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15th to 22nd August Updated till August 10th ● Online Photo Competition by Photographic Society. For details: Open to all. Rs.5000 1st prize, Rs.3000 2nd and Ganesan 93811 70991 Rs.2000 3rd, a citation and a coffee table book. Now on till 31st AUGUST ● My Lazy Garden – an exhibition of stainless steel sculptures Appa Rao Art Gallery of flora and fauna by Alex Davis. ● Abhang – an exhibition of abstract paintings by Rajesh Patil. Appa Rao Art Gallery ● Chennai Remix – an exhibition of photographs by Appa Rao Art Gallery Madhavan Palniswamy. 11th AUGUST (Wednesday) (Last date for entries) Multimedia Contest For Schools - Each city school team has For registration: to choose a less known heritage/historical landmark in its Revathi – 98405 44629 area, research it, create a multimedia presentation and make live presentations of their subjects at this daylong event on August 17th at Srinivasa Sastri Hall, Mylapore. Three top prizes, and certificates for all. Open to first 20 school teams. More info at www.themadrasday.in. Organised by Mylapore Times. 12th AUGUST (Thursday) Department of Indian Music, University of Madras, Department of Indian Music celebrates Madras Week with an all-day programme Madras University, Room 32 from 11.00 am to 4.00 p.m. Dr. M. Premeela, Head of Department, speaks. 11.15 a.m. S. Muthiah speaks on Madras, the University of Madras 11.30 a.m. and the Indian Music Department. Sriram V. speaks on Music Sabhas of Yesteryears. 12.00 p.m. Shantha Balachandar speaks on S. Balachandar. 12.45 p.m. Vamanan speaks on M.K. Tyagaraja Bhagavathar 02.30 p.m. Video excerpts of M.K.T. by N. Raghavendra Rao. 03.30 p.m. NOTE: ● Open to all, but terms apply. Limited seating at all venues. Freemansons Hall: seating available only for one hundred persons, on first-come, first-served basis. Programme sheet from Madras Musings, Graeme’s Road, Chennai 600 006. Also check www.themadrasday.in for programmes. 13th AUGUST (Friday) Present in the Past: an exhibition of paintings, curated by Taj Mount Road, Shalini Biswajit of Forum Art Gallery, Inauguration with 7.30 p.m. musical narratives by Anil Srinivasan & Sikkil Gurucharan and a talk by Sriram V. 14th AUGUST (Saturday) ● Chennai Heritage Tour: Chennai’s Broadway Prior booking: – 6.30 to 9.00 a.m. conducted by Sriram V. Rs 400. [email protected] Tour partly by van and by walk. Ends with breakfast. ● Photowalk: Perambur Railway Station to ICF. Contact : Organised by Chennai Photowalks. Srivatsan – 94449 99456 Starts 7.00 a.m. 95000 70176. ● Music as History in Tamil Nadu - Lecture by C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation, Dr. T.K. Venkatasubramanian. 10.30 a.m. Debate: Preliminary Topic – Has urbanisation changed The Yellow Bus, 3.00 p.m. Madraspattinam to Chennai? Open for students of Classes 11 and 12. Both in Tamil and English. ● Walk: Explore Kalakshetra with Geetha Rajagopalan. For details: Organised by The Yellow Bus, Besant Nagar. Open to Hema Chari – 98845 49688 students of classes 6,7 and 8. Assemble at The Yellow Bus at 3.30 pm. ● Tree Walk – conducted by Nizhal, 4.00-5.00 p.m. For registration: 95000 34187 at Theosophical Society 10.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m. ● Nature Walk at the Pallikaranai Marsh on Perungudi For registration: -Velachery Road organised by Madras Naturalists’ Vijay Kumar - 98400 90875 / Society. Maximum group: 30. Reporting time: 6.30 a.m. [email protected] 14-22 AUGUST ● Present in the Past: an exhibition of paintings. Taj Mount Road From 23rd August to 15th September at Forum Art Gallery ● Club House, the all-day diner, offers a special menu on Taj Mount Road ethnic Tamil Nadu cuisine. The menu includes a selection of handpicked delicacies from Thanjavur, Kumbakonam, Sivagangai Gandharva Kottai, Karaikudi etc. Beside the Club House’s chefs, a few specialist chefs and expert housewives from these regions will serve their specialities 15th AUGUST (Sunday) ● Chennai Heritage Tour: Walking through Vepery Prior booking: conducted by Sriram V. 6.30 a.m. - 9.00 a.m. Rs 400. [email protected] Tour partly by van and by walk. Ends with breakfast. ● Heritage Walk: Kilpauk Walk starts at Votive Shrine For registration at 6.30 a.m. and ends at St. George’s School. Deepa Sekar : 98403 26354 Details on: www.kilpaukwalk.wordpress.com ● Photowalk: Perambur Railway Station to ICF. Contact: Organised by Chennai Photowalks. Srivatsan – 94449 99456 Starts at 7.00 a.m. 95000 70176. ● Fancy Dress: Dress up as famous personalities in varied The Yellow Bus fields who have contributed to the development of Chennai 9.00 a.m-10.00 a.m. ● Carnival: 1. Food stalls with traditional food of Chennai. The Yellow Bus 2. Workshop for kids on thoranam making, Poo thoduka, 9.00 a.m-12.00 noon Poo korkae. 3. Activity stalls – Traditional games, Marudani ● Talk and Presentation: Spit of Sand to a City – Making of Maharishi Vidya Mandir Madras by K.R.A.Narasiah School Auditorium. 