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Till January 9 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; 3 pm - 7 pm (Mondays) & 2 pm - 7 pm (Tuesdays to Saturdays): In Search of a Context, an exhibition about the relation of art to its setting of time, place, social and historical moorings. Artworks include paintings, sculptures, drawings, collage, films and video. Featuring works of Manas Acharya, Samir Aich, Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, Sumitro Basak, Rameshwar Broota, Shreyasi Chatterjee, Swarna Chitrakar, Jogen Chowdhury, Sougata Das, Partha Pratim Deb, Meera Devidayal, Early Bengal School, Anita Gopal, Subodh Gupta, Anup Mondal, Binode Behari Mukherjee, Ravinder G. Reddy, Satyajit Roy, Kingshuk Sarkar, Shakila, Shuvaprasanna, Mayank Kumar Shyam, Arpita Singh, J. Swaminathan, Rabindranath Tagore, Manish Waghdare, Ancient South Indian Sculpture, and Cinematic Installation by Rituparno Ghosh and Mainak Bhaumik. Till December 26 at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: A Study in Abstraction — an exhibition featuring works of Manjari Chakravarti, Shridhar Iyer, Prabhakar Kolte, Manish Pushkale, Deepak Rajvar, Partha Shaw, S. Harsha Vardhana, Deepak Tandon and Neha Chandria. Till December 27 at Birla Academy of Art and Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition to mark the golden jubilee of Society of Contemporary Artists. Till December 28 at Gallerie 52d, 52D Hindustan Park; 11 am - 7 pm: A ceramic show by artists of Delhi and Calcutta. Till December 28 at Starmark, South City Mall; 11 am - 8 pm: Paintings by Nina Das. Till December 29 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road, #9830654796; 3 pm - 8 pm: Solo exhibition of paintings by Shyamal Sikdar. Till December 30 (except December 26 & 27) at Emami Chisel Art Pvt. Ltd, 687 Anandapur, E.M. Bypass, #40113182; 11 am - 7 pm: Art & Craft Fair.DRAMA
Till December 31: 12th Ganga Jamuna Natya Utsab 2009, organised by Aneek. Today at Minerva Theatre: Dhritiman Natya Sanstha’s Utsarito Aalo (Dir: Bhaskar Chakraborty) at 3 pm; Prantik’s (IPTA) Byabochchhed (Dir: Gora Ghosh) at 4.30 pm; New Theatre Group’s Punnabaner Bojha (Dir: Benu Chatterjee) at 6 pm & Prabin Mancha’s Ekdin Jara (Dir: Dulal Chakraborty) at 7.30 pm. At Rabindra Sadan: Nata-Ranga’s Aami Weds Aami (Dir: Shohan Banerjee) at 3 pm; and Natasena’s Gorur Garir Headlight (Dir: Saroj Roy) at 6.30 pm. At Academy of Fine Arts: PLT’s Titumir (Dir: Utpal Dutt) at 3 pm, Aranyak’s (Bangaldesh) Ebong Vidyasagar (Dir: Mamunoor Rashid) at 6.30 pm. At Girish Mancha: Samstab’s Bhootnath (Dir: Dwijen Banerjee) at 6.30 pm. Till December 31 at Bijon Theatre; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents 7th Desh-Bidesher Natyamela. Today: Shohan, Calcutta will stage Musalmanir Galpo (Dir: Ashoke Pramanick and Anish Ghosh) and Shilpi Sangha, Howrah presents Dena Paona (Dir: Soumitra Basu). December 26 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Nandipat presents Ballavpurer Roopkatha. Direction: Prakash Bhattacharya. December 27 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sayak presents Jnan Briksher Fall, directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya.GUIDED TOUR
December 26 at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Tower (2nd floor), 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue; 5 pm: In Search of a Context — A guided tour through the ongoing exhibition by Shuvapra sanna. All are welcome.PERFORMING ARTS
