Morning ragas As autumn gives way to winter, the city will be inundated with eminent artistes paying homage to this cultural epicentre of Indian classical music. Tradition plays a strong hand in this pristine art form and over the years, various Gharanas present their finest renditions before the city’s discerning music aficionados. In this deluge of music concerts that Calcutta is soon expected to witness, evening performances and night-long conferences will tend to dominate. Sangeet Ashram offers a refreshing change from the usual trend, with a bouquet of morning ragas to be presented by eminent vocalist Vidushi Shruti Sadolikar, who will be accompanied by Mangesh Muley on the tabla. A proud torch-bearer of the Jaipur Autrauli Gharana, she was groomed by her father, the celebrated Pandit Wamanrao Sadolikar, who was himself a disciple of Ustad Alladiya Khan, founder of the Gharana. An exponent of rare bandishes of the Jaipur Gharana and of a number of compositions in rare and complex ragas, she will give the audience the splendid opportunity to experience the changing shades of the morning through her melodies. Beginning with the sombre raga Bhairav, she will move on to raga Asavari and the more serious raga Todi, and then on to the playful raga Gaud Sarang as noon approaches. lEvent: Classical vocal recital by Shruti Sadolikar lWhen: Tomorrow at 10.30 am lWhere: G.D. Birla Sabhagar

Art

Till October 10 at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue, 1st floor; 2 pm - 7 pm: Forest, Flower and Folk — an exhibition of paintings by Anirban Banerjee. Till October 11 at The Promenade Lounge, Taj Bengal; 10 am - 11 pm: An exhibition of Raju Sarkar’s recent works. Till October 14 at Studio Aloke, 1/42 Shahid Nagar, Dhakuria; 4 pm - 8 pm: Shades of Enlightenment — a solo exhibition of 20 paintings in mixed media by Aloke Paul. Till October 15 (except Sunday) at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #2289 3027/5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: GenNext IV — an exhibition of works by artists below 40 from different parts of the world. Participating artists: Aharon Rothchild (USA), Amit Kr. Debnath, Atul B. Mahajan, Barun Pramanick, Debasish Dutta, Dipta Bhattacharya, Debasish Sarkar, Huma Mulji (Pakistan), Jaishri Abichandani (USA), Kondor Valéria (Hungary), Mansoor Ali Makrani, Mantu Das, Nabanita Datta Guha, Nantu Behari Das, Oli Ghosh, Paltu Barman, Partha Guin, Piyali Sadhukhan, Prafull Singh, Prandeep Kalita, Priti Kahar, Priyanka Lahiri, Pramod Kumar Singh, Punyo Chobin, Romicon Revola, Dana Lynn Kleinman and Ruth Avra Kleinman (USA), Sagar Bhowmick, Sanhita Banerjee, Siraj Saxena, Soma Das, Sujit Karmakar, Sukanya Ghosh, Tusar Kanti Pradhan and Youn Mi Ock (South Korea). Till October 16 (except Mondays) at Bose pacia, Stephen Court, 18 Park Street, #40010148; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of new paintings by Ramakrishna Behera. Till October 19 (except Tuesdays) at The Halo Heritage Art Gallery, 26 Ritchie Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Mind’s Eye — an exhibition of paintings by Anita Roychowdhury, Prabir Sen, Krishnendu Chaki and Subhendu Sarkar. Till October 22 (except Sunday) at Gallery K2, Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace, #2465 1444; 11 am - 7 pm pm: An exhibition of small format works by Shaibal Ghosh. Till October 24 (except Sunday) at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park; 2 pm - 7 pm: A solo show of paintings by Rabin Roy. Till October 31 (except Sundays) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, #2463 0465; 11 am - 7.30 pm: In Memory of an Ideal — an exhibition of paintings by Ng. Bidyut Singha. Till November 21 (except Sundays & holidays) at Tejas Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #9830049825; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Tejas Gallery is hosting its third annual Devi show by 24 artists. The exhibits, numbering approximately 70, include both gods and goddesses.

PERFORMING ARTS

October 10 at Saturday Club; 7.30 pm: Ballantine’s and Saturday Club, in association with Germany, Club 7 Holidays and Open Doors, present Strawberry Fields Forever — a walk down memory lane to relive the unparalleled magic and hysteria generated by the Beatles. Performance by Hip Pocket (with Sumith Ramachandran, Mainak ‘Bumpy Nag Chowdhury’, Ben Mark Westley, Avinash Chordia and Shom Dasgupta). Guest appearance: Ananya. October 11 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 10.30 am: Sangeet Ashram presents a vocal recital by Prof. Shruti Sadolikar, accompanied by Mangesh Muley on the tabla.

