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Cricket fever is at its peak with Royal Challenge presents The Telegraph Cup Cricket 2011 for Corporates. Sixty-four teams will be battling it out for a month. The teams have been divided into 16 groups with four teams in each group. At stake are the Main Plate, the Loser’s Plate and the Bowl Plate. Matches are being played in league and knockout stages. There will be a total of 161 games. Berger Paints, HSBC EDP, Tata Steel and Selvel are some of the major participants. The mood of the competition is like that of a carnival with a DJ providing some music as the players change gears. Elimination starts in the knockout stage, March 5 onwards.
Event: Royal Challenge presents The Telegraph Cup Cricket 2011 for Corporates When: Till March 12; 5.30pm onwards Where: CC&FC
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ART
Till March 9 (except Sundays & holidays) at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Tower (2nd floor), 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, 2485 8717 / 2485 8509; Mondays (3 pm - 7 pm), Tuesdays - Saturdays (2 pm - 7 pm): Concepts & Ideas 2011. Works by Sheba Chhachhi, Anjum Singh and Praneet Soi.
Till February 22 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of watercolours by Sambhu Nath Das.
Till February 23 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of the works of French sculptor, designer and painter Gerald Verollet.
Till February 23 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Verse on Canvas, a group exhibition of paintings and sculptures by well-known artists.
Till February 23 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The ninth solo exhibition of paintings by Subhendu Das.
Till February 23 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘B’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Rough Canvas presents an exhibition of paintings by Debashis Mitra, Debabrata De, Ganesh Das, Kajal Chakraborty, Sujit Kumar Ghosh and Shyamal Sikdar.
Till February 23 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The seventh solo exhibition of paintings by Uttam Kumar Roy.
Till February 26 at The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Harrington Mansions, Suite 5+25B, 2nd floor, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, 22829220/21; 12 noon - 7 pm: An exhibition of the recent works of Jeram Patel. Presented by Ina Puri.
Till February 28 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Gopal Ghosh.
Till February 28 at Image Craft, 56/E Block-D, New Alipore; 11 am - 8 pm: An exposition of paintings and sculptures by Choturanga. Participants: Suvendu Mondal, Asish Gupta, Anjan Bhattacharya and Banani Ganguly.
Till March 6 (except Mondays) at Shree Art Gallery, 11 Gurusaday Road, Kusum Apartment, Flat no. 61; 3 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Anil Yadav, Ashok Ganguly, Anindya Shankar Chakraborty, Ajita Sengupta, Ashis Mondal, Aditi Chakraborty Sadhu, Ashimava Dutta, Arun Samaddar, Deben Laha, Debabrata Chakraborty, Dipti Chakraborty, Jibon Biswas, Khokon Raut, Milanendu Mondal, Malay Chandan Saha, Nitya Kundu, Paresh Saha, Prabal Roy, Prasun Mollick, Pramathesh Chandra, Ranjan Sarkar, Ramprasad De, Ranadip Das, Samir Paul, Subrata Das, Sadhan Sengupta, Sarbani Ganguly, Suman Dey, Sukanta Das, Tanusree Ghosh, Tapash Sardar and Tanmoy Roychowdhury.
Till March 31 at St Thomas’ Chapel, Bishop’s College, 224 AJC Bose Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts, in association with Bishop’s College, Calcutta, presents The Last Supper, a series of reverse paintings on acrylic by Madhvi Parekh.
Till March 31 (except Sundays) at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, 40034974, 22894745; 10.30 am - 7 pm: World Art – with a focus on France, an exhibition of paintings by artists from France, Argentina, Brazil, the UK, Congo, Italy, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Singapore and the US from the Museum’s collection.
DRAMA
February 21 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Madhabi. Drama: Bhisma Sahni. Adaptation, music & direction: Swatilekha Sengupta. Cast: Rudraprasad Sengupta, Debshankar Halder, Parthapratim Deb, Sumanta Ganguly and Sohini Sengupta.
February 22 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Theatre Workshop will stage its latest production, Goenda Poabaro. Drama: Anil Saha. Direction: Kamal Manna.
February 23 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Naye Natua presents Michael Madhusudan Dutt’s Meghnadbadh Kabya. Direction & performance: Goutam Halder.
February 23 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Renaissance will stage its new Hindi production, Baal Bhagwan, written by Swadesh Dipak and directed by Aloke Chakravorty.
pERFORMING ARTS
February 21 at at Rabindra Bhavan, Dum Dum; 5 pm: Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary celebration, organised by South Dum Dum Municipality. Featuring Tagore songs by Srabani Sen, Manoj Murali Nair and Manisha Murali Nair; recitation by Sumantra Sengupta and Shaktipriyo Dutta; and dance-drama presented by Indian Dance & Research Academy.
