This handy guide will help you plan your week ahead
Explore Ballard Estate
9 AM to 11 AM: Fan of the old world? Go on a heritage walk at Ballard Estate. With its wide, tree-lined streets and elegant European architecture, the historical tour will transport you to early 20th century Bombay, to a port city that stood at the centre of a map dominated by sea trade and travel, and at the brink of modern living.
MEETING POINT: The Asiatic Society of Mumbai, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, Fort
ENTRY: Rs 600
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Paint your imagination
2 PM: Indulge yourself in a soulful experience at a painting session where you will create something that truly defines you. All you need is a creative streak, and the willingness to shed your inhibitions. And the best part is you get to take your creation home with you.
WHERE: Accord Nidhi, Malad Link Road, Malad West
ENTRY: Rs 1,500 per person
CALL: 9833713040
Become a knitting pro
2.30 PM: If you like to knit and are keen on learning a new technique, this macramé workshop might have the answer. Macramé is a type of ornamental work that involves knotting and weaving coarse thread into a pattern, to create decorative artwork. All materials will be provided.
WHERE: Colour Crates, Ground Floor, 658,Kailash Nagar CHS, Forjett Street, Tardeo
ENTRY: Rs 2,500
CALL: 23538043
Devour spicy samosettes
12 PM TO 1 AM: Gather your friends and family for a weekend binge at Hard Rock Cafe’s newest festival ‘Platter Mania’. The menu exclusively curated for large groups, comprises lip-smacking array of appetizers and mains like spicy samosettes, falafel bites, Hawaiian skewers, tacos
among others.
WHERE: Hard Rock Café, Bombay Dyeing, Pandhurang Budhkar Marg, Worli
CALL: 24382888
Relish a Pathare Prabhu thali
12.30 PM: For all those who would like to relish some authentic summer recipes, the Pathare Prabhu thali is back. And, this time, raw mango is dominating the menu. The coma-inducing food experience will also include seafood and veg delicacies.
WHERE: Khanderao Smruti, 2nd floor, Dattapada Road, Borivli West
ENTRY: Rs 1,500
CALL: 9221030532
Learn from the master
10 AM to 5 PM: Spend a better part of the day understanding the nuances of studio and fashion photography with ace lensman Dilip Yande. The photography workshop will give a brief introduction about fashion photography, the theory of studio lighting and how to create glamorous fashion portraits.
WHERE: A- 316 Antop Hill Warehousing Complex, near Dosti Acres, Wadala (East)
ENTRY: Rs 3,000
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Experience immersive theatre
7 PM: What do you expect when you walk into a dark room? What if every corner told you a story? Immerse yourself in a similar sensory experience with Darkroom 2.0. Stories. Upon arrival, you will be made to sit blindfolded and greeted with characters, who will whisper in your ears. You will also be given the power to decide the fate of the characters from these stories. The immersive theatre experience will take you through four classic stories, - Durga Poojo (A True Story), Lihaaf (1941), Kafan (1936) and Khol Do (1952). Guests have to arrive 30 minutes before the show.
WHERE: Andheri Base, Whistling Woods Andheri Base Sharyans Audeus, Link Road, Andheri (West)
ENTRY: Rs 400
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Visit an art exhibition
11 AM to 7 PM: Visit art educationist Deelip Khomane’s latest exhibition that showcases his unique innovative perceptions about vivid fantasies and mysteries in life. The artworks have been created on MDF to illustrate the subtle nuances of both paintings and sculptures.
WHERE: Gallery No. 3, Jehangir Art Gallery, MG Road, Kala Ghoda
CALL: 22843989
Watch an American classic
12.30 PM: Spend your weekend watching one of actor Marlon Brando’s most critically acclaimed crime dramas, On the Waterfront (1954). The story revolves around boxer Terry Malloy (played by Brando), who while running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union, witnesses a murder.
WHERE: Matterden CFC, 38 N M Joshi Marg, Lower Parel
ENTRY: Rs 100
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Dig into dosas
10.30 AM: There’s no better feeling than indulging in a breakfast spread of South Indian specials. Join Seek Sherpa for a food trail at handpicked Udupi and Tamil eateries in Central Mumbai. For the main course, you will be trying out four to five varieties of idlis and dosas, along with a piping hot cup of filter kaapi. You will wrap up the food journey with sheera for dessert.
MEETING POINT: Outside WE School, Welingkar Building, Lakhamsi Nappu Road, Matunga
ENTRY: Rs 595
CALL: 9643982934
Watch Gulzar's Pinocchio
MAY 13, 4 PM: Catch Pinocchio, a new play written by Gulzaar and directed by Salim Arif that will premiere at Prithvi Theatre on Saturday. The play is an adaptation
by Gulzaar of Carlo Collodi's hugely popular children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio. The play is about a puppet that comes alive. With the help of Jimini as his conscience, he has to prove a worthy Boy. The play stars Lubna Salim, Amit Behl, Nissar Khan, Bakul Thakkar, Neetu Pandey and Yasir Khan.
