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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.drama
September 18 (5 pm) & September 19 (4 pm) at Gyan Manch: Padatik presents the 5th Patton Inter-School One-Act Play Competition. This year’s topic is based on adaptation of Tagore’s work or any script inspired by Tagore’s work. Judges: Samarjit Guha and Joyraj Bhattacharya. Show schedule: Today: Modern High School for Girls (5.30 pm), St Thomas Girls’ School (6 pm), St Augustine’s Day School (6.30 pm), La Martinere for Boys (7 pm) & Birla High for Boys (7.30 pm). Tomorrow: Park English School (4 pm), Heritage School (4.30 pm), St James School (5 pm), Lakshmipat Singhania Academy (5.30 pm) & La Martiniere for Girls (6 pm). September 18 - 20 at Sree Thyagaraja Hall, P-530 Raja Basanta Roy Road; 6.30 pm: Rasika Ranjana Sabha presents a festival of Tamil plays to be staged by United Visuals, Chennai. Today: Neradi Oliparappu. Tomorrow: IPL Kudumbam. September 18 at Academy of Fine Arts: At 3 pm: Sangalp presents Ratnakar (inspired by Tagore’s Balmiki Pratibha); Dir: Kuntal Mukhopadhyay. At 6.45 pm: Shrinwantu Comrades (Dir: Bibhas Chakraborty) by Ekti Dal. September 18 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nat-Ranga presents Snuopoka, written and directed by Sohan Bandopadhyay. September 18 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: Purba Paschim presents Tagore’s Raktakarabi, directed by Gautam Haldar, filmmaker. September 18 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Pratikriti presents Padma Nadir Majhi. Direction: Alok Deb. September 19 at Academy of Fine Arts: At 10 am: Tagore’s Bisarjan (Dir: Suman Mukhopadhyay) by Tritiyo Sutra. At 3.30 pm: Natasena presents Na Hanyate (Dir: Durga Chakraborty). At 6.15 pm: Aurangzeb (Dir: Harimadhab Mukhopadhyay) by Rangapat. September 19 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Niva Arts presents Homapakhi. Direction & performance: Soumitra Chatterjee. September 19 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan will stage the 100th show of Helmet. Direction: Anish Ghosh. September 19 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: Tairey Nairey — Anya Theatre’s latest production. Drama, music & direction: Goutam Halder September 19 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Ekti Dal presents Bidhuda. Dir: Rajat Ghosh.PERFORMING ARTS
September 18 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, 2461 3145; 6 pm: Rabichhaya presents Smritisudha, in which 97-year-old Roma Chakrabarty, disciple of Rabindranath Tagore, will share her nostalgic memories of Tagore, Dinendranath Tagore, Kshitimohan Sen, Indira Debi Choudhurani, Nanadalal Basu and Pratima Bouthan. To accompany her enriched memories will be some Tagore songs to be rendered by Pubali Debnath, Sudeshna Sanyal Rudra and Biswarup Rudra. September 19 at Aban Mahal; 6 pm: Charuchetana presents its 14th annual function with Tagore songs accompanied by dance, and poems on Tagore. Also, Nandikar will stage the play, Dulia, directed by Swatilekha Sengupta.CHURCH CHOIR
September 18 at St Paul’s Cathedral; 6 pm: A festival of church choirs. All are welcome.TALK
September 18 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Divyananda will speak on Sri Ramakrishner Bhaktabrinda. September 18 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Purnananda will speak in Bengali on Swami Saradanander Vedanta-Bhavana. September 18 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak on Mrityu Rahasya. September 18 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7 pm: Swami Pareshatmananda will speak on Vivekchudamani.LAUNCH
September 18 at Seagull Bookstore, 31A S.P. Mukherjee Road; 5 pm: Human Rights Law Network (HINL) hosts the release of its publications: HIV & the Law and Handbook for Activists on Juvenile Justice in Bengali. September 19 at Rabindra Sadan; 10 am: Launch of RagRanjani’s Hey Bandhu Hey Nath, a CD of Tagore songs rendered by Irabati Bose. September 19 at Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad; 6 pm: Prof. Muzaffar Hanfi will release the first ever theatre magazine in Urdu, Rang Rasa. Organised by Little Thespian. September 18 at Starmark, Mani Square, 2nd floor, 164/1 Maniktala Main Road, EM Bypass; 6.30 pm: Launch of For Kids By Kids, a compilation of best entries to the Scholastic Writing Awards 2010.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. Till October 3 at City Centre, Salt Lake (Kund) & City Centre, New Town (Celebration Square); 11 am - 7 pm: City Centre, in association with t2, hosts City Centre Puja Shopping Festival 2010. 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 19 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace, 2223 9422; 11 am - 7 pm: Agomoni, an exhibition of saris, textiles & demonstration of Ajrakh-Neel-aal by Sufiyan Ismail Khatri (Kutch), Bherulal Chippa (Rajasthan) & Kapileswar Mohonto (Kotpad). Till September 19 at Anusthan Bhavan, Deshapriya Park crossing; 10.30 am - 8.30 pm: A designer boutique festival by Soma Creatives, Swasti, Charulata, Yasmin, Kojagari, Sharmistha’s, Mousumi, Golty’s Bites, Unique, Jyotikaria, Sreerupa, Panash, and Moumita Jewelleries. Till September 20 at Emami Tower, 687 Anandapur, EM Bypass; 10 am - 7 pm: Emami Chisel Art hosts Royalty Redefined — a lifestyle exhibition from Rajasthan showcasing a collection of royal splendour: silver furniture, jewellery, silver artefacts and curios. 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.ENTERTAInMENT
September 18 at Plush, The Astor Hotel; 9 pm onwards: A sultry mix of funky house & club trance with DJ Kamya from Mumbai.KITE FESTIVAL
September 18 at Gold’s Gym, 57 Jawaharlal Nehru Road terrace; 9 am - 1 pm: Gold’s Gym presents The Kite Flying Festival, dedicated to healthier Calcutta and India.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-700001; 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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