Creative visualisations Though he won worldwide acclaim as a filmmaker, Satyajit Ray was much more than a maker of films. Ray was also an author, essayist, editor of a magazine for children, lyricist, music composer, typographer and artist. And last but not the least, he was a consummate photographer whose output of still photographs was as large and impressive as it was rich in its variety. As part of Ray Today, the festival on Satyajit Ray being hosted to mark his 88th birth anniversary, Birla Academy of Art & Culture and Satyajit Ray Society host Rayimages, the ongoing show of artworks and photographs by the versatile genius. Featuring works that form a significant part of the Society’s archive, it highlights a fascinating though often neglected aspect of Ray’s immeasurable talent. On display are posters from Ray classics including Pather Panchali, Apur Sansar, Chiriakhana, Sonar Kella and Nayak, music notations, logo designs, set designs, floor-plans, shot-division sketches and make-up sketches of his films’ characters, as well as candid photographs of film personalities and of places in India and around the world. Event: An exhibition of artworks and photographs by Satyajit Ray When: Till May 17 ; 3 pm - 8 pm Where: Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 108 Southern Avenue, 1st floor

Art

May 14 - 20 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Samaya presents its group exhibition of painting and sculpture. Featuring works by Kanti Choudhury, Tapan Chakraborty, Dipankar Pal, Sanjib Das, Papia Chakraborty, Prahlad Prasad, Muktiram Maiti, Aparna Biswas and Rathin Modak. Inauguration today at 4 pm. May 14 - 18 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Nature and Flowers — a solo exhibition of paintings by Rajarshi Adhikary. Inauguration today at 5 pm. Till May 15 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of bronze sculpture by Jyotirmoy Roy Chowdhury. Till May 15 at Eye on Art Gallery, 3 Pretoria Street, 2nd floor; 12 noon - 8 pm: Forms of Narration, featuring the works of Arnab Mukherjee, Arpita Pradhan, Biswajit Mukherjee, Nandita Mukherjee, Subha Basu, Sudipta Dutta, Sumana Biswas, Sumana Ghosh, Sushmita Rakshit and Utpal Dutta. Till May 15 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Society of Working Artists presents its 54th exhibition of paintings. Featuring works by Arun Mukherjee, Asesh Kr. Majumder, Subir Sen and Sankar Sinha Roy. Till May 15 at Gallery with Difference, 152 S.P. Mukherjee Road, near Rashbehari crossing: Narrative Movements 2009 — a group exhibition of art, curated by Bibekananda Santra. Till May 16 at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #24653212; 11 am - 7 pm: Waiting in the Wings — recent works of Mrinal Dey. Till May 16 at Karma Art Gallery, 505 Keyatala Road, #9830005441; 11 am - 7 pm: Art Perfection presents Drishti, a solo exhibition of painting and sculpture by Raj Rishi. Till May 17 at Nehru Children’s Museum: An exhibition of artworks, based on Tagore’s work, by the students of Nehru Children’s Museum. Till May 17 at Museum & Art Gallery, The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Gol Park; 10.30 am - 1 pm & 2.30 pm - 6 pm: Glimpses of Ancient India — paintings by Prabhatmohan Bandyopadhyay (1904-1987). Till May 17 at Metropolitan Art Salon, S.N. Banerjee Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: A group exhibition of paintings by young artists Sachin Chandorkar, Sukanta Maurh, Karim Ali, Sawrat Saw, Sujoy Halder, Sonali Smith, Ashis Dutta and Nilabja Bhattacharya. Till May 17 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: The first group exhibition of ARTery. Featuring paintings by Dr Jayanta Chaudhuri, Tapas Basu, Sanjay Bhattacharya, Siddhartha Karmakar and Subrata Kar. Till May 18 at The Promenade, Taj Bengal lounge; 10 am - 11 pm: An exhibition of artwork by Arunava Mondal. The artists will be painting live between 3 pm and 6 pm on most days. Till May 20 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents Somnath Hore: Bronzes, Drawings, Watercolours. Till May 22 (except Sunday) at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, #24642617; 2 pm - 7 pm: A retrospective show of sculptures by Sarbari Roy Choudhury. Till May 23 at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, #98300 15854; 11 am - 8 pm (Monday to Saturday): Tell-Tale: Fiction, Falsehood & Fact 2 — contemporary artist’s narrative perspective on stories and storytellers. Featuring works by Amritah Sen, Anupam Chakraborty, Rajesh Deb, Sarnath Banerjee and Sujay Mukherjee. Curated by Dr Paula Sengupta. Till May 24 (except Monday) at Bose Pacia, Stephen Court, 18 Park Street, #40010148; 11 am - 7 pm: The Vase and The Lines — new works by Tarshito. Till May 25 at The Halo Heritage Art Gallery, 26 Ritchie Road, #9830050568; 3 pm - 8 pm: Heritage Happenings — an exhibition of sketches and watercolours by Samir Biswas.

