Popular music of Britain A fusion of rock, hip hop and other alternative genres characterises the current trend in the British popular music scene. As part of its new Lifestyle and Diversity zone, British Council unveils its new music collection, which combines the styling of Britpop along with synthetic qualities of British experimental electronic music. The collection of music CDs and DVDs will be launched by Bickram Ghosh. The evening’s programme begins with a short music performance by Pitchblende, a young group of five musicians from the city. Later, DJ Akash will play a medley of British music and run live contests for the audience to win prizes. Event: Launch of British Council’s music CD & DVD collection When: Today at 7.30 pm Where: 16 Camac Street, L&T Chambers

art

Till June 10 at Bangaldesh Gallery, Bangladesh Deputy High Commission, 9 Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Sarani; 3 pm - 8 pm: Expression-3, an exhibition of paintings by Sudipta Sur, Jayanta Khan, Prashanta Acharjee and Amit Ray. Till June 10 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Art works by Abani Sen, Anita Roychowdhuri, Arpan Bhowmik, Atul Bose, Chinmoy Ash, Deborshi Ash, Dinakar Kaushik, Gobardhan Ash, Gopal Sanyal, Indra Dugar, Jyotirmoy Ash, Mahuya Pan, Monoj Dutta, Pradip Ghosh, Prokash Karmakar, Puspen Roy, Ramananda Bandopadhyay, Ramendranath Chakraborty, Ranajit Adhikary and Subrata Modak. Till June 11 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Swapna Niye, paintings by Dinonath Saha. Till June 12 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: Khela — new works on paper, canvas and enamel by Arunima Choudhury. Till June 15 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Chitrakoot presents Summer Vacation Study of Bengal Art (paintings, drawings and graphics). Till June 17 at Samokal Art Gallery, 23 Gariahat Road, 1st floor, Golpark; 4 pm - 8 pm: Visual World of Women Artists — paintings and sculptures exhibition. Till June 28 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: The Masters of Imagination, an exhibition of paintings by renowned artists. June 7 - 30 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Monologues, paintings by Sudipto Dutta. Till July 28 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Summer Show featuring about 50 artworks from across India.

drama

June 8 at Purbashree, Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: Salt Lake Theatre presents Pratyagaman, based on Frederich Durenmurt’s The Visit. Direction: Pannalal Maitra. June 8 at Padatik; 7 pm: Theatrecian presents Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story. June 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Chetana presents Nirnoy. Direction: Arun Mukhopadhyay. June 9 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Gaganendra, Theatre Commune’s latest comedy. Drama & direction: Neelkantha Sengupta. June 10 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Kah, Nandipat’s latest production directed by Bimal Chakraborty. June 10 at Mukta Angan Rangalaya; 6.30 pm: Shouvanik presents Abalilakrome. Drama & direction: Bimal Bandopadhayay. June 10 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Helmet. Direction: Anish Ghosh.

PERFORMING ARTS

June 8 at Rabindra Sadan; 5 pm: Kasba Sanchari presents Tagore’s Mayar Khela, with Subhasis Bhattacharya and Susmita Bhattacharya in dance. Also, solo recitals of Tagore songs by Dipankar Pal, Sucharita Bandyopadhyay, Suchhanda Ghosh, Manoj Murali Nair and Manisha Murali Nair. June 8 at Aikatan, EZCC, Salt Lake; 5.30 pm: To mark the 97th birth aniiversary of thumri maestro Nutu Mukhopadhyay, Friends_In_Need presents a classical music concert featuring Arpan Kanjilal (tabla lahara), Sharmila Dutta (sitar) and Mitali Sengupta (vocal). June 8 at Uttam Mancha; 6.30 pm: In aid of Hope Kolkata Foundation, D.R. Creations presents Lavanya-Lakshmi Biraje, Bhuban Majhe, an evening of Tagore songs on Puja, Prem and Prakriti. Participants: Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta and Subir Nandi. June 8 at Gorky Sadan; 6.30 pm: Abhinandan and the cultural department of Russian Consulate present an evening of songs and reading from Tagore’s Geetanjali. Participants: Chaitali Dasgupta (reading), Aniruddha Sinha and Sudeshna Basu (songs). June 9 at Girish Mancha; 5.15 pm: Nrityangayan’ annual programme features Tagore songs by Sushanta Mukhopadhyay and Subir Nandy, a dance number, Swarnanjali, and Tagore’s dance-drama Shyama, with Kaushik Chakraborty and Jayeeta Biswas in dance and Suchhanda Ghosh and Debarati Shome in songs. June 9 at Uttam Mancha; 5.30 pm: Bobchakra Recreation Club presents Tagore songs by Manoj Murali Nair and Manisha Murali Nair, and dance-drama Teen Nayak, comprising excerpts from Tagore’s Chitrangada, Karna-Kunti Sambad and Shyama. Participants include Kalamandalam Murali, Bhama Murali and Madhuboni Chatterjee Nair, Basanta Mukherjee in dance, and Manoj Murali Nair and Manisha Murali Nair in songs. June 9 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture and Jalsaghar present Dasharathi Roy’s Panchali, pala gaan Sri Ramchandrer Akaal Bodhan composed by the greatest panchali composer of the 18th century. To be performed by Sunil Bhattacharya and Kanai Bhattacharya. June 9 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: Anirban Foundation presents Anirban Sangeet Sammelan, the 14th annual classical music concert. Participants: Arnab Chatterji (vocal) with Gopal Misra (tabla) and Rupashree Bhattacharya (harmonium), and Buddhadev Dasgupta (sarod) with Samar Saha (tabla). June 9 at Galaxy, The Park Hotels; 7.30 pm: HSBC Private Banking hosts Music Today’s Songs of Rabindranath Tagore by Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty. Music designer: Durbadal Chatterjee.

talk

June 8 at The Asiatic Society, Humayun Kabir Hall; 4 pm: A centenary lecture on the occasion of Dr D.C. Sircar’s birthday. Speaker: Dr K.V. Ramesh, honorary advisor, University of Mysore, Oriental Research Institute, National entre for History of Science. June 8 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Sanat Kumar Sen will speak on Advaita and its Spiritual Significance. June 8 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7.15 pm: Swami Vamananandaji Maharaj will speak on Spiritual Retreat and Guided Meditation.

ANNIVERSARY

June 8, 9.30 am & June 9, 3.30 pm at Institute of Historical Studies lecture hall, 35 Shakespeare Sarani: A two-day celebration of Founder’s Day Anniversary. Today: Junior Research Scholars’ seminar at 9.30 am & Paper Reading Session at 11 am.

WORKSHOP

June 9 at Calcutta Club; 9 am - 5 pm: Personal leadership workshop on success, motivation, communication skills, time management, relationships-creative exercises for 18 years and above. Details at #9831229700. June 9 at The Stadel, Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Gate #3, Salt Lake; 11 am: Poorna Annapurna - Tea Time Treats, a creative cooking workshop by master chef Narayan Chatterjee. June 10 at Gandhi Colony Boys School, Ranikuthi; 8 am - 8 pm: A tabla workshop by Sujit Saha.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till June 13 (except Sunday) at Boi-Chitra, top floor, College Street Coffee House; 3 pm - 8 pm: The Times: Then and Now (Samay Takhan, Samay Ekhan): Tebhaga Aar Nandigram — depicting the grim brutality of the state on the one hand and the indomitable spirit of the peasants on the other. The Tebhaga photographs taken by late Ananda Pal, one of the first staff photographers of Swadhinata, the organ of the undivided CPI, are a major attraction of the exhibition.All 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: 2234-8244

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