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Showing posts with label Events. Show all posts

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Dutch Painter Van Gogh Immersive Experience at EA, Chennai

Visited the Van Gogh Immersive experience at Express Avenue, Chennai. Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch painter popular for his colorful paintings. The immersive experience happened in a very big hall. The paintings of Van Gogh with animations were focused on all the four walls and also the floor. It was a beautiful experience. The experience was shown in a slot of 30 minutes.

They also had a cafĂ© themed with Van Gogh’s paintings. The cakes, pastries, plates, and walls had Van Gogh designs on them. There was also an area selling gifts like T-shirts, flasks, diary, magnets, and other souvenirs with Van Gogh’s painting designs on them. Near the entrance there was a room with his paintings that had details of his life story.

Apart from the famous Starry Night, Van Gogh also painted a lot of self-portraits. A painting of his postman friend Joseph Roulin in his uniform also tells his life experiences. Here are videos and photos from the show. 


Here are the 5 videos taken at the immersive experience including Starry Nights.
 



Cafe









Diary






Thursday, March 2, 2023

Read 'n' Rejoice Library - 7th Anniversary Celebrations

Read ‘n’ Rejoice library in Medavakkam celebrated its 7th Annual Day on 19th Feb in the library. The library was started by Sasikala. Sasikala worked in IT for approx 10 years. After that, she had to take a break of 3 years and went with her family to England. When she came back to Chennai, Sasikala was unable to get a new IT job as she had a break. She did not want to sit idle at home. So, she started the Read ‘n’ Rejoice library. The library has 3 compact rooms, but it houses 10,000 books for both kids and adults in English and Tamil on a wide range of subjects.


Books ranging from Vedic Maths to Picture Books

Song

The Annual Day started with a song by Sasikala’s daughter Sahana and her friend. Then Chief Guest Anitha (myself) spoke about the benefits of reading and libraries. She spoke about how reading stories and fiction improves our empathy and emotional intelligence. And that the same neurons that fire when you do an action fire when you read about that action.

Here is the video of the Speech: 

Then Anitha conducted a storytelling session ‘Everyone is Unique’ with songs and actions. The kids danced. Then prizes were given to enthusiastic library members. Sasikala spoke about the library. Few parents shared their experience of shaping the reading habits of their kids and themselves.

Here is the video of the Storytelling: 

 

Sasikala Speaks


Parents Speech

Read ‘n’ Rejoice also sends books online to kids in nearby areas. They also plan to open a franchise within 10 kilometers soon.  

Visit Read ‘n’ Rejoice website here: https://readnrejoice.in/

 Read 'n' Rejoice Instagram: @readnrejoice         

Sasikala and Anitha


                 
Kid-Friendly Walls 

Gift from Read 'n' Rejoice
                                                                      

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Navarathri Golu Dolls at Mother Teresa Hall, Nungambakkam

Navarathri Golu Dolls are exhibited at The Mother Theresa Hall near Valluvar Kottam in Nungambakkam. The vegetable golu dolls were very realistic.  The sets range from Rs.1500 to Rs.2000. The exhibition is on till 18th October. They are also selling bags, accessories, sarees, and more. There are food stalls that sell multi-grain or navadhaniya puttu, vazhaipoo vadai,  kuzhi paniyaram, and other lip-smacking food.






Friday, January 18, 2013

Youth Health Mela in January 2013


To raise awareness of undesirable lifestyle issues a consortium of likeminded organizations have come together and conducted a series of activities under the banner ‘Youth Health Mela’  targeting schools, colleges, youth at  corporates, community and general public. The Key focus areas of the Youth Health Mela are Substance abuse, Diet and Nutrition, Exercise, Fitness and Hygiene: Personal and Environment. The aim is to prevent spreading of non-communicable diseases. The event is expected to create greater awareness of health through active participation of the target group.

Youth Health Mela-YHM

Date:  24th to 27th January 2013

Venue: Valluvar Kottam, CSIM Chennai 


Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Eureka Run 2012 - Run to Educate Poor Children in Tamilnadu

Eureka Run 2012 is organized by Eureka Child Foundation in association with Loyola Institute of Business Administration and Great Lakes Institute of Management on 17th November, 2012. Bring your friends and family to the Eureka Run 2012, an event to raise awareness and fundraise for Eureka SuperKidz - an initiative of Eureka Child Foundation in 700 villages of Tamilnadu that provides quality education to children of the poorest families. Every year "Eureka Run" is organised to raise awareness about learning qualities in Tamilnadu.

Last year, a total of 2500 runners aged between 2 and 75 years showed their support by running a 5 kilometer stretch on the Marina Beach, Chennai.




Eureka Run Day: Saturday, 17th November 2012

All registrants will get a T-Shirt and those who complete the run will receive a certificate

For Group / Corporate registrations above 50 members, we will provide a banner saying, "Your Company Supports Eureka"

For students, registration is free. Students are requested to carry their proof of Identity

Share and invite your friends: https://www.facebook.com/events/107178492771764/




Tickets also available at all branches of Landmark, Chennai

Your contribution of Rs.300 will provide a child 3 months of academic help through the Eureka SuperKidz program. For further details, group, corporate registration, sponsoring, please contact Mr. Selva at 9790951652 or send an email to aid.selva@gmail.com . Please collect your run kit at the following address from Nov 12 - 16th between 10.00 AM and 5.00 PM. Eureka Child Foundation, #45, Pycrofts Road, 1st Street, Royapettah, Chennai - 600014 

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Musical Nite on 28th October at Chennai

Listen to music and contribute to Advesa Charitable Trust. Please contact 99411 93743 / 99620 21377 for tickets. You can book your tickets online at  www.ticketnew.com