Events this week – movie screenings
Movie and a meet – Cinema Rendezvous is screening the movie ‘All that Jazz’. The screening with be followed by a face-to-face with cine dance master Kala. On May 14, 9 …
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Events this week – book reading; sports tournaments
Art, Music and words Apparao Galleries and Leela Palace have organised the reading of the book ‘Songs of the Mist’ by author Shashi to the accompaniment of vocal music by …
Read MoreToday: Awards for Umayalpuram Sivaraman, Dr R S Jayalakshmi, Padma Narayanaswami and Vaikom Gopalakrishnan
To commemorate saint-music composer Thyagaraja’s jayanthi, Sri Thiagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Samajam, Mylapore organized a homam this morning at its campus and later this evening, will decorate veteran atistes Umayalpuram Sivaraman, Dr …
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Cartoonist Rahnu honoured
At a function organised by cartoonist Ramki and his team, to celebrate World Cartoonists Day on May 5, senior cartoonist Rahnu (S. K. Ramanujam) was honoured. The function was held …
Read MoreStand up comedy show and food photography – events this week
STAND UP COMEDY – Time for a few laughs. Stand up comedy night at Bay 146 May 8 at 8 p.m. The show will feature Vikram Poddar, Sudarsan Ramamurthy aka Soda, …
Read MoreRecognition for Pradeep Chakravarthy
Cultural and religion historian Pradeep Chakravarthy is to be honored with an award by Saravathi Cultural Trust this evening at Sri Kapali Temple, Mylapore. The event takes place between a …
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Dance festival on at Sri Kapali Temple till May 12
Vasant Utsav, the annual dance festival organised by Saraswati Educational Cultural and Charitable Trust is on at Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple, Mylapore till May 12. Rasikas have been enjoying classical dance performances …
Read MoreKodai Nataka Vizha; final play this evening
And here comes the final play at the Kodai Nataka Vizha. The curtains go up on the final play in Thamizh, ‘Oru Kodi Kanavugal’ which will be staged at 7 …
Read MoreSummer camp; yoga, jewellery design, dance, theatre
Tvarita is an initiative by two young creative minds of this neighbourhood – Sridevi Murali and Deepthi Ravichandran, both classical dancers who also pursue other cultural passions. The duo say …
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‘Kathadi’ Ramamurthy and troupe get a full house at drama fest
Narada Gana Sabha in Alwarpet continues to be packed – even on a weekday like this Monday evening – as rasikas filed in to catch the plays of the Kodai …
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Grand premiere of Guru Revathi Ramachandran’s dance production on May 7
Kala Sadhanalaya, a dance institution founded by guru Revathi Ramachandran in 1987 recently announced the grand premiere of a unique dance-music-theatre production titled ‘Jagat Pāvanī Gangā’ to be held on Saturday, …
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Akademi award for Carnatic music guru Suguna Varadachari
Senior Carnatic music guru and vocalist Suguna Varadachari of Mylapore is among the artistes who have been chosen to be decorated with the annual Sangeet Natak Akademi awards, the most …
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