 |
|
ART
Till April 14 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Tower, 2nd floor; Mondays: 3pm - 7pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2pm - 7pm: An exhibition of recent works by Shuvaprasanna. Till March 31 (except Mondays) in the Portrait Gallery of Victoria Memorial; 10am - 5pm: To celebrate the birth centenary of Mother Teresa, Victoria Memorial Hall hosts twenty 20 Paintings, an exhibition of paintings on Mother by M.F. Husain and Sunita Kumar. Till March 20 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor, International Hall; 4 pm - 8 pm: Roymans Art Studio presents Aviskar 2011 - East meets West, the 5th annual international exhibition of contemporaty paintings and sculptures. Showcasing works by Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Jogen Chowdhury, Neil Lawson Baker, Alexander Tokarev, Christian Schutz, Wasim R. Kapoor, Samir Aich, Manas Roy, Renee Middelkoop, Dyne Mieth, Lynne Davies, Dripta G. Roy, Sunil Chandra Pal, Manish Moitra, Vishal Sabley, Joyotee Ray Chaudhury, Aruna Samivelu and Tarun Purkait. Till March 20 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road; 3pm - 8pm: Journey, an exhibition of paintings by three young talents Buddhadev Karmakar, Priyanka Parbat and Sudipta Ghosh. Till March 26 at Gallery Kolkata, 2nd floor, Duckback House, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 22873377; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of drawings, paintings and sculptures by Sunil Das. Till March 31 (except Sundays) at Aakriti Art Gallery, Orbit Enclave, 1st floor, 12/3A Hungerford Street, 22893027/5041; 12noon - 7pm: Re-Vision, an exhibition of recent works by Birendra Pani. Till March 31 at St Thomas’ Chapel, Bishop’s College, 224 AJC Bose Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts, in association with Bishop’s College, Calcutta, presents The Last Supper, a series of reverse paintings on acrylic by Madhvi Parekh. Till March 31 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall, 40113182-3; 12 noon - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Ashok Kumar Dey and Chandan Roy. Till March 31 (except Sundays) at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, 40034974, 22894745; 10.30 am - 7 pm: World Art – with a focus on France, an exhibition of paintings by artists from France, Argentina, Brazil, the UK, Congo, Italy, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Singapore and the US from the Museum’s collection. Till April 4 (except Sundays) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, 24653212; 11 am - 7 pm: Unwrapping India, an exhibition of recent works by Anne Vilsboll. Till April 30 (except Mondays) at Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art, 48/44 Swiss Park, 24246534; 4pm - 7pm: Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art presents Annual Exhibition 2011.DRAMA
March 19 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Kathopakathan presents audio-play Beej, followed by the play, Kenaram Becharam, by Pratikriti. March 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Kasba Arghya will stage Meghnadbadh Kabya. Direction: Manish Mitra. March 20 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar will stage Madhabi. Drama: Bhisma Sahni. Adaptation, music & direction: Swatilekha Sengupta. Performers: Rudraprasad Sengupta, Debshankar Halder, Parthapratim Deb, Sumanta Ganguly and Sohini Sengupta. March 20 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Swapnasandhani will stage Darjiparar Marjinara. Direction: Koushik Sen. March 20 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Pratikriti will stage Padma Nadir Majhi, directed by Alok Deb. March 20 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Aghraner Nabanna will stage Tagore’s Streer Patra. Direction: Chandra Gupta. March 20 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: Kalapi will stage Tagore’s Nashta Neer. Direction: Sekhar Samaddar. March 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.45 pm: Rang Roop presents Maayer Katha. Direction: Seema Mukhopadhyay.pERFORMING ARTS
March 19 at 27 Ballygunge Park; 6.30 pm: Siddha Group, in association with The Calcutta School of Music, presents Ahimsa, World Music Quartet. Opening performance by Johannes Möller, winner, Guitar Foundation of America Award, and Biplaw Singh Live in Concert hosted by Calcutta Classical Guitar Society. March 20 at Aban Mahal; 10am: Saptayan will stage Tagore’s Tasher Desh in the form of a dance drama. Music direction: Rabin Nandi. Dance/choreography: Swaminathan Pillai. Voice over: Bipradas Mukherjee. March 20 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 5pm: Swarganga is organising its 8th annual festival, Holi Milan, as a tribute to the Thumri Samrat, Pandit Mahadev Prasad Mishra. Performers: Indrani Mukherjee (khayal), with Ustad Roshan Ali (sarangi) and Subroto Gupta (tabla); Swapna Naha (thumri & dadra), with Ustad Roshan Ali (sarangi) and Subroto Gupta (tabla); Vidushi Purnima Chaudhuri (thumri & dadra), with Ustad Roshan Ali (sarangi) and Kuber Nath Misra (tabla); Pandit Anindo Chatterjee & Anubrata Chatterjee (tabla lahara), with Hiranmay Mitra (harmonium); and Pandit Venkatesh Kumar (vocal), with Samar Saha (tabla) and Jyoti Goho (harmonium). March 20 at Birla Academy; 5.30pm: Raginee presents an evening of classical music to mark the birth centenary of Late Ustad Ramkrishna Roy. participants: Vocal - Sunit Chatterjee and Sugata Marjit. Sitar - Shankar banerjee. March 20 at Sasha, 27 Mirza Ghalib Street; 6.30pm: Sasha presents an interactive session with Ramsey Lewis, the legendary jazz musician and pianist. By invitation only.PHOTOGRAPHS
