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Attend: Sarod recital by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

Tonight, sarod exponent Ustad Amjad Ali Khan performs with Vijay Ghate on the tabla, at Nehru Centre. Do not miss.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

Today, on the occasion of Mahashivratri, sarod’s most enduring name in India, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan will perform at the Nehru Centre, accompanied by Vijay Ghate on the tabla.

After performing for an august audience at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo recently, the maestro is giving this rare solo performance in Mumbai where he will regale music lovers with traditional ragas and vintage renditions in his inimitable style.

Khan was born into a musical family and has performed internationally since the 1960s. He was awarded India’s second highest civilian honor, the Padma Vibhushan, in 2001. Khan has recently been awarded 21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavna Award. 20 August is celebrated as harmony day, the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi. Khan received the Padma Shri in 1975, the Padma Bhushan in 1991, and the Padma Vibhushan in 2001, and was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 1989 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for 2011. He was awarded the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in 2004. The U.S. state Massachusetts proclaimed 20 April as Amjad Ali Khan Day in 1984. Khan was made an honorary citizen of Houston, Texas, and Nashville, Tennessee, in 1997, and of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2007. He received the Banga-Vibhushan in 2011. Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan, who has shared his rich experience in Indian classical music in classes across the West, will now teach for a quarter (three months) at Stanford University, this course will have lessons on Sarod as well.

(Picture courtesy www.kavitachhibber.com)

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Shop and explore art at Kurla this month

Phoenix Marketcity Kurla ties up with the art collective Dolna to present an art installation comprising work by renowned Indian artistes.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

Art continues to get the patronage it deserves in the country’s financial capital, Mumbai. What is heartening is that contemporary art is stepping out of the confines of art galleries in the city and becoming accessible to the everyday Mumbaikar, in the spaces he or she frequents.

Taking the idea of making art accessible to all, Phoenix Marketcity Kurla has tied up with Dolna to present the ‘Art Horizon Series’ from February 15 to March 31, 2015. The idea behind the initiative is to allow every shopper to have a close encounter with art. This series opens with its first collection titled Eclectic Collection that mirrors the eclectic nature of life itself.Cotton Field by artist Subodh kerkar

Through the Eclectic Collection, Phoenix Marketcity Kurla and Mithu Basu, Founder of Dolna, bring to Mumbai brilliant art curated from the studios of ace artists such as Shaam Pahapalkar (his work is featured above), Subodh Kerkar (his work is featured on right), Dr Sudhir Deshpande and Govind Biswas. “The aim of the exhibition is to take further Phoenix Market City, Kurla and Dolna’s vision of widening the horizon for art, artists and the audience,” says Mithu.

The Eclectic Collection consists of artwork and installations based on concepts such as reincarnation, the divide between rural and urban society, the daily life in a city, and many more contemporary concepts. The installations will be exhibited at the mall from February 15, 2015 to March 31, 2015.

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‘Please welcome…Jerry Seinfeld!’

Noted comedian Jerry Seinfeld comes to Mumbai for the first time in March 2015, tickets will be sold tomorrow onward.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

It’s a great time to be a comedy enthusiast in Mumbai. Entertainment icon Jerry Seinfeld is making his maiden trip to Mumbai in March 2015 with two shows at the NSCI, Worli.

Incidentally, the same venue was where the infamous AIB Roast took place in December last year.

Seinfeld is a name almost synonymous with comedy. Over the last few decades, it is a name that has reached unsurpassed heights of global popularity. And this March, fans in India will have a long-awaited opportunity to experience his work live.

Jerry Seinfeld The Emmy and Golden Globe-winning comedian will perform two live shows next month on March 14 and 15 at the Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, NSCI. These shows mark Jerry Seinfeld’s first ever performances in Asia. Seinfeld said “I have always been fascinated by India and its culture.  I have great respect for its people and their way of life.  It is a great honour for me to be invited to come there and make fun of it in person.”

He joins the line-up of the already underway Stage42 festival, which showcases some of India and the world’s most celebrated artists and experiences in comedy, music, theatre and food. “For many of us, our introduction to comedy was Seinfeld. He’s a comedian whose influence is impossible to understate, and it’s a matter of immense pride that we will be bringing this global icon to India for the first time,” says Arjun Ravi, Co-Founder , NH7.in

The festival will take place in seven cities – Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune – between February and March 2015. The comedy lineup of the festival includes the Russell Peters Almost Famous World Tour, a tour by critically-acclaimed comic Bill Burr, and Pretentious Nights featuring the guys behind the popular YouTube series Pretentious Movie Reviews.

Tickets to the Jerry Seinfeld shows go on sale at noon on February 13, and are priced at Rs 7,500. Tickets will be available for sale on Insider.in.

Apart from the multiple award winning TV show Seinfeld, Seinfeld has also starred in, written and produced movies (Comedian, Bee Movie), directed and produced a Broadway hit (Colin Quinn Long Story Short), and even wrote a best-selling book (Seinlanguage) and a children’s book (Halloween). His latest project is the critically-acclaimed web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, seen exclusively on Crackle and comediandsincarsgettingcoffee.com, which has garnered more than 10 million views, and which the New York Times describes as “impressively complex and artful” and Variety calls “a game changer.” He lives in New York City with his wife and three children. He remains active as a stand-up comedy performer, touring the country extensively.

