Art
Till February 19 at Academy of Fine Arts, North & West galleries; 4 pm - 8 pm: Shanu Lahiri?s latest works: paintings, sketches and memoirs. Till February 19 at The Palladian Lounge, 3rd Level, Bengal Chamber of Commerce, 6 N.S. Road: names-AN.art presents Between Ourselves ? paintings by Samir Sarkar. Till February 20 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Annual exhibition of Choukas Kala Kendra. Till February 20 at Gallery Katayun; 3.30 pm - 7.30 pm: A Winter?s Tale Phase III ? works of contemporary Indian artists. Till February 20 at Akar Prakar, P-238 Hindustan Park; 11 am - 8 pm: Recent prints and paintings by Alex StenghelTALK
February 19 at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Pradyot Kumar Mukhopadhyay will speak in Bengali on Dharma, Darshan O Vijnan.performing artS
February 19 at Kala Kunj; 6.30 pm: Manik Sahani Art Foundation and Spandan present an evening of classical music featuring vocalist Kumar Mukherjee and sitarist Hidayat Khan. Till February 20 at Bhasa Udyan, Lalan Mancha, Surendranath Park, opp. Raj Bhavan: Banga Sanskriti Utsav. Today at 4.30 pm: Hand-shadowgraphy by Amar-Sabyasachi; Magic show by Prince S. Lal and Dhrubajyoti Sengupta; Abanindranath Tagore?s Chitre Barnamala (produced by Shyamalkanti Chakraborty); dance programmes by ?Anandabitan? and ?Komalgandhar?; recitation by ?Gajol Abritti Parish? and ?Majaru?; and songs by Sibaji Chatterjee, Sujata Sarkar, Bharati Bhattacharya, Rajasree Bhattacharya, Nupurchhanda Ghosh, Swapan Shome, Bhaswati Mukherjee, Ashis Chakraborty, Raja Roy, Shinjini Acharya, Keya Chatterjee, Rajasri Ghosh, Rajarshi Roy, Gairika Chanda and ?Upalabdhi?. February 21 - 23 at Science City Auditorium; 6.30 pm: Antiquity Festival of Fine Arts pays tribute to Ustad Keramatullah Khan with three evenings of classical music. Participants include Ustad Rashid Khan (vocal) and Ustad Imrat Khan (sitar) on Feb. 21; Arif Khan (tabla solo), Begum Parween Sultana (vocal) and Pandit Birju Maharaj and Saswati Sen (Kathak) on Feb. 22; and Raza Ali Khan (vocal), Ustad Rais Khan (sitar) and Pandit Jasraj (vocal) on Feb. 23. Organised by Showhouse.DRAMA
February 19 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Natya-Anan presents Continuity. Direction & acting: Chandan Sen February 19 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Swapnasandhani presents Alik Babu. Direction: Kausik Sen. February 20 at Uttam Mancha; 2.30 pm: Pancham Vaidic presents Putul Khela. Direction: Saoli Mitra. February 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Arghya presents Riot. Dir: Manish Mitra. February 20 at Uttam Mancha; 6.30 pm: Tritiyo Sutra presents Teesta Paarer Brittanto. Dir: Suman Mukhopadhyay. February 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sansriti presents Phataru. Direction: Debesh Chattopadhyay. February 20 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sundaram presents Operation Bhomragarh. Drama & direction: Manoj Mitra. February 20 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Kalyani Natyacharcha Kendra presents Chilekothar Sepai. Direction: Kishore Sengupta. February 20 at Sujata Sadan; 6.45 pm: Arghya presents Sankat. Dir: Manish Mitra. February 20 - 26 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: EZCC, in association with other zonal cultural centres, holds National Folk Theatre Festival for Govt of India, Ministry of Culture.BIRTHDAY
February 20 at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 4 pm: The 50th birth anniversary celebration of Pandit Anindo Chatterjee will be presided over by Swami Prabhananda. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan will inaugurate the programme, with Pandit Kishan Maharaj as guest of honor. The evening will feature recitals by Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (santoor), Ustad Zakir Hussain (tabla) and Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty (vocal).REUNION
February 19 at Uday Shankar Hall, Rabindra Bharati University; 12 noon: The first Alumni Association meet of Rabindra Bharati University?s dance department. February 19 at Rani Birla Girls College, 38 Shakespeare Sarani; 3 pm - 5 pm: Rani Birla Girls College Reunion 2005, organised by Rani Birla Girls' College Alumni Association. February 19 at Loreto House, 7 Middleton Row; 3.30 pm: Reunion of Loreto House Alumnae Association (School), Calcutta.mini marathon
February 20 at Park Circus Maidan; 7.30 am: Exide City of Joy Run 2005, a mini-marathon from Park Circus Maidan to Victoria Memorial where Calcuttans, including celebrities like Mithun Chakraborty, Rahul Bose, Chuni Goswami, Rupa Ganguly, Indrani halder and June Mailah, will run for the cause of underprivileged women and children.READING
February 20 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P. Lal continues the Bhagavad-Gita, with Krishna dazzling Arjuna by the Visva-rupa-darshan?s Cosmic Multi-Revelation, followed by bhakti-yoga and the Body (Kshetra) and Body-Knower (Atman), in the 266th weekly session of his complete English transcreation of Vyasa?s Mahabharata.WORKSHOP
February 21 - 28 at Calcutta Swimming Club, 1 Strand Road; 7 am - 8 am: A yoga workshop on Management Stress & Hypertension to be conducted by a senior sannyasin of Bihar School of Yoga, Munger. Details at Satyam Seva Kendra, #24633887 (10 am - 5 pm).All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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