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Rasikhapriya celebrates its 14th anniversary with a festival of Carnatic classical music. An exemplary effort made possible solely due to the initiative of S. Kannan, it offers a rare experience of its kind to lovers of classical music in the city. A five-day event, it commences this evening at 6.10 pm with an invocation by K. Srividya. S. Ramadorai, CEO & MD, Tata Consultancy Services, will inaugurate the festival, presided over by N. Krishnamurthi, former chief secretary, government of West Bengal. The highlight of inaugural day’s programme is a duet violin recital (at 6.30 pm) by brothers Ganesh and Kumaresh. In the three decades of their musical career, this young duo have already created their distinctive expression of music, with an international idiom that cuts across regional and cultural boundaries. This evening, they will be accompanied by Patri Satishkumar (mridangam) and B. Sreesundarkumar (kanjira).
Event: Festival of Carnatic classical music
When: November 8 - November 12
Where: Uttam Mancha, 10/1/1 Manoharpukur Road
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art
November 8 - December 2 (except Sundays) at CIMA Gallery, 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm (Monday, 3 pm - 7 pm): Concepts & Ideas 2006, featuring the works of Subodh Gupta, Jitish Kallat, Mona Rai, Mohan Shingane and Yusuf. Inauguration today at 6.30 pm.
Till November 8 at Akar Prakar, P-238 Hindustan Park; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings done in India by French artist Christian Cailleaux.
Till November 9 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings and sculptures by Creative Wave.
Till November 10 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: Southern Alternative, paintings by renowned artists from south India.
Till November 10 at Samokal Art Gallery, 23 Gariahat Road, 1st floor, Gol Park; 4 pm - 8 pm: A group exhibition of paintings and sculptures.
Till November 12 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Introspection, recent works of Chinmoy Mukherjee, Sanjoy Bose and Kuntal Dutta.
Till November 14 at Angan Art Gallery, 11 Fern Place; 3 pm - 8 pm: Terracotta sculptures by Ram Kumar Manna.
Till November 18 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Celebrations on Canvas, an exhibition showcasing Indian art and sculpture.
Till November 18 (except Sunday) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Nature in Meditation, paintings by Satyen Ghosal.
Till November 19 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kanishka’s, 11 am - 8 pm: Colours on Canvas, an exhibition of figurative works.
drama
November 8 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Choopkatha presents Mrs Soriano. Dir: Dolly Basu.
November 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents its latest productions, Ashapurna Devi’s Raater Kutum (an ensemble production) and Lila Mazumder’s Pakhi (dir: Swatilekha Sengupta).
November 9 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Aneek presents Ibsen’s Punorujjiban. Dir: Amalesh Chakraborty.
November 10 at Kala Mandir; 6.30 pm: Charbak presents Chalo Patol Tuli. Dir: Arindam Ganguli.
November 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Ensemble presents Shirir Neeche. Dir: Sohag Sen.
November 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Chokh presents its latest production, Athakim Mahayuddha.
November 12 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Abanindranath Tagore’s Bappaditya. Dir: Goutam Halder.
November 12 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Rang Roop presents Mukhosh Nritya. Dir: Seema Mukherjee.
performing arts
November 9 at Kala Mandir; 6.30 pm: Padatik Dance Centre presents Celebration ’06, a combination of various items of dance repertory in a range of styles based on Kathak and its innovations. Choreography: Chetna Jalan.
November 12 at Sarat Sadan auditorium, Behala; 5 pm: Kerala Cultural Forum presents a classical dance and music programme.
November 12 at Kala Mandir; 6 pm: Sangit Kala Mandir presents Shashwat, a concert featuring Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma (santoor) and Pt Ajoy Chakraborty (vocal).
theatre festival
Till November 12 at Bijon Theatre; 6.30 pm: Shohan pr/esents District Theatre Festival. Today: Doore Baaje (dir: Adrija Dasgupta) produced by Uhinee, Calcutta and Amrita Santaan (dir: Aloke Biswas) produced by Belghoria Natyaparachya.
anniversary
November 8 at Academy of Fine Arts; 2.30 pm onwards: Naba Mayukh Nattya Sangstha celebrates its fifth anniversary with A Colourful Person, a documentary film show on Khaled Chowdhury (dir: Rishi Mukhopadhyay), a seminar on Aj Bangla Natoker Abasthan, a talk by Bimalendu Majumder on folk theatre and gambhira of Malda and a drama show Gambhira, presented by Kutubpur Gambhira Dol (dir: Prosanta Seth).
talk
November 8 at The Asiatic Society, Humayun Kabir Hall; 4 pm: On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of UNESCO, Prof Anil K Gupta will speak on Education for Sustainable Development.
November 8 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Prabhananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita.
seminar
November 8 at Jadavpur University, Anita Banerjee Memorial Hall; 10.30 am onwards: Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University hosts a national seminar on Sound Cultures and Indian Cinema.
exhibition
Till November 10 at P-249 Purna Das Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Darbari hosts an exhibition of woven and printed Bhagalpuri saris, fabrics and dupattas.
Till November 10 at 105 Southern Avenue; 11 am - 6 pm: An exhibition of suits, kurtis and sarees in cotton and georgette.
festival
November 11 & 12 at Saastha Samooham, 42 Lake Avenue: Akhila Bharatha Ayyappa Seva Sangham, Calcutta celebrates its 32nd anniversary with Saastha Preethi. Special bhajan by Ramesh Bhagavathar and group, Chennai (Nov 12; 9 am).
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