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May 12 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, #2290 2274; 6 pm: A special preview of sculptures by Meera Mukherjee. The show will remain on view till June 7, except Sundays, from 11 am to 7 pm and Mondays from 2 pm - 7 pm. May 12 - 17 at C.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue, 1st floor, #6521 6931; 1 pm - 7 pm: Paintings by Badal paul, Soibal Dutta, Tarun Banerjee, Subhrakanti Mitra, Shukla Chakrabarty, Indira Halder, Nabakumar Chakrabarty, Suprabhat Bhaduri and Panchanan Das. Inauguration today at 6 pm. May 12 - 18 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 12 noon - 8 pm: Rabi Art Gallery presents an exhibition of the works of well-known artists. Inauguration today at 6.30 pm. May 12 - 19 (except Sunday) at Boi-Chitra, College Street Coffee House, 2nd floor, #2241 6845: 3 pm - 7.30 pm: Torture, Protest, Peace — an exhibition of paintings by Saumen Guha. May 12 - 25 at The Promenade lounge, Taj Bengal; 10 am - 11 pm: The Doorways — a solo exhibition of recent works by Subuddha Ghosh. The artist will be painting live from 3 pm to 6 pm. Till May 12 at The Art Gallery, ITC Sonar, Calcutta; 11 am - 7 pm: An Ode to the Past — an exhibition of the works by Ashis Rahman. Till May 12 at Halo Heritage, 26 Ritchie Road, near Maddox Square, #98300 50568; 12 noon - 9 pm: Oil paintings on canvas by Hari Sadhan Dey. Till May 12 at Academy of Fine Arts, Gallery New South ‘B’; 3 pm - 8 pm: The fifth group exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Dots.... Participating artists: Anjana Kirtania, Nafisa Khatun, Shampa Majumdar (Sur) and Shyamali Paul. Till May 14 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 2275; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of portraits of Rabindranath Tagore in oil and pastel by Dr Tapan Ray Choudhuri. Till May 15 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street, #2229 3886; 2 pm - 7.30 pm: Endless Resonances — an exhibition of recent paintings by Ajay De, Amit Bhar, Ashish Gupta, Asit Kumar Patnaik, Arpan Bhowmick, Arunabha Karmakar, Bhagat Singh, Bratin Khan, Dewashish Mukherjee, Dhananjay Mukherjee, Dipankar Chanda, Gautam Mukherjee, Gosto Kumar, Hari Sadhan Dey, Harish Kumar, Jyotirmoy Ash, Jiban Biswas, K. Salve, Nitya Kundu, Nishit Dey, Priyanka Gupta, Prithvi Soni, Pulak Ghosh, Rajesh R, Saptarshi Naskar, Sanatan Dinda, Sangita Pathak, Shyamal Mukherjee, Shubhamita Dinda, Sekhar Roy, Subhendu Kumar Porel, Sukanta Das, Subrata Das, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Sudip Roy and T. Vaikuntham. Till May 15 at Gallery K2, 35 Lansdowne Terrace; 11 am - 7 pm: Beyond Figuration, an exhibition of works by Sunando Basu, Vishal Bhand, Susmit Biswas and Shilajit Ghosh. Till May 17 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 1st floor, #2466 2837; 4 pm - 7 pm: Mystic Colours, an exhibition of watercolours and collage by Shiladitya Ganguly and Probal Das. Till May 17 (weekdays) at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Stretch of Imagination: A show of exclusive artworks by 30 well-known artists. Till May 18 at Starmark, South City Mall; 11 am - 9 pm: Emami Chisel Art, in association with Starmark, presents Art on the Easel — an exhibition of paintings featuring the works of Arup Ratan Chowdhury. Till May 25 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, #2455 6942/43; 2 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of works by Somnath Hore.DRAMA
May 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Pancham Vaidic presents Chandali, based on Tagore’s Chandalika. Drama, direction and in the main role: Saoli Mitra. May 13 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Natya-Anan presents Hirak Rajar Deshe. Direction: Chandan Sen. May 14 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Purba Paschim presents Tagore’s Chaturanga. Dramatised by Sekhar Samaddar, the main cast comprises Kushal Chakraborty, Chaiti Ghosal, Debdoot Ghosh, Soumitra Mitra, Shyamal Chakraborty, Malay Saha, Prakash Bhattacharya, Subhabrata Dey, Ellora Rudra and Arindam Rakshit. Edited and directed by Bratya Basu. May 15 at Academy of Fine Arts & May 18 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Helmet, a comedy directed by Anish Ghosh. May 18 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.45 pm: Gandhar presents Kachher Manush, a play by Dr Sirish Atawale; translated by Kamal Sanyal and Bijoylakshmi Barman. Direction: Gautam Haldar.TALK
