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Till January 26 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The 10th solo exhibition of paintings by Dr Sankar Chatterjee. Till January 26 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘B’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: A duet show by Sasanka Ghosh and Sk. Jamirul Rahman. Till January 26 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Drawings and paintings by Baniprosonno. Till January 27 at Society of Contemporary Artists, 398 Jogendra Garden (on Rashbehari connector); 4 pm - 8 pm: Refractions: Exhibition of works by Subir Hati over the last five years. Till January 28 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 11 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by students of College of Visual Art, Calcutta. Participants: Debjyoty Dhara, Prosenjit Biswas, Sreyashi Saha, Sanchita Mondal, Subhasis Shee, Shreya Basu, Manab Dey and Souvik Karmakar. Till January 29 at Aakriti Art Gallery, Orbit Enclave, 1st floor, 12/3A Hungerford Street, 2289 3027/ 5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: A Fleeting World: Paintings by Sunil De. Till January 31 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Shades of India (Series VI) presents Mystique Power of Shree Yantra, an art exhibition (Series III). Till January 31 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: Paintings by Tanmoy Roy Chowdhury. Till February 12 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, 24484925/24497931; 12 noon - 8 pm: Masks & Metaphors — recent works of Jaya Ganguly. Till February 17 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B, Middleton Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of contemporary and traditional art showcasing the works of Ajay De, Amit Bhar, Anita Tanwar, Asit Mondal, Bhagat Singh, Chhatrapati Dutta, Dewashish Das, Dhiraj Chowdhury, Gautam Mukherjee, K Salve, Nitya Kundu, Sachin Jaltare, Shuvaprasanna, Shweta Kanoria, Subhendu Porel, Subhomita Dinda, Subrata Das, Sudip Roy, Sukanta Das, Suman Roy and Thota Vaikuntam.pERFORMING ARTS
Till January 27: Nritya Natya, a festival of dance-dramas of Tagore presented by the institutions of Sangeet Natak Akademi and Visva Bharati. Today at Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, 6.45 pm: Sattriya Kendra, Guwahati presents Chandalika (Choreography: Jatin Goswami). Tomorrow at Madhusudan Mancha, 6.30 pm: Kathak Kendra Repertory, New Delhi presents Chitrangada (Choreography: Gitanjali Lal). Till January 30 at Sree Thyagaraja Hall, P-530 Raja Basanta Roy Road: Rasika Ranjana Sabha presents its 65th annual music festival to celebrate the 164th anniversary of Saint Thyagaraja. Today, 10 am: Layavinyas, a raimbow of rhythm & melody conducted & presented by N. Shankar & troupe; at 5.30 pm: Vocal recital by Sanjay Subramanian, with S. Varadarajan (violin) and Neyveli B. Venkatesh (mridangam). Tomorrow, 6.15 pm: Dr (Smt) Pantula Rama (vocal), with Kalyani Shankar (violin) and Mandapaka Nagalakshmi (mridangam). January 26 at Nazrul Mancha; 6 pm: Tribute to Tagore on his 150th birth anniversary by The Dover Lane Music Conference. Seemar Majhe Asim: Sitar by Manilal Nag and Mita Nag. Vocals by Raghab Chattopadhyay, Shounak Chattopadhyay, Chandrabali Rudra Dutta, Jayati Chakraborty. Tabla: Subhen Chattopadhyay, Ghatam: Somnath Roy. Instrumental music: Subrata Mukherjee & party. Concept: Subhen Chattopadhyay. Shraddharghya: Rabindrasangeet by Rezwana Choudhury Banya. Sitar: Purbayan Chatterjee, Tabla: Anubrata Chatterjee. Keyboard: Indrajit Choudhury. Vocal accompaniment: Sanhita Chatterjee. Concept: Purbayan Chatterjee. January 26 at Kala Kunj (Kala Mandir basement); 6.15 pm: Anya Kantha presents an evening of Tagore songs by Srabani Sen, Dr Kakali Ghosh and Alak Roychoudhury. January 26 at Bhowanipur Sangit Sammilani; 6 pm: Vocal recitals by Hansi Gupta Roy, Phullara Mukherjee and Purnendu Mukherjee. January 26 - 28 at Aban Mahal; 6.30 pm: Uma Memorial Kalalayam celebrates its 15th anniversary with classical dances of South India. January 27 at Sisir Mancha; 5 pm: Sarba Bharatiya Sangeet O Sanskriti Parishad presents Kabi Pranam - Ghare Baire to mark Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary, Particiapnts: Kajal Sengupta, Dr Kakali Ghosh (Canada), Dr Sujata Dey, Mita Kundu (Europe) and Nargis Chowdhury (Bangladesh). January 27 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Artists for Leh presents Neepabithi and Baul and Beyond featuring Ranmoy Bose, Anusheh, Ghulam Fakir and Kartik Das. January 27 at Rabindra Okakura Bhavan, Salt Lake; 5 pm: Chhandaseer’s Rabindra Sandhya features Tagore songs by Rajeshwar Bhattacharya, Suman Panthi, Debasree Biswas, Sukanya Nath, Ashis Sarkar, Sreeparna Chakraborty, Shampa Dhar, Seema Ghosh, Madhuchhanda Ghatak and others.DRAMA
