The Madras Day | Events Calendar

MADRASWEEK 2011
CALENDAR OF EVENTS

This section is updated as and when events firm up
(Last updated : August 25, 2011)

DATE	EVENT	VENUE	DETAILS
August 2, 2011 Tuesday	TALK: Confessions of a Chennai advertising woman by Indu Balachandran	Hotel Savera, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai.	Organised by Rotary Club ofMadrasSouth. Open only to Rotarians and their guests.
August 9, 2011 Tuesday	CONTEST: Inter-school quiz	PSBB, KK Nagar	Open to students of schools in Central Cluster of CBSE.
August 9, 2011 Tuesday	TALK: The American contribution to British Madras by S. Muthiah	Hotel Savera, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai.	Organised by Rotary Club ofMadrasSouth. Open only to Rotarians and their guests.
August 10, 2011 Wednesday	CONTEST: Kolam contest	PSBB, KK Nagar	Open to students of schools in Central Cluster of CBSE.
August 11, 2011 Thursday	CONTEST: Inter-school oratorical contest – Why I likeMadras	PSBB, KK Nagar	Open to students of schools in Central Cluster of CBSE.
August 12, 2011 Friday	EXHIBITION:British IndiaMaps	LakshanaArtGallery, 8,Judge Jambulingam Road, Mylapore. (Opp. Hotel President)	Inauguration at 6 p.m. by M.S.Ramanujan, Post Master General,ChennaiCityRegion S.Muthiah, city historian speaks. Contact : chennai.abs@gmail.com
August 13, 2011 Saturday	PHOTOWALK FOR KIDS	From Royapuram Railway station toSrinivasaRamanujanMuseum, Royapuram	From 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. Open to children of class 5 to 12. Organised by www.yocee.in. Led by N. Ramaswamyof http://chennaidailyfoto.wordpress.com Contact 98405 44629 for registration.
August 13, 2011 Saturday	EXHIBITION:British IndiaMaps	LakshanaArtGallery, 8,Judge Jambulingam Road, Mylapore.	British India Maps (Railways, Post and Telegraphs, Judicial, Revenue, Political and Maps of Presidencies) Open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Contact : chennai.abs@gmail.com
August 14, 2011 Sunday	PHOTOWALK FOR KIDS	From Iyyappan temple (Raja Annamalai Puram) to Greenways Road MRTS station	From 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. Open to children of class 5 to 12. Organised by www.yocee.in. Led by N. Ramaswamyof http://chennaidailyfoto.wordpress.com Contact 98405 44629 for registration
August 14, 2011 Sunday	CONTESTS: Art, music, dance, oratorical	Bharathiar Illam, Triplicane	Hosted by Lions Club of Chennai Elite. Theme Chennai. More details http://themadrasday.in/2011/07/art-music-dance-oratorical-contests/
August 14, 2011 Sunday	EXHIBITION:British IndiaMaps	LakshanaArtGallery, 8,Judge Jambulingam Road, Mylapore.	British India Maps (Railways, Post and Telegraphs, Judicial, Revenue, Political and Maps of Presidencies) Open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Contact : chennai.abs@gmail.com
August 15, 2011 Monday	BICYCLE RALLY Participants will follow a trail of famous landmarks with the help of a clue sheet.	Starts at – The Yellow Bus E-35/2, 2^nd Avenue, Besant Nagar	Open for Men in the age group 20years and above. Registrations required. Phone: 45511819, 98845 49688
August 15, 2011 Monday	CONTEST: Oratorical contest	The Yellow Bus at E-35/2,2nd Avenue, Besant Nagar.	For students of class 9 to 12. In English and Tamil. Topic : Speeches by famous personalities in Chennai. Contact: 45511819; 98845 49688
August 15, 2011 Monday	CONTEST: Costume Galore	The Yellow Bus at E-35/2,2nd Avenue, Besant Nagar.	Traditional bridal costumes of different communities (native or migrated) of Chennai. Register before Aug. 5, 2011. Contact: 45511819; 98845 49688
August 15, 2011 Monday	CONTEST : Art Contest	The Yellow Bus at E-35/2,2nd Avenue, Besant Nagar.	Collage on theme ‘Chennai – Netru, Indru, Naalai’. For children of age group 8-12yrs. Contact: 45511819; 98845 49688
August 15, 2011 Monday	CONTEST: Pulli Kolam Contest	The Yellow Bus at E-35/2,2nd Avenue, Besant Nagar.	Open to all in the age group of 15-25years. Register before Aug. 5, 2011. Contact: 45511819; 98845 49688
August 15, 2011 Monday	EXHIBITION:British IndiaMaps	LakshanaArtGallery, 8,Judge Jambulingam Road, Mylapore.	British India Maps (Railways, Post and Telegraphs, Judicial, Revenue, Political and Maps of Presidencies) Open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Contact : chennai.abs@gmail.com
