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Till January 18 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place; 10 am - 6 pm: Colors, obsessions and celebrations — an exhibition of artworks by Bula Sarkar (a painting by her appears here) and Dr Subhasis Biswas. Till January 19 at Bengal Art Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: Academy Theatre and Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, Calcutta present an exhibition of visuals and paintings on and by Rabindranath. Till January 19 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South-Wing A; 3 pm - 8 pm: Earthy, creations on terracotta by Nabendu Sengupta. Till January 19 at Sunil Art Gallery, 171/2D Rashbehari Avenie; 2 pm - 7 pm: Manasi presents an exhibition of recent works by Garima Singh, Satyabrata Karmakar, Rupali Roy and Hemanta Sengupta. Till January 23 at Presidency Court, 55 Gariahat Road; 3 pm - 7 pm: HSBC InvestDirect, in association with Chitrakoot Art Gallery, presents an exhibition of paintings, titled Early Paintings of Bengal in Oil. Till January 29 (except Sunday) at Aakriti Art Gallery, Orbit Enclave, 1st floor, 12/3A Hungerford Street, 2289 3027/ 5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: A Fleeting World: Paintings by Sunil De. Till January 30 (except Mondays & January 23, 26) at Birla Academy; 3 pm - 8 pm: Birla Academy of Art & Culture presents 44th Annual Exhibition 2011. Till January 30 (except Mondays & January 26) at Victoria Memorial Hall, Portrait Gallery; 10 am - 5 pm: An exhibition of paintings from the collection of Victoria Memorial Hall: India: Land and People by Western Artists. Till January 31 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: Paintings by Tanmoy Roy Chowdhury. Till February 12 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, 24484925/24497931; 12 noon - 8 pm: Masks & Metaphors — recent works of Jaya Ganguly.DRAMA
January 18 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Ektidal presents Bidhuda, a comedy written and directed by Rajat Ghosh. January 19 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Prachya presents Tritiyo Anka, Atayeb. Direction, direction & performance: Soumitra Chattopadhyay. January 20 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Belgharia Ethic will stage Kothay Pabo Tarey. Drama & direction: Debasis Sengupta. January 22 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Shohan will stage its latest production, Manbhanjan, based on a short story by Tagore. Direction: Anish Ghosh. January 22 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandipat will stage Shrinwantu Comrades. Direction: Bibhas Chakraborty. January 22 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.45 pm: Rang Roop presents Mayer Moto, directed by Seema Mukhopadhyay.pERFORMING ARTS
Till January 21 at Laban Hrad Mancha, BD Park, Salt Lake City; 4 pm - 9.30 pm: 24th Salt Lake Music Festival. Today: Kousik Bhattacharyya (vocal), Praveen Sheolikar (violin), Abhisek Mallik (sitar), Bidushi Suranjana Bose (vocal), and Pandit Naren Dhar (sarod). January 18 at Sujata Sadan; 5 pm: Surangama Kala Kendra presents a programme of songs in memory of Suchitra Mitra. Participants: Rajeshwar Bhattacharya, Mrinmoy Roy, Suchin Sinha, Debashis Chakraborty, Manasi Bhattacharya, Madhuchhanda Ghatak, Bela Sadhukhan, Manosree Lahiri, Sucharita Banerjee, Rekha Chakraborty, Kumkum Chatterjee, Utpal Dutta, Dipti Guha and Malabika Bhattacharya. Also, recitation by Tapas Nag, Debaki Roy and Prasun Guha. January 18 at Purbashree, EZCC, Salt Lake; 6 pm: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, in association with EZCC, presents Biswopraner Bani, a collage of Tagore songs, plays, essays poetry and dance-based compositions, to be performed by students of Bhavan’s Gangabux Kanroia Vidyamandir, Bhavan’s Asutosh College of Communication & Management, and Bhavan’s Sangeet & Nritya Shikshan Bharati. January 21 at Vivekananda Centenary Hall, Ramakrishna Mission Ashram, Narendrapur; 6.15 pm: On the occasion of its 54th annual festival, Ramakrishna Mission Blind Boys Academy, Narendrapur presents an evening of Tagore songs by Rahul Mitra. January 22 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Bhavna presents an evening of Tagore songs by Anindya Biswas, Anasua Choudhury, Gautam Chowdhury, Manisha Murali Nair, Manoj Murali Nair, Rakhi Sen and Swapan Basu. Tickets at hall (11 am - 7 pm) / 24557845. January 22 - 25 at Nazrul Mancha, Rabindra Sarovar; 8 pm onwards (night-long): Desh presents The Dover Lane Music Conference: 59th Annual Conference. January 22: Manjusha Patil (vocal), Avijit Ghosh (sarod), Gundecha Brothers (dhrupad), Kushal Das (sitar), Ajoy Chakraborty (vocal). January 23: Yamini Reddy (Kuchipudi), Kaushiki Desikan (vocal), Amaan Ali Khan (sarod), Rashid Khan (vocal). January 24: Rakesh Chaurasia (flute), Arati Anklikar (vocal), Dr N. Rajam (violin), Kaibalya Kumar Gurav (vocal), Shiv Kumar Sharma (santoor). January 25: Jayateerth Mevundi (vocal), Rajendra Prasanna (flute), Ashwini Bhide (vocal), Amjad Ali Khan (sarod).IN MEMORIAM
