Calcutta canvas Embarking on her journey into the world of art at the astonishingly tender age of three, Ekta Singha is today considered one of the foremost upcoming talents from Bengal. Recipient of the President’s Award along with several national and international recognitions, she has already displayed extraordinary depth, diversity and maturity in her works. The ongoing exhibition showcases 30 watercolours and acrylic paintings by the teenage artist. Mainly depicting images of Calcutta and its surroundings, she has portrayed the environment that has nourished and nurtured her creative spirit with a sensitivity and grace rare in one so young. Her paintings bring to life the glorious achievements of modern urbanisation as well as the dying traditions of a bustling metropolis. The series on rickshaw-pullers brings forth the suffering, despair and darkness in their lives, at the same time beautifully bringing alive the nostalgic charm of vintage Calcutta. Event: Solo exhibition of paintings by Ekta Singha When: Till July 1; 3 pm - 8 pm Where: Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road

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Till June 29 at College of Visual Arts canmpus, Nayabad, Garia (Rail Math); 12 noon - 7 pm: Annual art exhibition by the students of College of Visual Arts. Till June 30 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Tradition - Modern: Bengal Art — Kalighat and Jamini Roy. An exhibition of paintings and drawings. Till June 30 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm; Saturday (10 am - 3 pm): Thirsty Eyes, a solo exhibition of paintings by Ganesh Dey. Till June 30 at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Monologues, paintings by Sudipto Dutta. Till June 30 at The Palladian Lounge, Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Third Level, 6 Netaji Subhas Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Essence of the Earth, an exhibition of abstract paintings by Tamal Krsna, Arindam Chatterjee, Prangopal Ghosh, Debashis Samanta, Gautam Sarma, Sandip Roy and Tanmoy Biswas. Till June 30 at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency, 3rd floor; 11 am - 7 pm: Confronting Globalization, an exhibition of artworks by Arun Bain, Barun Chowdhury, Debashish Manna, Debnath Basu, K. Prasun Roy, Kazi Nasir, Rabin Roy, Rajib Chowdhury and Rathin Kanji. Curated by Mrinal Ghosh. Till June 30 at Domus Art Gallery, Showroom 7B (ground floor), Neelambar Building, 28/B Shakespeare Sarani; 11 am - 6 pm: Colours of Nature, an exhibition of watercolours by Milanendu Mondal. Till July 1 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: 4th solo exhibition of sculpture by Amit Das. Till July 1 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road, Triangular Park; 3 pm - 8 pm: Second solo exhibition of paintings by Ekta Singha. Till July 1 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Recent paintings by Parthasarathi Nath, Prosenjit Dasgupta, Ashis Sarkar and Sumit Das. Till July 2 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South-B; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Ranadip Das, Parthapratim Saha, Ramprasad Dey, Dilip Choudhry and Dewashish Das. Till July 2 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings and sculptures by Sajal Kanti Mitra and Asish Kumar Das. Till July 2 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: Artists Circle presents Celebration of Nature, a group show on environment by senior artists. Till July 3 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: A group show of painting and sculpture. Organised by Exposure. Till July 7 (except Sunday) at Gallery K2, Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace; 3.30 pm - 7.30 pm: The inaugural exhibition of tapestries and serigraphs of paintings by Paris-based artist Syed Haider Raza. Till July 10 at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street, 2nd floor, #22892982; 12 noon - 7.30 pm: Art Today: Trends and Talents in Indian Contemporary Art; a Tale of Four Cities. Works of painters from Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Calcutta. Participating artists: Avijit Dutta, Anil Naik, Chippa Sudhakar, Diptish Ghosh Dostidar, Kiran Chopra, Laxman Aelay, Prasenjit Sengupta, Sunil Lohar and Vinod Goswami. Till July 28 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Summer Show featuring about 50 artworks from across India. Till July 28 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: The Masters of Imagination, an exhibition of paintings by renowned artists.

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Till June 28 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nehru Children’s Museum (Natyadal) hosts Natyotsav 2007, featuring plays for children written and directed by Romaprasad Banik. Today: Bhanga Buker Panjare. June 28 at Lincoln Room, American Center; 6.30 pm: The Office of Public Affairs, US Consulate General, Calcutta presents a quartet of short American plays, Give the Bishop My Faint Regards, Come Next Tuesday, The Next Contestant and Match Point, to be staged by members of Stagecraft. Written by Frank D. Gilroy and directed by Rohit Pombra. Entry by invitation only. June 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Shalya Prabo, a Barasat Anushilanee production. Executive director: Rudratej Sengupta. June 29 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Kalyani Natyacharcha presents Babarer Prarthana. Direction: Kishore Sengupta. June 29 at Gyan Manch; 7 pm: Patton and Spandan present Koi Ek Raat, a play in Hindi, written, designed and directed by Ashok Singh. June 30 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Sanglap Kolkata presents Astorag. Direction: Kuntal Mukherjee. June 30 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Howrah Dakshinayan presents Hawa Badal. Drama & direction: Kunal Mukhopadhyay. June 30 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Theatre Passion presents Antar Bahir. Drama, direction and acting: Ramaprasad Banik.

PERFORMING ARTS

June 28 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC hosts Pratibha, an evening of music by young talents: Indrani Bandyopadhyay (classical vocal), Indrani Das (Rabindrasangeet), Deepsankar Bhattacharjee (sitar) and Prahlad Kayal (Bengali folk songs) June 30 at Kala Mandir; 6 pm: Utsaha presents Dhruva Pada featuring dhrupad by Uday Bhawalkar and Rabindrasangeet (dhrupad-ang) by Rahul Mitra. June 30 at Purbashree, Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC and Avinandan present Raagas & Rasas, an exploration of classical music in Rabindrasangeet, featuring Sudeshna Basu. June 30 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Aarohi’s Sangeet Sandhya features Bichitro, a programme of dance performed by Debashree Roy and her troupe, Nataraj Group. Also, Tagore songs by Shubhra Ghosh. June 30 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: A Nritya-Sangeet Sandhya, featuring Kathak dancer Souvik Chakraborty.

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June 28 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Somatmananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Mayer Katha. June 28 at Rammohan Hall, 267 Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road; 6.30 pm: Shankar Chakrabarty will discuss in Bengali on Swadesh Bhavnar Aloke Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy. To be followed by songs presented by Biman Mukhopadhyay. June 28 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Bhupendra Nath Seal will speak in Bengali on Bharat Premik Swami Abhedananda.

LITERARY MEET

June 30 at Rabindra Charcha Bhavan, Kalighat Park; 6 pm: Tagore Research Institute hosts a literary meeting to mark International Day for Reading Tagore’s Poetry. Speakers include various reputed elocutionists.

EXHIBITION

June 29 & 30 at Madhusudan Mancha complex; 2 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of innovative applications of Midnapore’s pata chitra and exclusive bags, garments, home decor items made by self-help groups. Till June 30 at Earthy Myth, 8/2 Loudon Street, 2nd floor; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition on handcrafted cotton wear for women which includes kurtas, tunics and sarees.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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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