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.
Feb. 05, 12, 19, 26 Tuesdays
12 noon. Siddha Samadhi Yoga Classes at Shiva Vishnu Temple, Livermore, California, Contact: Temple 925.449.6255, www.livermoretemple.org
Feb. 06, 13, 20, 27 Wednesdays
6-9am. “ItsDiff” Tamil radio program every Wednesday at 90.1 FM, KZSU, Stanford, California; Contact: Srikant Srinivasa, itsdiff@gmail.com
Feb. 07, 14, 21, 28 Thursdays
7:30-8:30pm. Weekly Satsanghs (Shirdi Sai Bhajans); Organized by Shirdi Sai Parivaar; Venue: Shirdi Sai Center, Sunnyvale, California; Contact: www.shirdisaiparivaar.org, 408-705-7904
Feb. 02, 09, 16, 23 Saturdays
9am. Sakthi TV presents half hour Tamil Programming in your local channel line-up. Program can be viewed in Channel 29 in Fremont; Channel 28 in Hayward, Union City, Alameda, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Castro Valley; Channel 27 in Newark; Programs include, Tamil Karnatic &; Light Music, Pattimanram, Potti, Teledrama and Event coverage from the Bay Area; www.saktitv.com
5:00pm - 6:30pm. Exploring Meditation - Journey into the inner world via a series of powerful techniques by Life Bliss Foundation; Venue: Swami Nithyananda Vedic Temple, Montclair, California; Contact: www.lifebliss.org, 909.625.1400
Feb. 03, 10, 17, 24 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: www.faithtroy.org/tamil
5.00 p.m. EMMANUEL TAMIL CHURCH; Vibrant praise &; worship services. Venue: St. Michael's Lutheran Church - Chapel, 7000 N Sheldon Road, Canton, Michigan; Contact: Rev. Sunil Noah 586.435.7057 / sunilruth@comcast.net
5:30pm. Immanuel Lutheran Church - Church congregation of Tamil Speaking public from Asia; Location: 149-40, 11th Ave, Whitestone, Queens, New York; Contact: Rev. Dr. E.J. Rethinasamy 718.767.5656, www.immanuelwhitestone.com
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
General Interest, Competitions, Scholarships:
SAJA 2008 Journalism Annual Scholarship for high school, College and Graduate Students; Applications are due by 11:59am (Pacific time), Friday, Feb. 15, 2008; Contact: Monika Mathur monikamathur@gmail.com, Aseem Chhabra - chhabs@aol.com; www.saja.org/events/scholarship.html
Call for Entries; 2nd Annual Moonbeam Children's Book Awards; Open to authors, illustrators and publishers of children's books written in english and intended for North American audience; Books published in 2007 and 2008 can be submitted; Awards will be given in 29 categories from Children's poetry to Environmental issues; Presented by Jenkins Group and Independendent Publishers Online; Contact: Jim Barnes 1800.644.0133 x1011, www.moonbeamawards.com
Feb. 01 &; 02, Fri. &; Saturday
1pm (Fri.) and 8am-6pm (Sat.) South Asia Cinema Conference; Conference features papers on aspects of Media and Tamil &; Indian Cinema; Organized by South Asia Center, University of Pennsylvania; Venue: Logan Hall, South Asia Center, University of Pennsylvania; Contact: www.southasiacenter.upenn.edu/
Feb. 02, Saturday
3pm. Pongal Vizha 2008; Organized by New England Tamil Sangam; Program includes Tamil Movie Dance, Drama, Classical Dance, Skits, Children's Talent Show, Carnatic vocal &; instrumental music; Venue: Littleton High School Auditorium, Littleton, Massachusetts; Contact: www.netamilsangam.org, netamilsangam@yahoo.com; Tickets: $5, Children under 5 - Free.
Feb. 04, Monday
7pm. Bharathanatyam Demonstration of the art form &; Performance by Students and Dancers of Natya Dance Theater; Organized by Natya Dance Theatre; Venue: Kennedy Junior High, Lisle, Illinois; Contact: www.natya.com; Free.
