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Mighty migrations

A camp

Join Prakruthi, an eco care group on an overnight camp at Pulicat Lake from December 29.

Contact: 9940355521/9094299415/8056078055 for more details.

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Write for silver

Developing skills

ScreenWrite aims to nurture and develop aspiring screenwriters and creative writers, tutoring and training them. Both short-term and long-term courses are offered.

Contact: CheeseFlicks +91 9600068695 +91 28222244 for more details.

Wesite: www.screenwrite.in

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Christmas fare

A fete

@ The Madras Seva Sadan, Harrington Road

When: December 4

Time: 10:00 am to 2:00pm

Christmas Fair Association’s popular “Christmas Fair” is back.

Contact: 044 2434 0213

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Calling food lovers

Stone cold

Radisson Hotel GRT has recently installed Cold Stone Ice Cream counter at the lobby. Visit Cold Stone counter at Radisson Hotel GRT on GST Road

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Masti!

@ 13, 1st Floor, Shastri Nagar, MG Road, Adyar.

Enjoy Mast Kalandar’s Punjabi combo

Website: www.mastkalandar.com

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More Malabar

@ Southern Aromas, The Residency Towers

When: December 1st to 12th

Celebrate the flavour of Kerala (Malabar Coast)

Contact: For reservations, call 2815 6363.

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Time to celebrate

To celebrate its listing in the prestigious Miele Guide, Tuscana Pizzeria offers any dessert from the menu, on the house, for every main course ordered. Offer open until December 10.

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Sing along

Contemporary Christmas Concert

@ Museum Theatre, Egmore

When: December 8

Time: 7:15 PM

Unwind Center’s The Central Festival is back. This year’s edition features the Octet Cantabile (Modern Choral, Acapella); Subject to Change (Acapella, Acoustic Rock); Soul Sonic (Funk, R&B); Prithvi Chandrasekhar (Electronic); Unwind School of Music (Rock Carols); Roshni Vincent (Black Gospel); Achiever Academy School, Mammalapuram (Bharatanatym Dance).

Funds from festival will go towards construction of 32 small homes, tailoring machinery etc. for the Widow Rehabilitation Project of Acts of Mercy.

Tickets: Rs. 150, Rs. 250, Rs. 400, Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 available at outlets of Landmark, Fruit Shops and Unwind Center.

Call: For more information call 98413-79494, 044-65379572

Website: www.unwindcenter.com

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Take a walk

Tree talk

@ Panagal Park, T Nagar

When: December 5

Time: 7 to 8 a.m.

Nizhal’s next tree walk is here.

Contact: To register call 90030-11372, between 10 am and 6 pm.

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Here’s vision

Henkel India Ltd. today announced the Henkel Innovation Challenge 2010 for creative minds with a keen business sense and a passion for innovation. The game is targeted at students in B-schools from 14 countries across Europe and for the first time has been opened to the business graduates from the Asia Pacific region. The challenge is to develop a concept for a product from the Henkel brand portfolio which will meet the needs of the people in the year 2050. The competition has been divided into 4 levels for the Asia- Pacific entrants.

Date: Level-1 (Deadline: December 13th 2010)

For further information relating to the competition, please visit www.henkelchallenge.com. The competition can also be closely followed on online in social media through an especially established Facebook fan group (www.facebook.com/henkelchallenge), tweets on Twitter (www.twitter.com/henkelchallenge) and videos on YouTube.

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Get Set, Get Inked!

@ Talisman Tattoo Boutique

‘Breathe’ — a competition for youngsters and artists in town, to showcase their creative abilities and skills in tattoo

design. Conceptualised to discover and encourage your innate ability and artistic skills, the best design shortlisted can finally make the design breathe with the help of Talisman’s artists - Amar and Nisha.

Final date: Last date to post their entries will be December 31st 2010.

Contact: +91-44-45066076 | +91-98413-18546 | +91-98840-66676, for more information on the competition

Website: www.talismantattoos.in/tattoo-blog/

http://www.facebook.com/talismantattoos

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Craft mela

Exhibition

@ Kalakshetra Foundation

When: Dec 4 - 13

“Akshara” – A Unique Exhibition of Regional Calligraphy on Crafts, Textiles and Art. This special initiative of Dastkari Haat Samiti and Kalakshetra foundation is to promote Indian craftsmanship.

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Book reading

Launch

@ Amethyst

When: Dec 3

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Bharatanatyam is one of the world’s fastest-growing dance forms. It engenders complex, transnational social histories, varied aesthetic practices, and is one of the most dynamic living cultural practices of modern South Asia. Davesh Soneji brings together some of the most important writings related to Bharatanatyam in English, highlighting the heterogeneous and sometimes contradictory voices in Bharatanatyam as it has evolved over the last two centuries.

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