DANCE

Till January 15 at Kalamandalam Performing Arts & Research Centre, 49/61 PGM Shah Road, Tollygunge: Kalamandalam Dance & Music Festival 2004. Today at 5 pm: Odissi by Pushpita Mishra and group choreographies in Bharata Natyam by artistes of Kalamandalam Calcutta. January 11 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Rabi-Tirtha presents dance-dramaTasher Desh directed by Suchitra Mitra. Also, solo recital of Tagore’s songs by Purba Dam, Argha Sen, Swapna Ghosal and Roma Mondal. January 11 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB 201, Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC hosts Loknrittya Samaroh featuring Sidhi Dhamal of Gujarat and Bhangra and Giddha dances of the Punjab.

MUSIC

January 10 & 11 at Uttam Mancha; 6 pm: On its 25th anniversary, The Calcutta Ensemble presents Phirey Dekha. Jan. 10: Agamani, Nazrulgeeti, patriotic songs and songs of the world, and Indian folk dances. Jan. 11: A programme on wit and humor, modern Bengali songs, and old melodies from Bengali and Hindi movies based on folk tunes. Direction: Soumen Sarkar. January 11 at Sisir Mancha; 6 pm: Manindra Sangeet Tirtha presents an evening of classical music. January 11 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: Manik Shahani Art Foundation and Spandan present an evening of Hindustani classical and semi-classical vocal recital by Kumar Mukherjee.

DRAMA

January 10 & 11 at Rammohun Mancha: Beadon Street Subham presents 3rd Shuvam Natya Mela. Today at 6 pm: Nanhi Udaan by Nabajiban Sangha, Chandernagore; Idga by Iper, Lake Gardens; Nibedan by Savera Foundation; and Bandhu Khnojar Pala by Jabala. Tomorrow at 9 am: a drama collage and seminar; at 6 pm: Bibhisan by Sukhchar Pancham Repertory Theatre; Abol Tabol by Jhalapala, Dum Dum; Dimension File by Beadon Street Subham; and Subhamer Gaan. January 10 - 15 at Sarat Sadan: Dwandwik’s sixth theatre festival features (on January 10 at 6.30 pm) Sansriti’s Winkle Twinkle. Direction: Debesh Chattopadhyay; (on January 11 at 5.30 pm) Dwandwik’s Subha; at 6.30 pm: Calcutta Repertory Theatre’s Nati-Bilas. Direction: Parthasarathi Deb. January 10 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Theatre Workshop presents Paliye Beray. Direction: Ashok Mukhopadhyay. January 10 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nabamayukh Natya Sanstha presents Bhadreswarir Galpo. Dir: Rishi Mukherjee. January 10 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Aarshi presents Manadasundari. Dir: Suranjana Dasgupta. January 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Bohurupee presents Fullaketur Pala. Dir: Kumar Roy. January 11 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Sojon Badiyar Ghaat. Direction: Goutam Halder. January 11 at Mukta Angan; 6.30 pm: Shouvanik presents Washing Machine Direction: Bimal Bandyopadhyay.

LECTURE

January 10 at Institute of Historical Studies; 3 pm: Professor G. Subbiah will deliver the Justice Binayak Nath Banerjee Memorial Lecture on Situating Early South India: A Historiographical Critique. January 10 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 5.30 pm: Swami Atmapriyananda will speak on Kathoponishad. January 10 at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Samiran Chandra Chakraborty will speak in Bengali on Veder Parichiti. January 10 at Sarat Bose Hall, Netaji Bhavan, 38/2 Lala Lajpat Rai Road; 6 pm: Netaji Research Bureau hosts the Sisir Bose Lecture 2004 on Globalisation and Social Justice by Professor Pranab Bardhan of University of California, Berkeley. January 10 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak on Juge Juge Jnader Agomon. January 11 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P.Lal reads of Vidura’s failure to convince Dhritarastra that his fondness for Duryodhana led to the impasse in Kaurava-Pandava reconciliation, and Dhritarastra’s insistence that all-powerful fate is the real culprit, in the 212th weekly session of his complete English transcreation of Vyasa’s Mahabharata.

reunion

Till January 11 at Jagabandhu Institution, 25 Fern Road; 6 pm: Celebrating 90 years of Jagabandhu Institution and Reunion 2004. January 10 at Modern High School for Girls; 2 pm - 4 pm: Reunion of ex-students. Invitation cards available in school from 1 pm. January 10 at International Club; 6 pm: ASPEXS — South Point Ex-Students’ Association hosts a rendezvous for its old students. Bangla band Lakkhichhara will perform live. Passes at junior school. January 10 at St Xavier’s College grounds; 7 pm: Alumnorum Societas hosts the 26th reunion of Alsoc members. January 11 at Bhutnath Mahamaya Institution; 9 am: The second annual reunion of Bhutnath Mahamaya Institution Praktan Chhatra Samsad. January 11 at Jadavpur University’s English department; 10.30 am: Reunion of the Jadavpur University Department of English. January 11 at BKC College campus; 11 am: Students, teachers and employees of the college, past and present, get together for a reunion. Luncheon, cultural show and felicitation of dance maestro Govindan Kutty.