Verse

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  • World Environment Day

    Alliance Française in Kathmandu (AFK) and Children for Green New Nepal (CGNN) jointly celebrated World Environment Day. The three day long celebrations comprised of film shows and an art competition for the students. The event starting on Friday, June 3 with the filming of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth at Patan Durbar Square. Addicted to Plastic was filmed on the second day and The Age of Stupid was on the last. The art competition was also observed on the final day followed by a rally displaying the student’s work of art. Also on the occasion of World Environment Day, a mass tree-hugging program was organized at Gokarna. The gathering was organised in an attempt to set a new tree-hugging world record.

  • Sayami’s Collection of Poem

    Prakash Sayami’s poem collection ‘Ghalibko Chihaan Ra Aru Kabita’ was launched on July 6 at Academy Hall, Kamladi. The book consists of works from his 30 years poetic journey. It includes 30 poems and 22 songs written in Nepali, English, Nepal Bhasa and Hindi. The book was jointly launched by Rabindra Mishra, journalist, Bhimarjun Acharya, constitutional expert, and Ratna Lamichhane, wife of poet Shankar Lamichhane. Prakash Sayami, who is a filmmaker, poet and a radio broadcaster, declared  to donate fifty percent of the money collected  from the book sales on the event to Rakshya Nepal, an NGO working for the welfare of female sex workers and their children in Nepal. The book is distributed by Educational Book House and is priced at Rs. 175 each.

  • Save the Animals & Help the Children

    Mike E Lilly’s solo art exhibition took off on June 8th 2011 to be continued until July 4th at Chai Chai Café and Gallery in Jawalakhel. An activist artist, Mike has worked as an art instructor, a service learning educator and also for Mother Teresa and Missionaries of Charity at the home of Dying and Destitute. Currently, he is involved in helping disadvantaged children through the NGO, Sangkalpa, which he runs with his wife. Inaugurated by Dr. Kevin Rushing, Mission Director of USAID, the exhibition infuses two of Mike’s passions- art and service for the cause: Save the Animals and Help the Children. All proceeds from the sale of the artwork will be split between Animal Nepal and Sangkalpa. Animal Nepal is an organization against cruelty towards animals as can be seen in most of the artworks that portray the plight of animals like ‘Water Buffalo and Buddha’ and ‘I know what you are doing’. Other artworks mostly included children like ‘Mother and Child’ and ‘Feed the children’. The artist and his wife received the visitors, buyers and the media, the response to the event seemed in sync with the positive vibe that could be felt throughout the exhibit.

  • Tone Music Store Opening

    Rock and metal music enthusiasts of Kathmandu were treated to a very special sight on Friday 10th June. The opening of Tone Music Store came amidst much cheer from local music goers as it opened up great options for buying high quality music equipment in Kathmandu. To mark the day, an open concert was organized leading to jam session where many known musicians of the underground scene performed. It was a lively scene in Tangal as bands played covers, originals, improvisations and some jaw-bending instrumental pieces. The show began with the performance of Morgoth and kept getting heavier until late in the evening. Some other bands to perform were Hatebook and Horny Monks, while acclaimed musicians like Sunny Tuladhar, Kiran Shahi, Bijay Shrestha, Anil Dhital came together in various combos to enrich the soft rock atmosphere. Following the concert, held on the steps of the store’s two storey building, shoppers got their first taste of purchasing good instruments and equipment in the city opine. The stores presences mark some changes; the concert was just one of its attractions.