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September 3 (2 pm - 7 pm) & September 4 (11 am - 7 pm) at Shikshamitra, 62B Alipore Road, #24799271: Shikshamitra, an experimental school and resource centre for middle-school education in Calcutta, is organising Growing with Art, an open house and art exhibition showcasing works of its students and other NGOs. September 3 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 1st floor & 3rd floor; 6 pm: Smt. Sarala Birla, chairperson of Birla Academy, will inaugurate Besides Paris, an exhibition of works by 18 Indian artists living in Paris. Till September 4 at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, #4001 2289 / 2463 0465; 11 am - 7 pm: This is Unreal, a contemporary art exhibition by Raqs Media Collective, Susanta Mandal and Yamini Nayar. Till September 5 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor-International Hall; 4 pm - 8 pm: Sukanya Sparsh, an international exhibition of painting and sculpture in support of an education project for girl children — a project by Rotary district 3291. Participating artists: Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Jogen Chowdhury, Shuvaprasanna, Partha Pratim Deb, Samir Aich, Wasim Kapoor, Sunil Chandra Pal, Manish Moitra, Vishal Sabley, Raju More and Shipra Bhattacharya from India; Manas Roy (Roymans) of Netherlands/ India; Lynne Davis and Dripta G. Roy from UK; Aliza Souleyeva from Canada and Rehany Akan from Turkey. Till September 5 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Contemporary Group of Modern Artists presents Durga, a group show of paintings. Participating artists: Arup Ratan Chowdhury, Chandan Baitalik, Debendra Nath Laha, Jhulan Sarkar, Manas Mohan Bhaumik, Manish Kumar Baag, Purnima Datta, Rama Acharya Basu, Santanu Ghosh, Soumen Das, Sovon Das, Stuti Laha, Sudip Chandra, Sujata Chakraborty Pandit, Sujit Das, Susanta Das (Asit), Subhendu Biswas and Swaraj Das. Till September 9 (except Sunday) at Eye on Art Gallery, 3 Pretoria Street, Chandrakunj Bldg, 2nd floor; 12 noon - 8 pm: The 2nd solo exhibition of paintings by Debesh Chakraborty. Till September 15 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Aloke Roy. Till September 8 (except Sunday) at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #24613145; 10 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Rudranil Das. Till September 10 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street, #22293886; 2 pm - 7 pm: Verve: An array of colours — an exhibition of the works of Anita Tanwar, Dhananjay Mukherjee, K. Salve and Sukanta Das. Till September 11 (except Sunday) at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, #2290 2274; 11 am - 7 pm, Monday: 2 pm - 7 pm: Confabulations — an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Mahesh Baliga. Till September 12 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 2275; 3 pm - 8 pm: Twenty-five Years of Kartick Chandra Pyne: An exhibition of paintings and drawings. Till September 30 (except Sundays) at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, ground floor, #40034974; 12 noon - 7 pm: Asian Art II — an exhibition of paintings by artists from Bangaldesh, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam from the museum’s collection. Till September 30 at Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art, 48/44 Swiss Park, #2424 6534; 4 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by the winners of Bengal Art Talent Hunt 2010.drama
September 3 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Kushilab presents Surer Bnadhaney. Drama & direction: Runu Chowdhury.PERFORMING ARTS
September 3 at Gyan Manch; 6.15 pm: Makhla Shinjini presents an evening of classical & others dances, and dance-drama Stream of Life. Concept, choreography & direction: Keya Chanda. September 3 at Calcutta School of Music; 6.30 pm: To mark the birth month of the great 20th century composer, Dmitri Shostakovich, Indranil Poddar hosts a programme with music that encompasses the triumph and despair of this strife-torn century. Symphonies, string quartets and piano music are on the cards. Till September 4 at Rabindra-Okakura Bhavan, Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi celebrates Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary with discussions, recitation, songs, dance-drama and drama. Today: Chorus by Sruti Parishad (dir: Suranjan Roy); discussion by Prof. Swapan Majumdar; songs by Sanhita Sen, Sarmistha