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If you want events to be included, please e-mail details to thendral@tamilonline.com. Though we try our best to provide accurate information, we urge you to check details with the host organization before attending an event.
Ongoing:
9am - 5.30pm. "Pranahuti Aided Meditation", Training held by the Institute of Sriramchandra Consciousness, every 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
May 02, 09, 16, 23, 30 Tuesdays
12 noon. Siddha Samadhi Yoga Classes at Shiva Vishnu Temple, Livermore, California, Contact: Temple 925.449.6255, www.livermoretemple.org
May 03, 10, 17, 24 Wednesdays
6-9am. "ItsDiff" Tamil radio program every Wednesday at 90.1 FM, KZSU, Stanford, California; Contact: Srikant Srinivasa, itsdiff@gmail.com
May 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
7:30-9pm. Weekly Satsanghs (Shirdi Sai Bhajans); Organized by Shirdi Sai Parivaar; Venue: Odd Fellows Temple, Cupertino, California; Contact: www.shirdisaiparivaar.org
May 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
9:30-10:30am. TAMIL WORSHIP; Venue: Faith Lutheran Church (Sanctuary), 37635 Dequindre Road Michigan (Between 16 &17 Mile Road); Contact: Rev. Arul J Alexander 248-402-8040; tamil@faithtroy.org Web: http://www.faithtroy.org/tamil
11am-12:30pm. Tamil songs, Tiruppugazh taught at the Hindu Temple of Greater 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
10am – Tamil Classes for children and adults at various levels; Organized by California Tamil Academy; Venue: De Anza College Campus, Cupertino, California; Contact: www.catamilacademy.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 |
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Chinmaya Mission, California conducts weekly discourses on Bhagavad Gita, Upadesha Saara, Sreemad Bhagavatam, Vedanta Saara, Upadesha Saara, Advaita Vedanta - Ishavasya Upanishad, Advaita Vedanta - Vivekachoodamani and Guided Meditation; Locations: Sandeepany, San Jose; Lincoln High School, San Jose; Washington High School, Fremont; Los Cerros Middle School, Danville; Contact: 408-998-2793; www.chinmaya-sanjose.org
May 2006
Check out 'The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth' program that opens a world of opportunities for your children; Talent Search for 2nd-4th grades; Deadline: May 31, 2006; Contact: www.jhu.edu/~gifted/
2006 Scholarships & Grants – Offered by Indo-American Charity Foundation of Houston; Contact: Sushma Bhan 281.492.7575, Radha Thiagarajan 281.496.6700; iacfhouston@gmail.com
Summer Reading Challenge for Children between 5 and 15 years; Sponsored by Reading is Fundamental and Target; Between the month of May and August; Enter to win a Target GiftCard
Children interested in writing can submit their poems, short stories, creative essays, book reviews, opinion essays and feature articles to Imagine magazine; Contact: Melissa Hartman, Center for Talented Youth; mhartman@jhu.edu; www.jhu.edu/~gifted/imagine/guidelines.html
May 6, Saturday
6pm – Innisai Thendral – A benefit concert proudly Presented by Udavum KarangaL; Featuring popular movie melodies with live orchestra; Performed by CS.Ainkaran & Anitha Krishna and other local performers; Venue: Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, Lemont, Illinois; Contact: 630.972.0300, Padhu/Subha: 847.392.3973, www.udavumkarangal.org; Tickets: $7.50, $15 & $20
6pm. Innisai Kutcheri by Sri. R. Suryaprakash, Violin: Pakkala Ramadas, Mridangam: Mellakkaveri Balaji; Venue: Performing Arts Center, Duarte, California; Tickets: $25 & $10; Contact: Mahen 323.385.8961, Sree Kumar 626.254.8864, Vigneswaran: 626.336.9490
May 07-13
International Science and Engineering Fair; Organized by Science Service; Sponsored by Intel and Presented by Agilent Technologies; World's largest Pre-college celebration of science; 1400 students from over 40 nations compete for scholarships, grants, internships, field trips and grand prize; Venue: Indianapolis convention center, Indianapolis, Indiana; Contact: www.sciserv.org
May 08-12
7-9pm. Pujya Prema Pandurang's discourse on "The Essence of Bhagavad Gita"; Venue: Auditorium, Hindu Temple & Community Center of Georgia,Norcross, Georgia; Contact: www.kshetropasna.com, www.premaji.com
May 09-10
8:30am - 5:15pm. 2006 Asian Leadership Conference; Organized by IBM and Asia Society; Venue: Asia Society and Museum, Park Ave, New York; Contact: Irene (IBM) wmplus@us.ibm.com; www.asiasociety.org
May 10, Wednesday
Noon. Iran Awakening: Human Rights, Islam and the West featuring Ms. Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Winner; Hosted by World Affairs Council, Co-Sponsored by Amnesty Intl., Human Rights Watch, The Iranian Studies pgm, Stanford University; Venue: 155 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley, California; Contact: www.itsyourworld.org
May 13, Saturday
10:30am-12:40pm. Bay Area Writing Project with support from UC Berkeley and in partnership with Bay Area Science Project, Math Project and History-Social Project organizes free workshops for teachers and educators; Venue: Various locations in Northern California; Contact: www.bayareawritingproject;
