Experiencing Orissa To celebrate Rath Yatra, the chariot festival of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra, Shri Jagannath Seva Samiti, Dock East Yard Compound, Kidderpore, Calcutta and its cultural wing Utkala, are hosting the week-long cultural extravaganza, Orissa Festival 2009. To be inaugurated today at 7 pm by the Governor of Orissa, Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare, it will commence with the presentation of the Utkala Samman award to eminent painter and art critic, Dr Dinanath Pathy. The inaugural day’s programme also features a Odissi dance recital by Sanchita Bhattacharya (picture here) and her troupe. The festival will showcase some of the finest facets of Orissa’s rich artistic and cultural heritage, from rare folk and tribal dance forms and music, classical Odissi dance and music to a colourful, fascinating array of exotic art and handicraft items. Besides, prasad, similar to the mahaprasad of Puri’s Jagannath Temple, will be distributed everyday. More than 100 participants from different cultural troupes and self-help groups of Orissa and West Bengal are participating in this festival. A classical dance competition, painting competition and a competition on the cuisine of Orissa are also being organised to add a competitive flavour to the event. Event: Orissa Festival to mark Rath Yatra When: June 25 - July 1; 6.30 pm onwards (Sunday, 10 am onwards) Where: Swabhumi Heritage Plaza

Art

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. June 25 at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 6 pm: Inauguration of Trying to Make Sense of it All, an exhibition of the recent works by Somit Gupta, Debraj Goswami, Rajiba Lochan Pani and Pampa Panwar. Till July 19 at Aakriti Art Gallery (12/3A Hungerford Street, #22893027, 11 am - 7 pm, Sundays closed), Akar Prakar (P238 Hindustan Park, #24642617, 2 pm - 7 pm, Sundays closed) and The Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre (36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, #24556942, 2 pm - 8 pm daily): On the occasion of K.G. Subramanyan’s 85th birthday, Aakriti Art Gallery, Akar Prakar and The Seagull Foundation for the Arts present Recent Works by K.G. Subramanyan — a new collection of canvases, reverse paintings, gouaches on paper and terracotta works. Till June 26 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Naba Nabin, a group of young artists. Participants: Sanjeeb Sarkar, Saikat Ghosal, Subasish Biswas, Suvodeb Banerjee, Sukanya Dutta, Sankar Das, Pratap Mondal, Moumita Dutta and Priyaranjan Purkait. Till June 26 at Gaganendra Pradarshashala; 2 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by the members of Ankan, contemporary artist association of Barddhaman. Till June 26 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The 15th solo exhibition of paintings by Krishna Dey. Till June 26 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by young contemporaries Biplob Sarkar, Sasanka Ghosh and Biswa Basu. Till June 28 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Meta Real — an exhibition of paintings and ideas by Sajidul Islam and Mousum Mandal. Till June 30 (except 4th Saturday and Sunday) at Emami Chisel Art Pvt. Ltd, Emami Towers, 687 Anandapur, EM Bypass, #40113182/3; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of sculptures by contemporary artists. Till June 30 (except Sunday) at Tejas Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #98300 49825; 12.30 pm - 7.30 pm: Paintings by young, upcoming artists Atish Mukherjee, Arunava Mondal, Avijit Mukherjee, Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, Sanjay Kr Samanta, Tanay Paul, Bibek Pal, Goutam Sarkar and others. Till July 10 (except Mondays) at Shree Art Gallery, 11 Gurusaday Road, Kusum Apartment, Flat no. 61, #30222040, 30535982; 3 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Ashis Mondal. Till July 15 (except Sundays) at Gallery K2, Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace, #2465 1444; 11 am - 7 pm: Sudipta Karmakar’s watercolours on the wonders of India. Till July 29 (except Sundays) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, #24630465/ 40012289; 11.30 am - 7.30 pm: Experimenter presents SEZ Who? a unique activism-based collaborative art project, curated by Tushar Joag. This is a project led by a group of artists and Experimenter exploring the impact and rationale of setting up Special Economic Zones in India. Till July 31 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #65508418; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Sensorial Realities, an exhibition of paintings by Subrata Gangopadhyay, Suhas Roy, Prakash Karmakar, Shyamal Mukherjee, Samir Paul, Bratin Khan, Sanatan Dinda, Gourango Beshai, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Atin Basak and others.

