Evening with Manna De 
Padmabhushan Manna De will perform live on May 10, 7 pm at the Chowdiah Memorial Hall. It will be a Once in a Lifetime Experience for his fans as he will take them on a musical journey through 65 five years of music along with Ameen Sayani and Khurana from Delhi. Tickets are priced at Rs 1000, 750, 500 and 250. For door delivery of tickets contact  25705858 - 62. For more details call, 98451 72749.

All that jazz
Just Us from Kolkata is all set to play on May 5 at the Olive Beach for Monday Night Jazz, a series of evenings created to showcase and revive interest and excitement around jazz in the City. The jazz trio from Kolkata comprises Mainak, Sourav and Ratul.

Date with Agog
The Amsterdam jazz band Agog featuring a group of accomplished musicians will perform at the Grand Ashok, from 8 pm onwards on May 2.

Sacred and Profane
An ‘Evening of the Sacred and Profane’, a mixture of Western classical music ranging from baroque to contemporary, by Swedish singer Jonas Olsson and Neecia Majolly will take place on May 5, 7.30 pm at the Alliance Francaise de Bangalore. The concert will consist of a solo piano recital in the first half by Majolly, followed in the second half with a vocal recital by Jonas Olsson accompanied by Majolly on the piano.

Memorial concert
Shri Rama Kala Vedike, Department of Kannada and Culture and Canara Bank, will organise the 32nd memorial concert of the late Ramachandra Yavagal on May 4 at the Ravindra Kalakshetra, J C Road. Vocalists Rajan and Sajan Mishra will be presented Kalashingra Award. Watch the performance of Omkarnath Havaldar on the sitar and Venkatesh Kumar on Hindustani vocal at 6 pm. Venkatesh Godkhindi and Praveen Godkhindi will present a bansuri duet. Brothers Rajan and Sajan Mishra will provide a Hindustani vocal recital.  

Hindustani concert
The Bangalore Sangeet Sabha and Canara Union Arts Section is organising a Hindustani vocal concert by Gayatri Viragkar Joshi of Pune on May 3 at 6.30 pm. She will be accompanied by Dr Raveendra Katoti on the harmonium and Uday Raj Karpoor on the tabla.

Dharwad Utsav
Dharwad Utsav, a festival of classical music, is being organised on May 3 at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. The programme is dedicated to legendary musicians Pt Shripati Padigar and Ustad Bale Khan. The programme begins at 5.30 pm.

Classical recital
Gokhale Institute and Nadarshi Institute of Music is organising Hindustani classical recital by Ravindra Soregavi on May 11, 6 pm at Gokhale Institute, DVG Road, Basavanagudi. Udayaraj Karpur will accompany on tabla and Narasimha Kulkarni on harmonium.

Fusion band
Watch the first performance of Kannada fusion band ‘Urban Lads’ on May 2, 6 pm at #74, Ground Floor, Prestige Feroze, Cunningham Road.

Bharatanatyam recital
Natyeshwara Nrutya and Sangeetha Shala will present a dance performance by Pooja Rangaseshan, disciple of K P Satish Babu, at A D A Rangamandira, J C Road on May 3, 6 pm.

Kathak recital
‘Sree Krishna Tavasmi’, an evening of Kathak dance recital, by Suparna Venkatesh and Mysore B Nagaraj will be held on May 3, 6.30 pm at Seva Sadan Auditorium, 14th cross, opp Shirdi Baba Temple, Malleswaram.

Exhibition by Alay
A five-day exhibition by Alay under the H N Dwarakanath Endowment will be held at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s
E Hanumantha Rao Art Gallery from May 2 at 11 am. The exhibition will be on display between 10.45 am and 7 pm daily. The exhibition will be inaugurated by K K Raghava.

Remembering Dr Rajkumar
Raj Kalanama Kalapradarshana, an exhibition of paintings of late Dr Rajkumar will be on till May 7, 11 am to 7 pm at CKP, Kumara Krupa Road.

Book launch
Bangalore International Centre is organising the book launch of Jasleen Dhamija’s latest work, Kamala Chattopadhyay-A Biography published by National Book Trust, on May 3, 6.30 pm at TERI Auditorium, TERI complex, 4th main 2nd cross Domlur II stage. The event will be followed by an Illustrated talk on “Indian Crafts and Globalisation’.

French connection
Patrick French will launch The World is what it is — The Authorised Biography of V S Naipaul at Reliance Timeout, Cunningham Road on May 4. French will discuss the book on May 5, 7 pm at The Park.There will be a preview screening of The BBC Arena documentary The Strange Luck of V S Naipaul also at The Park.

Creative session
PATARA unlocks its treasure chest of stories for kids from May 12-17 at No 52, 8th Main, Malleswaram. Children between 7-12 are invited to explore and create in sessions on puppets, birds, clay, art, craft and more. For details call 9886431217.

Landmark Bee
Landmark  is back with their annual summer camp, The Chrysalis Busy Bee Fun Factory 2008. The camp is on till May 5, from 10 am to 2 pm. Children in the 5-12 age group will be able to participate and learn innovative ways of spending their summer. You can visit your closest Landmark store and register.

Acting therapy
Gora Art Academy and Gordes Communication and Information Centre is organising an acting workshop called, Acting Therapy from May 4 at Basava Kendra near Kanishka Hotel Gandi Bazaar. The teachers of the acting therapy are from National school of Drama New Delhi. For details contact  9731859828.

For kids
British Library is organising a series of creative workshops for kids between 7-16 years till May 6 at the British Library 23, Prestige Takt, Kasturba Road Cross between 10 am and 4.30 pm. The workshop includes Fun with dance, stage craft, fun with numbers/math, fun with science and make your own gift box Workshop is open only for the members of the library only on first come serve basis. For registration, contact British Library at 22489220.

Kailasam’s play
Late Makeup Nani’s Green Room Club will stage T P Kailasam’s Taali Kattokkoline at H N Kalakshetra, Jayanagar on May 4, 7 pm. For details call 26543874.

Watch Cat’s Paw
DreamScope Theatres is staging
Cat's Paw, written by William Mastrosimone and directed by Puja Goyal on May 9, 10 and 11 from (3.30pm
and 7.30pm) at Nayana Ranga Mandira.

The all India premiere is the third collaboration of DreamScope Theatre with William Mastrosimone.

Mahadevbhai
Mahadevbhai (1892 – 1942) will be staged at Ranga Shankara on May 2, 7.30 pm. Presented by Working Title, Mahadevbhai (1892 – 1942) is written and directed by Ramu Ramanathan and performed and produced by Jaimini Pathak. The tickets are priced at Rs 100, telebooking on 9845752744.