August 16, 2011 Tuesday	EXHIBITION:British IndiaMaps	LakshanaArtGallery, 8,Judge Jambulingam Road, Mylapore.	British India Maps (Railways, Post and Telegraphs, Judicial, Revenue, Political and Maps of Presidencies) Open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Contact : chennai.abs@gmail.com
August 16, 2011 Tuesday	TALK: Information Technology in Chennai by Pradeep Chakravarthy	Hotel Savera, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai.	Organised by Rotary Club ofMadrasSouth. Open only to Rotarians and their guests.
August 17, 2011 Wednesday	EXHIBITION: ‘Our heritage in brick and mortar’	AsanMemorialSchool, Egmore	Inauguration at 10 a.m. Exhibition of models and charts conducted by the Social Science Department and the Heritage Club; Speakers: the Nawab of Arcot, Kumararani Meena Muthiah, Gopika Varma.
August 17, 2011 Wednesday	EXHIBITION:British IndiaMaps	LakshanaArtGallery, 8,Judge Jambulingam Road, Mylapore.	British India Maps (Railways, Post and Telegraphs, Judicial, Revenue, Political and Maps of Presidencies) Open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Contact : chennai.abs@gmail.com
August 17, 2011 Wednesday	TALK: Architectural Styles ofMadras-From the Colonial to the Post Modern by Dr. K. R. Sitalakshmi	Presidency Club , Egmore	Organised by Rotary Club ofMadrasCentenary Commemoration. Open only to Rotarians and their guests.
August 18, 2011 Thursday	CONTEST: Oratorical Competition (Pre-final)	The Yellow Bus E-35/2, 2^nd Avenue, Besant Nagar	Open for students of Classes 9-12. Topic: Speeches on Great personalities of Chennai. Phone: 45511819, 98845 49688
August 18, 2011 Thursday	EXHIBITION: ‘Our heritage in brick and mortar’	AsanMemorialSchool, Egmore	Exhibition of models and charts conducted by the Social Science Department and the Heritage Club.
August 18, 2011 Thursday	CONTEST: Creative writing	The Yellow Bus E-35/2, 2^nd Avenue, Besant Nagar	Topic: Chennai – Neetru, Indru, Naalai! (Tamil), Chennai – Past, Present, Future! (English). Phone: 45511819, 98845 49688
August 18, 2011 Thursday	CONTEST: Cookery	The Yellow Bus E-35/2, 2^nd Avenue, Besant Nagar	Theme: Rare Grandmom’s recipe for home-made medicinal solutions. Open to public. Age group 40- 50 years. Phone: 45511819, 98845 49688
August 18, 2011 Thursday	CONTEST: Art work	The Yellow Bus E-35/2, 2^nd Avenue, Besant Nagar	Contest open for kids of class 3,4,5 Send your entries by post or in person to The Yellow Bus by Aug. 12. Phone: 45511819, 98845 49688
August 18, 2011 Thursday	CONTEST: Music & dance	The Yellow Bus E-35/2, 2^nd Avenue, Besant Nagar	Group event. Contest open for kids of class 7,8,9. Register at The Yellow Bus by Aug. 12. Phone: 45511819, 98845 49688
August 18, 2011 Thursday	QUIZ : Inter-school heritage quiz – ‘Heritage buildings ofMadras’	AsanMemorialSchool, Egmore	Preliminary rounds at 9.30 a.m.; finals at 11am.
August 18, 2011 Thursday	EXHIBITION:British IndiaMaps	LakshanaArtGallery, 8,Judge Jambulingam Road, Mylapore.	British India Maps (Railways, Post and Telegraphs, Judicial, Revenue, Political and Maps of Presidencies) Open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Contact : chennai.abs@gmail.com
August 18, 2011 Thursday	EXHIBITION:Madras: My Impressions	At Gallery Sri Parvati,Eldams Road, Alwarpet.	Paintings by Maniam Selven (MaSe). Open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
August 19, 2011 Friday	EXHIBITION: ‘Our heritage in brick and mortar’	AsanMemorialSchool, Egmore	Exhibition of models and charts conducted by the Social Science Department and the Heritage Club. Valedictory at 2 p.m. Speaker : Shreekumar Varma
August 19, 2011 Friday	EXHIBITION:British IndiaMaps	LakshanaArtGallery, 8,Judge Jambulingam Road, Mylapore.	British India Maps (Railways, Post and Telegraphs, Judicial, Revenue, Political and Maps of Presidencies) Open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Contact : chennai.abs@gmail.com
August 19, 2011 Friday	EXHIBITION:Madras: My Impressions	At Gallery Sri Parvati,Eldams Road, Alwarpet.	Paintings by Maniam Selven (MaSe). Open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
