Date:22/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/22/stories/2008082258230200.htm

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

‘Madras Week’ events today

Staff Reporter

CHENNAI: The following programmes will be organised on Friday as part of ‘Madras Week’ celebrations.

Release of special postal cover on Madras, Rajaji Hall, Anna Salai, 3 p.m.

Cuisines of the Madras Presidency – A Journey into the Past, Hotel Green Park, Vadapalani, from 10 a.m.

Stories on Madras for children aged between 6 and 12, Vanilla Children Place, 8/57, 1st Street, Luz Avenue, Mylapore, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Photowalk, Anna Nagar Tower Park, 5.30 p.m.

Spoken word - poetry reading sessions, Vanilla Children Place, 8/57, 1st Street, Luz Avenue, Mylapore, 8 p.m.

Lecture

The Parsis of Madras – power point presentation and talk by Zarin Mistry, Chamiers (Anokhee), Chamiers Road, 6.30 p.m.

Exhibitions

Exhibition of photos, books, paper clippings, coins, postal covers and stamps on Madras/Chennai and The Buckingham Canal, Yesterday and Today, Rajaji Hall, Anna Salai, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

A Peep into Chennai that was Madras, Asan Memorial School, Anderson Road, from 10.30 a.m.

Madras and the Independence Movement, Roja Muthiah Research Library, Taramani, from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.

Madras: Impressions from 18th to 20th Century, art director P. Krishnamoorthy, Gallery Sri Parvati, Eldams Road, from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.

Early Portraits of Madras – Etchings, Engravings and Aquatints from the private collection of V. Narayan Swami, The Art Gallery, C.P. Art Centre, Eldams Road, Alwarpet, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Photo exhibition by the Chennai Photowalkers, Vanilla Children Place, 8/57, 1st Street, Luz Avenue, Mylapore, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.