Potpourri of modern art Birla Academy’s ongoing 44th Annual Exhibition bears clear testimony to its unfailing ideals and resolutions of preserving Indian art heritage and promoting contemporary trends. Featuring paintings, sculpture, installations and photographs, the show is rich in variety and diversity, both in style and content. Full of thought-provoking ideas and messages, it amply reflects the current scenario of Indian art as practised in different parts of India. Accommodating the works of nearly 450 artists in its five galleries, it presents a fascinating intellectual and imaginative feast for the discerning art lover. Participants: Devesh Upadhyay, Arunangshu Roy, Anjan Mukherjee, Manik Kumar Ghosh, Arnab Mukherjee, Saikat Haldar, Paltu Kumar Das (a fiber glass sculpture by him appears here), Mausumi Roy, Somnath Mukherjee, Pappu Bardhan, Sudip Saha and others. Event: 44th Annual Exhibition of Birla Academy of Art & Culture When: Till January 30 (except Monday and January 23 & 26); 3 pm - 8 pm Where: Birla Academy of Art & Culture

ART

Till January 23 at Presidency Court, 55 Gariahat Road; 3 pm - 7 pm: HSBC InvestDirect, in association with Chitrakoot Art Gallery, presents an exhibition of paintings, titled Early Paintings of Bengal in Oil. Till January 25 at Halo Heritage, 26 Ritchie Road, 65341574; 2 pm - 8 pm: Glitters, an exhibition of paintings by Subrata Gangopadhyay, Minakshi De, Arun Kumar Samaddar, Prabal Roy, Rajib Sur Roy and Subrato Ghosh. Till January 26 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The 10th solo exhibition of paintings by Dr Sankar Chatterjee. Till January 27 at Society of Contemporary Artists, 398 Jogendra Garden (on Rashbehari connector); 4 pm - 8 pm: Refractions: Exhibition of works by Subir Hati over the last five years. Till January 29 (except Sunday) at Aakriti Art Gallery, Orbit Enclave, 1st floor, 12/3A Hungerford Street, 2289 3027/ 5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: A Fleeting World: Paintings by Sunil De. Till January 30 (except Monday & January 23, 26) at Birla Academy; 3 pm - 8 pm: Birla Academy of Art & Culture presents 44th Annual Exhibition 2011. Till January 30 (except Monday & January 26) at Victoria Memorial Hall, Portrait Gallery; 10 am - 5 pm: An exhibition of paintings from the collection of Victoria Memorial Hall: India: Land and People by Western Artists. Till January 31 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: Paintings by Tanmoy Roy Chowdhury. Till February 12 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, 24484925/24497931; 12 noon - 8 pm: Masks & Metaphors — recent works of Jaya Ganguly.

DRAMA

Till January 27 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: A festival of six plays by Niva Arts to mark its 20th anniversary. Today: Atmakatha (Direction & performance: Soumitra Chatterjee). January 21 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Aabhash presents Tagore’s Gora, with Debshankar Halder in the lead role. Others in the cast are Dulal Lahiri, Alokananda Roy, Suchita Roychowdhury and Satya Bhaduri. Dramatised and directed by Shekhar Samaddar. January 21 - 26 at Purbashree, EZCC, Salt Lake: 13th Lokkrishti Natyotsav O Rabi Pranam. Today at 6 pm: Bisarjan by Tritiyo Sutra. Direction: Suman Mukhopadhyay. January 22 at The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Harrington Mansions, 2nd floor, Flats 5 & 25B, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 7 pm: The Harrington Street Arts Centre presents A Slice of Life III featuring three plays So Please Be Kind by Frank D Gilroy, directed by Rohit Pombra; Lost by Mary Louise Wilson, directed by Nandini Banerjee; and Today A Little Extra by Michael Kassin, directed by Rohit Pombra. Produced by Stagecraft.

pERFORMING ARTS

Till January 21 at Laban Hrad Mancha, BD Park, Salt Lake City; 4 pm - 9.30 pm: 24th Salt Lake Music Festival. Today: Debojit Patitundo (tabla), Ashim Chaudhury (sitar), Indrani Mukherjee (vocal), Pandit Buddhadeb Dasgupta (sarod) and Pandit Alok Chattopadhyay (vocal). January 21 at Vivekananda Centenary Hall, Ramakrishna Mission Ashram, Narendrapur; 6.15 pm: On the occasion of its 54th annual festival, Ramakrishna Mission Blind Boys Academy, Narendrapur presents an evening of Tagore songs by Rahul Mitra. January 21 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, 24613145; 6.30 pm: Sarod recital by David Trasoff, accompanied by Debopriyo Sarkar on the tabla. January 21 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 7 pm: Vasundhara Academy for Performing Arts presents Ganesha, a dance-drama depicting various episodes from Lord Ganesha’s life. January 22 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Bhavna presents an evening of Tagore songs by Anindya Biswas, Anasua Choudhury, Gautam Chowdhury, Manisha Murali Nair, Manoj Murali Nair, Rakhi Sen and Swapan Basu. Tickets at hall (11 am - 7 pm) / 24557845. January 22 - 25 at Nazrul Mancha, Rabindra Sarovar; 8 pm onwards (night-long): Desh presents The Dover Lane Music Conference: 59th Annual Conference. January 22: Manjusha Patil (vocal), Avijit Ghosh (sarod), Gundecha Brothers (dhrupad), Kushal Das (sitar), Ajoy Chakraborty (vocal). January 23: Yamini Reddy (Kuchipudi), Kaushiki Desikan (vocal), Amaan Ali Khan (sarod), Rashid Khan (vocal). January 24: Rakesh Chaurasia (flute), Arati Anklikar (vocal), Dr N. Rajam (violin), Kaibalya Kumar Gurav (vocal), Shiv Kumar Sharma (santoor). January 25: Jayateerth Mevundi (vocal), Rajendra Prasanna (flute), Ashwini Bhide (vocal), Amjad Ali Khan (sarod).

