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The latest in the line of fashion and lifestyle caravans to roll into town is Cherry Orchard 2010, in association with t2. Spearheaded by Shradha Saraf and Shilpi Goenka, its third edition will showcase designers, jewellery, silverware, gift items and accessories. Designed on the theme of a Turkish bazaar, the highlight of the event is that all the designers will be showcasing brand new collections. On the fashion front are established names like Manish Arora, Nitin Bal Chauhan, Shane & Falguni Peacock, Priyadarshini Rao, Rina Dhaka and Rohit Gandhi & Rahul Khanna. Also adding to the list are Aditi Bagchi, Aditya Dugar, Anuj Sharma, Cherie Agarwal, Arjun Agarwal, Deepika Gehani, J Square, kSara by Shradha Saraf, Paracas, Payal Singhal, Ravage, Roliana, Benaras Splendour, Saffron Hues, Sanchita Julka, Sejal Kanoi, Shyam Narayan Prasad, Sonam by Sonam Kejriwal, Stuti Modi, Tuhina & Parul Shukla, Verb-Pallavi Singhee, Vivek Kumar and Jaya Misra. Guests can have their fill of jewellery from the stalls of Mangat Rai and Royal Orchid Jewellery. Balaji Creations, Fresco — Tableware Extraordinaire, Kaji, Kaya Skin Clinic, Nehaz by Neha Poddar and Spacio are there to take care of lifestyle shopping needs. Adaa, Bansri Joaillerie, Jool Kurry, Kokomo, Shweta & Nitesh, Symetree, TAD and Vasundhara Mantri offer enough choice as far as accessories and gifts go. Tired feet can find solace with feet massage by Amoda. For the hungry visitor, there will be platter-picks from Hyatt Regency and Little Pleasures with a whole lot of Lebanese yummies. A DJ will also spin.
Event: Cherry Orchard 2010 — Fashion and lifestyle bazaar When: Today; 11 am - 8 pm Where: Hyatt Regency
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ART
Till April 20 (except Sundays & holidays) at the Museum and Art Gallery of The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Gol Park; 10.30 am - 1 pm & 2.30 pm - 7 pm: Annual Exhibition 2010 of paintings, sculptures and print-makings of late Lalit Mohan Sen.
Till April 10 at Galerie 88, 28 B Shakespeare Sarani, #2290 2274; 11 am - 7 pm, Mondays: 2 pm - 7 pm: The Metaphor and Beyond — featuring works by C. Douglas, P. Gopinath, K. Muralidharan and S. Nandagopal.
Till April 10 at Srimati Art Gallery, Baitanik, 4 Elgin Road; 2 pm - 7 pm: Baitanik presents Symphony 2 — paintings by Aloke Kumar Paul.
Till April 10 at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue, 1st floor; 2 pm - 7 pm: Creation — an exhibition of painting and sculpture. Featuring works by Siddhartha Patra, Subir Debnath, Umendra Prasad and Nitai Samanta.
Till April 11 at Oxford Bookstore, Park Street; 11 am - 8 pm: Oxford Bookstore and Madness group present an exhibition of artworks by Young, talented artists.
Till April 11 at The Promenade Lounge, Taj Bengal: Paintings by Arunangshu Roy. The artist will be painting live between 3 pm and 6 pm on most days.
DRAMA
April 10 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Kalyani Natyacharcha presents Meyeti, starring Goutam Halder and Bindiya Ghosh. Direction: Kishore Sengupta.
April 10 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Padatik & Brainchild Theatre present the Hindi comedy, Late Lateef. Direction: Kunal Padhy.
April 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 10 am: Theatre Platform presents Parashuram.
April 11 at Gyan Manch; 6 pm: Proscenium presents Darjeeling Ki Ek Raat, a murder mystery in Hindi directed by Sheo Kr Jhunjhunwala.
April 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Bohurupee will stage Buddhadeva Bose’s Kaal Sandhya. Direction: Kumar Roy.
April 11 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Pancham Vaidic presents Poshu Khamar. Direction: Arpita Ghosh.
April 11 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Rang Roop will stage Jalchhabi. Direction: Seema Mukhopadhyay.
April 11 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: Nandikar will stage its latest production, Madhabi, directed by Swatilekha Sengupta.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Till April 12 at Academy of Fine arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm; April 8 & 9 at Calcutta information Centre; 2 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of photographs by Atanu Paul and members of Third Eye.
PERFORMING ARTS
April 10 at Sisir Mancha; 6 pm: Korak presents dance-drama Chandalika and Madhuro Dhwani Baaje, a script based on Rabindrasangeet. Music direction: Sumitra Chatterjee. Dance direction: Dr Pushpita Mukherjee.
April 11 at St Xavier’s College auditorium; 5.30 pm: Kalahrdaya presents Song and Dance for Peace. Featuring Fr Srijon Das Baul, SJ & troupe, and Fr Saju George, SJ & troupe.
April 11 at Birla Academy; 5.45 pm: Guruguha Sangeet Sammelan presents Natyanjali featuring a Bharata Natyam recital by Kumari Kritika Sridhar, with Vasantha Aravindan (nattuvangam), B. Karthickeyan (vocal), P.R. Sreenath (vocal), V. Ramkumar (violin) and S. Venkat Raman (mridangam).
