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February 1 - 14 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Suparna Mondal. Till February 2 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘A’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The fourth solo show of recent paintings by Tanima Bhattacharya. Till February 3 at RTG - Animate Animation Academy, Jindal Tower. Block A, 2nd floor, 21/1A/3 Darga Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Art exhibition organised by Ready to Go Animate. Featuring selected works of current and ex-students of Academy of Fine Arts, Bengal Art College, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Burdwan Art College, Indian Art College, Kalyani Art College, Midnapore Art College, Rabindra Bharati University and others. Till February 5 at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 2nd floor, 22873377/88; 11 am - 7 pm: Grab — an exhibition of paintings, drawings, sculptures, etchings, lithographs, photographs, ceramics and prints. Participating artists: Anjolie Ela Menon, Jogen Chowdhury, Sunil Das, Suhas Roy, Kartick Ch Pyne, Prakash Karmakar, Prasanta Sahu,T Vaikuntam, Pampa Panwar, Kaustav Nag, Debabrata De, Subrata Biswas, Koustav Nag, Bratin Khan, Mohan Majumder, Aditi Saraogi and others. Till February 12 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, 24484925/24497931; 12 noon - 8 pm: Masks & Metaphors — recent works of Jaya Ganguly. Till February 12 (except Sundays) at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, 22902274; 11 am - 7 pm, Mondays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Snow Soliloquy by Amal Ghosh. The exhibition opens today at 5 pm. Till February 17 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B, Middleton Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of contemporary and traditional art showcasing the works of Ajay De, Amit Bhar, Anita Tanwar, Asit Mondal, Bhagat Singh, Chhatrapati Dutta, Dewashish Das, Dhiraj Chowdhury, Gautam Mukherjee, K Salve, Nitya Kundu, Sachin Jaltare, Shuvaprasanna, Shweta Kanoria, Subhendu Porel, Subhomita Dinda, Subrata Das, Sudip Roy, Sukanta Das, Suman Roy and Thota Vaikuntam. Till February 26 (except Sundays & national holidays) 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.DRAMA
February 1 at South City, 10 am: Spic Macay presents Habib Tanvir’s Charandas Chor. February 1 at Purbashree, EZCC, IB-201, Sector -3, Salt Lake; 6 pm: Kushilab presents Surer Bnadhaney. Drama & direction: Runu Chowdhury. February 1 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Aneek presents the comedy, Adventure Kaarey Koy. Drama: Amalesh Chakraborty. Direction: Malay Biswas. February 2 at Salt Lake Stadium; 6 pm: Aalap presents Mahabhoj, based on Tagore’s short stories. Acting: Sagardweep. Febraury 3 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar will stage the 116th show of Ajnatobaas. Direction: Sumanta Gangopadhyay. Acting: Swatilekha Sengupta, Sohini Sengupta, Sumanta Ganguly and Rudraprasad Sengupta. February 3 - 6: In celebration of its 35th year and the 150th birth anniversary of Tagore, Rangakarmee presents a festival of plays on works of Tagore, titled Rabindra Rang Yatra. February 3 at Madhusudan Mancha, 6.30 pm: Inauguration by Amala Shankar; at 7 pm: Bisarjan (dir: Suman Mukhopadhyay) by Tritiyo Sutra. February 4 at Abanindra Sabhagriha, 4 pm: Open session. Topic: Recreation of Rabindranath in National Theatre. Moderator: Ananda Lal. February 4 at Rabindra Sadan, 7 pm: Banglar Mati Banglar Jal (dir: Ataur Rahaman) by Palakar, Bangladesh. February 5 at Academy of Fine Arts, 3 pm: Totakahini (dir: Pradip Bhattacharya) by inmates of Presidency Correctional Home; at 7 pm: Manasi (dir: Usha Ganguli) by Rangakarmee. February 6 at Madhusudan Mancha, 7 pm: Chandalika (dir: Usha Ganguli) by Rangakarmee. February 3 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Little Thespian presents Katha Collage consisting of short stories Ek Vrishchik Ki Diary by Sheo Kumar Jhunjhunwala, Bajjia Tum Kiyon Roti Ho by Prof. Muzaffar Hanafi and Suiyonwali Bibi by Iqbal Majeed. Design & direction: Uma Jhunjhunwala. February 4 at Sarat Sadan, Howrah; 6 pm: Natadha will stage Caesar O Cleopatra, directed by Arna Mukhopadhyay. February 4 & 5 at Gyan Manch; 7 pm: Spotlight presents Cactus Flower, a comedy by Abe Burrows. The cast includes Kabir Seth, Pradip Mitra, Punam Singh, Arya Gupta, Farkhondeh Khalilee, Kamalini Mukherji and Deborshi Barat. Tickets at hall and Gupta Bros (Ballygunge Park & Elgin Road). Media partner: The Telegraph. February 5 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Theatron will stage Buddhadeva Bose’s Napothya Natak. February 6 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan will stage its latest production, Manbhanjan, based on a short story by Tagore. Direction: Anish Ghosh.pERFORMING ARTS
