints of domestic beer, is Rs1,000 per person per day if you register via Wow Tables and Rs1,250 per person per day if you pay at the venue. Every addition pint of domestic beer will be priced at Rs250, of craft beer at Rs300 and of imported beer at Rs500 or Rs750. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, October 24 and Sunday, October 25, from noon to midnight.
Where: Aqaba, Club House, Level P5, Peninsula Business Park, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6151 2222.
MUSIC One World Many Musics with Indian Ocean at the NCPA Tata Theatre
The veteran folk-fusion rock band from Delhi will perform in our city after a long gap. The concert is part of this year’s instalment of the annual series of gigs organised by the National Centre for the Performing Arts. Tickets priced at Rs400, Rs600, Rs800 and Rs1,000 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, October 24 at 7pm.
Where: Tata Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, NCPA Marg, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.
THEATRE Ibsen Festival Season 2 at the NCPA
The second edition of this annual event organised by Surnai Theatre will comprise two plays by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen that will be performed in multiple languages. Maranat Kharokhar…Jag Jagate is director Rasika Agashe’s Marathi version of Ibsen’s final drama When We Dead Awaken (Experimental Theatre on Saturday at 7pm). In the play, famous sculptor Arnold Rubek has lost his creative energy ever since he parted ways with his muse Irene. He meets her years later at a resort in Norway where he’s staying with his young wife Maja. Irene claims that Arnold devastated her by stealing her soul.
Abhilash Pillai will direct an English, Malayalam and Hindi version of Peer Gynt (Experimental Theatre on Sunday at 4.30pm). Peer is the impoverished son of a man who wasted away the family wealth on a lavish life. His mother hopes that he will restore their fortune but Peer is more interested in telling stories and wandering the world. Theatre veteran and co-founder of Surnai K. K. Raina will helm a production Peer Ghani (Tata Theatre on Sunday at 7pm), a Hindustani version of Peer Gynt set in Kashmir in the 1980s. The final day of the festival, Monday, October 26, will have two sets of talks during which directors will speak about working with Ibsen. Additionally, Astri Ghosh, a translator at the Centre of Ibsen Studies in the University of Oslo and actor and Surnai co-founder Ila Arun will discuss translating and adapting Ibsen. Tickets for the Experimental Theatre shows, priced at Rs350 and Rs400 per head, and for the Tata Theatre show, priced at Rs400, Rs500 and Rs760 per head, are being sold on Bookmyshow.com. The talks are free.
When: Saturday, October 24 to Monday, October 26.
Where: National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.
MUSIC Suman Sridhar at The Hive
The genre-melding singer-songwriter will perform a solo set. Tickets are priced at Rs500 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, October 24 at 8.30pm.
Where: The Hive, 50A Huma Mansion, opposite Ahmed Bakery, Chuim Village Road, Khar. Tel: 98209 98790.
MUSIC BREED + DJ Sa + Kumail at Blue Frog
BREED aka the bass-heavy music duo of Ritesh D’Souza and Tara Mae, hip hop DJ Sa and electronica producer Kumail will play sets. There is an entry fee of Rs500 or cover charge of Rs1,500 per head for men; free entry for women.
When: Saturday, October 24 at 9.30pm.
Where: Blue Frog, Mathuradas Mill Compound, Tulsi Pipe Road, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6158 6158.
MUSIC Martin Roth at China 1
The German electronic music DJ and producer will perform this week’s instalment of the BKC restaurant and bar’s Deep In Dance night. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, October 24 at 9pm.
Where: China 1, C-70, Ground Floor, The Capital, G Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex. Tel: 022 6738 1111.
MUSIC Futuristic Polar Bears at Kitty Su
The British house music trio of Luke Hayes, Fran Cosgrave and Rhys Buckley will man the decks. Tickets, priced at Rs1,500 (only entry fee) or Rs3,000 (full cover charge) per couple; at Rs2,000 (only entry fee) or Rs3,500 (full cover charge) per head for single men; and at Rs1,000 (full cover charge) per head for single women, are being sold on the venue’s website.
When: Saturday, October 24 at 10pm.
Where: Kitty Su, The Lalit, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Road, Andheri (East). Tel: 022 6104 3145.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25
MUSIC Pratahswar at Ravindra Natya Mandir
The monthly series of dawn-time Hindustani classical music concerts, organised by event company Pancham Nishad, will enter its tenth year with a recital of morning ragas by the duo of brothers and flautists Paras and Pankaj Nath. There is no entry fee.
