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Poila Baisakh is an event in the Bengali calendar that brings a special glow to the hearts of not just Bengalis, but all Calcuttans. It marks a renewal of hope, of being together with family and friends, and an occasion to celebrate and ring in the new. Notun Alo, a programme showcasing the best of Bengal and the eastern states of India, celebrates the Bengali new year in an exciting, carnival-like atmosphere. Offering novelty and, at the same time, keeping alive Bengal’s cultural traditions, it comprises a fashion show featuring Shamlu Dudeja’s kantha works, Nandita Raja’s ethnic weaves, Ruby Palchowdhury and Crafts Council of West Bengal’s array of traditional designs and Assam weaves. Missing Link, a seven-member Bangla band (picture right) will entertain the audience with pulsating rock beats, rhythmic and melodious folk tunes and some of their own powerful, original tracks. Also, Bihu dance and an art and crafts bazaar. Hosted by Airtel, Tata Steel, Open Doors, Bengal Multiple, Jetex and Tollygunge Club.
Event: A programme celebrating Bengal and the eastern states When: Today
at 7.15 pm Where: Far Pavilion, Tollygunge Club
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art
Till April 22 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Kalpotaru Sri Ramakrishna — paintings by Debrup Gangopadhyay.
April 21 - 27 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of landscape paintings by Jayanta Chakrabarti.
Till April 21 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Summer Splendour — art works by Babul Basak, Bhagat Singh, Dharmendera Rathore, Gautam Mukherjee, Harish Kumar, Jiban Biswas, Jyotirmoy Ash, Krishnendu Porel, J. Nandakumar, Nikhil Biswas, Nitya Kundu, Partha Pratim Deb, Rajesh Deb, Ranjan Mukherjee, J.P. Singh, Subhendu Porel, Sutapa Khan and Vijender Sharma.
Till April 21 at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Contextual Vocabulary — an exhibition of paintings by Arghyapriya Mazumdar, Anant Nikam, Babu Xavier, Dhiraj Choudhury, Habibur Rahman, Ramprasad De, Sankar Mondal, Somenath Maity, Somnath Adhikary and Sk. Shahjahan.
Till April 21 at Metropolitan Art Salon, Suite 20, 3rd floor, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Munmun Das, Sujata Bhattacharjee, Swapna Ghosh, Babir Das and Atanu Ganguly.
Till April 21 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 10 am - 3 pm: Paintings and sketches by Arun Banik.
Till April 24 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Narayan Sahoo.
Till April 24 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South-B; 3 pm - 8 pm: The Blue Boy, paintings and drawings by Snehangshu Shekhar Das.
Till April 26 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: A group show by members of Spectrum Artists’ Circle. Participating artists: Samir Saha, Biswajit Mondal, Sukumar Das, Tarun Banerjee, Rabin Dutta, Murari Mohan Basu and Anjan Sengupta.
Till April 27 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road: Readings Fragments From Time, an exhibition of paintings by Sudip Roy.
Till April 28 at Artspace India, 7 Deodar Street (off Dover Road); 12 noon - 8 pm: Artspace India’s Annual Art Show 2007, titled Baishakhi.
Till April 28 at Samokal Art Gallery, Gol Park; 4 pm - 8 pm: Lunette presents an exhibition of paintings by contemporary artists of Bengal.
Till May 1 at Angan Art Gallery, 11 Fern Place; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Ajoy Bandopadhyay, Dipak Mukherjee, Dilip Banerjee, Kamalaksha Ganguly, Kiran Kumar Sen, Pramathes Chandra, Ratan Acharya, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Somnath Roy, Swati Roy, Siddhartha Sengupta and Shibani Sengupta.
drama
April 21 at Sasha, 27 Mirza Ghalib Street; 5 pm & 7 pm: The Creative Arts presents Upon A Yarn II, a site-specific theatre performance. Direction: Ramanjit Kaur.
April 21 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3.30 pm: Ganakrishti presents Tashkar Brittanto. Direction: Amitava Dutta.
April 21 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nabamayukh Nattya Sangstha presents Waarish. Direction: Rishi Mukhopadhyay.
