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Till January 24 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #24752275; 3 pm - 8 pm: Bold Effects, an exhibition of paintings by Nina Das. Till January 24 at Kanvas Art Gallery, 53 Syed Amir Ali Avenue, Shivam Chambers, 2nd floor; #30523243; 5.30 pm - 7.30 pm: Soul Search, an exhibition of Priyanka (Gupta) Agarwal’s art works. Till January 25 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Art of Satyajit Ray, an exhibition of the master filmmaker’s fascinating world of art. On display are some of Ray’s numerous artistic works, preserved at Ray Society archive, like illustrations, head-pieces, posters, hoardings, book jacket designs, title credits, film schedules, set designs, costume designs, advertisement artworks and type faces. Till January 25 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, #22902274; 11 am - 7 pm: Citing the City — an exhibition of recent works by Sudhir Patwardhan. Till January 29 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of drawings and paintings by Siddhartha Sen Gupta and Shibani Sen Gupta. Till January 31 at Shrimati Art Gallery, Baitanik, 4 Elgin Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of recent oil paintings by Baren Basu. Till January 31 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #24752275; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings (Seasons IV) by Sadhana Raddi. Till January 31 (weekdays) at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park Road; 11 am - 6 pm: Spectrum, a group show of Indian contemporary art. Till January 31 (Sunday by appointment only) at Gallery K2, Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace, #24651444; 12 noon - 7 pm: Journeys of the Mind, Phase II — showcasing the works by Giovanna Caruso, Katayun Saklat, Snehasish Maity and Kamal Mitra. Till January 31 (except Monday and January 23 & 26) at Birla Academy’s galleries; 3 pm - 8 pm: Birla Academy’s 41st Annual Exhibition 2008. Till February 9 (except Sundays) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, #24484925; 11.30 am - 8 pm: Journey into the world of artist Lalu Prasad Shaw — a retrospective show. Till February 16 at CIMA Gallery (except Sundays & public holidays); Mondays: 2 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Freedom: Sixty years after Indian Independence. An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by renowned artists.DRAMA
January 24 at Gyan Manch; 7 pm: Theatrecian presents Jude’s ‘farcical musical’, The Knight of the Burning Pestle. Direction: Ananda Lal. January 24 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Nandiranga presents Amrita. Direction: Somnath Mukhopadhyay. January 26 at Derozio Hall, Presidency College; 4 pm: Little Thespian will stage ? (question mark). Design & direction: S.M. Azhar Aalam. Organised by West Bengal Government College Teachers’ Association. January 26 at Mukta Angan Rangalaya; 6.30 pm: Shouvanik presents Fakka. Direction: Chandan Das. January 27 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Niva Arts and Lok-Krishti present Krishna Gahwar. Direction: Bratya Basu. January 27 at Gyan Manch; 7 pm: The Red Curtain presents The Proof, a play in English directed by Sumit Lai Roy. Being staged in aid of Operation Smile.PERFORMING ARTS
Till January 25 (night-long, 8.30 pm onwards) at Nazrul Mancha: Desh presents The Dover Lane Music Conference - 56th annual conference. January 24: Sandipan Samajpati (vocal), Partha Sarathy (sarod), Gundecha Brothers (dhrupad), Kushal Das (sitar) and Parveen Sultana (vocal). January 25: Kaushiki Desikan Chakraborty (vocal), Shahid Parvez (sitar), Rashid Khan (vocal) and Amjad Ali Khan (sarod). Till February 1 at Sree Thyagaraja Hall, P-530 Raja Basanta Roy Road: Rasika Ranjana Sabha presents its 62nd Annual Music Festival. Today at 6.15 pm: T.M. Krishna (vocal) with R.K. Sriramkumar (violin) and Poongulam Subramanian (mridangam). January 25 & 27 (5 pm - 10 pm) & January 26 (8 pm onwards night-long) at Uttarpara Jaikrishna Public Library ground: Uttarpara Sangeet Chakra presents its 52nd Annual Classical Music Conference. January 27 at Nazrul Mancha; 6 pm: Bhavna presents an evening of Tagore songs by Manoj Murali Nair and Manisha Murali Nair.FILM SHOW
