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ART
Till September 17 at Bengal Art Gallery (1st floor), ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 12 noon - 8 pm: A solo painting exhibition by Ketut I Suwidiarta, who is pursuing his masters degree in fine arts at Rabindra Bharati University on ICCR scholarship. Till September 18 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #2289 3027/5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: No Content Worries: Trends of Contemporary Art 2010. Featuring works by Barun Chowdhury, Debashis Datta, Ketan Amin, Mansoor Ali, Nantu Behari Das, Nobina Gupta, Pappu Bardhan, Partha Guin, Priyanka Lahiri, Sagar Bhowmik, Sandip Daptari, Saptarshi Naskar, Somit Gupta and Vivek Sharma. Till September 19 at Birla Academy of art & Culture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: We Are, a platform for contemporary artists, presents its 2nd exhibition of paintings, drawings & sculptures. Till September 19 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and ceramic sculptures by Rita Jhunjhunwala and Usha Garodia, respectively. Till September 30 (except Sundays) at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, 2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm: Parables of Our Times — recent works by Mahbubur Rahman & Tayeba Begum Lipi.PERFORMING ARTS
Till September 16 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: The Dover Lane Music Conference & The Dover Lane Music Academy present a festival of classical dance. Today: Debjaya Sarkar (Kathak), Sharmila Biswas & group (Odissi), Geeta Chandran (Bharata Natyam). September 16 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: An evening of Bengali classical songs by Sugata Margit, with Subrata Gupta (tabla) and Hiranmoy Mitra (harmonium). September 16 at Birla Academy; 6 pm: Chhandam presents Tagore songs on the rainy season, to be followed by an Odissi dance recital by Kaberi Sen. September 16 at Satyajit Ray Auditorium, RTC, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 6.30 pm: Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR Calcutta presents, in its Horizon series, an evening of Tagore songs by Sreyashi Mitra.drama
September 16 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents its latest production, Madhabi. Drama: Bhisma Sahni. Adaptation, music & direction: Swatilekha Sengupta. Acting: Rudraprasad Sengupta, Debshankar Halder, Parthapratim Deb, Sumanta Ganguly and Sohini Sengupta. September 16 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Aneek presents Lal Ghasey Neel Ghora. Direction: Malay Biswas.TALK / SEMINAR
September 16 - 18 at Jorasanko Thakurbari & Presidency University; 10 am: Gandhi Centre for North-Eastern Languages, Bengali, Santhali & Hindi of Presidency University and Rabindra Bharati University are jointly organising an international seminar on Impact of Partition of India on Literature of Indian Subcontinent. September 16 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5.30 pm: Dr Sitanath Goswami will speak in Sanskrit on Bhagavad-Gita. September 16 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 6.35 pm: Swami Vamanananda will speak on Spiritual Practice and Guided Meditation. September 16 at Ramakrishna Mancha, Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 7 pm: Swami Niyatatmananda will speak on Mayer Katha. September 16 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Br. SatyaChaitanya will speak on Letters of Swami Vivekananda. September 16 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7 pm: Anjali Banerjee will speak on Mayer Katha.LIFESTYLE
September 16 at Taj Khazana, Taj Bengal; 10 am - 9 pm: Taj’s in-house lifestyle store Taj Khazana is hosting an exclusive Trunk Show, exhibiting a treasure of meticulously hand-woven saris and fabrics accessorised with classic and contemporary jewellery.EXHIBITION
Till October 13 at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Towers, 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, 2485 8717/8509; 11 am - 8 pm: Art in Life 2010 — an exhibition of saris, jewellery, exclusive fashion & lifestyle textiles, brocade handbags, T-shirts, masks, decorative arts, furniture, and carpets/dhurries. September 16 - 19 at Anusthan Bhavan, Deshapriya Park crossing; 10.30 am - 8.30 pm: A designer boutique festival by Soma Creatives. Till September 18 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, 24613145: Exotic botanical prints and artist jewellery by Birgitta Volz. Till September 20 at Sasha shop, 27 Mirza Ghalib Street, 22521586; Monday - Saturday 10 am - 7 pm, Sunday 10 am - 1 pm: Sasha presents its garments and accessories exhibition, Paroma. The collection includes embroidered silks and cottons, block prints and khari, stoles, jewellery and other accessories. Also, a collection from Sonam Dubal. Till September 20 at 10 Satyen Dutta Road, #2465 1697; 11 am - 8 pm: Toontooni’s exhibition of exclusive handloom saris, Mekhla-chadar sets, Punjabis and Kantha items. Till September 26 at Sravasti, 14/97 Golf Club Road, Tollyguge, 24734546; 2 pm - 8 pm: KeyaChaitali’s exclusive fair of kurtas, photuas, short kurtas, T-shirts, salwar-kurtas, wrap-around sets, Saradins, Nakshi Kantha, batik, appliqued, block-printed cotton & silk saris, dopattas & scarves, blouse pieces, costume jewellery and bags. Till September 27 at P-249 Purna Das Road, 40086878; 11 am - 8 pm: Darbari’s exhibition of handloom, embroidered & block-printed saris, fabrics, suits, tops, skirts, dupattas, stoles and men’s wear.WORLD ALZHEIMER’S DAY
September 16 at Rotary Sadan, 94/2 Jawaharlal Nehru Road; 10.30 am: On the occasion of World Alzheimer’s Day 2010, Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India, Calcutta Chapter organises a congregation comprising Dementia Awareness (10.30 am), Memory Screening (1 pm) and Dementia Solidarity (3.30 pm) sessions. Guest of honour: Nabaneeta Dev Sen. A short film, Asampta, in which Soumitra Chatterjee has essayed an Alzheimer’s patient’s character, will be screened.SCREENING
September 16 at Nandan II; 6 pm: Films Division, Government of India and Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre jointly present ‘Mahanayak: A Superstar’s Journey’ — featuring a documentary (A Superstar’s Journey) by Swapan Das at 6 pm; and a news coverage (INR 1660 - Funeral of Uttam Kumar) directed by CKM Rao at 7 pm.ALBUM LAUNCH
September 16 at Cafe Thé, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 6 pm: Launch of Tumi Karey Chao, an audio CD of songs of Atulprasad, Dwijendralal and Rajanikanta rendered by Indrani Mukhopadhyay and produced by Bhavna Records and Cassettes. Dilip Kumar Roy, Bharati Roy, Nabaneeta Dev Sen and Bani Basu will be present on the occasion.QUIZ
September 17 at Rotary Sadan, 94/2 Jawaharlal Nehru Road; 6.30 pm onwards: The Advertising Club (Calcutta) hosts the prelims of Fastest Finger First (individual open quiz for all).WORKSHOP
September 17 at The Crystal East Room, Taj Bengal; 2 pm: Shristi Developers Limited is organising a design workshop for owners & prospective owners of apartments of Project V.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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