Till November 30: Visages de la France by Akram Aslam and NC Srivatsa, a photography exhibition.

Their visit to a school of photography in Paris changed them. The exposure offered them so much in different fields of photography, from portraits to products, arts, architecture and landscapes (at Alliance Francaise).

Till November 30: Puppets Kolu, an unique exhibition of handcrafted puppets made from papier-machie, cloth, fur, paper, flannel, jute, wood, rubber, felt and pith. Traditional and contemporary puppet characters like Dasavathavaram, Rama Lakshmana, Seetha, Hanuman, Vinayaga, Lakshmi, and Saraswathi, besides an array of animal and human characters and finger, glove and mouth-opening puppets will be on display (at DakshinaChitra).

November 18: Concert by Trio Image – Gergana Gergova: Violin; Thomas Kaufmann: Cello; and Pavlin Nechev: Piano – a member of the European Chamber Music Academy (at Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Hall, 7.00 p.m.).

November 27: Tappattam and Kolattam by Kalanjiyam Trust Heritage Club. The Kalanjiyam Trust has formed Heritage Clubs in two rural shcools, Periya Vellikkadu Middle School and Zameen Endathur High School, Madhuranthakam Taluk. The students from both schools will present their experiences in being part of Heritage Clubs, and will demonstrate how this exposure has contributed to their education and preserving their culture. They will also perform the traditional folk dance forms (at Alliance Francaise, 4 p.m.).

November 19-25: Heritage Week, featuring an exhibition of scale models of heritage buildings by Abhimanna Rajan (at DakshinaChitra).

November 20 and 21: ‘Photography for Amateurs’, a workshop (at DakshinaChitra).

December 2-10: Stories of Bonded Labour, a photography exhibition. The exhibition will be inaugurated on the evening of December 2nd, which is the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, by International Justice Mission’s National Director, Saju Mathew. Recently rescued victims of bonded labour will share their personal stories with the audience. The exhibition will come to a close on December 10th with a documentary screening at 6.00 p.m. followed by discussions (at Alliance Francaise).

Virendra Chopde's: Power of music – one of the exhibits at the 'Elements of Life' exhibition.

Till December 4: Elements of Life – an exhibition of paintings by ten Nagpur-based artists (at Forum Art Gallery).

December 5: Burka Bondage, a dance performance by Helena Waldmann, who established channels of communication between young Afghan and Japanese generations and found a virtually iconic image for the parallel between them. The burka is an Afghan gown that covers people up. Bondage is a Japanese technique that shackles them. Helena Waldmann sets out on a search for the body without a face with two women dancers who love extremes, a video animation artiste and a genius on the drums (at Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Hall, 7.00 p.m.).

December 7: Clowns without Borders offers laughter to relieve the suffering of all persons, especially children, who live in areas of crisis including refugee camps, conflict zones and territories in situations of emergency. They bring levity, and contemporary clown/circus- oriented performances to these communities. The troupe from France will conduct a one-week workshop with artistes from different Chennai theatres and dance troupes and put up a joint performance (at Alliance Francaise, 7.00 p.m.).

December 17: Zinx features in a world fusion music concert. The main strength of the band is the ability to adapt and play various genres of music from jazz to blues to funk to classical to even some folk. Zinx was formed by Anirudh, Kishor and Vivek (at Alliance Francaise, 7.30 p.m.).