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DANCE

Till January 15 at Kalamandalam Performing Arts & Research Centre: Kalamandalam Dance & Music Festival 2004. Today at 6 pm: Bharata Natyam recital by Sangita Aich Bhowmick, and group choreographies in Bharata Natyam by artistes of Kalamandalam Calcutta.

Art

Till January 22 at Gallery Caps, 16 Jatin Bagchi Road; 12 noon - 7.30 pm: Tale of a City — an exhibition of contemporary paintings. Till January 31 (except Sundays) at Galerie 88; 3 pm - 7 pm: Recent works of Ram Kumar. January 14 - 18 at Sabhaghar, Swabhumi; 2 pm - 8 pm: Magic Reality — an exhibition of paintings and sculpture by Tapas Sarkar.

LECTURE

January 14 at Centre for Studies in Social Sciences campus, R-1, Baishnabghata -Patuli Township; 3 pm: Professor Sudipto Bhattacharya (of Arizona State University and London School of Economics and political Science) delivers the R.C. Dutt Memorial Lecture on The Financing and Organisation of Knowledge — Intensive Activities. January 14 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda, Dr Kshetra Prasad Sen Sharma and Dr Bhupendra Nath Seal will speak in Bengali on Life and Sayings of Swami Vivekananda.

DRAMA

January 14 at Madhusudan Mancha, 6 pm: Nandikar stages Sojon Badiyar Ghat. Direction: Goutam Halder. January 14 at Sisir Mancha; 6 pm: Kuhak presents its latest production, Abelay. Dir: Arun Saha. January 14 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex; 6.30 pm: Rangakarmee presents Lok-katha. Direction: Usha Ganguli. Till January 15 at Sarat Sadan, Howrah: Dwandwik’s sixth theatre festival features (on January 14 at 5.30 pm) Hingsutey by Salkiya Balika Vidyalaya-O-Shilpashram; It’s A Game by Lokkrishti. Till January 23 at Rabindra Sadan & Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandipat celebrates its 25th anniversary with a festival of plays, Yuva Natya Utsav 2004. (Today at Rabindra Sadan) Ashwacharit (direction: Kishore Sengupta) by Kalyani Natyacharcha Kendra. January 16 at Madhusudan Mancha & January 18 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex; 6.30 pm: Rangakarmee presents Kashinama. Direction:Usha Ganguli.

MUSIC

January 14 at Sree Satyananda Mahapeeth, Jadavpur; 6.30 pm: A classical music concert featuring Ken Zuckerman (sarod), Tushar Dutta (vocal) and Anindo Chaterjee (vocal) January 15 at Birla Academy; 5.30 pm: Rhythm presents an evening of classical music featuring Nanda Banerjee (vocal), Anirban Dasgupta (sarod), and Shantanu Banerjee (vocal). January 16 - 18 at Kala Kunj; 6 pm: Ustad Keramatullah Khan Memorial Indian classical music conference organised by Subhash Sanskriti Sangeet Parishad.

BOOKS

Till January 18 at Identity Gallery: An exhibition-cum-sale of a large collection of imported books on a wide range of subjects. Organised by Award Books International, Chennai.

festival

January 16 at Bharati Tamil Sangham, 93A Rashbehari Avenue; 6 pm: Tamil Manram, Pongal Festivals with recitations of poems by Thiru D. Ganasekaran, Malaravan, Vijayalakshmi Venket, Chitra Krishnan on Pongalo Pongal, followed by Tamil Isai by Chelvi Purnima Venugopal, with Chelvi Pratibha Venugopal (harmonium) and Biswajit (tabla). Ludiana Krishnamurthy will render folk songs from MGR films.

BOOK launch

January 14 at Oxford Bookstore; 6.30 pm: Oxford Bookstore and Penguin Books India jointly host the city launch of Beyond the Courtyard A Sequel to Unveiling India by Anees Jung, followed by an interaction with the author.

EXHIBITION

January 14 - 27 at Sasha, 27, Mirza Ghalib Street: Weaving Spells & Spinning Dreams — an exhibition of silk products. January 15 - 17 at Kanishka, 2/1 Hindustan Road; 10.30 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of tussar weaves from the looms of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal.

Birth anniversary

January 14 at Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math, Howrah; 4.45 am onwards: The 142nd birthday of Swami Vivekananda will be celebrated beginning with Mangalaarati, chanting of Vedic mantras, devotional songs, reading from Chandi, recitation from Kathopanishad and discussion on The Life and Teachings of Swami Vivekananda at pm. Participants: Swami Swahananda (English) and Dr Sachchidananda Dhar (Bengali) January 14 at Ramakrishna Vivekananda Mission, Barrackpore; 8 am: Day-long birthday Tithi puja of Swami Vivekananda including Balak Narayan puja, Havanam, Bhajans, recitation from Kathao-panishad followed by discourses on the life and teaching of Swamiji by Dr Sujit Basu, VC, Visva Bharati. Also cultural programme at 3 pm.

workshop

January 16 at 188/90 Prince Anwar Shah Road, 4 pm - 6 pm: Thoughtshop Foundation conducts a Workshop (age group 17 - 25 years) on Relationship and Responsibility Call #2417-6128/29 to register.