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:
Apr 7, 14, 21, 28 Tuesdays
6-9am - &Mostly Tamil&, Radio Broadcast, 90.1FM, San Francisco Bay Area, California. Contact: Sutha at sutha@mostlytamil.com, www.mostlytamil.com
6pm, 7pm - Kathak Dance Class with Chitresh Das, world-renowned Kathak artist (Tuesdays and Thursdays), 2650 Fulton Street at 3rd AVenue, San Francisco, California. Organized by Cultural Integration Fellowship. Beginners: 6:00 p.m., Advanced: 7:00 p.m. Contact: 415.759.8060, info@culturalintegration.org,www.culturalintegration.org
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
7:30-8:30pm (from 7pm on Apr 21) - Evening Meditation Workshop, United Church of Christ, 825 Middlefield Drive, Petaluma, California. Free. Contact: 800.475.2369, 707.878.2369, info@nilgiri.org, www.nilgiri.org
Apr 4, 11, 18, 25 Saturdays
11am-12pm - Sundara Kanda Parayanam (Joint recitation of Sundara Kanda, 5th Canto of Sri Valmiki Ramayana); 1-2pm - Vishnu Sahasranamam at the Learning Center, Shiva-Vishnu Temple, Livermore, California, Contact: Temple 925.449.6255, www.livermoretemple.org
Apr 5, 12, 19, 26 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
11-11:50am - Tamil Class and Tiruppugazh taught at the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, 10915 Lemont Rd, Lemont, Illinois. Also offering Sanskrit, Religion, Vishnu Sahasranama, craft, and tabla classes. Contact: Jayanthi Balachandran 630.325.2985, Usha Narayanan at 630.527.9308 or the Temple front desk.info@ramatemple.org, www.ramatemple.org
11am-12pm - California Tamil Academy conducts Tamil Classes (during regular school Sessions) for Kamba Ramayanam and Silappadikaram at Room Nos. 72 - 74, De Anza College, Cupertino, California. Contact: 408.741.0612, catamilacademy@yahoo.com, www.catamilacademy.org Bala Vihar classes at Chinmaya Mission in Danville, Fremont, Los Altos, and San Jose, California. Curriculum includes Tamil language instruction. Contact: 408.998.2793, sanjose@chinmayamission.org, www.chinmaya-sanjose/balvihar.html
Apr 1, Tuesday
Bharatanatyam by Alarmel Valli, Natyashiromani. Time and Venue TBA. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Contact: asha@cornell.edu, www.alarmelvalli.com
Apr 2, Wednesday
8:30am-1:30pm - Ramayana Mahayagnam and Ramanavami Celebrations with Valmiki Ramayanam chanting at Fremont Hindu Temple, 3676 Delaware Drive, Fremont, California. Contact: 510.490.9597, www.fremonttemple.com
Apr 4, Friday
7:30pm - Tabla quartette, sarod and violin and the New Maihar Band. Ali Akbar College of Music, 215 West End Avenue, San Rafael, California. Contact: 415.454.6264, www.aacm.org
8pm - Odissi dance performance by Jyoti Rout of Jyoti Kala Mandir at Shivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, 1200 Arguello Blvd, San Francisco, California. Contact: 415.681.2731.Theater - &The Return of the Rain Seed.& Time and Venue TBA. Princeton, Minnesota. Contact: ragamala@aol.com, www.ragamala.net
Apr 5, Saturday
9am-4:30pm - Carnatic music workshop by Geetha Bennett; 6:30pm - Veena concert by Geetha Bennett and party Both events are Organized by Columbus Carnatic Music Association (CCMA). $40-60. Weigel Hall 277, Ohio State University, 1866 College Road, Columbus, Ohio. Contact: Ram Chandrasekar, 614.436.4185, to_ccma@yahoo.com, ccmaoh.tripod.com
5-7pm - Bharatanatyam by Alarmel Valli, Natyashiromani. Sponsored byAsha Dallas, 521 W. State Street, Garland, Texas. $10-30. Contact: 214.495.7270, asha_dallas@ashanet.org, www.ashanet.org/dallas, www.alarmelvalli.com
7pm - Satrang, Aradhana Annual Cultural Show, Breslin Student Event Center, Michigan State University, Michigan. Contact: 517.432.5000
7:30pm - A.R. Rahman in Concert. Cow Palace, San Francisco, California. Contact: 510.472.0506, 925.439.7900.
8pm - Omkaar, Classical Dance. Helm Fine Arts Theater, St.Stephen's School, 2900 Bunny Run, Austin, Texas. Contact: Aruna Naimpally, 512.795.8627
Apr 6, Sunday
2am - Daylight Savings Time begins. Don't forget to set your clocks an hour forward!
