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Till August 1 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Summer Show 2009. Featuring works by Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, Sumitro Basak, Shreyasi Chatterjee, Jogen Chowdhury, Sougata Das, Anita Gopal, Farhad Hussain, Paresh Maity, Ganesh Pyne, Satyajit Roy, Suhas Roy, Lalu Prosad Shaw and many other artists from across India. Till July 24 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South-B Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Beauty and Eternity — the 3rd solo exhibition of paintings by Tapan Biswas. Till July 24 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place; 10 am - 7 pm: A solo exhibition, Kings Midas & His Dinner, by Sarbani Das Gupta, visual and ceramic artist. Till July 26 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 5th floor; 3 pm - 8 pm: Spread — a group exhibition of paintings. Participating artists: Amar Dey, Karunamoy Sur, Alok Kr. Sardar, Arun Mondal, Dipankar Biswas, Prabal Roy, Tanmoy Roychowdhury, Surajit Sarkar, Purnendu, Chandan Debnath, Mohini Biswas, Barun Roy, Alok Roy and Subrata Biswas. Till July 31 (except Sunday) at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, #2290 2274; 11 am - 7 pm, Monday (2 pm - 7 pm): Recent works of Amritah Sen, Sumona Jana and Santanu Maity. Till July 30 at the Palladian Lounge, BCCI, 3rd level, 6 N.S. Road, Dalhousie Central; 10 am - 8 pm: Tejas Gallery, in conjunction with Palladian Lounge, is exhibiting the works of six artists Dhiren Sasmal, Avijit Mukherjee, Shibani Sengupta, Atish Mukherjee, Rajib Bhattacharya and Shambhu Saha.DRAMA
Till July 25 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB 201 Salt Lake; 5.30 pm: A week-long children’s theatre festival, organised by Happenings in association with EZCC. This festival features new productions based on Tagore’s works (poetry, prose and play) being staged by various schools of Calcutta. Today: Brikkhoropan Utsab, to be presented by Modern High School; and Guptadhan, to be presented by St James School. July 24 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Howrah Dakshinayan presents Hawa Badal. Drama & direction: Kunal Mukhopadhyay. July 24 at Satyajit Ray Auditorium, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 6.30 pm: Anamika Kala Sangam presents the premier show of Padatik’s Hindi play, Bikhre Bimb. Original play: Girish Karnad. Translated by Padmavati Rao. Directed and designed by Rajinder Nath.PHOTOGRAPHS
Till July 29 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Alok Rekhay is organising its sixth exhibition of photographs.PERFORMING ARTS
July 24 at Tollygunge Club, Main Lawn Shamiana; 7.15 pm: Michael Jackson Forever — Recreating Jackson’s magic will be leading band Crystal Grass, Tania and Francis Lepcha (guest singer) with commentary by Oindrilla Dutt. Presented by UB Royal Challenge, Open Doors, Club Mahundra and Tollygunge Club. July 25 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: An evening of Malhars featuring Narendranath Dhar (sarod) with Abhijit Banerjee (tabla), and Vijay Koparkar (vocal) with Gopal Mishra (tabla) and Hiranmoy Mitra (harmonium). July 25 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Nirtya Mandir presents Shrabon Hoye Ele Phirey — an evening of Tagore songs by Rahul Mitra.TALK
July 24 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Vedaswarupananda will speak in Bengali on Gita. July 24 at Rotary Sadan; 6.30 pm: Seminar on Entrepreneurship and Soft Skills. Speaker: Dipak Banerji. Organised by Icfai Flexi Education. July 24 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Dr Sasanka Bhusan Bandyopadhyay will speak in Bengali on Kena Upanishad. July 24 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7 pm: Swami Amiteshananda will discuss Karmajeebane Vedanta.EXHIBITION
