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Till May 5 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Fair is Foul & Foul is Fair ? the second group exhibition of paintings by members of Zerosphere. Till May 15 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road (near Taaja restaurant); 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Artful Musings ? an exhibition of the works of Atanu Bhattacharya, Bratin Khan, Sanatan Dinda, Ramananda Bandopadhyay, Swapan Das, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Suhas Roy, Rintu Roy and others. Till May 22 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: In Search of Reality & Red ? an exhibition of drawings and sketches by Piu Sarkar. May 5 - 11 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: West Bengal Government School Teachers? Association presents an exhibition of paintiungs and sculptures of art teachers of West Bengal?s government schools. May 5 - 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Forms & Re-forms ? the annual exhibition of paintings, drawings and terracotta sculptures by the members of ArtsAcre.DRAMA
May 5 (at 6.30 pm), May 7 & 8 (at 3 pm & 6.30 pm) at Tapan Theatre: Niva Arts presents Janani. Direction: Ashok Chatterjee. May 5 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Barasat Anushilanee presents Ek Rashik Doubarik. Drama & direction: Romaprasad Banik. May 5 at Sujata Sadan; 6.45 pm: Sandarbha presents Jajatiyo. Direction: Soumitra Basu. May 6 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Gandhar will stage Char Duar, a play by Prashant Dalvi. Translated by Tara Pandit and Bijoylakshmi Barman. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya. May 7 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Swapnasandhani presents Alik Babu. Direction: Kausik Sen. May 8 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Nandipat presents Mrityu Na Hatya. Direction: Bibhas Chakraborty.TALK
May 5 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5 pm: Dhyanesh Narayan Chakrabarti will speak in Bengali on Mahabharater Shantiparba. May 5 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19A & B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Srimad-Bhagavad. May 5 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7 pm: Discourse on the life and teachings of Sri Sri Ma Sarada Devi by Swami Achyutanandaji.performing artS
Till May 5 at Purbashree (EZCC) Auditorium, Salt Lake; 5.30 pm: Bangla Epar Opar 2005 ? a cultural programme organised by Naior and Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre. Today: Folk songs presented by Naior; at 6.30 pm: a felicitation programme; at 7.30 pm: drama Goopy Baghar Kando presented by Calcutta Choir. May 5 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: National Association for the Blind hosts a fund-raiser programme, ?Surobhito Timir?, featuring a theatrical presentation of Rabindranath Tagore?s Raja to be staged by Blind Opera, and old and modern songs by Rinku Biswas. May 6 at Purbashree, Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB-201 Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: Ei Nidaghe Baisakhe ? Tagore songs by Mousumi Karmakar, Tripti Sen and Tapati Bhattacharjee. May 6 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 7.30 pm: The first anniversary programme of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bhowanipur features Bharata Natyam by the students of Kalakendra and choreographed by Sudha Bharat; Naada Dhawani ? a tabla solo by Abhishek Basu with Swanatan Goswami on the harmonium; and vocal recital by Chhanda Majumdar. May 7 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 6 pm: Swayam and The Seagull Foundation for the Arts present a performance, Very Progressive People. May 8 at Paschimbanga Bangla Academy; 10 am: A programme in remembrance of Tagore. Participants include Taslima Nasreen, Anirban Mukherjee, Dr Bhaskar Chakraborty, Falguni Roy, Debisree Dutta, Manoj Murali Nair, Manisha Murali Nair, Manjula Roy and Dr Barin Roy. Organised by Dr Bankim Mukherjee Memorial Society.pHOTOGRAPHS
Till 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 present a photo exhibition Stefan Moses - Deutsche Vita. May 5 - 9 at Gaganendra Pradarshashala; 2 pm - 8 pm: Kolkata Images presents its third annual photography exhibition, titled City Characters by Kumar Roy, Rajib De, Swapan Nayak and Nilayan Nayak.DISCUSSION
May 5 at Bangla Academy Sabhagriha; 6 pm: Aneek hosts a discussion. Topic: Theatre ? A Composite Art. Participants: Arun Mukhopadhyay, Saoli Mitra and Meghnad Bhattacharya.ANNUAL DAY
May 5 at Rabindra Sadan; 10 am: Kendriya Vidyalaya Command Hospital celebrates its 23rd Annual Day with a short cultural programme by the children of the Vidyalaya.ALBUM RELEASE
May 5 at Sony World, Gol Park; 6 pm: Release of an audio cassette/CD of Tagore songs, Ki Dhwani Baaje, sung by Debi Barman.EXHIBITION
Till May 7 at 1D Ajanta Apts, 10 Gurusaday Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Breathing Space launches its Summer 2005 collection of silver jewellery, set in semi-precious stones, and pearls, in antique and classical styles. Till May 8 at The Park, Willow and Birch, 17 Park Street; 10 am - 10 pm: Designerwear shirts, T-shirts, tops and childrenwear by Armani, Polo, Guess, Victoria?s Secret and more.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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