Art
February 14 - 19 at Academy of Fine Arts, North & West galleries; 4 pm - 8 pm: Shanu Lahiri?s latest works: paintings, sketches and memoirs. February 14 at Gorky Sadan; 5 pm: Ramananda Bandyopadhyay inaugurates an exhibition of Suktisubhra Pradhan?s paintings (tempera). The show continues till February 18, 3 pm - 7 pm. Till February 14 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Recent works by Nirmal Dutta. February 14 - 20 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Annual exhibition of Choukas Kala Kendra. Till February 20 at Gallery Katayun, 4A Auckland Square, 2nd floor; 3.30 pm - 7.30 pm: A Winter?s Tale Phase III ? works of contemporary Indian artists. Till February 16 at Galerie La Mere; 4 pm - 8 pm: Drawings and paintings by Ramananda Bandyopadhyay. Presented by Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture. Till February 17 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The 11th annual exhibition of sculptures presented by Calcutta Sculptors. Participants: Dilip Saha, Anil Sen, Tapas Sarkar, Sudarson Pal, Sandip Chakraborty, Koushik Pal, Chinmoy Karmakar, Sujit Kr Karan and Sankar Ghosh. Till February 20 (except Monday) at Akar Prakar, P-238 Hindustan Park; 11 am - 8 pm: Recent prints and paintings by Alex Stenghel Till February 26 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road (near Taaja restaurant); 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: The Warmth of Colours ? an exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Till February 19 at The Palladian Lounge, 3rd Level, Bengal Chamber of Commerce, 6 N.S. Road: names-AN.art presents Between Ourselves ? paintings by Samir Sarkar. Till March 8 (except Sundays) at Artspace India City Gallery, 7 Deodar Street; 3 pm - 7 pm: Affordable Art ? Limited edition signed prints of eminent artists.DRAMA
February 14 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: British Council presents JUDE?s production of Shakespeare?s Measure for Measure. Direction: Ananda Lal. February 14 at YMCA College Branch, 111 Vivekananda Road; 6 pm: Bibhaban Theatre Academy presents its latest production, For You. February 14 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Greenpark Avijan presents Boughdader Hoori, written by Sailesh Guha Neogi and directed by Mukul Banerjee. February 18 at Padatik Open Theatre; 6.30 pm: Padatik and Brainchild Theatre present its new play in Hindi, Thaneer Thaneer, written by Komal Swaminathan. Direction: Kunal Padhi. February 20 - 26 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: EZCC, in association with other zonal cultural centres, holds National Folk Theatre Festival for Govt of India, Ministry of Culture.TALK
February 14 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 6 pm: Dr Gita Ghosh will speak on Sri Aurobindo?s Life Divine. February 14 at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: S.K. Joshi will speak in English on Contemplations on Twentieth Century Physics. February 15 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan hosts two lectures: Space and Time in Theatre by Bibhas Chakraborty; and Music in Theatre by Arun Mukhopadhyay.performing artS
February 16 at Indian Museum, Asutosh Birth Centenary Hall; 6 pm: Anirban Foundation presents the 11th annual Anirban Memorial Concert of Indian classical music. Featuring Jyotirmay Roychowdhury (tabla solo) with Shelly Roychowdhury (harmonium); Arnab Chatterjee (vocal) with Hiranmay Mitra (harmonium) and Bibhas Sanghai (tabla); and Snehasish Mazumder (mandolin) with Abhijit Banerjee (tabla). February 17 at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture presents an evening of classical music featuring Brij Bhusan Kabra (guitar) and Amit Chaudhuri (vocal) with Amitava Gain and Ashok Mukherjee (tabla) and Hironmoy Mitra (harmonium). February 17 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: American Institute of Indian Studies presents Remembered Rhythms - A Festival on diaspora and the music of India. Today: Sidi Goma: A group of musicians of the African Indian Sidi community from Gujarat.FILM SHOW
Till February 18 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 4 pm & 6.30 pm: Germany in the Crosshairs : The TV crime series; Scene of the Crime and Police Call. Today: The Duel (Das Duell); Dir: Thomas Jacob, 1990, 79 mins. Till February 14 at Nandan; 2 pm, 4 pm & 6 pm: Nandan, in association with Australian High Commission in India, presents Australian Visions: A Festival of Acclaimed Films. Today: Australian Rules (dir: Paul Goldman) at 2 pm, Walking on Water (dir: Tony Ayresa) at 4 pm, The Man Who Sued God (dir: Mark Joffe) at 6 pm.VALENTINE?S DAY
February 14 at Oxford Bookstore: Celebrating love with words and music: Love Quotes and Heartbeats. Special display of romantic books and classics, roses and chocolates. Also, contests and prizes; the lucky winner gets the prize from the town?s made for each other couple, Bikram Ghosh and Jaya Sil, who will be visiting the bookstore at 5 pm. February 14 at Science City Auditorium; 6 pm: NITS Fashion School presents Dream 2005 ? an evening of designer show presented by its students.SEMINAR
February 14 at Room no. 6, West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, NUJS Bhavan, 12 LB Block, Sector III, Salt Lake; 3 pm: CUTS International, the National University of Juridical Sciences and Indian Chamber of Commerce host a seminar on Developing Markets through Competition for Growth and Equity.AWARD PRESENTATION
February 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 4 pm: Stree Shakti - The Parallel Force hosts the presentation of the Annual Stree Shakti Samman: Dayawati Modi Stree Shakti Samman (Winner: Laina Raveendran Greene, women entrepreneur, Singapore); P.S. Chakraborty Stree Shakti Social Welfare Samman (Winner: Pradip Centre for Autism Management, Civil Society, Calcutta). The award ceremony will be followed by a narration by Chitra Mudgal and a presentation by Usha Ganguli.WORKSHOP
February 14, 16 & 18 at 1A Palm Place; 11 am - 1 pm: Healthy Cooking ? exotic, oil-free and low-calorie dishes at Mithoo Dhar?s cooking class. Details at #22400659, 22804288. February 15 - 20 at 1 Park Lane; 7 am - 9.30 am & 6 pm - 9 pm: A six-day Art of Living (Part 1) workshop for those 21 years and above. Organised by Vyakti Vikas Kendra. Details at #2463-1018, 2229-2644. February 15 - 17 at 12/2A Bakulbagan Row: Kreasions conducts chocolate and candle-making, and glass painting workshops. Details with Nandini Dhar (#24850080) and Meena Basu (#9830611961). February 15 - 26 at The Creative Arts, National Library Avenue: Theatre workshop on different aspects. Sessions by Ananda Lal, Ramanjit, Zarin Chaudhuri, Swati Lal, Arthur Cardozo and Santanu Bose. Details with Ramanjit (#23213225, 9830775677). February 16 - 19 at Little Space, YMCA College Branch, 111 Vivekananda Road; 4 pm - 6.30 pm: Bibhaban Theatre Academy conducts a workshop on open theatre.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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