Every Thursday ISSUE 245 RS 40 6 NOVEMBER 2014 20 sflt{s 2071 The Smarter Entertainment Weekly AA FRESHFRESHLook into kollywood’sCUTCUT latest offering. Newsfeed k ckstart TOP 3 EVENTS SOMETHING DIFFERENT HEAVENLY NIGHTS DAZZLE YOURSELVES TAPU FULLMOON AT SHIVAPURI HEIGHTS COTTAGE JEWELRY EXPO. DATE: 4 !TO 10 NOVEMBER DATE: 6 NOVEMBER DATE: 7 NOVEMBER TO 9 TIME: TWO SHOWS EVERYDAY VENUE: SHIVAPURI HEIGHTS COTTAGE, NOVEMBER - 12PM TO 5PM BUDANILKANTHA VENUE: HOTEL YAK AND YETI VENUE: SHILPEE THEATRE, BATTISPUTALI CONTACT: 9841371927 STEVE 98020 12245 (For more information, please refer to (For more information, please refer to Page 9) (For more information, please refer to Page 8) Page 9) What’s On! TRENDING THE FULLEST OF MOONS JEWELRY EXPO If you are in want of a quiet getaway, pack your bags and head to From trinkets to tiaras Shivapuri Heights Cottage, where a full moon barbeque event is being hosted on Thursday, 6 November. A mere 30 minutes drive and a Nepal Gem and Jewelry Association few minutes uphill walk away, this picturesque getaway is bound to transport you to another world. Enjoy an evening here with good (NEGJA) will be hosting the fourth edition company, great food, and unbeatable views of Kathmandu Valley of their annual Jewelry Expo at Hotel Yak lighting up below, and a full moon rising over Shivapuri above. The dinner is priced at Rs.2,500, and an overnight stay at the Cottage and Yeti from 7 to 9 November. The unique comes at Rs.4,500. event will showcase new ranges of jewelry products, highlight talented cutting-edge designers, and reveal the new trends that are set to take the market by storm. If you have jewelry shopping pending for the upcoming wedding and Christmas seasons, this will undoubtedly be your one-stop shop. Find an incredible array of designers and vendors under one roof and be ready to be swept off your feet. For all the jewelry aficionados of the capital, Christmas has come early! Contact Sohan (9841371927) or Steve (9802012245) to make reservations or for more information. 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. Kickstart//Get Started 6 Serenading the Squares There is no doubt that Deepak Bajracharya is a superstar in the Nepali music industry. In a telephone interview, Bajracharya revealed a few details about his Heritage Concert series that is set to take place at the three Durbar Squares and Kirtipur in the coming month. ROCHAK DAHAL How many people will be performing with be played in the rock or pop genres and you at the concerts? not just during jatras and pujas. The sitar There are four core members of Rhythm and sarangi are but two examples, and we band, including myself. This time, we want to inspire them to create music with will be playing with a band called Ethnic such instruments. We will be presenting the Orchestra, comprising of 12 people playing cultural side of the music and what place various kinds of traditional musical better to do that than the Durbar Squares? instruments. People would have paid to watch you How long have you been playing together? perform. Why are there no tickets this Rhythm band has been with me for almost time? 12 years. Ethnic Orchestra, on the other We never want our audience to pay to watch hand, was only formed a couple of years us perform. And this time, all thanks to our ago. We performed together for the first sponsors, who have covered the commercial time in 2011 at Patan Durbar Square. expenses of the tour, we do not expect any kind of return from the crowd other than What kind of instruments will the their participation. orchestra be focusing on? The orchestra will be focusing mainly What are the future plans of the bands on traditional instruments like the sitar, oncethis series is over? sarangi, and murchunga. In the past, we We are planning a Nepal tour after focused mainly on rhythm instruments. the shows in the Valley. Although it However,we now have accumulated various mainly depends on the sponsors and the instruments and incorporated them into organizers, we are planning an international our songs. We want to show the people that tour of Europe and USA as well. We are these traditional musical instruments can musicians and we want to perform all the be used in pop songs as well. We want the time as far as possible. We wish to spread youngsters to be inspired by this. the message of the music from Nepal all over the world. What songs will you be playing at the concert? We will be playing some of the older songs that I had composed back when I was a DATES & VENUES: 8November, solo artist. The songs will have a different Saturday: Kirtipur touch to them though. In addition to that, Football Ground, 5pm SONGS BEING we will be playing a number of new songs PERFORMED: 15November, Maya ko dori composed with the orchestra. Saturday: Nyatapole (JuJu nana) Mandir, Bhaktapur, Ritu Why did you choose such historical 5pm Cream of Rhythm Timilai Bhuleko locations for your concerts? 