When: Sunday 3 September 2006, 8.30 am
Venue: J N Tata Auditorium located in the IISC Campus
Highlights of the event include
TicketsRegistration fees for ABAI Fest 2006 are Rs500/- for professionals and Rs250/- for students. Delegates and attendees can register at any of the ANTS, ARENA or MAAC centers in Bangalore.

* A case study on Digicon 6+2 International award wining short film Ԕhe Bad EggԠby R.Bala, Vikram Veturi, Vikas Verma & Ashish S.K.
* Skills enhancement session on ԁchieving High quality animationԠby Manu Ittina & Bill Miller of Ittina studio.
* Case study of an Indian game by Rajesh Rao of Dhruva.
* A case study on the next generation 3D engine technology Ҕhe XForce EngineҠto be presented by Sandeep Kowdley & Jayanth Kannan of Raptor Entertainment.
* TASI presentation by Ranjit Tony Singh (the session will additionally boast of one interaction session with students and parents)
* A special ԅffective filmmaking in animationԠsession by Vaibhav Kumaresh.
* VFX case study session by Madhusudhan.
* KRRISH VFX presented by Mohan Krishnan of Prasad Group,
* Best VFX of Rang de Basanti & KANK by Visual Computing labs
* VFX for Hollywood movies by Seshaprasad from Rhythm & Hues India.

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A play that takes you into the lives of a family driven by power, money and fear and two children who witness it all.

Venue: ING Vysya House Auditorium MG Road,Bangalore-1
Date: Saturday 2nd September2006
Time: 8pm
For tickets contact Meenakshi- 98455-70014 / meenakshi.jointhedots@gmail.com

Logos Theatre In the beginning was the word presents
“Let’s Play”
A unique, fun-filled, series of theatre based workshops on communication skills for people with limited or no stage experience. Every Sunday at RMV
The next session is on Sunday, 03/09/06
The workshop will include:
1) Awareness of one’s physical, emotional and mental space through movement and rhythm exercises
2) Imagining through the body- working on physicality and imagination
3) Speaking out- word games and impromptu scenes.
4) Keep the faith- trust!!
5) Bare the beast- animal exercises
6) Improvisational Theatre based activities
7) Presenting through monologues Short scene sketches- ensemble work
And other fun games/exercises that foster better self-awareness.
You could be just about anyone. You could be a student or a professional, in any field, at any level. You may have an active interest in the stage and in being a part of it, or you might just be looking for a great lateral way to enhance your communication and interpersonal skills, and become a more
effective and imaginative corporate citizen. You will find this workshop to be a fulfilling and enriching experience, whatever your story is.

Location: K5, 10th Cross, RMV, near mekhri circle and sadashivnagar police station, Bangalore.
Time: 10 in the morning to four thirty in the evening.
Size: The session is limited to fifteen people. Registration closes by Friday.
Contacts:Phone: .9880966313 (Arka) / 9845530323 (Abhijit)
E-mail: logos.theword@gmail.com
We welcome corporate enquiries. If you’re interested in an in-house workshop/event, or would like to talk to us about theatre in employee relationship management and theatre based training, do get in touch at the above numbers.

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Logos Theatre
In the beginning was the word
No. 126,
3rd Main Road,
Jayamahal Extension,
Bangalore 560046

“CATAS .” Committee for the Assistance of Tribals Affected by Salwa Judum (CATAS)

Since the launch of the Salwa Judum campaign in June 2005 in Chattisgarh, according to official estimates alone approximately 15000 adivasis have been displaced. People from over 420 villages are living as refugees in pathetic conditions in temporary camps.To understand the violence and displacement faced by adivasis at the hands of the state-run Salwa Judum campaign in the Chattisgarh region, join us on

Day:2 September 2006
Time: 4.30 pm
Venue: Aniketana, Basava Bhavana, next to Kuruba Hostel,
Gandhinagara, Bangalore

Programme:
Cultural performances by Adivasi Natya Manch, Chattisgarh
Documentary film screening on violence conducted by Salwa Judum

Speakers:
Dr. Darshan Pal (Convenor, CATAS) on ‘Salwa Judum: Why? How?’
Rajkumar (Adivasi Natya Manch, Chattisgarh)

Responses from Karnataka:
Gauri Lankesh (Convenor, Citizens’ Initiative for Peace and Editor – Lankesh)
Sanath Kumar Belagali (Senior Journalist and leftist thinker)
Indudhara Honnapura (Dalit Sangharasha Samithi and Editor – Samvada)
Prof. Hasan Mansur (President, Peoples’ Union for Civil Liberties, Karnataka)
Chukki Nanjundaswamy (President, Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha)
Chair: Prof. Babiah, senior human rights activist, Bangalore

