art
Till June 30 at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Towers (2nd floor), 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, 24858717 / 24858509; Mondays: 3pm - 7pm; Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2pm - 7pm: Punch Sena: Art from Navi Mumbai. Participants: Pandit Bhila Khairnar, Roul Hemanta, Sanjeev Sonpimpare, Santosh More and Tushar Potdar. Till May 20 (except Mondays) at Mirage Art Gallery, 701 Block P, 1st floor, New Alipore; 3pm - 8pm: Expressions — an exhibition of paintings, sculpture and photography by well-known artists. Till May 20 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 108 Southern Avenue, 4th floor; 3pm - 8pm: Earth Voices, an exhibition of paintings on nature and wildlife by Alka Yadav and Vinod Kumar Yadav. Till May 22 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Harmony, an exhibition of paintings by Anindya Mukherjee, Asok Mondal, Atin Mitra, Chandan Das, Dinonath Saha, Nikhil Biswas, Naba Kumar Ghosh, Kuntal Adhikary and Sujit Karmakar. Till May 22 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: The Blue Sky presents its ninth group exhibition. Participants: Prabhat C Sen, Milanendu Mondal, Shyamsundar Mukherjee, Dilip Kumar Sasmalm Subhendu Ghosh and Sushanta Dutta. Till May 22 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery ‘A’; 3pm - 8pm: A solo exhibition of sculptures by Swakusa. Till May 22 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery ‘B’; 3pm - 8pm: Nature, the fifth solo exhibition of paintings by Puspita Ray. Till May 28 at Shree Art Gallery, 23 Pankaj Mullick Sarani, 2nd floor; 3pm - 7pm: Summer Show featuring works by Dwijen Gupta, Debabrata Chakravarti, Ratan Acharya, Dhiren Sasmal, Subrata Shankar Sen and others. Till May 31 at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road: Experimenter presents Conversations in Hyperreality, Saira Ansari’s first solo exhibition in India. Till May 31 (except Sundays) at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani; 11am - 7pm (Mondays, 2pm - 7pm): Summer Show 2012. Participants: Annapurna Mondal, Debasish Manna, Murali Cheeroth, Prantik Chattopadhyay, Pulak Sanpui, Riya Chatterjee, Saurav Roy Chowdhury and others. Till June 10 at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road: Objects, an exhibition of works by Paula Sengupta, Nantu Behari Das, Partha Shaw, Avijit Mukherjee and others.drama
May 17 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Sudrak presents Dahonanto. May 17 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: Durgadas Smrity Sangha presents Goraye Galod. Direction: Tirthankar Chattopadhyay. May 17 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30pm: Pancham Vaidic presents Rajnaitik Hatya (Direction: Saoli Mitra) as part of Mohonamukhi Natya Utsav, organised by Samakalin Sanskriti. May 17 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Theatre Workshop presents Goenda Poabaro. Story: Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay. Direction: Kamal Manna. May 20 at Madhusudan Mancha; 7pm: Nandikar presents Anto-Aadi-Anto, inspired by the French play, La Musica, penned by Margurite Duras. Adaptation: Rudraprasad Sengupta. Performance: Debsankar Halder and Sohini Sengupta. Music: Swatilekha Sengupta. Direction: Debsankar Halder.performing arts
May 17 at Satyajit Ray Auditorium, ICCR; 6pm: Shrutibritto presents Rabindra Utsav. Performers: Srikanto Acharya, Prabuddha Raha, Srijato and Suvadeep Chakraborty. Group performance: Rabindrasangeet presented by Bhabanipur Baikali; direction: Pramita Mullick. Dance production: Dakhina Pabane presented by Kalamandalam; choreographed by Guru Thankamani Kutty. Also, Sumitra Sen, Guru Thankamani Kutty and Alokananda Roy will be honoured with Shruti-Rabindra Samman. May 17 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6pm: Lokayeter Gaan. Featuring Prof. Sudhir Chakraborty (narration) and Tapan Roy (singer). May 17 at Purbashree, EZCC, Salt Lake; 6pm: EZCC’s tribute to Tagore on his birth anniversary. Featuring Rabindrasangeet by Deepanjan Roy, Balaka Sen and Banhisikha Bandyopadhyay; Tumi Sandhyar Meghamala (a dance programme accompanied by Rabindrasangeet) presented by Kankana Bhattacharya; and a music programme, Puratani Rabindranath (direction: Chandabali Rudra Dutta), presented by Geetika. May 18 at Tantra, The Park; 7pm: Tantra Live! Featuring Cassini’s Divison.seminar
