September 2003: Events Calendar
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.

 Sep. 1Labor Day
 Sep. 5Teacher's Day
 Sep.  8Thiru Oonam pandikai
 Sep. 10Pournami
 Sep. 11Mahakavi Bharathiyar Day
 Sep. 14Sankatahara Chaturthi
 Sep. 15Arinjar Anna's Birthday
 Sep. 25Mahalaya Amavasya
 Sep. 26Navarathiri Begins
ShubhaMuhurtha Day:1, 5, 7, 8, 21, 22, 29


Ongoing:
Indian Movie. Call for current movie and timings. Sunnyvale, California, and Detroit, Michigan. IMC6 Cinemas. Contact: 408.991.9850 (California), muvvalu@att.net, www.imc6.com

Summer Creative Movements Workshop (Juniors) & Abhinaya Workshop on creative dance movements and expression based on classical Bharatanatyam. Different content for different age groups. Contact: Deivika Usha 510.364.6995, deivika_usha@yahoo.com, www.geocities.com/dehee_arts

"Treasures for the Himalayas: Sacred Images from Tibet, Nepal, and Northern India" on view at Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California through October 27, Wed - Mon (12Noon - 6pm), Contact: 626.449.6840

Sculptures of South and South East Asia. Exhibition continuing indefinitely. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1050 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, District of Columbia. Contact: 202.357.2700, asiainfo@asia.si.edu, www.asia.si.edu.

September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Tuesdays
6-9am - "Mostly Tamil", Radio Broadcast, 90.1FM, San Francisco Bay Area, California. Contact: Sutha at sutha@mostlytamil.com, Listen to Archives at www.mostlytamil.com

7:30-9pm - Introduction to Iyengar yoga series. Iyengar Yoga Institute, 2650 Fulton Street (at 3rd Avenue), San Francisco, California. $50 Contact: 415.753.0909, info@iyisf.org, www.iyisf.org

September 6, 20 Saturdays
12-4pm - Free Health Advisory Services - Siva Vishnu Temple, Livermore, California, Contact: Temple 925.449.6255, www.livermoretemple.org

September 7, 14, 21, 28 Sundays
9:30-10am - 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

11-12:30pm - Tamil songs, Tiruppugazh taught at the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, 10915 Lemont Rd, 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

Bala Vihar classes at Chinmaya Mission in Danville, Fremont, Los Altos, San Jose, and San Ramon, California. Curriculum includes Tamil language instruction. New Sessions begin in September . Enroll now. Contact: 408.998.2793, sanjose@chinmayamission.org, www.chinmaya-sanjose.org/balvihar.html


September 1, Monday
6:30-8pm - Lotus: Vinayaka Chaturthi Concert Series - Carnatic Classical Music By Sunadam Group (Kumudha Sampathkumar and party) - Sunnyvale Hindu Temple - Sunnyvale California; Tel: 408.734.4554; www.svlotus.com

September 2, Tuesday
6:30-8pm - Lotus: Vinayaka Chaturthi Concert Series - Carnatic Classical Music By Shakuntala Murthy & Party; Sunnyvale Hindu Temple - Sunnyvale, California; 408.734.4554; www.svlotus.com

2-5pm - Classes for children by Chinna Jeeyar Swami. Stanford University, Palo Alto, California. Contact: 408.747.5709, manager@jetcalifornia.org, www.jetcalifornia.org

September 3, Wednesday
2-5pm - Classes for children by Chinna Jeeyar Swami. Stanford University, Palo Alto, California. Contact: 408.747.5709, manager@jetcalifornia.org, www.jetcalifornia.org

6:30-8pm - Lotus: Vinayaka Chaturthi Concert Series - Carnatic Classical Music By Nachiketa Sharma & Party; Sunnyvale Hindu Temple - Sunnyvale, California; 408.734.4554; www.svlotus.com

September 4, Thursday
6:30-8pm - Lotus: Vinayaka Chaturthi Concert Series - Carnatic Classical Music By Jayanthi Umesh & Party; Sunnyvale Hindu Temple - Sunnyvale, California; 408.734.4554; www.svlotus.com

