Nostalgia meets naughty with these psychic plumbers
Till February 28, 11 am to midnight
Where Blue Frog Studios, Mathuradas Mills Compound, opposite Kamala Mills, Tulsi Pipe Road, Lower Parel.
Call 40332300
Graphic novelist Sarnath Banerjee and musician Ashutosh Phatak have collaborated on an exhibition of satirical works that draw from consumer products and icons of the '70s and '80s. The show, titled The Psychic Plumber and Other Lies, displays a series of works at Lower Parel's Blue Frog Studios, each with a headset attached to it that plays Phatak's compositions.



"The Eighties was when my foundational myths were laid. My identity was developed then, and what I am today is a continuation of that decade," says the 38 year-old novelist. "My works are a recording of history, as I remember it." Comic strip hero Phantom and advertising mascot the Complan Boy make appearances in his works.

Phatak has employed chord progressions typical of the decade, and in some of the tracks, the lyrics hark back to advertising jingles synonymous with those times. "I didn't make a conscious choice to bring the 1980s into my music.

I wasn't making a spoof," says Phatak. If the decade lurks in his tunes, it's mostly because like Banerjee, Phatak's 'foundational myths' -- the rich minefield of imagination created by cultural phenomena -- were laid then. The 39 year-old has "plumbed into his memories" to create 15 tracks that, he hastens to add, "don't make a retro album, but certainly lend an 'old' vibe."

Let the visually challenged show the way
On Tomorrow, 2 pm to 8 pm
Where Worli Seaface.
Register www.mumbairally.com
Call 9821116543
At The Blind Man's Car Rally, you have to blindly follow instructions from your visually challenged navigator by your side to go past a series of check points. Covering a distance of 50 kilometers, the Blind Man's Car Rally has been organised by The National Association for the Blind (NAB) in partnership with Bombay Round Table India, and the Indian Automotive Racing Club (IARC) to raise funds for NAB's education-related projects. Get to know your new friend and his world as s/he decodes the instructions written in the Braille script to make you win. The format of the rally is based on time-distance-speed parameters.

Get inside the head of a cartoonist
On Tomorrow, 12 noon to 3 pm
Where Mocha Mojo, Classic Corner Building, near Holy Family Hospital, Hill Road, Bandra (W).
Rregister info@comicconindia.com
Some make you giggle while others plunge you into a world of dark humour. Graphic novels, still considered a niche territory, have started to burst on the Indian literary scene. If you have often wondered what it takes to create and write a comic, head to Mocha this Saturday afternoon for a workshop by cartoonist and animator Abhijeet Kini on the finer points of making comics. Understand how the process works -- from storyboarding a comic script and acting out the situations in a script for expressions to sketching, inking and finally adding colour to the drawings.

Dive into these memorable olympiad images
Till March 13
Where Dr Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai Museum, Veermata Jijamata Bhosale Udyan (Zoo), Byculla (E).
There was an eerie silence as the whole world watched. It was 1988. US diver Greg Louganis had taken a nasty knock on the head before he disappeared into that blue abyss. Was he alright? The tension stretched seconds into hours -- around the world eyes filled up with tears and lips whispered prayers -- and when Louganis finally emerged, the multitude present and the millions around glued to their television sets, said, "phew!" This was a moment that would make history.

Over the last 115 years, the Olympic Games have delivered countless memorable moments -- some that centred on sports, others that brought politics or social issues to the forefront. Through the years, posters for the Games have evolved into an interesting tool for host countries to advertise their land, infrastructure and ethos. On display at Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, a collection of Olympic posters that date back to 1895 have been picked from curator Margaret Timmers' book, A Century of Olympic Posters, (priced at Rs 1,000). This former senior curator of Prints in the Word and Image Department of London's Victoria & Albert Museum says, "It's a fascinating record of our world -- revealing links between sport and art, politics and place, commerce and culture."

Flash it, just like the divas
Till February 6, 10.30 am to 7.30 pm
Where Bungalow 8, Grants building, 17, Arthur Bunder Road, Colaba.
Call 22819880 / 1 / 2
What do the Olsen twins, Beyonce Knowles, Queen Rania of Jordan and Shweta Bachchan-Nanda have in common? The fact that they all are fans of cult jewellery designer Hanut Singh. His royal roots (he is the grandson of the late Maharaja Kumar Karamjit Singh of Kapurthala) and his jetsetting life (he lives on an airplane for half the year) mean that his designs are akin to contemporary heirlooms. After a sold-out debut five years ago, the man in question is once again in the city for a three-day exhibition.