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May 12 - 20 at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency, 3rd floor; 11 am - 7 pm: Vanity Fair, featuring works of Bhamri Vijayata, Chintala Jagdish, Farhad Husain, Gayatri Gamuz, G.R. Iranna, Jignasha Ojha, Joydip Sengupta, Manil Gupta, Manjunath Kamath, M. Pravat, Saumya Krishnan, Sougata Guha, Sharmi Chowdhury, Simrin Mehra Agarwal, Surekha, T.M. Azis, Viraj Naik and Vibha Galhotra. Curated by Bhavna Kakar. Till May 12 at Seagull Arts & Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: Sculptures by Sankho Chaudhuri. Till May 12 at Galerie 88; 3 pm - 7 pm: Life and Art — sculptures, graphics, drawings and paintings by Somnath Hore. Till May 12 at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G-7 Mahalaya Apts, 3 Woodburn Park; 11 am - 7 pm: Summer Colours, recent paintings of Anil Gaikwad, Anirban Seth, Anup Giri, Avijit Mitra, B.R. Panesar, Barun Roy, Gautam Khamaru, Keshav Roy, Manik Kandar, Pushpen Roy, Sachin Jaitarey, Sachindranath Jha, Samir Desai, Samir Sarkar, Sibsadey Chowdhary, Subhamita Dinda, Subrata Das, Sukanta Das and Swapan Palley. Till May 14 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Esperance presents Beyond the Frame, paintings and sculptures by well-known artists. Till May 15 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 1st floor, Orbit Enclave, 12/3A Hungerford Street; 3 pm - 7 pm: Landscape in Modern Paintings — works of renowned painters. Curated by Prasanta Daw. Till May 15 at Aakriti Art Gallery (sculpture wing), 1st floor, Orbit Enclave, 12/3A Hungerford Street; 3 pm - 7 pm: Glimpses of Contemporary Bengal Sculpture, a sculpture exhibition curated by Prasanta Daw. Till May 15 (except Sunday) at Domus Art Gallery, Neelambar Building, 7B (ground floor), 28/B Shakespeare Sarani; 11 am - 6 pm: Moods Unlimited, paintings by contemporary artists of Bengal. Till May 20 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The latest works of Suhas Roy, Bijon Chowdhury, Prakash Karmakar, Sunil Das, Amitavo Sengupta, Ashoke Mullick, Subrata Gangopadhay, Suryaprakash, Sisir Sahana and Siladitya Sarkar painted after a visit to Bali, Indonesia.drama
May 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Rang-Roop presents Sesh Raksha. Direction: Seema Mukhopadhyay. May 12 & 13 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre; 6.30 pm: A Slice of Life (in English) — four short plays by American screenwriter Fran D. Gilroy. Presented by Stagecraft and directed by Rohit Pombra. May 12 & 13 at Tapan Theatre; 6 pm: 24 Hours Theatre — to be presented by Mitali Utsav Natya Sangstha, in collaboration with EZCC. May 12 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nehru Children’s Museum presents Anubhav. Written and directed by Rama Prasad Banik. May 13 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Sundaram presents Galpo Hekim Saheb. Drama, direction and acting: Manoj Mitra. May 13 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 6.30 pm: Agun Mukho, based on the original German play, Feuergesicht, by Marius von Mayenburg. Bengali adaptation: Bratya Basu. Direction: Suman Mukhopadhyay. A joint production of Max Mueller Bhavan and Tritiyo Sutra. May 13 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Ajantrik presents Pratham Path, written and directed by Ramaprosad Banik. May 13 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Doubarik presents Ae Parabasey. Direction: Sarbadaman Som. May 13 at Mukta Angan Rangalaya; 6.30 pm: Shouvanik presents Abalilakrome. Direction: Bimal Bandopadhayay. May 13 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Charbak presents Chalo Patol Tuli. Drama, music & direction: Arindam Ganguly.RABINDRA JANMOTSAV
