Art
February 21 - 23 at Art Gallery, ITC Sonar Bangla; 12 noon - 8 pm: ITC Sonar Bangla presents an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Shankar Ghosh, Arindam Chakraborty, Debashis Chakraborty and Anasuya Majumder. Till February 21 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Vivek Saha. Till February 26 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Ever Amal/Amal the Green in text, lines and shades by Arunendu Banerjee. Till February 26 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road (near Taaja restaurant); 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: The Warmth of Colours ? an exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Till February 27 (except Monday) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 1st floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of watercolours by Sanjay Bhattacharyya. Till March 8 (except Sundays) at Artspace India City Gallery, 7 Deodar Street; 3 pm - 7 pm: Affordable Art? Limited edition signed prints of eminent artists. February 22 - 27 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Spectrum Artists? Circle presents its 25th group show of paintings. Participating artists: Biswajit Mondal, Samir Saha, Sukumar Das, Anjan Sengupta, Murari Mohan Basu and Tarun Bannerjee. February 23 - March 20 (Sundays by appointment) at Gallery Katayun; 3.30 pm - 7.30 pm: Spring Song ? works by contemporary Indian artists. February 25 - March 4 at Chemould Art Gallery; 2 pm - 7 pm; Saturday (10 am - 3 pm): Time, Space & Creation ? an exhibition of paintings by Sujit Das, Debangshu Das, Barun Roy and Abhijit Mollick.DRAMA
February 21 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Ekush Shatak presents Ramnidhi. Direction: Runu Chowdhury. February 21 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Kalyani Natyacharcha Kendra presents Khowabnama. Direction: Kishore Sengupta. February 21 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: People?s Puppet Theatre presents the puppet play, Aswathama. Till February 26 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: EZCC, in association with other zonal cultural centres, holds National Folk Theatre Festival for Govt of India, Ministry of Culture. Today: Naqqal (dir: Ram Raj) by Ram Raj & party, Punjab. February 22: Pukar (Nautanki; dir: Madhu Agarwal) by Gulab Theatrical Co., Kanpur. February 23: Restaphen (Sumong Leela; dir: Birjit Nagangomba) by Peace Maker, Manipur. February 24: Draupathi Vasthrabaranam (dir: Kalaimamani N. Subramaniya Thambirar) by Kalaimamani K. Natesa Thambirar Parambarai Therukkoothu Mandaram, Tamil Nadu. February 25: Raja Ki Poshak Ka Swang (Swang Multinational; dir: Alekah Nandan) by South Central Zonal Cultural Centre, Nagpur. February 26: Raja Jagdev Kankali (dir: Banshilal Khilari) by Banshilal Khilari and Party, Rajasthan. February 22 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Rangakarmee presents its latest production, Sarhad Paar Manto. Dir: Usha Ganguli. February 23 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sangstab presents Mushthijog. Direction: Dwijen Bandyopadhyay. February 23 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Natyam hosts two one-act plays, Juddhakshetre Picnic and Ashwatthama. Dir: Abhijit Sen. February 24 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Ensemble presents Shirir Neeche. Drama & direction: Sohag Sen. February 24 at Sujata Sadan; 6.45 pm: Sandarbha presents Jajaatiyo. Drama, direction and acting: Soumitra Basu. February 24 (at 6.30 pm), February 26 & 27 at Tapan Theatre; 3 pm & 6.30 pm: Niva Arts presents Janani. The cast includes Jnanesh Mukherjee, Supriya Devi, Madhabi Mukherjee, Anuradha Roy, Sanghamitra Banerjee, Amarnath Mukherjee, Sunil Mukherjee and Bodhisattwa Majumdar. Direction: Ashok Chatterjee. February 25 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Theatron presents Mrityumukhar Ek/Dui. Direction: Saswati Biswas. February 26 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Choopkatha presents Mrs. Soriano. Direction: Dolly Basu. February 27 at Padatik Little Theatre; 7 pm: Padatik and Rikh present Ho Sakta Hai Do Aadmi Do Kursiyaan, a new play in Hindi, written and directed by Vinay Sharma.TALK
February 21 at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Balabhadrananda will speak in Bengali on Yuganayak Vivekananda.READING
February 21 at Jeebanananda Sabhagriha; 6.30 pm: Mohit Chattopadhyay and Manoj Mitra will read from two short plays. Organised by Sayak.FESTIVAL
February 25 at 38 Ram Thakur Sarani, Jadavpur: The 63rd annual foundation day celebration of Sri Sri Kaibalyadham. February 27 at Saastha Samooham, 42 Lake Avenue; 6.15 pm: Mangala Puja with devotional songs by Ganapriya (led by Saraswathi Mani), conducted by Akhila Bharatha Ayyappa Seva Sangham.BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
February 21 at Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, 3 Regent Park; 10 am: The Mother?s 127th birth anniversary celebration begins with meditation, to be followed by Alpana Roy?s devotional songs. At 6 pm, inauguration of Parama ? an exhibition of paintings and drawings at Galerie La Mere. February 21 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 6 pm: The Mother?s Jayanti function features reading by Santana Chowdhury, recitation by Sukriti Lahari and Subir Bandyopadhyay, song by Pramita Mallick, and talk by Biswanath Ray. Jayanti Meditation around the shrine from 7.30 pm to 8 pm.performing artS
February 24 & 25 at Madhusudan Mancha; February 26 & 27 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: West Bengal Dance Group Federation hosts Stars of Tomorrow ? a festival of young talents in the field of dance. February 25 at Sisir Mancha; 6 pm: Saanskritiki presents Rabindrasangeet by Tamalika Guha, Rabindrasangeet and Nazrulgeeti by Saktibrata Das, and songs of Atulprasad, Rajanikanta and D.L. Roy by Nupurchhanda Ghosh. February 25 & 26 at Uma Gallery, 2/4A Sarat Bose Road; 7 pm: Ranan, in association with Open Doors, presents Girish Karnad?s Naga-Mandala: The High Life featuring performers from Kathak and Odissi disciplines along with young, city-based actors. The production forms part of Vikram Iyengar?s research into bringing together the languages of classical dance and text-based drama.WORKSHOP
February 21 - 28 at Calcutta Swimming Club, 1 Strand Road; 7 am - 8 am: A yoga workshop on Management Stress & Hypertension to be conducted by a senior sannyasin of Bihar School of Yoga, Munger. Details at Satyam Seva Kendra, #24633887 (10 am - 5 pm). February 23 & 25 at 1A Palm Place; 11 am - 1 pm: Simply Delicious Meals in Minutes ? quick-to-prepare dishes at Mithoo Dhar?s continental cooking class. Details at #22400659, 22804288. February 22 - 24 at 12/2A Bakulbagan Row: Workshops on breadcraft, floral art, glass painting, chocolate and candle-making. Organised by Kreasions. Details with Nandini Dhar (#24850080) and Meena Basu (#9830611961). Till February 26 at The Creative Arts, National Library Avenue: Theatre workshop on different aspects. Sessions by Ananda Lal, Ramanjit, Zarin Chaudhuri, Swati Lal, Arthur Cardozo and Santanu Bose. Details with Ramanjit (#23213225, 9830775677).All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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