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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. Till May 31 (except Sundays) at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, 2289 3027/5041; 12noon - 7pm: 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. Till May 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 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 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 12 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30pm: Bhowanipur Natnati will stage Khokababur Pratyabartan. Direction: Shyamal Mitra. May 12 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Naba Mayukh Nattya Sangstha will stage Gopichand. Drama & direction: Rishi Mukherjee. 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. May 14 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Nandipat presents Shrinwantu Comrades. Direction: Bibhash Chakraborty.RABINDRA JAYANTI
May 10 at Jorasanko Thakurbari Prangan; 5pm: Rabindra Bharati University’s Kavi Pranam features song, recitation, audio-play Shesher Kabita, music programme by the department of vocal music, and drama by the university’s workers’ organisation. Till June 5 (except May 13, May 26 - 29) at Rabindra Sadan Prangan Mancha, 5.30pm: In celebration of Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary, Rabindra Sadan, department of information & cultural affairs, Government of West Bengal has organised programmes of Tagore songs and recitation by distinguished artistes. Till June 5 (except May 13 & May 26 - 29) at Rabindra Sadan; 6pm: Rabindra Sadan, under the I&CA department, Government of West Bengal, celebrates Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary with Tagore songs, recitation, drama and dance-drama by eminent artistes and well-known groups. Today: Rabindranather Gaaner Galpo (a programme of prose songs; Participants: Amitava Bagchi, Srabani Sen and others) by Aparajita; Nirantar (a dance programme; Direction: Rajdeep Bandyopadhyay) by Parampara; and dance-drama Chandalika (Direction: Shanti Bose) by Nrityangan.taLK
May 10 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6pm: Dr Kataki Maitra will speak in English on An Overview of Cancer Awareness. Dr Shova Ghosh will preside. May 10 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7pm: Arup Ranjan Pradhan will speak on Devi Bhagavad. May 10 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Hall; 7pm: Prof. Samir Kumar Basu will speak on Man O Manus. May 10 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7pm: Discourse on Sri Ma Sarada Punthi by Swami Snehamayananda.pHOTOGRAPHS
Till May 14 at Boi-Chitra Gallery, Coffee House Building, 2nd floor, Bankim Chatterjee Street; 3.30pm - 7.30pm: Jorasanko: An exhibition of photographs by Salil Biswas. Till May 30 (except Mondays and national holidays) in the Portrait Gallery, Victoria Memorial Hall; 10am - 5pm: Hoppé’s Santiniketan — an exhibition of photographs from 1929 by Emil Otto Hoppé.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: Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin (Occasional work of a slave), 87 min, 1973. All films are with English subtitles.BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
May 10, 15 & 18 at Gurusaday Museum Hall, Bratacharigram, Joka, 24676048: Gurusaday Museum, Calcutta, in collaboration with Heritage Art & Cultural Foundation & Bengal Bratachari Society, celebrates the 129th birth anniversary of Gurusaday Dutt, ICS. Today, 4pm: Inauguration, to be followed by a talk on Gurusaday Dutt: Life & Works by Asit Ghosh, headmaster, Bratachari Vidyashram, and by Dilip Sarbadhikari, formerly Pradhan Nayak, Bengal Bratachari Society. Cultural programme at 5pm.BOOK LAUNCH
May 10 at Oxford Bookstore, 17 Park Street; 6.30pm: Oxford Bookstore Calcutta and Hachette India host the launch of Rear Entrance — A story of love, war and life — by David Barun Kumar Thomas. Guests of honour: Rimi Chatterjee, novelist & historian, and Jael Silliman, author & editor. To be followed by a discussion on the theme of the book.EXHIBITION
Till June 9 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11am - 7pm: On the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR Calcutta salutes a myriad-minded Poet with an 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. Till May 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.WORKSHOP
May 14 onwards at Eduzone, 112 Southern Avenue: Registrations are on for summer crash courses for Foundation English, Hindi, Mathematics, Shakespearean literature, personality enhancement, public speaking and elocution for the age groups, 8yrs to 14yrs, 14yrs to 18yrs and 18yrs and above. Certified courses for basic & advanced Spanish, French and German. Also, free diagnostic tests with evaluation on SAT, GRE, GMAT, IELTS, TOEFL on all Sundays in May & June at 11am. For details, visit www.eduzoneindia.com or e-mail at eduzoneindia@gmail.com to register or call 9830020277, 9230613528. May 14 at Weavers Studio; 3pm - 5pm: Sari draping workshop with Dolly Jain. To register, call 8961848265. May 16 - 20 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts: Nandini Sinha’s Kidzfit summer camp for children (2 yrs - 15 yrs) to help them increase concentration power, self confidence, spirit of togetherness and sharing. Parents are also invited for Nandini Sinha’s Classical Aerobics. For information & registration, call 9831583461 / 9830574658 May 16 - 26 at Marudhara, 6 Merlin Park, 24607356: Worlshop on Rajasthani folk song to be conducted by Pukhraj Sharma (Bikaner). Till May 17 at the British Council’s Calcutta Teaching Centre: Registrations are on for a limited number of seats for the Summer School for children aged 8 to 15 years. The project-based courses for children with an emphasis on improving communication skills and confidence in using English run over three-weeks in May. In addition, there are Summer School English language courses for adults with a special emphasis on spoken skills along with an overall language development programme. Classes start from May 18, 2011. Call 22825370 to book a free level test.QUIZ
May 15 at YMCA, Chowringhee Road: Open general quiz for four-member teams. QM: A. Banerjee. Registration at 4.15pm. Prelims at 4.45pm. Entry fee: Rs 300 per team. Limit: 25 teams. For details, email: quizcal@gmail.comAll those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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