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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 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 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 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 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 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Calcutta Performers presents Mando Meyer Bhalo Katha. Direction: Tamal Roychowdhury. 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, Debshakar 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 11 at Purbashree, EZCC, IB-201 Sector III, Salt Lake; 5pm: Ministry of Culture, Government of India presents Rabindra Sandhya with artistes from Bangladesh. Featuring Tagore songs by Papia Sarwar, Rezwana Choudhury Banya, Anamika Tripura, Nandini Yasmin and Mahadev Ghosh; recitation by Akhamulla; and drama presented by Palakar. May 11 at Jorasanko Thakurbari Prangan; 5pm: Rabindra Bharati University’s Kavi Pranam features songs by Rabindrasangeet department; a music-dance item Prakash by the university’s Adhikarik Samiti and Rajya Academy; and drama Galpo-Salpo by the drama department. May 11 at Sisir Mancha; 5.30pm: Sonar Tari Kalakendra presents Rabindra Vandana. Featuring songs by Rajeshwar Bhattacharya, Sikha Dutta, Mousumi Karmakar, Suchhanda Ghosh, Apala Basu, Basabi Bagchi and others; recitation by Pradip Ghosh, Dipak Mukherjee, Swapan Ghosh and Debashis Mitra, and group song and recitation by the students of the 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: Basantey Basantey Tomra Kabirey Dao Daak (a programme of prose songs; Direction: Dr Chitralekha Chowdhury) by Uttarayan; Hey Bandhu, Hey Priyo (a dance programme; Direction: Rani Karnaa) by Samskriti Shreyaskar; and dance-drama Tasher Desh (Direction: Aditya Mitra) by Indian Cultural Ensemble.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.taLK
May 11 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6pm: Swami Tattwasarananda will speak on Naradiya Bhaktisutra. May 11 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15pm: Swami Sarvabhutananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. May 11 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7pm: Swami Satprabhananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. May 11 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Hall; 7pm: Prof. Parimal Chakraborty will speak on Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. May 11 at the Ramakrishna Mancha, Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral Home and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 7pm: Sri Ramakrishna Punthipath O Alochana. Speaker: Swami Buddhadevananda.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: Deutschland im Herbst (Germany in Autumn), 119 min, 1978. All films are with English subtitles.EXHIBITION
Till June 9 at Nandalal Bose Gallery & Jamini Roy Gallery, 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. May 11 - 14 at Kish Fashion Studio, 5A/1B, Lord Sinha Road; 11am - 7pm: Blossoms of Kolkata, an exhibition showcasing an eclectic collection of Indo-Western spring summer designer garments by eminent young designers Vivek Kumar, Rini Seal, Krati Jain, Ruchi Kanoi and Shashi Arya. 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. Till May 14 at Aranya, F-56 Dakshinapan; 11am - 9pm: Exhibition of recent works by Nandini Basu (Mohar), Nabendu Sengupta (Drishti) and Chandoni Basu (Aranya) in ceramic, textile, terracotta and hand-made paper.WORKSHOP
May 11 - 13 at SmartTree, New Alipore: Learn the ancient Hollish art of Parchment Craft for all age groups (12 yrs - 60 yrs). Call 9830863300 or 6499 1496/ 97 for more details. May 14 onwards: A 10-day summer camp will be held all over the city. Pogo M.A.D. from Mumbai conducts workshops for 3- year-olds to 12-year-olds. At Salt Lake, Alipore, Ballygunge, Deshapriya Park and Burrabazar. Call 9830227778. 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: Workshop on Rajasthani folk song to be conducted by Pukhraj Sharma (Bikaner).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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