August 20, 2011 Saturday	EXHIBITION: Paintings and photographs	C.P. Ramaswamy Aiyar Foundation,Eldams Road, Alwarpet	Exhibition of paintings by A. Ananda Kumar and photographs by the late M. K. Rangaswamy Aiyangar ofMadrasand its environment. Inauguration by Prof. M.S. Swaminathan
August 20, 2011 Saturday	WORKSHOP & CONTEST:Map Ur Way	Kalaa Manjari, 6/12,First Street, Venus Colony, Alwarpet	From 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Conducted by Kalaa Manjari Activity Centre and Bambaram Toy Library. Map construction, walk in the neighborhood and a presentation contest. Contact 99623 87624.
August 20, 2011 Saturday	Drawing and Painting Event for children	The Children’s Club, 213 (96),V.M. Street, Mylapore	At 9 a.m. Theme – Namma Chennai Register at the Children’s Club, Last date to register Aug. 18, 2011. Phone: 99405 57388 / 4211 3434
August 20, 2011 Saturday	EXHIBITION: Early Tamil Imprints	Roja Muthiah Research Library, Taramani	Inauguration at 5 p.m. Lecture by Prof. V. Arasu, Professor and Head, Dept. of Tamil Literature,UniversityofMadrason “தமிழில் அரியநூல்கள் பாதுகாப்பு: சில உரையாடல்கள்” [Tamilil ariya nulkal patukappu : cila uraiyadalkal]
August 20, 2011 Saturday	TALK: A Brief History of Engineering inMadras– audio/visual presentation	Conference Hall,AlumniCenter(Opp. LH),CollegeofEngineering, Guindy,AnnaUniversity	At 5 p.m. Hosted by the Alumni Association ofCollegeofEngineering, Guindy. Contact : talk@darkbrand.com / 9840959730.
August 21, 2011 Sunday	HERITAGE WALK: The Studios of Kollywood	Kodambakkam and Vadapalani	By van and foot. Conducted by Mohan V Raman. Fee : Rs. 450 per head. Bookings: phone 28411495, email: editor@madrasmusings.com
August 21, 2011 Sunday	PHOTOWALK:	Royapettah Clock Tower toChepaukPalace	Starts at 7 a.m. Conducted by Chennai Photowalk. Contact Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan on phone: 98844-67463. Email: chandrachoodan@gmail.com
August 21, 2011 Sunday	HERITAGE WALK: Fort St. George	Starts from the parking lot opp. main gate of Fort	Led by Vincent D’ Souza. Starts at 7.45 a.m. Free. Register at themadrasday@gmail.com
August 21, 2011 Sunday	HERITAGE WALK: The Sweet Smell of Engineering	CollegeofEngineering, Guindy campus	Conducted by Alumni Association ofCollegeofEngineeringGuindy. Starts at 6.30 a.m. at theMainBuilding(BellClock Tower),CollegeofEngineering, Guindy,AnnaUniversity. Register on phone no. 9840959730.
August 21, 2011 Sunday	NATURE WALK:	Pallikaranai Marsh	Starts at 6.45 a.m. Guided by Gnanaskandan K. Organised byMadrasNaturalists’ Society. Contact: Vijay Kumar: vijay58@airtelmail.in / 98400 90875
August 21, 2011 Sunday	TREE WALK	Semmozhi Poonga	Conducted by Nizhal. From 4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. Register at nizhal.shade@gmail.com
August 21, 2011 Sunday	PERFORMANCE: Contests – final and Villupattu	Youth Hostel, Indira Nagar, Adyar	Organised by The Yellow Bus. Villu Pattu by school students trained by artist S. V. Ramamurthy – theme : Chennai – Netru, Indru Naalai and Theru-Kootu
August 21, 2011 Sunday	TOUR: Bronze Gallery,Govt.Museum, Egmore	Govt.Museum	3 to 3.45 p.m. Led by Pradeep Chakravarthy. Anyone who is older than 35 will have register with a younger person. Register before Aug. 1, 2011. Mail to: pradeepandanusha@gmail.com.
August 21, 2011 Sunday	CONTEST: Art Contest for kids	Kalaa Manjari, 6/12,First Street, Venus Colony. Alwarpet	From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Themes: Ages- 5-10 years – Clean Green Chennai, Ages- 11-16 years- Places of Interest in Chennai. Contact: 24312676
August 21, 2011 Sunday	EXHIBITION: Early Tamil Imprints	Roja Muthiah Research Library, Taramani	Early Tamil Imprints from the Roja Muthiah Research Library collection
August 21, 2011 Sunday	EXHIBITION:Madras– Perspectives An exhibition of photographs	Studio Palazzo anArtGallery, 7,Seethamma Road, Alwarpet.	Photographs of photographs of Paul Cohn and Mohandass. Inauguration at 6 p.m. by Mr.Shankar Rao, Vice Consul, US Consulate General, followed by a dialogue between Paul Cohn & Mohandass.
August 21, 2011 Sunday	EXHIBITION: Paintings and photographs	C.P. Ramaswamy Aiyar Foundation,Eldams Road, Alwarpet	Exhibition of paintings by A. Ananda Kumar and photographs by the late M. K. Rangaswamy Aiyangar ofMadrasand its environment.