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Toto Funds the Arts presents Getting into Character a five-day theatre workshop
Venue: COMMITS, No. 7, 4th Main, Davarekeri Main Road , Bangalore 560029. Ph: 41114010
Dates: 2, 3, 15, 16, 17 September 2006 from 10 am to 5 pm
Workshop Facilitator: Anmol Vellani
Actor-Director-Producer Anmol Vellani started his theatre career in the early 1970s. He has acted in and directed several plays in Pune, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, and Cambridge in the U.K..
Workshop Content
The workshop will primarily focus on character building in theatre, exploring exercises that would help participants analyse and interpret characters in any given play. The workshop will be an intensive one and participants should be prepared to stay on after 5 pm if necessary. Participants will also be expected to meet independently in groups between the two sets of dates for the workshop.
There will be a nominal fee of Rs 600/- for the workshop. Participants will need to take care of their own lunch and refreshments (there is a canteen at Commits).
The fee is payable to Toto Funds the Arts, H-301 Adarsh Gardens, 47th Cross, 8th Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore 560 082, or to Uday Singh (ph: 9886112108) who is coordinating the workshop. The number of participants will be limited to 12. The workshop will be conducted in English and some previous theatre experience will be helpful but not absolutely essential.

If you are below 29 years of age and interested in registering for the workshop, please contact tfaindia@yahoo.com or call Sarita 98806 23357 or Uday at 9886112108.
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Logos Theatre
In the beginning was the word
No. 126,
3rd Main Road,
Jayamahal Extension,
Bangalore 560046

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The Shoestring Players and Readers Theatre Company presents “Chekhov’s Mistress”
An evening with Anton Anecdotes and Hilarious Sketches from The Good Doctor by Neil Simon
Devised and directed by: Phyllis Bose
Assisted by:Jacqueline Bose
Ensemble:Tansha Vohra,Shahid Siddiqui,Sharon White,Udai Matthan,U K Jayadev,Namita Suresh,Aditi Nayar,Aviva Dharmaraj,Karn Malhotra
Date: August 30 and 31
Venue: Alliance Fran袩se de Bangalore Time: 7:15 p.m.
Tickets available at The Supermarket, 5th Avenue, Brigade Road and at Alliance Fran袩se
Theatre of the Imagination By arrangement with Samuel French Inc. Artistes Repertory Theatre

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Date : 01/09/2006
Time : 10 am to 5 pm
Venue : Taj West End, Race Course Road , Bangalore
Price/Person : 5000.000

Digital media such as the Internet, mobile telephones and Ipods, have opened up new channels of communication with the market. Marketers need to be aware of these digital media, and how to use them to achieve communication objectives. Register
* Are you using blogging to create a positive buzz about your business?
* Can you leverage online communities to create word of mouth advertising for you?
* Will you be present in the electronic media of the future?

If you are in marketing, communication, sales, public relations or advertising, chances are that some of these questions are relevant to you. Thats because, the new, digital media that your target audience is now listening to like the Internet, mobile telephony, IPods and more, means that you need to be able to work these into your marketing strategy.
The new digital media have opened up new channels of communication with the market. As marketers we need to be aware of these, and how to use them to achieve communication objectives.
Ad Astras one-day Digital Marketing Workshop will achieve the following objectives:

* Overview of the important digital marketing media and opportunities.
o Search Engine Optimization
o Online Advertising
o Affiliate Marketing
o Wikis
o Podcasts
o Webinars
o SMS Marketing
* Actual hands on training as to how to use the most important of these media options:
o Blogging
o Online communities
o RSS Feeds

Audience:
Marketing Communication Managers
PR Agency account managers
Ad Agency account managers
Web designing service providers

Methodology:
Interactive sessions, with hands on training, and best practice sites shown on live Internet access. Case studies of successful campaigns.
Trainers:
Suhasini Kirloskar, CEO, Ad Astra Media and Consultant, Imagilon (USA).
Register here

We are planning several activities for the coming software freedom day ( http://softwarefreedomday.org/ ) ie, September 16, in Bangalore. Those who are interested to volunteer for the event can add their names to the wiki at
http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/SFD/Bangalore/06

Even though we could not do much for the last SFD (05) (http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/SFD/Bangalore/05
) , the discussions lead to FOSS Month ( http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Bangalore/FOSS_Month-2006 ) and FOSS EDU IN (
http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Education ). I hope we can take these initiatives to the next step and do better than last time.

There
is a meeting on Sunday 27th (tomorrow) 3pm at Cubbon Park (Enter from
MG Road – Victoria statue gate) to finalise the activities.

Looking forward to your support.

Regards
Praveen
SFD Bangalore team contact

Times Now telivision has a new series called Bangalore Tomorrow. Prople like Nandan Nilekani, Kiran Mazumdar, Dr. Devi Shetty, Vani Ganapthy and Arundhati Nag have come forward to report on Bangalore. According to the Tip I got from Ruchi ( no url to link) they have a very interesting panel discussion on Bangalore Tomorrow in IIM – B on Wednesday at 6.30pm.

Please call Times Now and confirm before you make plans of attending this.

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30th Aug 2006, Wednesday
The Oberoi Bangalore
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