May 17 at Vidyasagar Hall, The Asiatic Society, 1 Park Street; 10.30am: Seminar on The Centenary of the National Anthem.quiz
May 19 at Dalhousie Institute; 5pm: The DI-Patton Quiz. Spot registration. Quizmaster: Neil O’Brien.talk
May 17 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7pm: Niranjan Dutta will read from Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita.exhibition
Till May 18 at India Kitsch, 37C Hindusthan Road; 11am - 7pm: Summer Love, showcasing the dreamy, eclectic and colourful spring-summer collection of clothing and accessories including Indian and Western wear, jewellery, bags, shoes and other knick knacks. Till May 21 at Design, 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road: Stock clearance sale. Till May 25 at Sasha Shop, 27 Mirza Ghalib Street: Cotton Coolers, the latest collection of summer-friendly garments and saris in cottons and organic cottons with prints and embroidery, and accessories including jewellery, bags and shoes, home linen and more. Also showcasing summer garments and accessories for children.football
Till May 26 (except Mondays) at CC&FC; weekends: 4.30pm; Tuesdays - Fridays: 6.30pm: CC&FC 5-a-side Invitational Football Tournament for The Telegraph Cup presented by Imperial Blue in association with Canon.summer camp
June 4 - 9 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place; 10am - 4pm: Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts and Intellectree presents the summer camp — Away From Home!! Away From School — Just Be Kids!! A summer workshop for kids in the age group 5 - 10 years with loads of fun and knowledge-based activities. Last date of registration: May 20. For details contact Amita Mitra or Puja Gupta at 24613145 / 9830632197.workshop
May 17 at First Passion, 25 Allenby Road; 12pm - 4pm: Learn 65 items of cakes, desserts, chocolates, bread-making, snacks, coffee and much more. For more information, call 9830071720. May 17 at Jain House, 8/1 Esplanade East; 3pm - 6pm: Fun bakery workshop for kids. For details, contact Suman at 9830019635. May 18 at Mama Mia, 59 Ballygunge Circular Road; 4pm - 6pm: All veg savouries workshop. Call 9830708456 to register. May 19 & 26 at 37/3 Gariahat Road (South): Free summer workshops on CAT, GRE, GMAT, Bank PO entrance and aptitude development programmes by reputed trainers. Register by sms with your name, email id and subject to 9874710395 or email to catlearnserv@gmail.com. May 21 - June 15 at 27B Camac Street: Dance for fun and fitness — a special workshop by Chandan Verma on zumba/ Western/ contemporary forms of dance. Contact 9836665651 for details. May 24 at Red Kitchen & Lounge, Alipore; 3.30pm - 6pm: Spice Up hosts a cooking workshop where participants can learn to mkae Mongolian and starters from chef Sharabjeet Singh. Till May 25 at Camlin Arts, Elgin Road: A workshop in fine arts (oil /water paintings, pastels, charcoal, sketching and shading). Calligraphy, fancy writings. Certification courses in French, Spanish and English. Contact 9830647476; 9804791446. May 19 - 24 at Padatik Dance Centre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road: Kathak workshop by Pandit Birju Maharaj assisted by Saswati Sen. For details, contact 9830059978. May 20 at Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, 19A Gurusaday Road; 1pm - 5pm: Workshop on magic as tribute to PC Sorcar, organised by The Society to Amateur Magicians. For details, call Magician Shyamal Kumar at 9477175341, 9831721849, 23216734. May 20 - 24 at Tagore Research Institute; 3pm - 7pm: Shinjan Nrityalaya hosts a workshop on Bandhya Nritya, an acrobatic limb of Odissi, by Guru Laxmidhar Swain, Dimirisena, Orissa. May 20 - 28 at Sangeetangan, 50B Halderpara Road; 10am - 2pm: Shinjan Nrityalaya hosts an Odissi dance workshop conducted by Aloka Kanungo. May 21 onwards at Mahila Parishad, 15 Balaram Dey Street: Artist Kalyanji Joshi will conduct a 10-day workshop on pichhwai, Rajasthani oil painting and rangoli. For details, call 22590347 / 22590489 / 9883144071.food festival
Till May 20 at Hotel Hindustan International; 11.30am - 3pm & 7.30pm - 11pm: Filipino Food Festival at Mythh. Till May 31 at Chrome Hotel, 226 AJC Bose Road: Khanasutra, the North Indian restaurant, is organising a Kebab and Beer Festival with special kebab items for lunch and dinner.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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