On the 10 of March a shortly announced Music Open House was performed. Kids from the 1st till the 8th grade gatherd on the Transition's school small amphiteater in the early afternoon. Parents and friends claps and enjoied the performance. The choir was conducted by Nuria and accompanied by Matt on piano and Saga on guitar. Listen and enjoy the voices of the Auroville's kids and the passionate participation of the audience.
Today's news features some singing from the Auroville Renaissance Capella, this week performing at several places in and around Auroville. Their sacred polyphonic a cappella motets by English, Flemish, French & Italian 16th Century composers are simply lovely to listen to. Also in the news: the opening of the Ramayana Festival 2010 in Pondicherry, the exhibition of the German artist Brigitta Volz, who shows her flowerprints in the Aurodhan Art Gallery, and the concert by The Brand New Band at Visitor's Center, featuring an eclectic electric mix of sound together with the Auroville Kids Choir, all happening this Friday.
Living Routes is an US-American program to study abroad, focusing on issues like eco-villages and sustainable practices. The students are coming from the US to explore and practice a sustainable way of living in Auroville for three and half months. While they are here, they are involved in many different activities, such as service learning projects, community living and many more. Here is an interview with Eathan, who is one of the faculty members in the on-going semester. He explains about the program and shares his unique experiences here in Auroville.
El arte tiene una fuerza impresionante, y es eso que nos demostraran Oscar y Merced, que vinieron directamente de Delhi, adonde viven, para compartir con nosotros un poco de su experiencia y historia personal con la India La entrevista completa podréis oír aun esta semana en esta misma radio. Siguiendo el camino del arte, tenemos el anuncio de cuatro muy lindos eventos, dos exhibiciones y dos presentaciones vocales que están teniendo sitio aquí en Auroville esta semana, en Pitanga y en Aurelec.
The process of renewing L’avenir d’Auroville (the Urban planning service of Auroville) is going on since sometime. It is the occasion for Auroville residents to find a new momentum toward the construction of the City. Amongst all the actions which are being conducted for this purpose, a Study group has worked toward the necessary evolution of the structure and functioning of this service. Their proposal was presented to the Residents during this meeting to start collect feedback from them and get it ratified. Here the recording of the meeting held yesterday in Town Hall.
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Today's new in English features an interview with Shakti, whose painting exhibition is currently hanging at Pitanga. Shakti paints with oil on canvas, specializing mostly on faces, whose eyes seem to follow the viewer. More about painting comes as an announcement on Arno Stern's work, which is exactly in line with the ideologies of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo. Stern's Play of Painting is neither art, art therapy, nor arts and crafts but rather a play to unleash the organic memory of the child. And the adult, as well, who may take the time to unlearn and experience anew.
The first Dr. M.V. Nadkarni Memorial Lecture was held at Savitri Bhavan on March 7, 2010. Dr. Mangesh V. Nadkarni (1933-2007) was a distinguished Aurobindonian scholar and an inspiring speaker, especially on Sri Aurobindo’s epic Savitri. In his memory an annual lecture series has been initiated at Savitri Bhavan. The speaker on the first of these occasions was Narad (Richard Eggenberger) whose association with Dr. Nadkarni and his family dates back to the early 1960s. Narad, singer and gardener, has also been a reader and lover of Savitri for the past 50 years. He spoke on “Savitri – the Way of Love”, exploring many beautiful passages on Love occurring throughout the poem.
Amy serves Auroville at the Housing Service. Her work is not particularly simple; everyday she encounters people who are in need of a pleace to live, a basic commodity. Auroville is meant to become a city of 50,000 inhabitants and of the present 2,000 more or less, there are a large number whose housing needs are not met, not only Newcomers but long-time Aurovilians as well. Amy, in an explanatory manner, speaks about these issues: how the situation came to be and with hope for the future.
The news in English today features an interview with Wazo of Genius Incorporated, in which he shares about his background in theatre, about himself and what he does onstage. His aim as a 'funny guy' is to lighten up the atmosphere by poking a bit of fun into some of the places where people tend to take themselves too seriously. Also in the news there's an announcement for a design competition to create an Auroville Earth Day 2010 logo which can raise awareness and explore communication potential from T-shirts and, have fun in the process.
On m'a demandé une chronique sur l'Entry Service, et franchement je n'avais strictement rien à dire. Dans ces cas là on préfère garder le silence car on craint de dire des bêtises. Le problème c'est que j'adore les bêtises et sortir mon baratin malin et pas radin. L'Entry Service c'est compliqué, ça fait des années et des années qu'on se retrouve toujours à méditer sur le sujet, sous un arbre, en terrasse, en comité, en study group, autour d'un thé au lait. J'ai fait plusieurs fois le tour de la question, ça m'a donné mal à la tête, ce topic là c'est un véritable casse-tête. Mais je m'en suis sorti grâce à mes exercices d'hata-baba et v'la le résultat...
Esta es una muy interesante entrevista con Mario Garegnani, artista, creativo y apasionado por el mundo felino, que comparte con nosotros su historia personal de conexión con India, Sri Aurobindo y La Madre. Mario también nos cuenta que le trajo a Auroville en esta ultima visita y comparte con nosotros su mas ultima experiencia profesional.
Du Cinéma cette semaine à Auroville avec un panorama du cinéma contemporain indien les 5, 6 et 7 mars à l’Auditorium Sri Aurobindo, organisé par Aurofilm et en collaboration avec le Directorat des Festivals de Film de l’Inde (DFFI, Delhi). Une interview de Gérard l'un des organisateurs qui nous présente la sélection des films qu'il a été dénicher lors du dernier Festival International du Cinéma de Goa. Pour plus de détails sur la programmation du festival cliquez sur READ MORE. Aussi dans ces nouvelles en français un petit message de la part du Pavillon de France.
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