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May 19 - 25 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The Surreal ? An exhibition of paintings by Subrata Chowdhury. Inauguration this evening at 6.30 by Bikash Bhattacharjee. Till May 22 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: In Search of Reality & Red ? an exhibition of drawings and sketches by Piu Sarkar. Till May 22 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Timeless Experience ? Paintings by Dasgupta Krishnapriya. Till May 22 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings and drawings by Rajarshi Chattopadhyay. Till May 28 at names-AN.art gallery, 207A Rashbehari Avenue; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings on leather by Anirban Seth. Till May 29 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: A Midsummer Night?s Dream ? an exhibition of works of aesthetics by contemporary artists of Calcutta. Till May 31 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kanishka?s (2/1 Hindusthan Road); 11 am - 8 pm: Tumi Ki Keboli Chhabi ? an exhibition of pencil sketches by Charbak Sen on Rabindranath Tagore and also vignettes from his works. Till May 23 (except Sunday) at Metropolitan Art Salon; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings, ceramics and paper macae by Asis Chowdhury, Akashdip Kundu, Arup Lodh, Suchandra Sur, Madhumita Daw, Sukla Paul and Mitra Ray.DRAMA
Till May 23 at Purbashree auditorium, IB-201 Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: Dishari Natyotsav 2005, organised by Dishari in collaboration with EZCC and the state government?s department of information and cultural affairs. Today: Babli, produced by Drishyapat. May 19 at Sujata Sadan; 6.45 pm: Sandarbha presents Jajatiyo. Dir: Soumitra Basu. May 19 (at 6.30 pm), May 21 & 22 (at 3 pm & 6.30 pm) at Tapan Theatre: Niva Arts presents Janani. Direction: Ashok Chatterjee. May 20 at Madhusudan Mancha, 6.30 pm; May 21 at Academy of Fine Arts, 3 pm: Sayak presents Saanjhbela. Dir: Meghnad Bhattacharya. May 21 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Naba Mayukh Nattya Sangstha will stage Urmila Upakhyan. Dir: Rishi Mukherjee. May 21 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Doubarik will stage its latest production, E Parabasey, written by Chandan Sen and directed by Sarbadaman Som. May 21 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Bappaditya. Dir: Goutam Halder. May 21 at Madhusudan Mancha, & May 22 at Academy of Fine Arts, 6.30 pm: Anya Theatre presents Shodh-bodh. Dir: Bibhas Chakraborty. May 21 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Swapnasandhani presents Kolkatar Electra. Direction: Kausik Sen.performing artS
May 19 at Rabindra Sadan; 5.30 pm: Rabindra Janmotsav, organised by Rabindra Sadan, features (1) a geetialekhya, Chiradibasher Hey Raja Aamar, presented by Swarabitan; and (2) dance-drama Chitrangada, presented by Gaudiya Nrityabharati. May 19 at Rabindra Sadan complex; 5.30 pm: Rabindra Janmotsav, organised by Rabindra Sadan, features Tagore songs by Madhurima Bhattacharya, Kaberi Gupta, Basabi Dutta, Shyamasree Dasgupta, Satrajit Basu and others. May 19 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: A sarod recital by Alok Lahiri and Abhisek Lahiri with Parimal Chakraborty on the tabla.EXHIBITION
May 19 - 31 at British Council and Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of children?s book illustration selected by Quentin Blake. Opening today at 6 pm. Till May 21 at Mrignayani, Dakshinapan, 2 Gariahat Road South: Chanderi Utsav ? an exhibition of chanderi sarees by the master craftsmen of Madhya Pradesh. Till May 19 at T30C, Lake Road; #30927427: You Ensembles presents its summer special collections in whites & pastels. Till May 21 at Dakshin Kalikata Sevasram, 93 & 97 Sarat Bose Road; 5 pm - 8 pm: Science Model and Handicraft Exhibition by teenage inmates of Sevasram.WORKSHOP
May 20 - June 10 at Padatik Dance Centre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; Padatik conducts summer workshops on Children?s Theatre (age group: 7 - 16), Maths Made Easy (age group: 7 - 11 & 12 - 19), Western dance (age group: 4 - 6, 7 - 10 & 11 yrs and above) and Kathak (by Birju Maharaj for all age groups). Details at #2247 6087, 22404426, 9830024927. May 21 - 27 at Samskriti Shreyaskar; 11 am - 5 pm: Rani Karnaa conducts a week-long master classes on Kathak with a select group of senior disciples. May 30 - June 3 at Satya Anusandhan (Gurukul), Narendrapur: Summer camp on Self-Development Towards Creativity for children 8-16 yrs. Organised by Pramila Agarwal; #22299013, 24772087.TALK
May 19 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19A & B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Mandukya-Karika. May 19 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7 pm: Discourse on Kathoupanisad by Swami Atmapriyananda.KIDS? CORNER
May 19, 22, 25, 27 & 29, June 1, 3 & 5 at Crossword Bookstore; 5.30 pm - 6.30 pm : Crossword launches the Children?s Fest, a three-week-long fun, frolic and leraning for children. Today: Workshop on wooden puzzle.FESTIVAL
May 22 at Saastha Samooham, 42 Lake Avenue: Samashti Upanayanam, conducted by Akhila Bharatha Ayyappa Seva Sangham. Brahmopadesam 8 am - 9.30 am.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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