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Till August 27 (except public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Towers (2nd floor), 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, 2485 8717, 2485 8509; Mondays: 3pm - 7pm; Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2pm - 7pm: Kingshuk: Through the world darkly — An exhibition of the works of Kingshuk Sarkar. August 24 - 28 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3pm - 8pm: Artmile & Studio Pomegranate present Panchatatwa — interpretation in paintings, photographs and sculptures. Till August 24 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3pm - 8pm: Indian Society of Oriental Art presents its annual exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Till August 24 at The Harrington Street Arts Centre, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, 2nd floor, Flat no. 5 & 25B, 22829220/ 9221; 12noon - 7pm: Melange — an exhibition of the works by Achuthan Kudallur, Akhilesh, Amitava Das, Anupam Sud, Babu Xavier, Baiju Parthan, Charan Sharma, Dhiraj Choudhury, Farhad Hussain, Gargi Raina, G.R. Iranna, Laxman Aelay, Manish Pushkale, Manjunath Kamath, Mathew Battu, Pradip Rakhit, Pooja Iranna, Rokeya Sultan, R.S. Shakya, Samir Mondal, Sanjay Kumar, Seema Kohli, Sidharth, Subhash Awchat and Veer Munshi. Till August 28 at Galerie La Mere, 3 Regent Park; 4pm - 8pm: Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture presents Freedom 2011, an exhibition of the works of renowned artists. Till August 28 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3pm - 8pm: Paintings by Anup Biswas, Krishna Dey, Mintu Mallick, Ranjan Das, Satyabrata Adhikary, Sankar Tarafdar and Sobhan Mukherjee. Till August 31 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue; 2pm - 7pm: Aami Roopey Tomay Bholabo Na..., a group show by eminent artists of Bengal. Till August 31 at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, 40034974; 10.30am - 7pm: A group show of paintings and sculptures. Till August 31 at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, 24653212: Roots — installations by Mrinal Mandal. Till September 10 at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, 24630465 / 40012289: Experimenter Contemporary Art presents I Have a Face, but a Face of What I am Not — an exhibition of works by Adip Dutta. Till September 11 at Tvastr, The Ffort Raichak; 10am - 8pm: Celebrating Tagore, an exhibition of an exquisite collection of Tagore’s paintings. Till September 17 (except Sundays, August 27 & September 10) at Emami Chisel Art Gallery, Emami Tower, 687 Anandapur, EM Bypass, 40113182/83; 11am - 7pm: Visual Ventures — works culled from 22 artists including Akbar Padamsee, Tapas Konar, Gogi Saroj Pal, Achuthan Kudallur, Amitava Dhar, RM Palaniappan, Rini Dhumal, Yusuf, RB Bhaskaran, Shekhar Roy, Sunil De, Samindranath Majumdar, Shobha Broota, Seema Kohli, S Harsha Vardhana, Gopi Gajwani, Faiza Huma, Shridhar Iyer, Saba Hasan, Vilas Shinde, Jinsook Shinde and Yogesh Rawal. Curated by Dr Saba Gulraiz. Till September 20 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street: Transformations: Art for floors & walls: Genesis Art Gallery presents a group show of some of the finest in contemporary art. Till September 24 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, 24484925, 24497931: Sanskriti Ceramics — a group exhibition celebrating the moods and emotions in ceramic art.DRAMA
August 24 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30pm: As part of the ongoing Purba Paschim Theatre Festival 2011, Epic Actors Workshop, USA will stage The Sacrifice, based on a novel by Tagore. Direction: Dr Farley Richmond. August 24 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Bratyajan presents two plays: Canvasser (based on a story by Bibhutibhusan Bandyopadhyay) and Byomkesh (based on a story by Saradindu Bandyopadhyay). Direction: Bratya Basu. August 24 at Madhusudan Mancha; 5.45pm: Natadha presents Caesar O Cleopatra. Direction: Arna Mukhopadhyay. August 24 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30pm: Ekush Shatak presents Krishna Ranga. Direction: Loknath Bandyopadhyay.PERFORMING ARTS
August 24 at Indumati Sabhagriha; 5pm: Kabyaloke presents an evening of recitation, reading and song. participants include Sujit Dutta, Tapas Nag, Mamata Dasgupta, Swapan Basu, Nayan Basu and Manikanta Mandal in recitation/ reading, and Sushmita Dutta, Suchhanda Ghosh, Manasi Bhattacharya, Manosree Lahiri, Kalyan Das, Malabika Bhattacharya and Amitesh Chanda in songs. August 24 at Sisir Mancha; 6pm: Shubhakshan presents Kabitay Anubhabey Sukumar Ghosh. August 24 at Purbashree auditorium, EZCC, IB 201 Salt Lake, Sector III; 6.30pm: Probahini presents Rabikirone Kabi Sakti, a collage of poems by Sakti Chattopadhyay and Rabindrasangeet. Participants: Enakshi Chattopadhyay, Abhirup Guha Thakurta, Asis Ghosh and Natasha Das Gupta. To be followed by a music programme, Ananda Dhwani Jagao Gaganey, by members of Probahini. August 26 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30pm: Dimension Four presents Nupurchhanda Ghosh a solo recital of Bengali songs.PHOTOGRAPHY
