Women’s empowerment Based on real-life incidents of women belonging to minority communities, Rangakarmee’s latest production, Khela Gadi, narrates the saga of women who are engaged in a relentless battle against adversity, both at home and outside. Among them is Zohra Bibi, a lady now in her 50s, whose life-struggles have made her a symbol of indomitable will-power and resilience. As fiction and reality merge, the play strings together stories of other women who have gathered round Zohra Bibi’s khela gadi (a van-rickshaw in which she ferries toys and other wares); stories that are strangely familiar to her own. As more women come forward to share their personal tragedies, Noor Bibi, also an entrepreneur in her own right like Zohra Bibi, urges others to break free from their shackles and be economically independent by being part of an autonomous women’s commune. Direction: Usha Ganguli. Being staged on the occasion of World Theatre Day. Event: Play in Bengali, Khela Gadi, produced by Rangakarmee When: Today at 7 pm Where: Academy of Fine Arts

art

March 27 - April 12 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; Mondays (3 pm - 7 pm), Tuesdays - Saturdays (2 pm - 7 pm): Reality Bytes — featuring recent works of three young artists, Debraj Goswami, Abir Karmakar and Uday Mondal. Till March 28 at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency, 3rd floor; 11 am - 7 pm: Coloured Spaces, a solo show by Dhaneshwar Shah (New Delhi). Till March 29 at Gandhara Art Gallery, 1B Gurusaday Road, Flat 5A (Palm Springs); 1 pm - 8 pm: Spring, an exhibition of Sudipta Sen’s works. Till March 31 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Changing Images, recent works by the members of Rabindra Bharati Univeristy’s faculty of visual arts. Till March 31 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm (weekdays) & 10 am - 3 pm (Saturday): Amit Banerjee’s second solo exhibition of paintings. Till March 31 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Poetry on Canvas, paintings by eminent artists. Participating artists include Sanatan Dinda, Jogen Chowdhury, Prakash Karmakar, Suhas Roy, Subroto Gangopadhyay, Partho Bhattacharjee, Kazi Nasir, Subhamita Dinda, Shyamal Mukherjee, Ajoy Bandopadhyay, Gourango Beshai, Bratin Khan and Ramananda Bandopadhyay. Till April 1 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: A group exhibition of the works by the members of Painters 80. Till April 1 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Painted Delights, an exhibition of the works of contemporary artists of India. Till April 1 at Gallery Rasa, 828/1 Block P, New Alipore; 4 pm - 8 pm: A solo exhibition of paintings by Debasish Manna. Till April 7 (except Sunday) at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani; 3 pm - 7 pm: Of Human Bondage — recent works of Arun Bain. Till April 8 at Angan Art Gallery, 11 Fern Place; 4 pm - 8 pm: Reality as Fantasy: Art of the illustrators. Participating artists: Anup Ray, Debabrata Chakrabarti, Debashis Deb, Jayanta Ghosh, Indranil Ghosh, Nirmalendu Mandal, Subrata Chowdhury and Abhijit Chattopadhyay. Till April 14 (except Sundays) at Akar Prakar, P238 Hindustan Park; 3 pm - 8 pm: Recent works by Ganesh Haloi. Till April 18 at Spandan Art Gallery, 87 Park Street, 1st floor; 10 am - 7 pm: An exhibition, titled Art, featuring works of Keshav Roy.

drama

March 28 at Nandan campus; 5 pm: Rangakarmee presents its new production in Bengali, Khela Gari. Direction: Usha Ganguli. March 28 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Lok-Krishti presents Page 4, It’s Also a Game. Direction: Bratya Basu. March 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Natadha presents Tagore’s Raktakarabi. Direction: Shib Mukhopadhyay. March 29 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Kolkata Suchetana presents Aatarkothi. Direction: Onkar Ghosh. March 29 at Muktangan Rangalaya; 6.30 pm: Pratikriti presents its first stage performance of Madhusudaner Chhelebela, a play for children. Scripted and directed by Aalok Deb. March 30 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: Spandan presents the Rangakarmee production, Manto Aur Manto. Direction: Usha Ganguli. April 1 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Nandipat presents Mrityu Na Hatya. Direction: Bibhas Chakraborty. April 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Aneek presents Dwitiyo Basanta. Direction: Malay Biswas.

FILM SHOW

March 28 at Gorky Sadan; 6 pm: Screening of Assamese feature film Aahir-Vairab, directed by Sibaprasad Thakur.

PERFORMING ARTS

March 28 at Calcutta School of Music, Sandre Hall; 7 pm: Laura Goldberg (violin), Amy Lieberman (soprano) and Steven Masi (piano) will perform selections from Bach, Beethoven, Debussy and the Great American Songbook. March 30 at Madhusudan Mancha; 5.30 pm: Parag presents Basanta Utsav, an evening of Tagore songs by Abhirup Guha Thakurta, Swastika Mukhopadhyay, Achin Mukhopadhyay, Pubali Mukhopadhyay, Manoj Murali Nair, Manisha Murali Nair, Suchhanda Ghosh, Debarati Mitra, Arun Pradhan and Mrinmoy Roy. Also, recitation by Chitra Lahiri and Subir Bandyopadhyay. March 31 at Srinath Hall, Bharat Sevashram Sangh, Ballygunge; 5.30 pm: Bharat evashram Sangh and Sree Sundaram present a classical vocal recital by Shyam Sundar Goswami, accompanied by Sanjay Mukherjee (tabla), Biswajit Mishra (sarangee) and Hiranmoyee Mittra (harmonium).

talk

March 27 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 6.30 pm: Dr Tapati Guha Thakurata will deliver the Abanindranath Tagore Memorial Lecture on Dialogues in Artistic Nationalisms: Japan and Bengal in the Early 20th Century. March 27 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Atmabodhananda will discuss in Bengali on Sri Sri Mayer Katha.

documentary

March 27 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: A documentary on the release of The Cultural Heritage of India (Vol VII, Part I) by Dr Manmohan Singh, hon’ble Prime Minister of India, at his residence on March 3, 2007.

ARTISTS’ CAMP

Till March 27 at EZCC, IB 201 Salt Lake; 11 am - 5 pm: Artists’ Camp on the Freedom Movement with the participation of artists from Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

VIDEO THEATRE

Till March 27 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre; 6.30 pm: Monirath and India Foundation for Arts present Sottor/Uttor and 67-72, a durational diptych on the hostory of Maoist movement in India by Santanu Bose and Debalina. This documentary focuses on preparation, premonition and aftermath of the Naxalbari movement.

SEMINAR

March 28 at Asiatic Society, Vidyasagar Hall; 10.30 am: Inauguration of a two-day seminar on Mahabharata and Indian Dance: In Classical and Folk Perspective.

WORKSHOP

Till March 29 at EZCC, IB 201 Salt Lake; 11 am - 5 pm: Workshop on warli folk painting of Maharashtra and phad folk painting of Rajasthan.

EXHIBITION

Till March 30 at Nupur’s Boutique, 169 Sarat Bose Road; 11 am - 7.30 pm: A spring summer collection of hand-painted Madhubani kalamkari saris, hand-embroidered saris, suits, block-printed saris, dhotis, kurtas and tops. Till March 30 at Soumya’s Creation, 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Accessorize, showcasing personal accessories like gold, silver, semi-precious and costume jewellery, scarves and bags. Also, home accessories including durries, lamps and home linen.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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