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Every Thursday ISSUE 259 RS 40 12 FEBRUARY 2015 29 df# 2071 V-Day is almost here and if you’re still not sure about what you want to do, where you want to go, or what you want to buy, Fr!day makes it a whole lotta easier! Newsfeed k ckstart SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR ! THIS VALENTINES! A Night to Remember Night, the critically of clay at a time when acclaimed neo-folk children have few options ensemble, released their to connect directly with SING FOR YOUR LOVE THIS VALENTINES debut album, Ani Ukali Mother Nature. Tuina Ko Celebrate your Valentine’s Day at The Entrance Café with live Sangai Orali, in December. Chha Hai Bhara is up next, music by the 3rd Chapter Band and special attractions. There will This week, the band will the video for which has be Valentine’s-themed menu for the couples and a special gift be bringing some of those been met with widespread Shop Mitini promises to make your hamper too. Furthermore, you can step up on the stage and sing tunes to Kripa Unplugged. critical acclaim. A song special bond of love stronger by for your beloved in an exclusive Karaoke set to light up the mood. A four-song set awaits the about the traditional culture sharing exclusive handmade gifts viewers, with the ensemble o f Rapti, Putali ko Vesh for your loved one. A cozy place with Venue: The Entrance Café, Bakhundole, Lalitpur playing multiple ethnic Bari Lai, is also a part of quiet ambiance, Café & Shop Mitini Contact: 5555617, 5555618 Nepali instruments. the set. It was written by is the perfect spot if you are looking The first song in the set Moti Kala Damai, a Rapti for a nice place to be with your other Time: 6: 30 to midnight is Basaii Bagayo, which local. half. Grab the wonderful handmade Date: 14 February is about the Koshi river By initiating the ‘Afno products and have the opportunity floods. It will be followed by Baaja Chinau’ project, to uplift small-scale producers by Hatti Vhalu, which was on Night has been encouraging visiting Shop Mitini this Valentines. TOP 3 EVENTS the soundtrack of the film, the youth of the nation Time: 10:00 am – 7:00 pm Chhadke. It focuses on the to learn about traditional Date: 14 February STORIES OF SUCCESS importance of a toy made Nepali folk instruments. Startup Grind Kathmandu hosts Bir Bahadur Sponsor by : Venue: Café & Shop Mitini Ghale (Hydro Energy Concern) Date: 15 February CARLSBERG’S “I LOVE Time: 4:30pm to 6:30pm FRIDAYS!” Entry: Rs.200 For the past three weeks, Venue: Mahabir’s Center for Nepal Connection, Thamel Carlsberg has been running “I Love Fridays” at various outlets THREE PLAYS IN ONE AWARENESS ON WHEELS in the valley and outside. Tri-Aayam at Sarwanam Pedal for Cancer Fridays give you a break from Awareness your hectic schedule through Date: 6 to 14 February the week, and Carlsberg’s “I (except Thursdays) Date: 14 February Love Fridays” complements Time: 4:30pm Time: 8am onwards the relaxation with the Venue: Sarwanam Theatre Venue: Corporate chillness of Carlsberg beer. The Entry: Rs.200 (Rs.100 for Tower 1, Tinkune event is gaining momentum students) Registration: Free as they are providing exciting Carlsberg goodies at your POST US: Email event details to [email protected] or favorite hangouts. call 5011571/ 5011639/ 5011730/ 5011731 for listings. Listings Time: 7 pm onwards are free but inclusion is not guaranteed due to limited space. Date: 23 January onwards Kickstart//Out & About 6 THE MOST ROMANTIC MEAL OF THE YEAR! Venue: Hotel FOOD Annapurna, Durbarmarg OUT ABOUT Contact: 4221711 & Would you like to RESPITE AT THE CORNER enjoy a romantic Happy Hours- Buy One ! - Get One Free ! Valentine meal at Hotel Annapurna and benefit Time: 4pm to 7pm, Contact: 4411818 from an exceptional offer? Reserve a table Venue: The Corner Bar, Radisson Hotel at any of the hotel’s ART AND THEATRE Enjoy good times at The Corner Bar and make the restaurants and express your love to your happy hours happier with the “Buy One, Get One Valentine by sending THIRD EDITION OF ARTIST IN CELEBRATING THE JOY OF Free!” offer on regular spirits, all house wines, a free Mini Valentine’s Invitation Cake. RESIDENCE BY AIR_MCUBE POETRY and domestic liquors. Pull up a seat at one of Open House Exhibition South Asian Poetry Festival Date: 8 February to 7 March Date: 21 and 22 February Kathmandu’s best bars and order yourself the The Coffee Shop Time: 3pm to 5pm Venue: Kathmandu Durbar classiest cocktails or the bartender’s innovative mixes. Menu: 4 course menu Venue: Gallery MCUBE, Chakupat, Square (21 February)/Patan with welcome drink Contact: 5260110 Durbar Square (22 February) (Heart Shape Small Entry: Free Cake to share) AIR_MCUBE Gallery is presenting SCRUMPTIOUS AND SUMPTUOUS Price: Rs. 2000++/ the Open House Exhibition of their The South Asian Poetry Festival Rainbow at OG couple resident artists. The third season is back. With the theme of Date: 22 January 2015 onwards, Time: 4pm to 10:30pm kicks off from 8 February with the Unity in