July 03	Pradosham
July 04	Vivekanda Day
July 06	Amavasai
July 19	Pradosham
July 21	Pournami
July 24	Sankatahara Chathurthi
Shubha Muhurtha Day: 02, 03, 17, 24, 27

Ongoing:
9am - 5.30pm. "Pranahuti Aided Meditation", Training held by the Institute of Sriramchandra Consciousness, every 2nd Saturday of the month in the Bay Area. Free for all. Contact: VidyadarJoshi 408.973.8667,www.sriramchandra.org, isrc_ca@yahoo.com

Jul 05, 12, 19, 26 Tuesdays
6-9am. "Silicon Solai" Tamil radio program every Tuesday at 90.1 FM, KZSU, Stanford, California, Contact: Manoharan Kandaswamy,siliconsolai@yahoo.com

12 noon. Siddha Samadhi Yoga Classes at Shiva Vishnu Temple, Livermore, California, Contact: Temple 925.449.6255,www.livermoretemple.org

Jul 07, 14, 21, 28 Thursdays
1pm – 3pm. Carnatic Radio on 90.1FM KZSU Stanford, The program is one hour of Carnatic music and Gharana music. Contact: Parag,info@kzsu.stanford.eduAmma’s North American visit: Dallas: July, 3rd & 4th, Mt. Pleasant July 6th & 7th, Chicago: July 9th and 10th, Washington DC: July 12th-14th, New York: July 16th-18th, Boston: July 20th-23rd, Toronto: uly 25th-28th; Contact: www.amma.org

Jul 03, 10, 17, 24, 31 Sundays
Bala Vihar classes at Chinmaya Mission in Danville, Fremont, Los Altos, San Jose, and San Ramon, California. Curriculum includes Tamil language instruction; Contact: 408.998.2793, sanjose@chinmayamission.org,www.chinmaya-sanjose.org/balvihar.html

9:30am-10am - Tamil Class taught at the Hindu Temple of Atlanta, Riverdale, Georgia. Also offering Dance classes, Hatha Yoga, Adult Gita, and Balavihar class. Contact: 770.907.7102,feedback@hindutempleofatlanta.org,www.hindutempleofatlanta.org

11am-12:30pm. Tamil songs, Tiruppugazh taught at the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, Lemont, Illinois. Also offering Sanskrit, bhajan classes. Contact: Jayanthi Balachandran 630.325.2985, Usha Narayanan at 630.527.9308 or the Temple front desk. info@ramatemple.org , www.ramatemple.org

5.30pm - St.John’s Tamil Lutheran Congregation - Church congregation of Tamil Speaking public from Asia;Location:47 Winthrop Street, Williston Park, New York, Contact: Rev. Rathinasamy 718.747.6242, 516.742.5858

5:pm to 6pm (EST): 'Tamil Amudham' Metro Detroit/Ann Arbor's Tamil Radio program: Every Sunday at 1460 AM; Can be heard at www.wpon.com; Archives at www.tamilamudham.com; Contact: Program Director Dr. V.S Balanethiram 248.641.7684. Features news roundup, children’s program, kadhai amudham, mazhalai amudam

Jul 02, Saturday
9.30pm. "RAGHAV LIVE" - Ecstasy Production's 8th Anniversary Party at the FORUM, The South Bays Ultra Chic, 146 S. Murphy Avenue, Sunnyvale, California. Tickets: $53, 28, 23, Contact: Leena, 408.605.5915

Thamizhar ThirunaaL - 3 day International Tamil Convention, hosted jointly by Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America (FeTNA) and TamilNadu Foundation (TNF);Location:Eiseman Center, Richardson, Texas, Contact: Viji Rajan 972.527.0809,www.fetna.org

Jul 08-10, Friday - Sunday
International Thirukkural Conference;Location:Smith Auditorium, Howard Community College, Columbina, Maryland; Contact: Dr. R. Prabhakaran, 410.420.0111, thirukkural2005@aol.com,www.thirukkural2005.org

Jul 08, Friday
8.30pm. "ABCD Comedian Paul Varghese Live" at Northshore Performing Arts in Skokie, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie, Illinois 60077, Tickets: $25, $35, $50. Contact: Staff, 847.890.3560

Jul 09, Saturday
4pm. "Deva / Unnikrishnan – Live in Bay Area" hosted by Kalalaya at Santa Clara Convention Center (Corner of Tasman & Great America Pkwy), Santa Clara, California; Tickets: $200, $100, $50, $35, $25, Contact: Kala Iyer, 510.796.5252,

6pm. Vibha - Bay area presents "Dhoom" at the Chabot College Peforming Arts, Hayward, California; Tickets: $25, $20, $20, $15, Contact : Manish Yashvant 510.744.9130; www.vibha.org

8:30pm. "Ustad Rashid Khan Indian Classical Music Concert" hosted by India Performing Arts at Berkmar High School Auditorium, Lilburn, Atlanta, Georgia, Admission : $50, $35, $25. Contact: Mustafa Ajmeri 678.63.6613

5pm. "Radha Madhavam - The Song of Divine Love" from Jayadevas Geeta Govindam at Jain Bhawan, Milpitas California; Tickets: $100, $50, $25, Contact: Hiral Rawson 408.655.8279