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It is that time of the year again when all roads lead to The Old Bungalow at Alipore. Yes, it is Stylefile time in association with t2 — the seventh edition of this annual lifestyle event. And that shopaholics in the city will be spoilt for choice is guaranteed. Clothes, accessories and art come together at this one day mart. The fashion-conscious can browse through 17 labels. The roster includes names like Anamika Khanna, Kiran Uttam Ghosh, Nachiket Barve, Shantanu Goenka, Pankaj & Nidhi, Manish Gupta, Vivek Narang, Dev r Nil, Vinita Pittie, Snna, Shambhavi Khaitan, Cinnamon, Nidhi Tholia, Astha by Sudhanshu & Seema, Studio Petticoat by Debyani & Divya, Eshaani Jayaswal and Aparnashefali We’ves. The accessory lover can check out brands like Salvatore Ferragamo who will line up their fall-winter 2009-10 collection and Pink collection (dedicated to breast cancer awareness). Alpana Gujral, Crimzon Accessories from Mumbai with its Lakme Fashion Week line, Suhani Pittie, handmade designer cards by Avarna, Amrapali from Jaipur and Rohita Bhaskaran complete the line. For art connoisseurs, there are canvasses and creations by Amrita Dhawan, Bose Krishnamachari, Hardik Kansara, Krupa Makhija, Nilesh Kumawat, Paresh Maity, Rajshree Thakker, Sunil Padwal, Vineet Kakkar and Vinod Daroz.
Event: Stylefile 2009, showcasing contemporary art and fashion items When: Today; 5 pm - midnight Where: The Old Bungalow, 7/6 Burdwan Road, Alipore
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Art
Till December 5 (except Sunday) at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #2289 3027/5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: Time’s Whirlwind — Art of Satish Gujral.
November 20 - 30 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 2275; 3 pm - 8 pm: Cityscapes Over the Years: 1900 onwards — paintings and photographs by various artists.
Till November 20 at Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: A painting exhibition featuring works by four young artists.
Till November 20 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 1st floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of recent watercolours by Shyamal Sen.
Till November 21 at Tejas Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #9830049825; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Tejas Gallery is hosting its third annual Devi show by 24 artists. The exhibits, numbering approximately 70, include both gods and goddesses.
Till November 22 at Bodhi Tree-Monastery of Art, 48/44 Swiss Park, #2424 6534; 2 pm - 7 pm: Contemporary art exhibition of paintings and sculptures presented by Kolkata Canvas.
Till November 25 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of portraits by Sabita Dhar.
Till November 25 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 7.30 pm: An exhibition of paintings, glass painting and terracotta by 200 students of Nehru Children’s Museum.
Till November 28 (except Sunday) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: T(HERE) and the space between..., an exhibition of works by Kiran Chandra.
Till November 28 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Young Bengal — paintings, drawings and graphics by Amit Manna, Anirban Khamaru, Anjan Modak, Ankan Chakraborty, Satavisha Hazra and Soma Das.
Till November 29 (except Monday) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Astonishment of Being, an exhibition of the works of eminent artists from various parts of India. Exhibits include paintings, sculptures, photographs, installations and video. Curated by Deeksha Nath.
Till November 30 at 26 Lee Road, ground floor; 11.30 am - 7.30 pm: The inaugural exhibition of Ahuja Museum for the Arts features over 1000 works from the museum’s collection.
Till January 3 (except Monday) at Bose Pacia, Stephens Court, 18 Park Street, #40010148; 11 am - 7 pm: B-Swarga — new works by Jayanta Roy.
PERFORMING ARTS
Till November 22 at Dalhousie Institute, Jhowtala Road, #22873423; 6 pm: Congo Square JazzFest 2009, 2nd Edition. Today: Andrea Marcelli Trio (Italy) at 6 pm; and Saskia Laroo (Netherlands) at 8 pm. Tickets at venue & Tejas (11 Mayfair Road).
November 20 at Plush, The Astor Hotel; 10 pm onwards: Plush - Beach Shack Party with DJ TaTvA Kundalini.
November 21 at Science City; 6 pm: In aid of Institute of Child Health, Basanti Bidyabithi (Manoranjan Sen Smriti Samsad Trust) and West Bengal Motion Picture Artists’ Forum present a sarod recital by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan with Subhankar Banerjee on the tabla.
November 21 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: In aid of Charuchetana’s building fund, Aabarta presents an evening of recitation featuring Prabir Brahmachari.
