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April 28 - May 4 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3pm - 8pm: An exhibition of paintings and graphics by Anjana Mukherjee, Chaita Basu Jena, Puspita Ray and Saswati Chaudhuri. April 28 - May 4 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Bani Chakra presents Voice of Colours, a group show of paintings. April 28 - May 4 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: An Expression of Life: Exhibition of the works of four contemporary artists Siddharta Dey, Pavel Banerjee, Bappa Bhowmick and Madhumita Dasgupta. Till April 30 (except April 27) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor; 3pm - 8pm: Ganesha Ek - Roop Anek, an exhibition of creations in parchment art & craft by Sunita Tandon. Till April 30 at Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art, 48/44 Swiss Park, 24246534; 4pm - 7pm: Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art presents Annual Exhibition 2011. Till April 30 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, 65508418; 10.30am - 6.30pm: The Rapture of Form — paintings by Suhas Roy, Prokash Karmakar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Sanatan Dinda, Atin Basak, Bratin Khan, Gourango Beshai, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Subrata Das, Samir Paul, Sukanta Das and others. Till May 1 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12noon - 8pm: Signature of Asia presents an exhibition of paintings. Till May 1 at Proscenium’s Art Centre, 46 AJC Bose Road, 22290843; 4pm - 8pm: Paintings by Supriya Sarkar, Kowshik Ghosh, Kabita Biswas, Indrajit Roy and Moupia Chakraborty. Till May 4 (except Sundays and public holidays) at Gallery K2, Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace, 24651444; 11am - 7pm: Some Brilliant Watercolours — a group show of watercolours. Participating artists: Aparup Mukherjee, Katayun Saklat, Nabendu Roy, Paresh Maity, Sudipta Karmakar and Tapas Kanti Mitra. Till May 6 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 11am - 8pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents the exhibition, Somnath Hore: Prints, Drawings, Posters. Till May 7 (except Sundays) at Gallery Image Kraft, 56E Block D, New Alipore; 11am - 8pm: An exhibition of paintings by young Bengal painters. Till May 7 (except Sundays & holidays) at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency Building, 3rd floor, 22895438; 11am - 7.30pm: Sublime Contours, an exhibition of recent paintings by some of the senior and well as upcoming artists of Andhra Pradesh. Till May 10 (except Sundays) at The Palladian Lounge, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry, 6 N.S. Road, Third Level; 10am - 9pm: Life in Motion, an exhibition of exquisite bronze sculptures by Bimal Roy. Till May 15 (except Mondays) at Kusum Apartments, 11 Gurusaday Road, Flat no. 61, 9903235566; 3pm - 7pm: Shree Art Gallery presents Baishakhi, and exhibition of paintings by B.R. Panesar, Bappa Halder, Pramathesh Chandra, Debabrata Chakrabarty, Dipti Chakraborty, Debendra Laha, Arun Kr Samaddar, Nitya Kundu, Milanendu Mondal, Prabal Roy, Ranjan Sarkar, Ranadip Das, Subrata Das, Samir Paul, Sambhu Saha and others. Till May 20 (except Saturdays & Sundays) at Emami Chisel Art, Emami Tower, 687 Anandapur, EM Bypass, 40113182/83; 2pm - 7pm: Uttar-Purab, an exhibition of contemporary art. Curated by Dr Archana Roy. Till June 9 (except Sundays) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, 24630465, 40012289; 11 am - 7pm: The Young Man Was... (a few chapter): Naeem Mohaiemen.DRAMA
April 28 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Naye Natua will stage Jaal, based on a story by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay. Drama, direction & performance: Goutam Halder. April 28 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: Ganakrishti will stage its latest production, Ekhon Antigone. Drama: Evald Flisar. Translated and directed by Amitava Dutta. April 29 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: Dhakuria Jeetendra Smriti Chakra presents a short play, Darpan Sakshi (written by Chandan Sen), and the one-act play, Nirastra (written by Amit Maitra). Direction: Binayak Bandyopadhyay. April 30 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3.15pm: Lal Sabuj — Natya-Anan’s latest production, directed and performed by Chandan Sen. April 30 & May 1 at Proscenium’s Art Centre, 46 AJC Bose Road; 6.45pm: Hatak (The Insult), directed by Sahir M. Siddiqui.pERFORMING ARTS
