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ART
Till January 28 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 11 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by students of College of Visual Art, Calcutta. Participants: Debjyoty Dhara, Prosenjit Biswas, Sreyashi Saha, Sanchita Mondal, Subhasis Shee, Shreya Basu, Manab Dey and Souvik Karmakar. January 28 - February 12 (except Sundays) at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, 22902274; 11 am - 7 pm, Mondays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Snow Soliloquy by Amal Ghosh. The exhibition opens today at 5 pm. Till January 29 at Aakriti Art Gallery, Orbit Enclave, 1st floor, 12/3A Hungerford Street, 2289 3027/ 5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: A Fleeting World: Paintings by Sunil De. Till January 30 at Birla Academy; 3 pm - 8 pm: Birla Academy of Art & Culture presents 44th Annual Exhibition 2011. Till January 30 at Victoria Memorial Hall, Portrait Gallery; 10 am - 5 pm: An exhibition of paintings from the collection of Victoria Memorial Hall: India: Land and People by Western Artists. Till January 31 at Bengal Art Gallery (1st floor), 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: My Native Place in Dream — an exhibition of paintings by Partha Protim Bala. Till January 31 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Shades of India (Series VI) presents Mystique Power of Shree Yantra, an art exhibition (Series III). Till January 31 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: Paintings by Tanmoy Roy Chowdhury. Till February 2 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘A’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The fourth solo show of recent paintings by Tanima Bhattacharya. Till February 12 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, 24484925/24497931; 12 noon - 8 pm: Masks & Metaphors — recent works of Jaya Ganguly. Till February 17 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B, Middleton Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of contemporary and traditional art showcasing the works of Ajay De, Amit Bhar, Anita Tanwar, Asit Mondal, Bhagat Singh, Chhatrapati Dutta, Dewashish Das, Dhiraj Chowdhury, Gautam Mukherjee, K Salve, Nitya Kundu, Sachin Jaltare, Shuvaprasanna, Shweta Kanoria, Subhendu Porel, Subhomita Dinda, Subrata Das, Sudip Roy, Sukanta Das, Suman Roy and Thota Vaikuntam.DRAMA
Till January 31 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Banga Natya Samhati has organised a festival of plays in memory of Ramaprasad Banik and for the aid of needy theatrepersons. Today: Gandhar presents Kachher Manush, directed by filmmaker Gautam Haldar. January 28 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shouvanik presents Matlobi Paasha. Direction: Chandan Das. January 28 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Blank Verse presents Bhootum Bhagaban, written and directed by Raja Bhattacharya. January 29 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: Theatre Workshop will stage its new production, Goenda Poabaro, based on a story by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay. Direction: Kamal Manna. January 30 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar will stage Ajnatobaas, directed by Sumanta Gangopadhyay. January 30 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Storyteller presents 221B Baker Street, a play in Bengali directed by Arindam Mukherjee.pERFORMING ARTS
Till January 30 at Sree Thyagaraja Hall, P-530 Raja Basanta Roy Road: Rasika Ranjana Sabha presents its 65th annual music festival to celebrate the 164th anniversary of Saint Thyagaraja. Today, 6.15 pm: Vocal recital by Sikkil C Gurucharan, with M.S.N. Murthy (violin) and V.V. Ramanamurthy (mridangam). January 28 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 5 pm: Maghotsav — an evening of Brahma Sangeet featuring compositions by Rammohun Roy, Rabindranath Tagore, Atulprasad Sen, D.L. Roy, Rajanikanta Sen, Jyotirindranath Tagore, Sarala Devi and others. To be rendered by Nupurchhanda Ghosh and her students, and solos by Sanghamitra Chakraborty, Suchhanda Ghosh, Bhaskar Chakraborty, Nandini Rai and others. January 28 at Aban Mahal; 6.30 pm: Uma Memorial Kalalayam celebrates its 15th anniversary with classical dances of South India. January 28 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Padatik Dance Centre presents Kathak dance recital by Emelee Ghosh and Bharata Natyam recital by Rajdeep Banerjee.TALK
