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Till July 16 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Towers (2nd floor), 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, 2485 8717, 2485 8509; Mondays: 3pm - 7pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2pm - 7pm: Summer Show 2011. Participants: Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Sumitro Basak, Jyoti Bhatt, Shreyasi Chatterjee, Rini Dhumal, Farhad Hussain, Abir Karmakar, Surendran P. Karthyayan, Goutam Khamaru, Bimal Kundu, Paresh Maity, Martin O.C., Shyamal Roy, Shakila, Paramjit Singh, Thota Tharrani, Babu Xavier and others from across India. Till June 6 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road; 4pm - 8pm: Shilpa Bhavna presents an exhibition of paintings by Swapan Kumar Pyne. Till June 7 at Gaganendra Pradarshashala; 2pm - 8pm: Rhythm of Nature — an exhibition of paintings by Tanima Bhattacharya. Till June 8 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3pm - 8pm: The Language of Silence — the fifth solo exhibition of the works by Najma Akhter. Till June 8 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Summer Show — a group exhibition of recent works by Amal Das, Ashok Mondal, Anindya Mukherjee, Atin Mitra, Bhaskar Lahiri, Nikhil Biswas, Ram Prasad De, Subrata Paul and Shekhar Das. Till June 8 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: The third solo exhibition of paintings by Sriya Datta. Till June 8 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Chitri-O-Bhaskar Gosthi presents an exhibition of paintings and sculpture. Till June 9 at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, 24630465, 40012289; 11 am - 7pm: The Young Man Was... (a few chapter): Naeem Mohaiemen. Till June 15 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12noon - 8pm: An exhibition of watercolour paintings by Subrata Paul. Till June 18 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, 2475 2275; 3pm - 8pm: Chitrakoot presents Summer Oasis, an exhibition of artworks by renowned masters. Featuring works by Abanindranath Tagore, Atul Bose, B.P. Banerjee, Chintamoni Kar, Chittoprasad, Gaganendranath Tagore, Rabindranath Tagore, Gopal Ghosh, Hemen Mazumdar, J.P. Ganguly, Jamini Roy, Kalight School, Manindra Bhushan Gupta, M.F. Husain, Nandalal Bose, Nikhil Biswas, Prakash Karmakar, Ramkinker Baij, Ranada Ukil, Samar Ghosh, Somnath Hore, Suhas Roy, Zainul Abedin, Arun Goswami, Arup Das, Chanchal Mukherjee, Manoj Mitra, Pradip Maitra and others. Till June 22 (except Thursdays) at Gallery Gold, 11 Abdul Rasul Avenue, 9432359581; 2pm - 9pm: World of Art International Exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Showcasing works by Paritosh Sen, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Jogen Chowdhury, Alexandre Tokarev, Christian Schutz, Paresh Maity, Prakash Karmakar, Wasim R. Kapoor, Prabir Sen, Manas Roy (Roymans), Samir Aich, Rupchand Kundu, Renee Middelkoop and others.DRAMA
June 6 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Pancham Vaidic presents Poshu Khamar, based on George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Translated, dramatised and directed by Arpita Ghosh. Till June 7: Oihik presents a festival of plays: Teen Ekke Teen (June 6, 7pm at Madhusudan Mancha), directed by Arindam Roy; and Rang Roop’s Brojo Buror Sabuj Baksho (June 7, 7pm at Madhusudan Mancha), directed by Seema Mukhopadhyay. June 8 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: Gobardanga Shilpayan will stage its latest production, Bhoot Puran. Drama & direction: Ashis Chattopadhyay.PERFORMING ARTS
June 6 at Sisir Mancha; 6pm: In association with Sarathi, Geetabitan Archive presents Kavi Pranam — an evening of reading/recitation of Tagore’s poems/stories. Featuring poet Joy Goswami along with Partha Mukhopadhyay, Sucharita Bandyopadhyay, Barnali Sarkar, Medha Bandyopadhyay, Antara Das, Ayanika Roy, Shantanu Talukdar, Chaitali Haldar and Jayanta Ghosh. June 7 at Rabindra Sadan; 6pm: Odissi Ashram, in association with EZCC, presents Classical Dance from the Land of Jagannath and dance-drama Ashta Nayika, based on Tagore’s work. Choreography & direction: Guru Giridhari Nayak. June 10 at Rabindra Sadan; 6pm: Kolkata Mayur Lalit Dance Academy presents Amrita Dhara — An Odissi enchantment, and Rabi Pranam — Salutation to Tagore. Concept, choreography & direction: Debamitra Sengupta. June 10 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7pm: Bharata Natyam dance recital by Souraja Tagore, disciple of Abhoy Pal.taLK
June 6 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5.30pm: Dr Debabrata Sen Sharma will speak in English on Kashmir Saivism. June 6 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6pm: Swami Ritananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga. June 6 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Lecture Hall; 7pm: Prof. Amalendu Chakraborty will speak on Pashchatye Swami Abhedananda. June 6 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7pm: Asit Ranjan Saha will read from Swamiji’s Work.EXHIBITION
