Splendour of Bihar Government of Bihar, department of art, culture and youth affairs, in collaboration with EZCC, is hosting the ongoing Bihar Mahotsav to celebrate and promote the rich, exotic and diverse art and cultural heritage of the state. Featuring performances of Bhojpuri, Maithali and Magahi folk songs, folk dances and folk tales, folk theatre, classical music and dances, the festival also showcases Bihar’s art and craft like Madhubani paintings (picture right), Bhagalpuri silks, bamboo and wooden handicrafts, as also Bihari cuisine and exhibits relating to tourism in Bihar. Today: classical dance by Bharatiya Nrityakala Mandir, Patna, classical song by Kashyap Bandhu, Chhapra, jhoomar, holi and kajri folk dance by Sangitam, Patna, Alha song by Ganori Sahni and Bhojpuri folk songs by Ajit Kumar Akela and party, Patna. Tomorrow: Bhojpuri/Magahi folk songs by Umesh Kumar Singh and his group, Saran, dance-drama Indra Dhanush by Prangan, Patna and Bideshia folk drama of Bhikhari Thakur, H.M.T, Patna. Event: Festival featuring classical and folk dance, theatre, music and art and craft of Bihar When: Till April 11; 5 pm onwards Where: Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB 201 Salt Lake

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Till April 10 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Blue Heaven — 8th solo exhibition of drawings and paintings by Sujata Chakraborty. Till April 10 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Suhas Hore’s solo exhibition of paintings. Till April 11 at Gaganendra Shilpa Pradarshashala; 2 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Indrani Sengupta and Dipankar Mani. Till April 12 at CIMA Gallery; 2 pm - 7 pm: Reality Bytes — recent works of three young artists, Debraj Goswami, Abir Karmakar and Uday Mondal. Till April 12 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings, sculptures, tapestry and photographs by Ashis Kabasi, Anirooddha Mukhopadhyay, Babita Singh, Debasish Kabasi, Debasish Ghosh, Krishnendu Simlai, Pradip Saha, Subhankar Ray and Vijay Jaiswal. Till April 14 at Akar Prakar, P238 Hindustan Park; 3 pm - 8 pm: Recent works of Ganesh Haloi. Till April 14 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Nature, recent paintings by Bageshree Dutta. Till April 15 at Taj Bengal; 3 pm - 6 pm: Workshop and a solo exhibition of paintings by Dipak Roy. Till April 15 at Gandhara Art Gallery, 1B Gurusaday Road, Flat 5A (Palm Springs); 1 pm - 7 pm: Paintings by Manjari Chakravarti. Till April 15 at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street; 12 noon - 7.30 pm: Ripe Green — an exhibition of the works of Biman Das, Gautam Khamaru, Jayanta Kumar Paul, Jayanta Roy, Pappu Bardhan, Paramita Chakraborty and Rajesh Deb. Curated by Pranabranjan Ray. Till April 16 (except Sunday) at Gallery Katayun, 4A Auckland Square, Flat 21; 3.30 pm - 7.30 pm: The Beauty of Watercolour — recent works by Tapas Kanti Mitra. Till April 17 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 1st floor, Orbit Enclave, 12/3A Hungerford Street; 3 pm - 7 pm: Agony and Ecstasy, figurative paintings by Aditya Basak, Ashoke Mullick, Asit Mondal, Chhatrapati Dutta, Kanchan Dasgupta, Manoj Dutta, Manoj Mitra, Paresh Maity, Partha Pratim Deb, Prasenjit Sengupta, Sekhar Roy, Sheikh Sahajahan and Tapas Konar. Till April 18 at Spandan Art Gallery, 87 Park Street, 1st floor; 10 am - 7 pm: An exhibition, titled Art, featuring works of Keshav Roy. Till April 21 (except Sunday) at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Contextual Vocabulary — paintings by Arghyapriya Mazumdar, Anant Nikam,Babu Xavier, Dhiraj Choudhury, Habibur Rahman, Ramprasad De, Sankar Mondal, Somenath Maity, Somnath Adhikary and Sk. Shahjahan. Till April 21 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Summer Splendour — art works by Babul Basak, Bhagat Singh, Dharmendera Rathore, Gautam Mukherjee, Harish Kumar, Jiban Biswas, Jyotirmoy Ash, Krishnendu Porel, J. Nandakumar, Nikhil Biswas, Nitya Kundu, Partha Pratim Deb, Rajesh Deb, Ranjan Mukherjee, J.P. Singh, Subhendu Porel, Sutapa Khan and Vijender Sharma.

