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January 31 - February 26 (except Sundays & national holidays) at The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Harrington Mansions, Suite 5+25B, 2nd floor, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, 22829220/21; 12 noon - 7 pm: An exhibition of the recent works of Jeram Patel. Presented by Ina Puri. January 31 at The Regency, 5th floor, 6 Hungerford Street, opp. Birla High School for Boys; 10 am - 5 pm: Akshar, Calcutta and Vivekananda Rural Service Centre, New Delhi present Proud to be Indian, an exhibition of sketched portraits of outstanding achievers by retired surgeon, social activist and artist-writer Dr A.B. Ghosh. Till January 31 at Bengal Art Gallery (1st floor), 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: My Native Place in Dream — an exhibition of paintings by Partha Protim Bala. Till January 31 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Shades of India (Series VI) presents Mystique Power of Shree Yantra, an art exhibition (Series III). Till January 31 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: Paintings by Tanmoy Roy Chowdhury. Till February 2 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘A’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The fourth solo show of recent paintings by Tanima Bhattacharya. Till February 3 at RTG - Animate Animation Academy, Jindal Tower. Block A, 2nd floor, 21/1A/3 Darga Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Art exhibition organised by Ready to Go Animate. Featuring selected works of current and ex-students of Academy of Fine Arts, Bengal Art College, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Burdwan Art College, Indian Art College, Kalyani Art College, Midnapore Art College, Rabindra Bharati University and others. Till February 5 at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 2nd floor, 22873377/88; 11 am - 7 pm: Grab — an exhibition of paintings, drawings, sculptures, etchings, lithographs, photographs, ceramics and prints. Participating artists: Anjolie Ela Menon, Jogen Chowdhury, Sunil Das, Suhas Roy, Kartick Ch Pyne, Prakash Karmakar, Prasanta Sahu,T Vaikuntam, Pampa Panwar, Kaustav Nag, Debabrata De, Subrata Biswas, Koustav Nag, Bratin Khan, Mohan Majumder, Aditi Saraogi and others. Till February 12 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, 24484925/24497931; 12 noon - 8 pm: Masks & Metaphors — recent works of Jaya Ganguly. Till February 12 (except Sundays) at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, 22902274; 11 am - 7 pm, Mondays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Snow Soliloquy by Amal Ghosh. Till February 17 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B, Middleton Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of contemporary and traditional art showcasing the works of Ajay De, Amit Bhar, Anita Tanwar, Asit Mondal, Bhagat Singh, Chhatrapati Dutta, Dewashish Das, Dhiraj Chowdhury, Gautam Mukherjee, K Salve, Nitya Kundu, Sachin Jaltare, Shuvaprasanna, Shweta Kanoria, Subhendu Porel, Subhomita Dinda, Subrata Das, Sudip Roy, Sukanta Das, Suman Roy and Thota Vaikuntam.DRAMA
Till January 31 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Banga Natya Samhati has organised a festival of plays in memory of Ramaprasad Banik and for the aid of needy theatrepersons. Today: Tritiyo Sutra presents Bisarjan, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. January 31 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Madhabi. Drama: Bhisma Sahni. Adaptation, music & direction: Swatilekha Sengupta. Acting: Rudraprasad Sengupta, Debshankar Halder, Parthapratim Deb, Sumanta Ganguly and Sohini Sengupta. January 31 at La Martiniere for Girls, 9 am & at La Martiniere for Boys, 11.30 am: Spic Macay presents Naya Theatre in Habib Tanvir’s Charandas Chor. February 2 at Salt Lake Stadium; 6 pm: Aalap presents Mahabhoj, based on Tagore’s short stories. Acting: Sagardweep. February 3 - 6: In celebration of its 35th year and the 150th birth anniversary of Tagore, Rangakarmee presents a festival of plays on works of Tagore, titled Rabindra Rang Yatra. February 3 at Madhusudan Mancha, 6.30 pm: Inauguration by Amala Shankar; at 7 pm: Bisarjan (dir: Suman Mukhopadhyay) by Tritiyo Sutra. February 4 at Abanindra Sabhagriha, 4 pm: Open session. Topic: Recreation of Rabindranath in National Theatre. Moderator: Ananda Lal. February 4 at Rabindra Sadan, 7 pm: Banglar Mati Banglar Jal (dir: Ataur Rahaman) by Palakar, Bangladesh. February 5 at Academy of Fine Arts, 3 pm: Totakahini (dir: Pradip Bhattacharya) by inmates of Presidency Correctional Home; at 7 pm: Manasi (dir: Usha Ganguli) by Rangakarmee. February 6 at Madhusudan Mancha, 7 pm: Chandalika (dir: Usha Ganguli) by Rangakarmee. February 3 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Little Thespian presents Katha Collage consisting of short stories Ek Vrishchik Ki Diary by Sheo Kumar Jhunjhunwala, Bajjia Tum Kiyon Roti Ho by Prof. Muzaffar Hanafi and Suiyonwali Bibi by Iqbal Majeed. Design & direction: Uma Jhunjhunwala. February 4 at Sarat Sadan, Howrah; 6 pm: Natadha will stage Caesar O Cleopatra, directed by Arna Mukhopadhyay. February 5 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Theatron will stage Buddhadeva Bose’s Napothya Natak. February 6 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan will stage its latest production, Manbhanjan, based on a short story by Tagore. Direction: Anish Ghosh.pERFORMING ARTS
