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Till April 14 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Tower, 2nd floor; Mondays: 3pm - 7pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2pm - 7pm: An exhibition of recent works by Shuvaprasanna. Till March 31 (except Monday) in the Portrait Gallery of Victoria Memorial; 10am - 5pm: To celebrate the birth centenary of Mother Teresa, Victoria Memorial Hall hosts twenty 20 Paintings, an exhibition of paintings on Mother by M.F. Husain and Sunita Kumar. March 28 - April 3 at The Promenade Lounge, Taj Bengal; 10am - 11pm: A solo exhibition of recent works by Joydev Bala. The artist will be painting live from 3pm to 6pm. Till March 30 at The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Harrington Mansions, Suit 5+25B, 2nd floor, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, 22829220/1; 12noon - 7pm: Rabindra Bharati University & The Harrington Street Arts Centre present The Faculty Exhibition, a show of present & ex-faculty of visual arts, Rabindra Bharati University. Till March 30 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Exhibition of watercolour, oil and acrylic by Oli Mishra. Till March 30 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: An exhibition of paintings by Nageshwar Sharma and Mintu Mallick. Till March 30 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Paintings and masks by Sourav Basu. Till March 31 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South-A Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Verse of Canvas: A group exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Till March 31 at Aakriti Art Gallery, Orbit Enclave, 1st floor, 12/3A Hungerford Street, 22893027/5041; 12noon - 7pm: Re-Vision, an exhibition of recent works by Birendra Pani. Till March 31 at St Thomas’ Chapel, Bishop’s College, 224 AJC Bose Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts, in association with Bishop’s College, Calcutta, presents The Last Supper, a series of reverse paintings on acrylic by Madhvi Parekh. Till March 31 at Gallery Kolkata, 2nd floor, Duckback House, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 22873377; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of drawings, paintings and sculptures by Sunil Das. Till March 31 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall, 40113182-3; 12 noon - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Ashok Kumar Dey and Chandan Roy. Till March 31 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: A group exhibition of drawings, paintings, graphics and sculptures. Till March 31 at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, 40034974, 22894745; 10.30 am - 7 pm: World Art – with a focus on France, an exhibition of paintings by artists from France, Argentina, Brazil, the UK, Congo, Italy, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Singapore and the US from the Museum’s collection. Till April 4 (except Sunday) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, 24653212; 11 am - 7 pm: Unwrapping India, an exhibition of recent works by Anne Vilsboll. Till April 14 (except Sundays) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, 24484925, 24497931; 11am - 8pm: Recent works by Nobina Gupta. Till April 23 (except Sundays & holidays) at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture; 10am - 1pm & 2.30pm - 7pm: Annual Art Exhibition: Pilgrim of Eternity, an exhibition of watercolour miniatures by Bireswar Sen. Till April 30 (except Mondays) at Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art, 48/44 Swiss Park, 24246534; 4pm - 7pm: Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art presents Annual Exhibition 2011.DRAMA
March 28 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Shruti Creations presents Bisamrekha. Drama & direction: Soumitra Basu. March 28 at Rabindra Sadan & March 30 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Durgadas Smriti Sangha presents Aajo Brishti Aashe. Drama: Ashis Sarkar. Direction: Tirthankar Chattopadhyay. Till March 31 at Bijon Theatre; 6.30pm: Sayak presents a festival of selected Bengali plays. Today: Kothay Pabo Taarey (Dir: Debashis Sengupta) by Belghoria Ethic. March 30 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Nandikar will stage Tomar Naam. Drama, music & direction: Swatilekha Sengupta. Acting: Sohini Sengupta.pERFORMING ARTS
March 28 at Satyajit Ray Auditorium, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 6pm: The concluding evening of Rasa, the Classical Arts Festival, presented by Elegant Steel, in association with Melting Pot Productions. Performances by Jaya Seal Ghosh (Bharata Natyam), and Kartick Seshadri (sitar) with Bickram Ghosh (tabla). March 28 at Gyan Manch; 6.30pm: Srabani Sen presents Tagore songs from ‘Bichitra Parjaye’, and ‘Nana Ranger Gaan’ by Goutam Ghoshal. March 28 at Someplace Else; 9pm onwards: Monday Jazz - Monday Blues: Performance by Melting Pot with Mike McCormick (electric guitar), Nishad Pandey (nylon string guitar), Mainak ‘Bumpy’ Nag Chowdhury (contra bass guitar), Sambit Chatterjee (drums) and Ishita Chakravarty (vocals). March 29 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts; 6.30pm: Sapphire Creations Dance Workshop presents Patton Quarterly Arts Series 2011 featuring contemporary dance, music poetry improvisations: In the first quarter of this year’s series, Pintu Das, Rahul Deb Saha and Riddhi Sen will present their new work, Aspiration. To be followed by Aamar Mukti Aaloye Aaloye, based on Tagore songs rendered by Ajanta Sinha with dances by Ankita Duttagupta, Koushik Das, Bhaskar Routh, Dibyendu Nath and Paramita Saha. Choreography: Sudarshan Chakravorty.PHOTOGRAPHS
