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Apr 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Tuesdays
"Mostly Tamil", Radio Broadcast, 90.1FM, San Francisco Bay Area, 6AM-9AM, www.mostlytamil.com
Apr 6, 13, 20, 27, Saturdays
Suprapatham and Vishu Sahasranamam recitation at the Sunnyvale Hindu Temple, Sunnyvale, California, 10AM-11AM, Contact: Sumathy Srinivasan - sumathy67@hotmail.com
Apr 5, Friday
Dance performance by Vyjayanthimala Bali with live orchestra, Cullen Hall, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 8PM, Contact: Indo-American Association of Houston; 281.648.0422
Apr 6, Saturday
"Miss India-America Contest with Dinner and dance", Flamingo Palace, 4100 Peralta Palace, Fremont, California, 6PM, Contact: Spirit of India 925.968.1118 info@missindiaamerica.com
Tamil Easter Workshop Service conducted by Rev. Premkumar at The White Chapel Christian Church, 1711 N. Avon Street, Burbank, California, 6.30PM, Service will be followed by a Easter fellowship potluck dinner. Contact: Mr & Mrs. Balasingham 818.566.7968 (home) 818.314.3359 (Cell)
Vocal Carnatic Concert by Sanjay Subrahmanyan, HTCS Bridgewater Temple Auditorium, 780 Old Farm Rd. , Bridgewater, New Jersey, 3:30 PM Contact:CMANA cmana@cmana.org
Holi Celebrations - Full day of dances, music, and fashion show., Five Corners Library Auditorium, 678 Newark Ave., Jersey City, New Jersey, 1:00 PM onwards, Contact: Rakhi -desiclubnjcu@yahoo.com "Kuch Golmal Hai", Hindi adaptation of the English play, "Whose Wife is it Anyway?", Cullen Hall, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 8PM, Contact: Indo-American Association of Houston 281.648.0422
Apr 7, Sunday
Solo Bharatanatyam dance by Mythili Kumar., Mexican Heritage Theater 1700 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose, California, 4PM, Contact: Abhinaya Dance Company 408.983.0491abhinaya_sj@yahoo.com
The Alumni association of Avinashilingam Institute for Women presents Carnatic Vocal Concert by Unni Krishnan sponsored by Inno Concepts Inc., John Bowne High School, 63-25 main st, Flushing, New York, 4:00 PM, Donor: $150, $100, $50, For Donor Info call: Braha: 516.220.9043, General Admission: $ 15 Adult, Children under 6 : free For Tickets: Bhanu-718.761.7536 (Staten Island), Abirami-516.496.8637
CRY - Fair, Fundraiser for disadvantaged children in India, Texas Union Ballroom, UT at Austin, Texas, 2-6PM, Contact: Srimathi Srinivasan 512.349.5535cryfair2002@yahoo.com
Apr 12, Friday
Hindustani Music Festival incl. Tejendra Majumdar, Kartik Seshadri, Subra Guha, Subhankar Banerjee, Tanmay Bose, Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood, Dallas, Texas, 7 PM, Apr 12-13, Contact: ICMC 972-943-1453
Carnatic Flute Concert by Shashank, Kaplan Theater, Jewish Community Center 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, Texas, 5PM, Contact: Kannada Vrinda/Anu Udupa 281.579.6903
Apr 13, Saturday
Carnatic Violin by Bombay Ranjani and Gayatri at Hoover Middle School Auditorium, 3501 Country Club Drive, Lakewood, California, 6PM, Contact: South Indian Music Academy 626.794.0695
Two dramas by Crazy Mohan - Jurassic Baby, and Madhil Mael Maadhu, Park Junior High School Auditorium, 333 N. Park Rd. (off Ogden Ave.) La Grange Pk., Illinois., 5:45PM, Contact: R.Krishnaraj 847.541.5993info@chicagotamilsangam.org
Tamil New Year Celebrations hosted by New Jersey Tamil Sangam, Piscataway High School Auditorium, 100 Behmer Road, Piscataway, New Jersey, 4PM-9:30PM, Variety Cultural Dances, Fashion Show, Light Music Concert etc. Donors $100 (Free admission for 4 persons), $15, $10. Under 12 free admission. Contact: Meena Ravanan 732.985.1347, K. Sivaraman 609.750.9419, www.njtamilsangam.org
"Year of Non-Violence", R. Venkatraman, former President of India graces the occasion, Location: Royal Albert Palace, Fords, New Jersey, 8AM - 11PM, Contact: Vidya Bhavan 212.989.8383
Carnatic Flute Concert by Shashank, Art Auditorium, Art Building, UT-Austin Campus, Austin, Texas, 6PM, Contact: Raji (ICMCA) 512.372.9966
"Thaen Nilavu" - A Comedy Tamil Dram presented by Meenakshi Theaters, Houston, hosted by Bharathi Kalai Manram, Hamman Hall, Rice University, Houston, Texas, Contact: 713.863.7696, www.bkmhouston.org
Apr 14, Sunday
Lalitha Sahasranamam recitation, Sunnyvale Hindu Temple, Sunnyvale, California, 7PM, Contact: 408.248.7832, lmoorthy@pacbell.net
Carnatic Vocal Concert By Thiruchur. V. Ramachandran sponsored by SIFA, Cubberly Theater, Palo Alto, California, 4PM, Tickets: Sponsors: free, Members: $10; Non-Members: $15 Children under 18 and Seniors: $8.Contact: 1.888.664.SIFA www.southindiafinearts.org
