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Till March 18 at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, 24866735; 11am - 7pm: Asthir: Art on the move, an exhibition of recent digital works by Amrita Bagchi and Priyanka Majumdar. Till March 31 (except Mondays) in the Portrait Gallery of Victoria Memorial; 10am - 5pm: To celebrate the birth centenary of Mother Teresa, Victoria Memorial Hall hosts twenty 20 Paintings, an exhibition of paintings on Mother by M.F. Husain and Sunita Kumar. March 15 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road; 6pm: Inauguration of Journey, an exhibition of paintings by three young talents Buddhadev Karmakar, Priyanka Parbat and Sudipta Ghosh. Their works will be on display till March 20, 3pm - 8pm. Till March 15 at Town Hall; 11am - 6pm: An exhibition of sculptures by Haru Midday, an eminent artist of Santiniketan. Till March 15 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Kalyan Sundar Gupta, Dr Jakir Hossain, Gopinath Basu and Rana Roy. Till March 16 at Esplanade Metro channel’s adjacent park, opp. Metro cinema: Open Air Art Exhibition, organised by Art Age. Participating artists: Ganesh Haloi, Amitava Banerjee, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Jogen Chowdhury, Shuvaprasanna, Suhas Roy, Robin Mondal, Parthapratim Deb, Arun Sarkar, Samir Aich and members of Art Age. Till March 17 at Shobhaghar, Bharatiyam Sanskriti Angan, IB 201, Sector 3, Salt Lake; 11am - 5pm: To mark Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary, Eastern Zonal Cultural centre presents an art exhibition, Rabindra Srishtitey Nari. Till March 18 at The Spanish Café, 7 Sudder Street; 10 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of prints and paintings by Babita Das. Till March 26 at Gallery Kolkata, 2nd floor, Duckback House, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 22873377; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of drawings, paintings and sculptures by Sunil Das. Till March 31 at St Thomas’ Chapel, Bishop’s College, 224 AJC Bose Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts, in association with Bishop’s College, Calcutta, presents The Last Supper, a series of reverse paintings on acrylic by Madhvi Parekh. Till March 31 (except Sundays) at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, 40034974, 22894745; 10.30 am - 7 pm: World Art – with a focus on France, an exhibition of paintings by artists from France, Argentina, Brazil, the UK, Congo, Italy, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Singapore and the US from the Museum’s collection. Till April 4 (except Sundays) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, 24653212; 11 am - 7 pm: Unwrapping India, an exhibition of recent works by Anne Vilsboll. Till April 30 (except Mondays) at Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art, 48/44 Swiss Park, 24246534; 4pm - 7pm: Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art presents Annual Exhibition 2011.DRAMA
March 15 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Purba Paschim presents Tagore’s Raktakarabi, with Chaiti Ghoshal, Parimal Mukhopadhyay, Malay Saha, Chandranath Roy, Sanjay Bhattacharya, Suma Dasgupta, Subhrajit Dutta and Soumitra Mitra in the cast. Music: Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan. Direction: Gautam Halder, filmmaker. March 15 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Nirbak Abhinoy Academy presents Tin Guchhir Binuni. Drama: Sharmila Maitra. Direction: Suranjana Dasgupta. March 16 at Minerva Theatre, March 18 at Academy of Fine Arts & March 20 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar will stage Madhabi. Drama: Bhisma Sahni. Adaptation, music & direction: Swatilekha Sengupta. Performers: Rudraprasad Sengupta, Debshankar Halder, Parthapratim Deb, Sumanta Ganguly and Sohini Sengupta. March 16 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Sundaram presents Ja Nei Bharatey. Drama, direction & performance: Manoj Mitra. March 17 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30pm: Ballygunge Swapnasuchana will stage Kanyadaan, directed by Bratya Basu. The cast includes Meghnad Bhattacharya, Swatilekha Sengupta, Sohini Sengupta, Bijoy Mukherjee and Bratya Basu. March 17 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Shohan will stage its latest production, Manbhanjan. Direction: Anish Ghosh. March 17 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: Gandhar will stage Kachher Manush, directed by Gautam Halder, filmmaker. The cast includes Debshankar Halder, Partha Mukhopadhyay, Papiya Bandyopadhyay, Arup Dey and Bijoylakshmi Barman.pERFORMING ARTS
