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February 8 - 12 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 11 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by a group of final year students of College of Visual Art, Calcutta. Participants: Subrata Dhal, Mrinmoy Shee, Goutam Karmakar, Chandan Kr Hatua, Debasis Das, Arindam Das, Sourav Majumdar and Sandip Banerjee. Inauguration today at 5 pm. February 8 - 13 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Sudeshna and Tamalkrsna. Opening today at 5 pm. Till February 8 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road; 4 pm - 8 pm: Creations on Canvas — a solo exhibition of paintings by Sreela Sen. Till February 9 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Journey of Life, an exhibition of watercolours by Ranit Dutta. Till February 9 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘A’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Rang Jeeban — Rupa Mitra’s third solo exhibition of paintings. Till February 9 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of collage by Pranab Phauzdar. Till February 9 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The fifth solo exhibition of paintings and drawings by Pratap Chandra Chakraborty. Till February 9 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘B’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Supratim Bose. Till February 11 at Image Kraft, 56/E, Block-D, New Alipore; 11 am - 8 pm: Paintings by Indrani Sadhukhan. Till February 12 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, 24484925/24497931; 12 noon - 8 pm: Masks & Metaphors — recent works of Jaya Ganguly. Till February 12 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, 22902274; 11 am - 7 pm, Monday: 2 pm - 7 pm: Snow Soliloquy by Amal Ghosh. Till February 12 at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue; 3 pm - 8 pm: Chitri-O-Bhaskar Gosthi presents a group exhibition of painting and sculpture. Participants: Avinandan Barua, Biswanath Chanda, Chandra Sekhar Basu Majumder, Dilip Paul, Dinesh Gain, Jiten Roy, Prithwis Sen, Subuddha Ghosh and Sushanta Dutta. Till February 13 at Taj Bengal, Promenade Lounge: An exhibition of paintings by Sarbani Ganguly. Till February 14 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Suparna Mondal. Till February 17 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B, Middleton Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of contemporary and traditional art showcasing the works of Ajay De, Amit Bhar, Anita Tanwar, Asit Mondal, Bhagat Singh, Chhatrapati Dutta, Dewashish Das, Dhiraj Chowdhury, Gautam Mukherjee, K Salve, Nitya Kundu, Sachin Jaltare, Shuvaprasanna, Shweta Kanoria, Subhendu Porel, Subhomita Dinda, Subrata Das, Sudip Roy, Sukanta Das, Suman Roy and Thota Vaikuntam. Till February 18 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: The Dadaumpop exhibition, sponsored by the Italian ministry of foreign affairs, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in India, the Consulate General of Italy in Mumbai, the Consulate General of Italy in Calcutta and Italian Cultural Institute in New Delhi, is showcasing the works of 27 artists from Italy who represent the Italian new pop art style. Till February 26 (except Sundays & national holidays) at The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Harrington Mansions, Suite 5+25B, 2nd floor, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, 22829220/21; 12 noon - 7 pm: An exhibition of the recent works of Jeram Patel. Presented by Ina Puri. Till March 26 (except Sundays) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, 40012289/24630465: Premonition by Raqs Media Collective. Till March 31 (except Sundays) at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, 40034974, 22894745; 10.30 am — 7 pm: World Art – with a focus on France, an exhibition of paintings by artists from France, Argentina, Brazil, the UK, Congo, Italy, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Singapore and the US from the Museum’s collection.DRAMA