August 21, 2011 Sunday	EXHIBITION: Photographs ofChennaiCity	DakshinaChitra (Seminar Hall),East Coast Road.	Photographs by by Abhishek Dadheech.
August 21, 2011 Sunday	EXHIBITION:Madras: My Impressions	At Gallery Sri Parvati,Eldams Road, Alwarpet.	Paintings by Maniam Selven (MaSe). Open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
August 21, 2011 Sunday	TALK: Life of V Krishnaswami Aiyar by Justice Prabha Sridevan	Chamiers,Chamiers Road	At 7 p.m. Chennai Heritage Lecture series.
August 22, 2011 Monday	HERITAGE WALK: Mylapore	Mylapore Area	Starting point Luz church and ends at Kapali temple. Starts at 6.30 a.m. 90 mins. Free. Conducted by K.J. Suriyanarayanan Registration must. Contact phone no. – 98415 97750
August 22, 2011 Monday	EXHIBITION: Coins, paintings, pen-and-ink drawings	PadmaSeshadriBalBhavanSchool, KK Nagar	Inauguration at 2 p.m. Organised by D.H. Rao. Drawings by Manohar Devadoss. Speakers at the inauguration: S. Muthiah, Nalli Kuppuswamy, Mrs Y.G. Parthasarathy.
August 22, 2011 Monday	EXHIBITION: Early Tamil Imprints	Roja Muthiah Research Library, Taramani	Early Tamil Imprints from the Roja Muthiah Research Library collection
August 22, 2011 Monday	EXHIBITION:Madras– Perspectives An exhibition of photographs	Studio Palazzo anArtGallery, 7,Seethamma Road, Alwarpet.	Photographs of photographs of Paul Cohn and Mohandass. Open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Contact: 42030546
August 22, 2011 Monday	EXHIBITION: Paintings and photographs	C.P. Ramaswamy Aiyar Foundation,Eldams Road, Alwarpet	Exhibition of paintings by A. Ananda Kumar and photographs by the late M. K. Rangaswamy Aiyangar ofMadrasand its environment.
August 22, 2011 Monday	EXHIBITION: Photographs ofChennaiCity	DakshinaChitra (Seminar Hall),East Coast Road.	Photographs by by Abhishek Dadheech.
August 22, 2011 Monday	TALK:Madrasthrough the eyes of a photowalker by Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan	Gallery Sri Parvati,Eldams Road, Alwarpet.	At 6.30 p.m.
August 22, 2011 Monday	TALK: Three Women Film Directors ofMadrasby Mohan V Raman	Taj Club House, No. 2,Club House Road	At 7 p.m. Chennai Heritage Lecture series.
August 23, 2011 Tuesday	HERITAGE WALK: Mylapore	Mylapore Area	Starting point Luz church and ends at Kapali temple. Starts at 6.30 a.m. 90 mins. Free. Conducted by K.J. Suriyanarayanan Registration must. Contact phone no. – 98415 97750
August 23, 2011 Tuesday	CONTEST: Heritage of Chennai – Multimedia Presentation Contest forChennaiCityschools	Srinivasa Sastri Hall, Luz, Mylapore	From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Prize distribution at 3 p.m.(approx.). Contact: 98405 44629. More details here.
August 23, 2011 Tuesday	EXHIBITION: Coins, paintings, pen-and-ink drawings	PadmaSeshadriBalBhavanSchool, KK Nagar	Organised by D.H. Rao. Drawings by Manohar Devadoss. Exhibition open from 9.30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
August 23, 2011 Tuesday	EXHIBITION: Early Tamil Imprints	Roja Muthiah Research Library, Taramani	Early Tamil Imprints from the Roja Muthiah Research Library collection
August 23 2011 Tuesday	EXHIBITION:Madras– Perspectives An exhibition of photographs	Studio Palazzo anArtGallery, 7,Seethamma Road, Alwarpet.	Photographs of photographs of Paul Cohn and Mohandass. Open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Contact: 42030546
August 23, 2011 Tuesday	EXHIBITION: Photographs ofChennaiCity	DakshinaChitra (Seminar Hall),East Coast Road.	Photographs by by Abhishek Dadheech.
August 23, 2011 Tuesday	PRESENTATION: Ancient Light:Madrasthrough the eyes of a photowalker’	JaigopalGarodiaSchool, Anna Nagar	At 4 p.m. By Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan, Chennai Photowalks.
August 23, 2011 Tuesday	TALK: ‘Madras: Its past and its present’	StellaMarisCollegefor Women	At 6 p.m. Talk by S. Muthiah. Organised by the Public Relations Society ofIndia, Chennai Chapter.
August 23, 2011 Tuesday	EXHIBITION: Paintings and photographs	C.P. Ramaswamy Aiyar Foundation,Eldams Road, Alwarpet	Exhibition of paintings by A. Ananda Kumar and photographs by the late M. K. Rangaswamy Aiyangar ofMadrasand its environment.
