Must catch events this weekend

On Saturday, March 26
Time 8.30 to 9.30 pm

Perhaps one of the largest events followed by citizens across the globe, Earth Hour which will be celebrated on March 26, hopes to plunge the world in darkness between 8.30 and 9.30 pm.

Vidya Balan, the brand ambassador for Earth Hour

With Vidya Balan as its brand ambassador, many are encouraged to be part of this global movement. Palash Sen has also pledged his support, where Euphoria will be performing for Earth Hour 2011.

Miranda Kerr, who is the brand ambassador of Earth Hour 2011 and Wasim Akram have pledged to go beyond the hour.u00a0

Organised for the first time in Sydney by the World Wide Fund and the Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, the event has scaled up since then with increasing number of individuals and organisations pledging their support in benefit of the environment.

Young Environmentalists Programme Trust in Mumbai has announced crystal trophies for the three buildings who switch off the most number of lights. "We felt this would be a great way to encourage people to participate.
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We also have a candle-light vigil and famous violinist Sunita Bhuyan will be performing," says Elsie Gabriel, founder of the trust.

This year, Earth Hour has urged people to go beyond the hour. Some ways include switching off the lights when not needed, saving water, using reusable bags, letting the battery of gadgets drain fully before charging them, using only cloth bags, observing Earth Hour once a month, or forming groups and spreading awareness about climate change.

Watch mithunda in a different avatar
On Saturday and Sunday
Where NCPA, NCPA Marg, Nariman Point.
Call 66223724/ 66223754
This weekend, catch Bangla Bishesh, the Bengali film festival at NCPA. Autograph, starring Nandana Sen and Indraneel Sengupta is a tribute to Satyajit Ray and Uttam Kumar on the lines of the Ray classic Nayak. The film, directed by Srijit Mukherjee is about the making of a film and how real and reel life converge. The other film Moner Manush, which means the quest is a narrative of the exchange of ideas that occurred between Rabindranath Tagore's brother Jyotirindranath, an urban intellectual and octogenarian poet-saint Lalan Faqir. Shukno Lonka starring Mithun Chakraborty among others, is about a junior artist who is suddenly chosen by an acclaimed director to play the lead in a film, but he is afraid to tread an unknown path. All films have English subtitles so there's no stopping you from enjoying a cine weekend, Bangla style.

The warp and weft of Kantha
Till Sunday, March 27, 11 am to 7 pm
Where Cymroza Art Gallery, First Floor, Bhulabhai Desai Road.
Call 23671983
Cymroza Art Gallery is hosting an exhibition of Kantha work sarees to celebrate the 25th year of Kantha revival by Shamlu Dudeja who, since 1985, has studied the world trends and has evolved Kantha into an exquisite stitch, suitable for outfits and home furnishings. A self-help enterprise was started by Dudeja, which resulted in Malika's Kantha Collection being exhibited at the Gallery.
The enterprise, helped hundreds of women from rural Bengal who for years have transformed wads of tattered cottons into unique works of art by reusing and recycling old saris and dhotis. The images of village vignettes, scenes from the Raj and pictures of deities were some of the designs brought alive on the sarees. At the exhibition, look out for Kantha embellished shot silk lehenga-cholis, with brocade facing and Bangalore silk sherwanis, with pearl decorations. Apart from sarees, also find dupattas, jackets, kurtis and pouches. The price for sarees ranges from Rs 8,000 to Rs 12,000.

These guys will psyche you out
On Today, 10.30 pm
Where Blue Frog, D/2, Mathuradas Mills Compound, NM Joshi Marg, Lower Parel.
Call 40332300
Entry Rs 500
Designer Hippies and Void (Israel) come together at the Blue Frog to give you an evening filled with music from different lands. The Void duo Tamir Regev and Oren Emanuel have altered popular notions of club music. A group effort between Void and other Electronica artists, like Skazi and Eskimo led to the making of the Megaband anthem MTV (Hello Moto). On the other hand, Deepesh and Romeo Sharma of The Designer Hippies will flood the evening with groovy Electro beats and blend into PsyTrance as the night progresses on. So, put on your dancing shoes and groove at this party.

The flying pink carpet is back
On Saturday, March 26
Organised by Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill House, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road, Salim Ali Chowk.
Call 22821811; entry Rs 50 (members), Rs 100 (non-members)
Our pink visitors, the Flamingoes have returned to the city, to their home at the Sewri mudflats. Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) will give the curious an opportunity to witness this natural spectacle, up, close and personal, thanks to a Flamingo watch slated for this Saturday at Sewri. With expert guides from BNHS, here's your chance to learn all about these birds. You may also spot other birds including Common Greenshank, Common Redshank, Curlew, Common, Green Sandpiper and Eurasian Curlew.