Citygritty 8212; Pune

Yahoo, time for fun!
Attention youngsters, before you prepare to don your school uniforms, here8217;s an opportunity to let your hair down before the mandatory hair-band imprisons it or the hair-gel smooths it into place. Yahoo 8217;99, a fun, shopping and infotainment extravaganza, will provide a befitting climax to your holidays.

The venue 8211; New English School; the time 8211; the first week of June. Hundred and fifty stalls with wares as varied as school shoes, books, CDs, rainwear, costume jewellery, fashion wear will cater to the shoppers. For those to whom information8217; is God, an Information Technology section will provide guidance on computer careers. The journey within the shopping complex will be pepped up with entertainment by pop groups, magic shows and the like.

Kids aged between six and 14 have a bonus, the National Egg Coordination Committee will host a Treasure Hunt, including fun-filled games. All this fun also has a social purpose. Under the aegis of Gift a Toy, Bring Someone Joy8217; and Book and Cassette Bank,8217; old but intact toys, books and cassettes will be collected and donated to children8217;s homes in Pune.

Hit the pool!
Cuing up at a pool table in the city this Tuesday was none other than former national snooker champion Yasin Merchant. He inaugurated the Pegasus sports bar at the San Mahu complex opposite the Poona Club by cutting the ribbon and a cake shaped exactly like a pool table. The sports bar, owned by Abhijit Taware, boasts of a netcafe, snack and salad bar, besides, of course, the four pool tables. Pool is truly cool, huh?

Steps in time
Noted theatre, television and film actress Rohini Hattangadi and her husband Jayadev, an actor in his own right and a promoter of the arts of play-writing, mask making and direction, will be in town on the evening of May 27, to appreciate the dance performance of a student of Antara Nritya Niketan.8217;

On the occasion of its 12th anniversary, the dance institute, a brain-child of Guru Anuradha Girish Jog, will entertain audiences with a dance performance, Nritya Ratna Panchalika, at the Tilak Smarak Mandir, by Jahnavee Chitte. Chitte has been learning Bharatnatyam for the last seven years at the institute.