July 24 - September 24 at Darbari, P-249 Purna Das Road, #2464 4027: An exhibition showcasing exclusive hand-embroidered, printed and woven ladies and men’s wear. Till July 24 at Aranya (Kalighat), Mohar (Dakshinapan) and Indika (City Centre): To mark the third monsoon festival, Aranya showcases its new collection of handmade paper stationery, paper mache items and sling bags. Till July 24 at Senbati, 3A Mandeville Gardens, #98300 54718; 11 am - 8.30 pm: Joyita’s Selection presents a designer boutique festival, Aagomoni, comprising all types of embroidered sarees, dress material, readymade salwar suits, ladies and gents kurtas and kurtis, kids’ wear, a wide range of Lucknow chikan, and costume jewellery. Till July 25 at Weavers Studio, 5/1 Anil Moitra Road; 9.30 am - 6.30 pm: A special collection of Lucknowi embroidery on Kota, Chanderi, Maheshwari sarees and dupattas. Till July 31 at 23 Raja Santosh Road, Flat 8C, Alipore, #24792697; 11 am - 7 pm: Namrata Kanoi displays her range of contemporary designer bags and footwear for the festive season.CONTEST
July 24 at Afraa Lounge Bar-Restaurant, City Centre, Salt Lake; 7.30 pm: Gourmet specialist Karen Anand and Pradeep Gidwani, MD, Carlsberg, are hosting a fun cookery contest, titled Men Can Cook, which encourages men to cook, keeping in mind the concepts of freshness, simplicity, fine dining and luxury.QUIZ
July 25 at the Lake Friends Swimming Club, opp. Nazrul Mancha; 4.30 pm: The Blue Club and The Lake Friends Club will host the Sukomal Chakladar Memorial Sports Quiz for any three-member teams. Details with Supratim Chakladar (9831033263 or 24601525).DEATH ANNIVERSARY
July 24 at Town Hall; 12 noon: Rupmanjari pays tribute to Uttam Kumar on his 29th death anniversary. On this occasion, the families of Uttam Kumar and Hemanta Mukhopadhyay will hand over some of the belongings of the two stalwarts to the city mayor to be preserved at Town Hall. July 24 at Uttam Mancha; 5 pm: Rupmanjari presents Mahanayak Smaran Sandhya where well-known personalities from the film and music worls will pay their tributes through songs and reminiscences. July 24 at Tapan Theatre; 5.30 pm: Bangla Chalachitra Prachar O Prasar Samiti hosts Uttam Kalaratna Purashkar along with a music programme. Participants include leading film actors and singers. July 24 at Nandan-1; 6.30 pm: Uttam Cinema Utsav organised by Nandan and Bengali Film Lovers Society in association with Tapan Sinha Foundation. Noted film personalities will be present on the occasion. Satyajit Ray’s Nayak will be screened as the inaugural film in a week-long festival of films, starring Uttam Kumar. July 24 at Bangla Akademi; 6 pm: Little Magazine Sampadak Samiti will observe the 125th death anniversary of Krishnadas Pal. A book on Pal will be released on the occasion.FILM SHOW
July 24 at Nandan-3; 3 pm: Shemaroo World Cinema’s Kurosawa Film Festival. The launch will be followed by the screening of Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon at 4.15 pm. Till July 24 at Nandan auditorium; 4 pm & 6.30 pm: UTV World Movies presents Spanish Film Festival. Today: Unconscious (at 4 pm) and The Two Tough Guys (at 6.30 pm). July 25 - August 1 at the Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre; 6.30 pm: Beckett on Film, a festival of films based on plays by renowned modernist playwright Samuel Beckett.WORKSHOP
August 1 - 6 & August 7 - 8 at The Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road: The Graphic Novel Continuum — two workshops with Rimi B. Chatterjee and Avijit Chatterjee for storytellers and artists on the art of the Graphic Novel. Basic Skills Workshop: August 1 - 6, 3 pm - 7 pm. Masterclass: August 7 & 8, 11 am - 7 pm. Last date of registration: July 25. For details, call 24556942/3All 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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