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November 1 - 15 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12noon - 8pm: A solo exhibition of paintings by Sangita Chaudhuri. November 1 - 3 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Annual arts exhibition of Choukas Kalakendra, Ultadanga. Till November 3 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: A solo show by Subrata Ghosh. Till November 3 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘A’ Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: The maiden solo show of sculptures by Mrinal Kanti Gayen. Till November 3 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: The 33rd annual group exhibition of paintings, sculptures and graphics by artists of Contrivance. Till November 4 at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street, 40647781; 11.30am - 7.30pm: Miniature bronze sculptures by Tapas Sarkar, Somnath Chakraborty, Chandan Roy, Subrata Pal and Provat Majhi. Till November 7 at Belvedere House, National Library, Alipore; 10am - 5pm: Treasures of Ancient China. Hosted by Ministry of Culture, Government of India, State Administration of Cultural Heritage, Art Exhibitions China and Archaeological Survey of India. Till November 12 (except Sundays) at Galerie88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani; 11am - 7pm (Mondays, 2pm - 7pm): Recent works by Soumen Das and Uday Mondal. Till November 19 at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindustan Road: Two Stages of Invention, by the Mumbai-based CAMP. Till November 30 at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, 22894745, 40034974; 10.30am - 7pm: Indian School of Art — a group exhibition of paintings. Till November 30 at Srijanee, 11A&B Esplanade East; 10am - 8pm: The fifth collection of paintings by Sreesudip and Group. Till December 11 at Victoria Memorial Hall; 10am - 5pm: Kalighat Paintings, a collaborative exhibition presenting the finest Kalighat paintings from the collections of Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), London and the Victoria Memorial Hall (VMH), Calcutta. Featuring 100 paintings, including 15 contemporary works by artists currently working in rural Bengal, acquired by V&A specifically for this exhibition.DRAMA
November 1 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Theatre Workshop presents its latest production, Goenda Paribar. Drama: Anil Saha. Direction: Kamal Manna. November 1 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Ganakrishti presents Ekhon Antigone. Direction: Amitava Dutta. November 1 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: PLT presents its latest production, Utpal Dutt’s Kirat Parbo. November 2 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: Sayak will stage its latest production, Pinki Buli. Drama: Indrasis Lahiri. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya. Cast: Meghnad Bhattacharya, Uttam Dey, Runa Mukherjee, Dhurjati De, Sukharanjan Bhattacharya, Sujata Gupta, Rimi Saha, Bhaswati Chakraborty and Indrajita Chakraborty. November 2 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Pratyay presents Mon Mela. Drama: Arup Shankar Moitra. Direction: Tapas Singha. November 3 at Gyan Manch; 6.30pm: Little Thespian presents its latest production, Gainda (in Hindi). Original: Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco. Translation, design & direction: S.M. Azhar Alam. November 3 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Nandikar will stage Madhabi. Drama: Bhisma Sahni. Adaptation, music & direction: Swatilekha Sengupta. Cast: Rudraprasad Sengupta, Debshankar Halder, Parthapratim Deb, Sumanta Ganguly and Sohini Sengupta. November 4 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Tritiyo Sutra presents Tagore’s Bisarjan. Direction: Suman Mukhopadhyay. November 4 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30pm: Mangalik will stage Bankubabu Phirey Aelen. Direction: Samir Biswas. November 5 & 6 at Rabindra Sadan; 6pm: Minerva Repetory Theatre Production will stage Shakespeare’s Raja Lear, with Soumitra Chatterjee in the lead role. Direction: Suman Mukhopadhyay. November 5 at Girish Manch; 6.30pm: Durgadas Smrity Sangha presents Amla-Madhur, a play by Harimadhav Mukhopadhyay. Direction: Tirthankar Chattopadhyay. November 5 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Bratyajon presents two plays: Canvasser (based on a story by Bibhuti Bhusan Bandyopadhyay) and Byomkesh (based on a story by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay). Direction: Bratya Basu. November 5 at Academy of Fine Arts; 7pm: Nat-Ranga will stage its latest production, Aami Weds Aami, a comedy directed by Sohan Bandopadhyay.performing arts