DRAMA

October 10 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm & 7 pm: As part of Sudrak Utsav ’09, Sudrak presents Sahaj Swajan at 3 pm, and its latest productions, Hathat Sedin and Roopsagar at 7 pm. October 10 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Taki Natyam presents Good Morning Nishikanto. Drama & direction: Ramaprasad Banik. October 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm & 7 pm: As part of Sudrak Utsav ’09, Purba-Paschim will stage Patol Babu Film Star (direction: Ramaprasad Banik) at 3 pm; and Nandikar will stage Ajnatobass (direction: Sumanta Gangopadhyay) at 7 pm. October 11 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: Achin Gnayer Gatha — the first repertory production of Minerva Natya sanskriti Charcha Kendra and West bengal government’s department of information and cultural affairs. Drama: H. Kanhailal and Debashis Majumdar. Direction: H. Kanhailal. October 11 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan will stage the satiric play, Helmet, written by Rajat Ghosh and directed by Anish Ghosh. October 11 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Pancham Vaidic presents A-parajita, based on three short stories by Tagore. Dramatised and directed by Arpita Ghosh. October 11 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Rangapat presents Aurangzeb.

PHOTOGRAPHS

October 10 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts and Tasveer present Face Up — an exhibition of photographs by Anna Fox and Sunil Gupta. Opening today at 6.30 pm. Till October 11 at Dum Dum Motijheel College; 5 pm - 9 pm: An exhibition of photographs hosted by Photographic Association of Dum Dum. Till October 13 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Spectacular India, a solo exhibition on travel photography by Balaram Bose.

TALK

October 10 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Nirvikalpananda will speak in Hindi on Vivekachudamani Prasanga.

DRAMATISED READING

October 10 at Spandan, 87 Park Street (1st floor); 7 pm: Spandan presents An Evening of Shakespeare — dramatised reading of selected portions from Macbeth and The Merchant of Venice. Participants: Arya Gupta, Dipika Jaidka, Keshav Roy and Shimona Gupta Chawla. Merchant of Venice enacted by Ashoke Viswanathan.

EXHIBITION

Till October 17 at Starmark, 3 Lord Sinha Road; G-202 City Centre, Salt Lake; South City Mall and Mani Square;10.30 am to 8 pm: Starmark presents Lights — an exhibition of traditional and designer diyas, candles, Diwali gifts and cards. Till October 16 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 1st floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Nimble Fingers presents some of the finest craftsmen and their exquisite skill in an exhibition, Colors of Bengal. Till October 11 at Bubna House (opp. Talwalkars), 7/1 Burdwan Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Ambience presents a collection of modern and antique Ambience enhancers in wood, mother of pearl, metal, marble and more. Till October 11 at Ashirvad Hall, Phool Bagan, near Pantaloon, #98312 32456; 11 am - 8 pm: Mamta Collection presents an exhibition of a festive collection of fancy and designer, imitation and real diamond jewellery. n Till October 10 at 1 Allenby, opp. Forum, Elgin Road, #65363976, 9230569306: 1 Allenby organises Diwali festive exhibition with fashion designers Usha Bagri, Anupam Saumya, Kalyani, Rini Seal, Sandeep Sarkar, Shweta and others; jewellery and accessories section by Sarla Agarwal and others; and a range of bags, clutches and evening bags; and cusion covers, bedcovers, table runners, etc. from Neha Singh. Till October 11 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place; 10 am - 7 pm: Romancing the Clay with the Five Elements — a ceramic exhibition by Aanupamaa G Jalan. Till October 14 at 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 11.30 am - 6.30 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents Deepavali, an exhibition of saris in cotton, tussar and chanderi, suit pieces, printed silk cotton kurtis, printed and woven unstitched suits and a large cache of costume jewellery along with a variety of evening bags. Also, a wide range of durries, cusion covers, home linens, earthenware table-lamps and ceramic jars. Till October 16 (except Monday and holiday) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Somewhat Different, a design exhibition from Germany. Till October 17 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace, #2223 9422, 6515 5185; 11 am - 7 pm: Crafts Council of West Bengal welcomes the Happy season with an exhibition of terracotta lamps, planters and straw toys, sarees from Fulia and Kota, and kurtas and kurtis for women. Till October 17 at Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: A wide range of affordable paintings, handicrafts and objects d’ art.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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