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ART
Till April 17 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road; 3pm - 8pm: Verse on Canvas — an exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Participating artists: Abanindranath Tagore, Gaganendranath Tagore, Sanat Kar, M.F. Husain, Prakash Karmakar, Bijon Chowdhury, Shuvaprasanna, Ashok Kumar Dey, Debisri Paul, Dinesh Shrimali, Dipnarayan Paul, Mithun Dutta, Puspen Roy, Rajib Deyasi, Ramratan Das, Ranit Dutta, Ruma Nayak, Rumka Jana, Sambhu Saha, Samik De, Kalachand Das, Shaktipada Jana, Shampa Lowang, Shyamal Ganguly, Durbananda Jana, Subhas Roy, Subhendu Das, Ayan Banerjee, Anil Kumar Pritswi, Chandan Roy, Koushik Paul, Subrata Paul and Subrata Biswas. Till April 17 at The Stadel, lobby; 11am - 9pm: Ode to Poila Baishakh, an art exhibition by the group, Black, comprising Samir Dutta, Moumita Dutta, Gurukinkar and Asim Paul. Till April 17 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor; 3pm - 8pm: An exhibition of paintings, sculptures, creative photography by masters, contemporary and upcoming artists. Till April 20 at Nandalal Bose Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11am - 7pm: Ghat by Ghat — a painting exhibition of the ghats of Varanasi by Australian artist Terry Burrows. Till April 20 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘B’ Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Paintings by Rabindranath Roy. Till April 20 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Joie De Vivre, a solo exhibition by Indrani Sadhukhan. Till April 23 (except Sundays & holidays) at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture; 10am - 1pm & 2.30pm - 7pm: Annual Art Exhibition: Pilgrim of Eternity, an exhibition of watercolour miniatures by Bireswar Sen. Till April 24 (except April 15 & 18) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3pm - 8pm: 50 Years of Drawings & Paintings by Dr Debasis Bhattacharya. 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. Till April 30 (Sundays by appointment) at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, 65508418; 10.30am - 6.30pm: The Rapture of Form — paintings by Suhas Roy, Prokash Karmakar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Sanatan Dinda, Atin Basak, Bratin Khan, Gourango Beshai, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Subrata Das, Samir Paul, Sukanta Das and others. Till May 6 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 11am - 8pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents the exhibition, Somnath Hore: Prints, Drawings, Posters. Till May 7 (except Sundays & holidays) at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency Building, 3rd floor, 22895438; 11am - 7.30pm: Sublime Contours, an exhibition of recent paintings by some of the senior and well as upcoming artists of Andhra Pradesh. Till June 9 (except Sundays) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, 24630465, 40012289; 11 am - 7pm: The Young Man Was... (a few chapter): Naeem Mohaiemen.DRAMA
April 16 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3pm: Sayak presents Mukti Mukti. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya. April 16 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Bratyajan presents Canvasser and Byomkesh. Direction: Bratya Basu. April 17 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3pm: Blank Verse will stage Furrut, written and directed by Raja Bhattacharya. April 17 at Gyan Manch; 6pm: Proscenium presents Ek Ajnabi Mehmaan, a murder mystery based on Agatha Christie’s Unexpected Guest. Hindi adaptation by Dr Bindu Jaiswal. Direction: Sheo Kr Jhunjhunwala. April 17 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Samstab presents Bhootnath. Direction: Dwijen Bandyopadhyay.pERFORMING ARTS
April 14 - 17 at Vivekananda Hall, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture: Sangeet Natak Akademi, in collaboration with Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture and Jalsaghar Foundation, Calcutta, presents Dhrupad Mahotsav. Today, 6pm: Dhrupad by Afzal Hussain, Aurangabad; Dhrupad by Indra Kishore Mishra, Betia; and Surbahar by Pushpraj Koshti, Mumbai. Tomorrow, 6pm: Dhrupad by Gundecha Brothers, Bhopal; Pakhawaj by Dalchand Sharma, Delhi; and Dhrupad by Ritwik Sanyal, Varanasi with Rudraveena by Asit Kumar Banerjee, Calcutta. April 16 at Indumati Sabhagriha, Jadavpur University campus; 5.30pm: Nutu Mukhopadhyay Memorial Committee presents an evening of classical music featuring Subhrajyoti Sen (sitar), Mitali Sengupta (vocal) and Avishek Lahiri (sarod). April 16 at Gyan Manch; 6.30pm: Srabosti School of Music presents its 11th annual show, Nrityanjali. Featuring Guru Pranam (an invocation), Viraasat (Kathak dance) and Baaje Nupur (semi-classical & contemporary dances). Concept, choreography & direction: Sanjay Bhattacharya. April 16 at Aikatan, EZCC, Salt Lake; 6.30pm: Shruta Sanglap presents an evening of audio-play based on Tagore’s short stories and plays. April 17 at Birla Academy; 5.45pm: Rabichhabi presents Kathay O Gaane, a tribute to Tagore. April 17 at Mani Square; 6pm: Performance by Bangla Swastik, as part of Mani Square’s Baishakhi Blast.TALK
