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Till January 8 at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Towers (2nd floor), 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, 2485 8717/8509; 3 pm - 7 pm (Mondays) & 2 pm - 7 pm (Tuesdays - Saturdays): Ganesh Pyne: His Mahabharata. Till January 8 at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, 2486 6735; Monday: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesday - Saturday: 11 am - 7 pm: Tarang: New Wave from Santiniketan. Exhibition of recent works by members of SPAN (Santiniketan Practicing Artists Network). Participating artists: Apu Dasgupta, Atanu Mukherjee, Bimalananda Roy, Deepak Rajbhar, Mahmud Hussain, Md. Sabir Ali, Mrinmoy Debbarma, Naba Kumar Maji, Pradip Kumar Patra, Pushpal Sarkar, Rajendra Kumar Pradhan, Rishav Gandhar Narzary, Sajad Hamdani, Sajal Kaity, Sanatan Saha and Shekhar Baran Karmakar. January 5 - 7 at The Art Gallery, ITC Sonar Calcutta: La Venus: The Being and the Body — a solo art exhibition by Swagata Bose. Opening tomorrow at 7 pm. The exhibition will remain open on January 6 & 7 between 11 am and 8 pm. Till January 4 at Gallery 33, 33 Shakespeare Sarani; 10 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of recent paintings by Babita Das. Till January 5 at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street; 11.30 am - 7.30 pm: Inner Quest — a group show by eminent artists of Bengal. Participants: Aditya Basak, Atin Basak, Ashoke Mullick, Bijon Chowdhury, Bimal Kundu, Chhatrapati Dutta, Diptish Ghosh Dostider, Prakash Karmakar, Partha Bhattacharya, Pradip Maitra, Partha Shaw, Suhas Roy, Samir Aich, Shuvaprasanna, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Sekhar Roy, Sanatan Dinda and Shyamal Mukherjee. Till January 8 at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, 4001 2289 / 2463 0465; 12 noon - 7 pm: Experimenter presents the first ever showing of 2010 Turner Prize nominee, The Otolith Group. Till January 8 at Tejas Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, 9830049825: A group exhibition of small format artworks. Till January 9 at Taj Bengal; 3 pm - 6 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Ashis Kabasi and Debashis Kabasi. Till January 11 (except Sunday) at Gallery Image Kraft, 56/E, Block D, New Alipore, 32567425; 11 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by renowned contemporary Bengal painters. Till January 15 (except Sundays) at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, 2290 2274; 11 am - 7 pm, Monday: 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of recent works by Dipak Banerjee. Till January 16 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: An exhibition of the works of young artists from the collection of Aspect Art Gallery. Till January 16 (except Mondays) at Shree Art Gallery, 11 Gurusaday Road, Kusum Apartment, Flat no. 61, 30222040; 3 pm - 7 pm: Paintings by Debabrata Chakraborty, Dipti Chakraborty, Samil Paul, Nitya Kundu, Milanendu Mondal, P.C. Sen, Arun Samaddar, Subrata Das, Pramathesh Chandra, Chandidas Bhattacharya, Ananda Das, Deben Laha, Prabal Roy, Tanmoy Roychowdhury, Aditi Chakraborty Sadhu, Ashis Mondal, Jibon Biswas, Ranadip Das, Khokon Raut, Ramaprasad De and others. Till January 23 at Presidency Court, 55 Gariahat Road; 3 pm - 7 pm: HSBC InvestDirect, in association with Chitrakoot Art Gallery, presents an exhibition of paintings, titled Early Paintings of Bengal in Oil.pERFORMING ARTS
January 4 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 5.30 pm: Ramnam Sankirtan by monks and brahmacharins. January 4 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra; 6 pm: Devotional songs by Madhabi Mukherjee. January 4 at Sharat Chandra Bhavan, 24 Ashwini Dutta Road; 6 pm: Demi Semi Quavers School of Music, Mumbai presents an evening of Hindustani classical musis featuring Upama Roysharma (vocal) and Dr Bhupendranath Seal (sarod). January 8 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Bhavna presents an evening of Tagore songs by Anup Ghoshal, Dipak Rudra, Manoj Murali nair, Manisha Murali Nair, Sharmila Basu and Srabani Sen. Tickets at hall (11 am - 7 pm) / 24557845. January 8 & 9 at Jogesh Mime Academy, Kalighat Park; 6 pm: Tansen Sangeet Kala Samaj presents a festival of Indian classical music. January 8 at Science City Auditorium; 6.30 pm: Inner Voyage Communication presents a trio concert featuring Hariharan, Rashid Khan and Swapan Chaudhuri.DRAMA