Till March 21 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2pm - 6pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts & Tasveer, in association with Ganjam, present Transmigrations (Fables and India Song), an exhibition of photographs by Karen Knorr. Till March 31 (except Mondays & national holidays) in the Central Hall of Victoria Memorial Hall; 10am - 5pm: An exhibition of photographs on Mother Teresa by Sunil K Dutt.TALK / SEMINAR
March 19 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 6.30 pm: Discourse on Life and Teachings of Sri Gouranga Mahaprabhu and on Life of Surendranath Mitra by Swami Aghorananda. March 19 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Lecture Hall; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak on Mrityu Rahasya. March 20 at Nehru Children’s Museum (ground floor hall); 4pm: Seminar on Women’s Medical Problems after 35 Years. Speaker: Dr Pronab Das Gupta, consultant gynaecologist & obstetrician. March 21 & 22 at New Mohit Moitra Mancha, 34/1 Raja Manindra Chandra Road, Paikpara; 10am - 5.30pm: UGC-sponsored two day national seminar on Rabindranath 150: Contemporary Perspectives and Representative Forms. Organised by Center of Associates for Sociological Studies and Action & Maharani Kasiswari College.CELEBRATION
March 20 at Workshop for the Blind, LB Block, Sector III, Salt Lake City; 10.30am onwards: Public celebration in connection with 175th birthday of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa Deva with special puja, discourse on Sri Ramakrishna by Swami Vedajnananda, Satinath Mukherjee and Tapan Chakraborty. Organised by Vivekananda Institute of Environment and Management, Calcutta.EXHIBITION
Till March 26 at Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road: An indoor exhibition-cum-sale of furniture. March 20 - 27 at Sravasti, 14/97 Golf Club Road, Tollygunge, 24734546; 12noon - 8pm: KeyaChaitali’s exclusive fair of T-shirts, short kurtas, kurtas, wrap-around sets, saradins, kantha and block-printed cotton and silk saris, dupattas, a new range of handloom saris and a variety of blouse pieces. Till March 31 at 175 Block G, New Alipore, 40608060; 11am - 7.30pm, Sunday: 12noon - 6pm: V Style Voyage, the fashion and lifestyle boutique, exhibits wooden artefacts, vases, platters, home decor items, table mats, designer kidswear by Little Angels, designer garments, bags, footwear and accessories. Till April 14 at Design, 1st floor, 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 24664315; 11am - 7.30pm: Paramita Viswanathan’s summer collection of cotton and silk saris.WORKSHOP
March 21 - 30 & April 2 - 15 at 27B Camac Street, 9836665651: Theatrecian will conduct a theatre workshop on voice modulation, stage and cinema acting, and script writing for the age groups, 7 yrs to 13 yrs (March 21-30) and 14 yrs to 60 yrs (April 2-15). March 21 onwards at Smart Tree, 514A Block M, New Alipore: Introducing ‘The Cool School’ Theatre Academy for theatre workshops and regular classes conducted by Theatrecian and culminating into a production for 8 - 18 year-olds. For details, call 9830863300, 64991496. March 21, 23, 24 & 25 at Mama Mia!, Ballygunge; 3pm - 5pm: Workshops on Cookies & Biscuits (March 21), Gourmet Desserts (March 23), Tarts & Pies (March 24), and Chocolates & Chocolate Decor (March 25). All recipes are eggless; Rs 1000 per workshop per head. Register at any Mama Mia! store or call 9831537577 for details.FOUNDATION DAY
March 20 at West Bengal State Music Academy, 36 Prince Anwar Shah Road; 3pm: West Bengal State Music Academy’s 29th Foundation Day celebrations. The Foundation Day Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Professor (Dr) Somendranath Bandyopadhyay.HOLI MEET
March 20 at Freemasons Hall, 19 Park Street; 6.30pm onwards: Sabrang, Rotary International District 3291’s Holi Meet. The colourful festival of brotherhood is this year being organised by Rotary Club of Calcutta Charnock City. All Rotarians, their families and friends are invited. For registration, contact Rtn Debu Mitra 9831078202technology
Till March 20 at IIT Kharagpur campus: Yahoo! India R&D is hosting HACK U — the University Hack Day event for IIT Kharagpur students. Students will interact with Yahoo! web experts, receive hacking tips and hands-on exposure to cutting-edge applications and technologies.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: 2234-8244