January 31 at Kala Mandir; 7 pm: Ananda Shankar Centre for Performing Arts presents Rabindranath Tagore’s The Child. January 31 at Girish Mancha; 5.30 pm: Chhandak and Meghamallar jointly present Tarara Ekhane (a programme of recitation) and drama Hiru Dakat. January 31 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake City; 6 pm: Bhaktigeeti by Seema Chatterjee. February 2 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Utsaha-Udbhas presents a performance of Rabindrasangeet (songs of Prem Porjaye) Esho Amar Hothat Aalo by Sudeshna Mitra. February 3 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture and Bhavna Records & Cassettes jointly present Sant Rabindranath — an evening of Tagore songs by Anindya Narayan Biswas. February 5 at Madhusudan Mancha; 5 pm: Kajalrekha Musical Foundation presents 9th annual music concert featuring tabla solo by Sanjay Mukherjee with Hiranmoy Mitra (tabla); vocal by Subhra Guha with Ananda Gopal Bandyopadhyay (tabla) and Jyoti Goho (harmonium); and sitar by Soumitra Lahiri with Abhijit Banerjee (tabla). February 6 at Sandre Hall, Calcutta School of Music; 5.30 pm: The Indian music section of Calcutta School of Music is organising a concert of vocal and dance by the students and Rabindrasangeet in French by Madhu Chanda Dutta.TALK
January 31 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 5.30 pm: Swami Divyananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna’s Bhaktabrinda. January 31 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Ritananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga. January 31 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Parimal Kanti Das will speak on Sri Ramakrishna Prasanga.FESTIVAL
Till January 31 at Central Park, Golf Green: Golf Green Sarodotsava Committee, in association with The Telegraph & 91.9 Friends FM, presents Golf Green Utsav 2011. The concluding evening features Yogasutra (based on Bharata Natyam, Kathak, Odissi & Kathakali) presented by Chhandashree and directed by Kaushik Chakraborty at 7 pm, and Bangla Band - Bhoomi at 8 pm.MAGIC SHOW
January 31 at Purba Kalikata Subhas Mela; 6 pm: A magic show by Kumar Indrajit.WORKSHOP
Till February 6 at Starmark, Mani Square (2nd floor); 12 noon - 1 pm: Starmark will hold Hobby Ideas’ weekend art and craft workshops for children between 3 years and 12 years: coaster designing (February 5) and glass painting (February 6). Registration fees: Rs 100 per workshop. For more details, call 99039 85097.EXHIBITION
Till February 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: The Wandering Wild, an awareness photo-exhibition by Utpaal Sorkkar to protect wildlife as part of Bluechip Project’s ‘Save the Untamed 2011’. Till January 31 at Halo Heritage, 26 Ritchie Road, Maddox Square; 12 noon - 8 pm: Dream Cloths — Celebrating the beauty of Banarasi handloom silks. Featuring bedcovers, cushion covers, saris and stoles, soft-furnishings designed by Australian designer Kerry Zerner. Till February 28 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36c S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: On the occasion of South African artist William Kentridge’s first visit to India, the Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents William Kentridge: An exhibition of etchings, prints, films.BOOK LAUNCH
February 1 at Starmark Bookstore, South City Mall; 6.30 pm: Penguin Books India and Starmark celebrate the publication of One Amazing Thing (published by Hamish Hamilton - an imprint of Penguin Books) by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, author of the best-selling novels Queen of Dreams, The Mistress of Spices, Sister of My Heart, The Vine of Desire and The Palace of Illusions, and of the prize-winning story collections Arranged Marriage and The Unknown Errors of Our Lives. Debnita Chakrabarty, head of the department of English, Shri Shikshayatan College, will be in conversation with the author.EDUCATION
February 2 at The Oberoi Grand; 3 pm - 6 pm: Australian Universities Global Fair, organised by IDP Education. For appointments/registration, call 44118888 or sms ‘IDP’ to 58558 or log on to www.india.idp.comAll those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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