DRAMA
November 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Daaho. Direction: Anish Ghosh.
November 20 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Gandhar will stage Kachher Manush, with Debshakar Haldar and Bijoylakshmi Barman in the lead. Dir: Gautam Haldar, filmmaker.
November 21 at The Bengal Club; 7.30 pm: Stagecraft will stage A Slice of Life featuring four short plays, Match Point, Come Next Tuesday, Give the Bishop My Faint Regards and Stops Along the Way. Direction: Rohit Pombra.
November 22 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: Nandikar will stage Ajnatobass, directed by Sumanta Gangopadhyay. Directorial advisor: Rudraprasad Sengupta.
TALK / SEMINAR
November 20 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Pradyot Kumar Mukhopadhyay will speak in Bengali on Dharma, Darshan O Vijnan.
November 20 at Emami Towers, 687 Anandapur EM Bypass; 5 pm: Sotheby’s presents Talking Art — An evening with Phil Whittaker. Topic: Truth and Lies about Art Investment.
November 20 at Rotary Sadan; 6.30 pm: Icfai University hosts a seminar on Self Evaluation for Greater Opportunities. Speaker: Abhijit Chandra of JD Birla Institute of Management.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till November 21 at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, #2486 6735; 11 am - 7 pm: Home and the Street — an exhibition of black-and-white photographs taken by Sumit Basu, Jayanta Saha, Kushal Ray, Nilanjan Ray and Saibal Das. Curated by Christopher Taylor.
Till November 24 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, #24556942/43; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts and Tasveer present Tales of Chitpur — photographs by Saibal Das.
Till November 25 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘A’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Kingshooker Chhobi — the second solo exhibition of photographs by Kimsuk Ray.
BOOK exhibition
Till December 13 at Crossword, Elgin Road: Crossword-Penguin Fest (in association with t2). Attractive offers on Penguin Books for the entire period across five Crossword stores.
Till November 23 at Worldview Bookstore, Jadavpur University campus, Subarna Jayanti Bhawan; 11 am - 7 pm: Penguin Books India, in association with Worldview Bookstore, presents Penguin Classics Library. This month-long exhibition also includes talks, discussions and readings at the venue.
EXHIBITION
Till November 20 at Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, 19A Gurusaday Road; 11 am - 5 pm: In commemorating 35 years of service to the nation, Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy (IICP) is hosting an exhibition, Together Towards Tomorrow, on Information, Communication Technology for Disability (ICT) in collaboration with Birla Industrial & Technological Museum.
Till November 20 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of Urushi by eminent Japanese artist Higashibata Yui is a unique collection of his masterpieces on lacquer. Organised by Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts in association with Consulate General of Japan in Calcutta and ICCR.
Till November 23 at 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 11.30 am - 6.30 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents Tussore Utsav featuring tussore saris and bags specially designed for Calcutta’s party season. Also, evening bags and costume, silver and semi-precious stone jewellery.
Till November 25 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace (1st floor); 10 am - 7 pm: Shrujan presents the finest hand-crafted embroidery from the magical land of Kutch.
Till November 21 at 16/2 Gariahat Road, #9831030737; 11 am - 8 pm: Jo’s kurtis, patialla & dupatta sets, blankets and kantha saris.
Till November 30 at The Halo Heritage, 26 Ritchie Road; 11.30 am - 8 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents durries and home accessories.
CHILD RIGHTS AND YOU
November 21 at Rotary Sadan; 4 pm onwards: As part of the campaign on Children’s Right to Education, CRY is organising a collage of programmes including theatre performances (4 pm - 5 pm), photo exhibition (4 pm - 8.30 pm), graphiti signing and a panel discussion (5.45 pm - 8.30 pm).
WORKSHOP
November 21 at South City International School, Prince Anwar Shah Road; 10 am - 3 pm: South City International School, in association with Ratna Sagar Publishers, is organising an interactive educational workshop for teachers on the basic principles of Environmental Studies in accordance to National Curriculum Framework 2005. To be conducted by Madhu Singh Sirohi.
November 22 at Eduzone campus, 112 Southern Avenue; 11 am - 12.30 pm: Interactive discussion and introductory presentation on SAT, GRE, GMAT, TOEFL & IELTS. One-hour diagnostic tests on these exams on request, with corrections and followup. No registration charges. E-mail confirmation at eduzoneindia@ gmail.com. For details, call 9830020277, 9230613528 or visit www.eduzoneindia.com.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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