June 6 - 21 (except Sundays) at Weavers Studio, 5/1 Anil Moitra Road, 24408926/27; 9.30am - 6.30pm: A fresh summer collection of saris, sets, tunics, dupattas and stoles. Till June 7 at Gorky Sadan; 4pm - 7pm: Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Calcutta presents an exhibition on nature, The Sky Filled with Light, by painter Dibakar Chakraborty and photographer Ildar Yambikov. Till June 9 at Nandalal Bose Gallery & Jamini Roy Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11am - 7pm: On the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR Calcutta salutes a myriad-minded Poet with an exhibition series: (1) Tagore in Advertisements; (2) Of Tagore and Cinema; (3) Tagore in Philately; (4) Rabindranath Tagore: Pilgrimages to the East, a photographic exhibition on the Poet’s tour of South-East Asia and China; and (5) Tagore and Kantha. Till July 3 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 11am - 8pm: Thieving Magpie — Digital collages by Sunandini Banerjee.EDUCATION
Till June 6 at Netaji Indoor Stadium: Eduquest, Eastern India’s largest education fair, organised by ABP Pvt. Ltd, is back again this year. Eduquest has been a flagship event for us over the years where students and their parents get to interact with institutions and universities across the country under one single platform. Till June 6 at Ice Skating Rink; 11am - 8pm: Admissions Fair — Inviting all class XII passing out and college students. Get information and admissions offer from over 100 universities and colleges from across India on more than 100 career options.pHOTOGRAPHS
Till June 30 (except Mondays and national holidays) in the Portrait Gallery, Victoria Memorial Hall; 10am - 5pm: Hoppé’s Santiniketan — an exhibition of photographs from 1929 by Emil Otto Hoppé. Till June 11 at Aranya, F-56, 1st floor, Dakshinapan; 11am - 8pm: Aranya presents Kolkata Imprints, an exhibition of photo bric-a-brac by Wriju.WORKSHOP
June 6 - 9 at Crossword, Elgin Road; 4pm - 5pm: Children Summer Fest. Barbie painting contest for the age group, 4yrs - 6yrs & 6yrs - 8yrs. June 6 - 9 at Ballygunge: Robocamp for children of class IV - IX. Learn building robots - soccer playing, crane, etc. from Sine, IIT Mumbai. Call 9830227778, 9830229898. Till June 13 at Remo’s Dance Institute, The Spring Club, The South City International School, Royal Jade Banquets on EM Bypass, and EC Block Community room on City Center: Remo’s Dance Institute, in association with t2, is conducting a dance workshop. For details, call 64523100. June 7 - 10 at Nehru Children’s Museum; 2pm - 6pm: Workshop on Kathak, for age group 10 years to 18 years, to be conducted by Ashim Bandhu Bhattacharjee. June 7 - 10 at Kriya Studio, 26/3 Ballygunge Circular Road; 1pm - 3pm: Workshop on Paper Mache by Vidhi Ruia. To register, call 9804829999. June 7 - 11 at SmartTree, 514A Block M, New Alipore: Summer Camp (for 5yrs - 12yrs): Masks, kite-making, non-gas cooking, photo, theatre, vocabulary and lots more. Call 9830863300. June 6 - 11: The English Studio Workshop on creative writing to be conducted by Nilofer Sen from London Film School. For details, call 9830863300, 64991496. June 7 - 11 at Mocha, AJC Bose Road; 10.30am - 12.30pm: Photography workshop (8 years onwards) by eminent former photography professor of National Institute of Design and St Xavier’s (Calcutta) Ayan Nandi. For details & registrations, call Smart Tree 9830863380 or 64991496. June 8 onwards at Camlin Arts, Elgin Road: Workshop on fine arts (oil/water paintings, pastels, charcoal, sketching & shading, acrylics), calligraphy, fancy writing and lettering. Also, certification courses in French, Spanish, spoken English. Call 9830647476, 9804791446. June 8 & 9 at 6 Commissriate Road (Sitar), Flat 4A, Hastings; 2pm - 4pm: Mrs Goel’s dessert (eggless) class. For registration, call 9339096917. June 9 & 10 at the Ffort Holiday Klub, Radisson Ffort Hotel, Raichak: A fun-filled workshop (for kids, 6yrs - 12yrs) for one night and two days including food and transport. Exciting activities like swimming, games, vocabulary games, horse-cart riding, non-gas cooking, crafts and more. For registration, call 9330415443. Till June 9 at Padatik Dance Centre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road: Padatik Dance Centre organises a Kathak dance workshop by Pandit Birju Maharaj and assisted by Saswati Sen for junior, senior and performer categories. Till June 9 at Madhusudan Mancha (basement); 10am - 4pm: Shinjan Nrityalaya presents a workshop on Bandha Nritya (an acrobatic limb of Odissi), conducted by Lingaraj Barik. For details, call 9432486637. June 11 - 12 at Optimum Image Institute Studio, 68 Ballygunge Circular Road; 1pm to 7pm: Diva workshop for women on personality development, fashion, beauty & grooming. For registration details, call 9830971184 / 9831064113.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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