April 27 at Calcutta School of Music, Sandre Hall; 7pm: Monthly guitar concert by Biplaw Singh. All are welcome. April 28 - 30 at Purbashree, EZCC, Salt Lake; 6pm: Programme on Eastern Zonal Folk Culture, Guru-Shishya Parampara, an initiative by Government of India to revive folk dance and music. April 28 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30pm: Dhaibat presents Bishwa Drashta, a compilation of Tagore songs, poems and excerpts from Tagore plays. April 29 at Rabindra Okakura Bhavan, Salt Lake; 6pm: Srishtipath’s fifth annual function features recitation by the students of Nirmala Motijheel School, run by the Missionaries of Charity; audio-play Pratham Shok; songs by Anita Sarkar; recitation by Swapna Chakraborty; dance by Payel Roy and students of Monikuntala Uchcha Balika Vidyalaya; and drama Atha Swarga Bichitra by the members of Srishtipath. April 30 at Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi; 5.45pm: Shruti Kathan and Chhandak present Tumi Chhara Shunya Laagey. Featuring recitations in groups, solos and duets, audio-play and Tagore songs. April 30 at Sovabazar Natmandir; 6.30pm: Santoor Ashram & Sutanuti Parishad present an evening of classical music featuring Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya (santoor) and Mita Pandit (vocal). All are welcome.pHOTOGRAPHS
Till April 27 at Gaganendra Pradarshashala; 4pm - 7pm: Humanity Foundation presents an old & new photo exhibition on Mother Teresa and her works. The photographs were taken by Pranab Mukerji between 1967 and 1997. Till May 30 (except Mondays and national holidays) in the Portrait Gallery, Victoria Memorial Hall; 10am - 5pm: Hoppé’s Santiniketan — an exhibition of photographs from 1929 by Emil Otto Hoppé.taLK
April 27 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6pm: Swami Divyananda will speak on Sri Ramakrishna’s Bhaktabrinda. April 27 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7pm: Krishna Chatterjee will read from Sri Sri Mayer Katha. April 27 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Hall; 7pm: Parimal Chakravortty will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita.EXHIBITION
Till April 30 at 175 Block G, New Alipore, 40608060; 11am - 7.30pm: “V” Style Voyage exhibits new summer designer collection of salwar kurta, tunics, dresses. Also, artefacts, home-decor items, tablemats, bags, footwear and accessories.WORKSHOP
April 30 at Studio E2 69, 8/1 Esplanade East: Happy Feet, a dance workshop for kids (age group: 2 plus to 5years). For details and registration, call 9830019635. April 30 at 8 Camac Street, Shantiniketan Building; 4pm - 6pm: Zee Institute of Creative Arts (ZICA) is organising a workshop on Freehand Sketching. For registration, contact 22820123 / 9331720675. May 1 at Mystic Yoga Studio, BE 34, Sector I, Salt Lake: Mystic Yoga Meditation Workshop. To register, call 91633 65029 or mail sudhir@mysticmanagers.com May 2 onwards at Camlin Arts, Elgin Road: Workshop on fine arts (oil, water, pastels, charcoal paintings, sketching) and calligraphy and fancy writing. Also, certified course in basic, intermediate and advanced French, Spanish and English. For details, call 9830647476, 9804791446. May 2 - June 4 at Gatewayz, 27B Camac Street: A five-week crash course on finishing school for teens and ladies. Also, cooking, hair & makeup, floral art, grooming & etiquette, sari draping, etc. To register, call 9836665651. May 14 onwards at Eduzone, 112 Southern Avenue: Registrations on till May 8 for certified summer crash courses starting from May 14 for Foundation English, Hindi, Mathematics, Shakespearean literature, personality enhancement, public speaking and elocution for the age groups, 8yrs to 14yrs, 14yrs to 18yrs and 18yrs and above. Certified courses for basic & advanced Spanish, French and German. Also, free diagnostic tests with evaluation on SAT, GRE, GMAT, IELTS, TOEFL on all Sundays in May at 11am. For details, visit www.eduzoneindia.com or e-mail at eduzoneindia@gmail.com to register or call 9830020277, 9230613528. May 18 - 31 at British Council, L&T Chambers, 1st floor, 16 Camac Street: Registrations are on for Acting, Shakespeare, Voice and Communication workshops presented by The Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London and the British Council Calcutta for all aspiring actors and business professionals. For more information and to register for the workshops, contact Manish Gupta on 4007 4329 or email at manish.gupta@in.britishcouncil.orgSCREENING
April 29 at Nandan-II; 6pm: Films Division, Government of India and Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre will jointly present Indian Theatre on Celluloid (1988 / 106mins / col.) — screening of a documentary made by Dr Jabbar Patel on India’s theatre traditions.MARATHON
April 30 at Mystic Yoga Studio, BE 34, Sector I, Salt Lake: Run for Fun: 4 kms Baby Marathon. To register: # 9163365029 or E: sudhir@mysticmanagers.comMEDITATION
April 30 - May 11 at Vipassana Centre, Dhamma Ganga, Harish Chandra Dutt Road, Calcutta 700 114: Vipassana meditation residential courses. For details, call 25532855, 25833910, 22424561 or visit www.vri.dhamma.orgART CONTEST
May 1 at Nehru Children’s Museum campus; 9am - 3pm: The 38th Sit & Draw Art Contest 2011.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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