Muggles, quit pottering around and mark your calendars for the next installment in the Harry Potter saga, set to launch on July 31, which happens to be our favourite hero’s birthday as well
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Muggles, quit pottering around and mark your calendars for the next installment in the Harry Potter saga, set to launch on July 31, which happens to be our favourite hero’s birthday as well. In Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, author JK Rowling revives her beloved characters 19 years later, in a post-Voldemort wizarding world. But here are a couple of somethings you need to know: the book is in fact the script of a stage play, which premieres in London on July 30, based on an original story by Rowling. Next, it’s co-written by Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, so Potter purists, no space for you here.
Here are two ways to hop onboard this month-end’s Potter mania:
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At your doorstep
If you haven’t already booked your copy, don’t get your wands in a knot. Food delivery app Scootsy is paying attention to other kinds of hunger pangs. Pre-order on Scootsy, and have a copy delivered by noon, July 31. This speed-a-book order comes with a 25% discount, so you get the Rs 899 copy at Rs 674.
Vist: www.scootsy.com
Bring it in style
What’s Potterworld if not for some merrymaking? Head to select Crossword stores for a costume contest, Where you get to dress-up like any character from the series and win a prize. There are also Potter tatoos and accessories that you can try out as well as a Potter scavenger hunt and a quiz contest.
When: July 31, 11.00 AM onwards
Where: Crossword Bookstore, Turner Road, Bandra (W); R City Mall, Ghatkopar (W)
Entry: Rs 1,000
Call: 26407049
Poetry in the rains
4 PM onwards: It’s double dhamaka for poetry lovers. Begin with readings and discussions on classical and contemporary multilingual poetry in Maazi-e-sukhan. Then gear up for Poetry Social, in which one of Bollywood’s favourite screenwriters and lyricists Varun Grover slams it out with a music meets a poetry performance.
Where: antiSocial, 5th Road, Khar (W)
Entry: Rs 300
Call: 65226324
Life’s a Waiting Room
9 PM: Watch the Gujarati play, The Waiting Rooms, that’s all about revealing the facts of life. It is the story of people who are at a crossroads, waiting for that one twist of fate, that can catapult them from the rut into a life worth living. The best part is, everything happens in a rather light-hearted way.
Where: Bhaidas Auditorium, Vile Parle West
Entry: Rs 150
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Meet a new Marx
7 PM: After sold-out shows in the past, here is your last chance to catch Karl Marx in Kalbadevi for this season. Starring Satchit Puranik, the plot revolves around what happens When Marx comes to aamchi Mumbai, but has neither the time nor the inclination for economics. He would rather talk about the generous thali he had at Bhagat Tarachand.
Where: Harkat Studios, JP Road, Aaram Nagar, Andheri (W)
Entry: Rs 350
Call: 26350064
Let’s talk about sex, baby
7 PM: Skip the sleaze and head for a stand-up routine that is sure to the put ‘sex comedy’ in a different light. Hosted by Aditi Mittal, this show will have an inclusive line-up of five comedians and crush those myths and taboos around disability and sexuality. PS: the event is wheelchair accessible.
Where: Daughters of St Paul, Waterfield Road, Bandra (W)
Entry: Rs 200
Call: 26401691
Watch a short film
8 pm: Watch Elixir, a Bengali short film by Anirban Guha that got selected in this year’s Cannes Short Corner. The film is about a woman and her parallel reality. It all starts with a phone Call she gets from her husband. He asks her to meet someone and hand him a parcel. What happens next in unexpected, and she suddenly is in a world Where all fanstasies come true. Can we come along?
Where: The Hive, Chuim Village Road, off Union Park, Khar (W)
Entry: Rs 250
Call: 9619962969
A breadtastic pop-up
Food lovers down town, get ready to salivate! Bandra’s Between Breads, a cosy burger and fries joint, is setting up a SOBO pop-up in collaboration with Pop-Up Hut. Get ready to sink your teeth into lip-smacking burgers, that include the Veg Ramen Burger and the BBQ Chicken Burger.
Where: Kemps Corner
When: 12 noon to 11 pm
Adopt a pet
11 AM – 5.30 PM: It’s never too late to make a furry friend. World For All is hosting a pet adoption camp with 20 Indian breed puppies and kittens. Head to the camp and find the one for you.
Where: Metro Mall, Western Express Highway, Borivali (E)
Call: 9769997540
Try a khamanoxide
ONGOING 5 PM – 1 AM: Fumes is the latest addition to the list of ever-growing cafes in Lower Parel. You can try the khamanoxide (khaman crumble with flavoured Indian chutneys) or delicious samosa videshi chaat.