February 1 at Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi; 5 pm: Aalor Sandhaney Abirbhav, a programme of reading, recitation and songs. Participants: Pranab Chattopadhyay, Tapas Nag, Tapas Roy, Arunava Biswas, Rabindranath Gautam, Chhaya Chatterjee, Poulami Bhattacharya, Manas Chakraborty and Partha Ghosal in reading & recitation; and Kajal Sengupta, Shantipriyo Sengupta, Suchin Singha, Basabi Bagchi, Suchhanda Ghosh, Uma Mukhopadhyay, Manosree Lahiri, Kakali Dev, Madhabi Majumdar, Debasree Basu, Sarmistha Gupta, Jayati Nag, Chinmoy Shankar Roy and Malabika Bhattacharya in songs. February 2 at Jorasanko Thakurbari; 5 pm: Reading of Streer Patra interspersed with Rabindrasangeet. Concept: Dr Sudeshna Basu. Reading by Siddhartha Chakrabarty. Songs by Sudeshna Basu. February 2 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Utsaha-Udbhas presents a performance of Rabindrasangeet (songs of Prem Porjaye) Esho Amar Hothat Aalo by Sudeshna Mitra. February 3 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture and Bhavna Records & Cassettes jointly present Sant Rabindranath — an evening of Tagore songs by Anindya Narayan Biswas. February 5 at Madhusudan Mancha; 5 pm: Kajalrekha Musical Foundation presents 9th annual music concert featuring tabla solo by Sanjay Mukherjee with Hiranmoy Mitra (tabla); vocal by Subhra Guha with Ananda Gopal Bandyopadhyay (tabla) and Jyoti Goho (harmonium); and sitar by Soumitra Lahiri with Abhijit Banerjee (tabla).TALK
February 1 at Rabindra-Okakura Auditorium, Block: DD, Salt Lake; 3.30 pm: The 9th C.K. Majumdar Memorial Lecture. Title: Main problems and current challenges in systems with strongly correlated electrons. Speaker: Professor D Khomskii, II Physikalisches Institut, Universitaet zu Koeln, Koeln, Germany. Hosted by SN Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Calcutta. February 1 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Vedaswarupananda will speak in Bengali on Gita. February 1 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 6.15 pm: Discourse on Vivek Chudamani by Swami Jnanalokananda. February 1 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Lecture Hall; 7 pm: Prof. Samir Kumar Basu will speak on Man O Manus.WORKSHOP
Till February 6 at Starmark, Mani Square (2nd floor); 12 noon - 1 pm: Starmark will hold Hobby Ideas’ weekend art and craft workshops for children between 3 years and 12 years: coaster designing (February 5) and glass painting (February 6). Registration fees: Rs 100 per workshop. For more details, call 99039 85097.EXHIBITION
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 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: The Wandering Wild, an awareness photo-exhibition by Utpaal Sorkkar to protect wildlife as part of Bluechip Project’s ‘Save the Untamed 2011’. February 1 - 28 at Verandah, 75A Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road, 9831147657: Exhibition of export quality artefacts and wooden toys. February 1 - 3 at 16/2 Gariahat Road, Ekdalia crossing banquet hall, 9830054718; 11 am - 9 pm: Joyita’s Selection presents winter spring fete, showcasing designer saris in cotton, tussar, silk, fashionable ladies and gents kurtas and kurtis, and a wide range of ethnic Lucknow chikan.BOOK LAUNCH
February 1 at the UBI Auditorium of Calcutta Book Fair; 5.15 pm: Bishnupurer Terracotta Mandir — Dark Room Theke Aaloye, the latest Bengali title published by the Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, will be formally released by renowned historian Tapan Raychowdhury.in conversation
February 1 at Starmark Bookstore, South City Mall; 6.30 pm: Penguin Books India and Starmark celebrate the publication of One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. Published by Hamish Hamilton - an imprint of Penguin. Debnita Chakrabarty, head of the department of English, Shri Shikshayatan College, will be in conversation with the author.BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
February 2 at Netaji Bhawan, 38/2 Elgin Road; 6.30 pm: An evening of Tagore songs by Rohini Ray Chaudhuri to mark the 91st birth anniversary of Dr Sisir Kumar Bose.EDUCATION
February 2 at The Oberoi Grand; 3 pm - 6 pm: Australian Universities Global Fair, organised by IDP Education. For appointments/registration, call 44118888 or sms ‘IDP’ to 58558 or log on to www.india.idp.comAll those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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