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Till August 7 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 2pm - 8pm: Neo-Gene Contemporary Artists Manipur is hosting an art exhibition featuring works by Ch. Lalit Singh, Ksh. Sarat Singh, M. Thomas Singh, L. Ishworchandra, Gandampu and W. Robin Singh. Till August 7 at Chemould, 12F Park Street; 2pm - 7pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by National Institute of Creative Performance. Participants: Rimi Majumdar, Manini Sarkar, Rana Roy, Subhasish Banerjee, Evana Kundu, Biswajoy Kundu, Bharat Chandra Banik, Jakir Hossain, Soujen Sircar (a painting by him appears here) and Kalyani Mahapatra. Till August 10 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Anubhabe Rabindranath, a group exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Till August 10 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: An exhibition of paintings and drawings by members of Contemporary Nines. Participants: Bibek Paul, Dip Banerjee, Dipankar Sinha, Madhubanti Banerjee, Parthapratim Saha, Pijush Kanti Gayen, Pratima Seal, Ranadip Das, Suasmita Ghosh and Swati Mukherjee. Till August 10 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Umesh Chandra Bera and Dipanjali Bera. Till August 13 (except Sundays) at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, 22902274; 11am - 7pm; Monday: 2pm - 7pm: Works of paper. Participating artists: Mahesh Baliga, Chandra Bhattacharjee, Bikash Bhattacharjee, Anupam Chakraborty, Jayashree Chakraborty, Jogen Chowdhury, Kanchan Dasgupta, Adip Dutta, K. Laxma Goud, Chandana Hore, Somnath Hore, M.F. Husain, Valsan Koorma Kolleri, Prabhakar Kolte, Akbar Padamsee, Sudhir Patwardhan, Ganesh Pyne, Dilip Ranade, Krishna Reddy, Amritah Sen, Mithu Sen, Paritosh Sen, Lalu Prasad Shaw and F.N. Souza. Till August 18 (except August 14 & 15) at Gandhara Art Gallery, 1B Gurusaday Road, Flat 5A (Palm Springs), 22811255; 3pm - 8.30pm: Tilt — an exhibition of the works by Chhatrapati Dutta, Mrinmoy Debbarma, Nantu Behari Das, Prasun Ghosh, Probir Gupta, Reji Arakkal and Sudipta Das. Till August 18 (except Mondays) at Shree Art Gallery, 11 Gurusaday Road, Kusum Apartments, Flat no. 61, 6th floor; 3pm - 7pm: Monsoon Collection 2011 — a group exhibition of paintings by artists of Calcutta. Till August 24 (except Sundays & national holidays) at The harrington Street Arts Centre, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, 2nd floor, Flat no. 5 & 25B, 22829220/ 9221; 12noon - 7pm: Melange — an exhibition of the works by Achuthan Kudallur, Akhilesh, Amitava Das, Anupam Sud, Babu Xavier, Baiju Parthan, Charan Sharma, Dhiraj Choudhury, Farhad Hussain, Gargi Raina, G.R. Iranna, Laxman Aelay, Manish Pushkale, Manjunath Kamath, Mathew Battu, Pradip Rakhit, Pooja Iranna, Rokeya Sultan, R.S. Shakya, Samir Mondal, Sanjay Kumar, Seema Kohli, Sidharth, Subhash Awchat and Veer Munshi. Till August 31 at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, 40034974; 10.30am - 7pm: A group show of paintings and sculpture. Till September 10 at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, 24630465 / 40012289: Experimenter Contemporary Art presents I Have a Face, but a Face of What I am Not — an exhibition of the works by Adip Dutta.DRAMA
August 6 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Bohurupee presents Chaitanya, directed by Tarapada Mukherjee. August 6 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: Sayak presents Mukti! Mukti!. Playwright: Chandan Sen. Direction & performance: Meghnad Bhattacharya. August 6 at Sisir Mancha, 6.30 pm & August 7 at Academy of Fine Arts, 3pm: Ha-ja-ba-ra-la presents Chandan Sen’s Shahid Shikhar. Direction: Raja Lahiri. August 6 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Nandikar’s double bill: Tomar Naam (Performance: Sohini Sengupta; Story, music & direction: Swatilekha Sengupta) and Mulya Ferot (Drama: Fritz Karinthy; Adaptation: Goutam Sarkar; Direction: Sumanta Ganguly). August 6 at Sarat Sadan, Howrah; 7pm: Uhinee Kolkata presents Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay’s Treaty. August 7 at Academy of Fine Arts; 10am: Ballygunge Swapnasuchana will stage Kanyadaan. Direction & performance: Bratya Basu. August 7 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Swapnasandhani will stage its latest production, Indrasis Lahiri’s Sei Sumouli. Direction: Koushik Sen. August 7 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre; 6.30pm: The Red Curtain presents Charlotte Keatley’s My Mother Said I Never Should / Ma Bolechhe Korishna. Adaptation and direction: Shuktara Lal. For donor passes contact 9831171401.PERFORMING ARTS
August 7 at Golf Green Phase-I AOA Hall; 6.30pm: MUSIC (Movement for Understanding Sangeet - An Indian Concept) presents an evening of Hindusthani classical music on guitar featuring Angshujit Sarkar.taLK
