WEEKLY AGENDA

* Poetry reading contest. Organized by Sanggar Purba Caraka and Bali's Udayana University's School of Letters. Grand final on April 27 for junior and high school students, university students and general participants. Contact the organizing committee, Jl. Pulau Nias 13, Denpasar.

* Music festival. Boom, Festival Band Pelajar 2002, at Denpasar Art Center on May 2, for student bands from all over Indonesia. In this festival, each participant has to perform one compulsory song, composition and a selected song. The grand final will be held in Bandung, West Java, in September 2002. Contact Radio Cassanova, Jl. Gatot Subroto 98, Denpasar. Tel: 0361 262121

*Children's painting exhibition. Seniwati Sanggar Muda organized a painting class for 38 school students aged between five and 17 years old. The children received free painting lessons from senior artists. The result of the children's works will be on display at Seniwati exhibition gallery on Jl. Raya, Ubud from May through June 2002. All paintings will be sold. Half of the proceeds will be given to the children, while the rest of the money will be used to finance painting lessons for other Seniwati Sanggarmuda students. Tel: 0361 975485

* Teenage art week. Dancing, singing, painting and a theater competition for school students across Bali. It runs from April 15 through May 1 at Denpasar Art Center, Puputan Park Badung, Bali Museum, Bali Art Institute. Tel: 0361 227316