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DEC 14
PHOENIX: Holiday Music. 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm at AZ Center, 400 East Van Buren. Contact: Jennifer Stammer 602 271-4000. Enoo's Live performance in blended/fusion music and holiday season music. Hosted by: AZ Center Management.

GEORGIA

DEC 15
ATLANTA: Christmas celebrations. Tel: Abraham Augusthy 770 414-5051. Contact: Anitas1995@aol-.com. Greater Atlanta Malyalee Association also celebrates 20 years of service to the community on Saturday, December 15, 2001.

MARYLAND

Students from the Pushpanjali School of Dance

DEC 15
CHEVY CHASE: Christmas Party. 8.30 pm at Holiday Inn, 5520 Wisconsin Avenue. Tel: Kamlesh Shah 301 838-9778 theshahsmd@yahoo.com. Dance to the latest hits with top Djs. Taste a variety of foods that evening. Host: Gujarati Samaj of Washington DC.

GAITHESBURG: Fifteenth Annual Performing Arts Talent Fair. 1 pm to 5 pm at Dufief Elementary School, 15001 DuFief Drive. Presented by Association of Indians in America . Categories include classical and modern dance and music. Contact: 301-424-2538, 301-469-8349, 301-916-2010. On Dec 15-16.

POTOMAC: Subah Hoti Hai, Sham Hoti Hai. 5:00 pm at Aditi at India Heritage Center, 14100 River Road, Potomac Hindi play is written and directed by Umesh Agnihotri, starring Shimaliya Aurora and Ali Shoaib Hasan. Call: Umesh Agnihotri , Art Director , IHC at 301-670-1384 or 703-451-7858 Jai Joshi at 301- 424-2538 , Dec 15-16.

NEW YORK

DEC 14
NEW YORK: "BABAisms - An evening of the facts, fictions, fortunes and fates of four fathers". 7 pm at Manhattan Theatre Source, 177 MacDougal Street (Off 8th Street). Tel: Sourabh Chatterjee 212 631-1085. Contact: calcson@yahoo.com. Fishing written and directed by Sourabh Chatterjee. Out of Fashion written by Anuvab Pal directed by Sourabh Chatterjee Wake Up Mr. Biswas, Your Sons Are Talking written by Sourabh Chatterjee, directed by Anuvab Pal.

DEC 4
NEW YORK: Glass of the Sultans at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000th Fifth Ave. Tel: 212 535-7710. An exhibition of 160 glass objects from the Islamic World, ranging from 7th century to 19th century Persian and Indian glass. On till January 19, 2002

NEW YORK: Treasury of the World at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000th Fifth Avenue. The al-Sabah Collection and Kuwait National Museum, in collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, present an exhibition of jewelled arts from the Mughal age. On till Jan 29, 2002; www.metmuseum.org.

NEW YORK: Meeting Gods: Elements of Hindu Devotion. at CPW on 79th St. Tel: 212 769-5800. The American Museum of Natural History presents 75 photographs taken by Dr. Stephen Huyler, guest curator. On till January 19, 2001.

NEW YORK: Courtly Radiance: Metalwork from Islamic India at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave. Tel: 212 535-7710. On till March 24, www.metmuseum.org.

NEW YORK: Allan deSouza - Recent Works. 6:00 PM at 3rd Floor, Talwar Gallery, 108 East 16th St. Tel: Talwar Gallery 212 673-3096. Contact: Zedgo@aol.com. Will be on view through December 11.

CALIFORNIA

DEC 11
VENICE: Positive Thinking Workshop. 7 p.m. at 1746 Abbot Kinney Blvd.
Tel: 310 822-9642 Contact: losangeles@-sivananda.org. Hosted by Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center.

DEC 13
VENICE: Yoga for Beginners. 5.30 p.m. at 1746 Abbot Kinney Blvd. Tel: 310 822-9642 Contact: losangeles@sivananda.org Hosted by Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center.