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January 14 - February 12 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, 24484925/24497931; 12 noon - 8 pm: Masks & Metaphors — recent works of Jaya Ganguly. Jogen Chowdhury will inaugurate the show this evening at 7. Till January 14 at Galerie La Mere, 3 Regent Park, 24712612/24811557; 4 pm - 8 pm: La Mere Annual, 2011. Featuring works by Amritah Sen, Arindam Chatterjee, Asoke Mullick, Atin Basak, B.R. Panesar, Bratin Khan, Chandra Bhattacharyya, Chhatrapati Dutta, Debabrata Chakrabarti, Dhiraj Chowdhury, Diptish Ghoshdastidar, Dipali Bhattacharyya, Ganesh Haloi, Hiran Mitra, Jaya Ganguly, Jogen Chowdhury, Krishna Bandyopadhyay, Lalu Prasad Shaw, Monoj Datta, Niranjan Pradhan, Parag Roy, Partha Pratim Deb, Prosenjit Sengupta, Rabin Mondal, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Samir Aich, Sanatan Dinda, Seikh Sahajahan, Sekhar Roy, Shymakanu Borthakur, Sreosi Chatterjee, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Suhas Roy, Suktisubhra Pradhan, Sunil Das, Sunil De, Tanup Nath, Tapas Konar and Wasim Kapoor. Till January 14 at Gorky Sadan; 4 pm - 7 pm: A solo exhibition of paintings by Kanti Choudhury. Till January 15 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, 2290 2274; 11 am - 7 pm, Monday: 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of recent works by Dipak Banerjee. Till January 16 at 93 Chowringhee Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Calcutta Port Officers’ Club presents a group exhibition of sculptures. Participants: Shanu Lahiri, Shankar Ghosh, Dhiraj Chowdhuri, Tapas Sarkar, Pankaj Panwar, Asim Basu, Anil Sen, Ashit Paul, Rishi Barua, Sumitava Pal, Sandip Chakraborty, Tanmay Banerjee, Swapan Kumar Roy, Somnath Chakraborty, Banasree Khan, Chinmay Karmakar, Nilima Goel, Debajyoti Purakayastha, Chandan Roy, Narayan Ch Sinha, Subrata Pal, Kaushik Pal, Debajit Chakraborty, Sumant Iswar Shetty and Soumen Das. Till January 16 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: An exhibition of the works of young artists from the collection of Aspect Art Gallery. Till January 16 at Rashbehari Avenue - S.P. Mukherjee Road crossing (Kalighat Metro station railings): The 19th Annual Street Art Exhibition by Achin Potua. Till January 16 at Shree Art Gallery, 11 Gurusaday Road, Kusum Apartment, Flat no. 61, 30222040; 3 pm - 7 pm: Paintings by Debabrata Chakraborty, Dipti Chakraborty, Samil Paul, Nitya Kundu, Milanendu Mondal, P.C. Sen, Arun Samaddar, Subrata Das, Pramathesh Chandra, Chandidas Bhattacharya, Ananda Das, Deben Laha, Prabal Roy, Tanmoy Roychowdhury, Aditi Chakraborty Sadhu, Ashis Mondal, Jibon Biswas, Ranadip Das, Khokon Raut, Ramaprasad De and others. Till January 16 at Society of Contemporary Artists’ Gallery, 398 Rashbehari Avenue Bypass Connector Road; 4 pm - 8 pm: The Lost North Wind — paintings and sculpture by four contemporary artistsBibhuti Chakraborty, Nirmal Kanti Chakraborty, Pradip Bhowmick and Ratan Saha. Till January 19 at Bengal Art Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: Academy Theatre and Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, Calcutta present an exhibition of visuals and paintings on and by Rabindranath. Till January 23 at Presidency Court, 55 Gariahat Road; 3 pm - 7 pm: HSBC InvestDirect, in association with Chitrakoot Art Gallery, presents an exhibition of paintings, titled Early Paintings of Bengal in Oil. Till January 29 (except Sundays) at Aakriti Art Gallery, Orbit Enclave, 1st floor, 12/3A Hungerford Street, 2289 3027/ 5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: A Fleeting World: Paintings by Sunil De. Till January 30 (except Mondays & January 23, 26) at Birla Academy; 3 pm - 8 pm: Birla Academy of Art & Culture presents 44th Annual Exhibition 2011. Till January 30 (except Mondays & January 26) at Victoria Memorial Hall, Portrait Gallery; 10 am - 5 pm: An exhibition of paintings from the collection of Victoria Memorial Hall: India: Land and People by Western Artists.pERFORMING ARTS
Till January 15 at Chowdhury House, 5/1 Gariahat Road; 6 pm: In aid of Rural Health Care Foundation, Moore Avenue Music Conference, in association with Chowdhury House, presents a Hindustani classical music featival. Today, 6 pm: Manashi Mazumdar (vocal), Kaibalya Kumar Gurav (vocal) and Kala Ramnath (violin). January 14 - 17 at Madhusudan Mancha: Ballygunge Maitreyee Music Circle, in association with West Bengal State Music Academy, presents the 13th Annual Sangeetacharya Radhika Mohan Maitreya Memorial Conference. Today at 5.30 pm: Dhrupad by Sancheeta Chaudhury, sitar by Kartick Shesadri, and vocal by Venkatesh Kumar.DRAMA
