 |
| Celebrating woman power |
|
A movement begun by Rivka Solomon in the USA, That Takes Ovaries is all about empowering women. Mixing art with activism, it celebrates the gutsy and often touching true tales of women’s oestrogen-powered deeds through an open-mike movement, a play and a best-selling book. To mark International Women’s Day, The American Center and Thoughtshop Foundation are conducting such an open-mike session story-sharing and play-reading session participated by women and young girls from diverse backgrounds. As always, they will relate real-life stories about times they have been bold or brash, courageous or outrageous. Featuring first-time speakers and veterans alike, it promises to be fun, audience participatory, inspirational and, above all, a triumph for women. Play-reading by Punam Singh, the Apne Aap players and others. Anchor: Mira Kakkar.
Event: Open mike story-sharing and play-reading session When: Today; 5 pm - 7 pm Where: The American Center
|
|
art
March 19 - April 8 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, #2485 8717/8509; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: On the Verge — recent works by Sumitro Basak. Opening today at 6.30 pm.
March 19 - April 2 (except Sundays and public holidays) at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, #2464 2617/3843; 2 pm - 7 pm: A retrospective of works by Amitabha Banerjee.
Till March 19 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Smile of the Hearth, featuring works by mother-daughter pair Paris-based artists Maite Delteil and Maya Burman.
Till March 20 at Gallery with Difference, 152 S.P. Mukherjee Road, #24646927; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of works by the members of Nandan, Santiniketan. Participating artists: Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Rabindra Krishna Paul, Sovon Som, Partha Pratim Deb, Manik Talukdar, Suchibrata Deb, Tapan Mitra, Swapnesh Chowdhury, Arundhati Banerjee, S. Anil Kumar Singh, Krishna Datta, Sulachana Saraswat, Sajal Kaity, Indrani Sadhukhan, Atanu Mukherjee, Chandrima Das, Sukla Chowdhury, Haren Thakur and others.
Till March 20 at The Address, Ganga Jamuna, 1st floor, 28/1 Shakespeare Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: Narayan’s World, featuring paintings, sculptures and handmade jewellery by Narayan Sinha.
Till March 22 at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #24653212; 11 am - 7 pm: Mind’s Journey, an exhibition of paintings by Sunil Chandra Pal, Paromita Chakraborty, Khil Bahadur Chhetri, Indira Halder and Nantu Behari Das.
Till March 24 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 6587; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of bronze sculptures by Bipin Goswami, Niranjan Pradhan, Shankar Ghosh, Surojit Das, Tapas Sarkar, Bimal Kundu, Anil Sen, Somnath Chakraborty, Banamali B. Sharma, Ruma B. Sharma, Saurabh Majumder, Sudarshan Pal, Chinmoy Karmakar and Chandan Roy.
DRAMA
March 19 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Purba Paschim will premiere Tagore’s Chaturanga. Cast: Kushal Chakraborty, Chaiti Ghosal, Debdoot Ghosh, Soumitra Mitra and others. Direction: Bratya Basu.
March 19 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Kanchan Ranga, produced by Jadavpur Srijan Ekti Nattya Bhabna. Direction: Dilip Mukherjee.
March 19 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Cinetel presents the comedy, Dui Dugune Chaar. Drama, direction & acting: Arindam Ganguly.
March 19 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: The Other Body and Hamlet Machine — an Oglam production in collaboration with Better Kolkata Campus.
March 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Leela Majumdar’s Duliya (Direction: Swatulekha Sengupta and Goutam Halder; Performance: Sohini sengupta) and Nana Ranger Din (Play: Anton Chekhov/Ajitesh Bandyopadhyay; Performance: Rudraprasad Sengupta and Partha Pratim Deb; Direction: Rudraprasad Sengupta).
PERFORMING ARTS
March 20 at Crossword Bookstore; 6.30 pm: Mystic Verses — A reading of Jibanananda Das’ poetry, translated by Chidananda Dasgupta, by filmmaker Aparna Sen and media personality Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee.
March 23 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Abhinandan presents an evening of Tagore songs and reading. Participants: Shampa Kundu and Mrinmoy Roy in songs and Soumitra Chatterjee in reading. Also, chorus songs by the artistes of Anandadhwani and conducted by Maya Sen. Compere: Debashis Basu.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till March 20 at Gaganendra Pradarshashala, 1st floor: An exhibition of photographs taken by noted litterateur Himanish Goswami.
Till March 21 at Gaganendra Shilpa Pradarshashala; 2 pm - 8 pm: First Light & Shadow Annual Photography Exhibition.
Till March 30 (except Mondays) at Gallery Rasa, 828/1 Block P, New Alipore, #2400 7348; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of photographs by Jyoti Bhatt.
Till April 19 (except Mondays) at Bose Pacia, Stephen Court, 18 Park Street; 11 am - 7 pm: India Shining, India Crying - A tale of contemporary India: An exhibition of photographs by Johann Rousselot. Organised by the French Embassy in India, Alliance Française du Bengale, and Bose Pacia.
TALK
March 19 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Atmapriyananda will speak in English on Kena Upanishad.
March 19 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Narendrananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga.
March 19 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: Vishnupada Jana will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita.
March 19 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Buddhatmananda will speak in Bengali on Bani O Bichar.
EXHIBITION
March 18 - 20 at Anusthan Bhawan, 132 Rashbehari Avenue, Deshapriya Park; 11 am - 8 pm: Joyita’s Selection and Sparsh present Prak-Boisakhi Mela, a spring-summer collection of designer sarees, fabrics, kurtis, kids’ wear, men’s wear, a variegated range of Lucknow chikan along with fashion jewellery and gift items.
Till March 21 (except Thursday) at 85 Lansdowne, 85B Sarat Bose Road; 11 am - 7.30 pm: 85 Lansdowne’s Spring-Summer 2008 collection: introducing Sabina Singh, Pallavi Singhee and Rinaldi; saris by Shaina NC, Benarasi weaves by Snna, contemporary jewellery by Lavanya and children’s wear by Little Wardrobe; launching Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s spring-summer line; and presenting the latest collection by resident designers.
Till March 22 at Selimpur Road, Dhakuria, #9874532577; 2 pm - 8.30 pm: Nibedita’s Boutique presents designer sarees and costume jewellery.
Till March 23 at 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents an exhibition of exclusive costume jewellery.
Till March 31 at 1/57B Dover Place; #98301 92087; 2 pm - 7 pm: Gharoya Boutique’s summer collection features sarees, salwar-kameez, lungi sets, mekhlas, tops, kurtis and other ladies wear.
FILM SHOW
March 19 at Max Mueller Bhavan auditorium; 6.30 pm: Screening of two docu films by Nilanjan Bhattacharya: In the Land of Hidden Treasure (2001, DV, 35 min.) and Jodi Bristi Ashey (If it Rains; 2007, DV, 26 min.)
FESTIVAL
March 19 - 21 at Sri Ganesh & Sri Murugan Temples, 58/14/3 & 6 Prince Anwar Shah Road: Panguni Uthiram Festival. Today at 6.30 pm: Sri Parvati Kalyanam.
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
|
