Masala! Mehndi! Masti! Winterfest kicks off the 10th anniversary celebrations of North America’s Largest FREE South Asian festival!
Programming Details:
Thursday, February 18, 2010, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
M!M!M! Winterfest’s Pre-Event!
TablaHYPE and Canadian Club present Tabla-Co-Lab, the official Pre-Party celebrating M!M!M!'s 10th Anniversary!
Check out this fabulous event bringing together the fusion sounds of Toronto’s own, The Tabla Guy … Gurpreet Chana and fantastic collaborators in soul, jazz, and so much more…
Live Music, No Cover!
http://www.tablahype.com/
Friday, February 19, 2010, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Time: 6:00pm – 11:00pm
ARTIST WALKWAY: Come support local artists! Community artists will display and sell their own creations in this segment of the marketplace
Venue: Marilyn Brewer Space and York Quay Center
Time: 6:00pm – 11:00pm
MEENA BAZAAR: No South Asian festival can be complete without a range of traditional clothing, bangles, jewelry, handicrafts and other exciting products for sale, in a typical bazaar setting! Uduppi Palace, Elite Banquet Hall and White Gold Sweets will cater to your tastes and have an assortment of foods, snacks and sweets available for sale.
Venue: Marilyn Brewer Space
Time: 7:00 - 7:30pm
DANCE: GhuMMMo! Presents Yatre Avrisham : The Journey An Indo-Persian Dance Collaboration
Paromita Kar and Ida Meftahi practitioners of Indian Classical and Iranian traditional dance will perform a collaborative feature.
Venue: Brigantine Room
Time: 8:00 – 9:00pm
MUSIC: Holi Ke Geet: A concert featuring Vineeta Dayal and Chitra Mathur
With the South Asian ‘Festival of Colors’ Holi, fast approaching, join in the merry making with this performance featuring traditional folk and popular Holi songs.
Venue: Lakeside Terrace
Time: 8:30 – 10:30pm
FILM: MMMovies! presents: Cooking With Stella
A special Pre-Theatrical Release festival screening. Very limited seats. Come early! Directed by Dilip Mehta. Starring Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, Don McKellar
A special Q& A session follows
Venue: Studio Theatre
Time 10:00 – 11:00pm
MUSIC: A Musical Trip: 10 Years of LAL M!M!M! salutes Toronto’s very own superband, LAL as they celebrate 10 years of incredible music - in parallel to our own 10 years of growth!
Venue: Lakeside Terrace
Time: 11:00pm – 2:00am
MUSIC: M!M!M! Rocks! Featuring: Kazak, Prita Chhabra, Naomi Zaman and Secret Trial Five
This opening night M!M!M! Rocks! concert is headlined by Canadian Pakistani rockers Kazak who mark the worldwide release of their debut CD titled Avaraga at the festival. Venue: Brigantine Room
Saturday, February 20, 2010, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Time: 12:00pm – 11:00pm
ARTIST WALKWAY: Come support local artists! Community artists will display and sell their own creations in this segment of the marketplace.
Venue: Marilyn Brewer Space
Time: 12:00 – 1:00pm
FOOD: Chef Demos: TBA
Chefs bring to life recipes of dishes featured in MMM Winterfest’s featured film Cooking With Stella.
Venue: Lakeside Terrace
Times: 12:20, 2:50, 5:20 and 7:50pm
ICE SKATING: Fire on Ice: Skating Bollywood Style! For the first time ever in Toronto and perhaps the rest of Canada, Bollywood breaks the ice (quite literally), by way of 4 professional ice skaters presenting performances featuring some of Bollywood’s favourite hits. These 4 brief (5 min) but exciting performances will take place on the Natrel Ice Rink and are just a sampler of a larger project Masala! Mehndi! Masti! is working towards.
Venue: Natrel Ice Rink
Time: 12:30 – 1:30pm
DANCE: GhuMMMo! presents DIYAS Arts & Entertainment Bollywood Dance Workshop
Learn the latest Bollywood moves to the hottest new tracks smashing desi-nightclubs from Mumbai to Melbourne and Dallas to Dubai! Sway your hips and twirl your hands, it’s time to shake it up desi-style! All are invited and encouraged to participate in this fun dance workshop for all ages. No skill or experience required. Just be prepared to have a blast! A perfect way to warm up a cold winter’s day!
Venue: Brigantine Room
Time: 1:00 - 6:30pm
KIDS ACTIVITIES: Kids Corner
Kids will enjoy crafts, storytelling and a dance workshop at 6.p.m for Kids presented by DIYAS Arts & entertainment
Venue: Miss Lou’s Room
Time: 1:30pm – 2:00pm
MUSIC/LITERARY ARTS: Sheniz Janmohamed: The Universe Within… A sufi-inspired poetry performance
As an established freelance writer, poet and spoken word artist, Sheniz now shifts gears to bring a first time ever performance to M!M!M! in a musical format.
