Art
Till January 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Hyderabad Blues ? a solo exhibition of works of aesthetics by Laxma Goud. Curated by Jhuma Chattopadhyay. Till January 31 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: 8th annual exhibition of Charuchetana. Till February 20 at Gallery Katayun, 4A Auckland Square, 2nd floor; 3.30 pm - 7.30 pm: A Winter?s Tale Phase III ? featuring works of contemporary Indian artists. Till January 31 (except Sunday) at Galerie 88; 3 pm - 7 pm: Trends and Techniques: Watercolour in India ? works of renowned artists. Till February 6 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 2 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of Jogen Chowdhury?s works. Till February 26 at Idiyas Gallery; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: The Warmth of Colours ? an exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Till January 30 at Gandhara Art Gallery, Palm Spring, Flat 5A, 1B Gurusaday Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Recent works of Chhatrapati Dutta. Curated by Amit Mukhopadhyay. January 29 at Akar Prakar, P-238 Hindustan Park; 6.30 pm: Opening of Alex Stenghel?s show of recent prints and paintings. Also, a sarod recital by Anindya Banerjee, with Angshovo Banerjee on the tabla.DRAMA
January 29 at Academy of Fine Arts, 3 pm: Choopkatha will stage Mrs. Soriano. Direction: Dolly Basu. January 29 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Lila Majumdar?s Andharmoni and Duliya (dir: Swatilekha Sengupta and Goutam Halder) and Munshi Premchand?s Barda (dir: Goutam Halder). January 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Aneek presents Samparka. Direction: Malay Biswas. January 29 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Theatre Workshop presents Paliye Beray. Dir: Ashok Mukhopadhyay. January 30 at Madhusudan Mancha; 10 am: Kathakriti presents two short plays, Octopus Limited and Jumbo. Direction: Sanjib Ray. January 30 at Academy of Fine Arts; 10 am: Pratyay presents Monmela. Dir: Tapas Singha. January 30 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Bohurupee presents Fullaketur Pala. Direction: Kumar Roy. January 30 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Drishyapat presents Babli. Direction: Anirban Bhattacharya. January 30 at Padatik Little Theatre; 7 pm: Padatik and Rikh present Ho Sakta Hai Do Aadmi Do Kursian, a new play in Hindi written and directed by Vinay Sharma.performing artS
January 29 at Nazrul Mancha; 5 pm: Projanmo presents Lopamudra Mitra and Bhoomi to raise funds for the Forum for Advancement of Disadvantaged & Underprivileged Children. January 29 at Star Theatre; 5.30 pm: In aid of tsunami victims, Calcutta Municipal Corporation presents Ajoy Chakraborty (vocal), Malabika Sen and Subhra Kundu (Bharata Natyam), Imrat Khan (sitar), Nishat Khan (sitar), Wazahat Khan (sarod) and Anindo Chattopadhyay (tabla). Till January 31 at Sri Thyagaraja Hall, P-530 Raja Basanta Roy Road: Rasika Ranjana Sabha presents the 59th annual music festival to celebrate 158th anniversary of Saint Sri Thyagaraja. Today at 5.30 pm: Vocal by Neyveli Santhanagopalan, with Vittal Ramamurthy (violin), K. Arun Prakash (mridangam) and Amrit (kanjira). Tomorrow at 10 am: Thyagabrahma Aradhana; at 5.30 pm: Vocal by T.M. Krishna. January 29 at Sarat Sadan (Behala); 5 pm: B.R. Music College presents an evening of classical music featuring Arun Bhaduri (vocal), Sujay Basu and Indradeep Ghosh (sitar & viloin duet), Soumya Pandit and Rumki Banerjee (Kathak duet), and Amitava Mukherjee and Rupak Mitra (tabla lahara). January 29 at Padatik Open Theatre; 6 pm: Traditional Kathak dance by Nayanika Ghosh, Bidisha Banerjee, Ajay Das, Souvik Chakraborty and others. January 29 at the Vivekananda Hall, The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture; 7.30 pm: On the occasion of its 67th Foundation Day, The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture presents devotional songs by Shantanu Bhattacharya, with Mallar Ghosh on the tabla.SEMINAR
January 29 at Montemartre gallery, Calcutta Book Fair; 7 pm - 8 pm: Sanlaap hosts a seminar on Post Disaster Children at Risk.FOUNDATION DAY
January 29 at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.30 pm: 67th Foundation Day anniversary meeting: Foundation Day oration on The Vitality of India. Speaker: Prof. Indra Nath Choudhuri.PHOTOGRAPHS
Till January 31 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Photographic Association of Bengal presents the 8th PAB Biennial Int?l Color Slide Salon 2004 & PAB Members? Print Exhibition. Till February 5 (except Sunday) at CIMA Gallery; Monday: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesday - Saturday: 2 pm - 7 pm: Objectif Paris ? a photography exhibition curated by Anne Cartier-Bresson.READING
January 30 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P. Lal continues the Bhagavad-Gita, with Krishna?s advice that it is cowardly for a Ksatriya to be passive, and that Arjuna must choose one of four dharmas and face his karma?s consequences, in the 263rd weekly session of his complete English transcreation of Vyasa?s Mahabharata.CELEBRATION
Till January 30 at Saanjha Chulha, The Kenilworth; 7 pm - 11 pm: The Kenilworth, Calcutta, in association with Foster?s, is hosting Australian Day celebrations. Theme: Beer & barbecue dinner. Popular band 5th Dimension performs live during the festival.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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