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Till September 1 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Towers (2nd floor), 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, 24858717 / 24858509; Mondays: 3pm - 7pm; Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2pm - 7pm: Summer Show 2012, an exhibition of works by Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Sumitro Basak, Shivanand Basavanthappa, Timir Brahma, Jayasri Burman, Sreyasi Chatterjee, Anju Chaudhuri, Jogen Chowdhury, Sougata Das, Apu Dasgupta, Rini Dhumal, Anirban Ghosh, Roul Hemanta, Pandit Bhila Khairnar, Rajan Krishnan, Paresh Maity, Santosh More, Anirban Mukherjee, Chandana Mukherjee, Sumantra Mukherjee, Tushar Potdar, Ganesh Pyne, Suhas Roy, Shakila, Lalu Prosad Shaw, Sanjeev Sonpimpare, Chintan Upadhyay, T. Vaikuntam and others. Till July 17 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central & Southern Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: All India Contemporary Art Exhibition hosted by Sarbabharatiya Sangeet O Sanskriti Parishad. Till July 17 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3pm - 8pm: Shade Inside, the third solo exhibition of paintings by Utteeya Sen. Till July 17 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: The Circles, paintings and sculpture by various artists. Till July 17 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Nature, an exhibition of paintings by Pousali Das. Till July 18 at Gallery Gold, 11 Abdul Rasul Avenue, near Menoka cinema; 3pm - 8pm: Value Art, paintings by eminent artists from India and South East Asia. Till July 31 (except Sundays) at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park; 2pm - 7pm: Akar Prakar presents Works by Benode Behari Mukherjee curated by Debdutta Gupta. Till July 31 at (Sundays by appointment only) at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 11.30am - 6pm: The Rapture of Form, paintings by a group of well-known artists. Till August 31 at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, 40034974, 22894745; 12noon - 7pm: SD Ahuja Foundation hosts its annual exhibition for final year art students.performing arts
July 16 at La Martiniere for Girls, Millennium Hall; 4.15pm: Global Village: The Cultural Extravaganza 2012. Presented by AIESEC Calcutta, American Center, Calcutta, La Martiniere for Girls and FACES. To be inaugurated today, this five-day interactive festival will bring together 17 city schools for a celebration of 15 different countries. July 16 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30pm: Bhavna presents Premer Badal Namlo — an evening of Tagore songs on the rainy season to be rendered by Manoj Murali Nair and Manisha Murali Nair. Radio partner: 91.9 Friends FM. Also, launch of an audio CD of 10 Tagore songs on monsoon sung by the two artistes. July 16 at Girish Mancha; 6pm: Chhandasheer presents Rabindra Sandhya featuring songs by Suman Panthi, Debashree Biswas, Anita Mukherjee, Kumkum Sen, Sikha Chowdhury, Sumita Basu and Barnali Ghosh Dastidar.drama
July 16 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Naye Natua presents Osama. Direction and performance: Goutam Halder. July 17 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30pm: Shilpi Sangha presents two short plays for children: Tuntuni Lo (a Sandarbha production) and Prithibir Asukh Bisukh. Written and directed by Soumitra Basu. July 18 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30pm: Samstab presents Mushthiyog. Direction & performance: Dwijen Bandopadhyay.photographs
Till July 17 at Gaganendra Pradarshashala; 2pm - 8pm: Chitpurer Galpo Rabindra Saranite, an exhibition of photographs by Ajoy Sil. Till July 19 at Nandalal Bose Gallery, RTC, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani: Forgotten Grandeur: Stately Homes in the City of Palaces, a photographic exhibition by Anirban Mitra. Hosted by Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, Calcutta, as part of its Horizon Series. Till July 24 (except Sunday) at The Seagull Foundation for the Arts, 36C SP Mukherjee Road; 2pm - 8pm: Vacheron Constantin and Tasveer present Divine Moments by Raghu Rai.screening
July 16 at Portrait Gallery of Victoria Memorial Hall; 6.30pm: Victorial Memorial Hall hosts the screening of Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s documentary film Jorasanko Thakurbari. The filmmaker will introduce the film and interact with the audience after the screening.talk
July 16 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6pm: Swami Narendrananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga. July 16 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15pm: Swami Ritananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga. July 16 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7pm: Professor Amarendra Das will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita Prasanga. July 16 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19A & B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7pm: Dr Bhupendra Nath Seal will speak on Bharat Premik Swami Abhedananda.exhibition
Till July 16 at Ice Skating Rink; 11am - 8pm: Rakhi Mela Exhibition-cum-sale in association with t2. Till July 20 at Sasha Shop, 27 Mirza Ghalib Street; 10am - 7pm (Sundays: 10am - 1pm): Out of Africa, a collection of African handicrafts, curios, masks, figurines, jewellery and other artifacts.workshop
July 16 at Kriya Studio, 26/3 Ballygunge Circular Road; 11.30am - 2pm: Bridgette Jones makeover workshop for the festive season. Learn to do the latest trends in make-up, hairstyling and skincare. For registration, call 9830379166. July 22 at Space, 3rd floor, C521 Lake Gardens; 5pm - 7pm: Music Gym presents an interactive workshop on Bengali folk and modern musicto be conducted by Arko Mukherjee. For more details and to register, contact 9831673245 / 9748764360 / 9830808573 / 9051152417 or email to c521space@gmail.com July 22 at Space, 3rd floor, C521 Lake Gardens; 5pm - 7pm: Music Gym presents an interactive workshop Guitar Tones and Sound Design, to be conducted by Bodhisattwa Ghosh. For details on registration, contact 9831673245 / 9748764360.script-writing
Till July 22: British Council, KMDA and Manchester Metropolitan University invite schools to submit scripts for Annual Inter-School Drama Festival 2012. The theme is India — UK: A Modern Fairytale, which focuses on cultural relations between India and UK in the 21st century. All scripts to be submitted to samarjit.guha@in.britishcouncil.org by July 22. For more information, visit http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/regions/islAll those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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