March 15 at Rabindra Okakura Bhavan, near Salt Lake City Centre; 5.30pm: To mark its third anniversary, Anweshan presents Tagore’s Nabin by its members; reading from Tagore’s work by Kajal Sur and Sharmistha; and a solo recital of Tagore songs by Ananya Ghosh. March 15 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6pm: Dhakuria Abhijnan presents Swalpashruta Rabindrasangeeter Asor, an evening of less-heard songs of Tagore. Participants: Indrani Sen, Srikanto Acharya, Pramita Mallick, Srabani Sen, Subrata Sengupta, Agnibha Bandyopadhyay and artistes of Abhijnan. Moderator: Sukumar Ghosh. March 16 at Kala Kunj; 6pm: Bihaan Music presents an evening of classical music and dance featuring Barna Maitra (dhrupad) with Apurba Lal Manna (pakhawaj) and Shiuli Basu (esraj); Kathak dance by Alokparna Guha with Subhojyoti Guha (tabla), and Pandit Abhijit Banerjee (tabla recital) with Sarwar Hussain (sarangi) and Jayanta Banerjee (sitar). March 16 at Satyajit Ray Auditorium, RTC, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 6.30pm: Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR Calcutta presents, in its Horizon series, Sattriya Nritya by Dr Mallika Kandali. March 17 & 18 at Gyan Manch; 7pm: Ranan presents a two-day festival of dance and theatre featuring Crossings - exploring the facets of Lady Macbeth on March 17, and Equus - staging of Peter Shaffer’s landmark play on March 18. March 17 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place; 6.30pm: Aaj Biraja Mein Holi Re (Rasiya) — an evening of colourful songs of the season by Sohini Roy Chowdhury. March 20 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 5pm: Swarganga is organising its 8th annual festival, Holi Milan, as a tribute to the Thumri Samrat, Pandit Mahadev Prasad Mishra. Performers: Indrani Mukherjee (khayal), with Ustad Roshan Ali (sarangi) and Subroto Gupta (tabla); Swapna Naha (thumri & dadra), with Ustad Roshan Ali (sarangi) and Subroto Gupta (tabla); Vidushi Purnima Chaudhuri (thumri & dadra), with Ustad Roshan Ali (sarangi) and Kuber Nath Misra (tabla); Pandit Anindo Chatterjee & Anubrata Chatterjee (tabla lahara), with Hiranmay Mitra (harmonium); and Pandit Venkatesh Kumar (vocal), with Samar Saha (tabla) and Jyoti Goho (harmonium).PHOTOGRAPHS
Till March 21 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2pm - 6pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts & Tasveer, in association with Ganjam, present Transmigrations (Fables and India Song), an exhibition of photographs by Karen Knorr. Till March 31 (except Mondays & national holidays) in the Central Hall of Victoria Memorial Hall; 10am - 5pm: An exhibition of photographs on Mother Teresa by Sunil K Dutt.CONTEST
March 15 at Hotel Lindsay (Prism 1), opp. Simpark Mall, Lindsay Street; 11am: The sub contest of Nihar Naturals Sananda Srimati 2011, the only beauty pageant for married women in eastern India. Tollywood actress Sonalee, fashion designer Chhuti and model Neeraj would grace the occasion. The sub contest categories will comprise a ramp-walk section with music as well as a rapidfire session which will help contestants showcase their beauty and brains.TALK
March 15 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Somatmananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Mayer Katha. March 15 at Ramakrishna Mancha, Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 6.30 pm: Swami Shivamayananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Leelaprasanga. March 15 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 6.30 pm: Discourse on Sri Ma Sarada Punthi by Swami Snehamayananda. March 15 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake City; 6.30 pm: Sharat Kanjilal will speak on Mahabharat Katha. March 15 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Lecture Hall; 7 pm: Prof. Samir Kumar Basu will speak on Man O Manus.EXHIBITION
Till March 16 at All Bengal Women’s Union, 89 Elliot Road; 10.30am - 5pm: Spring sale of block-printed saris & table linen, embroidered baby frocks & nighties, hand-woven bedspreads, table napkins, freshly-ground spices, cakes & muffins and other savouries as well as items hand-made by children. Till March 26 at Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road: An indoor exhibition-cum-sale of furniture. Till March 28 (except Sundays) at Azura, CNK Tower, 3 Royd Street, 22272219, 22298651; Monday - Friday: 11am - 6pm, Saturday: 11am - 4pm: Fashion designer Farhana Chowdhury showcases Tunic Bazaar, which includes a range of tunics in intricate cuts and distinct styles in an exclusive colour palette befitting season from floral to abstract tones. Till April 14 at Design, 1st floor, 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 24664315; 11am - 7.30pm: Paramita Viswanathan’s summer collection of cotton and silk saris.PHOTO COMPETITION
Till March 15 at IIT Kharagpur: Child Rights and You (CRY) has recently announced the second edition of its online photography competition, Focus Right, conducted by the CRY IIT Kharagpur Volunteer Chapter. The theme for Focus Right this year is ‘Mission Education’, which focuses on the aspect of building ‘an educated India’. Participants can register for the event Focus Right 2.0 by visiting http://on.fb.me/dE1JE2 . The last date for submission of entries is March 15, 2011. The voting will take place via the Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/CRY.IITKGP from March 17 - 26, 2011. The winners will be chosen by CRY, eminent photographers and on the basis of maximum number of “likes” on Facebook, and will be declared on April 3, 2011.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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