art
Till March 30 at The Harrington Street Arts Centre, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, Harrington Mansion, 2nd Floor; 12noon - 7pm: Metallurgy — a group show of sculptures. Till March 31 at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road; 12noon - 7pm: Women!, a group exhibition of paintings.drama
March 29 at Star Theatre; 6.30pm: Natranga presents Aami Weds Aami (Direction: Sohan Bandyopadhyay) as part of Banglar Gourab Natya Utsab. March 29 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30pm: On the occasion of Utpal Dutt’s 83rd birth anniversary, PLT presents Ebar Rajar Pala, written by Utpal Dutt and directed by Diptesh Bandyopadhyay. March 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Gandhar presents Kachher Manush, with Debshankar Halder and Bijoylakshmi Barman in the lead. Direction: Gautam Haldar, filmmaker. March 29 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30pm: Ajantrik presents Pratham Paath, written and directed by Ramaprasad Banik. March 29 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: Samstab presents Manaschakshu. Direction: Dwijen Bandopadhyay.EXHIBITION
Till March 29 at Ice Skating Rink; 10am - 8pm: Kolkata Haat in association with t2, an exhibition of fashion, jewellery, accessories, home decor and more. Till March 31 at Gariahat Banquet Hall, 16/2 Gariahat Road; 11am - 9pm: Joyita’s Selection presents Baisakhi Mela, a summer special designer boutique festival. Showcasing hand-block and hand-embroidered saris, dress materials, kurtas and kurtis, Lucknow chikan work, costume jewellery, pearls and gift items. Till March 31 at Anusthan Bhavan, 132 Rashbehari Avenue, 9831093115: Sundari Silks from North Usman Road, T. Nagar, Chennai, presents an exhibition-cum-sale of silk and cotton saris from leading weavers of south India. Till April 4 at Sravasti, 14/97 Golf Club Road, 24734546; 2pm - 8pm: KeyaChaitali’s fair of soft and cool attires for summer. Featuring T-shirts, photuas, short kurtas, kurtas, salwar-kurtas, wrap-around sets, saradins, nakshikantha, Bengal handloom, block-printed cotton and silk saris, blouse pieces, costume jewellery and bags.performing arts
March 29 at Satyajit Ray Auditorium, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 6.30pm: Kalamandalam presents Dakshina Pabaney (a research work based on Tagore songs, influenced by Carnatic bhajans). Concept & direction: Somnath G. Kutty. Choreography: Guru Thankamani Kutty. Narration: Barun Chanda.birth centenary
March 29 at Nandan II; 2pm onwards: Ashok Kumar: His Light Years, a celebration to mark the legend’s birth centenary. Hosted by Nandan and Tapan Sinha Foundation. Today’s programme features screenings of Haatey Bajarey (1967; 2pm); Anmol Ratan (a Doordarshan docufeature; 5pm) and Ashirwad (1968; 6pm). Also, an exhibition on the legendary actor at Nandan 4 till March 31.photographs
Till March 31 at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11am - 7pm: French photographer Natasha de Betak’s Nightshade, curated by Aveek Sen.talk
March 29 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5.30pm: Dr Sitanath Goswami will speak on Vivekachudamani. March 29 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 6.45pm: Swami Vamanananda will speak on Message of Gita and Modern Society. March 29 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19A Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7pm: Parimal Kanti Das will speak on Sri Ramakrishna Prasanga.screening
March 29-30 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 5pm & 6.30pm: Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan host the screening of Speaking Tree, a film by Natasha De Betak. March 30-31 at Nandan II: As part of Dickens 2012, the British Council and Nandan present Picturing Dickens, a film festival based on Charles Dickens’ famous novels. To be screened are Oliver Twist (direction: Roman Polanski), Nicholas Nickleby (direction: Douglas McGrath), Pickwick Papers (direction: Noel Langley) and A Tale of Two Cities (direction: Ralph Thomas). For details and passes, contact British Council, 16 Camac Street, L&T Chambers; 11am - 7pm.carnival
Till April 28 at Hindusthan Club: Hindusthan Club Sports Carnival in association with The Telegraph.book launch
March 30 at Crossword Bookstore, Elgin Road; 6pm: Crossword hosts the launch of Life in a Rectangle: The World Around 55B Mirza Ghalib Street, authored by advertising connoisseur Sujit Sanyal. Supported by Advertising Club Calcutta in association with The Telegraph.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