February 21 at Rabindra Okakura Bhavan, Salt Lake; 6 pm: Arghya celebrates Sangeetacharya Amiya Ranjan Bandyopadhyay’s 85th birthday with an evening of classical music. Featuring a sarod recital by Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta with Pandit Samar Saha (tabla), and a vocal recital by Sangeetacharya Amiya Ranjan Bandyopadhyay with Soumen Nandy (tabla) and Rupashree Bhattacharya (harmonium).
February 21 at Sree Satyananda Devayatan, 1 Ibrahimpur Road, Jadavpur; 6.30 pm: Classical music: Vocal by Indrani Majumdar with Tanmay Aditya (tabla), and a sitar recital by Sujay Basu with Samir Nandi (tabla).
February 22 at Birla Academy; 6 pm: The members of Saptasur and disciples of Late Dipali Nag celebrate her 89th birth anniversary with a programme of classical music: Khayal by Saptasur Group and Sumita Ray; Thumri, Dadra, Bhajan & Ragprodhan by Urmi Das Gupta; and Khayal & Thumri by Subhra Guha.
February 23 at Kala Kunj (Kala Mandir basement); 6 pm: Experience a fusion of traditional Japanese musical instruments: Shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute), Sangen (three-stringed instrument) and Koto (Japanese harp). The Japan Foundation-sponsored recital is organised by Indo-Japan Welfare and Cultural Association and supported by Consulate-General of Japan in Calcutta.
bhasha Diwas
February 21 at Sisir Mancha; 5 pm: Bharat Bangladesh Moitree Samiti and Suchetana Academy remember the martyrs of the Bengali language movement with a programme, Aa Mori Bangla Bhasha, featuring songs by Pramita Mallick, Dr Meenakshi Sinha, Golam Fakir, Babu Fakir, Dr Upali Chattopadhyay and Dr Rajib Kar Choudhury; recitation by Partha Ghosh, Gouri Ghosh, Jagannath Bose, Urmimala Bose, Soumitra Mitra, Rajatava Dutta and Sovansundar Bose; reading from Zahir Raihan’s prose by Moly Debnath; and choral song by Adrita Juvenile Choir. Also, release of Ekushey February, an audio CD of recitation by artistes of West Bengal of poems by Bangladeshi poets.
TALK
February 21 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 5.30 pm: Swami Omkaratmananda will speak on Yogavashisthasar.
February 21 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Ritananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga.
February 21 at Ramakrishna Mancha, Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 6.30 pm: Swami Satyapriyananda will speak on Vivekachudamani.
February 21 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Lecture Hall; 7 pm: Prof. Bhupendra Nath Seal will speak on Bharat Premik Swami Abhedananda.
PHOTOGRAPHS
February 21 - 26 at Boi-Chitra, Coffee House building, 2nd floor, 15 Bankim Chatterjee Street; 3 pm - 7.30 pm: Photographs by Atanu Bose, Prithwi Kanta Roy and Siddhartha Biswas.
February 21 - 24 at Abanindra Sabhagriha & Gaganendra Pradarshashala; 4.30 pm: Inauguration of 16th Foto Unit International Salon on Digital Photography and as well as an exhibition of photographs by members and students of Foto Unit. The salon will continue till February 24, 2 pm to 8 pm.
MOTHER’S JAYANTI
February 21 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 6 pm: The Mother’s Jayanti function features reading by Rita Chawdhuri, recitation by Pranami Basak, song by Prabuddha Raha and talk by Prof. Biswanath Ray. Jayanti meditation will be held around the shrine from 7.30 pm to 8 pm.
EXHIBITION
February 21 - 26 at 8/2 Loudon Street, 2nd floor, 22811524: Earthy Myths annual exhibition of 2010 collections of saris and outfits.
Till February 27 (except Monday) at Gurusaday Museum, Bratacharigram, Joka, 24676048; 11am - 4pm: On the occasion of its 48th Foundation Day, Gurusaday Museum presents an exhibition, Square Pat in Rural Bengal.
Till February 24 at Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road: Art objects made of wood, brass, bronze, shola, marble, alabaster, horn and papier mache procured from master craftsmen from all over the country.
Till February 25 at 85 Lansdowne, 85 B Sarat Bose Road; 11 am - 7.30 pm: 85 Lansdowne annual Autumn-Winter end of the season 2010-11 show of a unique face of fashion — youthful, trendy, innovative — combining style with substance.
Till February 28 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36c S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: On the occasion of South African artist William Kentridge’s first visit to India, the Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents William Kentridge: An exhibition of etchings, prints, films.
Till February 21 at Bombaim, 218 AJC Bose Road; 10 am - 8 pm: Bombaim presents light spring classics Spring 2011 - Act 1, a whole new range of light spring collections of well-known brands, along with Akaaro by designer Gaurav Jai Gupta.
QUIZ
March 5 at The Space Circle: Adverb presents Showbiz - the 4th edition for 3-member teams. Registrations start at 4 pm. Quiz starts at 4.30 pm. Entry fee: Rs 300 per team. Prizes for top three teams. QM: Biswabijoy Sen.
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