This week you can relax and unwind at the many music events taking place, the Salt Soiree featuring Ahsan Bari is a promising opportunity to enjoy good food and good music and the French Music Night celebrating Bastille Day would be a way to liven up the weekend. For those who are looking for a more mellow was to spend the weekend, there is a book launch ‘Rafina’ and the Indie Crafts show to pick up tid-bits.
Postervism – Travelling Exhibition
Postervism is a joint collaboration of the Pakistan Chowk Community Centre & the Renaissance Foundation for Social Innovation Pakistan. It is a national poster design competition, inspired by Poster for Tomorrow, in an attempt to involve designers as well as critical thinkers in highlighting societal issues in the form of posters. The larger aim of this is to stimulate debate about the issues through visual elements involved in a poster.
Date: 13th and 14th July
Time: 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Venue: TDF Ghar
The Untold Edition Open Mic Night
We would like to see art that engages the audience, drawing them in, triggering nostalgia or provoking thought. We want art that raises questions about our duty to this city; that causes the audience to introspect and reflect. We want art that reminds us why we call ourselves Karachiites.
French Music Night ft. DJ Awan
Every year before the French national day (Bastille Day) on July 14, the traditional Bastille Day Ball is celebrated around the world with music and dance. Come and be a part of the festivities in Karachi.
Date: Friday 13 July 2018
Time: 9 pm onwards
Place: Alliance Française de Karachi (behind Teen Talwar)
Entry: Free entry and first drink free but please register by sending your name, CNIC number, email and cell number to [email protected] Please bring your NIC and a printout (or email on your phone) of the confirmation email you receive from Alliance Française de Karachi.
Book Launch of Rafina: A Novella
Please join us at the Karachi launch of RAFINA: A NOVELLA by Shandana Minhas
Date & Time: Saturday, 14 July 2018, 6.30 p.m. – 8.00 p.m.
Venue: Liberty Books, Clifton (Next to Bar BQ Tonight), Karachi.
The author will be in conversation with Sabyn Javeri (Author of Nobody Killed Her)
Rock Paper Improv – A Qaumi Coup Presentation
Qaumi Coup goes live with Rock Paper Improv! We are bringing you all short-form & long-form improvisational comedy! Join us in an immersive experience where we create stories on stage out of thin air – And no we aren’t talking about the kind of stories politicians give to us! With seven completely bonkers characters who have no script except the suggestions you give us!
Tickets will be available at Thotspot on the night of the show!
Venue – Thotspot
Day – Saturday
Date – 14th July 2018
Time – 8:00 P.M.
Ticket price – 600 PKR
The Indie Art and Craft Show
The Indie Art and Craft Show is coming to town! AND we’re lighting things up as we celebrate it’s 5TH YEAR!
If you have original work, are a creative spirit and produce novel things, we’d love to welcome you to participate with us.
have questions? email us! [email protected]
The show is home to hobbyists, independent artists, crafters and creative folk. They come from all over Pakistan to exhibit their best work and handmade products, to represent themselves, to create product awareness, to market their brands, to connect & network with fans, build clientele, and of course… have the time of their lives in the process!
Date: 15th July
Time: 1PM to 9PM
Venue: Royal Rodale
Dance, Heart, and Mind: Workshop with Suhaee Abro
Let’s open our bodies, hearts, and minds and dance it all away!
Registrations are open for a three-day workshop with critically acclaimed dancer Suhaee Abro. Abro’s ‘Dance, Heart, and Mind’ workshop involves elements of dance therapy and aims to provide relief in an age where we are often lead by negative thoughts, fears, and a lack of self awareness, self love and self respect. The workshop does not require any prior dance experience.
Date: Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, 16th, 17th & 18th July 2018
Time: 06:00 PM – 08:30 PM
Place: The Second Floor (T2F)
Registration Fee: Rs. 4000
Poetry as Performance: A 5-day Slam Poetry Workshop
This month, join us for an exciting journey into the world of poetry and performance! Explore the dynamic art of spoken word poetry and discover how tone, delivery, and body movement can turn a poem into something more than words.
Find your own voice, write original poems and learn to perform them for an audience as we take poems from our notebooks to the spotlight! Our 5-day workshop includes a series of creative prompts, exercises, and videos to help children develop their own spoken word pieces – with no prior experience needed. Children will get to improvise and demonstrate the use of word play, rhymes, metaphors and phrases as they create compelling stories and poems.
So bring a pen and a friend and get ready for some slam poetry at the library!
Date: 17th July – 23rd July
Time: 2PM to 4PM
Venue: British Council Karachi
Salt Soirée 23 Ft. Ahsan Bari & The Southasia Ensemble
Coming up on July 18th, our season opener exploring co-curated acts with Ahsan Bari & The Southasia Ensemble ft. Rahat Ali, Aziz Kazi, Saif Abbas Rizwan and Shahid Rahman – with music inspired by South Asian legends: A.R Rahman, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Abida Parveen and more.
Wednesday, 18th July 2018
9.00 – 11.00PM Sharp
Rs. 5,000 per guest / Limited Seats – Book Now
The evening includes a beautiful dinner buffet, hot and cold drinks.
