If you're looking for activities to do this weekend, here's a line-up that is sure to keep you busy
Thursday
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Remembering Nani
Talk: Learn about the ideologies and theories
of late jurist, economist and Mumbaikar Nani Palkhivala at a talk by Rajan Jayakar.
Time 5.30 pm onwards
At Durbar Hall, The Mumbai Research Centre of the Asiatic Society, Horniman Circle, Fort.
Free
Friday
In high spirits
Drink: Start the weekend on a boozy note by heading to Giant Cocktail Night, where you can try a range of signature concoctions which are bound to get the party started.
Time 9 pm onwards
At Escobar - Tapas Bar, VN Sphere Mall, 199, Linking Road, Bandra West.
Call 26407070
Saturday
Grow a green thumb
exhibition: Bonsai is the best way to get some greenery in compact households. This workshop by Urvashi Thacker will tell you about the benefits of these plants.
On 9 am
At Jamnabai Narsee Campus, Vile Parle West.
Call 26124272
Free
Bond over lunch
Discussion: Thaal Pe Charcha, a programme by Sahiyo, invites Bohra women and others to come together to bond over food and conversation.
Time 12 pm to 4 pm
At Venue to be disclosed on booking.
Email [email protected]
Free
Rap it right
Audition: So you think you can rap? Sign up for the Mumbai leg of national hip-hop hunt.
Time 4.30 pm
At Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Sardar Patel Institute of Technology, Andheri West.
Log on to redbull.in/spotlight
Free
Toddlers' day out
Carnival: Take your kids to this open-for-all carnival in celebration of the school's 30th anniversary. There will be games, food, a tattoo corner and painting competitions.
Time 4 pm to 6 pm
At Kids Corner PlayGroup and Nursery, Mulund West.
Call 9167338986
Email [email protected] (to RSVP)
Free
Sunday
That sixties show, Mumbai edition
Art: A new art exhibition in the city focusing on Bombay being the epicentre of the art movement in the 1960s will explore the period when the genre-driven arts matrix of Bombay gave way to abstraction. Drawing attention to the feverish pace of art practice in this crucial decade during which the pull of the Progressive Artists' Group was strong, you can view works by MF Husain and Ambadas.
On February 9 to March 28, 10.30 am to 7 pm (Except Sundays)
At DAG 58, VB Gandhi Marg, Kala Ghoda, Fort.
Call 49222700
Free
East meets West
Music: Want to listen to refreshing and unhinged guitar skills? That's what Xander Naylor Sound Machine specialises in, besides blending jazz post-rock and Indian classical together.
Time 8 pm
At The Stables, Andheri East.
Call 9820645845
Free
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