Where: Fumes, Block No.25, Raghuvanshi Mills Compound, Lower Parel
Call: 24927001
Rewind to vintage India
26 July, 6:30PM: Attend a lecture on The Glory Days of the Progressive Writers’ Movement in 1940s Bombay. The movement was crucial in shaping political consciousness.
Where: Jnanapravaha, Queens Mansion, Fort
Call: 22072974
Same classic, new perspective
The narration of the Ramayana changes with every age. This is the age of the woman. Can we see Valmiki’s story as one that was driven by Sita’s choices? Devdutt Pattanaik has chosen to re-tell the epic from the eyes of the woman in this children’s version.
Title: The Girl Who Chose: A New Way of Narrating the Ramayana
Price: Rs 199
Join the cocktail party
ONGOING: Drink to happiness at the Cocktail festival at Smaaash. Choose from drinks like Green Drizzle, a combination
of lemongrass and vodka, to Flaming Rain, a power-packed combination of sambuca and Redbull, and the Titanium Tempest, 90 ml of unadulterated alcohol thrown together with some lime juice.
Where: Mighty Small, Smaaash, Gate 4, Kamala Mills Compound, Lower Parel
Call: 49143143
Go back to school
JULY 30, 6.30 PM: Govind Menon, Bhavish Ailani and Gaurav Kapoor will share their most ridiculous school stories in this show, Present Ma’am.
Where: Barking Deer, Mathuradas Mill, Lower Parel
Entry: Rs 300
Call: 61417400
Attend a photo exhibition
July 25, 10.30 AM to 7 PM: Vist the fourth edition of the photography exhibition by Bharati Vidyapeeth’s School of Photography, Where select images captured by the students will be on display.
Where: Nehru Centre Art Gallery, Dr E Moses Road, Worli
Call: 24963426
Catch a sketchy artwork
TILL AUG 22, 6.30 PM ONWARD: For those who missed artist Sameer Kulavoor’s solo works the first time around at ARTISANS’, here’s a chance to catch Please Have a Seat. The show focuses on intimate human gestures captured through spontaneous drawings. The limited edition works from this series were originally captured in Kulavoor’s sketchbook; everyday moments observed over the years.
Where: Cafe Zoe, Mathurdas Mills Compound, Lower Parel
Call: 24902065
Watch a patriotic play
4.15 PM: One of the costliest productions on Marathi stage, Code Mantra, is an engaging courtroom drama set against the background of the Indian Army. Starring Mukta Barve, Ajay Purkar, Umesh Jagtap among others, Code Mantra challenges the very notion of patriotism and how an excess of it can be dangerous.
Where: Shivaji Mandir, NC Kelkar Road, Dadar (West)
Entry: Rs 200-300
Call: 90043 37004
Own a Paithani
11 AM – 7 PM: The National Handloom Development Corporation Ltd has launched an initiative Called Silk Fab to connect consumers and weavers on one platform. Get a feel of handwoven silks like pochampally, muga silk, paithani, kosa silk and baluchuri with traditional motifs and designs.
Where: World Trade Centre, Cuffe Parade
Call: 66387272
Get wasted
6.30 PM: To rid you of those mid-week blues, True Tramm Trunk is hosting Wasted Wednedays, Where DJ Cyrus will spin his tunes in collaboration with percussionist Anish Kale. Also sip on some desi-inspired cocktails like the Tharra and Gulaabo from UP, Santra and Badi Saunf from Mumbai.
Where: True Tramm Trunk, next to Options Showroom, VL Mehta Road, JVPD Scheme, Juhu
Call: 9769696050
Groove to an indie band
8.30 PM onwards: As We Keep Searching, the band from Ahmedabad, is set for a live wire performance, closer home. Comprising vocalist Uddipan Sarmah, guitarist Shubham Gurung, bassist Bob Alex and drummer Gautam Deb, the outfit, it’s a concert you’d not want to skip.
Where: Hard Rock Cafe, Fun Cinema Lane, off Veera Desai, Andheri (West)
Entry: Rs 500
Call: 8898087841
Bite into a bacon slab
5 PM – 9 PM: Meat lovers can go satiate their appetite with a special menu of grills curated by artisanal meat-man Kaviraj Thadani. You can try the smoked Chicken Cheese Bomb, Bacon Slab, American Bratwurst and more at the live barbecue grill.
Where: Craft Deli. Bistro. Bar, 1st floor, Phoenix Marketcity, Kurla
Call: 61802073
Create your own boardgame
2 PM – 6 PM: Your child might have played a lot of board games, but here’s a chance to create one. A workshop titled, Make Your Own Board Game will help kids think out of the box, come up with fun themes, brainstorm on ideas and finally design their own board game.
Where: Milk, Gate number 4, Kamala Mills Compound, Lower Parel
Entry: Rs 1,200 plus taxes
Call: 24954455
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