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Bengal handicrafts are famous the world over for their intricate designs and delicate craftsmanship. Mrittika Foundation, an NGO promoting underprivileged rural artists, weavers and craftsmen, presents Leela, an exhibition that introduces to the urban milieu for the first time, a line of ethnic sarees, garments, dokra figurines, terracotta pieces and finely woven dhurries. Besides assisting the group of talented yet struggling artisans from various parts of Bengal by providing them shelter and the means to carry on with their ancestral vocation, the NGO also helps them with contemporary design inputs that enhances the marketability of their products. Created by these rural weavers and craftsmen at Mrittika, a novel crafts-village on the northern fringes of the city, the entire range of weaves and artifacts appeals to the taste of the discerning collector.
Event: An exhibition of folk arts and crafts of Bengal
When: February 18 and 19, 3 pm - 10 pm
Where: Rotary Sadan
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Art
Till February 18 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: A group exhibition on the theme of Vanishing Wetlands.
Till February 18 at Galerie 88; 3 pm - 7 pm: A Space so Rare, an exhibition of Amal Ghosh?s recent works and Beyond Space and Time, an exhibition of the recent works of Dipak Banerjee.
Till February 18 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Dipto Narayan Chatterjee.
Till February 19 (except today) at Galerie La Mere; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Ramananda Bandyopadhyay.
Till February 20 at Genesis Art Gallery; 2 pm - 7 pm: Paintings by Sanju Manna and Biswajit Paul.
Till February 21 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The Cradle of Humanity, paintings by Nabhendu Sen.
Till February 21 at Samokal Art Gallery, Gol Park; 3 pm - 8 pm: Krishna Yapan, an exhibition of the recent works of Siddhartha Sengupta.
Till February 25 (except Sunday) at Masters Collection Gallery, G5/G7 Malayalay, 3 Woodburn Park Road; 11 am - 6 pm: Old Masters? Classics, showcasing a collection of oil reproductions on canvas of works of European and American world masters like Van Gogh, Picasso, Renoir, Monet, Da Vinci, Dali, Michelangelo, Kandinsky, Turner and others.
DRAMA
February 18 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Rang-Roop presents Hey More Debata. Direction: Seema Mukherjee.
February 18 at Curzon Park; 8 pm: As part of Banga Sanskriti Utsab, Nandikar will stage Buddhadeb Basu?s Pata Jhore Jaye. Direction: Rudraprasad Sengupta.
February 18 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Howrah Dakshinayan presents Bhitu Bhutor Bhul. Drama and direction: Kunal Mukhopadhyay.
February 18 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sundaram presents Operation Bhomragarh. Drama, direction & acting: Manoj Mitra.
February 19 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Sayak presents Saanjhbela. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya.
February 19 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Bohurupee presents Deepdanda. Direction: Kumar Roy.
February 19 at Academy of Fine Arts; 10 am: Pancham Vaidic presents Rajnaitik Hatya. Direction: Saoli Mitra.
February 19 at Bijon Theatre; 6.30 pm: Kashmir Princess, a Samabay Proyash production. Direction: Bibhas Chakraborty.
February 19 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Barasat Anushilanee presents Ek Rasik Doubarik. Direction: Romaprasad Banik.
February 19 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Nandimukh stages its latest production, Parthiba. Drama and direction: Ashoke Chattopadhyay.
PERFORMING ARTS
February 18 at Padatik Little Theatre - II; 6.30 pm: Padatik Dance Centre presents an Odissi recital by Supradipta Datta and glimpses of Shakti by Shinjan Nrityalaya. Choreography: Aloka Kanungo.
February 18 - 20 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: West Bengal Dance Group Federation host Stars of Tomorrow, a dance festival featuring young talents.
February 18 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: The closing ceremony of the 75-day Young Theatre Artistes Workshop of the East Zone, hosted by Sangeet Natak Academi, New Delhi and Padatik, features performances of selected scenes of plays, designed, directed and acted by students of the workshop.
February 19 at Padatik Little Theatre - II; 7 pm: Srijan celebrates Harold Pinter?s winning of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2005 with a compendium of his works in theatre, prose, poetry and politics. Presented by eminent theatre, literature and journalism personalities of Calcutta.
talk
February 18 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Pradyot Kumar Mukhopadhyay will speak in Bengali on Dharma, Darshan O Vijnan.
February 18 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 5.30 pm: Swami Shastrajnananda will speak on Vivek Chudamoni.
February 18 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan; 6 pm: Sudhir Chakraborty delivers the Uma Basu Memorial Lecture in Bengali on Rabindranath-Dilip Kumar Ray: Sangeet Bitarka.
February 19 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 6.30 pm: Prof. Siva Kumar delivers the Abanindranath Tagore Memorial Lecture on Globalism, Rabindranath and some thoughts on location.
February 19 at Bangla Academy, Jibananda Sabhagar; 5 pm: Rajatkanta Ray delivers the Sudhir Kumar Mitra Memorial Lecture in Bengali on Itihase Purushartha.
PHOTOGRAPHS
February 18, 4 pm - 9 pm; February 19, 1 pm - 9 pm at Gaganendra Pradarshasala: Frozen Moments from Five Continents ? Kumar Prasad Mukherji?s fourth exhibition of photographs.
reunion
February 18 at Rani Birla Girls? College; 3 pm onwards: Annual reunion hosted by Rani Birla Girls? College Alumni Association.
reading
February 19 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P. Lal reads Sanjaya?s report to Dhritarashtra of Karna advising Duryodhana to deploy all the Kaurava maha-chariot-heroes to rush to defend Drona against Bhima?s irresistible assault, in the 316th weekly Sunday session of his sloka-by-sloka English transcreation of Vyasa?s complete Mahabharata.
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