May 26, 2020
This lockdown, to connect with its audiences digitally, InKo Centre in R.A.Puram has launched a virtual connect program. Under this program, people will be able to take Korean language classes and workshops online. Soon, the centre also plans to hold […]
May 26, 2020
The Indian Classical Gems (ICG) ICG brings to you KalaKriya – an online Indian classical music platform to showcase the best young talents, irrespective of their location. And this online series is being curated by Mylapore-based Shantala Subramanyam, a well-known flutist. […]
May 14, 2020
With the college closed and examinations postponed, 20 year old T. K. Achudhan, a second year B.Com student of Vivekananda College has been pursuing his interest in drawing during the period of the lockdown. He has just finished sketching his […]
May 10, 2020
Renowned theatre personality Kathadi Ramamurthy is 82 years old but is bubbling with the enthusiasm even in lockdown times. March and April were to be busy months for his Stage Creations’ troupe. It was slated to present a drama in […]
May 5, 2020
Darshana Bajaj, an artist based in Abiramapuram has worked on a series of unique paintings to keep people positive during this lockdown period. The paintings feature people with masks surrounded by pink bubbles. Darshana posts these paintings regularly on her […]
May 5, 2020
Komal Savla, a artist who manages her art studio in Alwarpet and has been training people for some 15 years, came up with online art contests this season. Says Komal, “During this lockdown I initially came up with an online art […]
May 4, 2020
T. V. S. Mani, one of most well-known designers for classical dancers’ needs and a Mylaporean passed away on Sunday morning, May 3. He was the man behind Shanti Tailors / Dance Needs which is based in Sannidhi Street, near […]
May 2, 2020
There will be a live streaming of ghatam artiste Suresh Vaidyanathan’s performance on facebook today evening. He says, “I will sing, play Saint Thyagaraja’s songs and Thiruppugazh on the ghatam in addition to playing other solo numbers on the konnakol […]
April 22, 2020
Suresh Vaidyanathan, a well known ghatam artist and a resident of Marwadi Thottam, Mylapore, says this lockdown is a good opportunity to bring out the best in musicians. He says, “For a musician to grow, he has to see internally. […]
April 9, 2020
Guru Jigyasa Giri has been teaching kathak for more than 15 years now. Her dance school, Devaniya Dance School, which was started ten years ago, operates out of two locations, at Ambujammal Street and Venus Colony at Alwarpet. She says, […]
April 5, 2020
It is just past 7 a.m. on a Sunday, the morning of the first Sunday of the month when the Chess Square at the Nageswara Rao Park in Luz has for the last 13 years been bustling with musical activity. Sipping […]