September 5, Friday
6:30-8pm - Lotus: Vinayaka Chaturthi Concert Series - Carnatic Classical Music By Krishna Parthasarathy & Party; Sunnyvale Hindu Temple - Sunnyvale, California; 408.734.4554; www.svlotus.com

September 6, Saturday
4:30-6:45pm; Samarpanam - Bharatha Natyam Presentation by Bharathakala Kutiram's Artistic director Jayanthi Sridharan; Location: Louis B. Mayer Theater - Santa Clara University, California; Contact : Alpana Bhagat Email: alpanabhagat@aol.com; 408.246.7470

6:30-8pm; Lotus: Vinayaka Chaturthi Concert Series: Carnatic Classical Music By Mahidar Thirumala & Party; Sunnyvale Hindu Temple, Sunnyvale, California; 408.734.4554; www.svlotus.com

Balajyothi Classes (Youth & Education) Topic: Sundara Kanda- Siva Vishnu Temple, Livermore, California, Contact: Temple 925.449.6255, www.livermoretemple.org

September 7, Sunday
7-9am - Livermore Siva Vishnu Temple- Rig Upakarma; Livermore, California, Contact: Temple 925.449.6255, www.livermoretemple.org

4pm - Arangetram By Vinodini Lakshmanan - Shri Krupa Dance Company - Santa Clara Convention Centre Theatre, Santa Clara California. Contact: 408.293.5206, 408.777.8688

5pm - Bharathanatyam Dance recital by Suman Adisesh; Hosted by Chicago Tamil Sangam and Udavum KarangaL; Sri Balaji Temple Auditorium, Aurora, Illinois; Special Guest: S. Vidyakar, Founder of Udavum Karangal; http://www.chicagotamilsangam.org; Krishnaraj - 847.541.5993

5-8pm - AID & SWM present Aarohi - Featuring Pandit Shivkumar Sharma for the very first time in San Diego; Location: Poway Center for the arts; http://www.aidindia.org/sandiego/concert.htm

September 10, Wednesday
12noon - 'What is Bharathanatyam' - Lecture Demonstration by Natya Dance Theatre; Location: Harold Washington Library Auditorium, Chicago, Illinois; Contact: www.natya.com; 312.942.1404; info@natya.com

September 12, Friday
8pm - Hindustani Instrumental Concert by Kushal Das and Swapan Chaudhuri; Hosted by MITHAS Fall 2003 Concert Series; Contact: Venkat (781) 647-9522; http://www.sulekha.com/mithas

September 13, Saturday
5pm - K.J. Yesudas - Live in Concert at Chabot College, Hayward; Hosted by Bay Area Tamil Manram. Fund-raiser for Shankara Eye Foundation. Contact: www.bayareatamilmanram.org. Tickets: www.suleka.Com; Siva Seshappan - 510.791.7255

4pm - Arangetram by Shivani Desai: Theatre Arts Auditorium, West Valley College, Saratoga, California. Shri Krupa Dance Company; www.shrikrupa.org "CRY Walk 2003" CRY America Inc. is organising it's first event for the year, "CRY Walk 2003" on September 13, 2003 at the Charles River Esplanade, Boston. Contact: CRY Boston - Sarika Agarwal at cryamerica.boston@crymail.org

8pm - Pancha Bootam: A Natya Dance Theatre Production; Venue: North Shore Center for Performing Arts, Skokie, Illinois. Contact: Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago for details. info@ramatemple.org; Tel: 630.972.0300

4pm - Shiva Murugan Temple Benefit Program - Classical Music Concert by Rupa Mahadevan CET Theatre, San Jose, California

6pm - 'One magical evening of India' - Classical Jazz Music Concert Hosted by Asha For Education; Features 3-time Grammy Award winner - Bassist Victor Wooten and Guitar Prasanna; Smithwick Theater - Foothill college, Los Altos Hills, California; Contact: Sirisha 408.829.3471; siri_machiraju@yahoo.com, www.ashanet.org/siliconvalley/

