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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. May 9 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, 2289 3027/5041; 6pm: Preview of Tales from Tagore: Celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. Featuring works by Abhijit Gupta, Aditya Basak, Chandra Bhattacharya, Chhatrapati Dutta, Prabhat Basu, Probir Gupta, Rajesh Deb, Sekhar Roy and Sourav Jana. The exhibition will be on till May 31, except Sundays, between 12noon and 7pm. May 9 - 23 (except Sundays) at Tejas Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, 9830049825; 12.30pm - 7.30pm: My World — an exhibition of watercolours by young artist Saikat Maity. Till May 10 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 Monday) 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 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 10am: Kalapi Natyamancha presents Nashtaneer, based on a story by Tagore. Dramatised and directed by Shekhar Samaddar. Music: Tejendra Narayan Majumdar. May 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, Natasena presents Phata Gopal. Direction: Durga Chakraborty. May 12 at Academy of Fine Arts & May 15 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Shohan presents its latest production, Manbhanjan, based on a short story by Tagore. Direction: Anish Ghosh. May 12 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: Little Thespian presents Do Rang, based on Tagore’s stories Aakhri Raat (Hindi) and Duraasha (Urdu). Translation, design & direction: Uma Jhunjhunwala. May 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3pm: Nandikar will stage Madhabi. Drama: Bhisma Sahni. Adaptation, music & direction: Swatilekha Sengupta. Acting: Rudraprasad Sengupta, Debshankar Halder, Parthapratim Deb, Sumanta Ganguly and Sohini Sengupta.RABINDRA JAYANTI
The entire city is all geared up to celebrate Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary today, and here’s a roundup of the events scheduled for the day.
At Rabindra Sadan Prangan Mancha, 5.30am: Shehnai recital; 6am: Chorus by Bhowanipore Baikalee Association; Mangalik Nritya by Dance Group Federation; welcome address by Shaon Sen, administrative officer, Rabindra Sadan; and song and recitation by distinguished artistes. At 6.30pm: Kavi Sammelan. Organised by Rabindra Sadan. At Ma Tara Mandir complex, opp. Ahiritola/Shovabazar Circular Railway, 5.30am: Shatayu’s tribute to the Poet with shehnai recital, song and offering of flowers. At Star Theatre, 6am - 2pm: Anandadhara’s Rabir Gaan Kabir Gaan features song and recitation by well-known artistes. At Karunamoyee Fair Ground, Salt Lake; 6am: Song, reading and recitation by well-known artistes. Organised by Bidhannagar Sanskriti Angan. At Priyanath Mullick Road boulevard, Bhowanipore; 6am: Gitabitan Praktani celebrates Tagore’s birth anniversary with songs, reading and recitation. At Jorasanko Thakurbari; 6.30am - 1.30pm & 4pm - 7pm: Rabindra Bharati University celebrates the occasion with song, reading and recitation by eminent artistes. At Southern Avenue boulevard in front of Nava Nalanda High School (25 Southern Avenue); 6.30am - 11am: Nava Nalanda’s Rabindra Smaran features group performances of songs and dances by about 400 students of the school as well as solo recitals by eminent performers. At Subinoy Roy Mancha, HA Block community park, Salt Lake; 6.30am: Kavi Pranam, organised by Shreenandana and HA Block Residents’ Association, features song, recitation and reading by popular artistes. At Rising Sun Playhouse & KG School, BA-156 Salt Lake, Sector 1; 10am: Staff, teachers and students of the school present song, dance and recitation along with an exhibition of drawings and paintings based on Sahaj Path, Shishu and Gitabitan. At Gurusaday Museum Hall, Bratachari Gram, Thakurpukur; 4pm: Discussions: Rabindranath O Gramonnayan by Swapan Mukhopadhyay and Guru-Shishya Parampara O Rabindrasangeet by Bejoy Kumar Singha. Also, song, recitation, poetry-reading and audio-play. Organised by Protibhu Vision of New Age & Gurusaday Museum. At Oxford Bookstore, 17 Park Street; 5pm: Oxford Bookstore Calcutta and Apeejay School present Aamar Mukti Aaloye Aaloye - Liberated unto Light: A skit and musical performance by the school children. Performance includes episodes from Chandalika and Parrot Tales. At Calcutta University Institute Hall, 7 Bankim Chatterjee Street; 5pm: Calcutta University Institute presents song and recitation by various artistes. At Rabindra Sadan, 5.30pm: Aakash Parjayer Gaan (a prog. on songs; dir: Purabi Mukhopadhyay) by Fullara; Rituranga (dance prog.; dir: Thankamani Kutty) by Kalamandalam; and dance-drama Shapmochan (dir: Polly Guha) by Indian Cultural Troupe. Organised by Rabindra Sadan. At Nehru Children’s Museum, 5.30pm: Rabindra Janmotsav: Song, recitation and dance by child and young artistes of Nehru Children’s Museum. At the VIP grounds, adjacent Prafulla Kanan Deshapriya Vidyamandir, Keshtopur; 5.30pm: Discussion, opera, song, recitation, dance and drama. Organised by Ward no. 33, Keshtopur, Rajarhat Gopalpur Poura Sabha. At Lakshmi’s House, 3 Regent Park; 6pm: Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture presents an evening of Rabindrasangeet by eminent artistes. Direction: Ashis Bhattacharjee and Pramita Mallick. At Sarat Sadan (Triangular Park); 6pm: Satabdi Ballet Troupe celebrates Kabi Pranam with choreography, song and recitation. At Maharshi Bhavan, Jorasanko; 6pm: A discussion along with recital on Rabindranather Gaan - Soumendranath Thakur Anusanga by Amit Das. Also, songs by artistes of Baitanik including Subid Tagore, Alpana Sengupta, Uma Mukhopadhyay and Ananya Chowdhury.
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May 9 at The Muslim Institute Hall; 6pm: Prof. Md. Sulaiman Khurshid, former head of the department of history, City College, Calcutta will deliver the Second Prof. Md. Quamaruddin Memorial Lecture 2011 on Role of Muslims in the Freedom Struggle of India. May 9 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6pm: Swami Tattwajnanananda will speak on Mundakaponishad. May 9 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 6.45pm: Swami Gatabhayanandaji will speak on Sri Ramakrishna Aalokey Sardhashata Janmashatabarshe Swamiji O Rabindranath. May 9 at the Ramakrishna Mancha, Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral Home and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 7pm: Swami Satyapriyananda will speak on Vivekachudamani.SCREENING
May 9 - 12, May 14 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 6.30pm: Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Calcutta presents Alexander Kluge: a collection of feature films. Today: Abschied von gestern (Yesterday Girl), 84 min, 1966. All films are with English subtitles.EXHIBITION
May 9 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani: On the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR Calcutta salutes a myriad-minded Poet with a exhibition series: (1) Tagore in Advertisements; (2) Of Tagore and Cinema; (3) Tagore in Philately; (4) Rabindranath Tagore: Pilgrimages to the East, a photographic exhibition on the Poet’s tour of South-East Asia and China; and (5) Tagore and Kantha. Inauguration by Dr Bharati Ray, vice president, ICCR, this evening at 6.30. Chief guest: Suresh Goel, director general, ICCR. The exhibition will remain open till June 9, 11am to 7pm. May 9 - 14 at India Kitsch, 37C Hindusthan Road, 40658352, 9830908712; 11am - 7pm: An exhibition of a limited edition of beachwear collection along with a range of sarongs, flip-flops, accessories and summer dresses.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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