January 28 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Sarvabhutananda will speak in English on Mundaka Upanishad. January 28 at Ramakrishna Mancha, Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 6.30 pm: Swami Atmapriyananda will speak on Kenopanishad.BOOK LAUNCH
January 28 at Calcutta Book Fair, Press Corner; 4.30 pm: Launch of Ekakini Bijoyinee, an interview-based writing on noted singer Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta by Pitam Sengupta. The book will be released by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay. January 28 at Oxford Bookstore, 17 Park Street; 7 pm: Oxford Bookstore Calcutta and Wisdom Tree host the launch of What’s your Sun Sign: No Predictions - No Astrology Jargon! by Chetan D. Narain. The book will be released by actor Rohit Roy.READING
January 28 at Oxford Bookstore, 17 Park Street; 3 pm: Oxford Bookstore Calcutta and The Calcutta International Book Club present the book reading session of Talaash, an intriguing novel, by well-known author Shaheen Akhtar. The reading session has been organised by The Reading Circle and Gantha, an eminent book club of Bangladesh.FESTIVAL
Till January 31 at Central Park, Golf Green: Golf Green Sarodotsava Committee, in association with The Telegraph & 91.9 Friends FM, presents Golf Green Utsav 2011. Today: Vocal by Omkar Srikant Dadarkar at 7 pm, Indian classical instrumental duet at 7.45 pm, and Threads of Kathak by Sayanee Chavda & troupe at 8.30 pm.QUIZ
January 28 at Gyan Manch, 11 Pretoria Street; 9 am (registration), 12 noon (finals): Starmark Inter-School Quiz for three-member teams, with Charanpreet Singh as the quizmaster. For more details, call 99039 85097.WORKSHOP
Till February 6 at Starmark, Mani Square (2nd floor); 12 noon - 1 pm: Starmark will hold Hobby Ideas’ weekend art and craft workshops for children between 3 years and 12 years: card making (January 29), bag making (January 30), coaster designing (February 5) and glass painting (February 6). Registration fees: Rs 100 per workshop. For more details, call 99039 85097. January 30 at Eduzone, Southern Avenue; 11 am onwards: One hour free diagnostic test & a free workshop on SAT, GRE, GMAT, TOEFL & IELTS. Certification courses in basic, intermediate and advanced French & Spanish. Public speaking, personality enhancement, spoken English and soft skill courses on offer. See www. eduzoneindia.com. Register at eduzoneindia@gmail.com or call 9830020277, 92306135278.ENTERTAINMENT
January 28 at Plush Lounge & Bar, The Astor Hotel; 10 pm onwards: Plush presents gregstaiiner, house music with London-based DJ Greg Stainer.EXHIBITION
January 28 - February 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: The Wandering Wild, an awareness photo-exhibition by Utpaal Sorkkar to protect wildlife as part of Bluechip Project’s ‘Save the Untamed 2011’. Till January 31 at Halo Heritage, 26 Ritchie Road, Maddox Square; 12 noon - 8 pm: Dream Cloths — Celebrating the beauty of Banarasi handloom silks. Featuring bedcovers, cusion covers, saris and stoles, soft-furnishings designed by Australian designer Kerry Zerner.RECITATION
January 29 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Gandhar presents Samayer Aaloy Chhayay Eka Bijoylakshmi, an evening of solo recitation by Bijoylakshmi Barman. Her rendition will cover a wide range from the Gita to Charyapada, and from works by Michael Madhusudan Dutt to Tagore and contemporary poets.DISCUSSION
January 29 at British Council, 16 Camac Street; 6.30 pm: Launch and discussion featuring noted British journalist and author Ian Jack and writer Amit Chaudhuri. On the occasion, Ian Jack’s latest book, The Country Formerly Known as Great Britain, will be launched.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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