February 8 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Pratikriti presents Manoj Mitra’s Kenaram Becharam. Direction: Alok Deb. February 8 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sundaram presents Ja Nei Bharatey. Drama, direction & performance: Manoj Mitra. February 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Swapnasandhani will stage Jibanananda Das’ Malyaban. Drama: Subhashis Gangopadhyay. Direction & performance: Koushik Sen. February 9 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Mukhomukhi and Niva Arts joitnly present Atmakatha, with Soumitra Chatterjee and Lily Chakraborty in the lead. February 10 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Chetana will stage Nirnoy. Direction: Arun Mukhopadhyay. February 10 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: Nirbak Abhinoy Academy will stage Tin Guchhir Binuni, written by Sharmila Maitra. Music & direction: Suranjana Dasgupta. February 10 - 18 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Calcutta Comedy Carnival, a comedy theatre festival in memory of Ramaprasad Banik. Feb. 10: Jnan Briksher Phal (Dir: Meghnad Bhattacharya) by Sayak. Feb. 11: Chirokumar Sabha (Dir: Arun Mukhopadhyay) by Chetana. Feb. 12: Gulbaaj, the Man of the Match (Dir: Sohan Bandyopadhyay) by Natya-Ranga. Feb. 13: Chalo Patol Tuli (Dir: Arindam Ganguly) by Charbak. Feb. 14: Rabithakur O Pushpamala (Dir: Sangramjit Sengupta) by Krishti Sansad. Feb. 15: Adventure Kaare Koy (Dir: Malay Biswas) by Aneek. Feb. 16: Gorur Garir Headlight (Dir: Saroj Roy) by Natasena. Feb. 17: Mushthijog (Dir: Dwijen Bandyopadhyay) by Samstab. Feb. 18: Patolbabu Film Star (Dir: Ramaprasad Banik) by Purba-Paschim. February 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Bratyajon presents Ruddha Sangeet, with Debshankar Halder in the role of Debabrata Biswas. Drama & direction: Bratya Basu. February 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm & 6.30 pm: Kalindi Natyasrijan presents Nishkriti, based on Tagore’s poem by the same name. Drama: Mainak Sengupta. Direction & performance: Bilwadal Chattopadhyay.pERFORMING ARTS
February 11 at Sisir Mancha; 6 pm: The members of Rabinandan will stage Tagore’s dance-drama Chitrangada (Direction: Debjani Majumdar). It will be preceded by solo recitals of Tagore songs by Sanghamitra Gupta and Debashis Roy. February 11 at Tapan Theatre; 6 pm: Niva Arts presents a performance by Ujania, the folk band, and Mahul, the recitation band. The physically challenged children of Paschimbanga Rajya Pratibandhi Sammilani will also perform with both the groups. February 11 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Padatik Dance Centre presents Anirban Pramanik in a solo Kathak dance recital.TALK
February 8 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Lecture Hall; 7 pm: Prof. Samir Kumar Basu will speak on Man O Manus.SEMINAR
February 9 at Paschimbanga Bangla Academy; 6 pm: Kalindi Natyasrijan hosts a seminar on the Relevance of Brecht in present time.WORKSHOP
February 11 at Happy Hours, CD-69, Salt Lake; 11 am - 1 pm: Workshop on exotic Mexican dishes: burritos, enchiladas, tostadas, Mexican rice and curry. For registration, call 9830227778. Till February 11 at Objet D’ Art, 14/1B Palm Avenue, 9831200077; 11 am - 5 pm: Workshop on jewellery repairing.EXHIBITION
Till February 13 at 218 AJC Bose Road; 10 am - 8 pm: Bombaim presents its annual Valentine’s Day display of designer merchandise which includes women’s wear, kidswear, scarves along with jewellery and clutches. Till February 28 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36c S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: On the occasion of South African artist William Kentridge’s first visit to India, the Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents William Kentridge: An exhibition of etchings, prints, films. Till February 28 at Verandah, 75A Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road, 9831147657: Exhibition of export quality artifacts and wooden toys.IN MEMORIAM
February 11 at Nazrul Mancha; 5.30 am: Renowned lyricist Gouriprasanna Majumdar will be remembered on his 25th death anniversary. To be present on the occasion are Bappi Lahiri, Shaan, Saikat Mitra, Srikanto Acharya, Lopamudra, Arindam Ganguly, Arati Mukherjee, Prosenjit, Madhabi Mukherjee, Pallavi Chatterjee, Saheb Chatterjee, Sonali Chowdhury, Indrani Dutta, Bickram Ghosh, Shatabdi Roy, Dwijen Mukherjee, Goutam Ghose, Anwesha, Arpita Chatterjee, Haimanti Shukla, June Banerjee, Debashree Roy and others. Presented by Roop Entertainment.POETRY
February 13 at Rooftop, 120 Lenin Sarani; 4 pm - 7 pm: Srijan invites poets below 25 to An Early Spring Poetry Adda, to be anchored by Shuktara Lal. Special guests: Fay Seen Ejaz, Jordan Mills, Ketaki Dutt-Paul, Rajnedra Kanungo, Rimi B. Chatterjee, Srijato, Syed Kawsar Jamal and Vinay Sharma. Language coordinators: Anjana Basu (English), Boudhayan Mukhopadhyay (Bengali) and Vijay Jhunjhunwala (Hindi & Urdu). For registration, send one poem, not exceeding 30 lines, to srijan2000@gmail.com with copy to shahwarkibria@gmail.comAll those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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