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Till February 16 at CIMA Gallery; 2 pm - 7 pm: Freedom: Sixty years after Indian Independence. An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by renowned artists. February 16 - 21 at Academy of Fine Arts (New South, B); 3 pm - 8 pm: Fantasy World 08, an exhibition of paintings by Subhas Roy. Till February 16 at Kanvas Art Gallery, 53 Syed Amir Ali Avenue, Shivam Chambers, 2nd floor; #30523243; 3 pm - 7 pm: Figure in the Mind, the art works of Aloke Sardar, Chayan Roy, Habibur Rahman, Prabhat Basu, Sandhyakar Kayal, Tapan Bhattacharyya and Tarun Ghosh. Till February 17 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor gallery; 4 pm - 8 pm: The Verandah presents Continuity...amidst change, an exhibition of Indian art through the generations. Participating artists include Paritosh Sen, Prokash Karmakar, Suhas Roy, Shuvaprasanna, Chandidas Bhattacharya, Swapan Palley, Shipra Bhattacharya, Ashoke Mullick, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Somenath Maity, Partha Bhattacharya, Shyamal Mukherjee, Asit Sarkar, Arpita Basu, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Sumon Roy, Sachin Jaltare, Sanatan Dinda, Kanchanmala Ghosh, Tapas Sardar, Subhendu Porel, Avijit Dutta, Saumya Bandyopadhyay, Priyanka Lahiri and Arunima Sanyal. Till February 17 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor AC gallery; 4 pm - 8 pm: Samaya, a group of contemporary artists, hosts their third group exhibition of works. Till February 17 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Debjani Datta. Till February 20 at Ganges Art Gallery; 11 am - 7 pm: Retour en Inde (Return to India), a solo show of Paris-based artist Shahabuddin Ahmed. Till February 22 at Society of Contemporary Artists, 398 Jogendra Garden (EM Bypass Connector): Symphony — the first solo exhibition of paintings by Atanu Bhattacharya. Till February 23 at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #9830049825; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Hues of Light, an exhibition of impressionist paintings by seven young Vietnamese artists. Till February 23 at Seagull Arts & Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents Mohandas N.N. / New York, an exhibition of paintings. Till February 26 (except Sundays) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Nature Symphonique — an exhibition of paintings by Anju Chaudhuri. Till February 27 (except Mondays) at Anant Art Gallery, 18-A Alipore Road, #32584832; 11 am - 7 pm: Nishshabda — paintings by Siraj Saxena. Till February 29 (except Sundays) at Mon Art Gallery, 6 Picasso Bithi (Hungerford Street), Regency 3rd floor; #22895438; 11.30 am - 7 pm: In Search of the Abyss, a solo painting exhibition by Monoj Kachangal. Till February 29 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #6550 8418; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Realism and Surrealism — an exhibition of the works by Tapas Sardar, Sanatan Dinda, Sukanta Das, Kartick Chandra Pyne, Prokash Karmakar, Suhas Roy, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Atin Basak, Sibsaday, Bratin Khan and others. Till February 29 (except Sundays) at Domus art Gallery, 28/B Shakespeare Sarani, #22892546; 11 am - 6 pm: An exhibition of Indian contemporary art. Participating artists: Ashoke Mullick, Dewashish Das, Dipankar Ray, Partha Sarathy, Rabindranath Pal, Swapan Denra, Shekhar Pal and Saumya Bandyopadhyay.PERFORMING ARTS
February 16 at Gyan Manch; 6 pm: Anirban Foundation presents Anirban Memorial Concert (the 14th annual concert of Indian classical music). Featuring Nishant Sharma (tabla solo) with Sanatan Goswami (harmonium), Ambarish Das (vocal) with Sanatan Goswami (harmonium) and Bibhas Sanghai (tabla), and Sugato Nag (sitar) with Anubrata Chatterjee (tabla). February 16 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, 1st floor; 7 pm: An evening of solo acts by Sohini Sengupta Halder and theatre thespian Rudraprasad Sengupta. February 16 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Joy Goswami presents reading from Rabindranath Tagore’s Raktakarabi by Saoli Mitra, and songs from Tagore’s Raja, Raktakarabi and Dakghar by Ritu Guha, Shekhar Gupta, Rahul Mitra, and Sudeshna Mitra. February 16 at Nicco Park; 7 pm onwards: Performance by Pakistani singer Atif Aslam. For details, contact: Amit- 9903324023, Rohit-9831635407. February 17 at Nazrul Mancha; 5.30 pm: Playwin and Sahanubhuti present Umeed, an evening of ghazals by Ghulam Ali and Jagjit Singh.TALK