April 13 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: An evening of folk music by Tarak Khyapa and Uttam Das, to be followed by the screening of Bappa Sen’s documentary, Folk Bengal.
film Show
April 10 - 14 at Nandan-II: Malayalam film Festival as part of Kolkata-Kerala Festival. Organised by Kerala State Chalachitra Academy in association with Nandan, Calcutta. Today, 3 pm: Oru Pennum Randanum (Dir: Adoor Gopalakrishnan); at 6.30 pm: Kelkkunnundo (Dir: Geetu Mohandas). Tomorrow, 3 pm: Thalappavu (Dir: Madhupal); at 6 pm: Documentary Padeni Kolangal (Dir: Nooranad Ramachandran), at 6.30 pm: Pathamnilayile Theevandi (Dir: Joshy Mathew).
KERALA FESTIVAL
April 10 - 14 at Rabindra Sadan, Nadandan-II, ICCR Art Gallery, Bangla Akademi: Government of Kerala, Cultural & Archives departments along with different academies and Malayalee associations of Calcutta are organising Kolkata-Kerala Festival. Inauguration at Rabindra Sadan, 5.30 pm by M.A. Baby, minister for culture, Government of Kerala. Cultural procession (from Birla Planetarium to Rabindra Sadan), display of Kerala art forms and dances. Tomorrow: Literary seminar at Bangla Akademi at 9.30 am. Folk dances, songs, Theyyam at Rabindra Sadan, 5.30 pm.
BOOK LAUNCH
April 11 at Bangla Akademi; 10 am: Launch of Kolkata Cocktail (Malayalam/Essays; published by Mathrubhumi Books) written by Joshy Joseph. The book will be released by Malayalam novelist P. Vatsala as part of Kolkata-Kerala Festival. Poet Nirendranath Chakraborty will preside.
TALK / SEMINAR
April 10 at Triguna Sen Auditorium, Jadavpur University; 3.30 pm: The Science Association of Bengal & Loksiksha Sansad host a seminar on Environment and Sustainable Development.
April 10 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Atmapriyananda will speak on Kathopanishad.
April 10 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Dr Samiran Chandra Chakraborty will speak in Bengali on Prasthanabheda.
April 10 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra; 7 pm: Dr Subodh Chowdhury will speak on Kanya O Jayarupey Sri Ma Saradamanir Bhumika.
April 10 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Samir Kumar Basu will speak on Swami Abhedanander Jivan O Darshan.
ALBUM LAUNCH
April 10 at Press Club; 4 pm: Launch of Rangeela, an audio CD of S.D. Burman’s Bengali songs rendered by Ramita Bhaduri. Mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya, city police chief Gautam Mohan Chakrabarti, and ITC SRA director Ravi Mathur will be present on the occasion.
April 10 at Rotary Sadan; 5.30 pm: Nazrul Academy hosts the launch of Chiro Unnato Shir, an audio CD of recitation of Kazi Nazrul Islam’s poems by Pradip Ghosh and Subir Bandyopadhyay. To be followed by a prgramme of songs by Kalyani Kazi, Abhirup Guhathakurta, Pramita Mallick, Swastika Mukhopadhyay, Runu Dutta, Achin Mukhopadhyay, Satyakam Sen, Kazi Arindam and Amitava Bagchi.
EXHIBITION
April 10 - 16 at Sasha shop, 27 Mirza Ghalib Street, #22521586; 10 am - 7 pm, Sunday (10 am - 1 pm): Garments and sarees in cool cottons and summer weaves.
Till April 10 at Soumya’s Creation, 57/9 Bally-gunge Circular Road; 11 am - 8.30 pm: Exhibition of summer prints and home accessories.
Till April 10 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 10 am - 7 pm: Spring collection of textiles for Poila Boishakh from Kamala, the craft outlet of Crafts Council of India.
Till April 10 at Sujata Weaves & Prints, 8/1 Esplanade East, #9831604270; 11.30 am - 6.30 pm: Handwoven sarees/dupattas in kota, cotton silks in summer colours from weavers of India.
April 10 - 21 at 101/1 Tollygunge Road, #24648505, 24638997; 10 am - 7 pm: The Indian Handicraft presents an exhibition of brass handicraft and wooden Furniture.
Till April 11 at Senbati (opp. Gariahat Pantaloons), #9831030737; 11 am - 8 pm: Jo’s exhibition of kurtis, patiallas and dupattas.
Till April 11 at 2C Cornfield Road, #9830977828; 10 am - 8 pm: Monjir’s exhibition of traditional handicrafts, designer textiles and sizzling cuisine.
Till April 12 at Earthy Myths, 8/2 Loudon Street, 2nd floor, #22811524: A collection of innovative cotton kurtis and unusual sarees with sensuous blouses.
QUIZ
April 10 at International School of Business & Media, EN22, Sector V, Salt Lake: General quiz for 4-member teams. Registration from 4 pm. Entry fee per team: Rs 200. Limited to first 40 teams that register. Contact Abhijit (9830487023) or Deepanjan (9831541077).
WORKSHOP
April 10 at Jain House, 8/1 Esplanade East; 4 pm - 5.30 pm: Learn exotic salad and dressing’s class. For registration, contact Suman (9830019635).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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