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Celebrating Madras

Madras-Volvograd — Twin Cities photo exhibition. At Russian Centre of Science and Culture (during working hours.)

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.

Quiz and art competition. At Calibre Educational Foundation, Luz. 9 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.

Essay writing competition and exhibition. At Padma Seshadri HSS, K.K. Nagar. 9 a.m. to noon.

History of the first women’s college in Chennai through essay writing and oral presentations. At Queen Mary’s College. 9 a.m. to noon.

Eves Touch and the Duchess Club present Madras Masala, an opportunity to interact with Madras’s cookery experts and cookbook authors — Sabita Radhakrishna, Chandra Padmanabhan, Chandri Bhat, Jigyasa Giri, Pratibha Jain and Mallika Badrinath.

Lunch @ At Hotel Savera’s Samavesh — Rs. 300 per head. At Hotel Savera. 10.30 a.m.

Workshop: Creating kolams. Led by Sindhu Suresh. Call 98840-81160 for details. At Vanilla Children Place. 5 p.m.

Civil Aviation in Madras — lecture by K.R.A. Narasiah. (Tamil-cum-English) At Roja Muthiah Research Library. 5 p.m.

Open Doubles Quiz on ‘How much do you know Chennai?’ (in English) open to all, teams of two. Organised by IITM Alumni Association, Chennai Chapter. To register, mail Chennaiweek2009@gmail.com. At Central Lecture Theater (CLT), IIT Madras. 5.30 p.m.

A programme on art and music organised by Lakshmi Venkatraman, with artists Geetha and C. Krishnaswamy, and musicians Mohan Santhanam and Bombay Anand. At Gallery Sri Parvati. 6 p.m.

Madras Nalla Madras — A tribute to Nagesh by Mohan Raman. At The Park. 6.30 p.m.

‘Dustily yours, Chennai 600 001’, Solo theatre by Pritham Chakravarthy. (Audience requested to come dressed in white.) At Madras Terrace House 7 p.m.

Essay writing, oratorical, kolam, chart preparation contests. Students and staff of Queen Mary’s College join them. At Chennai Managaratchi Melnilai Palli, Tondiarpet. 10 a.m.

Names of places in Chennai. Talk by Dr. S. Suresh. At Asan Memorial School. 11 a.m.

Madras Quiz 2009 (Tamil) for city schools. Dakshinamoorthy Auditorium, P.S. High School, Mylapore (Mylapore Times). 2 p.m.

Treasure in the Trees — games for children using fruits, leaves and seeds indigenous to Chennai. Conducted by Kreeda. At Gallery Sri Parvati 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Workshop: Traditional games played in Old Madras, by Vandana Gobind. At Vanilla Children Place. 4 p.m.

Pictures of the Madras Presidency. Talk by D. Krishnan. At Vivekananda Vidyalaya MHS, 46, 7th Street, Anna Nagar. 4 p.m.

Photographs of Chennai, an exhibition by the Madras Photographic Society. At Vivekananda Vidyalaya MHS. 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The Soap Box - presentations of Chennai-centric anecdotes (English). Categories: +2 students, UG/PG students, senior citizens, working women, home managing women, foreign nationals settled in Chennai, and others.

Each will have to submit a written note, in not more than 250 words, on what he / she would like to speak on and / or present to the audience details about themselves.

Six finalists from each category will speak or make audio-visual presentations. Organised by IITM Alumni Association, Chennai chapter. For registration, e-mail chennaiweek2009@gmail.com. At Central Lecture Theater (CLT), IIT Madras. 5.30 p.m.

Public Library System in Chennai: Past, Present and the Future. Talk by G. Arivoli, Director, Public Libraries, Chennai. Organised by Madras Library Association & Connemara Library. At Connemara. 6 p.m.

Music performance featuring ‘Songs from the City’ by Vedant Bharadwaj. At Taj Coromandel. 6.30 p.m.

Secrets & scandals of the Tamil film world of yesteryear — talk by Randor Guy. At Madras Terrace House. 7 p.m.

(The remaining programmes will be listed in MetroPlus dated August 18)

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