You are cordially invited to an exhibition of recent works, drawings & paintings by Shahid Mirza at Zahoor-Ul-Akhlaq gallery, National College Of Arts, Lahore. The exhibition will open Tuesday, 9 March, 2010 at 5pm.
Timings: 9am to 6pm. 09 march-16march 2010.
We are holding the next monthly classical music concert at Pir Boudian wali sarkar, Miani sahib graveyard. The place has a history of hosting music concerts and the likes of Inayatbai Dheeronwali have performed in the past.
Ustad Jaffer Hussain will recite classical compositions on Clairnet, Liaqat Inayat will present traditional recital of "Heer Waris Shah" and Mohammad Hanif will share classical compositions on bamboo Flute. They will be accompanied on Tabla by Raiz Ahmad who will also present Tabla solo. Folk musicians & music students from various disciplines will also perform during the evening.
Directions: Pir Boudian walay's tomb is a very well known venue and if you reach Miani sahib graveyard from any side you can easily get to the venue. If you enter through the main entrance to Janazgah, Miani Sahib from Litton road; come straight on the only road leading inside the graveyard and the venue is about 200 yards on your left.
Dear all, This is to inform you about the recent developments. We have to vacate the Lahore Chitrkar premises by January 1st 2010. In view of the present political and financial situation, we have decided to scale down the activities of Lahore Chitrkar.
A meeting of the concerned was held and following decisions were made,
1. The premises will be vacated and ongoing classes in music, art, yoga & dance would be discontinued as of January 1st 2010.
2. The monthly classical music concerts would continue, preferably at Alhamara cultural complex or some other public venue.
3. An extensive summer art, music, yoga & dance program will be offered from June till September, this is when it is viable as we have maximum number of students because of summer vacations. We are looking for a space to hold summer programs.
4. The Art & photographic exhibitions, discussion forums, film shows and lecture/demonstration sessions will be organized at public venues, 197 events have been organized so far..
5. The children music and art workshops for the low-income schools will be organized at the school premises.
6. We have produced 120 audio recordings of contemporary classical musicians, lectures on music and poetry recitals; plus a 27 hours audio recording of complete epic 'Heer Ranjha' by renowned Punjabi poet Waris Shah, traditional recital by Liaqat Inayat & accompanied on flute by Akmal Qadri. The post-production and release of the Chitrkar recordings will be made possible.
We will be looking for a free space where the summer classes and concerts could be organized; suggestions are welcome.
Thank you for your constant support.
The students of Lahore Chitrkar music classes will perform for the monthly concert. Razi ullah & Mohammad Waqas, Flute; Shahbaz Aslam, Keyboard; Nirvan Nadeem, Violin & Sunny on Tabla.
The students will present solo items followed by group jamming session.
The Violin & Keyboard class is conducted by M.Aslam Khan and Sitar class by Ustad Saleem Khan Poonchwalay.
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As you may have heard, The Punjab government is planning to widen the road on both sides of the Lahore Canal, from Thokar Niaz Baig to Dharampura, as a so-called solution for the congestion on the canal road due to the rapidly increasing automobile population. The Punjab Chief Minister had announced that the project would begin immediately after Eid-ul-Azha, however, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry took suo moto notice and effectively restrained the government from commencing work on the project on 27 November 2009. The government has not fulfilled its legal obligation of carrying out an EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment)for the project and the lack of transparency of the program is depriving the citizens of Lahore from having a say in this change.
It is the consensus of a great number of organizations and groups of concerned citizens that the Rs 3.15 billion project violates basic principles of traffic design and will not only prove ineffective in countering traffic congestion, but also lead to an outstanding number of problems related to the well-being of the public and the environment. Widened roads have historically proven to only end up attracting more traffic, and the government's focus on providing for the car-owning citizen over the abounding majority (which requires public transport, sidewalks, public toilets, phones and drinking water) is entirely against the principles of equity. The project also means the cutting down of several thousand old trees and losing over 50 acres of the green belt, which is sure to lead to a staggering number of environmental problems including rising temperatures and carbon and toxic content, not to mention the loss of ancient species of trees and shrubs that provide shelter to a variety of birds and small animals. The historical, environmental, recreational and aesthetic value of this green space cannot be stressed enough.
We demand that our voice be heard to address these critical issues and help preserve the beauty and grandeur of our city.
Please sign the save Lahore canal petition. http://www.petitiononline.com/chitrkar/petition.html
Also check out Ardsher Cowasjee's two articles on the similar subject in DAWN:
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/columnists/19-putting-out-a-fire-with-gasoline-710-hh-05