February 16 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 5.45 pm: Swami Atmapriyananda will speak on Kathopanishad. February 16 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Samiran Chandra Chakraborty will speak in Bengali on Veda Parikrama. February 16 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: Pritindra Krishna Bhattacharya will discuss Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. February 16 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak in Bengali on Manovijnan O Atmatattwa.AWARD CEREMONY
February 16 at Mukta Angan Rangalaya; 6.30 pm: Paschimbanga Shishu Sahityik Sansad will honour Siddhartha Singha for his contribution to children’s literature this year. On this occasion, Singha’s first book of rhymes, Chhara Chhabi 60 Khana (published by Bikash Grantha Bhavan), with drawings by 60 school children of West Bengal, will be released by poet Nirendranath Chakraborty.DRAMA
February 16 at Academy of Fine Arts: Sansriti will stage its latest production, Sorjo-pora Chai (at 3 pm) and Winkle Twinkle (at 6.30 pm). Direction: Debesh Chattopadhyay. February 16 & 17 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 6.30 pm: Padatik presents its latest production, Lahron Ke Rajhans (Hindi) by Mohan Rakesh. Direction: Shyamanand Jalan. February 16 at Sujata Sadan; 7 pm: Swapnasandhani will stage Dakghar, directed by Koushik Sen. February 17 at Academy of Fine Arts: Sansriti will stage Yeh (at 3 pm) and Fataru (at 6.30 pm). Direction: Debesh Chattopadhyay. February 17 at Bijon Theatre; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Helmet, directed by Anish Ghosh. February 17 at Mukta Angan Rangalaya; 6.30 pm: Shouvanik presents Fakka, directed by Chandan Das. February 17 - 22 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Durgadas Natyotsav 2008, hosted by Durgadas Smriti Sangha. February 17, 6 pm: Inaugural programme to be followed by the play, Kachher Manush (produced by Gandhar), directed by filmmaker Gautam Haldar.EXHIBITION
Till February 16 at Senbati, 3A Mandeville Gardens; 10 am - 8 pm: Joyita’s Selection and Sparsh present an exhibition of hand-embroidered designer sarees, dress material, kurtis, mekhlas in silk, tussar, cotton and Lucknow chikan along with costume jewellery. Till February 20 at 8/2 Loudon Street, 2nd floor, #22811524; 11 am - 7 pm: Earthy Myth’s collector’s show on handcrafted sarees and outfits.CARNIVAL
February 17 at Taj Bengal; 12 noon - 4 pm: Elle presents Carnival For A Cause where fashion joins hands against breast cancer. Entry only with donor tickets for Rs 1,000 available with Diya Basu (98300 21529) and Madhurima Sinha (98301 16624). All proceeds will go towards Ogaan Cancer Foundation.READING
February 17 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P. Lal reads Sanjaya's report of Arjuna defeating Asvatthaman, and Krishna describing the military prowess of Duryodhana and Karna to Arjuna, and praising Bhima's valour, in the 412th weekly session of his sloka-by-sloka English transcreation of Vyasa's Mahabharata.FESTIVAL
February 17 at Saastha Samooham, 42 Lake Avenue: Akhil Bharatha Ayyappa Seva Sangham performs this year’s Mangala Puja with Ganapathi Homam (at 5 am), Puja - Archanai to Lord Dharma Saastha (at 5.30 pm) and devotional songs by G.A. Murthy (Acchu) and K. Raman at 6.15 pm.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: 2234-8244All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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