Christian hymns Christmas time is a time to celebrate and cherish moments of togetherness with our loved ones. And what better way to do so than sing or listen to carols on a cold winter night. Wi-th their lyrics on the theme of Christmas or the winter season in general, carols are traditionally sung during and before Christm-as. Carols have most often been based on medieval chord patterns, and this gives them their uniquely characteristic musical sound. Though many Christmas carols were composed prior to the 20th century, several have been written in more recent times. Many of today’s better-known modern Christmas carols were written by jazz musician Alfred Burt and are now sung regularly in both sacred and secular settings. To ring in the spirit of festivity this year, the Ballygunge Shiksa Sadan Choir goes live this evening with a repertoire of carols, both traditional and contemporary. The choir ensemble conducted by Sumita Bhattacharya begins with the slow carols, Oh holy night, Oh little town of Bethlehem and A ray of hope. It takes off with the pulsating, fast-paced Jingle Bell rock, the ever-popular Rudolf the red-nosed reindeer and Christmas Polka, with innovative touches and arrangements by music composer, director Sumit Roy. Music arrangement: Errol Vanjour. Event: An evening of Christmas carols presented by the Ballygunge Shiksa Sadan Choir When: Today at 6.30 pm Where: Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place

ART

Till January 9 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; 3 pm - 7 pm (Mondays) & 2 pm - 7 pm (Tuesdays to Saturdays): In Search of a Context, an exhibition about the relation of art to its setting of time, place, social and historical moorings. Artworks include paintings, sculptures, drawings, collage, films and video. Featuring works of Manas Acharya, Samir Aich, Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, Sumitro Basak, Rameshwar Broota, Shreyasi Chatterjee, Swarna Chitrakar, Jogen Chowdhury, Sougata Das, Partha Pratim Deb, Meera Devidayal, Early Bengal School, Anita Gopal, Subodh Gupta, Anup Mondal, Binode Behari Mukherjee, Ravinder G. Reddy, Satyajit Roy, Kingshuk Sarkar, Shakila, Shuvaprasanna, Mayank Kumar Shyam, Arpita Singh, J. Swaminathan, Rabindranath Tagore, Manish Waghdare, Ancient South Indian Sculpture, and Cinematic Installation by Rituparno Ghosh and Mainak Bhaumik. Till December 22 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 2275; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings on Kali. Till December 24 at Gallery Upstairs, 16 Loudon Street; 4 pm - 8 pm: Exhibition of paintings by Abani Sen and Gobardhan Ash. Till December 26 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, #22902274; 11 am - 7 pm, Mon - 2 pm to 7 pm: Modern Continuous — Works by Bikash Bhattacharjee, Dharmanarayan Dasgupta, Dipak Banerjee, Ganesh Pyne, Jogen Chowdhury, Lalu Prasad Shaw, Mee- ra Mukherjee, Paritosh Sen and Somnath Hore. Till December 26 at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: A Study in Abstraction — an exhibition featuring works of Manjari Chakravarti, Shridhar Iyer, Prabhakar Kolte, Manish Pushkale, Deepak Rajvar, Partha Shaw, S. Harsha Vardhana, Deepak Tandon and Neha Chandria. Till December 27 (except Monday and December 25) at Birla Academy of Art and Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition to mark the golden jubilee of Society of Contemporary Artists. Till December 28 at Gallerie 52d, 52D Hindustan Park; 11 am - 7 pm: A ceramic show by artists of Delhi and Calcutta. Till December 28 at Starmark, South City Mall; 11 am - 8 pm: Paintings by Nina Das. Till December 30 (except December 26 & 27) at Emami Chisel Art Pvt. Ltd, 687 Anandapur, E.M. Bypass, #40113182; 11 am - 7 pm: Art & Craft Fair. Till December 30 (except Monday) at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, #40034974, 22894745; 11:30 am – 7:30 pm: Indian Masters I – an exhibition of painting and sculpture by M.F. Husain, S H Raza, A. Ramachandran, Chintan Upadhyay, Laxma Goud, T Vaikuntam, Yusuf Arakkal, Naynaa Kanodia, Manu Parekh, Satish Gujral, Lalitha Lajmi, Dilip Ranade, Gogi Saroj Pal, C. Jagdish, Badrinaryan, Arpana Caur and Maya Burman from the Museum’s collection. Till December 31 (except Sunday) at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street; #2289 3027/5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: Not so long ago, a sculpture show celebrating the golden jubilee of The Society of Contemporary Artists. Till January 3 (except Monday) at Bose Pacia, Stephens Court, 18 Park Street, #40010148; 11 am - 7 pm: B-Swarga — new works by Jayanta Roy. Till January 16 (except Sunday) at 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Experimenter presents Freedom is Notional — works of three of South Asia’s leading artists Shilpa Gupta, Bani Abidi and Naeem Mohaiemen. Till January 17 at Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art, 48/44 Swiss Park, #2424 6534; 2 pm - 7 pm: A solo show of Arnab Basu’s works. Till January 2 (Sundays by appointment) at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #65508418; 10.30 am - 6.30 pm: Portals of Perception — an exhibition of paintings by Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Chandrima Ray, Aditya Basak, Sanatan Dinda, Sukanta Das, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Subrata Das, Suhas Roy, Samir Paul, Gourango Beshai, Sibsaday Chaudhuri and others. Till January 31 (except Mondays) at Victorial Memorial Hall; 10 am - 5 pm: Indian Life and Landscape by Western Artists: Paintings and Drawings from the V&A, 1790-1927, hosted by The Victoria Memorial Hall and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