April 22 at Academy of Fine Arts; 10 am: Nakshatra presents Buro Shalik. Direction: Shyamal Ghosh.
April 22 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Salt Lake Theatre will stage Pratyagaman, based on Frederich Durenmurt’s The Visit. Direction: Pannalal Maitra.
April 22 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sundaram presents Ranger Haat . Direction: Manoj Mitra.
April 22 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 6.30 pm: Agun Mukho, a joint production of Max Mueller Bhavan and Tritiyo Sutra. Drama: Bratya Basu. Direction: Suman Mukhopadhyay.
April 22 at Sarala Memorial Hall; 6.30 pm: Total Theatre’s latest production, Vyas. Direction: Shantanu Bandyopadhyay.
POETRY-READING
April 21 at Jibanananda Sabhaghar, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi; 5 pm: Anweshi presents an evening of poetry-reading by poets Kamal De Sikdar, Pranab Chattopadhyay, Pabitra Mukhopadhyay, Krishna Basu, Shyamal Kanti Das, Subodh Sarkar, Tapan Bandyopadhyay, Chitra Lahiri, Mridul Dasgupta, Srijato, Yasodhara Roychoudhury, Siddhartha Singha and others. Also, songs by Sanjukta Bhaduri and Snehasis Chattopadhyay.
talk
April 21 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Ladlimohan Roychaudhury will speak in Bengali on Satabarsher Aloke Surat Congress.
April 21 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Girishananda will speak on Swami Sishya Sambad.
April 21 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7 pm: Swami Satprabhananda will discourse on Sri Adhyatma Ramayana.
April 21 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak in Bengali on Manovijnan O Atmatattwa.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till April 21 at Asutosh Birth Centenary Hall, Indian Museum; 1 pm - 8 pm: The National Salon of Photographic Art, organised by Persona.
FILM SHOW
Till April 22 at Nandan II: Tara Muzik presents 7up-Tara Weekend Telefilm Festival. Today: Darpachurna Pala (dir: Kumar Choudhury, Debabrata Roy) at 3 pm; Mathmadan (dir: Jayashree Bhattacharya) at 5 pm; and Pishir Recipe (dir: Sanjay Bhattacharya) at 7 pm. Tomorrow: K (dir: Birsa Dasgupta) at 3 pm; Roopkatha Noi (dir: Atanu Ghosh) at 5 pm; and Kaal (dir: Raj Chakraborty) at 7 pm.
April 21 at Seagull Book Store, 31A S.P. Mukherjee Road; 6.30 pm: Screening of a documentary film, Running Out of Time, by Shape.
CONTEST
April 21 at Tapan Theatre; 5.30 pm: Anindya Ghosh, Ritayan and Event Makers host Bengal Queen 07, a fashion and beauty contest.
world book day
April 22 at Starmark, 3 Lord Sinha Road; 4.30 pm - 7.30 pm: On the eve of World Book Day, Starmark invites children between 8 and 14 years to come dressed as their favourite literary characters, and/or enter the Design a Bookmark competition. For details, call Varsha at #9831060146 or Ashish at #9830648919.
EXHIBITION
Till April 21 at Weavers Studio, 5/1 Anil Moitra Road; 10 am - 7 pm: Rehwa - Laher-Laheri, the magic of Herringbone, featuring Maheswari textiles, sarees and dupattas, in summer fabrics.
Till April 22 at Urban Courtyard, Swabhumi; 4 pm onwards: Assam Company Limited presents The Tea Festival, a rare exhibition of international brews and speciality teas from across the world. Connoisseurs of the field will be present at a live demonstration of a tea-tasting session.
Till April 30 at Aastha, 19A Lake Road, Lake Market: A collection of Lakhnawi chikan (hand embroidered) ready suits, sarees, dress material, tops, kurtis in cotton, voil, kota, georgette, etc.
reading
April 22 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P. Lal reads Sanjaya’s report of the Pandavas and Kauravas fighting a fierce night battle carrying flaming torches and lamps, Duryodhana’s concern to protect Drona, and Kritavarman defeating Yudhisthira in a skirmish, in the 371st weekly session of his sloka-by-sloka English transcreation of Vyasa’s Mahabharata.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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