Wednesday, 3 June 2015

Culture fix: Your guide to a Vogue weekend

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Every week, Vogue gives you a cultural calendar comprising the best of music, art, photography, food and fashion.

This weekend, Mumbai is about all things Dutch—including DJ Armin van Buuren and artist Lita Cabellut. Comic Con India is conducting workshops and hosting costume parties in Delhi and Hyderabad, and Bengaluru will pay homage to novelist Gabriel García Márquez.

Read on for what made it to Vogue's list of all things cultural this week.

If you're in Mumbai…

Laugh your lungs out

NCPA's Cheer! Comedy Theatre Festival serves up a platter full of laughter this weekend—from comic plays to stand-up acts (including comedienne Radhika Vaz) and workshops for kids—rest assured, you're going to be laughing out loud.

When: June 5-7
Where: NCPA, Nariman Point, Mumbai. See the complete line-up.

Tune into 'A State of Trance'

'Emperor of Trance' Dutch DJ Armin van Buuren brings his celebrated radio show 'A State of Trance 700' to Mumbai on June 6—and we hear it's the only show in Asia. With a Grammy nomination to his name, he's sure to shake up your gig night this weekend.

When: June 6, 6pm
Where: Dome, NSCI-SVP stadium, Worli, Mumbai. Buy your tickets.

Smell the sights of  'The Black Tulip'

Dutch-based artist Lita Cabellut's exhibition 'The Black Tulip'—her first in India—named after the 18th century rare flower features a series of portraits that celebrate the Dutch Golden Age. The exhibition opens at Mumbai's CSMVS museum this weekend and travels to Delhi in September.

When: June 6-20
Where: CSMVS museum, Kala Ghoda, Fort, Mumbai

Sing-along with Lucky Ali

Singer Lucky Ali first stepped into the Bollywood music scene in the late '90s. Now with a dozen films to his credit, the singer of "O Sanam" fame takes his melodious tunes to stage. Singer-songwriter Pratyul Joshi will play the opening act.

When: June 5, 10pm – 1am
Where: blueFROG, Todi Mills, Lower Parel, Mumbai. Book here.

Paint the city orange

From Holland to Mumbai, this on-going festival gives you the full Dutch cultural experience without having to leave the country. Think everything from stroopwafels (at Foodhall, Palladium Mall) to klompen (wooden clog) making workshops at a makeshift "Holland Village" at Cross Maidan. There's even a Dutch film festival at NCPA.

When: June 1-7
Where: Across Lower Parel, Churchgate and Bandra. View their complete schedule of events.

If you're in Kolkata…

Watch Italian history unravel

Can't make it to the British capital this summer? 'Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum,' an exhibition from the British Museum, travels to multiple cities in India for a week-long cinematic event—introduced by museum director Neil MacGregor.

When: June 7-13
Where: Cinemax: Mani Square Mall, Kolkata (and at other PVR cinemas in Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Pune) Find out more.

If you're in Delhi…

Download and draw comics

Comic Con India is hosting a weekend-long, multi-city event featuring comic drawing workshops and even a cosplay-after-party. What more, you can geek up by downloading your all-time favourite reads onto your tablets and smartphones.

When: June 6 and 7, 5pm onwards
Where: Hard Rock Café, Saket, Delhi (and at HRC Mumbai and Hyderabad) Find out more.

Eat, drink and make merry

Brace yourselves: Tabula Rasa returns as TabulaBeach Café this weekend—and turns out, the name isn’t the only transformation it's undergone. The pop-up restaurant and lounge—slated to host comedy and karaoke nights, flea markets and exhibitions, and food and drink—will take up residence for seven months until New Year's Eve this year.

When: Opens June 5; Sundowner on June 6, 5pm
Where: Asiad village, near Siri Fort auditorium, Delhi. Attend here.

Travel through Trace(s)

Three photographers, Ioulia Chevtsova, Marie Langlest and Alan Rubin, showcase their documented travels in an exhibition titled 'Trace(s),' which deals with time, memory and place, while capturing the streets and sights of Old Delhi, among other cities.

When: June 5, 6pm
Where: Lodi Estate, Galerie Romain Rolland, Alliance française de Delhi

If you're in Bengaluru…

Watch Márquez magical realism come alive

Improper Fractions have collaborated with Instituto Cervantes to stage a theatrical adaptation of the novella Chronicle of a Death Foretold, by late Colombian novelist, Gabriel García Márquez. Both, directed and performed by Manjari Kaul, we can't wait to witness this murder.

When: June 7, 3:30pm and 7:30pm
Where: Ranga Shankara, JP Nagar, Bengaluru. Read more.

Find something in your city that you think can make it to Vogue's cultural calendar? Email your contributions at letters@vogue.in



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