Venue: Studio Theatre
Time: 1:30 - 2:30pm
FOOD: Chef Demos: TBA
Chefs bring to life recipes of dishes featured in MMM Winterfest’s featured film Cooking With Stella.
Venue: Lakeside Terrace
Time: 2:30pm – 4:00pm
DANCE: GhuMMMo! presents Diyas Arts & Entertainment, Melange Entertainment, 7 Arts Dance Co, Ismailova Theatre of Dance
This incredible collection of dance performances features some truly exciting, high energy and unique dance companies who bring to life South Asia inspired dance styles in incarnations of their own.
Brigantine Room
Time: 2:30 - 3:30pm
FILM: MMMovies! presents: Double-Bill featuring
Rahul’s Arranged Marriage:
A delightful portrayal of arranged marriages in the social context of a modern man and his parent’s point of view. In this short film, Mr. Shrivastava (Anurag) is trying arrange the marriage of his son Rahul (Sumeet) with the daughter of his friend Mr. Kapoor (Abhishek).Run time:10 min
When Chotalal Met Christina: As a throwback to the black and white era of ‘Charlie Chaplin’ silent films, the film is a delightful comedy. Run time: 20 min
Studio Theatre
Time: 2:50pm
ICE SKATING: Fire on Ice: Skating Bollywood Style! For the first time ever in Toronto and perhaps the rest of Canada, Bollywood breaks the ice (quite literally), by way of 4 professional ice skaters presenting performances featuring some of Bollywood’s favourite hits.
Time: 3:00 – 4:00pm
FOOD: Chef Demos: TBA
Chefs bring to life recipes of dishes featured in MMM Winterfest’s featured film Cooking With Stella.
Venue: Lakeside Terrace
Time: 4:30 – 5:00pm
THEATRE: Tea with Tagore presented by Rasik Arts
A classic one-man show interpreted by Ishwar Mooljee examines the life of Rabindranath Tagore.
Studio Theatre
Time: 5:00 – 6:00pm
MUSIC: Up Close and Personal With Onkar Singh
This set will feature interactive soulful discussion and performance with Onkar Singh . An insight into music and instruments, intricacies of different sounds and meaning of ragas. Onkar Singh takes us on a very personal journey along his musical path! A not-to-be-missed experience that will take you in to the mind of a master musician
Venue: Brigantine Room
Time: 5.20pm
ICE SKATING: Fire on Ice: Skating Bollywood Style! For the first time ever in Toronto and perhaps the rest of Canada, Bollywood breaks the ice (quite literally), by way of 4 professional ice skaters presenting performances featuring some of Bollywood’s favourite hits.
Time: 6:00 – 7:00pm
THEATRE: Meri Kahani (My Story)
Written by Umbereen Inayet and Mehreen Poonja, Meri Kahani: My Story is an innovative play addressing the challenges faced by South Asian survivors of abuse. Studio Theatre
Time: 7:50pm
ICE SKATING: Fire on Ice: Skating Bollywood Style! For the first time ever in Toronto and perhaps the rest of Canada, Bollywood breaks the ice (quite literally), by way of 4 professional ice skaters presenting performances featuring some of Bollywood’s favourite hits.
Time: 7:30 – 9:00pm
FILM: MMMovies! presents The Forgotten Woman directed by Dilip Mehta.
A focus on the marginalization of widows in India. Followed by a special Q& A session
Run Time: 90 min
Studio Theatre
Time: 8:00 – 9:00pm
MUSIC: SAMA (Sacred Arts and Music Alliance) presents We Need Peace, Not Pieces: A sacred music concert with spiritual music from the Hindu, Sikh, Christian, Islamic and Native faiths produced and directed by Raheel Raza. Specially commissioned for M!M!M! Winterfest
Venue: Lakeside Terrace
Time: 9:30pm – 11:00pm
MUSIC: Urban Youth Showcase
Bringing together the hip, the fresh, the new and the unknown of underground talent. Featuring artists you won’t always get a chance to have the pleasure of hearing: Sri Lankan emcees Mint vs Crow, vocalists Ayesha, Wardah, Blitz, and the beautiful and soulful Deesha who will premiere new tracks from her soon to be released new album
Venue: Lakeside Terrace
Time: 8:00 – 9:00pm
MUSIC: Dhol Circle’s Open Jam Session presented by DESIWEAR
Dhol Circle, their dholis and percussion friends will come together as they invite everyone to participate in ”The Biggest Jam Session” in Toronto! This live, all ages event welcomes drummers to bring their own instruments or just borrow one of Dhol Circle’s own drums to kick out and jam to their own beats.
Venue: Brigantine Room
Time: 11:00pm - 2:00am
DHOL CIRCLE LATE NIGHT PARTY presented by DESIWEAR
Tickets: $10
Dhol Circle Late Night Party presented by Desiwear features The Dhol Circle along with emerging DJ artists playing traditional and contemporary Bhangra and Desi music (19+)
Venue: Brigantine Room