As part of the Mad Science Summer Camp, Mad Science Kolkata & the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) of the USA have partnered to bring the excitement and wonder of space to Calcutta at the NASA Space Academy Camp.

Venue: Mad Science Activity Center, B 184 Survey Park, Kolkata

Call 24164342 or visit madscienceofkolkata.com for more information.

Buy a couple of books on space - discover the fascinating world of stars and galaxies and our fragile planet in the vastness.

Date: May 19 - 22
Time: 10.30 am - 12.30 pm:
Organizer: Starmark
Venue: Starmark, G-202 City Centre, Salt Lake;

A craft workshops for Calcutta children:

• clay modelling
• paper art
• sand art
• patachitra (scroll painting)

Clay Modelling and related arts & craft creativity is great for your children - get your kid off the TV set and unleash their creative minds. Attend the Clay Modelling Arts & Crafts workshop event in Kolkata arranged by Starmark in Salt Lake City Center.

If you live outside Calcutta, do not fret - check out these great books and have fun with your child creating clay models. Recommended by WBRi, available online now from WBRi Book Store.

Saturday May 9, 2009 marks the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore - the 25th day of the month of Baisakh in Bengali.

WBRi Free Live Bangla Online Radio is broadcasting non-stop Rabindra Sangeet  (songs of Tagore) for 72 hours starting 10 PM on May 7, 2009 Eastern USA time.

Tune in to listen free online to this Special Program on Channel 1 of WBRi Bangla Live Streaming Internet Radio.

If you are in Kolkata and looking for a place to party or celebrate the Bengali New Year, here is some good news:

Our favorite guitarist Tuki of Krosswindz writes:

Channel i Shera Kontho Top Six is the number one talent search program in Bangladesh, in the pattern of the American Idol franchise. For the first time, the legendary singers Sabina Yasmin and Runa Laila will be judges for the Shera Chhoy top 6 shera kontho 2008.

For our global listeners, we present a recording of the live NPR (National Public Radio) coverage of the event, covering the Inauguration Parade, and including playbacks of President Obama's Inauguration Speech.