Picture stories Photographs have the power to capture the essence of an event, a place or a person in the span of a single moment. Based on their travels around the world, the exhibition of photographs by Mala Mukerjee (a photograph by her appears left) and Hungarian lensman Janos Eifert tells fascinating tales of the lives and traditions of people belonging to particular communities. Featuring photographs of Muscat’s streets, beaches, palaces and mosques, Mukerjee’s images provide glimpses of the glamour and splendour of life in that city. With a phenomenal record of having shot photographs in 33 countries, Eifert’s works are versatile in nature, created on themes like nature, dance, nudity and applied photography. Inauguration by German consul general Guenter Wehrmann, today at 5 pm. Event: An exhibition of photographs by Mala Mukerjee and Janos Eifert When: April 8 - 12; 3 pm - 8 pm Where: Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery

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Till April 8 at CIMA Gallery, #2485 8717/8509; 2 pm - 7 pm: On the Verge — recent works by Sumitro Basak. April 8 - 13 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of the works by Rubi Chatterji and Nilanjana. Inauguration today at 6 pm by Ramananda Bandyopadhyay. April 8 - 14 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Indira Halder. Inauguration today at 5 pm by Jogen Chowdhury. April 8 - 14 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of painting, sculpture and tapestry by Ashis Kabasi, Babita Singh, Pradip Saha, Debasish Ghosh, Debashis Kabasi, Prabir Roy, Aniruddha Mukhopadhyay and Subhankar Ray. 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 10 at Kanvas Art Gallery, 53 Syded Amir Ali Avenue, 2nd floor, #3052 3243; 3 pm - 7 pm: The Small Wonders featuring art works by Ramananda bandyopadhyay, Gopal Sanyal, T. Vaikuntham, Hiran Mitra, Suhas Roy, Partha Pratim Deb, Dewashis Das, Ramesh Gorjala, Rajesh Bhowmik, Nitya Kundu, Subrata Das and others. Till April 12 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 19 at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 2nd floor, #22873377/88; 11 am - 7 pm: Image of One’s Own Self — Paintings and sculptures cirated by Pranab Ranjan Ray. Participating artists: Chandrima Bhattacharya, Chhatrapati Dutta, Prasanta Sahu, Kazi Nasir, P. Bardhan, Debanjan Roy and others. Till April 20 (except Monday) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Revelation 2008 — 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 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’s 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: Jaal (Dir: Goutam Halder) by Kalyani Natyacharcha Kendra.

EXHIBITION

Till April 10 at Green House, Tollygunge Metro Station: Designer sarees, dresses and ladies wear. Till April 13 at Finesse, 11/1B New Road, Alipore, #24790545: Exquisite handwoven sarees from the looms of Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Bengal. Till April 13 at Else, 9A Sukh Sagar, 2/5A Sarat Bose Road, #24749399: Exquisite Lucknowi chikankari fabrics, suit pieces and sarees. 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.

PERFORMING ARTS

April 8 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC hosts Ayee Ritu Vasant, an evening of choral songs and classical vocal and instrumental music on the spring season. Co-ordinated and directed by eminent sitar artiste Jaya Biswas.

DISCUSSION

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).

DRAMATIZED READING

April 11 at Crossword Bookstore; 6.30 pm: A dramatized reading of Buddhadeva Bose’s Pratham Partha by Gouri Ghosh, Rajatava Dutta, Sudipa Basu, RJ Koushik and Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee. The poet’s daughter, Damayanti Basu Singh, will grace the occasion.

TALK

April 8 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Jushtananda will speak in Bengali on Bhagavat Katha. April 8 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7 pm: Swami Vamanananda will speak on Spiritual Retreat and Guided Meditation. April 8 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7 pm: Rabindranath Neogy will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till April 11 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 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. Till April 19 (except Monday) 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.

FESTIVAL

Till April 14 at Sri Bajrang Vyayamgar, 199 Sarat Bose Road; 6 pm: Sri Anjaneya Swami Temple Association hosts Sri Rama Navami celebrations. Today: Upanyasam - Ayodhya Raman (Pitru Vakya Paripalanam).

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