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Till January 9 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; 3 pm - 7 pm (Mondays) & 2 pm - 7 pm (Tuesdays to Saturdays): In Search of a Context, an exhibition about the relation of art to its setting of time, place, social and historical moorings. Artworks include paintings, sculptures, drawings, collage, films and video. Featuring works of Manas Acharya, Samir Aich, Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, Sumitro Basak, Rameshwar Broota, Shreyasi Chatterjee, Swarna Chitrakar, Jogen Chowdhury, Sougata Das, Partha Pratim Deb, Meera Devidayal, Early Bengal School, Anita Gopal, Subodh Gupta, Anup Mondal, Binode Behari Mukherjee, Ravinder G. Reddy, Satyajit Roy, Kingshuk Sarkar, Shakila, Shuvaprasanna, Mayank Kumar Shyam, Arpita Singh, J. Swaminathan, Rabindranath Tagore, Manish Waghdare, Ancient South Indian Sculpture, and Cinematic Installation by Rituparno Ghosh and Mainak Bhaumik. Till December 19 at Gallery K2, Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace, #2465 1444; 11 am - 7 pm: My World in Colours (Part 2) — an exhibition of recent works by Atri Sen. Till December 19 at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, Duckback House, #2287 3377/88; 11 am - 7 pm: Mother and Child — an exhibition of paintings and sculptures conceptualised by Sunil Das. Till December 20 at Taj Bengal, Promenade Lounge; 10 am - 11 pm: Recent works by Kuntal Dutta. The artist will be painting live from 3 pm to 6 pm. Till December 20 at Sanskriti Art Gallery, 5C Alipore Park Road: An exhibition of sculptures by Debabrata De. Till December 22 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 2275; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings on Kali. Till December 26 (except Sunday) at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, #22902274; 11 am - 7 pm, Mon - 2 pm to 7 pm: Modern Continuous — Works by Bikash Bhattacharjee, Dharmanarayan Dasgupta, Dipak Banerjee, Ganesh Pyne, Jogen Chowdhury, Lalu Prasad Shaw, Mee- ra Mukherjee, Paritosh Sen and Somnath Hore. Till December 26 (except Sunday) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: A Study in Abstraction — an exhibition featuring works of Manjari Chakravarti, Shridhar Iyer, Prabhakar Kolte, Manish Pushkale, Deepak Rajvar, Partha Shaw, S. Harsha Vardhana, Deepak Tandon and Neha Chandria. Till December 27 (except Monday and December 25) at Birla Academy of Art and Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition to mark the golden jubilee of Society of Contemporary Artists. Till December 28 at Starmark, South City Mall; 11 am - 8 pm: Paintings by Nina Das. Till December 30 (except December 26 & 27) at Emami Chisel Art Pvt. Ltd, 687 Anandapur, E.M. Bypass, #40113182; 11 am - 7 pm: Art & Craft Fair.PERFORMING ARTS
December 17 at Ramakrishna Mission Insti- tute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Vocal recital by Nagraj Rao Havaldar with Kedarnath Havaldar (tabla) and Hiranmoy Mitra (harmonium). December 17 - 24 at Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, 3 Regent Park: Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture holds its annual cultural celebratuion and handicrafts fai, Aspiration. Inauguration today at 4.30 pm by Prof. Karunasindhu Das, vice-chancellor, Rabindra Bharati University.DRAMA
Till December 20 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Kolkata Comedy Carnival hosts a festival of comedy plays. Today: Rang Roop’s Bumarang. Direction: Seema Mukhopadhyay. Till December 25 at Academy of Fine Arts: Nandikar’s 26th National Theatre Festival. Today at 6.30 pm: Kamdeo Ka Apna Basant Ritu Ka Sapna (Hindi). Produced by Naya Theatre, Bhopal and directed by Habib Tanvir. December 17 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Cinetel and Niva Arts present Homa Pakhi. Direction & performance: Soumitra Chatterjee.FESTIVAL
