Thank God It's FrIday

NEW YORK CABARET BY LAILA PLAMONDON

Date: Tuesday, 22 December

Time: 7pm

Laila Plamondon graduated from Smith College with a specialisation in vocal music and has been, since then, cultivating her artistic career both in the US and in Bangladesh. She has performed in the past with artists such as Arnob, Habib and Fahmida Nabi. For the last few years she has been based in New York City and has been singing to great acclaim at cabaret venues in the Tri-State Area.

Red shift is pleased to host an evening with Laila performing jazz and pop classics, holiday tunes and recent hits by artists such as Adele, Sam Smith and others. This concert by the glamorous and talented Laila Plamondon will be the perfect way to set off the end of the year celebrations!

Tickets: Tk 600 available at Red Shift/Radius or online Tk 660 at www.imdhaka.com

GERMAN MOVIE NIGHT

Date: 27 December

Time: 6pm

Venue: Goethe-Institut, Dhaka

Every last Sunday of the month Goethe-Institut shows independent, experimental films, as well as documentaries, with English subtitles, from Germany that are beyond the mainstream.

Finsterworld is a film directed by Frauke Finsterwalder (2013, 91 min). It depicts a journey through a surreal Germany: A police officer in a bear costume; a female documentary filmmaker unable to find an interesting story; a pedicurist who carefully sets aside the hard skin removed from the feet of his aged female patient; a rich couple that refuses to sit in a German-built car; a history student uninterested in a class visit to a concentration camp; a wild man training a raven in the woods.

DHAKA COMICON AND STAR CINEPLEX PRESENTS THE STAR WARS EXHIBITION

Date: 22 – 25 December

Time: 10am- 8pm

Venue: Star Ice Rink, Level 8, Bashundhara City Mall

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Anakin Skywalker fulfilled the prophecy of bringing balance to the force. In celebration of Star Wars: The Force Awakens releasing at Star Cineplex, Dhaka Comicon in collaboration with Star Cineplex will be celebrating the return of the saga to the silver screen.

To give you the complete Star Wars experience, Dhaka Comicon and Star Cineplex will be: Exhibiting Star Wars Collectibles dating to the '70s at the giant Star Ice Rink, giving away free passes to three lucky winner's everyday leading to the premiere! The lucky attendees at the exhibition will have the chance to win passes to the premiere.

Tickets, priced at Tk 100, for the Star Wars Exhibition are now available at the Star Cineplex counter.

Microtears, solo exhibition

Date: Until Saturday, 9 January 2016

Time: 11am to 6pm

Venue: Daily Star-Bengal Arts Precinct

In a striking statement from an artist who was once chiefly recognised for her brightly-hued paintings, Dilara Begum Jolly constructs a monochromatic universe, made up of audio-visual installations, photographic drawings and video, to which the visitors are invited to share the artist's own, complex, emotional responses to vulnerability. While still a student, Jolly first began to express her strong awareness of the many imbalances and vagaries of society. This continually expanding and developing awareness remains a primary element of Jolly's work, which she now creates with a variety of different media.