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Till March 15 at Inox Forum (10/3 Elgin Road) & Inox City Centre (DC Block I, Sector I, Salt Lake); 11 am - 9 pm: Inox Forum and Inox City Cehtre have organised a black-and-white art exhibition, in association with Genesis Art Gallery, to mark the release of Subhash Ghai’s latest release, Black & White. Till March 14 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #24752275; 3 pm - 8 pm: The Untamed, an exhibition of coloured paperworks by Nikhil Biswas. Till March 14 at Art Gallery Angan, 11 Fern Place, #40015050; 4 pm - 8 pm: A group exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Till March 15 at Gallery Chemould, 12F Park Street, #22298641; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Tamali Dasgupta, Anjan Bhattacharyya, Narayan Karmakar and Sudip Banerjee. Till March 16 at Theme Gallery, 31A Kabir Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of the works by city’s 20 prominent artists, including Isha Mahamad, S.S. Pradhan and B.R. Panesar. Till March 17 at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, 7 CR Avenue, #65216931; 1 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of graphics by Ramendra Nath Kastha. Till March 15 at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, #2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of Eleena Banik’s recent works. Till March 15 at Kanvas Art Gallery, 53 Syed Amir Ali Avenue, 2nd floor, Shivam Chambers, #30523243; 3 pm - 7 pm: Colors of Hyderabad — an exhibition of paintings by Bairu Raghuram, Chippa Sudhakar, DVS Krishna, G Anjaneyulu, Kavita Deuskar, K Srinivasa Chari, K Sukumar, Laxman Aelay, L Narendranath, Manguirish S Rajadhyax, Ramesh Gorjala, S Bharath Yadav, Sachin Jaltare, Sajid Bin Amar, Sanjay Ashtaputre, Sreekanth Kurva, Swati Rajadhyax and T Vaikuntam. Till March 15 at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindustan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Exhibition of new works on paper by Ritesh Meshram and Vijay Bandar. Till March 15 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Mithu Saha. Till March 19 (except Sunday) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Smile of the Hearth, featuring works by mother-daughter pair Paris-based artists Maite Delteil and Maya Burman. Their compositions in watercolours, oil, pen and ink are inspired by the beauty of life and nature. Till March 31 at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street; #2289 5438; 11.30 am - 7 pm: Mon Art Gallerie, in association with Bakul Foundation, Orissa, presents Dimensions and Directions: Contemporary Orissan Artists. Curated by Prof. Deba P Patnaik. Till April 5 at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road; #9830049825; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Gaia, an exhibition of painting and sculpture celebrating nature.DRAMA
March 14 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC’s monthly theatre show features the Bengali play, Hariye Jaye Manush (Dir: Kishore Sengupta), produced by Kalyani Natya Charcha Kendra. March 14 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sudrak presents Purba-Nirdharito. March 15 & 16 at Proscenium Art Centre; 7 pm: Theatrecian Theatre Workshop Production presents Vibgyor, a 20-minute production by the workshop participants. March 16 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Theatron will stage Bernarda Albar Bari for the final time. Based on Federico Garcia Lorca’s last play, The House of Bernerda Alba, it is translated into Bengali by Salil Bandyopadhyay and directed by Saswati Biswas.PERFORMING ARTS
March 14 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 7 pm: Sangeet Ashram presents a sitar recital by Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan, accompanied by Tanmoy Bose on the tabla. March 14 at Kala Mandir; 6.15 pm: Sharp Graphics presents Kabir Suman Solo. March 15 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Kavita Murti Deshpande, Live in Concert for AHEAD, a special school committed to the special children of society. Organised by Rotary Club of Calcutta Metropolitan. March 16 at Dakshin Kolkata Sansad; 7 pm: Mystic Verses — A reading of Jibanananda Das’ poetry, translated by Chidananda Dasgupta, by filmmaker Aparna Sen and media personality Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee.PHOTOGRAPHS
Till March 16 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 1st floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of photographs taken by Birla Academy of Art & Culture’s founder-trustee Basant Kumar Birla. Till March 30 (except Mondays) at Gallery Rasa, 828/1 Block P, New Alipore, #2400 7348; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of photographs by Jyoti Bhatt.TALK
March 14 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: J.S. Rajput will speak on Need for Moral Values to the Indian Youth. March 14 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: Swami Achyutananda will speak on Sri Sri Lila Prasanga.BOOK BAZAAR
March 14 & 15 at British Council Conference Room; 11 am - 7 pm: British Council’s Book Bazaar comprises over 4,000 British books, periodicals, CDs; and a collection of IT, management, literature, medicine and history.EXHIBITION
Till March 14 at Darbari, P 249 Purna Das Road (#24644027) and CB 68 Salt Lake Sector I (#40043486): Drabari presents Basanta Bahar - The Colours of Spring, showcasing a spring-summer collection of saris, fabrics, kurtas, skirts, kaftans, men’s shirts and kurta-pyjamas. Till March 15 at All Bengal Women’s Union, 89 Elliot Road; 10.30 am - 5 pm: Spring show of block-printed sarees and table linen, embroidered baby frocks and nighties, hand-woven bedspreads, table napkins, freshly ground spices, cakes and muffins as well as hand-made items by children. Till March 15 at 3 Royd Street, #2227 2219; 11 am - 6.30 pm (Mon - Fri), 11 am - 4 pm (Sat): Azura celebrates its first anniversary with an exhibition showcasing the creations of Toronto-based fashion designer Farhana Chowdhury, from glamorous dresses, kurtees, crosets, tunics, jackets and an exquisite range of stylish skirts and blousons. Till March 22 at Selimpur Road, Dhakuria, #9874532577; 2 pm - 8.30 pm: Summer exhibition of Nibedita’s Boutique presenting designer sarees and costume jewellery. March 14 - 21 (except Thursday) at 85 Lansdowne, 85B Sarat Bose Road; 11 am - 7.30 pm: 85 Lansdowne’s spring-summer 2008 collection: introducing Sabina Singh, Pallavi Singhee and Rinaldi; saris by Shaina NC, Benarasi weaves by Snna, contemporary jewellery by Lavanya and children’s wear by Little Wardrobe; launching Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s spring-summer line; and presenting the latest collection by resident designers.film show
March 14 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road; 6.30 pm: Filmmaker Ritaban Ghatak has put together the scattered images of a film portrait of legendary artist and sculptor Ramkinkar Baij, left incomplete by another legend, Ritwik Ghatak. To mark the centenary year of Ramkinkar Baij, Drishya hosts the premiere show of the film.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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