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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 May 7 at Gallery Image Kraft, 56E Block D, New Alipore; 11am - 8pm: An exhibition of paintings by young Bengal painters. Till May 7 at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency Building, 3rd floor, 22895438; 11am - 7.30pm: Sublime Contours, an exhibition of recent paintings by some of the senior and well as upcoming artists of Andhra Pradesh. Till May 10 (except Sunday) at The Palladian Lounge, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry, 6 N.S. Road, Third Level; 10am - 9pm: Life in Motion, an exhibition of exquisite bronze sculptures by Bimal Roy. Till May 11 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculpture featuring works by Kaushik Raha, Rajib Deyashi, Manojit Bera, Subhankar Roy and Durbananda. Till May 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3pm - 8pm: Reborn — an exhibition of paintings by Samir Chanda. Till May 11 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘A’ Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: An exhibition of paintings by Samiran Sarkar and Panchanan Das. Till May 11 at Academy of Fine Arts, Gallery New South-B; 3pm - 8pm: An exhibition of paintings by Avijit Dey, Manju Bera and Rina Roy. Till May 11 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: A group exhibition of paintings by Ichapore Artist Circle. Participants: Amarendra Sanyal, Biswajit Mandal, Chandan Ray, Chandranath Das, Nanigopal Biswas, Kishore Chakraborty, Ujjal Chakraborty, Moti Lal Chakraborty, Sanjoy Ghosh, Sunil Haldar, Samaresh Bhattacharya and Sujit Das. Till May 15 (except Mondays) at Kusum Apartments, 11 Gurusaday Road, Flat no. 61, 9903235566; 3pm - 7pm: Shree Art Gallery presents Baishakhi, and exhibition of paintings by B.R. Panesar, Bappa Halder, Pramathesh Chandra, Debabrata Chakrabarty, Dipti Chakraborty, Debendra Laha, Arun Kr Samaddar, Nitya Kundu, Milanendu Mondal, Prabal Roy, Ranjan Sarkar, Ranadip Das, Subrata Das, Samir Paul, Sambhu Saha and others. Till May 16 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12noon - 8pm: An exhibition of paintings by Supam Adhikary. Till May 20 (except Saturdays & Sundays) at Emami Chisel Art, Emami Tower, 687 Anandapur, EM Bypass, 40113182/83; 2pm - 7pm: Uttar-Purab, an exhibition of contemporary art. Curated by Dr Archana Roy. Till June 9 (except Sundays) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, 24630465, 40012289; 11 am - 7pm: The Young Man Was... (a few chapter): Naeem Mohaiemen.DRAMA
May 7 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3pm: Pancham Vaidic presents Poshu Khamar. Direction: Arpita Ghosh. May 7 at Sisir Mancha & May 8 at Minerva; 6.30pm: Mrityu Sangbad — Chetana’s latest production, directed by Arun Mukhopadhyay. May 7 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Chokh presents Ardhek Aakash. Direction: Abhijit Kargupta. May 7 & 8 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7pm: Padatik & Oglam present Beyond Freud, a play in English. Seed idea / poems: Rijita Chatterjee. Text, design & direction: Janardan Ghosh. May 8 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3pm: Sundaram will stage Ja Nei Bharatey. Drama, dierection & acting: Manoj Mitra. May 8 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Bohurupee presents Chaitanya, directed by Tarapada Mukhopadhyay. May 8 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Rangapat presents Aurangzeb. Direction: Harimadhab Mukhopadhyay. May 8 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: Natasena will stage Gorur Garir Headlight. Direction: Saroj Roy.pERFORMING ARTS
May 7 (5pm), May 8 (8am) & May 9 (6am) at Priyanath Mullick Road boulevard, Bhowanipore: Gitabitan Praktani organises a three-day celebration of Tagore’s birth anniversary with songs, reading and recitation. Inauguration this evening at 5 by Sumitra Sen. May 7 at Indumati Sabhagriha (Jadavpur Vidyapith); 5.45pm: An evening of Hindustani classical music featuring a vocal duet by Pradyut Mishra and Romi Ghosh, tabla solo by Amitava Gain, and a violin-sitar duet by Bidyut Mishra and Bedarshi Banerjee. May 7 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6pm: Utsãhã-Udbhãs presents Gahana Daaney, a programme of Tagore songs, recitation and reading from his poems. Participants: Soumitra Chatterjee, Joy Goswami, Rahul Mitra, Gouri Roy Chowdhury and Sutanu Sinha. May 7 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30pm: Indrani Dutta Dance Troupe Srishti presents Tagore’s dance-drama Chitrangada. Also, Jharnatalar Nirjaney, featuring Srabani Sen and Bratati Bandyopadhyay. May 7 at Someplace Else, The Park; 8pm onwards: Ed Degrenaro Group Live. May 8 at Rabindra Sadan; 9.30am: On the occasion of Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary, Bhavna Records and Cassettes presents Kabi Pranam-1418, a programme of