Events Calendar - What's on Aug 21

Aug. 21 / Friday

‘Treasure in the Trees’, a series of exciting games such as plai pandu, kai bambaram, oodhu kai and karandi aatam using fruits, leaves and seeds indigenous to Chennai. Conducted by Kreeda for children.

At Sri Parvati Gallery on Eldams Road, Alwarpet.
From 3pm to 6pm.

Intra schhol essay writing, oratorical, kolam, chart preparation.

At Chennai Corporation School, Tondiarpet. At 10 am.

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

Madras Quiz in Tamil. For Students studying in Tamil medium school.

At P. S. School campus. From 2 pm.

Workshop on traditional games played in Old Madras and their importance, by Vandana Gobind.

At Vanilla Children Place, 8/57 Luz Avenue, Mylapore
At 4pm.

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.

At Asan Memorial School, Egmore.

Exhibition of pictures of Manohar Devadoss.

At Asan Memorial School, Egmore.

Exhibition of painted lithographs and other antique prints.
From the City to the Presidency: Hillscapes, Seascapes, People & Wars through 300 years. Painted lithographs and other antique prints from the collection of V. Narayan Swami.

At C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation, Eldams Road.

Photo exhibition - 'Temples of Chennai'
Exhibition organised by Madras Photographic Society and Alliance Francaise.

At Alliance Francaise, Nungambakkam. Open till end of month. (Phone : 28251165)

Pictures of the Madras Presidency. D. Krishnan, Picture Editor, The Hindu will display pictures of the Madras Presidency and talk about them. Also an exhibition of photographs of Chennai by the Madras Photographic Society

At Jaigopal Garodia Sr. Sec. School, Anna Nagar. From 4 pm to 6 pm.

Music performance featuring songs from the city by Vedant Bharadwaj.

At Taj Coromandel. At 7 pm. Organised by Chennai Heritage.

Talk on 'Public Library System in Chennai: Past, Present and the Future' by G. Arivoli, director, Public Libraries in Chennai.

At the Connemara Public Library, Egmore. At 6 pm.

Secrets & Scandals and history of the Tamil film world of yesteryear. Talk by Randor Guy, writer and journalist and a noted film, social and cultural historian.

At The Madras Terrace House, 15 Sripuram, II Street, Royapettah. At 7 pm.

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