Behind you! Taking pictures. Club Zamana’s annual showcase of South Asian culture last night was was packed for three solid hours, by a thoroughly entertained audience, gnoshing on yummy samosas. Props to the 60+ performers, and the organizers for a theme that can be reused for the next two years.

Photography by Evelyn Warner

Luscious lips have been spotted on the Watt doors. But why! They are meant to pique your interest in Tamasha, Club Zamana’s annual culture, music and performance showcase. You may remember the preview for last year’s show, or the largest South Asian organization’s extraordinarily large poster in Lerner. Bwog suspects labial signage shall not be the only hint dropped!

After such a warm day, there are two options for your early evening: first, Amnesty International’s cleverly named “Jamnesty,” which will combine live music with a free “Ethiopian dinner.” Apparently, live music plus Ethiopian food equals “almost like the 60s… minus the pot.” The potless-ness begins at 8:30 in Earl Hall Auditorium.

If living a potless version of the 60s isn’t floating your boat, then try to snag a ticket for Club Zamana’s Tamasha (Roone Arledge at 8 p.m., doors open at 7:15). Although it’s $5 for a ticket, purchasers do get Indian food and the chance to see a huge roster of acts, including CU Bhangra.

While many of us have only been back on campus for 24 hours or so, the Asian American Alliance (AAA) and Club Zamana have separately decided the time is already ripe for a study break.

Beleaguered masses, rise from your work spaces and head to the West Ramp Lounge at 7 for the Tamasha Hype study break, featuring free ice cream and T-shirts. Then, stick around for AAA’s study break at the ramp tables from 10-10:30 for free mochi and green tea. The AAA-ers will also be discussing their new “Sex Ed” documentary and are looking for folks willing to be interviewed. Bwog will stick with the mochi for now, thanks.

Club Zamana bills itself as Columbia’s “largest South Asian organization,” and while that probably refers to membership size, it looks to be true in the poster department as well. Club members just unrolled (literally) a three-story poster in Lerner for Tamasha 2009, their annual cultural showcase which will take place in Roone Arledge on the 27th.

Zamana should be careful, though: their poster completely blocks that of the Association of Computing Machinery. This can only end in an epic throwdown.

Two free food opportunities tonight, giving you the chance to both fill your stomach and get a job. In Earl Hall at 7, SGB, the Center for Career Education, and the Barnard Office of Career Development are hosting a “Civic Engagement Networking Night,” with free food for attendees. Confirmed employers include Habitat for Humanity, the New York Attorney General’s Office, and Teach for America, and Bwog’s been told that there’ll be alumni such as former CCSC and Dems head Seth Flaxman, CC ’07. And speaking of CCSC, the first of two final info sessions for potential candidates will be held at 8 in the Lerner 5th Floor Club Space.

For those with a different career path in mind, Club Zamana is hosting an “Alternative Career Fair” in the Satow Room, also at 7. Careers discussed include “Arts and Entertainment, Business Strategy and Development, Culinary Arts, and Advocacy and Non-Profit,” and, more importantly, “refreshments will be served.”

Are you in the mood… for some free food and Valentine’s related fun?

And not just pink, cutesy, couples-only Valentine’s fun. We’re talking raunchy, sexy Valentine’s Day, thanks to Club Zamana. Tonight at 8pm in the Satow Room in Lerner, there’ll be condom races (whatever those are), a special sex edition of Taboo, and best of all – the ultimate sexual tension game (in your childhood, you may have known it as Twister)!

So take a study break and indulge in the giggles, and what should be a wondrous assortment of Valentine’s related goodies.