Aug. 18 / Tuesday
Chennai Heritage Contest for Schools - city schools make Power Point presentations of less known heritage areas / landmarks.
Srinivasa Sastri Hall, Luz. From 9 am to 4 pm.
Art Competition and Essay- writing Competition. Intra School event.
At Vel's Vidyashram, Pallavaram. At 10 am.
Photo exhibition - 'Images of Chennai'.A photo exhibition by IT professional C. V. Ramanujan.
At Alliance Francaise, College Road, Nungambakkam. Open to all. CVR's contact - 97910 36722.
Photo exhibition - 'Independence Movement and Chennai'.
At DakshinaChitra ( East Coast Road, Muttukadu).For more information please contact Gita - 9841011785. Tuesday holiday.
Photo exhibition - 'Greener Side of Madras' - photos by Rod Hudson. On Till Aug. 23.
Gallery Sri Parvati, Alwarpet.
Art exhibition - by four Madras-based artists - Gayathri Aditya, Santhanam Krishnan, Gita & Mark Rathinaraj.
Dakshinachitra, Muttukaddu
Arts exhibition - 'Besh, Besh, Besh', a candid view of life in the city. Participating artists are Rama Suresh, Manisha Raju, Raju Durshettiwar, Nelson, Taygrajan, Usha Devi, N. Ramchandran and Vinay. Inauguration on August 15 by S. Muthiah at 7pm.
At Prakrit Arts, Kotturpuram. Open from 10am to 6pm.
Gandhi in Tamil Nadu - an Exhibition.
At Roja Muthiah Research Library, CPT Campus (CIT Campus), 3rd Cross Road Tharamani. From 10.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.
Exhibition of vintage & classic lobby cards, film stills, record covers and song books from old movies of MGR, Sivaji Ganesan, Jaylalitha and others of that period. Collected by renowned photographer Clare Arni.
At The Madras Terrace House, 16, Sri Puram Second Street, Royapettah. From 11am - 7pm
Exhibition on 'Madras: Pioneers of Education in India'.
At Asan Memorial School, Egmore.
Exhibition on Coins. Inauguration at 9am and a talk on coins by member from the Madras Coin Society
At Asan Memorial School, Egmore.
A talk by Suma Padmanabhan principal, Asan Memorial School, about the transformation of Old Madras to New Chennai.
At Vanilla Children Place, 8/57 Luz Avenue, Mylapore. At 4 pm.
Talk by Theodore Bhaskaran on Emden Potta Gundu.
At Roja Muthiah Research Library, Taramani. At 5 pm. Phone: 2254 2551
Chennai- The Detroit of India - talk by CV Karthik Narayan. Organised by Chennai Heritage (Madras Musings).
At Park Sheraton. At 6.30 pm.
Some Madras Temples in song and inscriptions. Talk by Pradeep Chakravarthy
At Shastri Hall, Mylapore. At 7 pm.
Film Screening - 'Chennai: The Split City' by Venkatesh Chakravarthy.
At The Madras Terrace House, 15, Sripuram II Street, Royapettah. At 7 pm.
Tamil Nostalgia, all-time favourite songs from old Tamil Cinema, live music performance by Vedant Bharadwaj and Bindu Malini.
At The Madras Terrace House, 15 Sripiram II Street, Royapettah. At 7 pm.