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:
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