Good clothes are also celebration of life: Amjad Ali KhanKOLKATA - Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, who walked the ramp with sons Ayaan and Amaan on the opening day of the Kolkata Fashion Week-II Wednesday, described fashion as a “celebration of life”. 2010 Tony Awards set for Sunday 13 at Radio City Music HallNEW YORK — Broadway’s fall shows haven’t even arrived yet but the date for the 2010 Tony Awards has been set — Sunday June 13 — at Radio City Music Hall. Kennedy Center to fete legends of jazz, opera, pop, cinema and comedy at 2009 artist honorsWASHINGTON — Dave Brubeck just wishes his mom could see him now: On Dec. 6, the same day the jazz composer and pianist turns 89, he’ll be among the leading artists feted at the 32nd Kennedy Center Honors Gala. Jordan Roth takes over Broadway’s Jujamcyn TheatersNEW YORK — Broadway’s Jujamcyn Theaters has a new president. Indian fusion music a hit in US Bay Area nightclubs: DJNEW DELHI - India is setting the dance floors on fire in San Francisco, says one of the leading disc jockeys in California. 900 Stormtroopers, zombies aim for record number of dancers to Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ routineATLANTA — It wasn’t under the moonlight, and it wasn’t quite the funk of 40,000 years. But 900 zombies, aliens and Star Wars Stormtroopers boogeying to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” might be a sight that almost stops your heart. National award recipients honoured, ecstaticNEW DELHI - Feroz Abbas Khan, Shankar Mahadevan and Bhawna Talwar, among the recipients of the 55th National Film Awards for 2007, are feeling ecstatic as well as humbled at the recognition that they have got for their contribution to Indian cinema. Garga’s book on documentary films wins National AwardNEW DELHI - Film historian Bhagwan Das Garga’s book on the history of documentary films in India, “From Raj to Swaraj: The Non-fiction Film in India”, won the National Award for the Best Book on Cinema published in 2007. Dance India Dance 2Mumbai/Kolkata- Dance India Dance is back. Thanks to Zee TV for coming back with its namesake sequel, Dance India Dance 2. It promises another foot tapping season. The much awaited dance reality show on television is all geared to make a comeback soon. Durga Puja with a conscience
Defunct Mass. theater’s musical ‘Memphis’ to make Broadway debut next monthBEVERLY, Mass. — A Massachusetts regional music theater that has gone out of business will finally see one of its original musicals reach Broadway. Art & Culture: Youth Brigade Lead Art Initiatives in Kolkata (Pictures)
Ernie Harwell has cancer, incurableErnie Harwell has an incurable cancer. He, who spent 42 of his 55 years as a broadcaster calling Detroit Tigers games, has been diagnosed with it as, several media outlets reported Thursday. Its cast and creators look back on the birth of ‘Avenue Q’NEW YORK — What’s an unemployed puppet to do? Malaysia blames Discovery Channel in flap over use of Bali dance in videoKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia sought Friday to allay anger in Indonesia over the use of a Balinese dance in a promotional spot for a TV documentary series on Malaysia, with officials laying the blame on cable network Discovery Channel. Batman voted greatest superheroLONDON - Gotham city’s Dark Knight, ‘Batman’ has vanquished his comic book rivals ‘Spider-man’ and ‘Superman’ to be named the greatest superhero of all time in a new poll. Open Sesame: Whiff of European magic in Indian capitalNEW DELHI - They make cars disappear, walk through levitating people, make butterflies fly out of TV screens…You guessed right - they are magicians! And they are here from Germany with a trick or two up their sleeves. Cate Blanchett is slightly injured after being hit by a prop during a theater performanceSYDNEY — Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett got a head wound when she was hit by a prop on stage Wednesday during a Sydney theater performance. Cate Blanchett hit by prop on Australian stage; leaves with bleeding head woundSYDNEY — Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett suffered a bleeding head wound when she was hit by a prop on stage Wednesday during a Sydney theater performance. Revival of Tony Kushner’s ‘Angels in America’ set for off-Broadway in 2010-2011NEW YORK — “Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes” will fly again in New York — off-Broadway. Cash, Lewis, Perkins and Presley celebrated in B’way-bound ‘Million Dollar Quartet’NEW YORK — Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley — together again. On Broadway. Freddy Adu loaned to Belenenses among low-key transfers; Kerlon loaned to AjaxLONDON — Freddy Adu’s career faltered again with a low-key loan to Belenenses, and Ajax captured a ball-juggling Brazilian as the transfer window closed on Tuesday. Geraint Wyn Davies sparks Stratford’s ‘Midsummer’s Night Dream’ and ‘Julius Caesar’STRATFORD, Ontario — The Stratford Shakespeare Festival has been the home to such starry actors as Christopher Plummer, Brian Bedford and, more recently, Colm Feore — each a superb performer able to negotiate major classical roles with astonishing dexterity. Mark Ballas hopes for repeat ‘Dancing with the Stars’ win with new partner, Melissa Joan HartWESTPORT, Conn. — When he was younger, “Dancing with the Stars” pro Mark Ballas says it was a nightly ritual to watch Melissa Joan Hart in the popular 1990s show “Clarissa Explains it All.” Music Review: Miami’s Pitbull growls and brings the goods on his new album ‘Rebelution’Pitbull, “Rebelution” (J Records) Japanese couple swirls to top honors in Argentina’s World Tango competitionBUENOS AIRES — A Japanese couple outdanced the Argentines and more to win the traditional salon category at the Tango Dance World Championship. ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ wins drama series honors at Daytime EmmysLOS ANGELES — “The Bold and the Beautiful” won drama series honors at the Daytime Emmys on Sunday, the CBS soap opera’s first such victory in 22 years on the air. ‘Guiding Light’ earns one of last Daytime Emmys trophies before it leaves air after 72 yearsLOS ANGELES — “Guiding Light” earned one of its last trophies at the Daytime Emmys on Sunday night before it leaves the air after 72 years. Daytime Emmys get new venue, network in attempt to lure viewersLOS ANGELES — “Guiding Light” earned one of its last trophies at the Daytime Emmys on Sunday night before it leaves the air after 72 years. Wonderful Isolde not enough to save a Tristan and Isolde scuttled by flat directingBAYREUTH, Germany — Tristan and Isolde, Wagner once wrote, was meant to be a “monument to that most beautiful of dreams” — love. Big screen vs. small: Cinemas get a remake to compete for growing ranks of online video fansCHICAGO — Today, young movie-watchers look increasingly like Molly O’Connor. A junior at the University of Dallas, she still goes to the cinema occasionally, but is often just as happy to hunker down on a bed or a couch with friends to watch a downloaded movie on a laptop that’s perched on a nearby desk or a chair. Better than Wagner? Herheim production of Parsifal a parable of modern GermanyBAYREUTH, Germany — Jackbooted Nazi storm-troopers. A mad magician in drag. And a German history lesson from the days of Bismarck to the time when the vanquished nation rises from the ashes of Hitler and World War II. Guitarist, singing sisters among 5 final acts to reach ‘America’s Got Talent’ semifinalsLOS ANGELES — A guitarist from Baltimore, three singing sisters from Seattle, a percussive quartet from Goffstown, N.H., an opera singer from Houston and a pint-sized ballroom-dance duo from Everett, Wash., have claimed the last five semifinal spots on “America’s Got Talent.” Elvis Stojko returns to rink with new outlook on figure skating and himselfTORONTO — After some soul searching in Mexico, Elvis Stojko has returned to the rink with a new perspective on figure skating and himself. Christopher Plummer will tackle ‘The Tempest’ at Stratford Shakespeare FestivalNEW YORK — Christopher Plummer already has tackled such indelible — and diverse — roles as King Lear, Julius Caesar and John Barrymore at Canada’s Stratford Shakespeare Festival. |
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Kolkata, Sept 7 (IBNS) There are approximately 1900 Durga Pujas in Kolkata this year. Of them a few Pujas have raised their bar with esoteric thoughts and cultural disinvestment. But there is only one Durga Puja that dares to call itself different—Singhi Park Sarbojanin Durgotsav. Chairman Durga Prasad Mukherjee says, “We are a socially responsible Durga puja Committee. Hence keeping in line with the High Court order Singhi Park leaves 14 feet space while making their Puja Pandal so that traffic movement is not affected along this busy intersection near Gariahat Crossing.”
Through theatre and an unusual exhibition, two youth led initiatives in Kolkata showcased recently that creativity of the next generation is thriving in the city. Reeti Roy reports