Till May 13 at Gorky Sadan; 6 pm: Tribute to Tagore, organised by Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore. Today: Focus: The Language of Tagore’s Writing. Rabindrasangeet by Jayashree Dasgupta, introduction by Prof. Udaya Narayana Singh; talk by Prof. Swapan Majumdar; play-reading by Saoli Mitra; screening of Tagore as a Playwright (dir: Ladly Mukhopadhaya) and Tagore as a Poet (dir: Ananya Biswas); and discussion. Tomorrow: Focus: The Language of Tagore’s Music. Rabindrasangeet by Sinjini Acharya Majumdar, introduction by Prof. Udaya Narayana Singh; talk by Utpal Kumar Basu and Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta; screening of Tagore as a Musician, Part 1 & Part 2 (both directed by Ladly Mukhopadhaya); and discussion. May 12 & 13 at Aikatan, EZCC, Salt Lake; 5 pm: Rabi Pranam, presented by Rabichchhaya , features songs and readings by various artistes. May 12 & 13 at Nazrul Mancha; 6 pm: Nava Nalanda’s Rabindra Smaran features music and dance by Visva Bharati’s Sangeet Bhavan, Dakshinee, Triveni, Koel, Indian Cultural troupe and Nava Nalanda, and solo recitals, reading and recitation by Gouri Ghosh, Partha Ghosh, Pradip Ghosh, Mohan Singh, Indrani Sen, Sreekanto Acharya, Shampa Kundu, Anushila Basu, Chandrabali Rudra Dutta, Sovansunder Basu, Prabir Brahmachari, Subir Nandy and Sushanta Mukhopadhyay. May 13 at Kala Kunj; 6.30 pm: Saptak, Santiniketan presents Tasher Desh.PERFORMING ARTS
May 12 & 13 at Purvashree, Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, Salt Lake; 6 pm: Kalamandalam Sangeetotsav 2007 (a collaborative venture with EZCC), dedicated to Guru Govindan Kutty. May 13 at Uttam Mancha; 10 am: Cosmic Harmony presents Kabi Aar Kabiyal featuring Kabir Suman and Joy Goswami.talk
May 12 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Samiran Chandra Chakraborty will speak in Bengali on Veda Parikrama. May 12 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Atmapriyananda will speak on Kathopanishad. May 12 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7 pm: Amiya Prasad Chakraborty will discourse on Yugacharya Swami Vivekananda.PHOTOGRAPHS
Till May 15 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: In Foreign Lands — an exhibition of photographs by Mala Mukerjee.PANEL DISCUSSION
May 12 at Netaji Research Bureau, Netaji Bhawan, 38/2 Lala Lajpat Rai Sarani; 6.30 pm: A panel discussion on Is Judicial Activism a Hindrance to Democracy? Participants: Mohammad Salim, MP, Jayanata Mitra, lawyer, Arunava Ghosh, lawyer & former MLA, and Suman Chattopadhyay, journalist.QUIZ
May 12 at BI Hall, CMC House, 91B Chittaranjan Avenue; 12.30 pm: 27th Bani Ghosh Memorial Quiz Contest hosted by Calcutta Medical Club.SEMINAR/WORKSHOP
May 12 & 13 at Vivekananda College, Thakurpukur; 10 am: UGC-sponsored seminar-cum-workshop on Emotions, Behaviour and Inter-personal relationship. Organised by department of philosophy, Vivekananda College.exhibition
Till May 12 at 8/2 Loudon Street, 2nd floor; 11 am - 7 pm: Earthy Myth exhibits cotton art in kurtas, tunics and sarees. Till May 14 at 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents Summerfare, an exhibition of cotton unstitched salwar suits, stitched kurtis and light costume jewellery.ART CONTEST
May 13 at Nehru Children’s Museum; 9 am - 3.30 pm: The 34th Sit & Draw Art Contest for school children of Calcutta and different districts of West Bengal. organised by Nehru Children’s Museum.reading
May 13 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P. Lal reads Sanjaya’s report of skirmishes involving Satyaki-Duryodhana, Arjuna-Uluka, Dhristadyumna and the Kauravas under Drona, and Bhima’s return to battle after the Pandavas suffer a reverse, in the 374th weekly session of his sloka-by-sloka English transcreation of Vyasa’s Mahabharata.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: 2234-8244All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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