9am-3pm - NSF Spelling bee competition, at Hindu Bhavan, Morrisville, North Carolina. Contact: Latha Pamarthi, 919.424.6467, spelling_bee2003@yahoo.com, www.northsouth.org
11:30am-1pm - Ramanavami celebrations with devotional songs by students of Jayashri Varadarajan at Shiva Murugan Temple, 1803 Second Street, Concord, California. Contact: 925.827.0127, info@temple.org, www.temple.org
5:30pm - Sitar and vocal concert in memory of Columbia astronauts. Organized by Harmoni Ventures, at St.John's Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Avenue, Berkeley, California. Contact: 510.843.9600, www.harmoniventures.com Spelling bee (junior/senior) and Vocabulary contest. MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Time TBA. Contact: Raghavendra Paturi, 860.434.9381, info@northsouth.org, www.northsouth.org Violin duet by Mysore Manjunath and Nagaraja with S.Raja Rao. Time and venue TBA. Houston, TX. Contact: Vatsa Kumar, 979.244.4193, kumar@kannadaonline.com, www.kannadavrinda.org
Apr 10, Thursday
6pm - Discourse by Amma Karunamayi at Atlanta Unity Church, 4146 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, Chamblee, Georgia. Contact: 770.455.8920, www.ipnatlanta.net, www.karunamayi.org
Apr 11, Friday
10am - Lalitha Sahasranama Puja with Amma Karunamayi Ma at the Hindu Temple of Atlanta, Riverdale, Georgia. 7pm - Evening program. Contact: 770.907.7102, feedback@hindutempleofatlanta.org, www.hindutempleofatlanta.org
11am - Vocal concert by Lakshmi Shankar. Organized by The Music Circle. Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, California. Contact: Harihar Rao, 626.449.6987, info@musiccircle.org, www.musiccircle.org
7:30pm - Kirtan in English and Sanskrit, words provided, at Ananda, 2171 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, California. Contact: 650.323.3363, www.anandapaloalto.org
7:30pm - Ramanavami Celebrations at Chinmaya Mission in San Jose, California. Contact: 408.998.2793, sanjose@chinmayamission.org, www.chinmayamission.org
7:30pm - Hindustani vocal concert, with Pdt. Swapan Chauduri. Ali Akbar College of Music, 215 West End Avenue, San Rafael, California. Contact: 415.454.6264, www.aacm.org
8pm - Sitar and cello duet, with Ravi Shankar. Turner Hall, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute Address: 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland. Contact: Anubha Dhasmana, 410.889.7084 jhuconcerts@yahoo.com, www.jhu.edu/~ovs/aidjhu/shubhendra.html
(Apr 11-13) Weekend Retreat in Tomales. Cultural Integration Fellowship, 2650 Fulton Street (at 3rd Avenue), San Francisco, California. $295. Contact: 415.626.2442, info@culturalintegration.org, www.culturalintegration.org
Apr 12, Saturday
9am-12pm - 10am - Individual blessing with Amma Karunamayi Ma at the Hindu Temple of Atlanta, Riverdale, Georgia. Contact: 770.907.7102, feedback@hindutempleofatlanta.org, www.hindutempleofatlanta.org
9:30am - Classical Music festival at Badarikasharama, 15602 Maubert Avenue, San Leandro, California. Contact: 510.278.2444, www.bharathikalalaya.com
4pm - Carnatic Violin Concert by Padmabhushan Lalgudi Jayaraman, Lalgudi Krishnan, and Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi, with Tiruvaroor Bhaktavatsalam (mridangam) and T Radhakrishnan (ghatam). Fundraiser for Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India. CET Auditorium, 701 Vine Street, San Jose, California. Contact: 510.793.4711, 408.746.9907.
5pm - Carnatic Chitravina concert by N.Ravikiran. White Hall, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Contact: Dr.Ram Sriram, 770.493.6534, camaga@bellsouth.net
6pm - Classical Music Flute/Santoor Jugalbandhi at Georgia Tech Student Center Theater, Atlanta, Georgia. Contact: icmsatlanta@hotmail.com, www.ipnatlanta.net/icms/events.html
6:30pm - Panchali Sabadham, Dance Drama by Kalaimamani Urmila Sathyanarayana. Helms Fine Arts Theater, Austin, Texas. Contact: India Fine Arts Inc., 512.918.1351, prabhakar@austin.rr.com
8pm - Konark: Temple of the Sun, odissi dance performance by Jyoti Kala Mandir. Veterans Memorial Theater, 203 East 14th St, Davis, California. Contact: 415.974.4313, mail@jyotikalamandir.org, www.jyotikalamandir.org Bharatanatyam by Alarmel Valli, Natyashiromani. Time and venue TBA. Los Angeles, California. Contact: ashala@ucla.edu, www.ashanet.org, www.alarmelvalli.com Multicultural Fair, with mehendi and more, by Asha Redlands. University of Redlands, Redlands, California. Time TBA. Contact: Lata Iyer, 909.335.1089, lata_iyer@yahoo.com, www.ashanet.org
Apr 13, Sunday
12-1pm, 3pm - Tamil New Year celebrations with Bharatanatyam by students of Sundara Swaminathan and Meenakshi Kalyanam, at Shiva Murugan Temple, 1803 Second Street, Concord, California. Contact: 925.827.0127, info@temple.org, www.temple.org
2pm - Youthsava dance contest. Organized by India Community Center. 555 Les Coches Street, Milpitas, California. Contact: 408.934.1130.