DRAMA

Till December 25 at Academy of Fine Arts: Nandikar’s 26th National Theatre Festival. Today at 6.30 pm: Acheekpagi Khonjel (Sound of a Voice / Manipuri). Produced by Paradise Theatre, Imphal and directed by L. Kishworjit. December 22 at Tapan Theatre; 6 pm: To mark the 130th birth anniversary of Roqyiah Sakhwat Hossain, Chokh presents Ardhek Aakash (dir: Abhijit Kargupta). Also, Miratun Nahar and Amina Haq will read from Hossain’s play, Sultanar Swapna.

PERFORMING ARTS

December 21 at Gyan Manch; 6 pm: Pandit Biswanath Bose Memorial Society presents Tribute, an evening of music and dance. An orchestra will be conducted by Pandit Debojyoti Bose and Kathak by Sujata Banerjee Dance Company. December 21 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Modern Mime Centre presents the mime show, The Brute. Participants: Dr Subhra Sanyal and Kamal Naskar. Story, script, composition & direction: Kamal Naskar. December 21 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place; 6.30 pm: An evening of Carols by the Ballygunge Siksha Sadan Choir. Choir directors: Sumit Roy, Errol Vanjour and Sumita Bhattacharya. December 22 at Soho (club rules apply); 9 pm onwards: Electronic music from Germany Mit featuring Tamer F. Oezgoenenc (programming, additional drums), Edi D. Winarni (vocals) and Felix S. Roemer (drums). Organished by Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan.

TALK

December 21 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 5.30 pm: Swami Arunatmananda will speak on Mayer Katha. December 21 at Ramakrishna Mission Insti- tute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Prasannatmananda will speak in Bengali on Devavani. December 21 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 6 pm: Swami Putanananda will speak on Srimad Bhagavad Gita. December 21 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Raj Krishna Street; 7 pm: Dr Bhupendra Nath Sil will speak on Bharat Premik Swami Abhedananda.

PHOTO EXHIBITION

Till December 20 at Birla Industrial and Technological Museum, 19A Gurusaday Road; 10 am - 5 pm: British Council and Birla Industrial and Technological Museum present Hard Rain, a project by eminent British photographer, author and environmental campaigner Mark Edwards. Till January 13 (except Sunday) at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #2461 3145; 10 am - 7 pm: Return to Eden — an exhibition of photography by Prabir Purkayastha. Curated by Ina Puri. Till December 29 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre; 2 pm - 7 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts and Tasveer present Pan India — A Shared Habitat, an exhibition of photographs by Prashant Panjiar.

EXHIBITION

Till December 21 at Gaganendra Pradarshashala; 3 pm - 8 pm: Exhibition of different facets of performing arts through paintings, drawings, cartoons and illustrations in original format of rare artworks used for publicity, posters, calenders, book-covers and other promotional purposes. All these leftover unsung artistry will remind the masterstrokes of the brush and colour rangg from the unapplauded patuas to painters of prominence like Nandalal Bose, Asit Halder and Satyajit Ray. Hosted by Academy Theatre as part of its Panchiser Utsav. Till December 24 at 218 AJC Bose Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Bombaim showcases an eclectic collection of dresses, clutch bags, jewellery and home accessories. Till December 31 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace, #2223 9422; 11 am - 7 pm: Crafts Council of West Bengal presents Burra Din, an exhibtion of colonial embroideries, candles, gifts, ceramic potteries, artifacts, jewellery and exclusive handloom sarees. Till December 31 at Halo Heritage, 26 Ritchie Road; 11.30 am - 8 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents an exhibition of its new range of durries and home accessories.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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Fax: 2234-8244