Show Stealers

The Samulnori is a form of Korean percussion with a set of four instruments. The Korean Cultural Centre will offer sessions to learn these instrument from Park Eun-ha,from the National Gugak Centre for Traditional Performing Arts,South Korea,till July 25,from 10 am to 11.30 am,and 4 pm to 5.30 pm. The fee is Rs 1,000. At Korean Cultural Centre India,25 A Ring Road,Lajpat Nagar IV.

Contact: 43345000

Portraits of Women

Award-winning Canadian photographer Lana Slezic’s photographs taken in Afghanistan,between 2004 and 2006 search emotions behind the many Afghan women she encountered. Organised by The High Commission of Canada,New Delhi,an exhibited titled “Forsaken” shows this series of photographs at Annexe Gallery,IIC,Max Mueller Marg,

till July 24 from 11 am to 7 pm.

Contact 24619431

Pune.

Maximum City

Manoj shinde is fascinated with cities. He loves their vivid colours and the hum of life. So when he picks up his paintbrush,he paints cityscapes from all over the world,trying to capture their spirit in vibrant red and yellow shades. His water colours are on display at Malaka Spice,lane 5,Koregaon Park,till July 31.

Contact: 26151088

Monsoon Notes

Revel in the beauty and majesty of monsoon ragas at “Barkha Ritu”,a monsoon music festival organised by Banyan Tree. In its 12th year,the festival will host a concert with violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan,Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya on slide guitar,Talvin Singh on tabla and Pandit Channulal Mishra on vocals. The concert will take place at Yashwantrao Chavan Gruha on July 27,6.30 pm onwards.

Contact: 25395232.

Mumbai.

Stage Matters

Presented by Silly Point Productions,“Get Silly” is a theatre festival that begins on July 25 at the National Centre for Performing Arts,Nariman Point,and continues till July 28. Four plays will be staged during this time – The Class Act,Four Square,Rusty Screws and Fools – at the Experimental Theatre. A season pass can be bought for Rs 1,200. Contact: 22824567

Inside Out

Currently on display at Art Musings gallery,Colaba,is a show titled “As Within… So Without”. The exhibition features work by Delhi and Kolkata based abstractionists Ram Kumar and Ganesh Haloi,respectively,and will continue till August 30. Contact: 22163339.

Chandigarh.

Write Stuff

The Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi invites Chandigarh-based writers to submit unpublished book-length manuscripts in Hindi,English,Punjabi or Urdu. Entries may be submitted at the Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi office,State Library,

Sector 34. Deadline for submission is August 30,2013. Contact: 2646895

Folk Flavour

The Department of Culture,Haryana,is organising an eight-day Saang Festival. Saang is Haryana’s popular folk theatre and incorporates theatrics and mimicry,along with songs and dialogue. The

festival is on at Tagore Theatre,till July 25,at 6.30 pm. Contact: 2724278