November 1 at Satyajit Ray Auditorium, ICCR; 5.30pm: Performances of Tagore songs and verse, Odissi, Kathak and Bharata Natyam dance recitals by the 12 winners of the 15th Jugal Srimal Scholarship Contest, along with presentation of scholarships to 86 recipients. November 1 - 6 at Uttam Mancha: Rasikhapriya celebrates its 19th anniversary with a festival of Carnatic music. Today at 6.10pm: Invocation by Calcutta K. Srividya; welcome address; inauguration by N. Murali, president, The Music Academy, and director, The Hindu. At 6.45pm: Vocal recital by Nithyashree Mahadevan, with M.A. Krishnaswamy (violin), Shertalai R. Ananthakrishnan (mridangam) and Nerkunam S. Sankar (kanjira). November 3 at Rabindra Okakura Bhavan; 5.30pm: Chhandasheer an evening of Tagore songs by Rajeshwar Bhattacharya, Debasree Biswas, Suman Panthi, Tanusree Das, Anima Chattopadhyay, Uma Das, Kumkum Sen, Madhuchhanda Ghatak, Shubhra Ghosh, Tapas Ghosh, Barnali Ghosh Dastidar, Dr Nivedita Ghosh and Dipanwita Bhowmick. Also, shruti-natak featuring Sudipto Biswas and Susmita Roy.eXHIBITION
Till November 2 at Ice Skating Rink; 10am - 7pm: Sasha and Fair Trade Forum is organising their annual trade fair. On display will be saris and dress materials from various states of India, Kutch embroidery, decorative wall hangings and toys, dokra artifacts, iron, wood and horn crafts, tribal and fashion jewellery, mats, ceramics, candles, leather items, herbal beauty products, spices, handmade stationery and more.talk
November 1 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5.30pm: Dr Sitanath Goswami will speak on Bhavana O Bhagavad-Bhavana.AUDITION
November 1 at Swabhumi, The Heritage Plaza; 8am - 2pm: Auditions for the third session of Zee TV’s Dance India Dance. Bollywood choreographers Terence Lewis and Remo D’Souza will be present to cheer and judge the participants.INTERACTIVE SESSION
November 1 at Oxford Bookstore, 17 Park Street; 6.30pm: Oxford Bookstore, Calcutta and Zubaan Books present an interactive session on The Red Road — A literary fiction highlighting the unrest and rebellion in Bengal during 1960-1970s — by Tina Biswas. Chief guest: Paromita Chakravarti, lecturer, department of English, Jadavpur University. The author will be in conversation with the chief guest on the causes of rebellion and its aftermath.FESTIVAL
Till November 1 at Sri Ganesh & Murugan Temples, 58/14/3 & 6 Prince Anwar Shah Road, Lake Gardens, 24175058: Sanmarga Trust celebrates Shanda Shasti Festival 2011. Today at 7.30am: Shanti Homam, Prayaschita Abhishekam, Moolavarmaha Abhishekam, Deeparadhanai; at 7pm: Thirukalyanam, Thirumangalya Dharanam, Idumbanpuja, Vidaiyathri Aashivadam, Samaradhanai.FILM SHOW
November 1 - 5 at Max Mueller Bhavan: Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, with Kalpanirjhar Foundation, presents the 9th Kalpanirjhar International Short Fiction Film Festival. Co-sponsor: Patton. Inauguration today at 6pm by filmmaker Aniruddha Roychowdhury followed by screenings.COMPETITION
Till January 31 at British Council: International writing competition in association with Sampad invites entries in the form of poetry, short stories or reportage on the theme of ‘Inspired by Tagore’. Entry forms with full details can be downloaded from www.sampad.org.uk/learning/opportunities/competitions or by emailing inspiredbytagore@sampad.org.uk. The closing date is January 31, 2012 and any writer from the age of 8 onwards, with an interest in South Asian Culture, can enter.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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