January 18 at Bichitra, Jorasanko Thakurbari complex; 4 pm: Tribute to the Rabindrasangeet legend, Suchitra Mitra. A documentary film, Suchitra Mitra, directed by Raja Sen, will be screened on the occasion.TALK
January 18 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Nikhilatmananda will speak in Hindi on Sri Ramakrishna Bhavadhara ki Apurvata. /I> January 18 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 6.05 pm: Discourse on Life and Techings of Swami Turiyanandaji Maharaj by Swami Jnanalokananda. /I> January 18 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake City; 6 pm: Discussion on Life of Swami Turiyanandaji Maharaj by Swami Somatmananda. /I> January 18 at Ramakrishna Mancha, Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 6.30 pm: Reading from the life of Swami Turiyanandaji Maharaj. Speaker: Swami Niyatatmananda. January 18 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Lecture Hall; 7 pm: Prof. Samir Kumar Basu will speak on Man O Manus.exhibition
Till January 23 at Abanindranath Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 10 am - 6 pm: A spectacular collection of mainly traditional Japanese dolls of various forms, sunch as Miyabi, Tsubaki, etc., in a typical Japanese ambience. Till January 19 at Sunil Art Gallery, 171/2D Rashbehari Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition by Dhii (artwork & soft furnishing).QUIZ
January 21 at Victoria Memorial Hall; 2 pm - 6 pm: British Council is organizing an inter-school quiz competition, Explore UK Quiz, in association with Victoria Memorial Hall, for students of classes VII, VIII & IX. To be conducted by conducted by Barry O’Brien. The quiz will be based on the United Kingdom – its culture, society, geography, environment , people, history, sports music, etc. Any school can nominate a maximum of three teams, every team comprising one student each from Class VI, VIII & IX. The top 12 teams would be selected for Semi Final rounds on stage, which would be multimedia shows. The top six teams from the semi finals would qualify for the Grand Finale. Interested schools can register with the British Council by calling 22825370 or 40074355. Last date for registrations is January 19. January 23 at Khamarpara Sishu Sangha, Bansberia, Hooghly; 11 am: An open-to-all quiz contest. For details, contact 9748148171.WORKSHOP
Till February 6 at Starmark, Mani Square (2nd floor); 12 noon - 1 pm: Starmark will hold Hobby Ideas’ weekend art and craft workshops for children between 3 years and 12 years: card making (January 29), origami (January 22), clay modelling (January 23), bag making (January 30), coaster designing (February 5) and glass painting (February 6). Registration fees: Rs 100 per workshop. For more details, call 99039 85097. January 20 at Happy Hours Multiactivity Hub, CD-69, Salt Lake; 11 am - 1 pm: Learn exotic Lebanese dishes — pita bread, falafel, hummus, pilaf rice and vegetables, mediterranean salad. To register, contact 9830227778. January 21 - 23 at The Conclave, 216 AJC Bose Road; 9 am - 6 pm: Workshop on Basic Clinical Hypnotherapy, an independent workshop for individuals who want to understand how the mind works, how we block ourselves with our limiting belief systems and how to overcome them, and implant positive suggestions in our minds. It is also the first step in a 5-step process in becoming Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist. Advance registration required. Contact 9830129292. January 21 - February 2 at Studio E2-69, 8/1 Esplanade East; 7 pm - 8.30 pm: A 10-day workshop on Rock and Roll Jive (Club Dancing) by Mr S. Mukherjee. For further details, contact Suman (9830019635). January 23 & 30 at Eduzone, Southern Avenue; 11 am onwards: One hour free diagnostic test & a free workshop on SAT, GRE, GMAT, TOEFL & IELTS. Certification courses in basic, intermediate and advanced French & Spanish. Public speaking, personality enhancement, spoken English and soft skill courses on offer. See www. eduzoneindia.com. Register at eduzoneindia@gmail.com or call 9830020277, 92306135278.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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