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The 145th birth anniversary of visionary poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore is being observed today with traditional solemnity in different parts of the city. Day-long celebrations will take place at Tagore?s birthplace, Jorasanko, and at Rabindra Sadan (6 am onwards), comprising renditions of Tagore songs and poems by eminent artistes. Students and teachers of Naba Nalanda will present Rabindra Smaran (boulevard on Southern Avenue; 6.30 am), featuring a compilation of selected parts of Tagore?s dance-dramas. Also, solo Rabindrasangeet recitals by well-known artistes. Forty-seven talented child-artistes will pay homage to Tagore?s memory with a presentation of his songs and poems (Nehru Children?s Museum; 7 am). Charukantha will commemorate the day with songs, readings and recitations from Tagore (Sisir Mancha; 8.30 am). Calcutta Museum Society celebrates Tagore?s birthday with Chiro Nutaner Daak, a programme of his songs, poems and readings (Town Hall; 4 pm). Rabindra Jayanti will also be celebrated by Samaroh (Sisir Mancha; 5 pm), Surangama (Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm) and Bidhannagar Sanskriti Angan (Central Park; 6 am & Purbashree; 5 pm)
Event: 145th birth anniversary celebrations of Tagore
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Art
May 9 - 14 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Mintu Mallic, Balu K. Sadalge, Dip Narayan Paul, Goutam Saha and Ranjan Paul.
Till May 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Annual exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculptures by Indian Society of Oriental Art.
Till May 10 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Fleeting Expressions, portraits by Sabita Dhar.
Till May 10 at Art Gallery, ITC Sonar Bangla; 12 noon - 8 pm: Vehement Expressions, paintings by Mukthi Subramania.
Till May 13 at Oxford Bookstore; 10 am - 8 pm: Identities in Bronze, small sculptures by Shankar Ghosh.
Till May 13 at Gandhara Art Gallery, 1B Gurusaday Road, Flat 5A; 2 pm - 7.30 pm: A dozen canvases showcasing works by young artists of Bengal.
Till May 13 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Paintings by Sonja Weder.
Till May 14 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: The Voices of the Canvas, paintings by a group of eminent artists.
Till May 14 at The Space Circle Club, VIP Road: A round-the-clock exhibition of Sania Sharma?s works in abstract art featuring oils, watercolours, India ink, acrylic and mixed media on canvas and paper.
Till May 14 at Nehru Children?s Museum: Tomar Srishti Aamader Tulitey, paintings by children on Tagore?s literary works.
Till May 15 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, 1st floor; 3 pm - 7 pm: Figurative works by a group of eminent artists.
drama
May 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Natasena presents Gorur Garir Headlight. Direction: Saroj Roy.
May 9 at Emami Landmark; 6 pm: Best of Calcutta Campus and Mansi Publishing House present About Aeschylus: About Oedipus, a reconstructed play based on writings of Badal Sircar and Joy Goswami; and Fail Again Fail Better, based on Samuel Beckett?s works. Design and direction: Parnab Mukherjee.
May 10 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Rang-Roop presents Tagore?s Shesh Raksha. Direction: Seema Mukherjee.
May 12 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Rang-Roop presents Hey More Debata. Direction: Seema Mukherjee.
May 13 & 14 at Proscenium?s Art Centre, 46 AJC Bose Road; 6.30 pm: Proscenium presents Neil Simon?s Chapter Two. Design & direction: Ashoke Viswanathan.
May 14 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.45 pm: Arghya presents Chandrabati. Direction: Manish Mitra.
performing arts
Till May 9 at Rabindra Bharati University, Jorasanko; 5 pm: West Bengal State Academy of Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Arts hosts a folk crafts and culture fair. Today: Adivasi songs and dances presented by Joreda Institute of Indian Culture, Bankura.
May 9 at HA Block Community Centre, Salt Lake; 6.30 am: Srinandana and Shruti Parishad present Ananda Gaan Uthuk Tabe Baji, featuring songs, readings and recitations from Tagore.
May 9 at Maharshi Bhavan, Jorasanko; 6.30 pm: Kanthey Nilem Gaan, Tagore songs by artistes of Baitanik, along with discussions by Pranati Mukhopadhyay.
May 10 at Sisir Mancha; 5.30 pm: Nana Range Rabindranath, a programme of Tagore songs, readings and recitations (accompanied by dance).
May 12 at Tollygunge Club; 7.30 pm: The Four Rs ? Raga, Rhyme, Rhapsody and Rabindranath, exploring the commonality between raga sangeet, Western music and songs of Tagore. Participants: Pramita Mallick, Parambrata Chatterjee, Aparajita Addo, Francis Lepcha and Sounak Chatterjee. Concept: Sounak Chatterjee.
May 12 at Birla Academy; 6 pm: The silver jubilee celebrations of Rhythm features tabla recital by Sujit Saha and vocal recital by Sandipan Samajpati. Also, the CD release of Tabla Lahara by Sujit Saha.
May 13 at G. D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Sohini presents Tagore?s dance-drama Shyama, featuring Guru P. Govindan Kutty, Prasad Sen, Purnima Ghosh, Swastika Mukhopadhyay and others.
talk
May 9 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19 A&B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Atmabodhananda will discuss in Bengali on Sri Sri Mayer Katha.
quiz
May 13 at Bhawanipur Education Society Hall; 3.30 pm: Students from all Japanese language institutes in West Bengal will participate in the 9th Nihongo Quiz Contest hosted by Nihongo Kaiwa Kyookai and Consulate General of Japan, Calcutta.
exhibition
Till May 10 at Soumya?s Creation, 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road, 1st floor; 4 pm - 9 pm: Mati ? an exhibition of designer kurtis & home accessories.
Till May 13 at Sasha Shop, 27 Mirza Ghalib Street; 10 am - 7 pm (Sunday, 10 am - 1 pm): Cotton Coolers, an exhibition of cotton sarees, garments and accessories.
Till May 14 at Nandan IV foyer; 2 pm - 8 pm: A poster exhibition on the theme of football.
Till May 20 at Mrignayani MP State Emporium, Dakshinapan: Chanderi Utsav, a summer collection of chanderi sarees.
chat session
May 9 at Gallery Kanishka?s, 2/1 Hindustan Road; 6 pm: Art, Adda aar Cha, a chat session featuring artist Suvaprasanna and Raju Raman.
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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