Art
Till April 16 at Gandhara Art Gallery, Palm Spring, Flat 5A, 1B Gurusaday Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Work Shop Art ? works by well-known artists. Till April 16 at ITC Sonar Bangla; 2 pm - 9 pm; and till April 27 at Akar Prakar, 11 am - 8 pm: New Wave in Bengal Art. Organised by Akar Prakar and ITC Sonar Bangla. Till April 30 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kanishka?s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Masterstrokes ? an exhibition of orginial works of art by creative professionals of various advertising agencies. Till April 30 (except Sundays) at Galerie 88; 3 pm - 7 pm: Paintings by Manish Pushkale.performing artS
April 14 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: Chhandey Anandey ? a programme of dances, choreographed by Dhiman Shankar and directed by Sutapa Roy; presented by Sohini. Organised by EZCC. April 14 at Sisir Mancha; 6 pm: Unmesh presents an evening of Sruti-Natak (audio plays): Mohit Chattopadhyay?s Sonar Chabi, Satyajit Ray?s Dui Magician, Buddhadeva Bose?s Anamni Angana, and Manoj Mitra?s Sandhyatara. Direction: Jagannath Basu and Urmimala Basu. April 14 at Kala Mandir; 6.30 pm: Jyotirmai Club?s golden anniversary celebration features Satrangi Re ? a musical extravaganza by Dhwani. April 14 at Sree Satyananda Devayatan, Jadavpur; 6.30 pm: Dhrupad recital by Subodh Ranjan Dey. April 14 at Chatu Babur Bari, 67B Beadon Street; 7 pm: Charak Utsav ? Bengali year ending celebration through music and dance. April 14 at Trincas, 17B Park Street; 9 pm onwards: Performance by Bangla band Fossils. Details at #22297825. April 15 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: Nuances presents Versedance, based on the principle of dance-theatre. Concept & direction: Jhuma Basak.DRAMA
April 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Ganakrishti presents Chatushkon. Drama & direction: Bratya Basu. April 14 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Natyargha?s latest production, Nidhiramer Pala, directed by Pulak Lahiri. April 14 at Sujata Sadan; 6.45 pm: Sandarva presents Murkir Hnari. Drama, direction and acting: Soumitra Basu.TALK
April 14 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Shandilya Sutra. April 14 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Amalendu Chakraborty will speak in English on Vedantic Way for Crisis Management.EXHIBITION
Till April 15 at Indrani?s, 258B Rashbehari Avenue, #9830180664; 11 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of designer Indrani Biswas? tangail cotton printed sarees and special range of salwar suits. Till April 14 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace; 10 am - 7.30 pm: Crafts Council of West Bengal presents the exquisite weaves of Chanderi from a cluster of development programme sponsored by United Nations Industrial Development Organisation. Products on display are saris, dupattas, home items and yardage. Till April 14 at Sampa?s Boutique, #22401555; 42 Circus Avenue; 10 am - 8 pm: Wonder weaves from Assam silk and muga sarees, mekhla chaddars.DISCUSSION
April 14 at Airtel Experience Center, City Center; 5.30 pm: An exclusive launch adda of Sandip Ray?s Nishijapan with the director and the entire star cast, namely Soumitra Chatterjee, Deepankar De, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Rituparna Sengupta, Raima Sen and Parambroto Chattopadhyay along with the winners of Airtel contests.ALBUM RELEASE
April 14 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: The release of the audio cassette, Rupey Rupantarey Rabindranath (Tagore?s poetical songs) featuring Manisha Murali Nair and Manoj Murali Nair in songs, and Manjula Roy and Barin Roy in recitation. Produced by Bhavna Records & Cassttes.ANNIVERSARY
April 14 at Srijan rooftop, 176 Sarat Bose Road; 6 pm: Srijan?s listeners forum celebrates the 83rd birthday of Ali Akbar Khan with a presentation of his invaluable recordings of his life, as he journeys from Maihar to Lucknow to Jodhpur to San Francisco, by his disciple Anindya Banerjee. April 14 at Sankara Hall, 93 Southern Aue; 6 pm: Vardhanti (birthday) celebration of His Holiness Sankaracharya of Sringeri Shri Bharati Swamiji. Talk on Narada Bhakti Sutra by K.V. Gopalkrishnan, director, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.POILA BAISHAKH
April 15 at Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, 3 Regent Park; 10.30 am: Special cultural programme to celebrate Subha Nababarsha. A solo recital of Tagore songs by Rajashree Bhattacharjee. April 15 at Suruchi, 89 Elliot Road; 10 am onwards: Special Bengali lunch. Take aways also available. April 15 at Landmark; 5 pm: Just Adda ? Poetry, stories and songs with Bratati, Bikram and Kharaj. April 15 at Tollygunge Club; 7.30 pm: Poila Baishakh Adda with a few performances, cha and shingara. Participants include Bikram Ghosh, Lee Alison Sibley, Pramita Mallick, Shuvaprasanna and Shipra Bhattacharya, Mona Lamba and Pali Sachdev, Arindam Sil, Priti Patel, Usha Uthup and Derek O?Brien. Oindrilla Dutt and Barun Das will moderate. Till April 17 at Shoppers? Stop: Celebration of Poila Baishakh with Rupashi Bangla festival that offers traditional arts and crafts from rural Bengal.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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