Tagore songs and readings from his work. Participants: Anasua Choudhury, Anindya Narayan Biswas, Abhirup Guha Thakurta, Gouri Ghosh, Gautam Chowdhury, Chandrabali Rudra, Jonaki Chowdhury, Dipak Rudra, Dwijen Mukherjee, Pranati Tagore, Partha Ghosh, Pramita Mallick, Rakhi Sen, Rajasree Bhattacharya, Sravanti Mazumdar, Sasha, Sumana Bhattacharya, Subrata Sengupta, Soumitra Chatterjee and others. May 8 at Sanchari Bhavan, 468A, Block-K, New Alipore; 5pm - 10pm: Sanchari Kala Kendra’s Kabi Pranam features Tagore songs by Srabani Sen, Prabuddha Raha, Jayanti Purkayastha, Shreya Guha Thakurta, Rajyasree Bandyopadhyay, Debamalya Chattopadhyay, Sohini Mukhopadhyay, Ranjini Mukhopadhyay, Rita Roy and others; recitation by Saoli Mitra, Saswati Guha Thakurta, Chaitali Dasgupta, Koushik Sen, and others; and audio-play by Madhumita Basu and Biswajit Chakraborty, and Gouri Shankar Panda and Swapna Guha. May 8 at Birla Academy; 6pm: Guruguha Sangeeth Sammelan presents a violin concert by S. Dinesh with P. Aravindan (mridangam). May 8 at Gyan Manch; 6pm: Three shortlisted student bands will present Mustroy, a musical show reliving the chartbusters from the Sixties and beyond. Also, performances by The Zone, Ashes and Flames and Black Rose. May 8 at Vidya Mandir; 7.30pm: Siddha Group. in association with The Calcutta School of Music, presents well-known guitarist Ed Degenaro and other acclaimed musicians in Ed Degrenaro group, Live in Concert, hosted by Calcutta Classical Guitar Society.pHOTOGRAPHS
Till May 8 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, 24752275; 3pm - 8pm: An exhibition of photographs by Ayan. Till May 14 (except Sunday) at Boi-Chitra Gallery, Coffee House Building, 2nd floor, Bankim Chatterjee Street; 3.30pm - 7.30pm: Jorasanko: An exhibition of photographs by Salil Biswas. Till May 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.FOUNDATION DAY
May 7 at Madhusudan Mancha; 7pm: Children’s Little Theatre (CLT) celebrates its foundation day.taLK
May 7 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6pm: Swami Nityamuktananda will speak in Bengali on Swami Shivananda: Sangharupi Sri Ramakrishna. May 7 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6pm: Swami Shastrajnananda will speak on Vivek Chudamoni. May 7 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Hall; 7pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak on Mrityu Rahasya. May 7 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7pm: Discourse on Sri Ramakrishna Punthi by Dr Bhupendra Nath Seal. May 7 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7pm: Parimal Kanti Das will speak on Sri Ramakrishna O Sekaler Buddhijeebigan.EXHIBITION
Till May 8 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor; 4pm - 8pm: A painting and photography exhibition of the works of Shiladitya Ganguly. Till May 7 at 836 New Alipore, 9836090947, 9331059555; 11am - 4.30pm: Exhibition of bedsheets, towels, doormats and napkins.THALASSAEMIA DAY
May 7 at The Palladian Lounge, 6 Netaji Subhas Road; 3pm: Mercy Hospital observes World Thalassaemia Day with its young patients. The Gaaner Opaarey team — Gaurav (Pradipto), Arjun (Gora), Mimi (Pupey) and Anindita (Jhinuk) — will be present to show their support for this cause.WORKSHOP
May 7 (3pm - 5pm) at Mama Mia, Ballygunge Circular Road: Workshop on Dips & Cold Starters (veg). Call 9830708456/ 9831537577 for registration & details. May 7 at Bhagirathi Neotia Hospital: Birth and Beyond is holding a Child Birth and Preparation workshop, to be conducted by Dr Rekha Sudarshan of Chennai. For details and registration, call 9748755946. Till May 17 at the British Council’s Calcutta Teaching Centre: Registrations are on for a limited number of seats for the Summer School for children aged 8 to 15 years. The project-based courses for children with an emphasis on improving communication skills and confidence in using English run over three-weeks in May. In addition, there are Summer School English language courses for adults with a special emphasis on spoken skills along with an overall language development programme. Classes start from May 18, 2011. Call 22825370 to book a free level test.CELEBRATION
Till May 8 at Sankara Hall, 93 Southern Avenue: Sankara Hall and Sankara Institute of Philosophy and Culture celebrates the advent of Adi Sankara for the 46th year. Today (Maharudra Yagna 4th day), 6am: Upanishad Parayanam, Mahanyasa Japa Ekadasa Rudrabhishekam; at 12 noon: Maha Deeparadhana; at 5.30pm: Evening puja, stotra recitation by Sarada Mandali; and at 6.30pm: Musical discourse on Sri Anjaneya Prabhavam by Madhura Vakvilasini, Kausalya Sivakumar & party. Tomorrow at 5pm: Nadaswaram concert by Kalaichelvan PGD Manivannan & party; at 6pm: Procession of Adi Sankara Bhagawatpada; and at 9.30pm: Anjaneya Utsavam.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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