10 a.m. For details: http://kilpaukwalk.wordpress.com 2 Sketching Competition of heritage buildings in Chennai Multi Purpose Hall, conducted by MEASI Academy of Architecture. MEASI Academy of Architecture Students of Architecture (2nd yr) from Schools of Architecture 10 a.m.-12 noon in and around Chennai are eligible. Sketches will be exhibited. Prizes will be awarded for the first three best sketches. ● Happy Birthday Madras – a skit presented by the residents The Yellow Bus of Besant Nagar. 3.30 p.m. ● Chennai Heritage Lecture – My Madras Taj Connemara by Sivasankari. 6.30 p.m. ● Select photographs from Children’s Photowalks Organised by on August 1st and 8th will be exhibited at various venues. Mylapore Times ● Debate: Finals The Yellow Bus ● Painting competition for children in two categories Kalaa Manjari. organised by Kalaa Manjari in association with Global Art. For details: 24312676 On the spot registration. 15-22 AUGUST ● Painting exhibition on Nature in and around Chennai by Zha Cafe, 10.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m. Chennai Trekking Club. Contact: 4211 6027 ● Photo exhibition: Chennaiyil Paadal Petra At ASI, Fort St George Sthalangal – a photo exhibition to promote 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. public awareness on the early temples of the Inauguration on Chennai Region. Organised by ASI, Chennai Circle. 14th August. 16th AUGUST (Monday) ● The Coromandel Trading Post, an exhibition. Asan Memorial Senior Secondary Address by Deep Sathiaram followed by powerpoint School, Egmore, presentation by students on The Destiny of the Trading Inauguration 10.00 a.m Destination, and another exhibition, Trade and Traders: A Chronological Link. ● Your Ellu-Thatha’s Madras, a talk by Pradeep Chakravarthy at Hermann Gmeiner School Auditorium, 2.30 p.m Talk: Indo-Saracenic Architecture of Madras At Multipurpose Hall, – by Prof. George Jeyaraj, Architect/Historian. MEASI Academy of Architecture, Exhibition of sketches of heritage buildings in 3.00 p.m. Chennai, entered for competition. Prize distribution. ● RMRL Tamil Lectures: Mamallai: Kovil kalainutpattin Roja Muthiah Library, 4.30 p.m. katchiyakam by Prof. S. Swaminathan. ● Traditional Games by Sindhu Suresh. Vanilla Children Place, 5.00 p.m. ● Chennai Heritage Lecture – Chandrababu The Park, 6.30 p.m. and Madras Bhashai in films by Mohan Raman. ● Prize distribution for Online Photo Competion, and SSS Jain Women’s College, Talk on Rare photos of Old Madras in the 6.30 pm. College of Arts by Pradeep Chakravarthy Project Report Competition: Students from each school/ For details contact: college have to prepare a History of their school. Report may Dr. Prema Kasturi be around (Schools) – 15 pages, (Colleges) – 20 pages (E-Mail: minimum and should include write-ups, photographs, [email protected]; drawings, newspaper clippings, etc.The report must [email protected] include the birth and growth of the school and the and Tel.No. 43060479) distinguished alumni. The report, signed by the students or Dr. S. Suresh (Tel: 24918479, and duly certified by the head of the institution, mobile: 97899 82490, should reach Chennai INTACH office before August 16th. e-mail: [email protected]) School reports and college reports will be judged separately. of INTACH, Chennai 3 Poster designing competition: For college students For details contact: entitled Immortal Madras on the heritage of Madras. Dr. Prema Kasturi Poster should be of A4 size. It can be on any aspect of (E-Mail: Madras that reflects the unique character of the city. [email protected]; A hard copy of the poster, signed by the student and duly [email protected] certified by the head of the institution, should reach and Tel.No. 43060479) Chennai INTACH office before August 16th. or Dr. S. Suresh (Tel: 24918479, Tamil Poetry-writing competition: For school students of mobile: 97899 82490, Classes VI and above. Poem in Tamil on any aspect of Madras e-mail: [email protected]) heritage. Poem, signed by the student and duly certified by the of INTACH, Chennai head of the institution, should reach Chennai INTACH office before August 16th. 16-19 AUGUST ● Exhibition on Traditional Occupations of Madras and its Asan Memorial Senior Secondary Trade. School, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Heritage Walk: In Fort St. George for groups of 11 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. school students (Classes VI and above) organised by 2 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. INTACH Chennai in collaboration with Fox TV. Prior bookings: Dr. S. Suresh (Schools will have to make their own arrangements to 24918479, 97899 82490 bring the students to Fort St. George and take them back after the walk.) 16-22 AUGUST ● Photo exhibition on Madras by three young photographers, Seminar Hall, DakshinaChitra, Mani Maran, Nataraja Moorthy Kumar and Augustine Derrick.