September 14, Sunday
7-9pm - The Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago: Smt. Pramila Bhatia, Hindustani Bhajan e-mail to: info@ramatemple.org; Tel: 630.972.0300

September 19, Friday
8pm - Leela Dance Theater will premiere their production 'Krsna Katha - Dances of the Blue God' 'Krsna Katha…' is a dance-drama based on the tenets of Bharatanatyam. Performed by artists of Leela Dance Theater; Contact: 203.783.9838, 860.404.7784; www.sulekha.com. leeladancetheater@hotmail.com.

7:30-10pm Harmony 2003 - An evening of scintillating Music and Harmony; Presented by AID - Cincinnati; Santoor Maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma; Venue: Kresge Auditorium (UC East Campus); http://www.harmony2003.org

September 20, Saturday
4pm - Arangetram by Shipa Torvi: UC Hayward, Hayward, California; Shri Krupa Dance Company; www.shrikrupa.org

1-2pm - Balajyothi Classes - (Youth & Education) Topic: Devi Navarathiri; Shiva Vishnu Temple Livermore, California; Contact: Temple 925.449.6255, www.livermoretemple.org

6:30pm - Light Music Concert by C.S. Ainkaran Hosted by Chicago Tamil Sangam; Balaji Temple Auditorium, Aurora, Illinois, www.chicagotamilsangam.org; Muthusamy: 847.800.8793

7:30pm - Leela Dance Theater will premiere their production 'Krsna Katha - Dances of the Blue God' 'Krsna Katha…' is a dance-drama based on the tenets of Bharatanatyam. Performed by artists of Leela Dance Theater; Contact: 203.783.9838, 860.404.7784; www.sulekha.com. leeladancetheater@hotmail.com

September 21, Sunday
Performance by Maharajapuram Ramachandran; South India Fine Arts, San Jose, California; http://www.southindiafinearts.org/ The Hindu Temple Society of North America presents: Human Rehabilitaion through Bhagavad Geetha by Swami Partha Sarathy; Venue: Temple Kalyana Mandapam, Phone: 718.460.8484 Email: webmaster@nyganeshtemple.org

7:30pm - Remembering Sakthi Presented by Vibha & Villa Montalvo; Venue: Villa Montalvo Saratoga, California; Contact : Jalpa: 408297419, Lina: 5105059915 Website: www.bayarea.vibha.org/shakti; Performers include John Mclaughlin, Zakir Hussain, Mandolin U.Srinivas, V Selva Ganesh & Special Guest Shankar Mahadevan.

September 26, Friday
Dussera, Navarathiri Beginning. Sri Swami Vari Bhruhmotsavam- Shiva Vishnu Temple Livermore, California, Contact: Temple 925.449.6255, www.livermoretemple.org

September 27, Saturday
Arangetram by Tushina Srivatsava: Shri Krupa Dance Company; www.shrikrupa.org

September 28, Sunday
11:30am - Shiva Murugan Temple Navarthri Puja Bharathanatyam. Bharatha Natyam by Nirupama Vaidyanathan's Students; Contact: 925.827.0127; ananthchellam@hotmail.com

4pm - Vocal Concert by Madurai Sundar Hosted by Carnatic Music Association of Georgia (CAMAGA); Venue: Hindu Temple of Atlanta Auditorium; Contact: Ram Sriram 770.493.6534, camaga@bellsouth.net; www.ipnatlanta.net/camaga/

September 29, Saturday
Global Indian Awards & Miss India Worldwide 2003. Venue: Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Mateo, California; Contact : 650.212.3200 geetika@globalcongress.org; www.globalcongress.org

October 4th, Saturday
9am-12noon - Visa Camp by Indian Consulate; Summant Culture Centre, 1450, Huie Rd., Lake city, Georgia; www.ipnAtlanta.net/031206visa.html; Contact: Consular Office at Houston - 713.626.2355


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