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Travelling from faraway UK to the heart of remote tribal villages of Bengal and Orissa, photographers Ruth Dillon and Jonathan Tooze have captured moments that reflect and reveal the essence of the life, art and culture of the people of these regions. Photofinish: Capturing the journey of Bangla folk offers a remarkable testimony to the truth that tribal culture and art forms in this part of the country are certainly alive and well. Part of an international tour commissioned by banglanatak dot com, the photographs present an interesting mix of colour and monochrome portraits, each expressing a different facet of local cultural heritage, such as Baul Fakiri, Patachitra and Chhau dance. Besides, there are simple yet striking images of tribal women and children, rustic environs and various local rituals and festivals.
Event: An exhibition of photographs by Ruth Dillon and Jonathan Tooze When: Till April 14; 11am - 7pm Where: Studio21, 17L Dover Terrace
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ART
Till April 14 at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Tower, 2nd floor; 2pm - 7pm: An exhibition of recent works by Shuvaprasanna.
Till April 14 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, 24484925, 24497931; 11am - 8pm: Recent works by Nobina Gupta.
Till April 14 at Gallery Image Kraft, 56E, Block D, New Alipore; 11am - 8pm: Expression of Colours — an exhibition of paintings by Atin Basak, Debashis Podder, Dilip Choudhury, Diptish Ghosh Dastidar, Khudiram Maity, M. Rahman, Manoj Mitra, Nirmal Dutta, Pradip Rakshit, Sarojit Sarkar, Satyabrata Karmakar, Sekhar Kar, Sonali, Suman Roy, Shyamkanu Borthakur and Tapati Sarkar.
April 14 - 20 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘B’ Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Paintings by Rabindranath Roy.
Till April 15 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12noon - 8pm: An exhibition of paintings by Mintu Naiya and Sriparna Roy.
Till April 17 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road; 3pm - 8pm: Verse on Canvas — an exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Participating artists: Abanindranath Tagore, Gaganendranath Tagore, Sanat Kar, M.F. Husain, Prakash Karmakar, Bijon Chowdhury, Shuvaprasanna, Ashok Kumar Dey, Debisri Paul, Dinesh Shrimali, Dipnarayan Paul, Mithun Dutta, Puspen Roy, Rajib Deyasi, Ramratan Das, Ranit Dutta, Ruma Nayak, Rumka Jana, Sambhu Saha, Samik De, Kalachand Das, Shaktipada Jana, Shampa Lowang, Shyamal Ganguly, Durbananda Jana, Subhas Roy, Subhendu Das, Ayan Banerjee, Anil Kumar Pritswi, Chandan Roy, Koushik Paul, Subrata Paul and Subrata Biswas.
Till April 17 at The Stadel, lobby; 11am - 9pm: Ode to Poila Baishakh, an art exhibition by the group, Black, comprising Samir Dutta, Moumita Dutta, Gurukinkar and Asim Paul.
Till April 20 at Nandalal Bose Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11am - 7pm: Ghat by Ghat — a painting exhibition of the ghats of Varanasi by Australian artist Terry Burrows.
Till April 23 (except Sundays & holidays) at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture; 10am - 1pm & 2.30pm - 7pm: Annual Art Exhibition: Pilgrim of Eternity, an exhibition of watercolour miniatures by Bireswar Sen.
Till April 24 (except April 15 & 18) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3pm - 8pm: 50 Years of Drawings & Paintings by Dr Debasis Bhattacharya.
Till April 30 (except Mondays) at Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art, 48/44 Swiss Park, 24246534; 4pm - 7pm: Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art presents Annual Exhibition 2011.
Till April 30 (Sundays by appointment) at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, 65508418; 10.30am - 6.30pm: The Rapture of Form — paintings by Suhas Roy, Prokash Karmakar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Sanatan Dinda, Atin Basak, Bratin Khan, Gourango Beshai, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Subrata Das, Samir Paul, Sukanta Das and others.
Till May 6 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 11am - 8pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents the exhibition, Somnath Hore: Prints, Drawings, Posters.
Till May 7 (except Sundays & holidays) at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency Building, 3rd floor, 22895438; 11am - 7.30pm: Sublime Contours, an exhibition of recent paintings by some of the senior and well as upcoming artists of Andhra Pradesh.
Till June 9 (except Sundays) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, 24630465, 40012289; 11 am - 7pm: The Young Man Was... (a few chapter): Naeem Mohaiemen.
pERFORMING ARTS
April 14 - 17 at Vivekananda Hall, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture: Sangeet Natak Akademi, in collaboration with Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture and Jalsaghar Foundation, Calcutta, presents Dhrupad Mahotsav. Today, 6pm: Inauguration by Swami Prabhanandaji Maharaj. To be followed by Dhrupad by Abhay Narayan Mallick, Gautanbudh Nagar, Pakhawaj by Udhav Shinde Apegaonkar, Ambejogai, and Rudraveena by Bahauddin Dagar, Mumbai.
April 14 at Birla Academy; 6pm: Jamshedpur Forum (Calcutta) and Dibyo-Jyotir Pathe presents a few sparks of Tagore’s illustrious life through Oi Mahamanabo Aashey, a stream of narration, songs, recitation and dance. Dance choreography: Satabdi Ballet Troupe.
April 17 at Gyan Manch; 10am: Prize distribution of art, craft and music contests, and a cultural programme by the students of Sangeet Shyamala. Also, Odissi danseuse Sanchita Bhattacharjee will be felicitated with Sangeet Shyamala Award. Chief guest: H.E. Mitsuo Kawaguchi, consul general of Japan in Calcutta.
