Art
Till April 30 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kanishka?s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Masterstrokes ? an exhibition of orginial works of art by creative professionals of various advertising agnecies. Inauguration this evening at 5 by Ranen Ayan Dutt. April 4 - 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Vibrance and Grace ? an exhibition of paintings by Susmita and Swapan Maity. Inauguration today at 4 pm by Moon Moon Sen. April 4 - 10 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Journey ? an exhibition of paintings by Kushal Mukherjee. Inauguration today at 6 pm by Subhas Chakraborty. April 5 - 10 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of Mysore style of paintings (embossed with gold foil) by Bikramjit Roy. Inauguration tomorrow at 6 pm by Chuni Goswami.DRAMA
April 4 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Anya Theatre presents Manoj Mitra?s Nakchhabita. Direction: Bibhas Chakraborty. April 5 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents two short plays, Ujjwal Chattopadhyay?s Bhoomika and Mohit Chattopadhyay?s Juto. Direction: Anish Ghosh. April 7 (at 6.30 pm), April 9 & 10 at Tapan Theatre; 3 pm & 6.30 pm: Niva Arts presents Janani. Direction: Ashok Chatterjee. April 7 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sayak presents Saanjhbela. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya. April 7 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Sandarva presents Jajaatiyo. Drama, direction and acting: Soumitra Basu. April 8 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Kalyani Natyacharcha Kendra presents Khowabnama. Direction: Kishore Sengupta. April 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: ACT presents Ki Nilay Faou? Direction: Subha Gupta Bhaya.TALK
April 4 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5.30 pm: Swami Rasajnananda will speak in English on Life and Teachings of Holy Mother Sri Sri Sarada Devi. April 4 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Balabhadrananda will speak in Bengali on Yuganayak Vivekananda. April 4 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19A & B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Prof. Amalendu Chakraborty will speak on Swami Abhedananda O Bharatia Sanskriti.performing artS
April 4 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Antara Sangeet Vidyalaya presents Mahari Chanda (a concept of Odissi dance) choreographed by Giridhari Nayak, solo Kathak recitals, and Kathak Andaz (a concept of Kathak dance) choreographed by Srilekha Mukherjee and Silpi Mukherjee. April 7 at Purbashree, Bharatiyan Cultural Multiplex, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: Talent Search featuring classical dancers Emilee Ghose (Kathak), Somali Das (Odissi) and Sanjukta Banerjee (Bharata Natyam). Organised by EZCC. April 7 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: 1st Bharat Kala Utsav featuring Bharata Natyam by Chitra Visweswaran and Sharmistha Ghosh, and santoor recital by R. Visweswaran. April 8 at Gyan Manch; 6 pm: Modern Mime Centre presents Ananya Angana ? a mime show by Kamal Naskar and Dr Subhra Sanyal, and Rabindrasangeet by Sujata Basu. April 9 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Sanskriti Sagar and Spandan, in association with Shivoum, present Krishna, a dance performance by Mandakini Trivedi with mythologist Dr Devdutt Pattnaik. April 9 at Rotary Sadan; 7 pm: In aid of Helpage India, Women in Rotary & Rotary Club of Calcutta Metro City present an evening of Odissi dance by Sanchita Bhattacharyya and her troupe.EXHIBITION
Till April 9 at 14/97 Golf Club Road (beside RCGC); 12 noon - 8 pm: Sravasti?s summer collection features creations of Keyachaitali including T shirts, phatuas, short kurtas, punjabis, ?Saradin?, salwar-kurtas, lungi-tops, wraparound, nakshi kantha, batik, bandhni, printed, painted, applique sarees, blouse pieces, costume jewellery and Sravasti?s unique ?Podyo-Poshak?. Also introducing functional items like mobile-bags, spectacle-covers, desk calendars, greeting cards and side-bags. Till April 4 at 265 Jodhpur Park, 1st floor; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of Bharati Datta?s collection of sarees. Till April 5 at Caffein, Elgin Road: Aranya presents an exhibition of its hand-made paper gifts and stationery items including notebooks, calendars, photoframes, penstands, greeting cards, albums, paper bags and writing pads. Till April 5 at Weavers Studio, 5/1 Anil Moitra Road, # 2440 8926/27/37; 10 am - 6 pm: Poila Baisakh exhibition of sarees, fabrics, dupattas, scarves, stoles, garments and men?s kurtas. Till April 10 at Palacia, 53 Syed Amir Ali Avenue: Annual Spring Exhibition of georgette, cotton printed, block, pintex outfits. Till April 10 at 57B, Block-D, New Alipore, #9830134476: Vinita Mohta unfolds an exhibition of new cotton ensembles in unique prints and styles for the ensuing festive season. Till April 14 at Sampa?s Boutique, 42 Circus Avenue; 10 am - 8 pm: Wonder weaves from Assam silk and muga sarees, mekhla chaddars. April 8 - 10 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street; 10 am - 8 pm: Prishth presents handcrafted cards, gift bags, albums, wrapping paper, boxes, photoframes and folders; all from hand-made paper.pANEL DISCUSSION
April 4 at The Park Hotel; 9.30 am - 2.40 pm: Behind the Moon is organising a half-day mind-enriching engagement, Reverse Flick, for the corporate world. The key panelists are Bishen Singh Bedi, Geeth Sethi and Giraj.pHOTOGRAPHS
April 6 - May 11 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 7 pm: Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Calcutta and The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presetn a photo exhibition Stefan Moses - Deutsche Vita. Inauguration by Erhard Zander, consul general of the Federal republic of Germany in Calcutta, on April 6 at 6 pm.WORKSHOP
April 9 - 12 at Padatik Little Theatre: Half-day workshops featuring an interactive lecture performance by mythologist Devdutt Pattnaik and Indian classical dancer Mandakini Trivedi on topics like how myths, mythos and mithya are communicated through mythology, the essence of Krishna, the dancing gods of the Hindu pantheon and the dance of Shiva. Details at Shivoum, #9830748418.THEATRE FESTIVAL
April 10 - 12 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: To mark its 15th anniversary, Swabak organises Calcutta Theatre Festival 2005. Besides panel discussions, the plays to be staged are Tagore?s Streer Patra (dir: Ratan Das Gupta) by Sarthak Rupayan, Mumbai on April 10; Tagore?s Shasti (dir: Nilima Chakraborty) by Swabak on April 11; and Tarasankar Bandopadhyay?s Chowkh Galo (dir: Goutam Halder) by Nandikar on April 12.SIT & DRAW ART CONTEST
April 17, 22 & 24, May 1, 8 & 15 at Nehru Children?s Museum: The 32nd Sit & Draw Art Contest for children in the age group of 5 years to 16 years; upper age limit for handicapped children is 18 years. Details available at Nehru Children?s Museum, except Mondays & Tuesdays.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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