Till August 26 at The Bengal Art Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 12noon - 8pm: A Date with Central Asia, a photographic exhibition by Dilip Banerjee and the Quest on Wings team. Till August 31 at Creative Ritu, 3/2A CNC Street, Bhowanipore, 9831001947; 4pm - 8pm: Har-ki-Doon: The Valley and the People, an exhibition of travel photographs by Papri Chakraborty, Pinaki Ranjan Majumder and Raja Abhimannyu. August 25 - 31 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Alok Rekhay is presenting its 10th Member’s Exhibition.CRICKET
Till Spetember 18 at Space Circle Club & Resorts; Weekdays: 7pm - 9pm; Saturdays: 4pm - 9pm; Sundays: noon - 9pm: Royal Challenge presents The Telegraph 10th Corporate Cricket Cup.exhibition
August 25 - 27 at ITC Fortune Select, Loudon; 11am - 7.30pm: Prana - JJS presents an exclusive Kundan-Meena Jewellery Show by Jaipur Jewellers. Till August 26 at Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road: Cottage presents an exhibition-cum-sale of art furniture and art objects. Till August 31 at Starmark (3 Lord Sinha Road; City Centre, Salt Lake; South City Mall; and Mani Square); 11am - 8.30pm: An exhibition of a fabulous range of bokks, stationery, toys, music, movies and gifts. Till August 31 (except Sunday) at The Box at The Park; 11am - 8pm: Festive Sale at The Box, with huge discounts on hand-picked art and crafts, clothes, beauty products, fashion and home accessories and gift items. Till August 31 at 16/2 Gariahat Road, Ekdalia crossing banquet hall, 9830054718; 11am - 9pm: Joyita’s Selection presents a designer boutique festival. Till September 27 at Design, 1st floor, 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 24664315; 11am - 7.30pm: Paramita Viswanathan presents a Puja collection of cotton and silk saris.taLK / SEMINAR
August 24 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 5.30pm: Indo-German Association, Calcutta presents a seminar on Ocean at the Service of Mankind. August 24 at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road; 6pm: A panel discussion on Art and its Social Role in Contemporary Bengal. Panelists: Nabarun Bhattacharya, Kumar Rana, Tapati Chowdhury and Mrinal Mandal. Moderator: Anirudh Chari. August 24 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6pm: Swami Divyananda will speak on Sri Ramakrishna’s Bhaktabrinda. August 24 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6.15pm: Swami Somatmananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Mayer Katha. August 24 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7pm: Niranjan Datta will read from Sri Sri Mayer Katha. August 24 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Lecture Hall; 7pm: Swami Buddhatmananda will speak on Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita.WORKSHOP
August 25 at Happy Hours, CD-69 Salt Lake: Learn cooking Italian cuisine — starter, platter, Ravioli in Alfredo sauce, Penne Arrabiata, Risotto. To register, call 9830229898. August 25 - September 2 at Mahila Parishad, 15 Balaram De Street: Workshop on Rajasthani folk music by Pandit Narayan Das Ranga. For details, call 2259-0489/0347. August 26 at Proscenium Art Centre, 46 AJC Bose Road: A production-oriented theatre workshop to be conducted by Theatrecian. Participants may register by August 26. For details, call 9830241007 (noon - 3pm). August 27 onwards at Gatewayz, 27B Camac Street: Creative art workshop (8 classes). For details, call 9836665651.QUIZ
August 27 at IBS Kolkata campus, J-3, Block GP, Sector V, Salt Lake: IBS Kolkata and Kwizmaniax present The Ultimate Trivial General Quiz for teams of 4. QM: Tathagata Chatterjee. Registration from 4pm and prelims from 4.30pm. For details, mail to kwizmaniax@gmail.comFESTIVAL
Till August 29 at Sri Raghavendra Mutt, 49A Pratapaditya Road; 6pm onwards: Ved Bhavan Bhajan Samaj celebrates Janmashtami Mahotsavam 2011. Today: Bhajan by Sai Mitr Bhajan Group.DRAMA FESTIVAL
August 31 - September 13 at Kala Kunj; 10am - 5pm: The British Council presents Annual Inter-School Drama Festival 2011 semi finals, in association with Central School of Speech and Drama UK on the theme of Tagore’s works, featuring 60 schools. Six schools will qualify for the National Finals . For details contact samarjit.guha@in.britishcouncil.org or call 4007 4307.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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