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Friday, June 12, 2009
ABYTE OF LIFE
SEQUINNED SEQUENCE
Bold sequins are the way to go
FREE CIRCULATION
Vol. 3No. 109
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CONTROVERSY 
Breeding
Animal rights activists andzoo authorities in thecountry are divided bytheir opinion on captivebreeding of wild animals.Ayon Sengupta reports.
 
ERGO
Friday, June 12, 2009
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Essay competition
Chennai-based NGO Nandini Voice for the Deprived is organising anessay competition for college students on the topic ‘Future of IndianDemocracy Under Control of Families’. Entries should reach in beforeAugust 5, and the essay can be written in English, Hindi or Tamil. Fordetails call 2491 6037.
Work hard,party harder
Here’s one good reason why youmust party at 10 Downing Streettoday. Caldion, an internationalbrand of perfumes anddeodorants, will be presentingthe Caldion Evening. Besidesexperiencing the fragrance,there are prizes, games andcompetitions to be won. Prizes will be given for ‘Mr. CaldionPersonalisty’, ‘Jolie best dance couple’ and ‘Miss Caldion Personality.’The event is on from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Music
Sing aloud
Bike and Barrel at TheResidency is playing host to akaraoke competition.All what you have to do usbring out the golden voice inyou. croon to the tunes thatyou grew up with or try someof the new favourites. The singand swing ‘KaraokeCompetition’ will be heldtoday at 9 p.m. Thecompetition will be hosted byNabarun Ghosh and judged bySwapna Abraham and KavithaMaria Thomas.For details call 2815 6363.
Music
Docu fest
The Goethe-Institut/ MaxMueller Bhavan Chennai inassociation with Indo CineAppreciation Foundation andthe Madras Film Society willpresent a festival of short filmstill June 19. The films are recentGerman documentaries,which include
Full Metal Village
,
Die Champions, Football Under Cover,Die Spielwutigen
and
Losers and Winners
.The documentaries will be screened at the the Film Chamber Theatre,from June 15 at 6 p.m. daily.All the German films come with English subtitle. For details call 28332343/ 1314.
Cinema
Go green
The Madras TerraceHouse is organising asale of eco-friendlyproducts till June 30.Table mats, bags,footwear, organic bedlinen, recycled plasticbaskets, organicbreads,stationery....there is lotto choose from at theEco Fest.Shop at 15, Sri Puram,IInd Street, Royapettah.Ph: 4503 8391.
Sale
Happy Sunday 
Make yourSundays morerelaxing andentertainingwith TheRaintree. Thehotel hasintroduced theSunday brunch,bringing theambience of theEuropean street,the famedBombay Chowpatty and Chennai, all rolled in to one.To add fun to the morning there are tattoo and nail artistes, live band,mehendi, etc. The main attraction are the live food counters servingchaat, pav bhaaji, egg and dosas. The brunch is on from noon to 3.30p.m. and is priced at Rs. 800 + taxes. For reservations call 4225 2525.
Food
Brush with colours
A few months back the AllianceFrancaise of Madras and the AssemaTrust has organised a workshop withtheFrench hip hop band Salve Farm Crewand the students of NavabharathMatriculation School.On Friday, graffiti art done by thestudents will be put up at the AllianceFrancaise, College Road.This will be followed by a rap and hiphop dance performance by the children.Take your seats by 4 p.m. For details call2827 9803/ 2827 1477.
Exhibition
 
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H
ow do you react when your wife thinks you are gay? Why do you always get intotrouble, when all you wanted was to helpthe poor guy living downstairs? Whathappens when you have two wives who have noclue that the other exists? Do any of these in-cidents sound familiar? So, how did you get outfrom them?Or, watch
Run for your Wife 
, a hilarious come-dy by ASAP Productions, to know the story of cab driver John Smith and his two wives, Mary and Barbara, to see how their plot unfolds.
Laugh riot
SRM Sivaji Ganesan Film and Television In-stitute and theatre group ASAP will present theplay on June 13.The story is about how the taxi cab driver getsaway with his double life because of his irregular work schedule, until he is involved in an acci-dent. However, things fall apart after the policecome to investigate. Another round of rib-tick-ling comedy starts. The play has Amit Singh,Naveen George Thomas, Dipika Pethe, Venky,Karan Ram, Sunandha and Rithvik in the cast. Itis directed by Amit Singh and the sets are by Michael Muthu. Tickets for the show are pricedat Rs. 200, Rs. 300 and Rs. 500.To buy online log on to www.asapproduction-s.in or call 98945 11801 / 95000 00188
Ergo Correspondent 
If you can’t make it for theplay on June 13 then makeyou are present on Sunday(June 14) at the MuseumTheatre; 7.30 p.m. NGOBhumi is organising aspecial fund-raiser for Runfor your Wife. Donor passesare priced at Rs.150, Rs. 300and Rs. 500. The proceedsfrom the show would beutilised for Bhumi’s projectsfor supplementary educationof under-privileged children.Contact 98942 09741 /98408 68441 / 98403 16677for passes.
A scene from Run for your Wife.
FILE PHOTO: S. THANTHONI
Mehandi designing
 A 
workshop onmehandi design hasbeen organised todayand tomorrow byZaitoon Abbas, amehandi design expertwith more than 15 yearsof experience, at 4A,Abhirami KrishnatulasiApartments, SecondMain Road, KasturibaiNagar, Adyar. Thosewho are interested inattending, contact9381059721,9884049371.
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