Enlivening Bengali culture Directed by Anjan Dutt, The Bong Connection is the story of two young men trying to achieve their dreams in a foreign land. For one, Calcutta is dying and stagnant. For the other, it is still the Mecca of culture and arts. It presents two stories that run parallel, never quite merging yet colliding. A warm-hearted, hilarious yet deeply touching drama about two men in this crazy, global world, it takes a sensitive look at the city and its denizens and the changes they have been adjusting to over the years. To coincide with the release of The Bong Connection, Moxie Entertainments, Open Doors and Tollygunge Club present a quintessentially Bong pursuit, an adda session, Our Second Cultural Renaissance – The Bong Connection. Participants: Dhritiman Chatterji, Suvaprasanna Bhattacharya, Barun Chanda, Anjan Dutt, Arindam Sil, Oindrilla Dutt, Shayan Munshi, Peeya Rai Chowdhuri. Topic: Brain Drain — The Bong Connection. The adda will be interspersed with live performances by Anjan and Neel Dutt, from the film’s hugely popular music, which has just been released. lEvent: Adda and music performance lWhen: Today at 6.30 pm lWhere: Oxford Bookstore, Park Street

art

June 26 - July 1 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Recent paintings by Parthasarathi Nath, Prosenjit Dasgupta, Ashis Sarkar and Sumit Das. June 26 - July 2 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South-B; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Ranadip Das, Parthapratim Saha, Ramprasad Dey, Dilip Choudhry and Dewashish Das. Inauguration today at 6 pm. June 26 - July 2 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings and sculptures by Sajal Kanti Mitra and Asish Kumar Das. Till June 26 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Apurba Debnath, Nirmal Kanti Chakrabarty, Pradip Bhowmick, Sakti Karmakar, Ashis Mondal, Pintu Biswas, Aishwariya Rajlaxmi, Nidhi Passary and Jiban Biswas. Till June 29 at College of Visual Arts canmpus, Nayabad, Garia (Rail Math); 12 noon - 7 pm: Annual art exhibition by the students of College of Visual Arts. Till June 30 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Tradition - Modern: Bengal Art — Kalighat and Jamini Roy. An exhibition of paintings and drawings. Till June 30 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm; Saturday (10 am - 3 pm): Thirsty Eyes, a solo exhibition of paintings by Ganesh Dey. Till June 30 at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Monologues, paintings by Sudipto Dutta. Till June 30 at The Palladian Lounge, Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Third Level, 6 Netaji Subhas Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Essence of the Earth, an exhibition of abstract paintings by Tamal Krsna, Arindam Chatterjee, Prangopal Ghosh, Debashis Samanta, Gautam Sarma, Sandip Roy and Tanmoy Biswas. Till June 30 at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency, 3rd floor; 11 am - 7 pm: Confronting Globalization, an exhibition of artworks by Arun Bain, Barun Chowdhury, Debashish Manna, Debnath Basu, K. Prasun Roy, Kazi Nasir, Rabin Roy, Rajib Chowdhury and Rathin Kanji. Curated by Mrinal Ghosh. Till June 30 at Domus Art Gallery, Showroom 7B (ground floor), Neelambar Building, 28/B Shakespeare Sarani; 11 am - 6 pm: Colours of Nature, an exhibition of watercolours by Milanendu Mondal. Till July 1 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: 4th solo exhibition of sculpture by Amit Das. Till July 1 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road, Triangular Park; 3 pm - 8 pm: Second solo exhibition of paintings by Ekta Singha. Till July 2 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: Artists Circle presents Celebration of Nature, a group show on environment by senior artists. June 27 - July 3 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: A group show of painting and sculpture. Organised by Exposure. Till July 10 at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street, 2nd floor, #22892982; 12 noon - 7.30 pm: Art Today: Trends and Talents in Indian Contemporary Art; a Tale of Four Cities. Works of painters from Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Calcutta. Participating artists: Avijit Dutta, Anil Naik, Chippa Sudhakar, Diptish Ghosh Dostidar, Kiran Chopra, Laxman Aelay, Prasenjit Sengupta, Sunil Lohar and Vinod Goswami. Till July 28 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Summer Show featuring about 50 artworks from across India. Till July 28 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: The Masters of Imagination, an exhibition of paintings by renowned artists.

drama

Till June 28 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nehru Children’s Museum (Natyadal) hosts Natyotsav 2007, featuring plays for children written and directed by Romaprasad Banik. Today: Ekla Pagal. June 28 at Lincoln Room, American Center; 6.30 pm: The Office of Public Affairs, US Consulate General, Calcutta presents a quartet of short American plays, Give the Bishop My Faint Regards, Come Next Tuesday, The Next Contestant and Match Point, to be staged by members of Stagecraft. Written by Frank D. Gilroy and directed by Rohit Pombra. Entry by invitation only. June 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Shalya Prabo, a Barasat Anushilanee production. Executive director: Rudratej Sengupta. June 29 at Gyan Manch; 7 pm: Patton and Spandan present Koi Ek Raat, a play in Hindi, written, designed and directed by Ashok Singh. June 30 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Sanglap Kolkata presents Astorag. Direction: Kuntal Mukherjee. June 30 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Howrah Dakshinayan presents Hawa Badal. Drama & direction: Kunal Mukhopadhyay.

PERFORMING ARTS

June 27 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, Salt Lake; 6 pm: Rhythm of Dance, a dance presentation by Chandrakala, choreographed and directed by Jhuma Mukherjee. June 30 at Kala Mandir; 6 pm: Utsaha presents Dhruva Pada featuring dhrupad by Uday Bhawalkar and Rabindrasangeet (dhrupad-ang) by Rahul Mitra. June 30 at Purbashree, Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC and Avinandan present Raagas & Rasas, an exploration of classical music in Rabindrasangeet, featuring Sudeshna Basu. June 30 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: A Nritya-Sangeet Sandhya, featuring Kathak dancer Souvik Chakraborty.

INTERACTIVE SESSION

June 27 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 6.30 pm: Ranan hosts ProXimities, an informal forum of discussion and exchange. This episode features arts and inter-cultural dialogue between Sujata Sen, director, British Council, Calcutta, and Anjum Katyal, arts manager and writer.

talk

June 26 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Pravrajika Vedantaprana will speak in Bengali on Vyavaharik Jivane Sri Ma Saradadevir Adarsha. June 26 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Atmabodhananda will discuss in Bengali on Sri Sri Mayer Katha.

LITERARY MEET

June 30 at Rabindra Charcha Bhavan, Kalighat Park; 6 pm: Tagore Research Institute hosts a literary meeting to mark International Day for Reading Tagore’s Poetry. Speakers include various reputed elocutionists.

WORKSHOP

June 26 - 30 at Padatik Dance Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 11 am - 6 pm: Kathak workshop (Jaipur gharana) by Pandit Rajendra Gangani (New Delhi).

EXHIBITION

June 27 - 30 at Earthy Myth, 8/2 Loudon Street, 2nd floor; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition on handcrafted cotton wear for women which includes kurtas, tunics and sarees.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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Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001;
Fax: 2234-8244