11am – 1pm - 56th anniversary celebration of Sri Ramana Maharshi's mahanirvana; Organized by Arunachala Ashrama; Venue: Milpitas Jain Temple, Milpitas, California; Contact: 510.979.1679, nachiketas@hotmail.com, www.arunachala.org
11:30am-12:30pm. An Hour with Shashi Tharoor, Author & United Nations Under-Secretary-General; Hosted by India Community Center; Venue: ICC Milpitas, California; Contact: www.indiacc.org, 408.934.1130
4pm - 7:30pm. Cultural Program; Organized by Richmond Tamil Sangam; Program includes Pattimanram, Dance, Drama, Music, Comedy, Literature, etc; Venue: Hindu Center of Virginia; Contact: Ramesh Balakrishnan 804.364.1397, Brinda Sankar 804.747.6827; www.richmondtamilsangam.org
4pm. Carnatic Vocal concert of Sri. O.S.Thyagarajan; Organized by Carnatic Music Association of Georgia; Venue: Auditorium, Hindu Temple of Atlanta, Georgia; Contact: camaga@bellsouth.net; Ram Sriram: 770.493.6534
6:45pm. Holy Rosary and Holy Tamil Mass; Venue: St. Joseph Parish, Mountain View, California; Contact: www.tamilcatholic.org
May 13th & 14th (Saturday & Sunday)
Two day Spring Music Festival; Organized by South India Fine Arts; Venue:Historic Hoover Theatre, San Jose, California; Contact: www.southindiafinearts.org, Sripathy: 408.644.9751, 408.666.9343; Starts 10am on both days. (Saturday) Violin Concert by Anuradha Sridhar, Veena Concert by Srikanth Chari; Vocal Concert by Ashok Ramani; (Sunday) Vocal Concert by Asha Ramesh, Vocal Concert by M.S.Sheela, Vocal Concert by Bangalore T.V.Ramprasad
May 16, Tuesday
6pm. Meet Alvin Toffler, Author of Future Shock; On 'America's revolutionary wealth and its impact around the world' in conversation with Andreas Kluth, Technology Correspondent, Economist & Lecturer at School of Journalism at UC Berkeley; Hosted by World Affairs Council; Venue: Auditorium, World Affairs Council Office, San Francisco, California; Contact: www.itsyourworld.org
May 17, Wednesday
Symposium on Non-profit Management; Organized by Winning Workplaces; Contact: www.winningworkplaces.org; info@winningworkplaces.org
May 18, Thursday
5:30pm. 'Yoga Science: Connecting the mind-body-spirit', a talk by Leonard Perlmutter, Author, The Heart and Science of Yoga; Organized byCommonwealth Club; Venue: Club office; San Francisco, California; Contact: www.commonwealthclub.org
Young Audiences Performance; Organized by Abhinaya Dance Company, Venue: Noble School, San Jose, California; Contact: www.abhinaya.org; Ms. Lakshmi: 408.983.0491, abhinaya_sj@yahoo.com
May 20, Saturday
9am. Health Fair. Organized by HELP Foundation in association with Chicago Tamil Sangam; Doctors & Specialists will be available to advise on health issues from children to senior citizens; Venue: Good Samaritan Hospital Health and Wellness Center, Downers Grove, Illinois; Contact: Dr. Narmada Kuppuswami: 630.665.0473, Shree Gurusamy: 630.335.4322 x103, Veera Venugopal: 847.910.3684, Raghu: 815.436.3135
3:30pm. Sarvalagu - LecDem by Sangeeta Kalanidhi Sri. Vellore Ramabadran; Vocal concert by Sri. R. Suryaprakash; Venue: Auditorium, HTCS, Bridgewater Temple, New Jersey; Contact: www.cmana.org; Dr.Soundaram Ramasami 908.369.8917
7pm. Shanti - A Journey of Peace - A multimedia musical theatre production; Organized by Lehigh University; Features a 100 member choir of Indian and Western singers; Venue: Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University, Bethlehelm, Pennsylvannia; Contact: www.shantichoir.org, lehigh@shantichoir.org
May 25, Thursday
7pm. 'Investing in Women: A Strategy that yields high returns', talk by Ms. Kavita Ramdas, CEO, Global Fund for Women; Organized by World Affairs Council; Venue: Auditorium, World Affairs Council, San Francisco, California; Contact: www.itsyourworld.org
May 23, Tuesday
6pm. 'Happiness: A Guide to life's most important skill', a talk by Matthieu Ricard, Author of 'Happiness', Buddhist Monk, French translator for Dalai Lama; Organized by Commonwealth Club; Venue: Club office, San Francisco, California; Contact: www.commonwealthclub.org
May 27th & 28th (Saturday & Sunday)
Memorial Day Weekend
Two day 'Joy of Giving' Annual Convention of Tamilnadu Foundation; In association with Michigan Tamil Sangam, Lansing Tamil Sangam, Flint Tamil Mandram; Program includes, Patti Manram, Kavi arangam, Light Music and Dance (See Ad for more details); Venue: Ford Performing Arts Center, Dearborn, Michigan; Contact: www.tnf2006.com, Geetha Pradeep 248.835.8932, 248.722.8983, info@tnf2006.com
May 28, Sunday
4pm. Program to raise funds for Concord Temple Fund; Organized by Shri Krupa Dance Company; Venue: Cubberley Theater, Palo Alto, California; Contact: www.shrikrupa.org
June 03, Saturday
5pm. Bharathanatyam Arangetram of Tiasha Nandi; Presented by Hindu Temple Rhythms; Venue: Meadow Brook Theater; Oakland University, Rochester Hills, Michigan; Contact: www.hindutemplerhythms.com; Sudha Chandrasekhar 248.399.0259, vidyanjali@comcast.net |
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