August 23, 2011 Tuesday	TALK: Lesser known temples of Chennai by Chitra Madhavan	Gallery Sri Parvati,Eldams Road, Alwarpet.	At 6.30 p.m.
August 23, 2011 Tuesday	TALK: Horse racing inMadrasby R. Mohan	TheResidencyTowers,Sir Thyagaraya Road, T. Nagar	At 7 p.m. Chennai Heritage Lecture series.
August 23, 2011 Tuesday	TALK: Chennai, crazy Chennai by V. Sriram	Tag Centre,TTK Road, Alwarpet	Organised by Rotary Club ofMadrasSouth. Open only to Rotarians and their guests.
August 24, 2011 Wednesday	HERITAGE WALK: Mylapore	Mylapore Area	Starting point Luz church and ends at Kapali temple. Starts at 6.30 a.m. 90 mins. Free. Conducted by K.J. Suriyanarayanan Registration must. Contact phone no. – 98415 97750
August 24, 2011 Wednesday	EXHIBITION: Coins, paintings, pen-and-ink drawings	PadmaSeshadriBalBhavanSchool, KK Nagar	Organised by D.H. Rao. Drawings by Manohar Devadoss. Exhibition open from 9.30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
August 24, 2011 Wednesday	RELEASE: C. P. R. Environmental Education Centre’s Survey of Air, Water and Noise Levels in Chennai city.	C.P. Ramaswamy Aiyar Foundation,Eldams Road, Teynampet	At 11 a.m. Contact: 24341778
August 24, 2011 Wednesday	EXHIBITION: Early Tamil Imprints	Roja Muthiah Research Library, Taramani	Early Tamil Imprints from the Roja Muthiah Research Library collection
August 24, 2011 Wednesday	EXHIBITION:Madras– Perspectives An exhibition of photographs	Studio Palazzo anArtGallery, 7,Seethamma Road, Alwarpet.	Photographs of photographs of Paul Cohn and Mohandass. Open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Contact: 42030546
August 24, 2011 Wednesday	EXHIBITION: Paintings and photographs	C.P. Ramaswamy Aiyar Foundation,Eldams Road, Alwarpet	Exhibition of paintings by A. Ananda Kumar and photographs by the late M. K. Rangaswamy Aiyangar ofMadrasand its environment.
August 24, 2011 Wednesday	EXHIBITION: Photographs ofChennaiCity	DakshinaChitra (Seminar Hall),East Coast Road.	Photographs by by Abhishek Dadheech.
August 24, 2011 Wednesday	CAMPUS EVENTS: Heritage site visit, Photo Exhibition, Traditional cuisine, Quiz,Oratorical contest for school children	AsanMemorialCollegeof Arts & Science, Pallikaranai	From 9 a.m. onwards. Exhibition open to public. For details of traditional cuisine event contact:Milton– 9884143887, For contests for school children contact : Dr. Raja - 9380077257
August 24, 2011 Wednesday	TOUR: Guided tour of Dakshinachitra	Assemble at the ticket counter in Dakshinachitra	10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Organised by Namma Mylapore. Led by Dr.Chithra Madhavan, historian and archaeologist. For reservations : call 99414 50776 or mail to nathanlatha@yahoo.com
August 24, 2011 Wednesday	TALK: Tamizh Theatre in Madras Talk show by Y. Gee. Mahendra and A.R. Srinivasan.	Savera Hotel,Dr.Radhakrishnan Road	At 7 p.m. Chennai Heritage Lecture series.
August 25, 2011 Thursday	HERITAGE WALK: Mylapore	Mylapore Area	Starting point Luz church and ends at Kapali temple. Starts at 6.30 a.m. 90 mins. Free. Conducted by K.J. Suriyanarayanan Registration must. Contact phone no. – 98415 97750
August 25, 2011 Thursday	EXHIBITION: Early Tamil Imprints	Roja Muthiah Research Library, Taramani	Early Tamil Imprints from the Roja Muthiah Research Library collection
August 25, 2011 Thursday	EXHIBITION:Madras– Perspectives An exhibition of photographs	Studio Palazzo anArtGallery, 7,Seethamma Road, Alwarpet.	Photographs of photographs of Paul Cohn and Mohandass. Open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Contact: 42030546
August 25, 2011 Thursday	EXHIBITION: Paintings and photographs	C.P. Ramaswamy Aiyar Foundation,Eldams Road, Alwarpet	Exhibition of paintings by A. Ananda Kumar and photographs by the late M. K. Rangaswamy Aiyangar ofMadrasand its environment.
August 25, 2011 Thursday	EXHIBITION: Photographs ofChennaiCity	DakshinaChitra (Seminar Hall),East Coast Road.	Photographs by by Abhishek Dadheech.
August 25, 2011 Thursday	BOOK RELEASE: Man of A Thousand Chances, by Tulsi Badrinath	Amethyst,Whites Road, Royapettah	At 7 p.m. Organised by Prakriti Foundation