TALK

May 14 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5.30 pm: Sitanath Goswami will speak in Bengali on Panchadashi. May 14 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7 pm: Discourse on Sri Sri Ma Sarada Punthi by Swami Snehamayanandaji. May 14 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7 pm: Seema Chatterjee will speak on Sri Sri Mayer Padaprantey. May 15 at Crossword, Elgin Road; 6 pm: Dr Aloke Thakore of Journalism Mentor (www.journalismmentor.in) to speak on Journalism as a Calling.

DRAMA

May 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents its latest production, Ajnatobass, directed by Sumanta Gangopadhyay. Story: Sukanta Gangopadhyay. The cast includes Sohini Sengupta, Sumana Mukherjee, Swatilekha Sengupta, Sumanta Gangopadhyay, Swajan Srijan Mukherjee and Rudraprasad Sengupta. Directorial adviser: Rudraprasad Sengupta. May 14 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.45 pm: Arghya presents Tagore’s Rakta Karabi. Design & direction: Manish Mitra. May 15, 16 & 17 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Pandora’s Act presents Checkmate, a play in English inspired by the adventures of Byomkesh Bakshi. The cast includes Aporup Acharya, Daminee Mukherjee, Trina Nilina Banerjee, Senjuti Roy Mukherjee, Anubrata Basu and Bishwajit Chakraborty. Drama & direction: Srijit Mukherji. May 16 at Padatik Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Little Thespian presents its latest production, Patjhad (Hindustani adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie). Adaptation, design & direction: S.M. Azhar Alam.

PERFORMING ARTS

May 14 at Sisir Mancha; 5 pm: Raag-Rangam presents Kabi Pranam as part of Tagore’s 148th birth anniversary celebration. Songs by Dr Sreekumar Chattopadhyay, Aalo Mukhopadhyay, Sreeradha Bandyopadhyay, Shraboni Sen, Agnibha Bandyopadhyay, Anusheela Basu, Suchhanda Ghosh, Uma Mukhopadhyay and others, and recitation by Selim Durrani and Robin Majumdar. May 14 at Birla Academy; 6.30 pm: Naba Barso and 25th Baisakh Baran — a musical soiree presented by Roma Chakravartti, Shantiniketan Puratani.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till May 15 at 46 Satish Mukherjee Road, near Kalighat Park; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts and Tasveer present A Long Exposure — photographs by T.S. Satyen. Till May 15 at South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: Memorable Outdoors — an exhibition of photographs taken by Asish Bal, Samir Basu, Sandipan Das, Sanjay Thakur and Subrata Bose. Till May 15 at Gaganendra Pradarshashala; 3 pm - 8 pm: Images for Change — an all-India exhibition of photographs on human struggle and triumph over poverty, challenges of livelihood and climate change. Curated by Drik India. Being held as part of World Fair Trade Week 2009.

EXHIBITION

Till May 15 at Sasha (27 Mirza Ghalib Street; 22521586) & at Silence (G-43 Dakshinapan; 24237387); 10 am - 7 pm: Exhibition of handicrafts, textiles, natural bodycare and food items as part of World Fair Trade Week 2009. Till May 15 at 23 Raja Santosh Road, Ambika Gardens, Flat 8C, #24792697, 9831746323; 11 am - 7 pm: Namrata Kanoi showcases her range of designer footwear and chic summer bags for the season ahead.

WORKSHOP

May 15 - 17 at Hotel Senator, Camac Street: Moon Star Foundation hosts Vaastu courses by Dr N.H. Sahasrabudhe. For details, call 9836242668 or 9874646290. May 18 - 20 at 94 Ballygunge Place, #24613145, 24604245; 3 pm - 5 pm: Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts conducts a three-day workshop, Healing Touch through Music, by eminent sitarist Reena Shrivastava with the children of Hope Kolkata Foundation and Udayan Care, West Bengal.

QUIZ

May 24 at Jadavpur University, Engineering Science Building, 2nd floor, Physics room, Gate no. 3, behind Central Library; 9.30 am (reporting), 10 am - 11.30 am (quiz): The Karnataka Quiz Association (KQA) will hold Mahaquizzer, an all-India written quiz contest open to individual entrants. The quiz will be held simultaneously at 12 locations in India. Prizes will be awarded in each city to the best school entrant, the best college entrant, the best woman entrant and the person scoring the highest in that city. The title, Mahaquizzer, will go to the person scoring highest in the country. In this contest, participants are required to answer 150 questions in 90 minutes. Contact Rudradeep (9836344694) and mail Mahaquizzer@gmail.com to register.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: 2234-8244

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