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Sula Fest 2015: A roundup

Nashik rocked – like it annually does – as it hosted the Sula Fest, its wine, food and music jamboree.
by Salil Jayakar | @Salilicious on Twitter

All roads from Mumbai led to Nashik over the weekend where Sula Vineyards was hosting Sula Fest – its annual wine, food and music jamboree. Naturally, the mood among the revelers was quite high what with all the free flowing wine.

But among the usual wine and cheese tasting tours, the music and the food, here’s our pick of the unusual and interesting…

SulaFest 2015_Prahlad Kakkar at B & BBQEveryone’s favourite ad man Prahlad Kakkar (seated at extreme left in pic) caught us quite by surprise as he deftly took orders and dished out plates of vegetarian and chicken biryani at the food court! The ad man popped up a stall for his office cook who has been making meals for him for the past 40 years. “My cook makes the best biryani. Till some years ago, we had an open house in my office every Saturday where we’d feed 15 to 20 people,” he said.

We were thrilled to see winemaker Hardys at Sula this year who came on board as wine partner. As we sampled their reds and whites with Thai prawns curry and veg ravioli, we got chatting with Mumbai girl Najeshda Deshpande, Sula’s import manager. Born and raised in Vile Parle, Najeshda’s (means ‘Hope’ in Russian) love affair with wine began on a holiday in Australia. “I was done with number crunching and didn’t quite know what to do next. I made friends with wine-making surfers and here I am today,” she told us. You go girl!

Celebrity chef Saransh Goila (in pic on right) who’s quite the regular now at all such dos kept us quite entertained over the two-days we hung out with him. The Cecilia Oldne, Global Brand Ambassador & Head - International Business, Sula Vineyards with Chef Saransh Goilareality TV star is all set to release his first book, a travelogue with recipes from his travels. The 70,000-words tome should be an exciting read, we hope. “My favourite author Ruskin Bond kindly consented to write a few words for me in the book. I’m thrilled!” said Saransh.

By far the biggest draw on Day 1 at Sula Fest was the American indie rock band Young the Giant with the ‘desi’ connect. Lead singer Sameer Gadhia, half-Gujarati and half-Bengali, was studying Human Biology at Stanford before he dived headlong into the music scene. With performances at the Video Music Awards a few years ago and a Top 50 appearance on the Billboard 200 albums chart, this desi boy had the girls swooning.

Chief winemaker Ajoy Shaw took us on a tour of the Sula cellars and we came away quite impressed with their sustainability efforts. The cellar has skylights to let in natural light and also has two entire roofs with solar panels that provide almost 15 per cent of their electricity requirements. With rainwater harvesting, composting, spot application at vineyards and encouraging natural predators, Sula’s green efforts are quite commendable. “Our aim is to reduce our water consumption by 5 per cent every year and do our bit to conserve natural resources,” he said.

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Go on a culinary world tour at Ghatkopar

The World Food Festival will feature all the cuisines in the world at one spot – R City Mall in Ghatkopar. On till February 15, 2015.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

If you’re a fan of world cuisine, you should be making your way to Ghatkopar this week.

R City Mall in Ghatkopar is hosting the World Food Festival from February 7 to 15, 2015, with a delicious and diverse food menu. Visitors to the venue will get the chance to not just sample food from around the world, but also interact with famous chefs.

Apart from the array of food items, there will be also be fun activities to keep visitors occupied, of which the most popular one is learning to cook various dishes at live cooking sessions arranged in the fest.

Vvikas Aroraa, Director Sales and Marketing, Runwal Group said, “At our malls, we constantly endeavour to provide the best experience to our customers with innovative initiatives. Customers at our malls come for world class shopping and entertainment experiences. This Food Festival is a unique way of offering a wide array of cuisines under a single roof.”

Noted food companies are expected to showcase their most popular dishes at the event, and even reveal a few secret recipes. Retailers like Indigo Deli, Punjab Grill, Bowl House, Rajdhani, Banana Leaf, Taco Bell, Yokos, Zaffran and many more are participating in the food festival and offering discounts on their food menu. Few restaurants will set up their live cooking counters, such as Salad and Tiramisu dessert from Sbarro, Malbar curry and appam from Banana Leaf, Thai lemon grass prawns and Burmese Khowsuey from The Bowl House, Mughlai dishes from Zaffran, and Microwave cooking from E-Zone, among others.

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Watch: ‘The Government Inspector’

The brilliant play about a small money-laundering town and an official arriving to investigate is on at the NCPA tonight.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

If you like humour and intrigue, you cannot miss this play.

The Government Inspector, an NCPA Production in collaboration with Akvarious Production, is on tonight. A group of dysfunctional actors comes together to play a group of small town money-grabbing officials. They get the shock of their lives when they learn that a government inspector is being dispatched to investigate their town and all its local dealings. Gogol’s classic is an energetic comedy of manners, taken one step further by not only satirising corruption in a small town, but also the theatre process itself.

The play has been adapted and directed by Akarsh Khurana, and stars Adhir Bhat, Hussain Dalal, Adhaar Khurana, Dilshad Edibam Khurana and others. The play is on at 7 pm tonight at the NCPA.

(Picture courtesy ncpamumbai.com)

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