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Friday 14 November, 2008 Quote of the day Quality begins inside and then works its way out. –Bob Moawad
Through Chennai This Weekend, compiled every Friday, we provide information about what is happening in Chennai during the weekend. It has information about all the leading Events, Music, Dance, Exhibitions, Seminars and Discount Sales etc… This bulletin is circulated among our approximately 50000 customers working in HCL Technologies, Polaris, Wipro, Xansa, e-Serve, Hyundai, Dun & Bradstreet, RR Donnelley, I Soft, BirlaSoft, Cognizant, Mind Tree, C-Dot Alcatel, Extreme Network, Merrill Lynch, PayPal & EBay etc.
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2433 3880 / 2433 3881. ENGLISH PLAY - LANKESHWARA RAAVANA Chettinad Players present ‘Lankeshwara Raavana’ (An epic on stage) on November 19, 6 p.m., at Kumara Rajah Muthiah Hall (Chettinad Vidyashram school auditorium), R.A. Puram. The English play is the fourth production of Chettinad Players. The sets for ‘Raavana’ have been designed by Thotta Tharani. DANCE THEATRE PRODUCTION – OUTCASTE ETERNAL The Madras Players in association with Vasanthi Sankaranarayanan and Nirmala Seshadri present ‘Outcaste Eternal’, a dance theatre production, on November 19, 20 and 21, 7.15 p.m., at the Museum Theatre, Egmore. ‘Outcaste Eternal’ is based on the Malayalam novel ‘Brushtu’ by Matampu Kunhukuttan, translated into English by Vasanthi Sankaranarayanan. It depicts the true-life story of the sexual revenge a lone woman, Paptikutty, wreaks on a whole community (early 1900s), which is rigid, oppressive and anti-woman. Her action resulted in many social reforms in Kerala. Comprising a cast of 16 actors and dancers, the predominant style of dance is Bharatanatyam. Kerala folk dance forms are also used. Donor passes (Rs.250 & Rs.150) are available at Shilpi (Alwarpet), Landmark (Nungambakkam), Chamiers, and Amethyst. Limited student passes priced Rs 100 are also available. For reservations, call 93819 11977/ 98400 80783; STORY TELLING AT ALLIANCE FRANCAISE AUDITORIUM An evening of storytelling at the Alliance Francaise Auditorium on Children’s Day. The Alliance Francaise of Madras organises an evening of storytelling on Children’s Day (November 14, 6.30 p.m.) at the Alliance Francaise Auditorium. It is hosted by Jeeva Raghunath and Eric Miller. For details, contact the AFM at 28279803 or 28271477. MUSIC - WESTERN POCKETFUL OF MEMORIES – 2, FROM LIVE MARTINI BAND This city band will perform Retro Western Music on November 15. This is presented by The Happy Cat Sessions, which aim at promoting western music. Titled, “Pocketful of Memories — 2”, this retro western music concert will be performed on November 15, 7 p.m. at The Museum Theatre. The Live Martini, a popular western music band in the city, will cover live artists/bands of style and substance from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The band, along with guest artists, will perform numbers by artists/bands such as Abba, Queen, Steely Dan, the Steve Miller Band, CCR, Little Richard, Toto and The Doors.Tickets priced at Rs. 350 (limited) and Rs. 200 are available at all Landmark outlets. For details contact 98844 25405 or 98847 10580. CELEBRATING CHILDREN WITH "ART, ARATTAI, AARPATTAM" NalandaWay Foundation, a creative media NGO that works with nearly 4,000 marginalised children in seven States,organises a children’s festival, “Art, arattai, aarpattam”. The event is being held in partnership with UNICEF between November 14 and December 7. Some highlights of the festival are a concert by the NalandaWay Children’s Music Band, featuring ace drummer Sivamani on November 15, 7 p.m., at Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Concert