January 5 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Aneek presents Lal Ghasey Neel Ghora. Drama: Mikhail Shatrov. Direction: Malay Biswas. January 6 - 11 at Sarat Sadan, Howrah: Dwandwik Natyotsav to mark the 17th death anniversary of dramatist Achintya Chowdhury. On this occasion, renowned theatre personality Manoj Mitra will be honoured with the Achintya Chowdhury Smarak Samman. January 9 at Birendra Mancha, Shyambazar; 6.30 pm: Shohan will stage Helmet, a satiric play written by Rajat Ghosh and directed by Anish Ghosh.FOUNDATION DAY
January 4 at Victoria Memorial (Portrait Gallery); 5.15 pm: On the occasion of the 106th Foundation Day of Victoria Memorial Hall, a special lecture by Professor Tapan Raychaudhuri on The British Presence and Social Change in 19th Century Bengal: Casual Links. Professor Suranjan Das and Dr Rudrangshu Mukherjee will converse with Professor Raychaudhuri. Goutam Ghose will present his documentary film on Raja Rammohun Roy, In Search of the Raja (2009, 40 minutes) on the occasion.HORSE SHOW
Till January 8 at Pat Williamson Grounds (centre of Race Course, Maidan); 8 am - 5 pm (lunch break: 1 pm - 2 pm): The 59th Calcutta Horse Show 2010, organised by Fort William Riding & Polo Club.exhibition
Till January 10 at Design, 1st floor, 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 2466 4315; 11 am - 7.30 pm: Design’s winter exhibition of bright coloured silks and tussars. January 7 - 9 at Saroj Nalini Dutt Memorial Association, 23/1 Ballygunge Station Road, 24406852; 11 am - 8 pm: Annual fete along with a collection of different types of saris, garments, clothes for babies, costume jewellery, etc.ART CAMP
Till January 4: Moitree Children’s Art Camp 2011 organised by Nehru Children’s Museum & Cubic Art School, Dhaka. Today at Zoological Gardens: Drawing and paintings of animals. Participants: Twenty students each from India and Bangladesh.PHOTOGRAPHS
January 4 - 14 (except Sundays) at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts & Tasveer with Bernard J Shapero rare Books, in association with Ganjam, present One Hundred Vintage Views of India. A selection of early views of the great cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and many others, or the rich cultural heritage as seen in the earliest photographs of Mughal and Hindu archaeological sites. Till January 14 at Earthcare Books and Resource Centre, 10 Middleton Street, 22296551; 11 am - 7 pm: My Kumartuli — an exhibition of photographs by Wera Saether.BOOK LAUNCH
January 4 at The Eye Within Club, 45 S.R. Das Road, 24198181; 6 pm: Sunil Gangopadhyay will formally release Je Timir Kobitar, a book of verse by Sougato Chattopadhyay.TALK
January 4 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Professor Krishna Bose will speak in English on Political Empowerment of Women in India. Dr Krishna Roy will preside. January 4 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Hall; 7 pm: Prof. Samir Kumar Basu will speak on Man on Manus.CONFLUENCE
Till January 4 at Town Hall; 10.30 am onwards: World confluence of humanity, power and spirituality.WORKSHOP
January 8 & 9 at Hotel Golden Park: A Hypnosis & NLP workshop for self-improvement to be conducted by hypnotist & sports psychologist Pradeep Aggarwal. Learn hypnosis, self-hypnosis, hypnotising others, healing, goal setting, enhance concentration, develop confidence, improve relationships, remove fears and phobias etc. Visit www. pradeepaggarwal.com/kl. To register call - 09963910339 / 9830048800.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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