Portrait of a holy city One of the most ancient Indian cities, Varanasi, or Kashi as it is also known, has, over the centuries, attracted a steady stream of monarchs, saints, students, musicians, devotees and, of course, artists. Eternal Varanasi, the ongoing show of recent works on the city by a group of six eminent artists, represents its complex legacy of mystique and richly-textured history. While some choose to exhibit their detailed knowledge of Varanasi’s numerous lanes and bylanes, others depict the holy men who have made the city their home, while the rest celebrate the uniqueness of Varanasi’s architectural heritage. The works on show contextualise the crucial emotional role played by the city on the artists’ consciousness. Its social and cultural life no less important than its temples, palaces, shrines and mosques, the articulation of its tangible and intangible heritage is what makes the exhibition distinctive. Participants: Ganesh Haloi, Subuddha Ghosh, Giovanna Caruso (a painting by her appears here), S. Pranam Singh, Tapas Kanti Mitra and Tapas Ghosal. lEvent: An exhibition of recent works by a group of artists lWhen: Till August 21; 11 am - 7 pm lWhere: Gallery K2, Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace, #24651444

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August 19 - 26 (except Sunday) at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #2460 4245; 11 am - 7 pm: A Different Face — an exhibition of drawings by Prabir Sen. Till August 20 at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, #2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm: Abol Tabol: An installation in clay by Nidhi Jalan. Till August 21 at Gallery K2, Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace, #2465 1444; 11 am - 7 pm: Eternal Varanasi, an exhibition of recent works by Ganesh Haloi, S. Pranam Singh, Subuddha Ghosh, Tapas Kanti Mitra, Giovanna Caruso and Tapas Ghosal. Till August 23 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street, #2229 8641; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exposition of the creations by four contemporary artists: Bhaskar Bhattacharjee, Dipankar Ray, Kalyan Chakraborty and Sanjay Bhaumik. Till August 23 at Kanvas Art Gallery, 2nd floor (Shivam Chamber), 53 Syed Amir Ali Avenue): Beyond Infinity, an exhibition of paintings by Subrata Das. Till August 26 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue, #2283 3176; 2 pm - 7 pm: View from the Edge, an exhibition celebrating Independence Day. Featuring works by Achutan Kudallur, Amitabh Sengupta, Ashit Paul, Atin Basak, Babu Xavier, Dattatraya Apte, Dhiraj Chowdhury, P. Gopinath, Paritosh Sen, Pulak Sanpui, R.B. Bhaskaran, Samir Aich, Sanat Kar, Sanatan Dinda, Sekhar Roy, Sohini Dhar, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Surya Prakash and Shuvaprasanna. Till August 30 at the gallery of Society of Contemporary Artists, 398 Rashbehari Avenue &, Bypass Connector Road, Tribarna bus stop, #98300 07871; 3 pm - 8 pm: Monsoon, a show of small format works. Participating artists: Aditya Basak, Amitabha Banerjee, Atanu Bhattacharya, Atin Basak, B.R. Panesar, Bimal Kundu, Dipak Banerjee, Ganesh haloi, Lalu Prasad Shaw, Manik Talukdar, Manoj Dutta, Manoj Mitra, Manu Parekh, Niranjan Pradhan, Partha Dasgupta, Pradip Maitra, Sandhan Chakraborty, Sailen Mitra, Sanat Kar, Suhas Roy, Sunil Das, Sunil Kr. Das and Swapan Kr. Das. Till August 31 at Galerie Karma, P-505 Keyatola Road, #24636731/32; 11 am - 7 pm: Boundless, an exhibition of recent works of Partha Pratim Deb and Manas Roy (Roymans). Till August 31 at Photographers’ Gallery, 59A Southend Park, #6540 6499; 3 pm - 8 pm: Unity in Diversity — an ensemble of paintings, sculptures and photographs: Participants: B.R. Panesar, Nikhilesh Das, Sanatan Dinda, Harilal Sahoo, Harimohan Baguli and Nabyendu Chattopadhyay. Till September 30 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #6550 8418; 10.30 am - 7 pm: The Persistence of Form, featuring works by Suhas Roy, Prakash Karmakar, Shyamal Mukherjee, Aditya Basak, Bratin Khan, Sanatan Dinda, Gourango Beshai, Swapan Das, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Atin Basak and others.

DRAMA

August 19 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sayak presents Chandan Sen’s Dildar. Direction & acting: Meghnad Bhattacharya. August 19 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Purba-Paschim presents Tagore’s Chaturanga. Direction: Bartya Basu. August 21 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Taki Natyam will stage its latest production, Good Morning Nishikanto. Drama & direction: Ramaprasad Banik. August 21 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC’s mothly theatre show: Ballavpurer Roopkatha, a Nandipat production, directed by Prakash Bhattacharya. August 21 at Aikatan, IA 290 Salt Lake; 6 pm: Shakuntalam — a play in Sanskrit by Surbahar. August 22 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Mukti, a Rangakarmee production in Bengali, based on Mahasweta Devi’s story. Direction & acting: Usha Ganguli.

