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Till April 18 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; Mondays (3 pm - 7 pm), Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Through the Eye of a Needle — recent works by Shreyasi Chatterjee. Till April 18 (except Sunday & public holidays) at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, #2486 6735; Monday: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesday - Saturday: 11 am - 7 pm: Intersection — works by Anand Prakash, Satyajit Roy and Sougata Das. Till April 4 at Jamini Roy Gallery and Nandalal Bose Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: The Limitless Luminosity of Lines — a solo exhibition of the works of Safiuddin Ahmed. Till April 4 Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: Recent Works — an exhibition of paintings by Chandana Hore. Till April 4 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 1st floor, Orbit Enclave, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #22893027; 12 noon - 7 pm: Art Against Terrorism — featuring paintings and sculptures by renowned artists. Till April 5 at Taj Bengal, Gallery By The Way; 9 am - 11 pm: A solo exhibition of oils and acrylics by Shambhu Saha. The artist will be painting live every day from 3 pm to 6 pm. Till April 5 at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #40076042; 12.30 pm - 7.30 pm: Adekha Dekha — paintings by Dhiren Sasmal. Till April 5 at Abanindranath Tagore Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: Images of India — artworks by Russian artist Elena Federovskaya. Till April 8 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Nature Mystique — an exhibition of abstract paintings on nature by Preetima Pande.DRAMA
Till April 12 at Sarat Sadan, Howrah Maidan; 6.30 pm: Natadha hosts Janapriyo Nataker Mela, a theatre festival in aid of the needy and ailing theatre workers. Today: Kachher Manush by Gandhar. Direction: Gautam Haldar. Tomorrow: Diba Ratrir Kabya by Purba-Paschim. April 4 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Rangapat presents its latest production, Jhumjhumi. Direction: Biplanu Moitra. April 4 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Purba-Paschim will stage Manik Bandyopadhyay’s Diba Ratrir Kabya. Dramatised and directed by Arun Mukhopadhyay. April 5 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Bratyajon will stage its latest production, Ruddha Sangeet. Playwright & direction: Bratya Basu. April 5 at Minerva; 6 pm: Beadon Street Subham will stage its latest production, Kajalrekha. Direction: Subhashis Gangopadhyay. April 5 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Rang Roop presents Jalchhabi, directed by Seema Mukhopadhyay. April 5 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Ajnatobass — Nandikar’s latest production, directed by Sumanta Gangopadhyay. Story: Sukanta Gangopadhyay. Directorial adviser: Rudraprasad Sengupta. April 5 at Tapan Theatre; 7 pm: Rangakarmee presents Kata-Kuti, directed by Koushik Sen.PERFORMING ARTS
April 4 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Bhavna, in collaboration with Sunandan, presents Enakshi Chattopadhyay in a solo recital of Tagore songs. In the first half, she will render 14 songs of spring (Basanta O Taar Gaan) while the second half will be devoted to 12 numbers from Mayar Khela (both opera and dance-drama). April 4 at Rabindra Okakura Bhavan, Salt Lake; 5 pm: Dance performance by the students of Kristi. Direction: Sumon and Sudipta Roy Chowdhury. April 4 at Sisir Mancha; 5.30 pm: Surolok presents Basant Bahar — Rabindra Gaane O Kabitaye: Tumi-Aami, directed by Kajal Sur. Participants in an informal discussion include Jagannath Basu, Urmimala Basu, Kajal Sur, Apala Basu, Satyam Roychowdhury, Mou Roy Chowdhury, Shantanu Roychowdhury, Dr Shibaji Basu and Indrani Halder. Concept: Apala Basu. April 5 at Tollygunge Club, Jumping Arena; 6.30 pm: Tollygunge Club and Open Doors present excerpts from Equus — Ranan, under the direction of Vikram Iyengar, interprets Peter Shaffer’s landmark play through dance (Kathak) and theatre.TALK
April 4 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Samiran Chandra Chakraborty will speak in Bengali on Veda O Bharatiya Samskriti. April 4 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Tyagarupananda will speak on Gitar Vani. April 4 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak on Siksha, Samaj O Dharma.EXHIBITION
April 4 at Anusthan Bhavan, 132 R.B. Avenue, opp. Deshapriya Park; 8 am - 8 pm: Lions Club of Calcutta Circular Femina presents an exhibition of Kancheepuram silks, cotton saris, pearl, silver and costume jewellery, paintings, salwar suits, leather bags, embroidery items, ayurvedic products, and more. April 4 at 1/2 Lovelock Street, Calcutta 19; 10.30 am - 1.30 pm: Annual exhibition of hand-made linen by the vocational training unit of Bustee Welfare Centre. Till April 4 at 1/1/2A Gariahat Road (South), Jodhpur Park; 12 noon - 7 pm: Nari Seva Sangha presents an exhibition of saris, children’s garments, snacks and preserves made by underprivileged women. Till April 5 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace, #2223 9422; 10 am - 7.30 pm: Crafts Council of West Bengal presents Baishakhi, an exclusive summer collection of traditional and contemporary weaves of Bengal, hand-painted Madhubani saris, printed tussar, Phulia collection, Chanderi, printed cotton saris and Kalamkari. Till April 5 at Shuma’s, 359 Jodhpur Park, #24722351; 11 am - 8 pm: Collection of designer saris with patchwork on georgette, chanderi, kota, tant, etc. Till April 5 at 14/97 Golf Club Road, #2473-4546; 2 pm - 8 pm: Sravasti presents its summer collection of soft and cool attire featuring Keya Chaitali’s exclusive fair of T-shirts, photuas, short kurtas, kurtas, salwar-kurtas, wrap-around sets, saradins, nakshikantha, batik, applique, fabric painted, block-printed cotton and silk saris, blouse pieces, costume jewellery and a variety of bags. Till April 8 at 10 Satyen Dutta Road, #24651697; 11 am - 8 pm: Toontooni holds an exhibition of handloom saris, printed saris, men’s kurtas and kantha items. Till April 13 at Soumya’s Creation, 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents its Bengali New Year offering, New Beginnings, featuring saris, accessories, home linens and durries along with a range of children’s summer wear.AWARD CEREMONY
April 4 at National Library, Government of India Auditorium; 12.30 pm: Academy of Bengali Poetry will confer Sarswat Samman 2009 to poet Siddhartha Singha. On this occasion, Nirendranath Chakraborty will release Biswakhatoder Bichitro Jibon, a book for children written by Singha.FESTIVAL
Till April 13 at Sri Thyagaraja Hall, P-530 Raja Basanta Roy Road, #2463 8296: Ved Bhavan Bhajan Samaj will celebrate Sri Rama Navami with discourse, kirtan, bhajan and nadaswaram. Today at 4.30 pm: Weekly Saturday Hari Bhajan; at 6.30 pm: Samartha Ramadasa Charitam by Brahmasri Dr Ranganji, accompanied by ENS Mani (harmonium) and R. Srinivasan (mridangam). Tomorrow at 8.30 am: Srimad Narayaneeyam recitation; at 5 pm: Variety programme by members of Andhra Association; at 6.45 pm: Harikatha Kalakshepam / Sangeetha Upanyasam.READING
April 5 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P. Lal reads Vaisampayana's report to Janamejaya of the elderly virgin Kanya's marriage to Sringavan and her ascent to heaven, the glories of Kuruksetra, Plaksaprasravana and other tirthas, and Balarama's eagerness to meet Narada, in the 468th weekly session of his sloka-by-sloka English transcreation of Vyasa's Mahabharata.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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