May 12 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Amiteshananda will speak on Practical Vedanta. May 12 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Ritananda will speak in Bengali on Swamijir Patravali.PERFORMING ARTS
May 15 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: An evening of classical music featuring Indradeep Ghosh (violin) with Ujjal Bharati (tabla), and Kumar Mukherjee (vocal) with Ashok Mukherjee (tabla) and Sanatan Goswami (harmonium). May 18 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 10.30 am: Sangeet Ashram presents a classical vocal recital by Manas Chakraborty, accompanied by Samar Saha (tabla) and Ranjan Mukhopadhyay (harmonium).PHOTOGRAPHS
Till May 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of photographs by the members of Photographic Association of Bengal. Till May 30 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Portraits of a Director — an exhibition of photographs on Satyajit Ray by Asit Poddar. Till May 31 (except Mondays) at Bose Pacia Kolkata, Stephens Court, 18 Park Street, #40010148; 11 am - 7 pm: Bose Pacia Kolkata Gallery, the Embassy of France in India and Alliance Française du Bengale host India by Magnum: Plural Perspectives, a projected exhibition by 14 photographers from Magnum Photos. The projection comprises the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Raghu Rai, Werner Bischof, Marilyn Silverstone, Ferdinando Scianna, Bruno Barbey, Martine Franck, Steve McCurry, John Vink, Alex Majoli, Bruce Gilden, Carl De Keyzer, Harry Gruyaert and Gueorgui Pinkhassov.BOOK RELEASE
May 12 at Oxford Bookstore, 17 Park Street; 6.30 pm: Oxford Bookstore Calcutta presents the launch of Lands I Live In: An evocative journey into two cultures; poems by Zilka Joseph. The book will be released by eminent author and poet Nabaneeta Dev Sen.VARIETY
Till May 13 at Max Mueller Bhavan: Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Calcutta presents film screenings, theatre collage and a symposium, 1968 Revisited: Ideological Dissent and Artistic Expression. Today, 4 pm to 7 pm: Symposium. Speakers: Dr Manas Ray, fellow, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta; Rene Grohnert, director, German Poster Museum, Essen/Germany; Sadanand Menon, cultural journalist & critic, Chennai; and Nondon Bagchi, musician & columnist, Calcutta.EXHIBITION
Till May 16 at P-249 Purna Das Road (Triangular Park; #24644027) and at CB 68 Salt Lake, Sector 1 (near CA Island towards PNB; #40043486): Darbari presents Summer Sizzlers, showcasing cool casual cotton kurtis, skirts, wrap arounds, kaftans, saris and suits for ladies, and funky shirts and kurtas for gents. Also, a variety of handloom fabrics, sourced from all over the country. May 12 - 15 at 105 Southern Avenue, 2nd floor, near Lake Kali Bari, #98311 97704; 11 am - 6 pm: Exhibition of new summer collection of suits, tunics, saris and blouses by Richa Kanoria.FILM SHOW
May 12 - 14 at Nandan II: Films Division, Government of India and Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre, jointly present MIFF in Kolkata, a festival of award-winning films from Mumbai International Film Festival for documentary, short and animation, held biennially. This festival showcases some of the finest cinematic works realised in the last four years throughout the world. Today, 4 pm: Salata Baladi (House Salad) (Egypt, 103 min, Dir: Nadia Kamal); at 6.30 pm: Flow: For Love of Water (USA, 94 min., Dir: Irena Salina) and The Legend of Fat Mama (India, 24 min., Dir: Rafeeq Ellias). May 12 at Gorky Sadan; 6.30 pm: Cinema of Love at the Time of War, dedicated to the 68th anniversary of the victory over fascism in 1941-45. Organised by Eisenstein Cine Club. Screening of War is Over (France), directed by Alain Resnais.WORKSHOP
May 16 at Kornash, The Lifestyle Management School, 139B Rashbehari Avenue: Workshop on developing an insight into choosing the right life-partner. May 19 - 29 at Marudhara, 6 Merlin Park: A workshop on Rajasthani folk song and bhajan. To be conducted by Roshan Khan of Rajasthan. Details at #2460 7356.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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