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Till April 14 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Tower, 2nd floor; Mondays: 3pm - 7pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2pm - 7pm: An exhibition of recent works by Shuvaprasanna. Till March 31 (except Mondays) in the Portrait Gallery of Victoria Memorial; 10am - 5pm: To celebrate the birth centenary of Mother Teresa, Victoria Memorial Hall hosts twenty 20 Paintings, an exhibition of paintings on Mother by M.F. Husain and Sunita Kumar. Till April 23 (except Sundays & holidays) at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture; 10am - 1pm & 2.30pm - 7pm: Annual Art Exhibition: Pilgrim of Eternity, an exhibition of watercolour miniatures by Bireswar Sen.DRAMA
March 26 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3pm: Aneek presents Tagore’s Tapati, directed by Malay Biswas. March 26 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6pm: Raktokarabi, a play by Tagore and presented by Purba Paschim, and Bengali songs by Dohar. Hosted by Padakshep in aid of the state’s rural poor. March 26 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Bohurupee presents Kinu Kaharer Thetar. Direction: Kumar Roy. March 26 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: Rang Roop presents Maayer Moto. Direction: Seema Mukhopadhyay. Till March 31 at Bijon Theatre; 6.30pm: Sayak presents a festival of selected Bengali plays. Today: Raater Fashion House (Dir: Subhashis Gangopadhyay) by Ekush Shatak. Tomorrow: Manbhanjan (Dir: Anish Ghosh) by Shohan. March 27 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3pm: Tritiyo Sutra will stage Tagore’s Bisarjan, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. March 27 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: Rangapat will stage Mohit Chattopadhyay’s Tusher Aagun. March 27 at Muktangan; 6.30pm: Epic will stage two plays by Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Buro Shaliker Ghaare Rnow and Akeyi Ki Boley Sabhyata? Direction: Debesh Chakraborty.pERFORMING ARTS
March 26 at Sisir Mancha; 5pm: Rabi-Purabi presents Basanta Sandhya, an evening of Tagore songs and readings. March 26 at Rabindra Sadan; 6pm: Ananda Chandrika presents Tagore’s Bhanusingher Padavali by Amita Dutt and her troupe. March 26 at Indumati Sabhagriha, Jadavpur; 6pm: Baitanik presents an evening of Tagore songs, short plays, audio-drama and dance. March 26 - 28 at Satyajit Ray Auditorium, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 6pm: Elegant Steel, in association with Melting Pot Productions, presents Rasa, the Classical Arts Festival. March 26: Presentation of Guru Gnan Prakash Ghosh Lifetime Achievement Award 2011 to Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta, and Guru Gnan Prakash Ghosh Best Young Talent Award 2011 to Arshad Ali Khan. Performances by Chitra Purvaranga (Marganatya) Dance Troupe and Amabarish Das (vocal). March 27: Performances by Indrani Mukherjee (vocal) with Soumen Sarkar (tabla), and Prattyush Banerjee (sarod) with Pandit Shankar Ghosh (tabla). March 26 at Birla Academy; 6pm: Balai Majumdar Musical Foundation presents 2nd annual programme of classical music featuring Bidisha Sadhu (vocal), Tirthankar Banerjee (sitar) and Pandit Amiya Ranjan Bandyopadhyay (vocal). March 27 at Kala Mandir; 5.45pm: Bedona Hotey Bedaney, a solo recital of Tagore songs on spring by Rahul Mitra. March 27 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30pm: To mark its golden jubilee, Tagore Society, Jamshedpur will stage Tagore’s dance-drama Shapmochan (Music direction: Chandana Chowdhury; Dance direction: Subhashis Bhattacharya). Also, felicitation to Subhas Chowdhury, renowned personality of Tagore songs. March 27 at Bengal Theosophical Society Hall, College Square East; 6pm: Madhya Kolkata Sanskritik Mancha presents Tagore songs by Gopal Patra and Jitendranath Roy, and dance-drama Chandalika by Sanchari Creative Centre. March 27 at Priya cinema; 6.30pm: Priya entertainments presents songs by Manomoy Bhattacharya and Jayati Chakraborty.PHOTOGRAPHS
March 26 at Abanindranath Tagore Gallery, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 7pm: Inauguration of Colours of Solitude, an exhibition of photographs by Anikendra Ghosh. The show is open for public viewing on March 27, 11am - 7pm. Till March 31 (except Mondays & national holidays) in the Central Hall of Victoria Memorial Hall; 10am - 5pm: An exhibition of photographs on Mother Teresa by Sunil K Dutt.TALK