Till March 31 (except Monday in the Central Hall of Victoria Memorial Hall; 10am - 5pm: An exhibition of photographs on Mother Teresa by Sunil K Dutt.TALK
March 28 at Humayun Kabir Hall, The Asiatic Society; 4pm: Abha Maiti Memorial Lecture on the theme, Bangla Sambadpatrer Bhasa. Speaker: Nirendranath Chakraborty. March 28 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 5.30pm: Swami Tattwasarananda will speak on Naradiya Bhaktisutra. March 28 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6pm: Samiran Chandra Chakraborty will speak in Bengali on Prasthanabheda. March 28 at Ramakrishna Mancha, Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 6.30 pm: Swami Satyapriyananda will speak on Vivekachudamani. March 28 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7pm: Prof. Amalendu Chakraborty will speak on Sri Ramakrishna Lilaparshad.BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
March 28 at Darbhanga Hall, University of Calcutta; 5.30pm: To mark the 111th birth anniversary of renowned author Shailajananda Mukhopadhyay, Shailajananda Smarak Sahitya Samman will be given to Tilottama Majumdar and Kaberi Roychowdhury. Also, memorial lecture by Dr Urmi Roychowdhury.SCREENING
March 28 - 30 at Nandan III: To mark the golden jubilee of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, Federation of Film Societies of India, in collaboration with Nandan, presents a Hitchcock Festival. Today, 3.30 pm: Rear Window; at 5.45 pm: Inauguration, followed by the screening of Psycho. March 28 - 31 at Gorky Sadan; 6.30pm: Eisenstein Cine Club, in association with Bangladesh Deputy High Commission and Russian Centre of Science and Culture, presents a festival of films from Bangladesh in commemoriation of the 40th anniversary of the liberation of Bangladesh. Today: Jibon Theke Neya; Direction: Zahir Raihan.EXHIBITION
March 28 - April 2 at India Kitsch, 37C Hindusthan Road, Gariahat, 40658352; Showcasing and sale of home décor products from Loose Ends, Mumbai and Earth Craft. Products on sale: Relaxation eye pillows, kitsch and digital art cushion covers, witty pillow covers & ash trays, coasters, organza drape lights, re-energising diffuser oils, and lots more. Till March 28 at Azura, CNK Tower, 3 Royd Street, 22272219, 22298651; Monday - Friday: 11am - 6pm, Saturday: 11am - 4pm: Fashion designer Farhana Chowdhury showcases Tunic Bazaar, which includes a range of tunics in intricate cuts and distinct styles in an exclusive colour palette befitting season from floral to abstract tones. Till March 30 at Taj Khazana, Taj Bengal: Taj Khazana’s spring sale of meticulously hand-woven saris, embroidered shawls, classic and contemporary accessories, exquisite ladies wear and designer men’s apparels. Till March 31 at Moksha, P203 Lake terrace Extension; 11am - 7pm: An exhibition of saris and salwar kurta ensembles, in crisp cottons, cool kotas and shimmering maheshwaris, batik-worked and block-printed, specially for summer. Till March 31 at Weavers Studio, 5/1 Anil Moitra Road; 9.30am - 6.30pm: An exhibition of tribal textiles, tribal jewellery. n Till March 31 at 175 Block G, New Alipore, 40608060; 11am - 7.30pm, Sunday: 12noon - 6pm: V Style Voyage, the fashion and lifestyle boutique, exhibits wooden artefacts, vases, platters, home decor items, table mats, designer kidswear by Little Angels, designer garments, bags, footwear and accessories. Till March 31 at 771/A Block ‘P’, New Alipore, 9433062189, 9903629621: A collection of Jaipuri razaies, kurtis, tunics, leggings, dress material of cotton & bandhej, bedsheets, saris, etc. Till April 5 at Simaaya, 10/4D Elgin Road; 11am - 7.30pm: An exhibition of designer dresses, saris, suits, bags, footwear & accessories.WORKSHOP
March 28 - April 2 at 836 New Alipore; 11.30am - 3pm: Yummy Tummy hosts a cookery workshop on mocktails, coffees, desserts, snacks, Italian and more. Also, innovative cookery classes for teenagers and kids. To enroll, call 9836090947. March 28 - April 3 at Objet D’Art, 14/1B Palm Avenue, 9831200077: Workshop on how to start your own jewellery business. March 29 at Masters Collection Art Gallery, 3 Woodburn Park Road: Impart (exclusive art classes by professional artists) presents a workshop on abstract art, to be conducted by Sasanka Ghosh. Details at 9874848484.QUIZ
April 3 & 9 at YMCA Chowringhee Branch: Quizzathon, the quiz festival. Entertainment quiz on April 3 by Partha S. Ghatak. Sports quiz on April 9 by Kinshuk Biswas. For 3-member teams. Prelims start at 5pm sharp. Entry fees Rs 200 per team. Please register for both quizzes at quizcal@gmail.com.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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