Every Thursday ISSUE 234 RS 40 21 AUGUST 2014 29 >fj)f 2071 Lately, there has been an increase in talks about reading culture, Nepal as a hub for bibliophiles, literary critics, and readers who view books as a way of life and a form of expression. Newsfeed k ckstart TOP 3 EVENTS KOLOR - MANDU UMANGA NATHM FOOD FIESTA 2014 Date: 14 August to 21 August HANDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT Date: 16 August, Venue: Nepal Academy of Tourism and Venue: The !City Museum, Kathmandu Date: 15 August, Time: 5pm to 10am Hotel Management, Ravi Bhawan, Kathmandu Time: 11am to 7pm Venue: Base Camp, Location: Jhamsikhel, Contact: 9818448622, 9849819663, 9849898594, Lalitpur, Entry: Rs.250 9841192779 Sattya Media Arts Collective will be holding an exhibition on Kolor Volunteers Felicani Viviani from Gucci and Jinhee An event to look forward to, the Umanga Nathm Food Kathmandu from 14 to 21 August at Fiesta 2014 will feature not just food, but music, The City Museum. Through Sattya’s Parl from Yves Saint Laurent have flown all the entertainment, and a host of other activities as well. This Kolor Kathmandu project .... way from Italy through Planete Urgence to .... year, the focus will be on multi cuisines, both local and .... (For more information please refer to page 8) (For more information please refer to page 9) (For more information please refer to page 8) Kolor Kathmandu transformed the city into an open gallery and made art accessible to all. KOLOR Now, Sattya Media Arts Collective will be holding an exhibition on Kolor Kathmandu from Black In Beauty: A documentary 14 to 21 August at The City Museum Kathmandu, Durbar Marg. What began as a small project has now turned into an artist-initiated grassroots social movement. Living your dream can prove to be the toughest road, and yet the MANDU most satisfying. Kailash Neupane, the chairman of AaVa Group, packed his bags and camera and left a life in Australia to live his dream. Established around two years ago, AaVa Group seeks to capture the flawless beauty of the far-western region along with its dark sides through the documentary, Black in Beauty. 5 Reasons to watch Black in Beauty by Kailash Neupane: 1. The beauty of the places in the far west of Nepal, such as Deuda, Api, and Saipal, are mostly just read in books. This documentary contains the visual spectacle of these places. 2. The documentary shows that places like Pokhara and Chitwan are not only the places in Nepal worth visiting. It proves that the prospect for tourism in the Far West is exhilarating. 3. Black in Beauty also portrays the sense of humanity of the Far West, side by side with its prospects and problems. Inexplicable through words, it can only be explained visually. 4. Along with its beauty, this documentary also focuses on the “black” parts of the region, which includes a severe lack of economic development and infrastructure as well as social and individual issues such as a reliance on extreme superstition. 5. The youth should be helping the nation in any way possible. This documentary encourages the youth to stay in Nepal and try building the nation. POST US: Email event details to [email protected] or call 5011571/ 5011639/ 5011730/ 5011731 for listings. Listings are free but inclusion is not guaranteed due to limited space. With events to the left and right, Fr!day makes it a little bit easier for you to choose events for this week and Black in Beauty will be screened on 18 August at the Russian Culture Centre. the next. Here are out top three picks. Kickstart//Get Started 6 AT A GLANCE What UmangaNATHM Food Fiesta 2014 When Here’s The Dish 16 August, Saturday Where For many, music, food, and helping people equals happiness, and NATHM College, Ravi Bhawan, Kathmandu. happiness appears to be right around the corner. The National Academy Who for Tourism and Hospitality Management (NATHM) is organizing the 13th batch of NATHM Pepsi Umanga NATHM Food Fiesta to make your bodies move and Entry taste buds groove, with the profits going to the National Disability Unity Rs.100 per person Centre. Eat, enjoy, and receive happiness this Saturday! ROCHAK DAHAL THE EVENTS Food items that Continental: can’t be missed A sandwich, a fine plate of pasta, and a delicious dessert at the end of it sounds Cultural fashion show like a satisfying meal, Nepal has over 35 doesn’t it? ethnicities, and each ethnic group has a Food Carving specific culture. The Newari: Competition: fashion show will Cram down typical This is the event that emphasize on the Newari food to spice will undoubtedly grab cultural variety of up your afternoon. the most attention. Nepal with a focus on Chhoyla, woh, bara, The contest is not an ethnic garments. and samaybaji are a ordinary one either; few of the popular it is between the top Newari dishes that you chefs of five star hotels can try at the fest. and restaurants around the Valley. Whether Tibetan: you intend to learn by Dance show The Tibetan cuisine observing the chefs or A dance show too that will be served just plan to admire their is in the offing. A consists mainly of skills as a bystander, perfect event to burn Tibetan mo:mo and it’s safe to say that those calories after chilly mo:mo. A taste the Food Carving consuming all that of Tibet might just be Competition will be an food, maybe? what you’re looking for. event to remember. 