Till January 15 at Minerva Theatre: Shohan presents the 2nd Children’s Theatre Festival. Today: Gobardanga Rupantar presents Tasher Desh (Dir: Pratap Sen) at 6.30 pm; and Hridaypur Nabasopan presents Chheleta (Dir: Mukunda Chakraborty) at 7.45 pm. January 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Madhabi. Drama : Bhisham Sahni. Direction: Swatilekha Sengupta. Cast: Rudraprasad Sengupta, Debsankar Halder, Partha Pratim Deb, Sumanta Gangopadhyay & Sohini Sengupta. January 14 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Kokil Sir, Shilpi Sangha’s latest production. Dir: Soumitra Basu. January 14 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: As part of Sanglap Natyotsav, Dhaka Padatik will stage Jaldas, directed by Nader Choudhury.IN MEMORIAM
January 14 at Netaji Indoor Stadium; 4 pm: Phiri Tomar Surer Khonje: Smarane Suchitra — a programme in memory of Suchitra Mitra. Organised by Rabi-Tirtha and Pather Panchali.TALK
January 14 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Jushtananda will speak in Bengali on Bhagavat Katha. January 14 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake City; 6 pm: Swami Achyutananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Leela Prasanga. Till January 16 at Kala Kunj (Kala Mandir basement); 7.30 pm: Discourses in English by Swami Parthasarathy on Isavasya Upanishad.fESTIVAL
January 13 - 19 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR: Rabi Bichitra, the week-long festival of Academy Theatre endeavours to presents a selection of Tagore’s genius with varied stage productions, film shows, lectures and exhibition of visuals and paintings on and by Rabindranath. Today at Satyajit Ray Auditorium, 6.30 pm: Jyotirmay Rabi Manchagaaner Kabi (Theatre songs of Rabindranath Influenced by Jyotirindranath). Script & direction: Devajit Bandyopadhyay. Performers: Riddhi Bandyopadhyay, Devajit Bandyopadhyay and Bratya Basu. January 14 - 16 at various heritage sites and at Oxford Bookstore: Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival 2011 celebrates the spirit of books, music, art, film and much more with the country’s leading creative minds. Today at Oxford Bookstore, 11 am: Flights of Fancy, a fun-filled double bill for kids. At ICCR, 4.30 pm: Migrations, Connections and Identities, At The Park, 7 pm: An Evening in Karachi — Pakistani writers in conversation; readings by Shehryar Fazli, Nighat Gandhi, Bina Shah and Anjum Katyal; Sufiana Kalam by Parbati Kumar.BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
January 14 at Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 8.30 am onwards: Swami Vivekananda’s birthday celebration: Devotees convention (8.30 am); and cultural programme (4.30 pm). January 14 at Ramakrishna Vivekananda Mission, 3 B.T. Road, Agarpara; 9.30 am: Celebration of Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary and national Youth Day. Today’s topic: Swami Vivekananda — The Ideal Leader for Today’s Competitive World.PHOTOGRAPHS
Till January 14 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts & Tasveer with Bernard J Shapero Rare Books, in association with Ganjam, present One Hundred Vintage Views of India. A selection of early views of the great cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and many others, or the rich cultural heritage as seen in the earliest photographs of Mughal and Hindu archaeological sites. Till January 14 at Emami Chisel Art, ground floor; 11 am - 7 pm: A solo show by Maria Arantzazu Puente Fernandez, a young photography artist from La Coruna, Spain. Till January 14 at Earthcare Books and Resource Centre, 10 Middleton Street, 22296551; 11 am - 7 pm: My Kumartuli — an exhibition of photographs by Wera Saether.exhibition
Till January 23 at Abanindranath Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 10 am - 6 pm: A spectacular collection of mainly traditional Japanese dolls of various forms, sunch as Miyabi, Tsubaki, etc., in a typical Japanese ambience. Till January 19 at Sunil Art Gallery, 171/2D Rashbehari Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition by Dhii (artwork & soft furnishing).QUIZ
January 15 at Lake Friends Swimming Club, opp. Nazrul Mancha; 4.30 pm: Open general Quiz for 4-member teams. Entry fee: Rs 100 per team. For details, contact Supratim Chakladar (98310 33263).BLOOD DONATION
January 15 at FD Park, Salt Lake City; 8 am - 4 pm: Mitra Parishad, a 51-year-old NGO, along with youngsters of different colleges, has organised a blood donation camp. Guests of honor: Asim Das Gupta, finance minister, Government of West Bengal, and ex-hockey Olympian Gurbux Singh.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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