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ART
Till May 8 at CIMA Gallery; Monday: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesday - Saturday: 11 am - 7 pm: Goethe Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, in collaboration with CIMA Gallery Pvt. Ltd, presents Music From an Unknown Source — paintings by Sigmar Polke. Till May 7 at Chemould, 12F Park Street: Paintings and sculptures by Jaimini Gain and Bapi Paul. Till May 9 at Café The, ICCR, 11 am - 8 pm: A solo exhibition of paintings by Nitai Saha. The artist will be painting live from 3 pm to 6 pm. Till May 9 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Poetry in Colours — an exhibition of paintings by Binita Bandyopadhyay, Debajyoti Sarkar, Pulakesh Mandal, Rajeev Sarkar, Rampujan Singh, Sanjeev Kumar, Shampa Chatterjee, Subrata Roy Choudhury, Sudeshna Dey, Suman Roy, Suparna Mitra and Vanu Grahacharjee. Till May 12 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘B’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Sixth Sense — a group exhibition of painting and sculpture. Featuring works by Basudev Sarkar, Ujjwal Debnath, Rajib Sur Roy, Sujit Kumar Ghosh, Kushal Mukherjee, Indranil Ghosh and Debjyoti Purakayastha. Till May 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Self, a platform for young contemporary artists, presents Rabi O Chhobi — a group show of paintings based on Tagore’s creations. Featuring works by Sougata Chattopadhyay, Nibedita Sen, Sibshankar Kundu, Rajib Deyashi and Anup Bandyopadhyay. Till May 15 (except Sunday) at Galerie 88, 28 B Shakespeare Sarani, #2290 2274; 11 am - 7pm, Mondays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Complexcity — an exhibition of the works of Sanatan Saha. Till May 15 at Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: Paintings by Prabal Roy. Till May 15 at Emami Tower, 687 Anandapur, EM Bypass, #40113182/83; 2 pm - 7 pm: Dakshin-Paschim, an exhibition of contemporary art. Curated by Dr Archana Roy. Till May 28 at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street, #2289 2982: Lluvia — an exhibition of recent paintings by Raj Sekhar Aich. Till May 30 (except Sundays) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #24653212; 11 am - 7 pm: Fragile Order, a solo exhibition of Anita Gopal’s work. Till May 31 (except Sundays) at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, ground floor; 12 noon - 7 pm: Ancient Love — a series of paintings by Ganesh C. Basu. Till June 1 (except Sundays) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, #24484925, 24497931; 11 am - 7 pm: Nature Revisited, curated by Jayashree Chakravarty and Anirudh Chari. Featuring works by Debnath Basu, Nantu Behari, Tapas Biswas, Jayashree Chakravarty, Adip Dutta, Rajan Krishnan, K.S. Radha Krishna, Jagannath Panda, Manisha Parekh, Mithu Sen and Anjum Singh. Till June 5 (except Sundays) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; #4001 2289 / 2463 0465; 11 am - 7 pm: Who Are You, Defenders Of The Universe? — a solo show by Pakistani artist Mehreen Murtaza, who explores a brand new frontier of consciousness where today’s electronic ether confronts time-honoured importance of religion and the sacred foundation of all things created. Featuring digital C prints, video, LED installation, and sound-and-light cube installation. Till June 30 at Srijanee, 11A & B Esplanade East; 10 am - 8 pm: God & Nature — the fourth solo exhibition of paintings by Sreesudip.DRAMA
May 7 - 9 at Mukta Angan Rangalaya: Nabankur presents 6th All Bengal Drama Festival. Today: Darpan Sakshi (dir: Hirak Ghosh) by Jadavpur Antareek at 5 pm; Pratyabartan (dir: Ranjit Sen) by Platform at 6 pm; Chhuti (dir: Parimal Das) by Uttar Sarathi Natya Academy at 7 pm; and Pakey Chakrey (dir: Manasij Banerjee) by Anya Katha at 8 pm. May 7 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Hajabarala presents its latest production, Hasey Ashrunadi. Drama & direction: Chandan Sen. May 7 at Minerva Theatre; 6.45 pm: Samstab will stage Bhutnath. Direction & performance: Dwijen Bandyopadhyay. May 8 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Natyaranga will stage Binodini Katha, directed by Swapan Sengupta. May 8 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Laboratory — Lok-Krishti’s tribute to Tagore. Drama & direction: Phalguni Chattopadhyay. May 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Natasena will stage its latest production, Fata Gopal. Drama: Rajat Ghosh. Direction: Durga Chakraborty.PERFORMING ARTS
