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Till April 30 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor; 3pm - 8pm: Ganesha Ek - Roop Anek, an exhibition of creations in parchment art & craft by Sunita Tandon. Till April 30 at Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art, 48/44 Swiss Park, 24246534; 4pm - 7pm: Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art presents Annual Exhibition 2011. Till April 30 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, 65508418; 10.30am - 6.30pm: The Rapture of Form — paintings by Suhas Roy, Prokash Karmakar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Sanatan Dinda, Atin Basak, Bratin Khan, Gourango Beshai, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Subrata Das, Samir Paul, Sukanta Das and others. Till May 1 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12noon - 8pm: Signature of Asia presents an exhibition of paintings. Till May 1 at Proscenium’s Art Centre, 46 AJC Bose Road, 22290843; 4pm - 8pm: Paintings by Supriya Sarkar, Kowshik Ghosh, Kabita Biswas, Indrajit Roy and Moupia Chakraborty. Till May 4 (except Sundays and public holidays) at Gallery K2, Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace, 24651444; 11am - 7pm: Some Brilliant Watercolours — a group show of watercolours. Participating artists: Aparup Mukherjee, Katayun Saklat, Nabendu Roy, Paresh Maity, Sudipta Karmakar and Tapas Kanti Mitra. Till May 4 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3pm - 8pm: An exhibition of paintings and graphics by Anjana Mukherjee, Chaita Basu Jena, Puspita Ray and Saswati Chaudhuri. Till May 4 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Bani Chakra presents Voice of Colours, a group show of paintings. Till May 4 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: An Expression of Life: Exhibition of the works of four contemporary artists Siddharta Dey, Pavel Banerjee, Bappa Bhowmick and Madhumita Dasgupta. Till May 6 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 11am - 8pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents the exhibition, Somnath Hore: Prints, Drawings, Posters. Till May 7 (except Sundays) at Gallery Image Kraft, 56E Block D, New Alipore; 11am - 8pm: An exhibition of paintings by young Bengal painters. Till May 7 (except Sundays & holidays) at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency Building, 3rd floor, 22895438; 11am - 7.30pm: Sublime Contours, an exhibition of recent paintings by some of the senior and well as upcoming artists of Andhra Pradesh. Till May 10 (except Sundays) at The Palladian Lounge, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry, 6 N.S. Road, Third Level; 10am - 9pm: Life in Motion, an exhibition of exquisite bronze sculptures by Bimal Roy. Till May 15 (except Mondays) at Kusum Apartments, 11 Gurusaday Road, Flat no. 61, 9903235566; 3pm - 7pm: Shree Art Gallery presents Baishakhi, and exhibition of paintings by B.R. Panesar, Bappa Halder, Pramathesh Chandra, Debabrata Chakrabarty, Dipti Chakraborty, Debendra Laha, Arun Kr Samaddar, Nitya Kundu, Milanendu Mondal, Prabal Roy, Ranjan Sarkar, Ranadip Das, Subrata Das, Samir Paul, Sambhu Saha and others. Till May 20 (except Saturdays & Sundays) at Emami Chisel Art, Emami Tower, 687 Anandapur, EM Bypass, 40113182/83; 2pm - 7pm: Uttar-Purab, an exhibition of contemporary art. Curated by Dr Archana Roy. Till June 9 (except Sundays) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, 24630465, 40012289; 11 am - 7pm: The Young Man Was... (a few chapter): Naeem Mohaiemen.DRAMA
April 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6pm: Theatre Platform will stage Tagore’s Muktadhara. Direction: Nancy. April 29 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: Dhakuria Jeetendra Smriti Chakra presents a short play, Darpan Sakshi (written by Chandan Sen), and the one-act play, Nirastra (written by Amit Maitra). Direction: Binayak Bandyopadhyay. April 29 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Charbak will stage Arindam Ganguly’s Rang.pERFORMING ARTS