Hall, Lady Andal School premises. The children performing in the concert have been rescued from bonded labour, slavery and trafficking. NalandaWay children’s group will also perform street plays in various parks across the city. These performances are open to all and will be on issues concerning children. The works of rescued children, who have been trained in painting, photography, sculpture making, installations, rustic art, posters, will be displayed at The Madras Terrance House. This venue will also see seminars conducted on issues faced by children. NalandaWay Children’s Street Theatre Group will perform on November 29 at the Russian Cultural Centre. Children’s films will be screened on nine days, including short films made by NalandaWay children. For details, call 98844-99196 or 99625-25286. FRIDAY REVIEW - NOVEMBER FEST November Fest is organized by The Friday Review of The Hindu. The programmes naturally speak of class and quality with performances by the best names in Indian and world music . We give below the details to enable you to plan your outing for these programmes. Nov 14, 2008 Prayerful Passion Girija Devi Hindustani Vocal Nov 15, 2008 Soul Strings Ustad Shujaat Hussain Khan Hindustani Instrumental Nov 16, 2008 Nostalgic Trip Shrinivas,Anuradha Sriram,Chinmayi, NareshIyer (old Hindi Melodies) Nov 20, 2008 Dialogue Duet T. M. Krishna , Bombay Jayshree Carnatic Classical
Nov 21, 2008 German Flavour , Thomas Siffling Trio Acoustic Jazz and
Electronic Groove Music Nov 23, 2008 Desi Beats, Shubha Mudgal Fusion-Pop The following programmes are free, at the Music Academy Nov 18, 2008 The Inner Voice, Antardhwani, a film on santoor maestro Shivkumar Sharma by Jabbar Patel Nov 19, 2008 And The Raga Flows On High Tide Vocalists: K.Gayatri & Ranjani Hebbar Veena Artiste: T. Bhavani Prasad :: 5 - 6 pm Deep Sea Vocalists: V. Sumithra and Nanditha Ravi :: 6.15 - 7.15 pm Cascade Vocalist: Sandeep Narayan, Flautist: Vijayagopal :: 7.30 - 8.30 pm All ticketed concerts begin at 7.15 p.m. at the Music Academy. PRICING: Tickets are priced at Rs. 500, Rs. 300 and Rs.150. Season passes, are available for Rs.2,500 and Rs.1,500 COUNTERS: Tickets for all the shows will be available from November 5 at, The Music Academy (between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.), Landmark (Nungambakkam, Spencer Plaza and Chennai Citi Centre) & The Hindu Office, 859-860 Anna, Salai (between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.) A MUSICAL EXTRAVAGENZA WITH SPB AND CHITRA METTUPODU a musical evening by SPB, Chithra and others at Kamarajar Arangam on Nov 16, Sunday at 6.05 pm. Tickets are available at Landmark and Kamarajar Arangam. MUSIC - CARNATIC Nadopasana, Sri Dakshinamurthy Auditorium, P.S.H.S. School, R.K. Mutt Road, Mylapore November 17, 6.15 p.m. O.S. Thyagarajan; Vittal Ramamurthy; J. Vaidhyanathan; Papanasam Sethuraman Sri Thyagaraja Seva Samithi Obul Reddy Hall, Vani Mahal, T. Nagar November 17, 6.30 p.m., Sikkil Gurucharan and party Bharat Kalachar, Sri Krishna Gana Sabha Sabha premises, T. Nagar November 15, 4.15 p.m. ‘Valli Thirumanam’ by Suchithra; Villivakkam Raghuraman; Thillaisthanam Suryanarayanan. 6.30 p.m.: Sangeetha Sivakumar; Charumathy Raghuraman; B. Ganapathiraman; Guruprasad November 16, 4.15 p.m : K. Hariprasad; M.A.Sundareswaran; Trichur Narendran; S. Venkataramanan. 