Art
Till February 5 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Drawings, paintings & graphics by Prithwis Sikdar. Till February 20 at Gallery Katayun, 4A Auckland Square, 2nd floor; 3.30 pm - 7.30 pm: A Winter?s Tale Phase III ? featuring works of contemporary Indian artists. Till February 6 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 2 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of Jogen Chowdhury?s works. Till February 20 (except Mondays) at Akar Prakar, P-238 Hindustan Park; 11 am - 8 pm: A show of recent prints and paintings by Alex Stenghel Till February 26 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road (near Taaja restaurant); 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: The Warmth of Colours ? an exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Till February 13 at the Gallery of Society of Contemporary Artists, 398 Jogendra Garden Road, Kasba; 4 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Ajoy Kumar Banerjee. February 1 - 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Drawings and paintings by Baniprosonno.DRAMA
February 1 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Sudrak presents two short plays: Pratimar Kaal and Pakhiwala. February 2 at Sujata Sadan; 6.45 pm: Arghya presents Simar. Dir: Manish Mitra. February 3 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Rang-Roop presents Tagore?s Shesh Raksha. Dir: Sima Mukherjee. February 6 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Swabak presents Tagore?s Shasti. Direction & acting: Nilima Chakraborty.TALK
February 1 at CMA Auditorium, 1 Shakespeare Sarani, 1st floor (rear side); 5.45 pm: The CMA-Patton Tuesday Talkshoppe: Dr Bharati Ray, former Pro VC, Calcutta University, to speak on Forgotten Ladies of India.performing artS
February 1 at Netaji Research Bureau, Netaji Bhavan, 38/2 Lala Lajpat Rai Road; 6.30 pm: A concert of Brahma Sangeet and Tagore songs by Sasha Ghoshal, a young vocalist from Canada, on the eve of Dr Sisir Kumar Bose?s 85th birth anniversary. February 2 at Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, 3 Regent Park; 6 pm: To mark the 69th birth anniversary of Joya Mitter, a sitar recital by Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan accompanied by Shakir Khan. February 2 at Aikatan, IA-290 Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC presents a Hindustani classical vocal recital of Begum Shipra Khan. February 4 at Gorky Sadan; 5.30 pm: Interlink Calcutta presents an exhibition and cultural show by the physically chanllenged and disadvantaged children and young adults. February 5 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Sangeet Ashram, in association with Philips, presents a vocal recital by Kaushiki Desikan (nee Chakraborty), with Subhashish Bhattacharjee on the tabla. February 6 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 2 pm: ONGC and Arohan Foundation present ONGC Sangeet Samaroh featuring Satish Vyas (santoor), Raka Mukherjee (vocal), Ronu Mazumder (flute), Sarathi Chatterjee (vocal) and Chitresh Das (Kathak).BOOKS
February 1 at the Mehras - The World of Books, Stall no. 670, Calcutta Book Fair; 5 pm - 6 pm: Signing session of the book, Tomorrow, I Promise ? stories by Sirshendu Mukherjee, translated in English by Santanu Sinha.PHOTOGRAPHS
Till February 5 at CIMA Gallery; Monday: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesday - Saturday: 2 pm - 7 pm: Objectif Paris ? a photography exhibition curated by Anne Cartier-Bresson. February 1 - 5 at Gaganendra Pradarshashala; 2 pm - 8 pm: Gangopadhyay...with the passing times ? an exhibition of photographs of Sunil Gangopadhyay taken by Pratap Kumar Dasgupta. Inauguration tomorrow at 6 pm.SEMINAR
February 2 & 3 at Sayed Nausher Ali Hall, West Bengal Legislative Assembly House: Seminar on the occasion of Beijing +10, on Trafficking in Women and Children in Eastern Region. Organised by West Bengal Commission for Women. (entry by invitation only)FAIR/EXHIBITION
February 1 & 2 at Madhusudan Mancha complex; 3 pm - 7.30 pm: Vikramshila Education Resource Society organises a children?s fair, Ikir Mikir, where children will showcase their talents in various fields of the arts. February 1 - 5 at Birla Industrial & Technological Museum; 1 pm - 6 pm: Eastern India Science Fair 2005 and Engineering Fair 2005. Inauguration today at 3.30 pm. February 1 - 8 at Finesse, 11/1B Alipur Road; 11 am - 7.30 pm: Tussar sarees with borders, Katiya Pallas and hand-block prints by Sujata Sarawgi. February 2 - 5 at Kanishka?s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 4 pm - 8 pm (Feb. 2), 10.30 am - 8 pm (Feb. 3 - 5): Southern Weaves ? exclusive traditional temple sarees from Kancheepuram and Chettinad.FILM SHOW
February 1 - 5 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 6 pm: A festival of films to mark the Footsbarn Travelling Theatre?s tour of India. Today: Shakespeare Wallah (direction: James Ivory).ALBUM
February 1 at Planet M, Camac Street, 4 pm; at Calcutta Club, 5 pm: Launch of Nahid Sultana?s (Bangladesh) cassette of folk songs (Shyam Re Tomar Shoney) at Planet M; and the cassette, Aami (reading from a selection of Tagore poems by Prathama Sen), at Calcutta Club. Both are produced by Bhavna Records & Cassettes.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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