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Having begun her professional journey as a member of music band Fairground Attraction, Scottish singer Eddi Reader (picture right) is better known for her enduring solo career, which saw her showcase the works of Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns in 2003. Featuring 11 tracks, Sings the Songs of Robert Burns, her album of material by Robert Burns, is a luscious, captivating intersection, bringing together some of the UK’s finest folk musicians along with members of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Masterfully blending earthy folk arrangements with haunting, ethereal orchestral overtones, it led to excellent reviews and an international resurgence in interest in Scotland’s ‘bard’. Her latest studio album, Peacetime, features a few songs composed by Burns, alongside brand new material. Performing in the city this weekend, Western music aficionados can discover the magic of her rich, soulful and stirring voice in what promises to be an unforgettable experience. While Reader sings solo this evening, tomorrow’s concert will also feature Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta and Moushumi Bhowmik.
Event: Music concert by Scottish singer Eddi Reader When: Today at Kund, City Centre, Salt Lake; 6.30 pm and tomorrow at Tollygunge Club; 7 pm
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art
Till February 9 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, #24484925; 11.30 am - 8 pm: Journey into the world of artist Lalu Prasad Shaw — a retrospective show.
Till February 9 at Gallery Chemould, 12F Park Street, #22298641; 2 pm - 7 pm, Saturday (10 am - 3 pm): Untitled, an exhibition of sculptures by Banasri Khan.
Till February 10 at Metropolitan Art Salon, Suite 18, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road, #2228 9719; 3 pm - 8 pm: The fourth solo exhibition of paintings by Dibakar Chakraborty.
Till February 10 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Atish Mukherjee, Binit Sinha, Dipankar Chanda, Dewashish Das, Madhuchanda Majumder, Pradip Chanda and Ramprasad De.
Till February 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Debjani Datta.
Till February 12 (except Sunday) at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 2nd floor, Duckback House; 11 am - 7 pm: Young Contemporary India, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by established young artists.
Till February 16 at CIMA Gallery (except Sundays & public holidays); Mondays: 2 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Freedom: Sixty years after Indian Independence. An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by renowned artists.
DRAMA
February 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Sohan presents Helmet. Direction: Anish Ghosh.
February 9 at Bijon Theatre; 6 pm: Samskar Bharati presents Krantikal. Drama & direction: Bikash Bhattacharya.
February 9 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Sayak presents Dildar. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya.
February 9 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nat-Ranga presents the comedy, Gulbaaj, by Sohan Bandyopadhyay.
February 9 & 10 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 6.30 pm: Padatik will stage its latest production, Lahron Ke Rajhans (Hindi), by Mohan Rakesh. Direction: Shyamanand Jalan.
February 9 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm & 7 pm: Two shoert plays: Swikarokti, a Dream Theatre production directed by Goutam, at 6.30 pm; and Andho Beraler Galpo (Dir: Koushik Sen) by Swapnasandhani.
February 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 7 pm: Arghya presents Tagore’s Rakta Karabi, directed by Manish Mitra.
February 9 at Calcutta Club; 7.15 pm: Seagram 100 Pipers, Kingfisher Airlines and Fame and Open Doors present Wilde at Heart by de Musset & Co (London). A dramatic celebration of the life, loves and times of Oscar Wilde by popular stage, screen and television actors Patrick Marley and Genevieve Allenbury.
February 10 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm & 6.30 pm: Chetana presents Marich Sambad (at 3 pm) and Putul Nacher Itikatha (at 6.30 pm). Direction: Arun Mukhopadhyay.
February 10 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Natasena presents Gorur Garir Headlight. Direction: Saroj Roy.
February 10 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Hawa Badal by Howrah Dakshinayan. Direction: Kunal Mukhopadhyay.
February 10 at Bijon Theatre; 6.30 pm: Sayak presents Bneche Thaka and Swarnachampa. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya.
February 10 at Mukta Angan Rangalaya; 6.30 pm: Shouvanik will stage Fakka, directed by Chandan Das.
February 10 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Niva Arts and Lok-Krishti present Krishna Gahwar. Drama, direction & acting: Bratya Basu.
PERFORMING ARTS
February 9 at Sisir Mancha; 5 pm: Songs of Rajanikanta, Atulprosad and D.L. Roy by Neela Majumdar.
