From food to culture: Check out these fun activities to do in Mumbai this week

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Finding your power

Raell Padamsee's Create Foundation Artistic Showcase is a platform for Mumbai's talented kiddos to express their creativity. The event features dances, songs, and drama performances, all created and designed by children. The theme this year is "The Power Within".
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WHEN: October 8, 11.30 AM onwards
WHERE: Sophia Bhabha Auditorium
CONTACT: 9320130014

Improve improv

LA-based actor and writer Neeltarni Pratap is in Mumbai for her improv workshop, Improv 101, where she will teach budding theatre actors the art of storytelling, how to think on one's feet, and techniques for brewing spontaneous wit.
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WHEN: October 14, 12 PM
WHERE: Veda Factory, Andheri
PRICE: Rs 10,999 onwards
TO BOOK: bookmyshow.com

The sun always rises

Artist Eeman Masood presents a series of night-themed paintings that depict the beauty of new awakenings and the joys of rebirth, in her solo debut show at Galerie Isa.
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WHEN: Till October 21, 11 AM to 6.30 PM
WHERE: Galerie Isa, Ballard Estate

Navigate obstacles like a pro

Mumbai Movement Academy is set to introduce parkour enthusiasts to the energetic sport. Rishi Prasad, a doctor and the founder of Mumbai Parkour, will teach you how to navigate obstacle courses and bring out your inner child.
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WHEN: October 21, 11 AM
WHERE: Mumbai Movement Academy, Andheri
PRICE: R800
TO BOOK: allevents.in

Meet a person with a skill you can use

Jane D'Souza, Portrait photographer
AVAILABLE FOR: Family and kids portraits
CHARGES: Rs 20,000 onwards
CONTACT: 9833093269; janedsouza.in

It was D'Souza's interest in people that drew her to the camera. Having found success with pre-wedding and wedding shoots, parenthood made her rediscover childhood, and how blissful it was. "I naturally gravitated towards taking photos of children," she recalls. "Around this time, a lot of couples who I had photographed, had themselves become new parents, and reached out to me."

This was, she says, the alchemy that led her to start taking family photographs. D'Souza usually does hourly sessions, where she takes approximately 50 photos. She doesn't believe in taking "posed shots". "My way is more organic. I tell them, ‘you just show me who you are.'"

RECOMMENDED BY: Priyanka Rego says, "We are an adoptive family and Jane captured some incredibly joyous, candid, beautiful moments during the first few weeks of our son joining our family. Jane is so easy going and friendly, my family warmed up to her."