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Till July 16 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Towers (2nd floor), 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, 2485 8717, 2485 8509; Mondays: 3pm - 7pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2pm - 7pm: Summer Show 2011. Participants: Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Sumitro Basak, Jyoti Bhatt, Shreyasi Chatterjee, Rini Dhumal, Farhad Hussain, Abir Karmakar, Surendran P. Karthyayan, Goutam Khamaru, Bimal Kundu, Paresh Maity, Martin O.C., Shyamal Roy, Shakila, Paramjit Singh, Thota Tharrani, Babu Xavier and others from across India. Till June 1 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Essence of Nature, a solo exhibition of paintings by Mukul Mukhopadhyay. Till June 1 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Featuring works by Biswanath, Bhargab, Amitabha, Monalisha, Susamoy and Shamba. Till June 1 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: An exhibition of paintings by Samar Bhowmik. June 1 - 6 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road; 4pm - 8pm: Shilpa Bhavna presents an exhibition of paintings by Swapan Kumar Pyne. Till June 2 at Chemould, Queens Mansion, 12F Park Street; 2pm - 7pm: Tagore..., an exhibition of paintings by Bhaskar Singha. Till June 5 at Taj Bengal, The Promenade Lounge; 10am - 11pm: A solo exhibition of the works of Nirupam Ghosh. The artist will be painting live from 3pm to 6pm. Till June 9 (except Sunday) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, 24630465, 40012289; 11 am - 7pm: The Young Man Was... (a few chapter): Naeem Mohaiemen. Till June 18 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, 2475 2275; 3pm - 8pm: Chitrakoot presents Summer Oasis, an exhibition of artworks by renowned masters. Featuring works by Abanindranath Tagore, Atul Bose, B.P. Banerjee, Chintamoni Kar, Chittoprasad, Gaganendranath Tagore, Rabindranath Tagore, Gopal Ghosh, Hemen Mazumdar, J.P. Ganguly, Jamini Roy, Kalight School, Manindra Bhushan Gupta, M.F. Husain, Nandalal Bose, Nikhil Biswas, Prakash Karmakar, Ramkinker Baij, Ranada Ukil, Samar Ghosh, Somnath Hore, Suhas Roy, Zainul Abedin, Arun Goswami, Arup Das, Chanchal Mukherjee, Manoj Mitra, Pradip Maitra and others. Till June 22 (except Thursdays) at Gallery Gold, 11 Abdul Rasul Avenue, 9432359581; 2pm - 9pm: World of Art International Exhibition of paintings and sculptures.DRAMA
Till June 4 at Academy of Fine Arts: Swapnasandhani presents a festival of plays to mark its 19th anniversary. Today, 6.30pm: Swapnasoochana will stage Kanyadaan, directed by Bratya Basu.RABINDRA JAYANTI
Till June 5 at Rabindra Sadan Prangan Mancha, 5.30pm: In celebration of Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary, Rabindra Sadan, department of information & cultural affairs, Government of West Bengal has organised programmes of Tagore songs and recitation by distinguished artistes. Till June 5 at Rabindra Sadan; 6pm: Rabindra Sadan, under the I&CA department, Government of West Bengal, celebrates Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary with Tagore songs, recitation, drama and dance-drama by eminent artistes and well-known groups. Today: Chiro Achena Paradeshi (a song-based programme; direction: Chandrabali Rudra Dutta) presented by Geetika; Rabir Kar (excerpts from plays and songs from plays; direction: Tripti Sen and Debashis Roy) presented by Bidhannagar Chhandaneer; and drama Tyaag (direction: Subrata Nath Mukhopadhyay) produced by Calcutta Chorus Theatre. Till June 4 at Rathindra Mancha, Jorasanko Thakurbari; 5.30pm: Rabindra Bharati Society’s tribute to Tagore with song, recitation, drama and dance-drama by well-known artistes and groups. Today: Songs by Purabi Mukhopadhyay, Shinjini Acharya Majumdar, Bivas Ghosh and Soumitra Bandyopadhyay along with Purba Mukhopadhyay, Lopamudra Mukhopadhyay, Jinia Bhattacharya, sandip Poddar, Uma Mukhopadhyay, Keya Sengupta, Utsab Das and Ranajaybrata Roy; recitation by Dalia Basu Saha, Mamata Dasgupta and Sanchita Kabiraj; and dance-drama Bhanusingher Padavali, presented by Ananda Chandrika and directed by Amita Dutt.PERFORMING ARTS
June 1 at Girish Mancha; 5.30pm: Chhandalay, Calcutta presents a musical programme, Bangladeshe Rabindranath, by the students of Sangeet Bhavan, Chittagong. Participants: Tania Afroz, Samina Kabir, Sadia Kabir, Roksana Akhtar Subarna, Paramita Deb, Anuradha Chowdhury, Sabrina Aafroz Nishita, M. Ghulam Sarwar Choudhyury, Akila Tasnim, Irina Sobhan, Masuma Ferdousi, Bappi Haidar, Swapan Das, Safiur Rehman Saif, Tarek Mahmud and Tulip Sengupta. June 1 at Birla Academy; 5.30pm: Anwesha’s Kabi Pranam features Tagore songs by Arati Mukherjee, Sikha Dutta, Jayati Bhattacharya, Madhuchhanda Ghatak, Manasi Bhattacharya, Ranajaybrata Roy and Srikumar Dikshit; and recitation by Suprakash Mukhopadhyay.taLK
