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The Telegraph Online Published 09.01.12, 12:00 AM

ART

January 9 - 13 on the railings of Kalighat Metro railway station: Achin Potua organises the 20th annual street exhibition. Inauguration today at 6.30pm. January 9 - 15 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road; 3pm - 8pm: A solo exhibition of paintings by Avijit Dey. Till January 9 at Shilpa Kalpa Bhaban, Em Bypass-Beliaghata crossing; 2pm - 7.30pm: Chitra-Angan Art School presents its annual art exhibition. Till January 10 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Art exhibition by Kolkata Canvas, a group of painters. Participants: Alok Kumar Sarder, Anirban Seth, Avilla Damer, Debasis Ghosh, Dr Subimalendu Bikas Sinha, Gurukinkar Dhang, Nitya Kundu and Smeetha Bhoumik. Till January 10 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Art exhibition by Chitra Bharati Academy, Silchar, Assam. Till January 10 at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street; 11.30am - 7.30pm: A Linguistic Continuity — paintings by eminent artists. Till January 11 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2pm - 7pm: The 10th solo exhibition of paintings by Subhendu Das. January 10 - February 12 (except Mondays and holidays) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3pm - 8pm: Odyssey, a journey into time with the collection, an exhibition of paintings and sculpture. Inauguration on January 9 at 6.30pm. Till January 12 at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road; 11am - 7pm: Alice in Wonderland, drawings, paintings and sculptures by Mrinal Dey. Till January 16 at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, 22895438; 11am - 7.30pm: Mythical Paradigms — recent paintings by Jagannath Paul. Till January 17 (except Sundays) at Gandhara Art Gallery; 2pm - 7pm: Existence — an exhibition of the works of Dhrupadi Wahshat Ghosh, Sambaran Das, Sujay Mukherjee and Saikat Surai. Till January 21 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kolkata, Duckback House, 2nd floor, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 2287 3377/88; 11am - 7pm: Indian Impressions in modern & contemporary art: An exhibition of paintings, sculptures & photographs. Featuring artists: KG Subramanian, Jogen Chowdhury, Manu Parekh, T. Vaikuntam, KS Radhakrishnan, Niranjan Pradhan, Suhas Roy, Prakash Karmakar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Bijan Choudhury, Dipak Banerjee, Rini Dhumal, Ashoke Mullick, Atin Basak, Bratin Khan, Pampa Panwar, Debabrata De, Sanatan Saha, Vivek Sharma and Abhishek Dasgupta. Till January 22 (except Thursdays) at Gallery Gold, 11 Abdul Rasul Avenue (near Menoka cinema); 3pm - 8pm, Friday - Sunday: 2pm - 8pm: Roymans Art Studio presents Aviskar 2012, 7th international exhibition of classic, contemporary, modern, digital and graphic art and sculptures. Featuring works of 33 artists from 11 countries. Till February 4 (except Sundays) at Akar Prakar, P238 Hindustan Park; 2pm - 7pm: Chitrakoot Art Gallery and Akar Prakar present the recent works of Arindam Chatterjee.

DRAMA

January 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Samikshan presents Badal Sircar’s Bichitranusthan. Direction: Pankaj Munshi. January 9 at Purbashree, EZCC, Salt Lake; 6pm: Kathakriti presents Tagore’s Malancha. Direction: Sanjib Ray. January 9 at Sarat Sadan I, Howrah; 6.30pm: Dwandwik presents Grahan. Direction: Pankaj Munshi. January 10 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30pm: Theatre Passion presents Bhyablai Bhalo. Drama and direction: Ramaprasad Banik. January 10 at Gyan Manch; 6.30pm: Little Thespian presents its latest production, Gainda. Design and direction: SM Azhar Alam. January 11 at Girish Mancha; 6pm: Purba Paschim presents Tagore’s Raktakarabi with Chaiti Ghosal in the lead. Direction: Goutam Halder (filmmaker). January 14 at The Palladian Lounge, 6 NS Road; 7.45pm: The Palladian Lounge is hosting a double-bill of one-act plays by Stagecraft, September Song and A Need for Brussel Sprouts. Direction: Rohit Pombra.

performing arts

January 9 at Grand auditorium, Science City, JBS Haldane Avenue; 7pm: Indian Council for Cultural Relations and Routes 2 Roots present an evening of classical Sufi and Western fusion music by Mekaal Hasan Band and Javed Bashir from Pakistan. January 9 at Rabindra Okakura Bhavan, Salt Lake; 6pm: Yaman presents Shasti-Purti Abhinandan Samaroh featuring vocal renditions by Pandit Rajan Mishra and Pandit Sajan Mishra, with Sohanlal Mishra on the tabla. January 10 at Rabindra Okakura Bhavan, Salt Lake; 5.30pm: Surbahar presents Ekak Arupratan. Featuring Nilanjan’s favourite songs and his own compositions. Also, songs presented by Madhuban Chakraborty, Elora Nandy and Niharika Nandy. January 10 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place; 6.30pm: Sarod Trail - From Maihar to Basel. Featuring Ken Zuckermann (sarod), accompanied by Indranil Mallick on the tabla. January 10 at Jibanananda Sabhaghar; 6pm: Nandan Katha presents Abrittir Rabindranath, a programme of reading and recitation of Tagore’s verses. Participants: Jagannath Basu along with Ruyam, Esha, Somdatta, Semanti, Debdulal, Poulomi, Debashish and Labanya. January 12 at Rotary Sadan; 6pm: Classical vocal recital by Pandit Shyam Sundar Goswami.