TALK

August 19 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Anjali Mookerjee will speak in Bengali on Dharma O Vijnan — Sadhana O Siddhi. August 19 at Rabindra Charcha Bhawan, Kalighat Park; 6.30 pm: Sudhir Chanda will deliver Basanta Behari Chandra Memorial Lecture. Topic: Rabindra Sangeet-e Padavali-Rupkalpa. Till August 22 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Sanskriti Sagar hosts a lecture in English by Jaya Row on Bhagavad Gita - Ch. VI. August 19 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Swami Atmabodhananda will discuss in Bengali Sri Sri Mayer Katha.

SEMINAR

August 19 at Jibanananda Sabhaghar; 6 pm: Chakrateertha hosts a seminar on Manik Badhyopadhyay poems to mark Bandyopadhyay’s birth centenary year. Speaker: Pranab Chattopadhyay. Also, poetry-reading by Krishna Basu, Mrinal Basu Choudhury, Apurba Dutta, Shyamal Kanti Das and Rajkumar Das, recitation by Ranuita, Doyel, Writoban, Soumyaleena, Sonanki, Anindita Sen, Eshana Gupta, Arup Chatterjee, Maitreyee Sen and Ashis Kumar Ghosh; reading of prose-drama by Kingshuk Roychowdhury and Aparajita Pal; and songs by Abir Chatterjee and Sumital Pal.

PERFORMING ARTS

August 23 at Science City Auditorium; 6.30 pm: The students of Ananda Shankar Centre for Performing Arts will present a dance programme in celebration of the institution’s 21st anniversary.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till August 19 at Asutosh Birth Centenary Hall, Indian Museum; 3 pm - 8 pm: Chhayapath, Calcutta presents an exhibition on travel photography to mark the completion of 25 years of the organisation. Also, a seminar on different topic of photography will be held on International Photographic Day (today) with eminent photographers Ahmed Ali, Prof. Biswatosh Sengupta, Vivek Das, Bibek Paul, Aroop Dutta and Sunil K. Dutt.

FILM SHOW

Till August 24 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, #2455 6942/43: A Festival of Films and Video Art from China — an eclectic mix of 15 award-winning features and documentaries from China. Documentaries: August 19, 6.30 pm: There’s a Strong Wind in Beijing (Dir: Anqi Ju; 50 min.); at 7.30 pm: Blossoming in the Wind (Dir: Yueling Sun; 60 min.). Fifth Generation Filmsmakers: August 20, 6.30 pm: Springtime in a Small Town (Dir: Zhuangzhuang Tian; 116 min.). August 21, 6.30 pm: Peacock (Dir: Changwei Gu; 144 min.). August 22, 6.30 pm: Blind Shaft (Dir: Yang Li; 92 min.). August 23, 2 pm: 7 to 400 Blows (Dir: Ming-liang Tsai; 116 min.); at 5 pm: A Confucian Confusion (Dir: Edward Yang; 125 min.). August 24, 2 pm: Small Station (Dir: Chien-ping Lin; 29 min.); at 3 pm: A Brighter Summer Day (Dir: Edward Yang; 237 min.). Till August 21 at Inox Forum; 8.50 pm: Inox Leisure Ltd, Paladir Pictures and Embassy of Sweden present Remembering Bergman - A Retriospective. Aug. 19: The Silence. Aug. 20: Summer with Monika. Aug. 21: The Devil’s Eye.

QUIZ

August 24 at Subhas Institute Hall, Barasat: Barasat Quizzards’ Forum hosts Quiz Olympiad 2008 for any two-member teams from (1) schools (upto class XII) and (2) open-to-all. For details, contact Partha Gupta (98303 18721), Selim Ahmed (94337 29341), Indranil Nag (98365 66540) or e-mail to barasatquizzardsforum@yahoo.in

EXHIBITION

August 19 - 21 at Calcutta Ice Skating Rink; 10 am - 8 pm: Rotary Club of Central Calcutta presents The Good Life, an exhibition of art, sculpture, traditional wear, precious and semi-precious jewellery, crystalware decor, lifestyle products, building material, etc. to support Apnalay, a home for senior citizens. Till August 20 at 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road, #2466 4315; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Paramita Viswanathan’s Design showcases silk, tassar print, chiffon, crepe print, mull, kota, tangail print and south Indian sarees. Till August 30 at F-17 Dakshinapan, Dhakuria, #2423 7625: LePakshi (Andhra Pradesh Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd) hosts Mangalagiri Festival, a display of Andhra Pradesh handloom products. Till August 30 at Green House, Tollygunge Metro Station, #2471 6595: Festival of hand-embroidered sarees, kurtis and salwar suits. Till August 31 at Gharoya Boutique, 1/57B Dover Place, #2461 9051; 10 am - 2 pm & 4 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of sarees, salwar kameez, tops, mekhlas and kurtas.

WORKSHOP

August 27, 29, 30 & 31 at Nehru Children’s Museum; 3 pm - 6 pm: A four-day workshop on Aesthetic Therapy through Music and Dance based on the works of Rabindranath Tagore. Participants should be above 16 years of age. To be conducted by Aniruddha Sinha and Dr Mandar Mukhopadhyay. Organised by Nehru Children’s Museum in association with Antara Psychiatric Centre, Gobindapur, 24 Parganas (South).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

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