Art & culture on clubs’ menu this festive season

Kolkata: The heritage clubs of the city are no longer confining themselves to only Christmas or New Year's Eve parties. From culture, food festivals to football, winter menu at clubs encompasses all that Kolkata is known for. Lake Club started the season with an art exhibition, to be followed by theatre and other cultural activities. The convenor of entertainment sub-committee of the club, Dhrubajyoti Bhowmik, said, "We organize a winter festival every year, and this year is no exception. The event is packed with art, music, food, theatre, and performances," he said. This year, participating art groups include, Amra Noychhoy, Society of Contemporary Artists, Calcutta Painters Artistic, Bengal Art Stocks Chander Hat, Open Window, Painters Eighty, Graffiti, and Third Eye. Additionally, 10 stalls will feature folk art. There will be work by Jogen Chowdhury, Suvaprasanna and Samir Aich.Calcutta Club is organising theatre and musical programmes in the last week of Dec. The immediate past president, Abhijit Ghosh, said the play ‘Naathbathi Anathbat' by Shambhu Mitra will be performed by Arpita Ghosh and her team on Dec 26. On Dec 27, there will be a performance of ‘Jara Bristite Bhijhechilo'. On Dec 28, Calcutta Club will organise a performance by the Bangla band Chandrabindoo.Calcutta Rowing Club is host a performance by Bhoomi, titled ‘O Nadi Ray'. There will be a musical night by Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Tarun Bhattacharya on Jan 25, apart from football adda. "Bengal is incomplete without football. Legends like Gautam Sarkar, Shyam Thapa and Pradip Cho-wdhury will participate in our football adda," said club secretary Chandan Roychowdhury. The International Club is staring celebrations with ‘Tribute to 100 Years of Salil Chowdhury', in which The committee member in charge of cultural activities and entertainment, Aloke Mukherjee, said Saikat Mitra and Shri Radha Bandopadhyay will also perform in this programme while Haimanti Shukla will make a special appearance. There would be a musical night by Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. In Jan, the club will organise a musical programme by reality TV star Anwesha. The Tolly Club is planning a host of cultural activities between Jan 11 and 19, said CEO V Ganapathy. Hindustan Club is organising a musical evening with local star Abhishek Roychowdhury, said club president Rishabh C Kothari.
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