1974 AD This rock band needs no introduction. Expect them to play hits such as Sambodhan, Yo Mann ta MeroNepali Ho, Parelima, PahiloJunima, and SamjhiBaschhu. Albatross One of the biggest bands in the Nepali rock scene, Albatross will be looking to play tracks from their latest album, Ma Ra Malai, along with crowd favorites such as TimiBhane and he Pepsi Umanga NATHM Food to good music? Khaseka Tara. Fiesta 2014, organized by the e event will start o with a cultural Cobweb thirteenth batch of the National fashion show and a dance performance. Veteran hard rockers Academy for Tourism and Hospitality One of the major events of the day will Cobweb willbe making Management (NATHM), is an be the Food Carving Competition, where the crowd move Tevent for all the foodies in Kathmandu to chefs from various ve star hotels will be with classics such as Mercedez Benz, look forward to. Being held on Saturday, competing against each other. ere will HidchhuSadhai, Timro 16 August, the fest will feature food items be forty stalls in total to provide fun for the Maya, andNamaste ranging from local to various international aernoon, along with exclusive door prizes along with their About the organizers cuisines. and lucky draws for the expected 6000 trademark covers. For over a decade, sixth semester Hotel Management students from NATHM have been Food is not only the happening thing about visitors. Anuprastha the esta though. Prominent mainstream e Pepsi Umanga NATHM Food Fiesta organizing the food fest as part of their bachelor’s The winners of the degree. This year, they are set to make it the outts such as 1974 AD, Cobweb, Albatross, 2014 was promoted through a series of Sprite Band Challenge biggest one yet.Sponsored by Pepsi and co- and Anuprastha, underground acts such as events at the college, such as the blood 2008 will be hitting sponsored by Seagram’s Royal Stag, the profits the stage and playing from the Food Fiesta, as well as the fine-dining 3rd Kwarter, Apsica, and Soul Solitude, along donation program on 15 July, the Suzuki their popular songs with a couple of fresh local bands will be Hospitality Cup, and a ne dining program event that took placeearlier,will be contributed to Din, Guff, and the National Disability Unity Centre. playing at the fest. Who doesn’t like swaying with various celebrities on 9 August. JadaiChhu. Kickstart//Out & About 8 OUT & ABOUT FOOD UMANGA NATHM FOOD FIESTA 2014 Date: 16 August, Time: 10am to 5pm ART AND THEATRE Venue: Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management, Ravi Bhawan, Kathmandu Contact: 9818448622, 9849819663, BLACK IN BEAUTY Date: 14 August to 16 August, Venue: AaVa Group Private Limited, Kathmandu 9849898594, 9841192779 Time: 8am to 11: 30pm, Contact: 984363058 An event to look forward to, the Umanga Nathm Nepal is a beautiful and culturally diverse country but its far western region lacks Food Fiesta 2014 will feature not just food, tourist exposure and development. AaVA Group has thus made a documentary but music, entertainment, and a host of other film focusing on the natural beauty, native cultural practices, as well as the activities as well. This year, the focus will be darker side of the region, keeping the backwardness of the area in mind. The film on multi cuisines, both local and international. exposes the lakes, rivers, mountains, religious sites, trekking destinations, wildlife The bands performing live are 1974 AD, reserves, customs, traditions, and culture of the region. The focus, however, is Anuprastha, Albatross, Cobweb, and more. on the plight of the people of the Far West. The documentary shows the darkness behind the beautiful place, which is why it has been named Black in Beauty. LATE NIGHTS @ THE COFFEE SHOP Date: From 28 May (Every Wednesday to Sunday) Time: 7pm onwards, Contact: 4221711 Venue: The Coffee Shop, Hotel de L’ Annapurna, Durbar Marg KOLOR - MANDU ART CLASS Busy during the day? Hotel de L’ music setting the mood just right. Sattya Media Arts Collective will be holding an exhibition on Kolor FOR VISUAL Kathmandu from 14 to 21 August at The City Museum.