Sep. 03	Ammavaasai
Sep. 05	Labor Day
Sep. 07	Vinayakar Chathurthi
Sep. 17	Pournami
Sep. 21	Sankatahara Chathurthi
ShubhaMuhurtha Day: 1, 5, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16

Ongoing:
9am – 5.30pm. "Pranahuti Aided Meditation", Training held by the Institute of Sriramchandra Consciousness, very 2nd Saturday of the month in the Bay Area. Free for all. Contact: Vidyadar Joshi 408.973.8667, www.sriramchandra.org,isrc_ca@yahoo.com

Sept. 06, 13, 20, 27 Tuesdays
12 noon. Siddha Samadhi Yoga Classes at Shiva Vishnu Temple, Livermore, California, Contact:Temple 925.449.6255,www.livermoretemple.org

Sept. 07, 11, 18, 25 Wednesdays6-9am. "ItsDiff" Tamil radio program every Wednesday at 90.1 FM, KZSU, Stanford, California, Contact: Srikant Srinivasa,itsdiff@gmail.com

Sept. 04, 11, 18, 25 Thursdays
1pm – 3pm. Carnatic Radio on 90.1FM KZSU Stanford, The program is one hour of carnatic music and Gharana music. Contact: Parag,info@kzsu.stanford.edu

Sept 07, 14, 21, 28 Sundays
Bala Vihar classes at Chinmaya Mission in Danville, Fremont, Los Altos, San Jose, and San Ramon, California. Curriculum includes Tamil language instruction; Contact: 408.998.2793, sanjose@chinmayamission.org,www.chinmaya-sanjose.org/balvihar.html

9:30am-10am - Tamil Class taught at the Hindu Temple of Atlanta, Riverdale, Georgia; Also offering Dance classes, Hatha Yoga, Adult Gita, and Balavihar class. Contact: 770.907.7102, feedback@hindutempleofatlanta.org, www.hindutempleofatlanta.org

11am-12:30pm. Tamil songs, Tiruppugazh taught at the Hindu Temple of reater Chicago, Lemont, Illinois. Also offering Sanskrit, bhajan classes. Contact: Jayanthi Balachandran 630.325.2985, Usha Narayanan at 630.527.9308 or the Temple front desk. info@ramatemple.org, www.ramatemple.org

5.30pm - St.John’s Tamil Lutheran Congregation - Church congregation of Tamil Speaking public from Asia; Location: 47 Winthrop Street, Williston Park, New York,Contact: Rev. Rathinasamy 718.747.6242, 516.742.5858

5:pm to 6pm (EST): 'Tamil Amudham' Metro Detroit/Ann Arbor's Tamil Radio program: Every Sunday at 1460 AM; Can be heard at www.wpon.com ; Archives at www.tamilamudham.com ; Contact: Program Director Dr. V.S Balanethiram 248.641.7684. Features news roundup, children’s program, kadhai amudham, mazhalai amudam

Sept. 03, Saturday
4pm. Bharathanatyam Arangetram of Ms. Shelly Bansal; Disciple of Ms. Vishal Ramani and Shri Krupa Dance Company; Location: Mayer Theater, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California; Contact:www.shrikrupa.org; 408.293;5206

Sept. 04, Sunday
4pm. Carnatic Vocal Debut Concert by Nandini Dasarathy; Disciple of Ms. Jayashree Dasarathy; Location: Smithwick Theatre, Foothill College Fine Arts, Los Altos Hills, California; Accompanied by Dr. Ram Sriram (mrudangam), Smt. Sandhya Srinath (violin); Contact:408.252.4025

6pm. Festival of Bharathanatyam - Part I; Performed by Staff Artists of Shri Krupa Dance Company; Choreographed by Ms. Vishal Ramani; Location: Historic Hoover Theatre, San Jose; Contact: www.shrikrupa.org408.293;5206

Sept. 05, Monday
3:30pm. Classical Vocal Debut Music Concert of Ms. Priya Sundaramurthy; Disciple of Ms. Nandini Ramamurthy; Location: MA Center, Castro Valley, California; Contact: Kasthuri Sundar (510.713.2846)

Sept. 09, Friday
7:30pmYouth Concert; Presented by Nandalala Mission; The founder of Nandalala Mission, Ms. Mathioli Saraswathi will grace the occasion; A fund raiser for Kidney Dialysis Center, Chennai. Location: Mission City Center for Performing Arts; Wilcox High School Complex, Santa Clara, California; Tickets: $10;Contact:www.nandalala.org