4:30pm - Bharatanatyam by Alarmel Valli, Natyashiromani. Organized by Kalalaya. Cubberley Theater, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, California. Contact: Kamala Chandrasekhar, 408.246.5458, 510.796.5252, kamala@ips.net, www.alarmelvalli.com
Apr 18, Friday
4:30pm - (Apr 18-20) Silent Meditation Retreat, Havens Landing Resort, 19785 Highway 105 west, Montgomery, Texas. Contact: Lakshmi Choudary, 972.262.9977, Texasretreat@karunamayi.org, www.karunamayi.org
8pm - Bharatanatyam by Alarmel Valli, Natyashiromani. Deb Fennel Auditorium, Tigard High School, 9000 SW Durham Road, Tigard, Oregon. Contact: 503.233.8838, info@Kalakendra.org, www.kalakendra.org, www.alarmelvalli.com
Apr 19, Saturday
11:30am-1pm - Chitra Pournami Puja and Sankatahara Chathurthi, with devotional songs by Harini and Krishna Sisters. Shiva Murugan Temple, 1803 Second Street, Concord, California. Contact: 925.827.0127, info@temple.org, www.temple.org
12pm (noon) - Tamil New Year and Vasantha Vizha by Bay Area Tamil Manram, James Logan High School, 1800 H Street, Union City, California. Contact: Siva Sesappan, 510.791.7255, vasantham@bayareatamilmanram.org, www.bayareatamilmanram.org
(Apr 19-27) - Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana. 3447 Granton A venue, Cleveland, Ohio. Contact: Aradhana Comittee, 216.476.1604, mony@aradhana.org, www.aradhana.org
Apr 20, Sunday
5:30pm - Tamil Easter Worship Service at Northridge United Methodist Church, Northridge, Event incudes, 'Easter Egg Hunting for children', Contact: John David tamilchristianfellowship@ourchurch.com, David Nesamony DNesamony@aol.com
7pm - Bharatanatyam by Alarmel Valli, Natyashiromani. Waetjen Auditorium, Cincinnati State University, Cleveland, Ohio. Contact: 216.476.1604, mony@aradhana.org, www.aradhana.org, www.alarmelvalli.com
Apr 25, Friday
5:30pm - &Woman by Woman& documentary about women in rural India. Philips Hall 101, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Contact:asha@cornell.edu, www.alarmelvalli.com
6:30-9pm - Music Workshop by Lalgudi Jayaraman. $15 or $25. Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 465 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Contact: Durga Krishnan, 508.481.7842, dkrishnan@attbi.com, www.merufoundation.org
8pm - Classical Violin Duo Concert by Ganesh-Kumaresh and ensemble, PSU Lincoln Hall - Room 75, 1620 SW Park Av, Portland, Oregon. Contact: 503.531.7266, info@rasika.org, www.rasika.org
Apr 26, Saturday
9am - Gita chanting competition at Chinmaya Mission in San Jose, California. Contact: 408.998.2793, sanjose@chinmayamission.org, www.chinmayamission.org
5pm - Carnatic vocal by Aruna Sayeeram. Hindu Temple of Atlanta, 5851 Highway 85, Riverdale, Georgia. Contact: Dr.Ram Sriram, 770.493.6534, camaga@bellsouth.net
5:30pm - Grand Violin Concert by Lalgudi Jayaraman, Lalgudi Krishnan, and Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi. Rogers Center for the Arts, Merrimack College, N. Andover, Massachusetts. Contact: Durga Krishnan, 508-481-7842, dkrishnan@attbi.com
6pm - Carnatic vocal by Sudha Raghunathan. Jones Auditorium, St.Edwards University, Austin, Texas. Contact: India Fine Arts Inc., 512.918.1351, prabhakar@austin.rr.com
6:30pm - 'Asha Tarang' - A Carnatic Vocal Concert by Rose Muralikrishnan - Organized by ASHA for Education; Tom Bradley International Hall; Contact: Murali Mani 310.621.5192, N. Muralikrishnan - 562.802.8462; www.rosemuralikrishnan.com
8pm - Bharatanatyam by Alarmel Valli, Natyashiromani. St. Paul Student Center Theater, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. $18-20. Contact: 612.824.1968, ragamala@aol.com, www.ragamala.net, www.alarmelvalli.com
8pm - Classical Violin Duo Concert by Ganesh-Kumaresh and ensemble, Seattle Art Museum Downtown, 100 University Street, Seattle, Washington. Contact: 206.654.3100, info@rasika.org, www.rasika.org
Apr 27, Sunday
4pm - Carnatic Violin concert by Manjunath and Nagaraj. $14-18. MITHAS, MIT Wong Auditorium, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Contact: Venkat, 781.647.9522
5-11pm - Kanmaniye, a Tamil light music concert, Anthems for Vision (Sankara Eye Foundation), by Tillana. Chabot College of Performing Arts, 25555 Hesperian Blvd, Hayward, California. Contact: 866.726.5272, thillana1947@yahoo.com Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Relay For Life Cancer Walk. Atlanta, Georgia. Contact: Anshu Mohllajee, 734.276.6886, amohllaj@umich.edu, www.ipnatlanta.net