December 26 - 28 at Purbashree, EZCC, salt Lake; 4 pm: Axis Bank and Salt Lake Cultural Association present the 23rd Salt Lake Music Festival. Today: Santosh Chatterjee (Kathak), Subhra Guha (vocal), Parthasarathi Chatterjee (sitar) and Samaresh Chowdhury (vocal). Tomorrow: Debanjan Bhattacharya (sarod), Debojit Chakrabarty (sitar), Kasturi Banerjee (light classical vocal), Partha Chatterjee and Partha Sarathi (duet sitar & sarod), and Gundecha Bandhus (dhrupad). December 27 at Rabindra Sadan; 10.30 am: South Jodhpur Park Academy presents Mukti & Nari. Music direction: Sraboni Sen. Dance choreography: Subhra Mandal. December 27 at Birla Academy; 6 pm: Surkanan Music Circle presents Sujit Saha (tabla lahar), Aniruddha Bhattacharjee (vocal), Sunetra Roy and Aishee Bhattacharjee (vocal), and bhajan (chorus). December 27 at Star Theatre; 7 pm: Priya Entertainments presents Nayika Sangbad, a trip down memory lane where Shampa Kundu presents a musical entourage from the times of Kanan Devi to Rituparna Sengupta. Suchita Raychaudhury will share interesting anecdotes about the heroines. Also, felicitation to Sabitri Chatterjee and Madhabi Mukherjee. Concept & direction: Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee.TALK
December 26 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 5.30 pm: Swami Paripurnananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. December 26 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 5.50 pm: Swami Vamanananda will speak on Spiritual Practice and Meditation. December 26 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Pradyot Kumar Mukhopadhyay will speak in Bengali on Dharma, Darshan O Vijnan. December 26 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 6 pm: Discourses on Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita by Prof. Dipak Gupta. December 26 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak in Bengali on Mrityu-Rahasya.PHOTO EXHIBITION
Till January 2 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR; 11 am - 7 pm: Bonjour India presents TV Viewers, an exhibition of photographs taken by French lensman Olivier Culmann that captures the unsettling passivity of TV viewers. Till January 13 (except Sunday) at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #2461 3145; 10 am - 7 pm: Return to Eden — an exhibition of photography by Prabir Purkayastha. Curated by Ina Puri. Till December 29 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre; 2 pm - 7 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts and Tasveer present Pan India — A Shared Habitat, an exhibition of photographs by Prashant Panjiar.KIDS’ CORNER
Till December 31 at Starmark, 3 Lord Sinha Road, City Centre (Salt Lake), South City Mall and Mani Square; 11 am - 8 pm: Starmark is holding a kids’ book exhibition.EXHIBITION
Till December 27 at Fabindia stores (Hindustan Park, Woodburn Park, City Centre, South City, Hiland Park and Rajarhat): Giftware accessories, evening bags and jewellery promo. Till December 31 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace, #2223 9422; 11 am - 7 pm: Crafts Council of West Bengal presents colonial embroideries, candles, gifts, ceramic potteries, artifacts, jewellery and exclusive handloom sarees. Till January 3 at Milan Mela complex; 2 pm - 8 pm; business visitors (10 am - 1 pm): 23rd Industrial India Trade Fair 2009 organised by BNCCI and Government of West Bengal in association with Indian Trade Promotion Organisation.REUNION
December 27 at Jadavpur University, Vivekananda Hall; 11 am - 8 pm: Reunion of Jadavpur University’s English department with music, play and several kinds of performances. Registration: 10.30 am - 11.30 am; Rs 250 per head. RSVP at judereunion@gmail.com or 9830788349.VARIETY
December 27 at Sea Explorers’ Institute, Outram Ghat; 10.30 am: A day-long programme of discussion, paintings, poems, musical and cultural events. Also, talk on Nadir Bhavna by Mahasveta Devi and Jaya Mitra.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: 2234-8244All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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