February 9 at Indumati Sabhagriha; 5 pm: Gitanjali Music School presents an evening of Tagore songs by Keya Chattopadhyay, Manosree Lahiri, Uma Mukhopadhyay and others, and recitation by Bulbul Gangopadhyay, Swapan Basu and Nayan Basu.
February 9 & 10 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 5.30 pm: Swarganga presents Banaras Utsav, a festival of classical music. Feb. 9: Inauguration by Pandit Kishan Maharaj; vocal recital by Purnima Choudhuri with Ananda Gopal Bandyopadhyay (tabla) and Ramesh Mishra (sarangi); and vocals by Rajan Mishra and Sajan Mishra with Samar Saha (tabla) and Jyoti Goho (harmonium). Feb. 10: Flute recital by Rajendra Prasanna with Pradyot Ray (tabla); tabla solo by Gopal Mishra; and vocal recital by Girija Devi with Kumar Bose (tabla), Ramesh Mishra (sarangi) and Deboprasad Dey (harmonium).
February 9 at Kala Mandir, 8 pm onwards (night-long): The concluding day of Spirit of the Spring, a festival of classical music presented by Indo Occidental Symbiosis, features Parveen Sultana (vocal) with Abhijit Banerjee (tabla) and Deboprasad De (harmonium), Kumar Bose (solo tabla) with Ramesh Mishra (sarangi), Shahid Parvez (sitar) with Anindo Chatterjee (tabla), Jagadish Prasad (vocal) with Mihir Kundu (tabla) and Sohanlal Sharma (harmonium), Debjoyti Bose (sarod) with Subhankar Banerjee (tabla), Kaushiki Dsikan (vocal) with Abhijit Banerjee (tabla) and Hiranmoy Mitra (harmonium), and Partha Sarathi Desikan (vocal) with Subhojyoti Guha (tabla) and Somen Poddar (harmonium).
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till February 9 at Gaganendra Pradarshashala; 2 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of photographs, titled Banglar Mukh Aami Dekhiyachhi. Organised by Calcutta Information Centre, information and cultural affairs of the state government and Third Eye.
Till February 9 at Bose Pacia, Stephen Court, 18 Park Street, #40010148; 11 am - 7 pm: Ladies of Calcutta— an exhibition of photographs by Dayanita Singh.
Till February 12 at Alliance Française du Bengale Gallery, 217 AJC Bose Road, #22815538; 10 am - 5.30 pm: Eurography, a photo exhibit by Rono.
TRAINING PROGRAMME
February 9 & 10 at Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy, , P-35/1 Taratolla Road, #24013488; 9.30 am - 4.30 pm: Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy is organising the first National Training Programme and Conference on the ISAAC-India Chapter, ‘Building AAC (Augmentative & Alternative Communication) - The Way Ahead’.
FILM SHOW
February 9 at 46 Satish Mukherjee Road, near Kalighat Park; 6 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents the screening of I Am Dina, an Ole Bornedal film from Norway on the occasion of the visit to Calcutta of Norwegian writers Lars Amund Vaage, Hanne Bramness and Herbjorg Wassmo.
BOOK LAUNCH
February 9 at Crossword, 8 Elgin Road; 6 pm: The launch of Buddhadev Guha’s First Love and Other Stories (from Panchashti Priyo Galpo), translated into English by Shankar Sen. The book will be launched by Nabaneeta Dev Sen.
ALBUM RELEASE
February 9 at Starmark, 3 Lord Sinha Road; 5 pm: Parveen Sultana will release Bandhan, an audio CD of a jugalbandi featuring Bhawani Shankar (pakhawaj) and Abhijit Banerjee (tabla).
TALK
February 9 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 5.30 pm: A musical illustration in Bengali: Girishchandrer Natyaloke Sri Ramakrishna. Speaker: Parimal Kanti Das.
February 9 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: Swami Mathureshananda will speak on Life and teachings of Swami Brahmanandaji Maharaj.
February 9 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak on Manovijnan O Atmatattwa.
READING
February 10 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P. Lal reads Sanjaya’s report of confused skirmishes involving Bhima, Arjuna, the Samsaptakas and Asvatthaman, Arjuna’s strategy to protect Yudhisthira, and Karna’s fierce clash with Dhristadyumna, in the 411th 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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