January 24 at Jadavpur University, Vivekananda Hall: Fetsu, in association with Drishya, presents Jadavpur University International Film Festival 2008. At 10 am: Breaking the Waves (97 min; Lars von Trier, Holland, 1996), Les Mistons (17 min) and Antoine and Colette (29 min; Francois Truffaut, France); at 12.45 pm: In the Realm of Passion (Nagisa Oshima, Japan, 1978), The Musketeer of Pig Alley (17 min) and The Sunbeam (15 min; D.W. Griffith); at 3.30 pm: Memories of Underdevelopment (99 min; Thomas Alea, Cuba, 1968), Those Awful Hats (3 min), Corner in Wheat (14 min) and The Unchanging Sea (14 min); and at 6.15 pm: Taste of Cherry (98 min, Abbas Kiarostami, Iran) to be followed by a discussion with Manas Ghosh.PHOTOGRAPHS
January 24 - February 3 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 11 am - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents The Boxing Ladies — balck-and-white photographs by David Trattles. Inauguration today at 6.30 pm. Till February 3 (except Mondays) at Anant Art Gallery, 18-A Alipore Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Ramkinkar in Focus - Through the Eyes of Devi Prasad, an exhibition of photographs of Ramkinkar Baij’s works taken by Devi Prasad. A few of Ramkinkar’s paintings are also on view. Curated by Dr Naman Ahuja of the School of Arts & Aesthetics, JNU, New Delhi. Till February 9 (except Mondays) at Bose Pacia, Stephen Court, 18 Park Street, #40010148; 11 am - 7 pm: Ladies of Calcutta— an exhibition of photographs by Dayanita Singh. Till February 12 at Alliance Française du Bengale Gallery, 217 AJC Bose Road, #22815538; 10 am - 5.30 pm: Eurography, a photo exhibit by Rono.SYMPOSIUM
January 24 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 5.30 pm: Symposium (in English, Bengali and Hindi) on Life and Teachings of Holy Mother Sri Sri Sarada Devi. Opening song: Swami Ritananda. Participants: Swami Vaikunthananda, Swami Somatmananda, Swami Atmayogananda and Swami Gautameshananda. President: Swami Sarvabhutananda.TALK
January 24 at Swami Santadas Centre for Indological Studies, 101 outhern Avenue; 6 pm: Kamal Bikash Banerjee will speak on Bharatiya Ganiter Utsa Sandhane. January 24 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Valmiki Ramayana.CONFERENCE
January 24 - 26 at Hiralal Mazumdar Memorial College for omen, Dakshineswar: Dr Asim Dasgupta, state minister for finance, will inaugurate the 24th Annual Conference of Paschimbanga Itihaas Samsad.EXHIBITION
Till January 24 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road; 1 pm - 8 pm: Affordable Art Mela featuring works by upcoming artists of Bengal. Till February 1 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: 11th annual exhibition of Charuchetana. Till February 1 (Monday to Friday) at Goethe-Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan; 10 am - 6 pm: Young:Germany, an interactive exhibition on German Youth Culture.QUIZ
January 27 at Starmark Terrace, 3 Lord Sinha Road: The Starmark Film Quiz for three-member teams. Spot registration at venue from 3.30 pm. Prelims from 4.30 pm. Open to all. For details, contact Devdan Mitra at 98316 77708.DRAMATIZED READING
January 27 at Weavers’ Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place; 7 pm: Dramatized readings of excerpts from Raja Oeidipaus (based on greek tragedy Oeidipus by Sophocles) and Raja (a play by Rabindranath Tagore) by Bijoylakshmi Barman and Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee. The lead cast would be supported by Partha Mukherjee and Shantanu Gupta, and on the vocals (for Raja) would be Rabindrasangeet singer Suchhanda Ghosh. The performance would be preceded by a discourse by Samik Bandyo padhyay.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: 2234-8244All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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