WHERE: Prithvi Theatre, 20 Janki Kutir Juhu Church Road
ENTRY: Rs 300
CALL: 26149546
Pedal the night away
MAY 13, 11.30 PM: It might be sweltering in the day, but nights are certainly soothing. So take your cycles and go for a midnight ride organised by Some Place Else. You start your ride from Colaba Causeway and pedal all the way to Bandra and finish the ride at Bandstand. A safety vehicle with an extra cycle, first aid kit along with mechanic will follow the group from start to end.
WHERE: Colaba Causeway
ENTRY: Rs 625
CALL: 9833163486
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Bond with Barney
MAY 8- 12, 11 am - 1 pm: Let your kids, aged 8-12, have fun with Dorothy, Barney and Dino this summer. Millk at Lower Parel is conducting a dinosaur themed workshop which will consist of dance, yoga, zumba and indoor activities. There will also be Dorothy and Barney worksheets and foot painting activities. The games are aimed at enhancing their motor skills and general knowledge.
WHERE: MILLK, Kamala Mills, Senapati Bapat Marg, Next to Gate 4, Lower Parel
ENTRY: Rs 3,000 per child
CALL: 24964457
Groove to a edgy beats
MAY 11, 9 PM ONWARD: Bombay Cocktail Bar hopes to bring you some mid-week cheer with Tribal Thursday, an edgy, snazzy night of music with DJ Cyrus. You'll also have a live percussionist bleating out the best party mixes. While you let your hair down, enjoy some small bites like papdi chaat, aloo tikki chaat and thanda bhel.
WHERE: Bombay Cocktail Bar, Deluxe House, Ground floor, plot no b-50, off New Link Road, Andheri (west)
CALL: 9029298340
TILL MAY 10, 11 AM - 7 PM: Shyamal Mukherjee is an artist who has spent his entire life in Calcutta, only venturing out to attend exhibitions of his works all over India and abroad. Here’s your chance to see Mukherjee’s work, in which you will see the influence of the Bengal School of Art. Mukherjee's figures are dressed in the bright, orange, red and green costumes that street performers wear, but their eyes are gazing and drawn. Their faces and bodies are almost cartoon-like making the irony and pathos that surrounds them extremely evident.
WHERE: Studio3 Art Gallery, 12 Nagin Mahal, Ground Floor, Veer Nariman Road, Churchgate
CALL: 9819344839
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See art for a cause
till may 9, 11 aM - 7 PM: Pune-based artist Dipak Asole’s paintings often throw light on social issues. In his latest exhibition titled, Colourful Thoughts, Asole brings his personal experiences onto the canvas. Some of the issues reflected in his art include women’s education and empowerment.
where: Jehangir Art Gallery 161-B, AC - 2 MG Road, Kala Ghoda
CALL: 9881232334
Practice yoga with cats
7.30 AM: Cat Cafe Studio has joined hands with yoga instructor Priti Jhavar where you can enjoy an entire hour of peaceful yoga with the kitties. Apparently, being around cats while performing yoga helps one envision cats in their own homes — which is the ultimate goal of this activity.
WHERE: Cat Cafe Studio, 63, Harminder Singh Road, Aram Nagar Part 1, Versova, Andheri (West)
ENTRY: Rs 300
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Laugh with Nitin
7.30 PM: Listen to Nitin Mirani, an Indian comedian based in the Middle East who has been on the comedy circuit the last eight years with his show Komic Sutra. He has performed all over the globe along including at Laugh Factory Chicago and Carolines on Broadway.
WHERE: Magazine Cafe and Bar, 155, Waterfield Road, Bandra West
ENTRY: Rs 499
call: 33956185
Enjoy BOGO offers
NOON - 12 PM: TGI Friday is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a buy one get one offer on all food and beverages including on the the R99 menu and two-course lunch menu at Rs 199. Enjoy items like sizzling cottage cheese fajita and ultimate JD burger.
WHERE: TGIF, first floor, Palladium Mall, High Street Phoenix, Lower Parel
CALL: 66155687
Tuck into a dabba
noon - 11.30 PM: Kuai Kitchen, a delivery outlet in Colaba by the owners of Royal China has launched the KUAI tiffin. This combo box is available for Rs 495 for fish and prawns, Rs 450 for chicken and Rs 425 for vegetarian. While there, try the dynamite prawns and chicken yakitori skewers.
WHERE: Kuai Kitchen, 16/A, Cusrow Baug, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, Colaba
CALL: 22830692
Watch a Hindi play
6.30 PM: NCPA has launched the Summer Fiesta that will feature 15 plays. On Saturday, you could watch The Little Prince directed by Akriti Singh. Based on a novella published in 1943, it is a poetic tale in which a pilot stranded in the desert meets a young prince fallen to Earth from a tiny asteroid.
WHERE: Experimental Theatre, NCPA, Nariman Point
ENtRY: Rs 350, Rs 300 and Rs 250
CALL: 66223724
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