Till December 25: Festival of Punjab, featuring Bhangra, Gidha, Jindua, Luddi, Sammi, Malwai Gidha and Jhoomer performances. Display and sale of Phulkari, Punjabi jutti, lac bangles, inlay work on wood and Punjabi cuisine (at DakshinaChitra, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.)

Till December 21: Tri-butaries, a painting exhibition by Surekha, Ramesh Nair and Dileep Kumar (at Laburnum & Indigo Galleries, Chilamandal Artists' Village, 9.30 a.m.-6.30 p.m.)

Till December 21: Prakriti Foundation and the Alliance Française of Madras invite you to a painting exhibition – A Tribute to Dilip Chitre (at Alliance Française of Madras).

December 24-31: Rhythms of Life, an exhibition of sculptures and sketches by Usha Ramachandran (at Lalith Kala Akademi)

December 23: Activity Camp for Children. The camp conducts traditional games, mind mapping treasure hunt, hands on activities such as glass-painting, pottery and T-shirt printing. For details call 98417-77779, 2446 2435, 2491 8943 (at DakshinaChitra).

January 2-6: 'Mountains of Our Destiny' – photography exhibition by Mr. J. Ramanan – an architect by profession, a mountaineer and photographer by passion (11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Lalit Kala Akademi).

Events

January 1: Inauguration. 4 p.m.

Documentary: Save our Sholas, followed by interaction with Shekar Dattatri. 5 p.m.

Documentary: 50 Years of Indian Mountaineering Foundation, followed by interaction with Col. H.S. Chauhan. 5.45 p.m.

January 2: An introduction to Mountaineering Skills and Photographing in the Himalaya by J. Ramanan. 6 p.m.

January 3: Talk: Instincts and Insights of a nature photographer by K. Ramnath Chandrasekhar. 6 p.m.

January 4: Screening of natural history documentary by Shekar Dattatri. 6 p.m.

January 5: An audio visual Chadar – The IceTrail by J. Ramanan. 6 p.m.