22November, Chhaina Saturday: Patan The three Durbar Squares, along with Hawaa Durbar Square, Kirtipur, are places where many jatras take JaniJani Lalitpur, 5pm place. Many kinds of musical instruments Medley are played in these jatras. Youngsters these 29November, Jhumi Saturday: Basantapur Oh Amira days seem to be playing just guitars and Dabali, Kathmandu, Adhyaroma drums in the name of music, but music is 5pm not just guitars and drums. The youngsters Entrance: Free have failed to realize that there are other traditional musical instruments that can Kickstart//Out & About 8 OUTDOORS SHIVAPURI CLIMB GET AWAY FROM THE RUSH Duration: 2 to 3 hours to Nangi and 6 to 7 to SHORT AND EASY TREK TO KATHMANDU VALLEY OUT ABOUT the summit FOR 2 NIGHTS 3 DAYS & Difficulty level: Easy - Moderate, can be Date: 15 November, Venue: Chitlang strenuous at some points Contact: 4381214/9802095999, info@ Walk with the team of Maya, Dawa, and Pasang nature-treks.com Sherpa, the first Nepalese women to scale K2, the second highest mountain on Earth. This ART AND THEATRE Have you ever hiked at Shivapuri National exclusive short trek, organized by the k2team, Park? Take a leisure walk along the national will stretch for two nights and three days, with LEARN MORE... CELEBRATING NEWARI ART park trail through Buddhist monasteries or homestay facilities at Chitlang. Participants will march all the way to the summit, either way walk across small trails and base camps will be ARTUDIO JEWELS OF NEWAR ART it will be an indulging experience. Shivapuri built along the way. You’ll also get to see the Date: 1 to 13 November Date: 29 October to 11 November National Park, with the sub-tropical forest first hydro power plant in Nepal - the 113 year- Time: 7am to 9am Time: 5pm to 9pm covered Shivapuri Peak standing at 2732 m, old Pharping Hydropower. The trek is a unique Entry: Rs.4000 Venue: Chaitya Court, Hyatt is the closest hiking trail to the capital. The opportunity and a medium to introduce trekking park is also where the sacred rivers Bagmati Contact: 9851182100/ Regency Kathmandu and camping to ladies. Foreign citizens are and Bishnumati originate. 9851180088/9843245117 invited to come along as well. Bodhisattva Gallery presents Jewels For more details call Polish your photography skills of Newar Art 3rd Annual Exhibition 9841343775/9813041591. at Artudio’s 45th photography & Sale at Hyatt Regency. Bodhisattva workshop (level - one). The has been cultivating relationships with classes will be conducted for famous artists and equally promoting 13 days at Artudio, which is and encouraging gifted new artists as HEAVENLY NIGHTS located at Chhauni Hospital well. 5% from the proceeds will be Road, Swoyambhu. contributed to Buddhist Child Home, FULLMOON AT SHIVAPURI HEIGHTS COTTAGE Date: 6 November a local orphanage. Venue: Shivapuri Heights Cottage, Budanilkantha Contact: 9841371927 Steve 98020 12245 FOR THE LOVE OF NATURE! NATURE AND ETERNITY Indulge in a full moon BBQ on the terrace at Date: 26 October, 2014 to 16 January, 2015 Shivapuri Heights Cottage, and witness the Venue: Park Gallery, Pulchowk moon rising against the backdrop of the majestic Opening Hours: 11am to 5:30pm Shivapuri Hills. Gobble up some good food, inhale Nature and Eternity, Pramila Bajracharya’s acclaimed opus, was the fresh air, and be mesmerized by the view of conceived in 2004 and this time no less than 30 paintings under the the city down below. The prices are Rs.2500 for same title are being showcased at Park Gallery. The works include dinner, and Rs.4500 per person on a sharing basis edge of the Shivapuri National Park, figures and landscapes, albeit in abstract and semi-abstract form. (includes stay, dinner, and breakfast.) The patrons an ideal escape from the hustle and Rich colors like black and red are predominant in the paintings. can either enjoy a minute-long drive or take a Bajracharya’s work is highly influenced by her ethnic Newari bustle of the city. (Note: The actual background and her neighborhood. short uphill walk. (Transport can be arranged full moon is on 6 November but on request at extra cost subject to location). The Friday and Saturday will also be good traditionally designed cottage is located on the days to see the “almost full moon.”) MUSIC & PARTIES MELODIOUS EVENINGS LIVE MUSIC Date: Every Friday, Time: 6pm Venue: Yala Pasa Restro and Bar, Hotel Goodwill Pvt.Ltd., Kumaripati, Kanibahal Contact: 5544520 Yala Pasa Restro and Bar will be hosting live music every Friday.