Art
April 6 - 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 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. Till April 10 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Journey ? an exhibition of paintings by Kushal Mukherjee. Till April 10 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Tapos Mallik?s 8th solo art exhibition. Till April 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Vibrance and Grace ? an exhibition of paintings by Susmita and Swapan Maity. Till April 8 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Bidyut Ghosh. Till April 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.TALK
April 6 at Jibanananda Sabhagriha, Bangla Academy; 3 pm: Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad hosts the 7th Ashin Dasgupta Memorial Lecture. Topic: Chaitanyar Dharma Aandoloner Mulyayan. Speaker: Prof. Romakanta Chakraborty. April 6 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Shastrajnananda will speak on Vivek Chudamoni. April 6 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Prabhananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita.DRAMA
April 6 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: KRT presents Nati Bilash, with Sabitri Chatterjee in the lead. Direction: Kunal Pramanik.performing artS
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 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. April 10 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Bhavna presents an evening of Tagore soings and readings from his writings. Participants: Anirban Mukherjee, Gouri Ghosh and Pabitra Sarkar.EXHIBITION
April 6 - 14 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace; 10 am - 7.30 pm: Crafts Council of West Bengal presents the exquisite weaves of Chanderi from a cluster of development programme sponsored by United Nations Industrial Development Organisation. Products on display are saris, dupattas, home items and yardage. 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?. Till April 7 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street; 11 am onwards: The Rennaissance hosts an exhibition of recent collections of designers Darbari, Nurpur?s Boutique, Anchol, S & A, Indrani?s, Different Stroke, Neela?s, Supriya?s Boutique, Bharati?s Collection and Joyita?s Selection. 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.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 present a photo exhibition, Stefan Moses - Deutsche Vita. Inauguration by Erhard Zander, consul general of the Federal Republic of Germany in Calcutta, today at 6 pm.YOUTH AWARDS
April 9 at Vidya Mandir; 4 pm - 7 pm: The West Bengal State AIDS Prevention and Control Society, Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd, and Thoughtshop Foundation present the Youth Awards for Social Initiatives 2004-05. The event will showcase the bold and courageous initiatives taken by college students and youth groups from in and around Calcutta to spread awareness on HIV/AIDS.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.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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