May 7 at Birla Academy; 6.30 pm: Santiniketan Puratani presents Nababorsho Abahan O Rabindra Janmotsav Boron under the supervision of Roma Chakravartti. May 7 at Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi Sabhagriha; 6.30 pm: To mark 25 years of poetry festival and 150th birth anniversary of Tagore, Abrittiloke presents Utsav 2010. The concluding evening features a solo reading of poems by Nirendranath Chakraborty. To be followed by Sansarey Sanyasi Lokta, reading and recitation of Shakti Chattopadhyay’s poems. Participants: Krishna Basu, Rahul Purakayastha, Sebanti Ghosh, Anshuman Kar, Bejoylakshmi Barman, Pranati Thakur, Samiran Sanyal, Kajal Sur, Partha Mukhopadhyay and Bratati Bandyopadhyay. May 8 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Biswabhara Pran presents an evening of Tagore songs and readings in chorus by Anuradha Bala, Gouri Ghosh, Gopa Roy, Jonaki Choudhury, Tapan Sinha, Partha Ghosh, Pradip Sarkar, Mita Ghosh, Shamit Roy, Sumana Bhattacharya and Subarata Mukhopadhyay. Also, solo recital of Tagore songs by Dwijen Mukhopadhyay, Pramita Mallick and Subrata Sengupta. May 9 at Urban Zone, Swabhumi; 6 pm: Swabhumi, in association with banglanatok.com, celebrates the infulence of folk songs on Tagore’s work. Featuring Jhumur dancers of Purulia; Patachitra artists from Medinipur; Chau production Chitrangada Sambad by Jhalda, a Purulia-based group; and Baul gaan and Tagore songs by artists from Nadia (Nikhil Biswas, Arjun Khyapa and Akkas Fakir) and Calcutta (Riddhi Bandyopdhay).TALK
May 7 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Jushtananda will speak in Bengali on Bhagavat Katha. May 7 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra; 7 pm: Prof. Arup Ranjan Pradhan will speak on Devi Bhagavat.FILM SHOW
Till May 8 at Gorky Sadan; 6 pm: Film session dedicated to the 65th anniversary of victory over fascism, Love at the Tome of War and After. Today: The Last Metro (dir: Francois Truffaut). Presented by Eisenstein Cine Club.EXHIBITION
Till May 8 at 2/1 Hindusthan Road, Gariahat, #2463 0465; 10.30 am - 8 pm: Kanishka’s & KORA by Kanishka’s launch their Summer Collection 2010 — a special exhibition of an ingenuously crafted collection of dresses, tops, kurtis, kurtas, pants and skirts created out of contemporary handloom sarees, breezy mulmuls and cottons. Till May 15 at 8/2 Loudon Street, 2nd floor, #2281 1524: Earthy Myths showcases its signature cotton outfits. Till May 7 at 16/2 Gariahat Road (opp. UCO Bank), #98300 54718; 11 am - 8.30 pm: Joyita’s Selection presents an exclusive summer special designer wear. Till May 10 at Azura, 3 Royd Street, #2227 2219, 22298651; 11 am - 6.30 pm: Azura unveils an exquisite and stylish range costume jewellery and silhouettes for all occasions which include sarees, kurtas, dresses, blousons, tunic.WORKSHOP
May 7 - 9 at Senator Hotel, Camac Street; 9 am - 6 pm: California Hypnosis Institute of India brings basic Hypnotherapy Course Level-1 for individuals who want to understand how the mind works, how we block ourselves with our limiting belief systems and how to overcome them and implant positive suggestion in our mind. It is also the first step in a five-step process in becoming a defined clinical hypnotherapist. For details, call 9830129292. May 8 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #2461 3145: To mark the opening of Kolfiesta Summer Camp, introductory demo sessions on (1) tabla workshop (11.30 am - 1 pm) with Arif Khan; and (2) Latin music workshop & music appreciation workshop (5 pm - 7 pm) by Pradyumna S. Manot. May 16 at Aneek Natya Mancha, Salt Lake Stadium, Gate no. 1; 12 noon - 6 pm: Summer magic workshop for children (8 yrs to 16 yrs). For details, call 2321-6734.EDUCATION FAIR
May 10 at The Park, 17 Park Street; 10.30 am - 5.30 pm: World Education Fair 2010 with more than 60 renowned institutions from UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Informative seminars on study abroad will be held every half an hour. For free registration, call Edwise Oversaes Education Consultant (#4012 2333) or sms “ED WK” to 54242. Register online: www.worldeducationfair.comAll 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; Fax: 2234-8244All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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