6.30 p.m.: Balasai Allam Durgaprasad; R. Ramesh; T.V.Vasan Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, TTK Road, Alwarpet November 19, 6.45 p.m. Gayatri Venkataraghavan and party November 20, 5.30 p.m. Lecture - demonstration on Shivakumari compositions by M.A. Bhagirathi and party; 6.30 p.m.: Carnatica Brothers and party. DANCE Narada Gana Sabha Sathguru Gnanananda Hall, TTK Road. November 15, 6.30 p.m. Priya Murale, Gayathri Balagurunathan and Ranjith Babu. November 16, 6.45 p.m. Kalanilayam’s ‘Marupakkam’ Bharat Kalachar Sri YGP Auditorium, Mylapore November 15, 7 p.m., Gopu Kiran COMING SOON….. KALA SAMARPAN - FOR ALMA MATER Six accomplished women artists, all Sacred Heart alumni, will come together for ‘Kala Samarpan’ on November 22 Actor Vyjayanthimala Bali, violinist Viji Krishnan, and classical dancers Anita Ratnam, Meenakshi Chitharanjan, Urmila Satyanarayanan and Sreelatha Vinod are all alumni of the Sacred Heart Higher Secondary School-Church Park convent. And on November 22, these six accomplished women will come together for ‘Kala Samarpan’, a one-of-a-kind evening of music and dance, as part of the school’s ongoing centenary celebrations. The show will see each artist giving a brief individual performance, but there are also some surprises in store, such as the joint performance being planned by the four dancers, especially for this occasion. ‘Kala Samarpan’ will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Church Park auditorium on Nov 22. Passes priced at Rs. 500, Rs. 300 and Rs. 150 are available at the school and also at the venue on the day of the show. For details call 28352118. DANCES OF INDIA Day 1, Nov 24th Monday, 6.30 pm, at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan – Performance by Ranan production from Kolkata, SHUNYA SE by Vikram Iyengar and Debashree Bhattacharya choreographed in Kathak Day 2, Tuesday, November,25th, at 5:30 pm, at Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan Padmashri Darshana Jhaveri - Manipuri Style At 7.30 pm, at Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, "Kaavyam" Nandhini Ashok Bharatnatyam style dance Donor passes is priced at Rs 500/-, 300/-, 150/-(Balcony)
GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL Film Chamber Theatre Anna Salai 16 hour narrative BERLIN ALEANDERPLATS ON Nov 14 , 6.30 pm, Nov 15-16, 1.00 pm – 7.15 pm. MALAYSIAN FILM FESTIVAL Nov 17 to 20 –South Indian Film Chambers, 606, Anna Salai Nov 17, Monday Duyung 6.30 pm Nov 18, Tuesday Pencil 6.30 pm Nov 19, Wednesday Congkak, 6.30 pm Nov 20, Thursday Waris 6.30 pm, Evolusi, 8.00 pm FESTIVAL OF ANIMATION FILMS at Alliance Francaise Auditorium, College Road, Nov 17 to 21 Nov 17, Monday, THE SHORT AND LONG OF IT, 6.30 PM Nov 18, Tuesday, KID SHIFF, 6.30 PM Nov 19, Wednesday, AH ! LOVE, 6.30 PM Nov 20, Thursday, SOCIAL SHORT, 6.30 PM THE MADRAS TERRANCE HOUSE – EXHIBITION SPACE This is Chennai's newest exhibition space, housed in a heritage home. And, you are likely to hear a lot about this place in the times to come. The Madras Terrance House is a space for artistic expression & performance, a meeting ground for NGO's, a cafe, a store with customised clothing, Blaft Publications stuff and other interesting things. There are three hall spaces, the largest hall has high Mangalore-tiled ceilings, another with red Athungudi Chettinad tiled floors, aqua giltedged doors and with a brick-lined outdoor courtyard with a guava and lime tree. The Madras Terrance House is the perfect venue to showcase products. It is air-conditioned, with spot lighting, and has725 sq ft indoor space and 300 sq ft outdoor space. November is Children’s Month at TMTH. The Madras Terrance House is located at We are located at 15, Sripuram,11nd Street, Royapettah, Chennai-14. For more details contact Devishri on 9941921251. JUGALBANDI OF TRADITIONAL NORTH INDIAN AND SOUTH INDIAN JEWELLERY ‘Jadau’ and ‘Yetti Sedikarai Valai’ represent a jugalbandi of North Indian and South Indian jewellery traditions going back at least 2000 years to the Ajanta frescoes and perhaps even beyond. Done on 22 carat base which is later