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April 11 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Blank Verse presents Furrut: A Theatre for Children. Direction: Raja Bhattacharya. April 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Ensemble presents Sirir Nichey. Direction: Sohag Sen. April 11 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Hattamela presents Rakshasbadh Pala. Direction: Gurudas Bandyopadhyay. April 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Jaha Chai.... Direction: Rudraprasad Sengupta and Goutam Halder. April 12 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Helmet. Direction: Anish Ghosh April 12 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Nat-ranga presents Megapod. Direction: Sohan Bandyopadhyay. April 12 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 6.30 pm: Manush Manushi (in Bengali), a Kalyani Kalamandalam production. Direction: Santanu Das. April 13 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Durgadas Smriti Sangha presents Tagore’s Chirakumar Sabha. Direction: Tirthankar Chattopadhyay. April 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Rangapat presents Tusher Aagun. April 14 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Aneek presents Punorujjiban. Direction: Amalesh Chakraborty. April 14 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Howrah Dakshinayan presents Hawa Badal. Direction: Kunal Mukhopadhyay.

PERFORMING ARTS

April 10 at Rabindra Sadan; 4.30 pm: An evening of Tagore songs and poems by Dr Sreekumar Chattopadhyay, Dr Ranjit Choudhury, Chandrabali Rudra Dutta, Dr Tania Das, Abhijit Ghosh, Madhumita Chakraborty, Sutapa Choudhury, Dipabali Dutta and others. April 12 at Calcutta School of Music, 6B Sunny park; 7 pm: Guitar recital by visiting Italian classical guitarist Alessio Nebiolo.

DRAMA FESTIVAL

Till April 13: Sanglap Natyotsav 2007. April 12 at Madhusudan Mancha, 6.30 pm: Dildar (dir: Meghnad Bhattacharya) by Sayak. April 13 at Madhusudan Mancha, 6.30 pm: Swapna Soochna’s Hemlet (dir: Bratya Basu).

talk

April 10 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Ramaranjan Mukherji will speak in Sanskrit on Bhavabhutir Uttararamacharit. April 10 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7 pm: Swami Snehamayananda will discourse on Sri Sri Ma Sarada Punthi. April 10 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Atmabodhananda will discuss in Bengali on Sri Sri Mayer Katha.

MEMORIAL MEET

April 10 at Institute of Historical Studies, 35 Shakespeare Sarani; 2.30 pm: A condolence meet in memory of historians Prof. Pranjan Kumar Bhattacharya and Prof. K.K. Kusuman.

EXHIBITION

Till April 12 at 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents an exhibition of fresh prints on chiffons, georgettes, crepes and kotas along with a wide range of light silver and costume jewellery. Till April 13 at Sravasti, 14/97 Golf Club Road; 1 pm - 9 pm: KeyaChaitali’s exclusive T shirts, photuas, short kurtas, kurtas, salwar-kurtas, wrap-around sets, saradins, nakshikantha, batik, applique, fabric-painted, block-printed cotton sarees and silk sarees, blouse pieces and costume jewellery. Till April 14 at Sreemayee, 58 Dr Sarat Banerjee Road; 4 pm - 9 pm: Sreemayee’s summer display of sarees and ladies garments. Till April 15 at Ananya boutique, 46/18 Babu Bagan Lane, Dhakuria; 11 am - 9 pm: A spring summer collection of hand embroidered, batik, block-printed sarees and suitpieces.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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