Feb. 06, Wednesday
6pm. Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India are Reshaping their Futures and Yours; Organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII); Hosted by Asia Society; Venue: Asia Society, New York, New York; Contact: www.asiasociety.org; Tickets: $15, $20
Feb. 07, Thursday
6pm. Stuck in a cold war mentality? Reconfiguring US policies toward Asia - A talk by William Overholt, Asia Policy Chair and Director, Center for Asia Pacific Policy, Rand Corporation; Venue: World Affairs Council Auditorium, San Francisco, California; Contact: www.itsyourworld.org; Tickets: Member (free), Non-Members ($15)
Feb. 9th &; 23rd (Saturdays)
9:30-10:30am. Thamil Class; Organized by Boston Thamil Association of New England; Venue: First Parish Church, Bedford, Massachusetts; Contact: www.bostonthamil.com, Ms. Chelvi Rajadurai 781.944.4128, Mr. Kailas Aravinthan 978.264.0478
Feb. 09, Saturday
4pm. Pongal Festival; Organized by Bharathi Thamizh Sangam; Program features Patti Manram, Children's program, Classical and folk music and dance; Venue: Sunnyvale Hindu Temple, Sunnyvale, California; Contact: Govindarajan 408.394.4279
6:45pm. Monthly Tamil Mass; Organized by Bay Area Tamil Catholic Community; Venue: St. Joseph Parish, Mountain View, California; Contact: www.tamilcatholic.org
Feb. 16 &; 17, Sat. &; Sunday
8:30am. Great Composers' Day Celebrations; Program features individual and group singing of the compositions of Sri Purandaradasa, Thyagaraja, Shyama Sastri and Muthuswamy Dikshitar; Venue: Temple Auditorium, Hindu Temple of Atlanta, Riverdale, Georgia; Contact: www.camaga.org, camaga@bellsouth.net
Feb. 16, Saturday
8am-7:30pm. Thyagaraja Aradhana; Organized by South India Fine Arts; Program features individual &; group singing of Thyagaraja Kritis by Bay Area Musicians; Venue: ICC, Milpitas, California; Contact: www.southindiafinearts.org; Free.
4pm. Bharathanatyam Arangetram of Anusha Mangalampalli; Disciple of Guru. Vidhya Subramanian, Artistic Director of Lasya Dance Company; Venue: McAfee Center, Saratoga High School, Saratoga, California; Contact: www.lasya.org
Feb. 17, Sunday
4pm. Muruga Charanam (music) &; Jaya Jaya Devi (dance) - A benefit concert for Shiva Murugan Temple; Presented by students of Shruthi Swara Laya; Venue: Cubberley Theater, Palo Alto, California; Contact: ggavimal@sbcglobal.net; Tickets: $15, $10.
Feb 22 &; 23, Fri. &; Saturday
7pm. Solo Bharthanatyam Performance by Ms. Rasika Kumar - A San Jose Dance Co-Choreography Event; Organized by Abhinaya Dance Company; Venue: Dance Theatre at San Jose State University, San Jose, California; Contact: www.abhinaya.org, 408.983.0491, abhinaya_sj@yahoo.com
Feb. 23, Saturday
5.00pm. Bharatanatyam Arangetram by Megha Ranganathan; Disciple of Guru. Smt. Mythili Kumar, Artistic Director, Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose; Accompanied by Smt. Asha Ramesh (vocal), Smt. Shanthi Narayanan (violin), Sri. N. Narayanan (mridangam) and Sri. Ragavan Manian (flute); Venue: CET, San Jose, CA 95110; Contact: Prema Ranganathan premaranganathan@sbcglobal.net; Free.
5:30pm. Divine Rhythms - A classical dance Performance by Singarmani Dr. Uma Vyjayanthimala Kallakuri and students of Nrityamala Dance Academy; Venue: Balaji Temple, Chicago, Illinois; Contact: 630.844.2252, www.balaji.org
6pm. Bharathanatyam Concert by Mathangi Srinivasan; Organized by Columbus Carnatic Music Association of Ohio; Venue: Dublin Community Recreation Center, Dublin, Ohio; Contact: www.columbuscarnaticmusic.org;
Tamil Lenten &; Meaningful Mass; Organized by Bay Area Tamil Catholic Community; Venue: St. Joseph Parish, Mountain View, California; Contact: www.tamilcatholic.org
Feb. 24, Sunday
10am-1pm. Morning of Carnatic Music; Program features Vadya Vrindha by senior instrumentalists of the Bay Area and a vocal concert; Jointly Presented by SIFA &; ICC; Venue: ICC, Milpitas, California; Contact: www.southindiafinearts.org, www.indiacc.org; Free
Mar. 01, 2008
4pm. Bharathanatyam Arangetram of Shruthi Gopal; Disciple of Guru Preetha Sheshadri, Artistic Director of Kalaniketan School of Indian Music and Dance; Venue: CET, San Jose, California; Contact: Gopal Sundaram gopalsundaram@yahoo.com, 408.260.1656; Free.