• Author of the Month – Ranjini Rao

    BLR Design Centre BLR Design Centre, 6th Floor, 46/1, Church St, Haridevpur, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    The Author of the Month Series is envisioned as a year-long curatorial initiative at BLR Reads – Library and Archive, strengthening its role as a shared cultural and civic space. Building on BLR Reads’ ethos of reading beyond books, the series will invite one author each month for an in-depth book discussion, situating literature within wider conversations on the […]

  • Sketchbook Saturday

    BLR Design Centre BLR Design Centre, 6th Floor, 46/1, Church St, Haridevpur, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    About Sketchbook Saturday Sketchbooks are private, and intimate space for artists to think, experiment, and try new ways of designing or creating art. Sketchbook Saturday is a bi-monthly event that sees artists from the Penciljam group sharing their Sketchbooks and creative process with the broader creative community. About the Artist | Abburi Madhuha A third-year business student with a […]

  • Robot Character Showcase by Eyecandy Robotics

    BLR Design Centre BLR Design Centre, 6th Floor, 46/1, Church St, Haridevpur, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Eyecandy Robotics will be showcasing their robot characters. The event will be an informal, invite-only gathering where guests can see the robots in person, interact with them, and experience the personalities and entertainment value the company is building into physical robotic characters. About Eyecanday Robotics Eyecandy Robotics is building entertainment robots — animated characters brought […]

  • Creative Mornings: Solemnly Resolve with Fields of View

    BLR Design Centre BLR Design Centre, 6th Floor, 46/1, Church St, Haridevpur, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    For CreativeMornings talk #115, Fields of View will engage the audience in an interactive session to rebuild the preamble of the Indian Constitution. Fields of View is an interdisciplinary team that makes tools – games and simulations – to help orgs and policymakers address complex questions and arrive at decisions through participatory processes. Speaker: Karthik […]

  • Jazz and the City: A Sound Design

    BLR Design Centre BLR Design Centre, 6th Floor, 46/1, Church St, Haridevpur, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    MoonArra world fusion ensemble is an amalgam of Indian Classical, jazz and world music influences based in Bangalore, India. In this exciting musical workshop, the group will provide an introduction to jazz and host an interactive session. The introduction to jazz will consist of a short description and demonstration of the aural art form of […]

  • Coming Unstuck: Creativity Through Noticing

    BLR Design Centre BLR Design Centre, 6th Floor, 46/1, Church St, Haridevpur, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Coming Unstuck: Creativity Through Noticing invites participants to slow down, pay closer attention, and rediscover the delight in ordinary moments through simple practices of noticing. If you’re feeling creatively stuck, or looking for inspiration on a passion project, or simply seeking a different way of engaging with the world, then join us! This workshop is […]

  • Every Brilliant Thing by Arena Theatre Productions

    BLR Design Centre BLR Design Centre, 6th Floor, 46/1, Church St, Haridevpur, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Every Brilliant Thing, written by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe, is a one-person play that celebrates the beauty found in the ordinary moments of everyday life. Through the story of a child who begins making a list of everything that makes life worth living, the play unfolds into a poignant exploration of hope, memory, and […]

  • Cluster Fig Poetry Reading Session – Mary Oliver

    BLR Design Centre BLR Design Centre, 6th Floor, 46/1, Church St, Haridevpur, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    ‘Cluster Fig’ began during the slow days of the pandemic lockdown as an intimate monthly gathering of friends reading English poetry that had moved, unsettled or delighted us through the month. Named after a poem by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, whose work many of us cherish, the series has always been an open, unthemed space for […]

  • Every Brilliant Thing by Arena Theatre Productions

    BLR Design Centre BLR Design Centre, 6th Floor, 46/1, Church St, Haridevpur, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Every Brilliant Thing, written by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe, is a one-person play that celebrates the beauty found in the ordinary moments of everyday life. Through the story of a child who begins making a list of everything that makes life worth living, the play unfolds into a poignant exploration of hope, memory, and […]

  • Auto Akka and the Hot Seat

    BLR Design Centre BLR Design Centre, 6th Floor, 46/1, Church St, Haridevpur, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Translating Climate Research into Children’s Books: Auto Akka and the Hot Seat How do we create stories on climate change that connect with younger audiences? In this session, we’ll dive into the making of Auto Akka and the Hot Seat, a bilingual children’s storybook exploring urban heat in Bengaluru through the eyes of auto rickshaw […]

  • Building a Resilient Bengaluru: One Year Culmination Event

    BLR Design Centre BLR Design Centre, 6th Floor, 46/1, Church St, Haridevpur, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    STORMWATER & THE CITY Building a Resilient Bengaluru A year of research, citizen action and collective learning. Join us as we reflect on the first phase of the Building a Resilient Bengaluru campaign, launch our Year One Report, and explore what’s next for Bengaluru’s stormwater future. Exhibition • Report Launch • Panel Discussion Exhibition on […]

  • Journeys with Koitso: PnZa Circle

    BLR Design Centre BLR Design Centre, 6th Floor, 46/1, Church St, Haridevpur, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    This is a closed event. Invite Only. This is to welcome you to an exclusive evening of PnZa Circle based on the ongoing spoken story series, The Yak and the Woman. Join me for an in-person session where we can finally meet and connect beyond our online story circles. This session takes you to the beginning […]