Art

Till May 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Zero Sphere presents an exhibition of paintings by Tridib Chandra, Kamal Kumar Mukherjee, Deba Prasad Guha, Hari Mohan Bagli, Swapan Kumar Mallick and Anita Dutta. Till May 12 at names-AN.art, 207A Rashbehari Avenue; 11 am - 8 pm: The inaugural exhibition of the gallery features works by eminent painters. Till May 15 at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Mati — an exhibition of terracotta sculptures of Shyamal Roy and Thakurananda Pal. Till May 15 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Hues of an Indian Summer — Works of Sukanto Das, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Chanchal Mukherjee, Prasenjit Sengupta, Soumitra Kar, Sameer Paul, Biplab Dalai, Prokash Karmakar and others. Till May 16 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Open Window presents an exhibition of paintings by Amitabha Dhar, Dipali Bhattacharya, Hiran Mitra, Janak Jhankar Narzary, Pradip Rakshit, Samir Aich, Sunil De and Tapas Konar. Till May 18 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Chitrakoot presents Summer Oasis — an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by eminent artists.

DRAMA

May 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Juto (direction: Anish Ghosh) and Kathakriti presents Seito Tomar Aalo (direction: Sanjib Roy). May 12 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Theatre Workshop presents its latest production, Andha Juger Manush. Direction: Ashok Mukhopadhyay. May 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Gandhar presents Char Duar. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya. May 13 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Sojon Badiyar Ghaat. Direction: Goutam Halder. May 14 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Arghya presents Riot. Direction: Manish Mitra. May 16 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sayak presents Badhutantra. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya.

PERFORMING ARTS

Till May 19 at Rabindra Sadan auditorium and campus; 5.30 pm: Rabindra Janmotsav-1411, organised by Rabindra Sadan. Today at Rabindra Sadan auditorium: Solo recitals of songs and recitation, and drama Char Adhyay, presented by Aabhash. Today at Rabindra Sadan campus: Songs by Sumitra Sen, Purabi Mukhopadhyay, Swapna Ghosal, Rakhi Sarkar, Swastika Mukhopadhyay, Mohan Singh Khangura, Srabani Sen, Jayasree Dasgupta, Indrani Bhattacharya, Roma Basu, Sreekumar Chatterjee and others; recitation by Snehasis Bhowmick, Kajal Sur, Nupur Basu and others. May 11 at Sisir Mancha; 5 pm: Hansadhwani presents Rabindra-Sandhya featuring Bhanusingher Padavali (direction: Manosree Lahiri) and a programme of solo recitals of songs and recitation. May 11 at British Council; 7 pm: Exploring Tagore beyond words and music — Featuring Joe Winter (book reading), Srabani Sen (songs) and Dr Ananda Gupta (songs). Moderator: Dr Partha Ghose. May 11 - 13 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: EZCC presents Pratibha Utsav 2004, featuring performances by the Union government scholarship holders in music and dance. May 12 at Sisir Mancha; 6 pm: Rabinandan celebrates Tagore’s 143rd birth anniversary with Rabindra Geeti Alekhya by the artistes of the organisation, and dance-drama Kach-O-Debjani.

IN MEMORIAM

May 11 at Paschimbanga Bangla Academy; 6 pm: An evening dedicated to Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra (1925-2004). Organised by Paschimbanga Rajya Sangeet Academy and West Bengal Dance Group Federation.

WORKSHOP

May 12 - 22 at Landmark, 3 Lord Sinha Road; 10.30 am - 12 noon (for 6 - 10 years) and 12.30 pm - 2 pm (for 11 - 15 years): Summer crafts workshop to be conducted by artist, graphic designer and paper engineer Ranjan De, formerly of NID, Ahmedabad. Details and registration at #22822617-19. May 13 - 15 at 13 Camac Street, Raj Kamal Building, 4th floor; 10.30 am - 12 noon: Exterior-Interiors (P) Ltd organises a workshop on Portrait your dream home through your creativity. Details at #2283 7174/7261. May 17 - 26 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, Salt Lake; 10 am - 5 pm: EZCC conducts a workshop for school children on folk-painting, covering Gond painting, Kalamkari and Kalighat pat paintings.

TALK

May 11 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Sarvabhutananda will speak in Hindi on Bhagavad-Gita. May 11 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7 pm: Swami Swatantrananda will speak on Srimad Bhagavad. May 11 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Atmabodhananda will discuss in Bengali Sri Sri Mayer Katha.

BOOK RELEASE

May 11 at Oxford Bookstore, 17 Park Street; 6.30 pm: Oxford Bookstore Calcutta and Penguin Books India host the launch of The Land of Naked People: Encounters with Stone Age Islanders (authored by Madhusree Mukerjee). The book will be released by Mahasweta Devi.