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VOL. XXIII NO. 17, DECEMBER 16-31, 2013
Dates for your diary

One of the paintings by Surjit Akre featured in the exhibition.

December 16-22: I Want to Live, the 60th solo exhibition of paintings by Surjit Akre (at Lalit Kala Academy).

Till December 22: Festival of Manipur: Folk performance and crafts of Manipur (at DakshinaChitra).

December 25-30: Marghazhi Festival featuring Therukoothu performance by Shanmugam and troupe from Kancheepuram (at DakshinaChitra).

Till January 17, 2014: Idhu Chennai dhan, an exhibition on popular culture of Chennai by Arts Management students (at DakshinaChitra).

Till January 18: 1x1 of a kind, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures in small format by members of the Progressive Painters’ Association (PPA), one of the oldest art organisations in India. It was started by late K.C. Panicker in 1944. The artists include many eminent ones and also some promising new talents most of whom reside in Cholamandal Artists’ Village (at Forum Art Gallery).

Till January 20, 2014: Exhibition of paintings of Yusuf Arakkal (at DakshinaChitra).

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Children’s Workshops

at DakshinaChitra:

December 21: Card Modelling: Miniature house

December 28: Activity Camp

(7-10 years age group)

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Banners the Bane of Our City
Masters of 20th Century Madras Science
A Landmark year for M.S. Swaminathan
A Search for Identity
The Wooing of Isabella Druitt
A Printing Press In a Garden
Tamil Theatre a Lost Legacy
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