DRAMA

June 25 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Ajantrik presents Ksharan, based on a story by Samaresh Majumdar. June 25 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: atyaranga presents Dadu Chay Nati Chay. Direction: Surajit Bandyopadhyay. June 25 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Niva Arts presents the Cinetel production, Homa Pakhi. Drama: Dr Amit Ranjan Biswas. Direction & performance: Soumitra Chattopadhyay. Till July 17 at Ramgopal Mancha, Howrah; 6.30 pm: A theatre festival, in aid of cyclone victims, organised by Ramgopal Mancha Natyakendra. Today: Choruibhati by Trisha and Suryograas by Swabak. June 26 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Lok-Krishi presents Hing-Ting. Drama: Ujjwal Chattopadhyay. Direction: Falguni Chattopadhyay. June 26 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Little Thespian will stage its latest production, Patjhad (Hindustani adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie), with Uma Jhunjhunwala in the lead. Adaptation, design & direction: S.M. Azhar Alam. June 27 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm & 6.30 pm: Sayak will stage Dournama. Playwright: Indrasis Lahiri. Direction and in lead role: Meghnad Bhattacharya. June 27 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: PurbaPaschim will stage Manik Bandyopadhyay’s Diba Ratrir Kabya. Direction: Arun Mukhopadhyay. June 27 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Ganakrishti presents its new production, Sonali Sadak. Direction: Taranga Sarkar. June 28 at Star Theatre; 10 am: Eso Natak Shikhi will stage the one-act play, Dalchhut. Direction: Dr Tapas Das.

PERFORMING ARTS

June 26 at Birla Academy; 7 pm: Musical soiree Barsha Mangal, organised by Roma Chakravartti, Shantiniketan Puratani. June 26 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #24604245; 6.30 pm: An evening of folk-jazz and jam grass performance by Sujoy Chakravarty, Diptanshu Roy and Vinayak Das Gupta. June 28 at Sree Thyagaraja Hall, P-530 Raja Basanta Roy Road; 5.30 pm: Rasika Ranjana Sabha presents a vocal recital by Bombay Lakshmi Rajagopalan, accompanied by Neeladri Rao (violin), R. Srinivasan (mridangam) and P.V. Sairam (kanjira).

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till June 28 at Nandalal Bose Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre - ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: A photography exhibition by Nemai Ghosh on Satyajit Ray — From Script to Screen. A joint collaboration of ICCR and National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi.

TALK

June 25 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5.30 pm: Sitanath Goswami will speak in Sanskrit on Bhagavad-Gita. June 25 at Swami Santadas Centre for Indological Studies, 101 Southern Avenue; 6 pm: Dipen Sengupta will speak on Rishider Seba Aar Aamader Proyojan. June 25 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Valmiki Ramayan. June 25 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7 pm: Dipak Ganguly will speak on Swamijir Patravali. June 25 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7.30 pm: Swami Vamanananda will speak on Spiritual Retreat and Guided Meditation.

LECTURE

June 25 at Bangla Akademi; 5 pm - 9 pm: Shinjan Nrityalaya has invited two eminent personalities of yoga to educate dancers in the fine art of health and fitness through exercises, asanas and pranayams. Introduction to Yoga by Sharmistha Pani. Lectures on health and fitness by orthopedic doctor N. De Majumdar and Yogacharya Dipen Sengupta, Swami Santdas Institute. For more details, call 2464 4141 / 94330 38127.

EXHIBITION

June 25 & 26 at Akshar, 25 Diamond Harbour Road; 9.30 am - 1.30 pm: Akshar is holding a science exhibition, Anveshan. June 25 - July 2 at Finesse, 11/1B New Road, Alipore; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Exquisite hand-woven sarees in summer colours, kotas, maheshwaris, cotton/silk with block prints and surface embroidery. June 27 & 28 at Gorky Sadan; 2 pm - 8 pm: Euphony presents an exhibition, titled Phirey Elam Durey Giye, on Late R.D. Burman. Till June 30 at Soumya’s Creation, 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 11.30 am - 6.30 pm: Monsoon Magic — on show will be mixed weave saris, printed and woven unstitched suits, both costume and silver jewellery, a small range of brocade zardozi evening bags and a comprehensive range of children’s clothes. Till June 30 at The Halo Heritage Art Gallery, 26 Ritchie Road, #24190133; 11.30 am - 9 pm: Halo Hertitage, in collaboration with Mohini, presents Parampara, an exhibition of traditional textiles. Till June 30 at Pumpkin Patch, South City Mall, Shop #S-210, 2nd floor: Mid-season show of Pumpkin Patch products, an international kids clothing brand. Till June 30 at Design, 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road: Paramita Viswanathan’s special summer collection of printed Tangails and Rajasthani Kotas.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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