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DRAMA

August 23 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Swapnasandhani presents its latest production, Prachya. Directed and performed by Koushik Sen. August 23 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Sanglap Kolkata will stage Hai Ram. Drama and direction: Kuntal Mukhopadhyay. August 24 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Rupdarshan presents Baghapratap. Direction: Kanai Chakraborty. August 24 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Choopkatha will stage its latest production, Dui-Taranga. Direction: Dolly Basu. August 24 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Sanskriti Sagar presents Kal College Band Rahega, directed by Ashok Singh. August 24 at Madhusudan Mancha and August 25 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sayak will stage its latest production, Badhu Tantra. Drama: Indrasis Lahiri. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya. August 25 at Mukta Angan; 6.30 pm: Shouvanik presents Dant Pake Bandha. Direction: Chandan Das.

DRAMA FESTIVAL

Till August 25 at Antaranga Natmancha, Rani Kuthi: A drama festival, presented by Pancham Vaidic, to mark the first anniversary of Antaranga Natmancha. August 23 at 6 pm: Ananta, Delhi presents Kathakatay Aagamani. August 24 at 6 pm: Pancham Vaidic’s Naathabati Anaathabat (drama, direction and starring: Saoli Mitra). August 25 at 3 pm: Rangakarmee’s Antar-Yatra (directed and performed by Usha Ganguli). August 25 at 6 pm: Pancham Vaidic’s Sujon Brotir Simanta (drama: Supriti Mukhopadhyay; direction: Saoli Mitra).

MUSIC

August 23 at the Srijan rooftop, 176 Sarat Bose Road, near Deshapriya Park; 6.30 pm: Music from Distant Shores — A tribute to the Rock legends of the Sixties, featuring a presentation of Pink Floyd by Ashish Thukral with live performance by Insomnia. August 24 at Sisir Mancha; 6 pm: Brotee presents Tagore’s Shesh Barshan. Dir: Apala Basu. August 24 at the Sandre Hall, Calcutta School of Music; 6.30 pm: The Calcutta School of Music presents its 5th Monsoon Concert featuring a piano solo, a guitar solo and Oxford Mission Ensemble. August 25 at Lavkush, 2/1 Beltala Road; 5.30 pm: Bhowanipur Sursagar Society presents Mitali Sengupta and Bhaskar Mukherjee in an evening of thumri and guitar recitals, respectively.

DANCE

August 24 at The Circle; 6 pm: Boogie Woogie Dance Competition for children of the members of The Circle and Space Circle. Also, performances by the mentally challenged children of Mentaid. August 25 at the Science City auditorium; 6.30 pm: Students of Ananda Shankar Centre for Performing Arts will stage their annual demonstration show and dance-drama Vasundhara. Music: Ananda Shankar. Choreography: Tanusree Shankar.

ART

Till August 25 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street, Queens Mansion; 11 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Samit Dey. Till August 28 at The Art Collector, 12C Sunny Park, Block C, 3rd floor; 3 pm - 8 pm: The Art Collector presents works by Kathern-Chintamani, Sourav Basu and Ved P. Sundeep.

FILM SHOW

August 23, 24, 27, 28, 30 & 31 at The Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mookerjee Road; 6 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents Dreamland Japan — a festival of animated manga films. August 23: Wicked City (1987; Direction: Yoshiaki Kawajiri)

LECTURE

August 23 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19A & B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Dr Sasanka Bhusan Bandyopadhyay will speak on ‘Brihadaranyaka-Upanishad’.

SPORT

Till August 24 at Sparkz bowling complex, 35 Diamond Harbour Road, Alipore; 12 noon - 9 pm: The ColorPlus National Bowling Championships open to men and women above 15. Till August 31 at Space Circle: The First Corporate Indoor Cricket Tournament at the 7,000 sq. ft, air-conditioned Royal Stag Skydrome. Presented by The Telegraph and Royal Stag in association with Pepsi, Vedic Village, Vacation Club International and Sanjeevani Projects.

FOOD FESTIVAL

Till August 31 at the Kalash, Hotel Hindusthan International; 7.30 pm - 11 pm: Utsav — Celebrating the festive mood in between Raksha Bandhan and Janmashtami. August 30 at Kewpie’s, 2 Elgin Lane: Speciality non veg. dishes as well as veg, delicacies and special sweets like Gokul Pithe and Payesh for Janmashtami. Bookings at #4759880, 4769929.

EXHIBITION

Till August 24 at Kaushik Hall, Nari Seva Sangha, Jodhpur Park; 11.30 am - 8 pm: All India Women’s Conference, Jodhpur Park Constituent Branch, holds an exhibition-cum-sale of home-made pickles, spices, bags, salwar suits, sarees, etc.

WORKSHOP

Till August 28 at Aikataan, IA-290 Salt Lake; 10 am - 5 pm: Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre presents a week-long workshop of Odissi music, conducted by Gopal Chandra Panda.