discussion

January 9 at The Bengal Chamber, Williamson Magor Hall, 6 Netaji Subhas Road; 6.30pm: The Bengal Chamber, in association with Onnomon, presents An Adda with Heroes of Satyajit Ray. Actors including Soumitra Chattopadhyay, Dhritiman Chaterji, Barun Chanda, Pradip Mukhopadhyay and Arun Mukhopadhyay will share their anecdotes and experiences of working with the maestro and will recount memories of their days working in Ray films. Moderator and anchor: Alokananda Roy (Ray’s leading lady from his film, Kanchenjungha).

book launch

January 9 at Galaxy I & II, The Park; 7.30pm: Aparna Sen will launch The Yellow Emperor’s Cure by Kunal Basu, a novel that mixes history, cultural clashes, violence and love. Hosted by Pan Macmillan India and The Park, Calcutta, in association with The Glenlivet. January 9 at Thema, 46 Satish Mukherjee Road; 6.30pm: Launch of Jatray Swapankumar, a book on Jatra star Swapankumar, by Surajit Bandyopadhyay.

interactive session

January 9 at 14/1 Burdwan Road, Alipore; 7.30pm: Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) presents an interactive session with Dr Shashi Tharoor, MP and Shiv Siddhant Narayan Kaul, Chairman, Young Leaders’ Forum, ICC.

exhibition

January 9 - 21 at Joyita’s Selection, 16/2 Gariahat Road, Ekdalia crossing; 11am - 8.30pm: Joyita’s Selection presents Poush Utsav, a designer boutique festival including designer saris, dress materials, ladies and men’s kurtas and kurtis, Lucknow chikan work, home linen, mekhlas, pearl, gold and costume jewellery, designer bags, cosmetics and other gift items. Till January 14 at Mohar, F-12 Dakshinapan Shopping Complex; 11am - 8pm: Karbar 2012 — an exhibition of recent lifestyle products by Nandini Basu, Nabendu Sengupta, Chandoni Basu, Ranen Bhanjo and Wriju. Till January 31 at The Box, The Park; 11am - 8pm: Temple of Joy, India’s urban design store, celebrates the season for sharing. Till January 31 at ‘bossini’ exclusive stores at 10 Wood Street, South City Mall (2nd floor), and City Centre II-Rajarhat: Fashion fest across all stores of ‘bossini’. Showcasing stylish wear with a range of high-neck pullovers and sweaters, tees and denims for men and women.

death anniversary

January 9 at Tapan Theatre; 6pm - 9pm: To commemorate the death anniversary of music legend Rahul Dev Burman, Kishoreda the Legend and Record Collectors Association of Bengal present a listening session where rare and less-heard film songs and other modern songs composed by the late master shall be played. Also, small anecdotes and trivia about these songs will be shared with the audience.

workshop

January 11 & 12 at 25 Allenby Road: Workshop on authentic cakes by specialty chef. Learn mixed fruit gateaux, rich truffle cake, Barbie doll cake, pineapple pudding, muffins and much more. For registration, call 9332051426. January 11 at Mama Mia, 59 Ballygunge Circular Road; 3pm - 5pm: Tarts and pies making workshop (eggless). Learn to prepare French apple pie, chocolate fudge tarts, lemon cheesecake pie, fresh strawberry tarts. Rs 1000 per head. Call 9830708456 to register. January 11 & 12 at First Passion, Bhawanipore: Authentic workshop on desserts. Learn sundaes, cheese cake, monte carlo, tarts, cookies, brownie tiramisu and much more. For details, call 9681698380. January 13 at Allenby Road: Chocolate making workshop. Learn chocolate bouquet, printed & filling chocolate, truffle rum balls and much more. For registration, call 9681698380.

BOOK FAIR

January 9 at Ashok Kumar Sarkar Smriti Prangan, Jagat Mukherjee Park; 3pm - 9pm: 8th Sutanuti Book Fair 2012. At 6pm: A discussion on Hemanga Biswas Birth Centenary, Participants: Surama Ghatak, Abhijit Bandyopadhyay and Malini Bhattacharya. Moderator: Pranab Biswas. At 7pm: Bengal’s evergreen folk songs presented by Uma Sarkar Sengupta.

talk

January 9 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5.30pm: Dr Debabrata Sen Sharma will speak on Kashmir Saivism. January 9 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15pm: Swami Ritananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga. January 9 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 6pm: Bijan Kumar Lodh will speak on Sri Sri Mayer Katha. January 9 at the Ramakrishna Mancha of Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House & Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 6.30pm: Swami Satyapriyananda will speak on Vivekachudamani.

QUIZ

January 10 at Sonarpur; 4.30pm: Shimultala Agragami, Sonarpur, in association with Quizzealous, celebrates its golden jubilee with a mega Open to All Quiz Contest. Quizmaster: Partha Gupta. For details, call 9433429988 or 9830318721.

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