April 16 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6pm: Swami Divyananda will speak on Swamiji’s Katha. April 16 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 6.55pm: Discourse on Ramakrishna Leela Prasanga by Swami Satprabhananda. April 16 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak on Mrityu Rahasya. April 16 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7pm: Swami Pareshatmananda will speak on Vivek Chudamani.FILM show
April 11 - 20 at Nandan-II, April 21 at Nandan-III; 4pm & 6pm: Cine Central, Calcutta and Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre present the 16th European Union Film Festival. Today, 4pm: Wrong Side Up, Czech Republic; at 6pm: Sunshine Barry and the Disco Worms, Denmark. Tomorrow, 4pm: Balls, Sweden;. at 6pm: Call Girl, Portugal.SEMINAR
April 17 at Vivekananda Hall, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture; 10am: Swami Vivekananda & Dhrupad: Paper by Swami Sandarshanananda, Ramakrishna Mission, Deoghar. Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s Ideas & Thoughts on Dhrupad: Paper by Sunirmal Bhattacharya, Santiniketan. Dhrupad in Bishnupur Gharana: Lecture-demonstration by Debabrata Singha Thakur, Bishnupur. Contribution of Radhika Mohan Maitra with reference to Dhrupad: Lecture-demonstration by Somjit Das Gupta. Chairperson: Ritwik Sanyal, Varanasi. April 17 at Bangla Akademi Sabhaghar; 5.30pm: A seminar on Bangla Gaaner Bazar O Bipanan. Speakers: S.F. Karim and Ranjan Prasad.PHOTOGRAPHS
Till April 16 at The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Harrington Mansions, Suit 5+25B, 2nd floor, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, 22829220/1; 2pm - 7pm: Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Calcutta, in collaboration with The Harrington Street Arts Centre, presents Frozen in Time, an exhibition of photographs on dance. Till April 20 at Nandan-IV; 4pm - 8pm: A photographic exhibition to commemorate 60 years of making of the film, The River, by Jean Renoir. Till April 19 at National Academy of Photography (NAP), 38 Golf Club Road, 24226360; 12noon - 7pm: Hey Boishakh, an exhibition of photographs by the students of NAP and the members of Persona-International.EXHIBITION
Till April 16 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre (ICCR), 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani, 2282-0763/64; 10am - 7pm: Kamala, the retail outlet of Crafts Council of India, presents its spring collection of textiles for Poila Baisakh. Till April 16 at Aranya’s new showroom, F-56 (first floor) Dakshinapan; 11am - 8pm: Alo, an exhibition of handmade paper lampshades.ALBUM LAUNCH
April 16 at 6 Ballygunge Place; 4pm: Renowned author Sunil Gangopadhyay will launch Sesher Kabita, a tribute to Tagore. Produced by Orion Entertainment.TRIBUTE
April 16 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 4.30pm: Pushpa Bitan Friendship Society presents a floral tribute as a symbolic gesture of its support to the people of Japan.FELICITATION
April 17 at Gyan Manch; 10am: Odissi danseuse Sanchita Bhattacharjee will be felicitated with Sangeet Shyamala Award. Chief guest: H.E. Mitsuo Kawaguchi, consul general of Japan in Calcutta. Also, prize distribution of art, craft and music contests, and a cultural programme by the students of Sangeet Shyamala and an Odissi recital by Sanchita Bhattacharjee.CELEBRATION
Till April 18 at Sree Thyagaraja Hall, P-530 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 24638296: Ved Bhavan Bhajan Samaj celebrates 71st Sri Ramanavami Mahotsavam. Today, 8.30am: Ashtapadi Bhajan by Kadayanallur K.S. Rajagopala Bhagavatar & party; at 6pm: Carnatic vocal by Kumari Auswarya Sundaram; and at 9pm: Divyanama Bhajan & Dolotsavam by Kadayanallur K.S. Rajagopala Bhagavatar & party. Tomorrow, 9.30am: Sitakalyanam by Kadayanallur K.S. Rajagopala Bhagavatar & party; at 1pm: Mangalya Dharanam & Deeparadhana; at 1.30pm: Samaradhanai; at 9pm: Dolotsavam.WORKSHOP
April 16 & 17 at Starmark (3 Lord Sinha Road and Mani Square); 12 noon to 1pm: Starmark and Hobby Ideas will hold art and craft workshops for children on clay modelling (April 16) and scrap book making (April 17). For more details and registration, call 99039 85097. April 16 at Oxford Bookstore Junior, Park Street; 11am to 1pm: Brain Gym workshop, a skill-based brain development programme with professional trainers from SIP Academy. For children of the age group 5 years to 12 years.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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