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Art
Till December 5 (except Sunday) at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #2289 3027/5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: Time’s Whirlwind — Art of Satish Gujral. Till November 18 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and ceramics by Partha Dey. Till November 20 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 1st floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of recent watercolours by Shyamal Sen. Till November 20 at Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: A painting exhibition featuring works by four young artists. Till November 21 at Tejas Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #9830049825; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Tejas Gallery is hosting its third annual Devi show by 24 artists. The exhibits, numbering approximately 70, include both gods and goddesses. Till November 22 at Bodhi Tree-Monastery of Art, 48/44 Swiss Park, #2424 6534; 2 pm - 7 pm: Contemporary art exhibition of paintings and sculptures presented by Kolkata Canvas. Till November 28 (except Sunday) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: T(HERE) and the space between..., an exhibition of works by Kiran Chandra. Till November 28 (Sunday by appointment) at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #9831005003, 65508418; 10.30 am - 6.30 pm: Color Immersion — an exhibition of the works by Atin Basak, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Subrata Saha, Aditya Basak, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Subrata Pal, Suhas Roy, Bratin Khan, Gourango Beshai, Sibsaday Chaudhuri and others. Till November 28 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Young Bengal— an exhibition of paintigs, drawings and graphics featuring works of Amit Manna, Anirban Khamaru, Anjan Modak, Ankan Chakraborty, Satavisha Hazra and Soma Das. Till November 29 (except Monday) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Astonishment of Being, an exhibition comprising the works of eminent artists from various parts of India. Exhibits include paintings, sculptures, photographs, installations and video. Curated by Deeksha Nath. Till November 30 at 26 Lee Road, ground floor; 11.30 am - 7.30 pm: The inaugural exhibition of Ahuja Museum for the Arts features over 1000 works from the museum’s collection. Till November 30 (except Sunday) at Gallery K2, Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace, #2465 1444; 11 am - 7 pm: A solo show of recent works by Tapas Kanti Mitra. Till November 30 (except Monday) at Shree Art Gallery, Kusum Apartments, 11 Gurusaday Road, Flat no. 61, #6452 3766; 3 pm - 7 pm: Affordable art exhibition by eminent and upcoming artists of West Bengal.DRAMA
November 17 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Ballygunge Swapnasuchana will stage Biddho Aakash, written by Chittaranjan Ghosh and directed by Sudipta Sarkar. November 17 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Sandarbah and Shilpi Sangha jointly present Tagore’s Bidooshak and Dena Paona. Direction: Soumitra Basu. November 19 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sundaram presents Ja Nei Bharatey. Drama, direction & performance: Manoj Mitra. November 19 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Rang Roop will stage Byaram Biram, directed by Seema Mukhopadhyay. November 20 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Gandhar will stage Kachher Manush, with Debshakar Haldar and Bijoylakshmi Barman in the lead. Dir: Gautam Haldar, filmmaker. November 21 at Tapan Theatre, 6.30 pm: Nandipat presents Ballavpurer Roopkatha. Direction: Prakash Bhattacharya. November 21 at The Bengal Club; 7 pm: Stagecraft will stage A Slice of Life, directed by Rohit Pombra.INAUGURATION
November 17 at Crossword, Elgin Road; 4.45 pm: Ruskin Bond inaugurates the Crossword-Penguin Fest (in association with t2). Fest continues till December 13. Attractive offers on Penguin Books for the entire period across five Crossword stores.PERFORMING ARTS
November 17 at Birla Academy; 6.30 pm: A musical soiree, Nataraj Rituranga Sala, will be staged. Organised by Roma Chakravarty, Shantiniketan Puratani. November 17 at Calcutta School of Music; 7 pm: In collaboration with Embassy of Paraguay, Calcutta School of Music presents a soprano by Cristina Vera Diaz with international piano accompanist Nathalie Bouquin. November 19 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: An evening of dhrupad featuring Bishoke Sil (rudraveena) with Swarup Ghosal (pakhawaj) and Ritwik Sanyal (vocal) with Tapas Das (pakhawaj). November 21 at Science City; 6 pm: In aid of Institute of Child Health, Basanti Bidyabithi (Manoranjan Sen Smriti Samsad Trust) and West Bengal Motion Picture Artists’ Forum present a solo sarod recital by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan with Subhankar Banerjee on the tabla. November 21 at Gyan Manch; 6 pm: RaagReet presents Sufi ke rang... Khayal ke sang.... An evening of Hindustani classical music compositions and Sufi Kalam by Kumar Mukherjee and his students.BOOK exhibition
Till November 23 at Worldview Bookstore, Jadavpur University campus, Subarna Jayanti Bhawan; 11 am - 7 pm: Penguin Books India, in association with Worldview Bookstore, presents Penguin Classics Library. This month-long exhibition also includes talks, discussions and readings at the venue.TALK
November 17 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 5.50 pm: Discourse on Sri Sri Ma Sarada Punthi by Swami Snehamayananda. November 17 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Somatmananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Mayer Katha. November 17 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 7 pm: Indo-German Association, Calcutta Lecture on Development of Newer Materials in the Salvation of Electrochemical Solution by Dr D. Mukherjee, dy dir (redtd), CECRI.SYMPOSIUM
November 17 at ITC The Sonar; 9.30 am onwards: National Marketing Symposium, organised by Indian Institute of Foreign Trade.PHOTOGRAPHS
Till November 21 at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, #2486 6735; 11 am - 7 pm: Home and the Street — an exhibition of black-and-white photographs taken by Sumit Basu, Jayanta Saha, Kushal Ray, Nilanjan Ray and Saibal Das. Curated by Christopher Taylor. Till November 24 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, #24556942/43; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts and Tasveer present Tales of Chitpur — an exhibition of photographs by Saibal Das.BOOK LAUNCH
November 17 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Macmillan Publishers India Ltd hosts the launch of Little Leaders & Young Leaders, a series on character building and citizenship, in presence of the author Shiv Khera. Guests of Honour: Gautam Mohan Chakrabarti and Harshvarshan Neotia.EDUCATION
November 17 & 18 at Taj Bengal; 2 pm - 7 pm: British Council’s Education UK exhibition. Today’s seminar schedule: Scholarships and the PBS (4 pm to 5 pm), Business and Management (5 pm to 6 pm) and IT and Enginerring Courses (6 pm to 7 pm). Pre-register at www.educationuk-in.org or register on the spot.EXHIBITION
Till November 17 at Science City; 10 am - 6 pm: The Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) Expo 2009 showcases varieties of metals and minerals production technologies, automation breakthroughs, latest international processes and equipments and tools. November 17 - 25 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace (1st floor); 10 am - 7 pm: Shrujan presents the finest hand-crafted embroidery from the magical land of Kutch. Inauguration by Dr Bharati Ray today at 11.30 am. Till November 20 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of Urushi by eminent Japanese artist Higashibata Yui is a unique collection of his masterpieces on lacquer. Organised by Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts in association with Consulate General of Japan in Calcutta and ICCR. 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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