August 25, 2011 Thursday	PERFORMANCE : Storytelling by the Sea	Nocchikuppam 2nd Street	Storytelling by the Sea / Kadalooram Kathaisolluthal”. Listen to Folk Tales about the Sea (in Tamil). Facilitated by the World Storytelling Institute. From 6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Contact : 98403 94282
August 25, 2011 Thursday	TALK: The MadrasArt Scene. Geeta Doctor in conversation with Vishwanathan (artist) and Ashvin Rajagopalan (AshvinArtGallery)	The Park Sheraton,TTK Road	At 7 p.m. Chennai Heritage Lecture series.
August 26, 2011 Friday	HERITAGE WALK: Mylapore	Mylapore Area	Starting point Luz church and ends at Kapali temple. Starts at 6.30 a.m. 90 mins. Free. Conducted by K.J. Suriyanarayanan Registration must. Contact phone no. – 98415 97750
August 26, 2011 Friday	EXHIBITION: Early Tamil Imprints	Roja Muthiah Research Library, Taramani	Early Tamil Imprints from the Roja Muthiah Research Library collection
August 26, 2011 Friday	EXHIBITION:Madras– Perspectives An exhibition of photographs	Studio Palazzo anArtGallery, 7,Seethamma Road, Alwarpet.	Photographs of photographs of Paul Cohn and Mohandass. Open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Contact: 42030546
August 26, 2011 Friday	EXHIBITION: Paintings and photographs	C.P. Ramaswamy Aiyar Foundation,Eldams Road, Alwarpet	Exhibition of paintings by A. Ananda Kumar and photographs by the late M. K. Rangaswamy Aiyangar ofMadrasand its environment.
August 26, 2011 Friday	EXHIBITION: Photographs ofChennaiCity	DakshinaChitra (Seminar Hall),East Coast Road.	Photographs by by Abhishek Dadheech.
August 26, 2011 Friday	TALK: Old Bridges of Chennai (Chennaien Pazamaiana Palangal)	Kadamba GalleriaNo. 4 Antony Street Royapettah	At 6 p.m. By ‘Vanolli Anna’ N.C.Gnanaprakasam. Contact: Ram. Ph. 28112555
August 26, 2011 Friday	TALK: The English Theatre inMadrasby P.C. Ramakrishna	TheMadrasGymkhana Club, TheIsland, Anna Salai	At 7 p.m. Chennai Heritage Lecture series.
August 26, 2011 Friday	PERFORMANCE: Bharathanatyam- ‘OhMarinaOhMarina’	Kadamba GalleriaNo. 4 Antony Street Royapettah	At 7.30 p.m. By students of guru Mutharasi Ravi of KalaiKoil. Contact Ram. Ph. 28112555
August 27, 2011 Saturday	HERITAGE WALK : The Magnates ofMount Road	Mount Road	Starts at 6.30 a.m. By van and foot. Conducted by Sriram V. Fee : Rs. 450 per head. Bookings: phone 28411495, email: editor@madrasmusings.com
August 27, 2011 Saturday	NATURE WALK : IITMadras	IIT Madras campus	From 6.30 a.m. to 7.30 a.m. Guided by Dr. Susy Varughese. Conducted by Prakriti Nature Club. Register with prakriti@iitm.ac.in
August 27, 2011 Saturday	GUIDED VISIT: IITMadrasHeritage Centre	IITMadrasCampus	From 7.30 a.m. to 8.30 a.m. Register with Prof Ajit Kolar at 944400 8700.
August 27, 2011 Saturday	PHOTOWALK:	Pachyappa’s College toTaylor’s Road	Starts at 7 a.m. Conducted by Chennai Photowalk. Contact Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan on phone: 98844-67463. Email: chandrachoodan@gmail.com
August 27, 2011 Saturday	EXHIBITION:Madras– Perspectives An exhibition of photographs	Studio Palazzo anArtGallery, 7,Seethamma Road, Alwarpet.	Photographs of photographs of Paul Cohn and Mohandass. Open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Contact: 42030546
August 27, 2011 Saturday	EXHIBITION: Photographs ofChennaiCity	DakshinaChitra (Seminar Hall),East Coast Road.	Photographs by by Abhishek Dadheech.
August 27, 2011 Saturday	QUIZ: TheMadrasQuiz in Tamil	P.S.Hr. Sec.School, Mylapore	For students studying class 7 and above in Tamil medium schools in Chennai. At 2 p.m.Contact 98405 44629 for registration.
August 27, 2011 Saturday	EVENT:Madras– experience your cultural heritage	HotelGreenPark, Vadapalani	At 3.30 p.m. Organised by Spring and Zoom, KK Nagar, an activity centre for children. Children will experiment and create exquisite products using the potter’s wheel and palm leaves. Supported by resource persons from Dakshina Chitra; open to children 5 years and above; contact 9940450495, 9940286740.
August 27, 2011 Saturday	TALK: Lesser known temples of Chennai – some more by Chithra Madhavan	HotelGreenPark, Vadapalani	At 6 p.m. Organised byNamma Arcot Road.
August 27, 2011 Saturday	TALK: Kodambakkam is the centre ofMadrasby Pradeep Chakravarthy	HotelGreenPark, Vadapalani.	At 7 p.m. Organised byNamma Arcot Road.