Spelling Bee and Vocabulary Contest sponsored by North South Foundation, for children 6-16 yrs. old at IACA Ctr., 1281 Cooper Lk. SE, Smyrna, Georgia, 9AM, Contact: Vasanthi Ramachandran 678.380.5477 vasanthik@juno.com
Carnatic Vocal Concert by Neyveli Santhanagoplan, Accompanied by Kalpana Venkat (Violin) & Ram Sriram (Mridangam), Hindu Temple of Atlanta, 5851 Georgia Hwy. 85, Riverdale, Georgia, 4PM, Contact: CAMAGA 770.493.6534 rsriram@gsu.edu
Spelling Bee and Vocabulary Contest sponsored by North South Foundation, for children 6-16 yrs. old, Burr Ridge Middle School, 7941 S. Madison St, Burr Ridge, Illinois, 12:30PM, Contact: Vinita Raghavan 773-667-6356 tnpur@aol.com
"2002 NCCA Annual Six-A-Side Tournament", Hosted by Northern California Cricket Association, Santa Clara CC Grounds, W.A. Wilson Adult Education Center, Santa Clara, California; Inaugural Game: 9:00am, Final Game: 4pm; Contact: President, NCCA (president@ncalcricket.org), nccaTournament@yahoogroups.com,www.ncalcricket.org
Apr 20, Saturday
Light-Music/Fundraiser Star-studded multi-lingual light music - fundraiser for Sankara Eye Foundation, Chabot College, 25555, Hesperian Blvd., Hayward, California, 5:30PM -8:30 PM Contact: Kala Murali 408.274.1443 info@giftofvision.org
Carnatic Vocal Concert by Unnikrishnan at Hoover Middle School Auditorium, 3501 Country Club Drive, Lakewood, California, 6PM, Contact: South Indian Music Academy 626.794.0695
"Sathiram Sonnathillai", Temple fundraiser - Cho's play, performed by Stage Friends, Marlboro High. Sch., Rte. 79 S. Marlboro, New Jersey, 6:00PM, Contact: Guru 732.972.9025 stagefriends@hotmail.com
Spelling Bee and Vocabulary Contest sponsored by North South Foundation, for children 6-16 yrs. old, Udipi Srikrishna Temple, 2450 Rt. 9 South, Howell, New Jersey, 9AM, Contact: Raja Srinivas 732.370.5873 rathi119@yahoo.com
"2002 Spring Cricket Clinic" Hosted by Northern California Cricket Association and USACA Youth Program, Santa Clara CC Grounds, W.A. Wilson Adult Education Center, Santa Clara, California; Registration: 10:45AM, RSVP by Apr. 18th to: Secretary, NCCA (sect@ncalcricket.org), nccaYouth@yahoogroups.com; www.ncalcricket.org
Apr 21, Sunday
Yajur Veda Mahayajna for peace and prosperity at Greater Atlanta Vedic Temple Society, 492 Harmony Grove Road, Lilburn, Georgia, 8:30 AM, Contact: Amitabh Sharma 770-381-3662 vedic_temple@yahoo.com
Spring Celebrations, introduction of new members, Holy Trinity Romanian Orthodox Church, 1850 E Square Lake Rd., Troy, Michigan, 2PM, Contact: Anil Sakhuja734.953.9087 india_2001us@yahoo.com
Apr 25, Thursday
"Carrer Building One-on-One Session" hosted by Ed Zschau at SDForum, San Jose, California; Open to members of SDForum; Respond before Apr 19, 9AM to julie@sdforum.org for an appointment.Contact: 408.494.8378, info@sdforum.org, www.sdforum.org
Apr 27, Saturday
Spelling Bee and Vocabulary Contest sponsored by North South Foundation, for children 6-16 yrs. old, HTS Cultural Center, 1605 N. Britain Rd., Irving, Texas, 9am, Contact: Trushna Patel 817.283.4241 trushna3@attbi.com
Apr 28, Sunday
Carnatic Flute Concert By Unnikrishnan sponsored by SIFA, Cubberly Theater, Palo Alto, California, 4PM, Tickets: Sponsors: free, Members: $10; Non-Members: $15 Children under 18 and Seniors: $8.Contact: 1.888.664.SIFA www.southindiafinearts.org
Carnatic Flute Concert by Shashank, Tom Bradley International Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, 5:30PM,Contact: AID/LA Chapter 310.649.4366, 805.495.7733 & 310.824.4549 aidla@yahoogroups.com
Carnatic Vocal Concert by RK Srikantan, Location and Address of Concert in New Jersey to be announced,Contact:CMANA/Asha Janardhan 908.322.8750 cmana@cmana.org
Spelling Bee and Vocabulary Contest sponsored by North South Foundation, for children 6-16 yrs. old, Mahatma Gandhi Center, 6220 Elm St.,Houston, Texas, 9AM, Contact: Joe Srestha 713.972.8091 sreshta@flash.net
May 05, Sunday
'Taal Tarana' - A Unique Percussion Jugalbandhi Concert Featuring Two world renowned percussion maestros, Prof T.V.Gopalakrishnan (Mridangam) & Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri (Tabla ), Fundraiser for Hindu Temple, Sunnyvale, California - sponsored by IDRF, Samskrita Bharati, Yogabharati, Kannada Koota and BATA; 4:30pm; Contact: Vadiraja Bhatt 510.814.1805, BV Muralidhara 408.927.9945; Donation: $25/$15. www.sunnyvaletemple.org/jugalbandhi/jugalbandhi.htm