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Till April 7 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings and drawings by eminent as well as young creative artists of Bengal. Organised by Shatak Ekush. Till April 7 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of sculptures by Manjushri Chakraborty and Some Kumar Deb. Till April 8 at CIMA Gallery, #2485 8717/8509; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: On the Verge — recent works by Sumitro Basak. Till April 10 at Starmark, South City Mall; 11 am - 9 pm: Starmark, in association with Emami Chisel Art, presents Affordable Art, an exhibition of unusual finger and nail paintings by Parijoy Saha. Till April 10 at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, 3rd floor, #22895438: Recent works of K. Prasun Roy. Till April 10 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Meander Contemplation — works on sculpture by Provat Majhi. Till April 11 at Weavers Studio Centre for Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #24604245; 11 am - 7 pm: Medini, Matir Kanna — an exhibition of paintings by Paresh Hazra. Till April 16 (except Sunday) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: A collection of Somenath Maity’s works, titled Structures. Till April 20 (except Mondays) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Revelation 2008 — an exhibition of works by Subrata Saha, Dipankar Sinha, Partha Pratim Saha, Madhubanti Banerjee, Pratima Seal, Swati Mukherjee, Ranadip Das, Dip Banerjee and Piyush Kanti Gayen. Till April 22 (except Sundays) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #24653212; 11 am - 7 pm: A group show, titled The Butterfly Effect. Participating artists: Kalicharan Gupta, Kazi Ghiyasuddin, Kishor Shinde, Partha Shaw, Pradip Rakshit, Shambhavi Gattani, Sunil Das and Yusuf.DRAMA
April 7 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Anya Theatre presents Akhono Kshudha. Direction: Ranjit Chakraborty. April 7 at Madhusudan Mancha; 7 pm: Rangakarmee presents its latest production, Shree Ganesh Mahima, based on a story by Mahasweta Devi. Direction: Partha Bandyopadhyay. April 8 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Barasat Anushilanee presents Chhut. Drama & direction: Ramaprasad Banik. April 8 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Putul Nacher Itikatha — Chetana latest production, directed by Arun Mukhopadhyay. April 8 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.45 pm: Nat-Ranga presents Gulbaaj, the Man of the Match. Direction: Sohan Bandyopadhyay. Till April 14 at Sarat Sadan-1, Howrah Maidan; 6 pm: A theatre fest organised by Natadha to raise funds for the needy theatre people. Today: Bhagaban Ja Karen Ta (Dir: Ashok Mukherjee) by Theatre Workshop.EXHIBITION
April 7 - 13 at Finesse, 11/1B New Road, Alipore, #24790545: Exquisite handwoven sarees from the looms of Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Bengal. April 7 - 13 at Else, 9A Sukh Sagar, 2/5A Sarat Bose Road, #24749399: Exquisite Lucknowi chikankari fabrics, suit pieces and sarees. Till April 7 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace, 1st floor, off Gokhale Road, #2223 9422; 10 am - 7.30 pm: Crafts Council of West Bengal presents its summer collection of textiles at Baishakhi, an exhibition where traditional weavers, dyers and block-printers will showcase their designs reinvented from the past. Till April 10 at Green House, Tollygunge Metro Station: Designer sarees, dresses and ladies wear. Till April 13 at 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 1st floor; 11 am - 8 pm: Colour Me Green and Gallery 79 present Pens and Brushes, an exhibition of paintings and books. Till April 15 at 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road, #2466 4315; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Summer show at Paramita Viswanathan’s Design. Items: silk, tassar print, chiffan, crepe print, mull, kota, tangail print.WORLD HEALTH DAY
April 7 at West Bengal Pollution Control Board auditorium, Parivesh Bhavan, Salt Lake; 10 am: Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi will inaugurate a technical symposium on Climate Change and Human Health - Risks and Responses. Organised jointly by Institution of Public Health Engineers, India and West Bengal Pollution Control Board. April 7 - 14 at Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences & Armenian Church Trauma Centre, 124 Mukundapur, EM Bypass: To mark World Health Day 2008, an exhibition of photographs on Lifestyle Factors & Cancer Risk by eminent photographers Raghu Rai, Bikas Das, Arun Ganguly, Mala Mukerjee, Satyaki Ghosh, Amit Dhar, Nitin Rai, Dilip Banerjee, Boman Irani and Fawzan Hussain. Organised by Cancer Foundation of India.DISCUSSION
April 7 at Indumati Sabhaghar, Jadavpur University campus; 6 pm: Manasi Magazine & Literary and Cultural Centre hosts a discussion on Contribution of Vidyasagar and Women’s Progress. Main speaker: Biman Bose, Left Front chairman. Other speakers are Krishna Basu, Chitra Lahiri, Chhanda Chattopadhyay, Ajanta Sinha, Alokananda Roy, Madhumita Basu and Dr Chandra Majumdar. n April 9 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 6.30 pm: Ranan presents Proximities (Volume II, Session V), an informal forum of discussion and exchange. Presenter: Jayoti Bose (theatre director). Topic: New Directions in Children’s and Youth Theatre (an interaction on Jayoti Bose’s recent experiences in Germany).TALK
April 7 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Idyananda will speak on Sri Sri Mayer Smritikatha. April 7 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Ritananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga. April 7 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7 pm: Asit Ranjan Saha will speak on Swamiji’s Vani and Writings.PHOTOGRAPHS
Till April 7 at Gaganendra Pradarshashala; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of photographs presented by Photographers Association of South Calcutta. Till April 11 (except Monday) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Landmarks of New York, an exhibition of photographs jointly sponsored by Birla Academy of Art & Culture and American Center, Calcutta. Till April 19 (except Mondays) at Bose Pacia, 18 Park Street; 11 am - 7 pm: India Shining, India Crying - A tale of contemporary India: An exhibition of photographs by Johann Rousselot.IN CONVERSATION
April 10 at Srijan Rooftop, 120 Lenin Sarani; 6.30 pm: Dr William Radice, British poet and translator who teaches Bengali at SOAS, University of London, will be inconversation with Rosinka Chaudhuri, fellow in cultural studies, literary historian and critic, Sanjukta Dasgupta, poet and professor (English), University of Calcutta, and Vinay Sharma, poet, dramatist and actor.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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