Here are some events conducted between the years 1998 and 2001.

 

 1998
Day/Date Event Location
Saturday - Feb 28 A Poetic Evening with Dr. G.S. Shivarudrappa

Swami Chidananda on 'Manku Thimmana Kagga', Chinmaya Mission       

Chinmaya Mission
Saturday - March 21 Live Concert by Ratnamala Prakash, Shimoga Subbanna etc.       Eisenhower Jr.High School
Friday - April 10 A Poetic Evening with Dr. B. Lakshminarayana Bhatta      HTGC Lemont
Saturday - April 11< UGADI      HTGC Lemont
Sunday - July 19 Annual Picnic      Busse Woods, Elk Grove
Sunday - Aug 16 Movie 'Amruthavarshini'      General Cinemas, Woodridge
Saturday - Aug 29 Ganesh Chaturti      Balaji Temple, Aurora
Saturday - Sept 19 Dasa Day      Balaji Temple, Aurora
Saturday - Oct 10 Drama: 'Kurudu Kanchana' (Charitable Trust)      HTGC Lemont
Saturday - Nov 7 Deepavali      HTGC Lemont
  Movie 'Nishyabda'      General Cinemas, Woodridge
  Movie 'Ulta-Palta'      General Cinemas, Woodridge

 

 

 

      1999   
Day/Date Event Location
Saturday - March 6 Poetic Evening with Dr. Chandrashekar Kambara      The Chinmaya Mission
Sunday - March 21 Kannada Cinema: "Hoomale"      General Cinemas, Woodgrove Theatres
Saturday - March 27 RAMANAVAMI      HTGC Lemont
Saturday - April 24 UGADI      Eisenhower High School
Sunday - May 2 Flute Recital - Ramani and Party      Balaji Temple, Aurora
Sunday - May 9 Kannada Cinema 'HENDTHIGHELTHINI (henDthig-hELthIni)'      General Cinemas, Woodgrove Theatres
Saturday - June 12 Dasavani - Vidhyabhushan Party      HTGC Lemont
Sunday - June 27 (2:30 pm) Kannada Cinema: "HABBA"      General Cinemas, Woodgrove Theatres
Sunday - July 11 Kannada Cinema: "Hridayaanjali"      General Cinemas, Woodgrove Theatres
Sunday - July 18 Annual PicnicAn Exciting Day of Fun, Frolic & Sun (plus cricket!)      Blackwell Forest Preserve, Wheaton
Sunday - Aug 1 Flute Concert by Loka V. Shankar(sponsored by Amruthur Satish){Admission is free. All are welcome.!}      HTGC Lemont
Sunday - Aug 15 India Independence Day Celebration. Organized by Consulate General of India       
Friday - Aug 20 DISCOURSE ON Dr. D.V. Gundappa's MANKUTHIMMANA KAGGA by the Renowned Kannada Scholar Dr. Shivananda Shivacharya Swamiji of Hiremath, Tumkur     [Details]< HTGC Lemont
Saturday - Sept 18 Bhakthi Sangama Day (Veena Concert by Dr. Suma Sudheendra and Jugalbandi Concert by Shyamala Bhave {Hindustani} and Nagamani Srinath {Karnatic}Various Indian Classical Arts On One Platform     [Details] HTGC Lemont
Saturday - Sept 25 Gowri Pooje - Ganesha Chaturthi{Children's program and a short play, 'Muddana Monorameyara Sarasa Sallaapa'}      [Details] HTGC Lemont
Saturday - Oct 02 DASA Day     [Details] Balaji Temple
Saturday - Oct 16 Grand Musical Fete by Pandit Rajeev Taranath {A Presentation by Kannada Kuta Charitable Trust }      [Details] Inland Expo Center
Sunday - Oct 17 (2.30 P.M.) Kannada Movie: AKASMIKA *ing Dr.RajKumar {A movie directed by T.S.Nagabharana}      [Details] General Cinemas, Woodgrove Theatres
Saturday - Nov 13 Deepavali     [Details] HTGC Lemont
Sunday - Nov 21 (2.30 P.M.) Kannada Movie: A *ing Upendra, Chandini {The Biggest Box Office Bonanza of 1998}      [Details] General Cinemas, Woodgrove Theatres

 

2000                
Day/Date Event Location
Saturday - April 22 UGADI Celebrations     Report in English HTGC, Lemont
     Report in Kannada
Sunday - May 21 Music Concert (Saralaya Sisters) (program cancelled)      HTGC, Lemont
Saturday - June 10 Bhakti Sangama Day      HTGC, Lemont
Sunday - July 09 (Rain date: July 16) Picnic      Busse Woods, Elk Grove Village
Saturday - July 29 Dance Program      HTGC Lemont
Sunday - Aug 6 Kannada Movie: AK 47      Des Plaines Theatre, Des Plaines
Saturday - Aug 12 Dasa Day      Balaji Temple, Aurora
Sunday - Aug 20 Upanyasa: Prof. N.S.L.N. Bhatta      Darien Sportsplex, Darien
Sunday - Aug 27 Kannada Movie -Naanu Nanna Hendthiru      Des Plaines Theatre, Des Plaines
Sunday - Sep 17 Kannada Movie - Sambhrama      Des Plaines Theatre, Des Plaines
Saturday - Sept. 23 Gowri Habba/Ganesha Chaturthi      HTGC, Lemont
Sunday - Oct. 8 Yakshagana and Kavya-Chithra 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm      HTGC, Lemont
Saturday - Oct. 28 Charitable Fund raising - Sugama Sangeetha - Miss Sangeetha Katti and party       Gorton Community Centre, Lake Forest
Saturday - Nov 04 Deepavali/Kannada Rajyotsava General Body Meeting & Elections      HTGC, Lemont
2001
Day/Date Event Location
Sunday - March 25 Cinema: Mathadaana Showing simultaneously with India      CineMark IMAX at Woodridge
Saturday - April 7 UGADI Celebrations(naataka, nritya, haadu, kuNitha...)      HTGC, Lemont
Saturday - April 21 Music Concert: Smt. M.S. Sheela and Party(Charitable Trust Fund Event)      Balaji Temple, Aurora
Saturday - May 19 Lectures and Solo Play Dr. B. Sureshwara, Prof. N. Rao and Smt. Laxmi Chandrashekar      Balaji Temple, Aurora
Sunday - Aug 5 MAGIC SHOW Magician: Uday Jadugar       HTGC, Lemont
Sunday - June 10 Cinema: Yarige Saaluthe Sambala      CineMark IMAX at Woodridge
Sunday - July 15 (July 29-Rain Date) Picnic(Vanavihaara-Bhojana)      Busse Woods
Thursday - July 19 An evening with Prof. G. S. SHIVARUDRAPPA       Smt.Jayamma Siddalingaiah's residence
Sunday - Aug 12 Cinema: SparshaAn Award Winning Movie by Sunil Kumar Desai       CineMark IMAX at Woodridge
Saturday - Aug 25 Gowri-Ganesha Habba      Balaji Temple, Aurora
Saturday - Sept 15 A Discourse by Swamiji      HTGC Temple, Lemont
Saturday - Oct 13 Dasa Day      Balaji Temple, Aurora
Sunday - Nov 11 Cinema: Nanna Hendathi Channagidhdhale      Cinemark Theaters
Sunday - Nov 18 Sri Nagaraj Havildar's Concert       
Saturday - Dec 1 Deepavali      HTGC, Lemont
Saturday - Dec 8 RAAGA Concert Charitable Fund Event       HTGC, Lemont