filled with lac on which precious stones are fixed with the aid of paper-thin pieces of 24 carat gold, the process forms the basis of both South and North India’s fabled ‘jadau’ jewellery. With its dazzling repertoire of ‘addigais’ ‘maanga malais,’ ‘jadai samaan,’ ‘haaram,’ ‘timakha,’ sarpeches, bangles and mukuts, ‘jadau’ has been celebrated through time in poetry literature, painting, music and dance. The kundan and enamel work is a distinctive feature of the North Indian jadau style done on the reverse side of each piece, it involves cutwork or ‘jaali’ work of the gold base or patra on the back of the piece. An exhibition of Jadau Jewellery opens on Nov 14 at Jugal Kishore Jewellers, 44/73, C.P. Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet, and at Alsa Mall, Montieth Road, Egmore. INDIKA CREATIONS’ EXHIBITION OF ANTIQUE FURNITURE - THE DOOR Shanta and Suresh Narayan of Indika Creations have a collection of antique wood furniture, doors and collectibles from all over the country. They have converted their passion into a labour of love by ‘restoring, modifying, mixing and matching’ old wooden pieces to suit today’s lifestyle without destroying their essential character. So the rosewood door from Kerala with its dramatic knob becomes a dining table or a superbly carved Andhra door depicting birdlife, Krishna, Kamadhenu, and so on becomes the main door of a house or a decorative piece. Both Shanta and Suresh are involved in the process of ‘converting’ and restoring the old pieces, adding value to them with a touch of carving or a specially made tile. The duo team tries to preserve the past by giving every restored piece at least 100 more years of life.” The Indika Creations’ Antique Wood Exhibition also features joolas, rosewood cupboards from Goa, Indo-Portuguese pieces, magnificent, restored beds, planters’ chairs, French kompasses, a huge variety of chests and much more. The exhibition, which opens on November 8 at Indika Creations, 12 A, (29), 4th Main Road, Gandhi Nagar, Adyar, will be on till November 20. HOME DECOR AT MEGANA CREATIONS Decorate your homes with a range of products from Megana Creations. You could also get customised gift items.For details call 93823 05994. GLOBUS WINTER WEAR Globus has unveiled its fashionable autumn-winter collection with an array of styles, cuts and prints. In vogue will be fabrics of the season – knits and wovens, which form an essential part of the line. Dresses with big belts at the waist are the rage this season. Cropped jackets, fur and velvet make the winter all the more trendy. The ethnic wear section too has loads to offer for those looking for Indian wear. The Indian collection includes the festive fusion wear with bright silky tones of red, fuschia, violets, pinks and peacock colours. FABINDIA Fabindia Overseas Private Limited, the private retail platform for products that are crafted using traditional skills and techniques, has opened its 6th store in the city on R.K. Salai opposite Citi-Center, ph:43238130. For customers who seek ethnic weaves in contemporary styles, this store, known for its furnishings and home wares is a byword in this retail segment. A heritage home houses this international brand located at No. 8, Buva House, Kadar Nawaz Khan Road, Nungambakam, in 6,000+ sq. ft. of space. Billed as the flagship Esprit Heritage Store, the brand's latest Autumn/Holiday 2008/2009 collection for men, women and children is on display. The brand offers choice with The Casual World - for daily wear, The Collection World - formal/official and evening wear, The EDC world - for the youth, The Kids World for 2-11 years and The Accessory World - bags, belts, socks, scarves, ties, etc.
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