March 26 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 5.30pm: Swami Tattwajnanananda will speak on Mundakaponishad. March 26 (6pm) & March 27 (10am) at Iran Society Hall, 12 Dr M. Ishaque Road, Calcutta 16: 150th Birth Anniversary of Tagore & International Seminar on Tagore and Indo-Iran Relations. March 26 at Ramakrishna Mancha, Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 6.30 pm: Swami Satyapriyananda will speak on Narada-Bhaktisutra. March 26 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 6.30pm: Discourse on Yuganayak Vivekananda by Amiya Prasad Chakraborty. March 26 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 6.30pm: Dipak Gupta will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. March 26 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak on Mrityu Rahasya.SCREENING
March 26 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Screening of Bappa Sen’s Gambhira (A documentary on folk theatre of Malda) followed by folk songs of North Bengal by Sunil Barman and Binay Barman.EXHIBITION
Till March 27 at Sravasti, 14/97 Golf Club Road, Tollygunge, 24734546; 12noon - 8pm: KeyaChaitali’s exclusive fair of T-shirts, short kurtas, kurtas, wrap-around sets, saradins, kantha and block-printed cotton and silk saris, dupattas, a new range of handloom saris and a variety of blouse pieces. Till April 5 at Simaaya, 10/4D Elgin Road; 11am - 7.30pm: An exhibition of designer dresses, saris, suits, bags, footwear & accessories. Till March 27 at Ashirwad AC Hall, Phool Bagan, 9331978352, 9331425616; 10am - 8pm: Ganapti presents Gangaur & Bengali New Year exhibition of jewellery, saris, suits, bedsheets, gift items & handicrafts. Till March 28 (except Sunday) at Azura, CNK Tower, 3 Royd Street, 22272219, 22298651; Monday - Friday: 11am - 6pm, Saturday: 11am - 4pm: Fashion designer Farhana Chowdhury showcases Tunic Bazaar, which includes a range of tunics in intricate cuts and distinct styles in an exclusive colour palette befitting season from floral to abstract tones. Till March 30 at Taj Khazana, Taj Bengal: Taj Khazana’s spring sale of meticulously hand-woven saris, embroidered shawls, classic and contemporary accessories, exquisite ladies wear and designer men’s apparels. Till March 31 at Weavers Studio, 5/1 Anil Moitra Road; 9.30am - 6.30pm: An exhibition of tribal textiles, tribal jewellery. Till March 31 at Moksha, P203 Lake terrace Extension; 11am - 7pm: An exhibition of saris and salwar kurta ensembles, in crisp cottons, cool kotas and shimmering maheshwaris, batik-worked and block-printed, specially for summer. Till April 14 at Design, 1st floor, 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 24664315; 11am - 7.30pm: Paramita Viswanathan’s summer collection of cotton and silk saris.PRIZES / AWARDS
March 26 at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math, Howrah; 1.30pm: Annual prize distribution ceremony. President: Prof. Bimal Kumar Roy, director, ISI. March 26 at Wavers Studio Centre for the Arts; 7pm: Rotary Club of Calcutta Metro City, R.I. District 3291 will honour four women achievers of Bengal: Dr Jayasree Roy, Priti Patel, Bani Basu and Bratati Bandyopadhyay. Alos, an audio-play by members of Onnomon.WORKSHOP
March 26 & 27 at Starmark, 3 Lord Sinha Road & Mani Square; 12noon - 1pm: Starmark and Hobby Ideas present art and craft workshops for children on bookmark making (March 26) and mask making (March 27). For more details and registration, call 9903985097. March 27 onwards at Happy Hours, CD-69 Salt Lake, 9830227778: A five-day photography workshop, to be conducted by Sujoy Das, will cover technical sessions, photo shoots, photo critique, and editing. March 26 & 27 at Objet D’Art, 14/1B Palm Avenue, 9831200077: Workshop on jewellery making. March 27 at Eduzone, 112 Southern Avenue: Eduzone offers SAT, GRE, GMAT, IELTS, TOEFL free diagnostic tests. Registrations are on for a total 16 classes certification crash courses in Spanish, French, German, Italian, Sanskrit, public speaking, personality enhancement . E-mail eduzoneindia@gmail.com to register or call 9830020277, 9230613528 Details: www.eduzoneindia.comAll those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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