TALK

January 21 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Tattwavidananda will speak in Sanskrit on Adhyatma Ramayana. January 21 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake City; 6 pm: Reading from Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita by Sajib Krishna Dassharma. January 21 at Ramakrishna Mancha, Ramakrishna Mission, Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 6.30 pm: Sunil Kumar and Ramala Mukherjee Memorial Lecture. Speaker: Swami Sarvapriyananda. Subject: The Divine and the Human in Vedanta. /I> January 21 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Lecture Hall; 7 pm: Dr Sashanka Bhusan Bandyopadhyay will speak on Kathopanishad.

QUIZ

January 21 at Birla Industrial and Technological Museum, 19A Gurusaday Road; 2 pm - 6 pm: British Council is organizing an inter-school quiz competition, Explore UK Quiz, to be conducted by Barry O’Brien. The quiz will be based on the United Kingdom – its culture, society, geography, environment, people, history, sports and music, and will have the top 12 teams qualifying for semifinal rounds, which would be multimedia shows. The grand finale with the top six teams will be a rigorous 75-80-minute multimedia quiz with a variety of interactive formats. Actor Abir Chatterjee will distribute prizes at 5.30 pm. January 22 at Hops, The Slounge Bar, South City Mall; 4 pm onwards: Open General Quiz for three-member teams. Quizmaster: Dhruv Mookerji. Eight teams qualify for the finals. January 28 at Gyan Manch, 11 Pretoria Street; 9 am (registration), 12 noon (finals): Starmark Inter-School Quiz for three-member teams, with Charanpreet Singh as the quizmaster. For more details, call 99039 85097

BOOK LAUNCH

January 21 at Oxford Bookstore, 17 Park Street; 6.30 pm: Launch of Vyavaharik Vedanter Aloke “Vyavasthapana’ — an integrated combination of knowledge, conviction and meditation — by Subhrendu Gangopadhyay. The book will be released by Dr Subir Chowdhury, former director, IIM Calcutta.

WORKSHOP

January 21 - 23 at The Conclave, 216 AJC Bose Road; 9 am - 6 pm: Workshop on Basic Clinical Hypnotherapy, an independent workshop for individuals who want to understand how the mind works, how we block ourselves with our limiting belief systems and how to overcome them, and implant positive suggestions in our minds. It is also the first step in a 5-step process in becoming Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist. Advance registration required. Contact 9830129292. January 21 - February 2 at Studio E2-69, 8/1 Esplanade East; 7 pm - 8.30 pm: A 10-day workshop on Rock and Roll Jive ( Club Dancing) by Mr S. Mukherjee. For further details, contact Suman (9830019635). January 22 at Rollicks Store, 119 Block B, Lake Town; 2 pm - 4 pm: Fruity Freeze invites all fun-loving kids to Little Chefs — fun with ice-cream, a creative workshop for the age group, 6 years to 13 years. For details, call 9830127296. January 23 & 30 at Eduzone, Southern Avenue; 11 am onwards: One hour free diagnostic test & a free workshop on SAT, GRE, GMAT, TOEFL & IELTS. Certification courses in basic, intermediate and advanced French & Spanish. Public speaking, personality enhancement, spoken English and soft skill courses on offer. See www. eduzoneindia.com. Register at eduzoneindia@gmail.com or call 9830020277, 92306135278.

exhibition

Till January 21 at Gaganendra Pradarshasala: As part of Rabindra Mela, the department of information & cultural affairs, Government of West Bengal hosts A Centenary Tribute – Shantideb Ghosh and Debabrata Biswas. The exhibition depicts the lives and contributions of the two legendery artistes of Tagore songs. Till January 23 at Abanindranath Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 10 am - 6 pm: A spectacular collection of mainly traditional Japanese dolls of various forms, sunch as Miyabi, Tsubaki, etc., in a typical Japanese ambience.

COMPETITION

January 22 at Kala Mandir; 11 am - 1 pm: Mir will host the final round of Spellinc, the inter-school spelling competition, organised annually by Linc Pen & Plastics Ltd. The contest will see 200 schools vying for the position of the ultimate victor.

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