June 1 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5.30pm: Dr Sitanath Goswami will speak in Bengali on Mahamahopadhyay Yogendranath: Asamanya Shishyavatsalya. June 1 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Hall; 7pm: Swami Buddhatmananda will speak on Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita.EXHIBITION
Till June 9 at Nandalal Bose Gallery & Jamini Roy Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11am - 7pm: On the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR Calcutta salutes a myriad-minded Poet with an exhibition series: (1) Tagore in Advertisements; (2) Of Tagore and Cinema; (3) Tagore in Philately; (4) Rabindranath Tagore: Pilgrimages to the East, a photographic exhibition on the Poet’s tour of South-East Asia and China; and (5) Tagore and Kantha. June 1 - 4 at 16/2 Gariahat Road, Ekdalia crossing banquet hall, 98300 54718; 11am - 9pm: Joyita’s Selection presents a designer boutique festival on the eve of Jamai Sashthi. Showcasing designer saris, dress material, kurtas & kurtis, Lucknow chikan, costume jewellery, Avon & Khadi cosmetics and gift items.ENVIRONMENT DAY
June 1 at Sasha, 27 Mirza Ghalib Street, 22521586; 10am - 7pm: Tribute to Nature — World Environment Day celebrations. Special display of eco-friendly handicrafts, recycled textiles, painted terracotta, ceramic bamboo, cane, coir artifacts, recycled fun jewellery and live demonstrations of crafts.ALBUM LAUNCH
June 1 at Saturday Club; 6pm: Asha Audio hosts the launch of Antarotomo, an album of recitation of Tagore poems by Soumitra Mitra. Shankha Ghosh, Dwijen Mukhopadhyay and filmmaker Gautam Ghose will be present on the occasion.pHOTOGRAPHS
June 1 - 4 at Gaganendra Shilpa Pradarshashala; 2pm - 8pm: Sylvan Dreams — a photography exhibition on the environment by RAIN (an organisation dedicated towards environmental awareness) and Perspective-Photopassionistas (a group of photography enthusiasts) on the occasion of International Year of Forests. Till June 1 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South-B Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: “Kingshuker Chhobi” - Geometry: Rational Irrational — the 3rd solo photography exhibition by Kimsuk Ray.WORKSHOP
June 1 - 3 at Nehru Children’s Museum, 2223 1551/3517/6878; 3pm - 6pm: Workshop on Gaaner Aami, Aamar Gaan (for participants 8yrs - 14yrs) to be conducted by Jayati Chakraborty. June 1 & 2 at Crossword, Elgin Road; 11.30am - 1.30pm: Children Summer Fest. Workshop on personality development for the agre group, 6yrs - 13yrs. Till - June 4 & June 7 - 11 at SmartTree, 514A Block M, New Alipore: Summer Camp (for 5yrs - 12yrs): Masks, kite-making, non-gas cooking, photo, theatre, vocabulary and lots more. Till June 6 & June 4 - 11: Act!vate Theatre Workshop to be conducted by personalities from Theatrecian group. June 6 - 11: The English Studio Workshop on creative writing to be conducted by Nilofer Sen from London Film School. For details, call 9830863300, 64991496. June 1 - 11 & (June 2 - 8 for kids) at Marudhara, 6 Merlin Park: Workshop on Rajasthani painting, to be conducted by Mukesh Soni (Bilwara). For details, call 24607356. June 1 onwards at Camlin Arts, Elgin Road: Workshop on fine arts (oil/water paintings, pastels, sketching & shading, acrylics), calligraphy, fancy writing and lettering. Also, certificate courses in French, Spanish, spoken English. For details, call 9830647476, 9804791446. June 1 - 6 at Salt Lake & June 6 - 11 at Ballygunge: Robocamp for children of class IV to class IX. Learn building robots, soccer playing, crane etc from Sine, IIT Mumbai. Call 9830227778, 9830229898. June 2 onwards at Remo’s Dance Institute, The Spring Club, The South City International School, Royal Jade Banquest on EM Bypass, and EC Block Community room on City Center: Remo’s Dance Institute, in association with t2, is conducting a dance workshop. For details, call 64523100. June 3 - 9 at Padatik Dance Centre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road: Padatik Dance Centre organises a Kathak dance workshop by Pandit Birju Maharaj and assisted by Saswati Sen for junior, senior and performer categories. June 5 - 9 at Madhusudan Mancha (basement); 10am - 4pm: Workshop on Bandha Nritya (an acrobatic limb of Odissi), to be conducted by Lingaraj Barik. For details, call 9432486637.QUIZ
June 4 at IBS Kolkata, Plot: J-3, Block GP, Sector V, Salt Lake City (near RDB Boulevard), 23577125, 23576576, 23576577: t2 with IBS Kolkata and Kwizmaniacs present World Quiz Championship (WQC), a written, individual quiz, for all quiz lovers. Registration from 3.30 pm. All quizzers are welcome. For further details, contact Abhijit (9830487023), or Rudradeep (9836344694).All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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