December 17 at Rabindra Sadan complex; 5 pm: Poush Utsav, organised by Rabindra Sadan and I&CA department, Government of West Bengal. Featuring Tagore songs, dances, recitations along with various forms of folk songs of Bengal amidst a handicrafts fair and Poush-parbon delicacies. Today: Tagore songs by Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta, Pubali Debnath, Pramita Mallick, Shampa Mukherjee, Rajashree Bhattacharya, Shamita Mukherjee, Sonali Halder, Rachayita Roy, Anushila Bose, Jayati Chakraborty, Arpita Das, Tanusree Bosu Sarkar, Soma Roy, Madhobi Dutta, Esha Mitra, Sudeshna Mitra, Dwijen Mukherjee, Abhirup Guha Thakurta, Subrata Sengupta, Gopal Patra, Aniruddha Singha, Supratik Das, Sutanu Mitra, Debabrata Banerjee and Santanu Roychowdhury; folk songs by Amar Paul, Prahlad Brahmachari, Pilokchandra Baul, Sanat Biswas and Sunilbaran Mahato; recitation by Ishita Das Adhikary, Medha Banerjee, Prabir Barhmachari, Kajol Sur, Raja Sarkar and Natasha Dasgupta; and dance by Purnima Ghosh, Aloka Kanungo, Malabika Sen, Priti Patel, Kohinoor Sen Barat, Indian Cultural Ensemble, Nrityangan, Mayur Lalit Dance Academy, Ananda Shankar Centre for Performing Arts, and Meerchhandam.FILM SHOW
Till December 17 at Nandan-II; 4 pm & 6.30 pm: Films Division, Government of India and Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre jointly present a festival of award-winning films from the Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation. Today, at 4 pm: Suicide (Intihar) (Lebanon; dir: Eliane Raheb), Pum Pum (USA; dir: Yashna M. Padamsee), A Seaside Story (Eka Sagar Kinare) (India; dir: Laxmikant Shetgaonkar), A Certain Liberation (Bangladesh; dir: Yasmin Kabir), and The Moment of Accepting Life (UK; dir: Robert Maclean). At 6.30 pm: Zero Degrees of Separation (Canada; dir: Elle Flanders), and Raju & I (India; dir: Gayatri Rao).IN MEMORIAM
December 17 at Abanindra Sabhagriha, Charukala Kendra; 6.15 pm: Forum for Film Studies and Allied Arts hosts a condolence meet to mourn the passing away of legendary singer Gita Ghatak a month ago on November 17, 2009.TALK
December 17 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 5.50 pm: Swami Vamanananda will speak on Spiritual Practice and Meditation. December 17 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 6 pm: Seema Chatterjee will speak on Sri Sri Mayer Padaprante. December 17 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Raj Krishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Mandukya-Karika.PHOTO EXHIBITION
Till December 20 at Birla Industrial and Technological Museum, 19A Gurusaday Road; 10 am - 5 pm: British Council and Birla Industrial and Technological Museum present Hard Rain, a project by eminent British photographer, author and environmental campaigner Mark Edwards. Till January 13 (except Sunday) at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #2461 3145; 10 am - 7 pm: Return to Eden — an exhibition of photography by Prabir Purkayastha. Curated by Ina Puri.EXHIBITION
Till December 18 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 10 am - 7 pm: Kamala (outlet of Crafts Council of India) presents crafts and textiles that have been sourced directly from Santiniketan artisans. Till December 24 at 218 AJC Bose Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Bombaim showcases an eclectic collection of dresses, clutch bags, jewellery and home accessories. Till December 31 at Halo Heritage, 26 Ritchie Road; 11.30 am - 8 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents an exhibition of its new range of durries and home accessories.WORKSHOP
December 18 - 20 at Minerva Theatre; 12 noon - 4 pm: Minerva Natya Sanskriti Charcha Kendra organises a drama workshop for students (12 yrs to 16 yrs), to be conducted by Emily Nixon, Ryerson University, Canada along with Amitabha Roy, Ashok Mukhopadhyay and Meghnad Bhattacharya.REUNION
December 20 at Asutosh College, main building, 3rd floor; 1 pm: The third reunion of the department of English, Asutosh College.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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