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Till July 20 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: The sixth solo exhibition of paintings by Vandana Rai. Till July 20 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: The second solo exhibition of paintings by Dr Arpita Jhan. Till July 20 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘A’ Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Paintings by Sujit Das, Debangshu Das, Santanu Chatterjee and Priya Ranjan Purkait. Till July 20 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Elite Experimental Group presents a group show of painting and sculpture. Participants: Somnath Dutta, Tarun Chandra, Bappa Maji, Haimanti Chakraborty, Sudip Biswas, Debashree Biswas, Shyamal Karmokar and Indrani Barman (a sculpture by her appears here). July 20 - 22 at Gaganendra Pradarshashala; 3pm - 8pm: Journey presents an exhibition of paintings and sculpture by Probir Chakraborty, Mantu Upadhaya, Ajita Sengupta, Susanta Sarkar, Gouri Rakshit, Ambar Maity and Reba Mukherjee. Till July 23 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2pm - 7pm: Rainbow Artists and Writers Foundation presents The Passion, a exhibition of the works by Paban Roy, Mukta Gupta, Noboday Paul, Dinabandhu Shau, Tanumoy Ghosh, Diptangshu Banerjee and Albert Ashok. Till July 23 at Aakriti Art Gallery, Orbit Enclave, 1st floor, 12/3A Hungerford Street, 22893027/5041; 12noon - 7pm: Objective Correlatives — the annual show of Open Window, providing an insight into contemporary art in India. Participating artists: Amitava Dhar, Dipali Bhattacharya, Diptish Ghosh Dastidar, Gopinath Roy, Hiren Mitra, Janak Jhankar Narzary, K. Muralidharan, Prabhat Basu, Pradip Rakshit, Prasenjit Sengupta, Samir Aich, Sudeshna Haldar, Sunil De and Tapas Konar. Till July 24 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3pm - 8pm: Prativa presents its 16th group art exhibition. Till July 30 (except July 23 & 24) at Emami Chisel Art, ground & first floor galleries; 11am - 7pm: An exhibition of contemporary sculptures. Participants: Manik Talukdar, Bipin Goswami, Bimal Kundu, Sunil Das, Pankaj Panwar, Janak Jhankar Nazary, Uma Siddhanta and others. Till August 31 at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, 40034974; 10.30am - 7pm: A group show of paintings and sculpture.DRAMA
July 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Sudrak, in association with Samstab, presents Amitakshar.PERFORMING ARTS
July 20 at Kala Mandir; 6pm: WE CARE Welfare Society presents a musical soiree by Nupurchhanda Ghosh and Santanu Roy Chowdhury, and the Bengali play, Hayavadana, by Padatik group. July 20 at Bijon Theatre; 6.30pm: Saptayan presents Tagore’s Tasher Desh in the form of a dance-drama. Choreography: Swaminathan Pillai. Direction: Rabin Nandy.Book LAUNCH
July 20 at Oxford Bookstore, Park Street; 6pm: Oxford Bookstore, Calcutta and Woodland Publishers present the launch of A Journey through Nicobars — An intriguing book on the history of Nicobar Islands Pre and Post the Tsunami — by Dr Tilak Ranjan Bera, former surgeon commander, Indian Navy. The book will be released by noted filmmaker Goutam Ghosh.taLK
July 20 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6pm: Swami Divyananda will speak on Sri Ramakrishna’s Bhaktabrinda. July 20 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15pm: Swami Sarvabhutananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. July 20 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Lecture Hall; 7pm: Swami Buddhatmananda will speak on Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. July 20 at the Ramakrishna Mancha of Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 7pm: Swami Ritananda will speak on Geetar Aloke. July 20 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7pm: Sanghamitra Deb will speak on Srimat Bhagavad Gita.QUIZ
July 24 at YMCA, Chowringhee: Adverb + Mind Games present Love All 4 - The Sports Quiz for three-member teams. Registrations start at 4pm. Quiz starts at 4.30pm. No entry fees. QM: Biswabijoy Sen. For more details, call 98317 83470.exhibition
July 20 at The Conclave, Rose Room; 11am - 8pm: D’ Autre will have on offer fashion, jewellery, accessories, decor fare and a lot more. Ruchi Agarwal’s jewellery, saris by Sneh and Shambavi Khaitan, chocolates by La Cioccolata, kidswear by Little Angels and Me & Mine, bed linen by Vashvi and Kalamkari items by Barika are some of the labels that are going to be present at the one-day mart. Till July 20 at Ashirwad AC Hall, near Phool Bagan Pantaloons; 10am - 8pm: Ganpati (9331978352, 9331425616) organises Rakhi Mela, which includes jewellery, saris, suits, bedsheets, gift items and handicrafts. Till July 21 at Ice Skating Rink; 11am - 8pm: UTSAV-SAWAN organised by the Lion’s Club of Calcutta Presidency in association with t2. Featuring labels from across India, it showcases fashion, jewellery, accessories, footwear, gourmet delicacies and various other lifestyle products. Till July 21 at Salt Lake Sanskritik Sadan, CA 49, Sector 1, 9339437484; 10am - 8pm: Jhankar presents pre-Rakhi exhibition of rakhi, gift items, jewellery, designer dresses and accessories. July 22 - 31 at 8/2 Loudon Street, 2nd floor, 22811524: Earthy Myths presents its annual exhibition of saris and outfits. July 25 & 26 at Happy Hours, 9830229898, 9830227778, CD-69 Salt Lake: Exhibition of exclusive items on the occasion of Rakhi. Till July 31 at Astha, 19A Lake Road, 24630732; 10.30am - 8pm: An exhibition of Lakhnawi chikan saris, suit material, kurtis, etc.WORKSHOP
July 21 at The Teachers’ Centre, Loreto House, 7 Middleton Row; 2pm - 4pm: Stress Management for Teachers (middle and high school) in collaboration with Persona, an organisation which teaches lifestyle and soft-skills. Programme facilitator: Nivedita Bhattacharjee. Registration Rs 150 per participant and Rs 250 per participant for non-member schools. For details, call 22297092 / 64501936. July 23 at AMRI Woman and Child Care Centre; 4pm: Prenatal Fitness and Yoga workshop. For registration, call 9748755946 or long onto www.birthandbeyondindia.com July 23 & 24 at Smart Tree, New Alipore: A crash course in confident communication, public speaking and winning debates. For registration, call 983086300 or 64991496. Till July 30 at Camlin Arts, Elgin Road: A workshop on Fine Arts (oil / water paintings, pastels, charcoal, sketching & shading, acrylics) and Calligraphy, Fancy Writings & Lettering. Also, certification courses in French, Spanish, spoken English. For details, contact 9830647476; 9804791446. Till July 31 (only on Sundays) at 9 Chapel Road, Hastings; 11am - 1.30pm: Hue ’n’ I presents an Expressive Arts Workshop for Couples. Through the use of visual arts, music, drama, dance, poetry, and creative writing they will “open hearts and clear up the communication pathways”. Call 9830447150. Till August 3 at Gatewayz, 27B Camac Street: A special workshop by Chandan Verma on Western dance — Hip Hop, Jazz, Fusion and Salsa. For the age group: 6 years to 60 years. For more details, call 9836665651.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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Fax: 2234-8244