Till April 30 at Purbashree, EZCC, Salt Lake; 6pm: Programme on Eastern Zonal Folk Culture, Guru-Shishya Parampara, an initiative by Government of India to revive folk dance and music. April 29 at Rabindra Okakura Bhavan, Salt Lake; 6pm: Srishtipath’s fifth annual function features recitation by the students of Nirmala Motijheel School, run by the Missionaries of Charity; audio-play Pratham Shok; songs by Anita Sarkar; recitation by Swapna Chakraborty; dance by Payel Roy and students of Monikuntala Uchcha Balika Vidyalaya; and drama Atha Swarga Bichitra by the members of Srishtipath. April 29 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts; 6.30pm: Women in the Arts: Featuring Dr Mitul Sengupta, who will present a classical Kathak dance recital and also explore the possibilities of drawing parallels between classical jazz dance, classical ballet and Kathak; and theatre personality Dr Sakti Roy Chowdhury, who will enact three short plays about women and their different roles. April 29 at Someplace Else, The Park; 8pm: Kendraka Feat. Amyt Datta — as part of April Music Fest. Featuring a jamming of jazz music with Amyt Datta’s guitar. April 30 at the Sandre Hall, Calcutta School of Music; 6pm: A special piano concert of their own compositions by Kaushik Das and Abhijit Kundu. All are welcome.pHOTOGRAPHS
April 29 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 1st floor; 6pm: One Lens: Two Minds, a photographic exhibition of the works of Basant Kumar Birla and his great grandson Aryaman Vikram Birla. Inauguration by Raghu Rai. The exhibition will continue till April 30, 3pm to 8pm. Till May 30 (except Mondays and national holidays) in the Portrait Gallery, Victoria Memorial Hall; 10am - 5pm: Hoppé’s Santiniketan — an exhibition of photographs from 1929 by Emil Otto Hoppé.taLK
April 29 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6pm: Swami Tattwavidananda will speak in Sanskrit on Adhyatma Ramayana. April 29 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Hall; 7pm: Parimal Kanti Das will speak on Swami Shishya Sangbad. April 29 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 6.45pm: Swami Achyutananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Leelaprasanga.SCREENING
April 29 at Nandan-II; 6pm: Films Division, Government of India and Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre will jointly present Indian Theatre on Celluloid (1988 / 106mins / col.) — screening of a documentary made by Dr Jabbar Patel on India’s theatre traditions. Narration: Naseeruddin Shah.EXHIBITION
April 29 at Kish Fashion Studio, 5A/1B Lord Sinha Road; 1pm: Blossoms of Kolkata, an exclusive collection of designer wear showcasing multi-hued and vibrant ensembles in varied textures by eminent deigners Vivek Kumar, Rini Seal, Krati Jain, Ruchi Kanoi and Shashi Arya. Till April 30 at 175 Block G, New Alipore, 40608060; 11am - 7.30pm: “V” Style Voyage exhibits new summer designer collection of salwar kurta, tunics, dresses. Also, artefacts, home-decor items, tablemats, bags, footwear and accessories.BLOOD DONATION
April 29 at 20A Fordyce Lane, 2227 1022/7882; 3pm - 7pm: Association of Voluntary Blood Donors, West Bengal hosts a blood donation camp dedicated to the memory of its founder president Dr Labanya Kumar Ganguli.tribute
April 29 at 147 Barakhola, Mukundapur, EM Bypass; 3.30pm: The Aditya Birla Group and the Sankara Nethralaya have joined hands to augment eye care service in India. As a tribute to Aditya Birla, Sankara Nethralaya will be officially renamed Aditya Birla Sankara Nethralaya. Rajashree Birla, chairperson, Aditya Birla Foundation, Dr S S Badrinath, chairman emeritus, Sankara Nethralaya, and Sarala Devi Birla, trustee, Aditya Birla Foundation, will be present on the occasion.LAUNCH
April 29 at Tolly Club, 120 Deshapran Sashmal Road; 7.30pm: Actors Soumitra Chatterjee and Soha Ali Khan will unveil the logo of Ruptiti Creations, maker of organic beauty products from rural India and neighbouring countries. Also, piano recital by Rajlakshmi.MARATHON
April 30 at Mystic Yoga Studio, BE 34, Sector I, Salt Lake: Run for Fun: 4 kms Baby Marathon. To register: #9163365029 or E: sudhir@mysticmanagers.comAll those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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