DRAMA
April 14 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Nautanki Kolkata presents its multi-lingual production, Dhnorai Charit Manas. Drama & direction: Abhishek Basu.
April 14 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: Chokh presents Sukumar Ray’s Matarikir Tara. Drama & direction: Abhijit Kar Gupta.
April 14 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30pm: K.A.L.T. presents Badan Chander Bajjati. Direction: Narottam Seal.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till April 14 at Studio21, 17L Dover Terrace, 2486 6735; 11m - 7pm: Photofinish: Capturing the Journey of Bangla Folk. A photographic exposition by Ruth Dillon and Jonathan Tooze.
Till April 16 at The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Harrington Mansions, Suit 5+25B, 2nd floor, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, 22829220/1; 2pm - 7pm: Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Calcutta, in collaboration with The Harrington Street Arts Centre, presents Frozen in Time, an exhibition of photographs on dance.
Till April 20 at Nandan-IV; 4pm - 8pm: A photographic exhibition to commemorate 60 years of making of the film, The River, by Jean Renoir.
April 13 - 19 at National Academy of Photography (NAP), 38 Golf Club Road, 24226360; 12noon - 7pm: Hey Boishakh, an exhibition of photographs by the students of NAP and the members of Persona-International.
BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
April 14 at Sisir Mancha; 6pm: Alauddin Smarak Samiti celebrates the 88th birth anniversary of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan with reminiscences by notable personalities, vocal recital, Brinda-Vadan, and screening of a documentary on the artiste.
VARIETY
April 14 at Bangla Akademi; 5pm: Youth’s Institute of Education for Language & Development presents a seminar on Relation of Society with Language; readings in different foreign languages; recitation presented by Uchcharon; and audio-play presented by Shundi.
TALK
April 14 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7pm: Br. Satyachaitanya will speak on Letters of Swami Vivekananda.
CELEBRATION
Till April 18 at Sree Thyagaraja Hall, P-530 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 24638296: Ved Bhavan Bhajan Samaj celebrates 71st Sri Ramanavami Mahotsavam. Today, 6pm: Panchanga Patanam - ‘Kara’ Varushan (Tamil New Year). At 6.45pm: Varakari Sapradhaya Hari Keerthan by Kadayanallur Raghunath Das Maharaj & party.
EXHIBITION
Till April 14 at Design, 1st floor, 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 24664315; 11am - 7.30pm: Paramita Viswanathan’s summer collection of cotton and silk saris.
Till April 14 at 16/2 Gariahat Road, Ekdalia crossing banquet hall; 10.30am - 9pm: Joyita’s selection presents Shubho Poila Baishakh, a designer boutique festival which includes saris, dress material, ladies & gents kurtas and kurtis, Lucknow chikan, costume jewellery and gift items.
Till April 15 at Sasha, 27 Mirza Ghalib Street, 2252-1586/0422; Monday - Saturday: 10am - 7pm, Sunday: 10am - 1pm: Sasha presents Indian Summer, an exhibition of exclusive saris, garments, jewellery and home furnishings in cool cottons, khadis, chanderis, mangalgiris, kasida embroidery, natural dyes & prints.
Till April 15 at Indian Silk House Exclusives, P-92 Lake Road; 11am - 7pm: Kavita Samsukha of Indian Silk House Exclusives is exhibiting a cool summer collection which includes an exciting range of saris and salwar suits in Maheshwari, Chanderi Kota, Kachi Cotton, Coimbatore Cotton, Gadhwal, Super Nets, Benarasi Cotton.
Till April 15 at Sienna E 102 City Centre 1, Salt Lake; 11am - 8pm: Baishakhi Mela of colourful cotton saris including Mangalgiris, Maheshwaris, South Cottons, blockprints and Kanthas. Also, handmade ceramic earthenware.
Till April 16 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre (ICCR), 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani, 2282-0763/64; 10am - 7pm: Kamala, the retail outlet of Crafts Council of India, presents its spring collection of textiles for Poila Baisakh.
Till April 16 at Aranya’s new showroom, F-56 (first floor) Dakshinapan; 11am - 8pm: Alo, an exhibition of handmade paper lampshades.
Till April 30 at 175 Block G, New Alipore, 40608060; Weekdays: 11am - 7.30pm, Sunday: 12noon - 6pm: V Style Voyage, the fashion and lifestyle boutique, exhibits new summer collection of salwar kurta, tunics, dresses.
WORKSHOP
April 16 & 17 at Starmark (3 Lord Sinha Road and Mani Square); 12 noon to 1pm: Starmark and Hobby Ideas will hold art and craft workshops for children on clay modelling (April 16) and scrap book making (April 17). For more details and registration, call 99039 85097.
April 16 at Young Minds Pre-School; 6pm - 7pm: Birth and Beyond is holding a Parenting for Dads workshop, to be conducted by psychotherapist Farishta Dastur Mukerji. Call Vidhi Beri at 9748755946 to register by April 14.
April 15 - May 8 at Eduzone, 112 Southern Avenue: Summer workshops by reputed teachers in English, mathematics, elocution, public-speaking & personality enhancement in 3 levels: Classes III to V, VI to VIII & IX to XII. Also, free diagnostic tests on SAT, GRE, GMAT, IELTS, TOEFL April 17 & 24 at 11 am. Details: www.eduzoneindia.com, or e-mail to eduzoneindia@gmail.com or call 9830020277, 9230613528.
April 16 & 17 at Objet D’Art, 14/1B Palm Avenue, 9831200077: Workshop on jewellery making.
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