August 27, 2011 Saturday	TOUR: Bronze Gallery,Govt.Museum, Egmore	Govt.Museum	3 to 3.45 p.m. Led by Pradeep Chakravarthy. Anyone who is older than 35 will have register with a younger person. Register before Aug. 1, 2011. Mail to: pradeepandanusha@gmail.com
August 27, 2011 Saturday	EXHIBITION: Early Tamil Imprints	Roja Muthiah Research Library, Taramani	Early Tamil Imprints from the Roja Muthiah Research Library collection
August 27, 2011 Saturday	EXHIBITION: Paintings and photographs	C.P. Ramaswamy Aiyar Foundation,Eldams Road, Alwarpet	Exhibition of paintings by A. Ananda Kumar and photographs by the late M. K. Rangaswamy Aiyangar ofMadrasand its environment.
August 27, 2011 Saturday	TALK: Anglo Indians ofMadrasby Harry Mclure & Richard O Connor	GRT Grand, 120,Sir Thyagaraya Road, T. Nagar, Chennai – 17	At 7.30 p.m. Chennai Heritage Lecture series.
August 28, 2011 Sunday	HERITAGE WALK : Meandering downMint Street	Mint Street	Starts at 6.30 a.m. By foot. Two hours. Conducted by Sriram V, Fee : Rs. 300 per head. Bookings: phone 28411495, email: editor@madrasmusings.com
August 28, 2011 Sunday	NATURE WALK : IITMadras	IIT Madras campus	From 6.30 a.m. to 7.30 a.m. Guided by Dr. Susy Varughese. Conducted by Prakriti Nature Club. Register with prakriti@iitm.ac.in
August 28, 2011 Sunday	GUIDED VISIT: IITMadrasHeritage Centre	IITMadrasCampus	From 7.30 a.m. to 8.30 a.m. Register with Prof Ajit Kolar at 944400 8700.
August 28, 2011 Sunday	PHOTOWALK:	Thousand Lights toTaraporeTowers/Dams Road	Starts at 7 a.m. Conducted by Chennai Photowalk. Contact Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan on phone: 98844-67463. Email: chandrachoodan@gmail.com
August 28, 2011 Sunday	WALK: Living Statues of Marina Beach Walking Tour	Meet at Kannagi Statue.	Brief Dramatic Enactments of each Statue (in English and Tamil). Organised by World Storytelling Institute. Contact: 98403 94282.
August 28, 2011 Sunday	HERITAGE WALK :Mount Road– City’s Showpiece	Starts at The Hindu’s gate. Ends at Murray & Co.	Starts at 8 a.m. By foot.Led by Vincent D’ Souza, Journalist. Free. No regn. required. Join at the start point.
August 28, 2011 Sunday	TOUR: At Bronze Gallery,MadrasMuseum	Assemble at the ticket counter	10 a.m. to 12 noon. Organised by Namma Mylapore. Led by Dr.Chithra Madhavan, historian and archaeologist. For reservations : call 99414 50776 or mail to nathanlatha@yahoo.com
August 28, 2011 Sunday	TREE WALK	IndependenceDayPark, near Valluvar Kottam	Conducted by Nizhal. From 4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. Register at nizhal.shade@gmail.com
August 28, 2011 Sunday	EXHIBITION:Madras– Perspectives An exhibition of photographs	Studio Palazzo anArtGallery, 7,Seethamma Road, Alwarpet.	Photographs of photographs of Paul Cohn and Mohandass. Open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Contact: 42030546
August 28, 2011 Sunday	EXHIBITION: Paintings and photographs	C.P. Ramaswamy Aiyar Foundation,Eldams Road, Alwarpet	Exhibition of paintings by A. Ananda Kumar and photographs by the late M. K. Rangaswamy Aiyangar ofMadrasand its environment.
August 28, 2011 Sunday	EXHIBITION: Photographs ofChennaiCity	DakshinaChitra (Seminar Hall),East Coast Road.	Photographs by by Abhishek Dadheech.
August 28, 2011 Sunday	QUIZ: TheMadrasOpen Quiz (English)	Dakshinamurthy Hall,P.S.School, Mylapore.	Pre-lims at 2 pm. Open to teams of two. Regn. not required.
August 28, 2011 Sunday	QUIZ:Madras372 – Quiz for school students	LadyAndalSchoolAuditorium, Chetpet	From 2 p.m to 6 p.m. Organised by the Murugappa Group. Register before Aug. 26, 2011. More details at http://murugappa.com/MMQ.htm . Phone: 96000 05932
August 28, 2011 Sunday	TALK: A Boxwallahs Madras. KRN Menon and P Unnikrishnan in conversation with Sushila Ravindranath	At Amethyst, EntranceWhites Road, Royapettah, Chennai-600 014 (Entrance Next to Corporation Bank)	At 7 p.m. Chennai Heritage Lecture series.
August 30, 2011 Tuesday	TALK: An Indian-American’s impressions of Chennai by Anand Krishna	Hotel Savera, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai	Organised by Rotary Club ofMadrasSouth. Open only to Rotarians and their guests.

