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Indian classical music and Indian philosophy share a common ideology that helps bring forth our inherent qualities of compassion, forgiveness, generosity and humanity. In an age of extreme intolerance, hatred and violence, it is thus important to encourage and nourish the blossoming of these vital traits in the young generation, to ensure peace and harmony in tomorrow’s world. Playing its role in fulfilling this mission, the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture hosts a classical music soiree, that also promises to offer an evening of pure aesthetic pleasure. Featuring santoor maestro Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya, who will be accompanied by Abhijit Banerjee on the tabla.
lEvent: Santoor recital by Pt Tarun Bhattacharya lWhen: Today at 6 pm lWhere: Vivekananda Hall, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Gol Park
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art
February 15 - 28 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue; 12 noon - 7 pm: Togetherness, a thematic exposition of works by artist couples who have shared both life and art in contemporary times.
February 15 - March 10 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindustan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Black & White, paintings, drawings and sketches by Akbar Padamsee, Ganesh Haloi, Paritosh Sen, Rabin Mondal, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Shuvaprasanna, Wasim Kapoor and others.
Till February 16 at Bangladesh Gallery, 9 Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Sarani; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings, graphics and sculptures by Monami Chowdhury, Sunil Shaw, Sankar Halder, Arindam Debnath and Hemanta Sur.
Till February 17 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani; 3 pm - 7 pm: Past Forward, drawings and paintings by S.G. Vasudev.
Till February 17 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road: Homage to Kalighat Pats, recent works of Sanat Kar.
Till February 18 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Nihongo Kaiwa Kyookai, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Japan, Calcutta, presents India & Japan — an exhibition of paintings by Arunava Ray.
Till February 18 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Birla Academy of Art & Culture and Weavers Studio present The Cosmic Matrix, an exhibition of installations, sculptures and paintings by Satish Gupta.
Till February 18 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Biswarup Garai’s third solo exhibition of paintings.
Till February 18 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Searching — paintings and sculptures by Madhuja Dhar, Pintu Sikdar, Prasun Dutta, Subha Basu, Tapas Das and Ushasi Paul.
Till February 18 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road; 4 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Dhirendranath Brahma, Ajay Ghosh, Amal Chakladar, Amit Sarkar, Dilip Banerjee, Gautam Sengupta, Ratan Acharya and Shankar Aich.
Till February 19 at Asutosh Birth Centenary Hall, Indian Museum; 12 noon - 8 pm: Rapport Kolkata presents a group of 25 artists in an exhibition of paintings and sculptures.
Till February 20 at Artspace India, 7 Deodar Street; 12 noon - 8 pm: An Aboriginal Touch, drawings and paintings by Bhuri Bai, Durga Bai, Kala Bai, Lado Bai, Nakushia Bai, Normada Tekem, Santi Bai and Suresh Gond.
Till February 24 (except Monday) at Anant Art Gallery, 18-A Alipore Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Close Encounters — an exhibition of artworks by Shyam Kanu Borthakur and Joyita Borthakur.
Till February 25 at Mon Art Gallerie, Regency, 6 Hungerford Street, 3rd floor; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Flowing Lines, drawings by Jogen Chowdhury, along with poems by Nilanjan Bandyopadhyay.
Till February 28 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Realism and Surrealism, paintings by well-known artists.
drama
February 15 at EZCC’s Bharatiyam, Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC’s monthly theatre show features the Bengali play, Tritiya Purush, produced by Shilpi Sangha, Howrah. Direction: Samar Chandra.
February 17 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Nandipat presents Ballavpurer Roopkatha. Direction: Prakash Bhattacharya.
February 17 at Sarala Memorial Hall; 6.30 pm: Total Theatre presents Vyas. Direction: Shantanu Bandyopadhyay.
February 17 at Mahajati Sadan; 7 pm: Nandipat presents Einstein O Indubala. Direction: Bimal Chakraborty.