Dutta Pathak, Kumar Kanti Majumdar, Tripti Sen, Rakhi Sarkar, Goutam baran Adhikari, Rachaita Roy and Pramita Mallick; and recitation by Kajal Sur, Debashis Roy, Niladri Biswas, Sikha Pal, Samrat Dutta and Samiran Sanyal. September 3 - 5 at Madhusudan Mancha; 5.30 pm: West Bengal State Music Academy is hosting a dance-drama festival. Today: Jhiki-Miki-Roddur by Angikar North; Man and Tree by Baharapore Kalakshetra; and Mukti by Kasba Nabadiganta Society. September 4 at Sarat Bose Hall, Netaji Bhawan; 6.30 pm: Netaji Research Bureau presents a concert of Tagore songs by Shreya Guhathakurta on the occasion of Sarat Chandra Bose’s 121st birth anniversary.PHOTOGRAPHs
Till September 8 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, #2455 6942/43; 11 am - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents Still, an exhibition of photographs by Prarthana Modi. Till September 25 at The Harrington Street Arts Centre, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, Harrington Mansions, 2nd floor, Flat # 5 & 25B, 22829220; 12 noon - 7 pm: The Harrington Street Arts Centre, along with Chivas, presents a show on photography: A Critic’s Eye by Richard Bartholomew (1950s - 1970s) & A Tale of 3 Cities by Pablo Bartholomew (1970s & 1980s).TALK
September 3 at National Library (Bhasa Bhavan), Belvedere Road; 4 pm: Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, in collaboration with National Library, Calcutta, hosts The Library of the Future — an illustrated lecture by Dr Klaus U. Werner. September 3 at The Asiatic Society, Humayun Kabir Hall; 4 pm: Dr Manish Pradhan will deliver a lecture on The Life and Activities of Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy. September 3 at Ramakrishna Mussion Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Jushtananda will speak in Bengali on Bhagavat Katha. September 3 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Br. Satya Chaitanya will speak on letters of Swami Vivekananda. September 3 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7 pm: Gorachand Mukherjee will speak on Mahabharat Katha. September 4 at Jamini Roy Gallery, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am: Ladies Study Group presents a talk by Ravi Subramanian, author of If God were a Banker, I Bought the Monk’s Ferrari and Devil in Pinstripes. (Attendance by invitation only.)book donation drive
Till September 5 at Kund, City Centre (Salt Lake); 11 am - 8 pm: The Telegraph presents the Aviva Great Wall of Education, a book donation drive for underprivileged children launched by Aviva as a part of its global Street to School campaign.FILM SHOW
Till September 4 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 6.30 pm: Screening of Impossible Dreams, a series of films by Werner Herzog. Today: Herz aus Glas (Heart of Glass);16 mm, 1976, colour, 94 min. September 3 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place; 5.30 pm: Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, in association with Take 5 Communications, presents Black & White ’10, Cinema for a Cause.EXHIBITION
Till September 4 at Anusthan Bhavan, Deshapriya Park crossing; 10.30 am - 8.30 pm: Jo’s and Simli’s presents its Puja collection of saris, salwar-suit, kurtis, patiallas, dupattas, bedcover, jewellery, tupperware. Till September 4 at Anusthan Bhavan, 132 Rashbehari Avenue, #98310 93115: Sundari Silks Chennai presents some of the best silk and cotton saris from the leading weavers of South India. Till September 4 at P-58 Dr Sarat Banerjee Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Sreemayee showcases its summer collection of saris. Till September 4 at 16/2 Gariahat Road, #9830054718; 11 am - 9 pm: Joyita’s Selection presents a designer boutique festival for the Pujas which includes all types of hand-embroidered saris, dress materials, ladies & gents kurtas, ethnic Lucknow chikan along with costume jewellery and gifts items.WORKSHOP
September 3 - 5 at Senator Hotel, Camac Street; 9 am - 6 pm: Workshop on Basic Clinical Hypnotherapy for individuals who want to understand how the mind works, how we block ourselves with our limiting belief systems and how to overcome them. For details, call 9830129292.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to: Time out, The Telegraph, 6 Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001; Fax: 2234-8244All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001;
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