December 22 Dylan Thomas - a portrait in prose and poetry by Gareth Armstrong December 20 "The Beatles and Indian Music ", An illustrated talk by Dr. David Reck, Chair, World Music, Amherst College December 17 an illustrated talk by Welby Altidor, Artistic Talent Scout, Cirque Du Soleil, Montreal December 1 - 7 The Other Festival in association with Arangham Trust October 1 "Seeking Sanjeevani and Other Poems" An evening of poetry with Scharada Bail September 16 - 18 "Music and the Palette" Exhibition of paintings and lecture demonstration by S.Rajam at Sundar Mahal August 15 - 19 "One Billion Eyes", An annual Indian Documentary Film Festival in Chennai Theme for 2005 - Animals, Arts, Activism July 22 "Poetry at the Park with Prakriti" Songs to the moon by T.V.Ramprasadh and B.V.Balasai (vocal and flute) June 10 "The Lost Vijayanagar Paintings of Thiruvellarai and Pattiswaram" an illustrated talk by Dr. Job Thomas May 18 "Wooden Carvings on Chariots" an illustrated talk by Dr.Raju Kalidoss April 7 "Explorations of the familiar - people, places and things" Exhibition by Romil Sheth March 26 An evening with Ashokamitran Readings by A.V.Dhanushkody, Indrani Krishna Iyer and Ashokamitran Film on Ashokamitran by Amshan Kumar and interactions with Ashokamitran March 12 Mummenschanz Next from Switzerland February 20 Susheela Raman in concert in Chennai February 5 "An all night performance of Karna Moksham" in traditional Tamil Koothu by members of Kattaikoothu Valarchi Sangham, Kanchipuram lead by P. Rajagopal To pray for the peace of all souls lost in Tsunami January 4 "An experiment in varnam composition: The making of 'Song of songs, The love of Mirabai' in the Netherlands" by Prof. Rokus de Groot