When: Sunday, October 25 at 6.30am.
Where: Ravindra Natya Mandir, behind Siddhivinayak Temple, Prabhadevi. Tel: 022 2436 5990.
MUSIC Aneesh Pradhan + Tejashree Amonkar at Karnataka Sangha
Hindustani classical musicians, tabla player Pradhan and vocalist Amonkar will perform solo recitals. There is no entry fee.
When: Sunday, October 25 at 10am.
Where: Karnataka Sangha, Dr M. Viseshwarya Smarak Mandir, Chhatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj Marg, off T. H. Kataria Marg, Matunga (West). Tel: 022 2437 7022.
SHOPPING & STYLE The Gentlemen’s Edition at Amadeus
At this shopping bazaar for men, organised by entrepreneur Vinisha Jain, the goods on offer will include T-shirts by VoxPop and Red Wolf; Japanese clothing label Bushido Denim; accessories brand The Bro Code and vinyl records and audio equipment seller The Revolver Club. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Sunday, October 25, from 11am to 7pm.
Where: Amadeus, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4242.
MUSIC The Music Room with Daddy G at Cafe Nemo
The Worli venue will kick off this new monthly night with a DJ set by Daddy G, aka British producer and founding member of trip hop act Massive Attack Grant Marshall. The entry fee is Rs300 per head.
When: Sunday, October 25 at 9pm.
Where: Cafe Nemo, 329/A, Thadani House, opposite Indian Coast Guard, Worli Village, Worli. Tel: 022 2437 9841.
ONGOING
HISTORY Kindred Nations: A History of US – India Relations at Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
An exhibition of photographs, documents and other objects that reveal relationships between Indians and Americans from the late eighteenth century until Independence in 1947. Tickets for Indians are priced at Rs10 per head for adults and Rs5 per head for children below the age of 13, and tickets for foreigners are priced at Rs100 per head for adults and Rs50 per head for children below the age of 13.
When: Until Sunday, October 25. Open Thursday to Tuesday, from 10am to 5.30pm; Wednesday, closed.
Where: Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Rani Baug, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Road, Byculla. Tel: 022 2373 1234.
PHOTOGRAPHY FILM ‘Nemai Ghosh: Satyajit Ray and Beyond’ at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
An exhibition of photographs by Nemai Ghosh, who extensively chronicled the film director Satyajit Ray at work. Tickets for Indians are priced at Rs10 per head for adults and Rs5 per head for children below the age of 13, and tickets for foreigners are priced at Rs100 per head for adults and Rs50 per head for children below the age of 13.
When: Until Tuesday, November 3. Open Thursday to Tuesday, from 10am to 5.30pm; Wednesday closed.
Where: Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, 91A, Rani Baug, Baba Saheb Ambedkar Road, Byculla (East). Tel: 022 2373 1234.
ART Unpacking the Studio: Celebrating the Jehangir Sabavala Bequest at Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation
This exhibition comprises the late artist’s paintings and personal articles such as diaries, sketchbooks and portfolios that were donated by his wife Shirin Sabavala to the Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation, which is housed inside the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya. The show, which has been curated by Ranjit Hoskote, places Jehangir Sabavala’s work in the context of his artistic inspirations, his education in Mumbai, London and Paris, and his practice among his peers from the 1930s to the 1950s. Tickets to enter the museum are priced at Rs70 per head for visitors above the age of 12, Rs20 per head for children between the ages of five and 12 and Rs300 per head for foreigners above the age of 12.
When: Until Thursday, December 31. The Foundation is open Tuesday to Sunday, from 10.30am to 6pm; Monday, closed.
Where: Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Second Floor, East Wing, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2202 9613.
ART Shumon Ahmed at Project 88
The Bangladeshi artist’s debut solo show in India has works from two series of photographic prints: the recent When dead ships travel and an earlier body of work titled Metal Graves. Both series – shot on a variety of cameras and film and developed using a number of techniques – focus on the hulks of junked beat-up ships.
When: Until Saturday, November 7. Open Tuesday to Saturday, from 11am to 7pm; Sunday and Monday, closed.
Where: Project 88, BMP Building, Narayan A. Sawant Marg, near Colaba Fire Station, Colaba. Tel: 022 2281 0066.