Till January 26 at Purbashree, EZCC, Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: 13th Lokkrishti Natyotsav O Rabi Pranam. Today: Madhabi by Nandikar. Direction: Swatilekha Sengupta. Till January 27 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: A festival of plays by Niva Arts to mark its 20th anniversary. Today: Three Swapnasandhani productions: Darjiparar Marjinara (at 10.30 am), Malyabaan (at 3 pm) and Birpurush (at 7 pm). Direction & performance: Koushik Sen. January 26 at Minerva Theatre; 6 pm: Minerva Natya Samskriti Charcha Kendra’s Repertory presents Raja Lear, with Soumitra Chatterjee in the lead. Dir: Suman Mukhopadhyay. January 26 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.15 pm: Natasena will stage its popular comedy. Gorur Garir Headlight, written and directed by Saroj Roy. January 26 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Arghya presents its latest production, Michael Madhusudan Dutt’s Meghnadbadh Kabya. Dramatised and directed by Manish Mitra. January 26 at Mukta Angan Rangalaya; 6.30 pm: Shouvanik presents Matlobi Paasha. Dir: Chandan Das. January 27 - 31 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Banga Natya Samhati has organised a festival of plays in memory of Ramaprasad Banik and for the aid of needy theatrepersons. January 27: Bratyajan will stage Ruddha Sangeet, directed by Bratya Basu.BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
January 26 at Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math: The 149th birthday celebrations of Srimat Swami Vivekananda: Mangalarati, Ved Paath O Stabgaan, special puja, homa & sandhyarati (at Swamiji’s Mandir, 4.40 am onwards); Classical music, khayal, dhrupad (at Swamiji’s room, 5 am onwards), Vivekananda Geeti, Kathopanishad Paath, Bhaktigeeti, Leelageeti, sitar recital, dhrupad. bhajan, and religious gathering at Sabha mandap (8 am onwards). Special launch service throughout the day by West Bengal Surface Transport Corporation Ltd. January 26 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake City: Celebration of Swami Vivekananda’s 149th birthday (Janmatithi) with Mangalarati (5 am), special puja (7 am), reading from Chandi (8 am), reading from Swamiji’s Patravali (11 am), Sandhyarati & bhajan (5.30 pm) and talk by Swami Amareshananda on Swamijir Karmamoy Jeevan (6 pm). January 26 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar: Celebration of 149th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda with Mangalarati (5 am), sarod recital by Pushpen Dey at 6 am, special puja & homa (7 am), devotional songs (8 am), pushpanjali (11.30 am), evening aratirkram (5.25 pm), talk by Swami Ritananda (6.10 pm), and musical drama Viswavijayee Vivekananda (7.15 pm). January 26 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math: The 149th birth anniversay of Swami Vivekananda. Bhajans, worship and homa in the mroning. Public meeting at 6.30 pm.QUIZ
January 28 at Gyan Manch, 11 Pretoria Street; 9 am (registration), 12 noon (finals): Starmark Inter-School Quiz for three-member teams, with Charanpreet Singh as the quizmaster. For more details, call 99039 85097.INAUGURAL SHOW
January 26 at 39 R.K. Chatterjee Road, Sheetala Mandir complex, Kasba; 5 pm: The inaugural function of Mohor, an organisation for children with special needs.WORKSHOP
January 26 at Mahila Seva Samity, Rajpur, Gajipur; 11am onwards: Art workshop being organised by Salt Lake Unmesh Foundation in aid of underprivileged children and women featuring eminent artists, conducted by Prof. Dhiraj Choudhury. Participating artists include Anita Roy Choudhury, Shyamashree Basu, Tapas Biswas, Tapan Mitra, Sukumar Ghosh, Sukhendu Paul, Subhankar Maitra, Shatabdi Dutta and Bratati Mukherjee. Till February 6 at Starmark, Mani Square (2nd floor); 12 noon - 1 pm: Starmark will hold Hobby Ideas’ weekend art and craft workshops for children between 3 years and 12 years: card making (January 29), bag making (January 30), coaster designing (February 5) and glass painting (February 6). Registration fees: Rs 100 per workshop. For more details, call 99039 85097. January 30 at Eduzone, Southern Avenue; 11 am: Free diagnostic test & a free workshop on SAT, GRE, GMAT, TOEFL & IELTS. Certification courses in basic, intermediate and advanced French & Spanish. Public speaking, personality enhancement, spoken English and soft skill courses on offer. See www.eduzoneindia.com. Register at eduzoneindia@gmail.com or call 9830020277, 92306135278.FILM FESTIVAL
January 27 at Nandan-II: German Film Festival presented by Federation of Film Societies of India in collaboration with Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta. January 27, 4 pm: Seven Summer Freckels (Dir: Herr Mann Zschoche); at 6.30 pm: Wonder from Bern (Dir: Soenke Wortmann).All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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