February 18 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sansriti presents Winkle Twinkle. Direction: Debesh Chattopadhyay.
performing arts
Till February 18 at Trincas, Park Street; 8.45 pm - 11.45 pm: Love, Love, Me Do...with Don Sehgal — a week of the The Beatles on request. Details at #22298947.
February 15 at Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi Sabhaghar; 6.30 pm: Bak hosts a prose-reading session of selected portions from Debashis Sengupta’s Sannidhye Shabdachhabi. Participants: Dwijen Bandyopadhyay, Seema Mukhopadhyay, Soumyadeb Basu, Sukriti Lahari, Bappa Ghosh, Sutapa Chattopadhyay and Ratna Mitra.
February 16 at Gyan Manch; 6 pm: Anirban Foundation presents the Anirban Memorial Concert (the 13th annual concert of Indian classical music). Featuring Mitali Banerjee Bhawmik (vocal) with Subhen Chatterjee (tabla) and Pradip Palit (harmonium); and Debashish Bhattacharya (guitar) with Subhashis Bhattacharjee (tabla).
February 16 at the Far Pavilion, Tollygunge Club; 7.30 pm: Tollygunge Club Ltd and Open Doors present Sharmila Biswas in OVM’s magnum opus Utsav, an evolution of the Odissi dance form against the backdrop of Orissa’s cultural history.
February 17, 19 & 20 at Gyan Manch; 7 pm: Ranan presents its latest dance and theatre production, Chitra, a performance inspired by Tagore’s play, Chitrangada.
February 18 at Sisir Mancha; 5.30 pm: Anandam presents Aei Basante Tin Kantha, an evening of Bengali songs by Anjana Dutta, Indrani Bhattacharya and Shravani Bardhan.
February 18 at University Institute Hall; 5.30 pm: Angana’s silver jubilee programme features Nrityanjali, a dance item choregraphed and participated by Amita Dutt, and drama Mukti, directed by Usha Ganguli.
talk
February 15 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 5 pm: Dhyanesh Narayan Chakrabarti will speak in Bengali on Mahabharater Shantiparva.
February 15 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Mandukya Karika.
pHOTOGRAPHS
Till February 17 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 12 noon - 8 pm: Jindal Photo presents Ignited Minds, an exhibition by Fuji Super Six ’07 Photographers, curated by Subi Chaturvedi. Participating photographers are Anoushka, Azher, Gunjan, Daniel, Prateek and Mayur.
Till February 17 at Gallery Chemould, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm; Saturday (10 am - 3 pm): Photography exhibition, Joolay Joolay - from Delhi to Ladakh by Ute Mitra.
Till February 25 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Wedding Season — an exhibition of photographs by Ryan Lobo.
BOOK LAUNCH
February 15 at Crossword Bookstore, 8 Elgin Road; 6.30 pm: The Calcutta Kitchen (a book of recipes and food stories about the city by Simon Parkes and Udit Sarkhel). The launch will be followed by a dialogue with Victor Banerjee, Nondon Bagchi and Simon Parkes. Moderator: Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee.
EXHIBITION
Till February 15 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace, 1st floor, off Gokhale Road; 10 am - 7.30 pm: Government of Orissa and UNIDO Cluster Development Programme, in collaboration with Crafts Council of West Bengal, present an exhibition of traditional crafts and handwovens from Orissa. Short films on crafts and handlooms of Orissa will be screened on the occasion.
Till February 21 at 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents Dressing Up for Spring, an exhibition of light costume jewellery and unstitched ensemble sets in a variety of styles and traditional techniques.
Till February 28 at P-249 Purna Das Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Darbari presents Va Va Voom, featuring a collection of wearables for men and women. Also, accessories like dupattas and embroidered fabric and leather bags.
reunion
February 18 at Calcutta Rowing Club, off Southern Avenue: Calcutta University Post-graduate English Alumni Association is organising a reunion-cum-picnic to mark the completion of 100 years of the University’s Department of English. All ex-students of the department are invited. For registration details, call Prof Tirtha Mukhopadhyay at 25573351.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to: Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001; Fax: 2234-8244
All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less
than a week ahead to:
Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001;
Fax: 2234-8244
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