25 Comments to “Events Calendar”

Revathy K.RJuly 16, 2010 at 9:42 pm

This calendar is a great tool to plan our days right from now. Kudos to the teams who organise events as well as update the calendar. சென்னையைக் கொண்டாடுவோம்!

RamananJuly 22, 2010 at 8:05 am

Hi
When is the Madras Quiz in English scheduled for?
Thanks
Ramanan

peeveeJuly 27, 2010 at 8:11 am

Amazing work guys. will plan to meet u all soon.

Vincent D SouzaJuly 29, 2010 at 9:05 pm

Madras Open Quiz – Sunday, Aug 22, 2 p.m. onwards, Lady Sivaswamy Ayar Girls School, Mylapore ( opp Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.) Written prelims and Finals.
Theres are a Family Quiz planned for Aug 21 evening!
Info soon!

Revathi RJuly 29, 2010 at 9:15 pm

The Family Quiz info is here – http://themadrasday.in/2010/07/the-madras-day-family-quiz/

RajanAugust 3, 2010 at 11:42 am

Hi,

Dont we have the heritage walk in fort this year ?

- Revathi RAugust 7, 2010 at 10:24 pm
  
  There is a walk inside the Fort St. George on Aug. 21. Saturday. Calendar is updated daily. Please check for new events as and when they are frozen.
  
VasanthaAugust 5, 2010 at 11:14 pm

When are you screening the docu-films and where?

lakshmiAugust 11, 2010 at 3:41 pm

awesome calendar of events..i may not be able to attend any this year, but will share the same

Moses justinAugust 14, 2010 at 1:32 pm

wow !! super …. thanks for awesome calendar of events ……

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BalaAugust 17, 2010 at 12:39 am

I dont have a word to express such a great event for our city, I truly missing Chennai and this brilliant event. I appreciate the organisers, volunteers and all Chennaites for this successful event. It will be a stepping stone for passing our city values to future generation. Iam sharing all these information with my English friends here who are quite impressed with the rich heritage and culture of our city.

n.dorai bhaskaranJuly 11, 2011 at 5:25 pm

EAGERLY WAITING FOR AUG 21…

Sudha RajaJuly 12, 2011 at 8:35 pm

Can i get updates in my mail ID, as we can plan to attend the events better? Thanks

balajiJuly 16, 2011 at 8:05 am

When is the events calender for 2011 is being released

ShaamJuly 21, 2011 at 10:01 pm

Extremely nice! Love the concept and the fact that someone is taking care to update events regularly. Pleae keep up the good work.

I also agree with Sudha; it would be great if we can get updates to our email as and when the events are updated.

Thanks,
Shaam

Ram NAugust 5, 2011 at 4:15 pm

Hi .. i recall there were a few TREE WALKS planned along … any info on them?

- adminAugust 14, 2011 at 7:43 pm
  
  Aug. 21 and 28th. At Semmozhi Poonga and Independence day Park. Details just updated.
  
SundarAugust 9, 2011 at 7:11 pm

Amazing events lined up! Congrats team.

AartiAugust 17, 2011 at 4:07 pm

Wow, quite a list of events… Looking fwd to them!

Major V V NarayananAugust 17, 2011 at 4:23 pm

As always, an impressive and hard-to-resist line up of events. I always look forward to the talks which transport us back to the good old days,leaving us-as it were,in a trance. The Madras Day Team deserves all kudos for their painstaking service in bringing out the glory of Madras to the folks of the present day. May their tribe increase and flourish !

karthik narayanAugust 19, 2011 at 4:18 pm

Hi

This is a brilliant lineup! Great efforts by everyone to make namma Madras Day – the best day (or actually should I say – the Month) of the year!!

I hope you will organize a family Madras Quiz like last year. It was really nice and it should be a part of this line-up this year also!

Thanks,

KN

Dr. Shan EugneeAugust 21, 2011 at 10:17 am

A wonderful tribute to Madras !its should in future be continued. All the best to the The Madras Day Team, three cheers to them. I had a chance to participate in one of the event.. and its was really useful to me, and my students…looking forward to participate in the future….
A great job..

AshwinAugust 23, 2011 at 7:06 pm

The Chennai Heritage Lecture Series looks brilliant. Are they open to all to attend? Thanks..

AartiAugust 24, 2011 at 8:54 am

The PC Ramakrishnan talk is in Gymkhana club, open to non members of the club too?