Diversity, various poets Venue: Olive Garden, Radisson Hotel Kathmandu Arniko Room resident artists, Anil Subba and from all over South Asia will Contact: 4411818 Menu: 4 course prix Ritesh Maharjan, displaying their meet at the Durbar Squares in fix menu with fortune visual art and musical performances. Kathmandu and Patan on 21 The Rainbow trout is a gastronomical delight. Savor its cookies and a glass of ‘Performance I’ and ‘Performance and 22 February. Each country taste at the Radisson Hotel’s Olive Garden as it brings you wine each II’ by Anil Subba and ‘Sound in South Asia has a rich blend the fish steamed, grilled, pan fried, or crust baked. Whether Price: 3000++/couple Experiment’ by Ritesh Maharjan are of tradition and culture with it’s with your family or friends, relish the cold-water a few of the programs scheduled to various dialects and different Rainbow trout throughout February. Enjoy the exquisite and be held till 7 March at the gallery. Ghar E Kabab forms of literary endeavors. elaborate menu with a glass of crisp house wine and a hot Menu: Buffet A lot of the local dialects are steamy bowl of soup. Guests can choose from a selection of Price: 4000++/couple REVEAL YOUR DRAMATIC SIDE disappearing and along with starters or main courses of the trout, prepared in different All Nepal 10 Minutes Drama Festival them, the different forms exquisite methods by the chefs. Date: 22 to 28February and styles of poetry. The aim Registration: 7 February of this edition of the festival PLAN A TRULY ROMANTIC Venue: Sarwanam Theater, is to celebrate the different CELEBRATION Kalikasthan indigenous languages and Fall in love all over again Contact: DeepeshPaudel forms of poetry. this Valentine’s Day (9813411276) Date: 14 February Venue: Hyatt Regency, Who says plays have to be long? THREE PLAYS IN ONE They can even be as short as 10 Boudha Tri-Aayam at Sarwanam minutes. Take part in the All Nepal Contact: 4491234 Date: 6 to 14 February (except 10 Minutes Drama Festival and Thursdays) showcase the hidden talent in you. Hyatt Regency is the Time: 4:30pm If you’ve long harbored a dream of place to be on 14 Venue: Sarwanam Theatre performing on stage, this could be February thanks to Entry: Rs.200 (Rs.100 for a great start. the hotel’s special students) Valentine’s Day promotion. Hyatt has TIME FOR SOME PLAY! Sarwanam, a leading theater NCC Fusion Fest 2015 group, is organizing Tri-Aayam, announced a lineup of Date: 13 to 14 February a theatrical drama that will romance packages, spa Time: 10am onwards feature three alternative experiences, and dining Venue: Nepal Commerce Campus, plays sharing the same stage. STRAWBERRY DELIGHTS @ THE LOBBY LOUNGE options in celebration of Minbhawan, Entry: Rs.100 Parishchhyarthi Samuha has Date: 15 January onwards the Month of Romance, come up with a script that Time: 2 to 3pm all of which will sweep The Event Management Club of focuses on the existing social Venue: Lobby Lounge, Hyatt Regency your partner off his/ Nepal Commerce Campus (NCC) is issues of Nepal like public her feet. Apart from the organizing a mega event, titled ‘NCC injustice and social irony. Taas There’s wonderful news for food lovers! At the Hyatt Regency’s Lobby delightful gastronomic Fusion Fest 2015’, at the college ko Mahal by Supriya Rana Lounge, you can fill your tummies with various delicacies such as experience, pamper premises. The two-day festival will Magar, Kaachuli by Sabina strawberry macaroons, truffles, cheesecakes, custard creams, and your partner and be held from 13 to 14 February Gopali, and Asim Pana haru by strawberry chocolates. Not only does this special chef’s table sport yourself with a herbal and will consist of live bands, blood Deepa Karki are the plays that strawberry delights with cakes and chocolates, it also has assortments refresh facial, followed donation programs, DJ sessions, are scheduled to be performed of Australian delights with strawberry gelatos, sorbets, compote, by invigorating body food stalls, and many more. at the event. sherry flambé, and strawberry cream filled pancakes. There are also scrubs, and finish with numerous cocktails on the menu. a hot stone massage. WANDERLUST Journeying for Art Date: 11 January to 12 April Time: 11am to 5pm, Venue: Park Gallery, Pulchowk, Lalitpur Contact: 5522307, Entry: Free OUTDOORS Young artist Dhwoj Gurung presents his take on plein-air watercolor and acryclic landscapes and scenes. Basically, the term ‘plein- GETAWAY air’ is a French expression which means "in the open air" and is Shivapuri Climb particularly used to describe the act of painting outdoors.Dhwoj’s work resonates with color and form and his freestyle appoach Duration: 2 to 3 hours to Nangi and 6 to 7 to the summit, balances visual drama with academic painting.His images may Difficulty level: Easy - Moderate, can be strenuous at some points, seem carefree but the thought and composition that he has brought Contact: 4381214/9802095999, [email protected] forth provides a unifying framework for his visual elements.