| by Kimbo and Miriam
| | Friday, 27 January 2012 |  Last Sunday in a pool outside of Auroville, AV's reputation for encouraging synchronicity succeeded in facilitating an artistic reunion of 3 accomplished performers. After catching up, all three musicians quickly realized they were available to perform on the same day as India's Republic Day, at 7.30pm for an hour at Arka. Mystical Meetings' concert began with Iraqi Oud virtuoso and singer, Anwar Abudragh, who quickly created a soothing ambience of subtle melodies transferring a packed audience to the Middle East and gently bringing us back.
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| by Amdrea and Miriam
| | Wednesday, 25 January 2012 |  Daniel, member of the Working Committee shares with us updates on land encroachments at New Farm, and on dr. Karan Singh, Chairman of Auroville Foundation yesterday visit. On Friday at 8pm Ana, Hartmunt, Suryan, Joy and Jivatman, Taranti, Caroline and Elisa and Anisha and Tiago will offer thir music to life and community under the sky of the Big Amphitheater in Kalabhumi Made in Auroville concert, postponed from few months back due to the rain at the time. Lively Up Your Earth is taking place on Saturday from 10.30 onward at Solitude Farm.
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| by Kim and Miriam
| | Tuesday, 24 January 2012 |  Three exceptional musicians come together in Auroville to celebrate their shared cultures and music making. Anwar is one of the greatest living oud players from Iraq. The oud, a middle eastern lute is one of the most beautiful instruments , and Anwar sings in classical Arabic . Heather Lee has the finest high soprano voice in Australia and has sung all around the world . Dr Kim Cunio is a leading performer and researcher of sacred music who has set many of the vanishing spiritual texts of the world to music to international acclaim.
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| by Miriam
| | Monday, 23 January 2012 |  Hall with piano at Pitanga was yesterday too small for all those who wanted to listen to Marc Vella's concert , which was organized by The French Pavilion and CIRHU. Marc as an excellent pianist, composer, writer and a poet , knonw also by his nomadic traveling with his piano on missions called Cravana of Love shared with us... lots of Love... melodies interwoven with unusual exploration of the instrument, extending experiences we got on piano to play stories, lullaby, natural sounds, pieces of historical memories of distant places. LOVE
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| | by Kimbo and Miriam
| | Thursday, 26 January 2012 |  Happy Republic Day India! This morning was inaugurated a volunteer housing project named Rohini & Yuva. One of our volunteers, Kimbo, attended bhumi puja onsite near Luminosity and talked with Uma directly. On Saturday at 4 PM, at Kala Kendra Audiovisual Room, we're invited to a presentation called 'MISSION AUROVILLE' which is about six Polish artists who are currently residing in Auroville. On Sunday at 7.30 pm at the Pitanga Bulgarian Pavilion presents a Violin and Piano Recital with guest artists Yoana Strateva and Ivelina Ivancheva
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| by Montse
| | Wednesday, 25 January 2012 |  Saturday 21th of January at Bharas Nivas, Jyoti Khare inaugurated the exhibition PRESENCE; a collection of paintings and collages developed during the past 10 years using The Mother's clothes and sarees.
In this interview Jyoti shares about the creative process, her sources of inspiration, and how a person without training can produce a piece of professional art.
The exhibition will be open until the middle of February 2012.
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| by Miriam
| | Tuesday, 24 January 2012 |  From Auroville Cyclone Response Team / Energy comes and important safety advice on the electrical poles that have broken during the cyclone. In many cases a new pole has been installed while the old pole is still on the ground next to the new pole with meter boxes and switch boxes still attached to that old For the sake of safety, everyone is requested not to interfere with the equipment, meters, fuses, switch boxes on broken poles as these may be in use. in today's news we feature interview with Kim and Kimbo about Thursday concert at Arka.
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| by Andrea, Miriam
| | Monday, 23 January 2012 |  L'Avenir d'Auroville will present on Municipalika - 10th International Conference on "Good Urban Governance for Safe, Healthy, Green and Smart Cities" in co terminus with 10th International Exhibiton on "City Infrastructure and Sustainable Urban Developments" - Auroville's way on how to handle waste water treatment, alternative planning, architecture and something about tropical evergreen forest. In news we feature short interview with Anbu about it. You can also hear a short excerpt of yesterday's concert of Marc Vella at Pitanga.
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