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Anusree Roy in
Letters to My Grandma,
March 3-8, Theatre
Pass Muraille
Are you ready to March into Spring?
MARCH 6-7 Cultural Olympaid
2009. Long-time fans
and new discoverers of Bharatanatyam
will be mesmerized by
the artistry and charisma of
one of Canada’s masters of the
form, Nova Bhattacharya.
The 2009 Vancouver International
Dance Festival presents
local, national and international
dance artistes in free and ticketed
performances, as well as
workshops, master classes and
art and photography exhibitions.
Roundhouse Community
Arts & Recreation Centre,
Vancouver. Price: $24/$30.
Tickets and info at 604-662-
4966 or www.vidf.ca.
MARCH 7-APRIL 13 Tap
into spring at the annual TRCA
Sugarbush maple syrup festival.
Wagon rides, fun demons-
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trations, all-day pancake breakfasts
with maple syrup, delicious
maple treats and much
more. 9:30 am to 4 pm at Kortright
Centre for Conservation,
Woodbridge, and Bruce’s Mill
Conservation Park in Stouffville.
Admission: $8 for adults,
$6 for kids and seniors, and free
for children four and under.
MARCH 7 Urdu Club is
organizing an event to celebrate
International Women’s
Day. For details, visit www.
zeyrozabar.com
MARCH 7-8 The truth and
science of yoga come alive in
Yogam as Paramahamsa Nithyananda
reveals the original
essence of yoga and the key to
living enlightenment. All yoga
enthusiasts are invited to Chandni
Banquet Hall in Brampton
on March 7 from 10 am to 3
pm for a free one-day seminar.
For info and to register for
Kalpatharu one-day experiential
meditation program, conducted
by the master himself
on March 8, visit www.lifeblissfoundation.org/events.asp.
Early bird special price of
MARCH 3-8: Two-time
Dora Award winner, actress and
playwright Anusree Roy, is
back with a new work, Letters to
my Grandma. The production reunites
the creative team of Pyaasa,
including Roy, director Thomas
Morgan Jones, and lighting
designer David De-Grow. An
unforgettable one-woman
show, Letters To My Grandma
weaves together the journeys of
a grandmother and her granddaughter.
On the day of her
wedding, Malobee reads back
through her grandmother’s
letters, revealing her grandmother’s
fight to survive in
Second World War India and
her own struggles to create a
new life in present-day Toronto.
Letters To My Grandma is a
courageous portrayal of loneliness,
regret, forgiveness, and
the divide between immigrant
youth and the loved ones they
leave behind. At the Theatre Passe
Muraille Backspace. Tues-Sat at
8 pm, matinees Saturday at 2:30
pm and Sunday at 4 pm. Tickets:
Regular $20, students/seniors
$18, Saturday matinee PWYC. At
the box office at 416-504-7529,
www.artsboxoffice.ca, www.
totix.ca, or at the door.
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$200. Contact Ma Sakunthala
at LifeBliss Canada at 905-507-
2729 or info@-LifeBlissCana
da.org.
MARCH 15 AND 22 India
Reborn, an international coproduction
with CBC Television,
charts the rise of this emerging
superpower with intimacy and
MUST SEE!
India Reborn airs on CBC, March 15 and 22