August 6 at Kamala Bhavan, 14-C/1F Dum Dum Road; 5.30pm: Indian Society for Art & Aesthetics hosts a lecture on Tagore’s Punashcha by Subhra Chowdhury. August 6 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6pm: Swami Tyagarupananda will speak on Bhakti Yoga. August 6 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6pm: Pravrajika Pradiptaprana will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ma O Bhagini Nivedita. August 6 at Sarat Sadan, Howrah; 6pm: Dr Tripurari Sharma (NSD, New Delhi) will speak on Role of Theatre in Constructing the Personality of Children. August 6 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Lecture Hall; 7pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak on Mrityu Rahasya. August 6 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7pm: Parimal Kanti Das will speak on Nari Shakti Jagaraney Sri Ramakrishna. August 6 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7.10pm: Discourse on Sri Ramakrishna Punthi by Dr Bhupendra Nath Seal. August 7 at Taj Bengal; 11am: The first of the Pratibha Khaitan Memorial Lecture Series: Dr Sonal Mansingh will speak on Panch Kanyaa.PLAY-READING
August 6 at 4 Bishop Lefroy Road; 6pm: Anamika presents a powerful play-reading of Muawaze by Bhishm Sahani. Directed by Pavan Maskara.SCREENING
Till August 7 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 10.30am - 8.30pm: Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Calcutta and INPUT Society present a screening cum conference featuring recent international discussion-provoking television programmes curated and presented by Abhijit Dasgupta, national coordinator for INPUT in India, and S.V. Rama of INPUT Society.campus
Till August 7 at Future Institute of Engineering & Management; 10am: Phoenix 2011, in association with t2.exhibition
Till August 6 at Fortune Select Loudon; 11am - 8pm: Masoom Pears presents Hansel & Gretel, a fashion and lifestyle exhibition for kids, in association with t2. August 6 - 13 (except Sunday) at Weavers Studio, 5/1 Anil Moitra Road, 24408926/27; 9.30am - 6.30pm: Khadi...walk to freedom, an exhibition of wearable textiles inspired by the historical freedom movement of India. Till August 8 at Ice Skating Rink; 10.30 am - 8pm: Kids Fair 2011 features toys, games, books, puzzles, babby products and Rakhi fair. Organised by Walia Trade International. Till August 8 at Et-cetra exhibition hall, City Centre-2, New Toen, Rajarhat; 11am - 8.30pm: Tilottama (23352092, 9831672247), on the occasion of Rakhi & Puja, presents a fashion and lifestyle fair. Thirty boutiques are participating with saris, salwar suits, jewellery and home products. Till August 9 at Genesis Gallery, 8-B Middleton Street; 10am - 7pm: Shrujan Creations of Kutch, Gujarata presents its exclusive hand-embroidery products. Till August 11 at The Conclave, 216 AJC Bose Road; 12noon - 7pm: Conversation in Clay — an exhibition of crockery and ceramics created by potters of Bengal. Till August 11 at Senbati, 3A Mandeville Gardens, 24237028; 10.30am - 8pm: Poompuhar (Tamil Nadu Handicrafts Development Corporation) presents an exhibition-cum-sale of Thanjavur paintings and garlands, sandalwood, hanging lamps & small lamps in brass, panels & figures in woodcarvings, handloom saris, bedsheets, kurtis and shirts. Till August 15 at 20B Gariahat Road South, Dhakuria; 11am - 8pm: Exquisite Puja collection of designer saris & kurtis of Ananya boutique and costume, silver jewellery of Salankana. Till August 15 at 49/1 Hindustan Park, 9830398147: Mita Mukherjee presents an exhibition of exquisite cotton, silk and tussar saris in Gujarati, Kantha, Parsi and Kashmiri stitches. Till August 31(except Sundays) at The Box at The Park; 11am - 8pm: Festive Sale at The Box, with huge discounts on hand-picked art and crafts, clothes, beauty products, fashion and home accessories and gift items.WORKSHOP
August 6: Spice Up is conducting a workshop on Cake @ Alipore. To register, call 9230622222. August 6 & 7 at The Old House, Raja Santosh Road; 10am - 4pm: Theatrecian, in association with Dimension Z, organises a two-day film acting workshop with Tathagata Chowdhury. Contact 9830241007. August 6 & 7 at Netcoms, 41A Syed Amir Ali Avenue: Personality development with Smart PC/Office skills. For registration, call 40019964, 9007786974 or visit www.netcommsindia.com August 6 at Sarat Sadan, Howrah; 1pm - 5pm: Adrija Dasgupta conducts a theatre workshop with economically deprived children. August 6 at 6 Commissariat Road, Flat 4A, Hastings; 2pm - 4pm: Mrs Goel’s cakes (eggless) class. For registration, call 9339096917. August 6 onwards at Object D’Art, 14/1B Palm Avenue: Come and make your own piece of jewellery. Also, experience a three-day workshop in costume jewellery. Contact 9831200077.NUMEROLOGY
Till August 7 at Mocha, 209 AJC Bose Road, Karnani Estate; 7pm - midnight: Sessions on understanding magic and mystery of numbers by Rohit K. Singhania (Mr iZo).ENTERTAINMENT
August 6 at Someplace Else, The Park; 8pm onwards: The 17th Someplace Else celebration kicks off with the blues legends from Shillong — Soulmate. They have been inspired by the roots and groove sounds of the Blues, Blues-rock, Soul, Rock ’n Roll, Funk and R&B. Featuring Rudy Wallang and Tripti Kharbangar. August 6 at Plush, The Astor; 10pm onwards: Listen to resident DJs Deb and Bittu play the latest numbers.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;
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