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Art
December 3 - 9 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘B’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Sumantra Mukherjee’s first solo exhibition of paintings, Cloud 9. Till December 5 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #2289 3027/5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: Time’s Whirlwind — Art of Satish Gujral. Till December 5 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Paintings by Nihar Dey, Sanjoy Banerjee, Shibnath Mondal and Sambhu Nath Jana. Till December 6 at Taj Bengal Promenade Lounge: Celebrating Love — an exhibition of paintings by Dhiren Sasmal, based on the love theme found in ancient classics of Bengali literature. Till December 6 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Dreamer Group presents an exhibition of drawings, paintings and sculptures by Bidyut Basak, Jagannath Sarkar, Kiran Kumar Sen, Lalit Maity, Manash Biswas, Purnandu Dey, Pradip Pradhan, Pradip Maity, Ranu Misra Banerjee, Rajib Deyashi, Saktipada Jana, Swapan Jana, Tapan Kar and Tarun Kumar Pal. Till December 19 (except Sunday) at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, Duckback House, #2287 3377/88; 11 am - 7 pm: Mother and Child — an exhibition of paintings and sculptures conceptualised by Sunil Das. Participating artists: Anjali Ela Menon, Suhas Roy, Jogen Chowdhury, Prakash Karmakar, Sunil Das, Shuvaprasanna, Vasundhara Tewari Broota, Partha Pratim Deb, Sunil Kumar Das, Prasanta Sahu, Debabrata De, Chandrima Bhattacharya, Arunangshu Choudhury, Pratul Das, Murli Cheeroth, T.M. Aziz, Pradip L. Mishra, Debraj Goswami, Samir Aich, Mahjabin I Majumdar, Babu Ishwar Prasad, Ranjan Krishnan and C.F. John. Till December 20 at Sanskriti Art Gallery, 5C Alipore Park Road: An exhibition of sculptures by Debabrata De. Till December 28 at Starmark, South City Mall; 11 am - 8 pm: Paintings by Nina Das. Till January 2 (Sundays by appointment) at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #65508418; 10.30 am - 6.30 pm: Portals of Perception — an exhibition of paintings by Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Chandrima Ray, Aditya Basak, Sanatan Dinda, Sukanta Das, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Subrata Das, Suhas Roy, Samir Paul, Gourango Beshai, Sibsaday Chaudhuri and others. Till January 3 (except Monday) at Bose Pacia, Stephens Court, 18 Park Street, #40010148; 11 am - 7 pm: B-Swarga — new works by Jayanta Roy. Till January 16 (except Sunday) at 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Experimenter presents Freedom is Notional — works of three of South Asia’s finest artists: Shilpa Gupta, Bani Abidi and Naeem Mohaiemen.DRAMA
December 3 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Purba-Paschim presents Patol Babu Filmstar, based on a story by Satyajit Ray. Dramatised and directed by Ramaprasad Banik. December 3 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: As part of its 36th anniversary celebrations, Sayak presents Kathay-O-Kaaje. Direction: Moloy Mitra. December 4 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: Spandan and Anamika Kala Sangam present the Rangakarmee production, Sri Ganesh Mahima, a powerful play in Hindi directed by Partha Bandyapadhyay. Story: Mahasveta Devi. Concept: Usha Ganguli.TALK
December 3 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 6 pm: Dr Kalpana Sarkar will speak on Matri Sannidhye. December 3 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhanandaji will speak in Bengali on Srimad-Bhagavad.PERFORMING ARTS
December 3 - 6 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Seagram’s 100 Pipers Pure Music presents One Man’s Musical Genius Celebrated by 17 — A Tribute to Ustad Karamatullah Khan. Participating artistes: Zakir Hussain (tabla solo) and Amjad Ali Khan (sarod) on December 3; Rashid Khan (vocal) and Hariprasad Chaurasia (flute) on December 4; Mashkoor Ali Khan & Mubarak Ali Khan (vocal), and Chitresh Das & Jason Samuel Smith (dance jugalbandi), and Nishat Khan (sitar) on December 5; and Raza Ali Khan & Shahid Parvez (vocal & sitar jugalbandi), and Fusion Finale featuring Gino Banks (drums), Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (mohan veena), Vikku Vinayakram (ghatam), Sabir Khan (tabla) and Pradhumanya Singh Manot (keyboard) on December 6. Organised by Showhouse. December 3 at Nehru Children’s Museum; 6 pm: Chandril Academy of Dance & Music presents its 16th annual programme featuring an evening of Kathak dance by Dr Abhijit Roy and his students. Also, release of the book, Kathak: Dharmiyo Ebong Sanskritik Prekshapat, written by Dr Abhijit Roy. December 4 at St Paul’s Cathedral, 5.45 pm; December 5 at Tollygunge Club lawns, 6 pm; December 6 at RCTC Race Course grounds, 7 pm: Rising Stars, the music group from Dr Graham’s Homes, Kalimpong, will present concerts. Entry cards for the concert at RCTC are available at Birkmyre Hostel, 4 Middleton Row; the concert at St Paul’s Cathedral has free seating; the Tollygunge Club concert is open for members and their guests.FILM FESTIVAL
Till December 4 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 5.30 pm: German Youth Film Festival Einer für alle - alle für Einen (One for All - All for One). Today: Die wilden Hühner (Wild Chicks); dir: Vivian Naefe, Germany 2006.BOOK exhibition
Till December 13 at Crossword, Elgin Road: Crossword-Penguin Fest (in association with t2). Attractive offers on Penguin Books for the entire period across five Crossword stores. Till December 15 at Starmark (Lord Sinha Road, South City Mall, Mani Square and City Centre); 11 am - 8 pm: Children’s book exhibition offers a wide range of titles.CHESS TOURNAMENT
Till December 8 at Gorky Sadan: 21st The Telegraph Schools’ Chess Championship, sponsored by Himani Sona Chandi Chyawanprash of the Emami Group. A total of 380 students from more than 160 schools are participating. Prize distribution ceremony on December 8 at 4 pm.EDUCATION FAIR
December 3 at BITM auditorium, 19A Gurusaday Road; 10 am: Bal Vividha 2009 — a festival celebrating diverse approaches to learning. The inaugural function of Harekarakamba, an education fair for children and adults and the National Colloquium on Education for Sustainable Development. Inauguration by Sabyasachi Chakraborty. The fair will continue till December 6, 10 am to 6 pm. Jointly organised by Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Development Research Communication and Services Centre, and Comet Media Foundation, Mumbai. Colloquium supported by Save the Children.EXHIBITION
Till December 7 at Sansa, 37B Ballygunge Place, ground floor, #4001 2934; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Sansa introduces four new designers in addition to its existing designer repertoire along with fresh collection of garments and accessories as part of its winter collection. Till December 15 at 8/2 Loudon Street, 2nd floor, #9830257819; 10 am - 7 pm: Earthy Myths presents its annual exhibition of saris and outfits.SCREENING
December 3 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Screening of the documentary, Sangit Ratnakar Vishmadev.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:
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