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ART

Till September 7 at Galerie 88; 3 pm - 7 pm: Recent works by Yuriko Lochan and Rajeev Lochan. Till September 8 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Sushma Agrawal.

DRAMA

September 7 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Swapnasandhani presents Anmani Angana, directed by Koushik Sen. September 7 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Swapnasandhani will stage its latest production, Prachyo. Dir: Koushik Sen. September 7 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: ACT presents Be-Akkel. Direction: Subho Gupta Bhaya. September 8 at Antaranga Natmancha, Ranikuthi; 6 pm: Pancham Vaidic will stage Putul Khela. Directed and performed by Saoli Mitra. September 8 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Rabibasariya of Ichhapur, in collaboration with EZCC, will stage Nachni Katha — a play on the life, career and art of dancing girls of Purulia, Bankura and hazaribagh districts and other areas in the West-Bengal-Bihar border. September 8 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Bohurupee will stage its latest production, Fullaketur Pala. Direction: Kumar Roy. September 8 at Mukta Angan; 6.30 pm: Shouvanik presents Dant Pake Bandha. Direction: Chandan Das.

RECITATION

September 8 at Paschimbanga Bangla Academy; 6 pm: Sriyankar Acharyya will recite poems by some of the well-known poets of Bengal. Presented by Kalpak.

MUSIC

September 7 at Rabindra Sarovar Pavilion Hall; 2 pm: St Peter’s College annual social function features classical, fusion and Western dances, ramp show, Western rock, Caribbean and Eastern musical bands, etc. September 7 at Asutosh Memorial Hall; 5 pm: A musical bonanza comprising Bengali Adhunik songs, Bangla band songs and Indi-Pop numbers. Presented by Chabikathi and Samakal. September 8 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Vedanter Aaloye Vivekananda, Pujar Naibedye Rabindranath — An evening featuring songs of devotion to be rendered by Ashis Bhattacharya, Abhirup Guha Thakurta, Alpana Roy and Swastika Mukhopadhyay. Narration: Pradip Ghosh.

FILM SHOW

September 7 at The Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mookerjee Road; 6 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents Wings of Honneanimise (1987; Dir: Hiroyuki Yamaga).

EXHIBITION

Till September 8 at 1/57B Dover Place: Gharoya, House of Arttistic Sarees presents an exhibition of sarees, salwars, gents kurtas, etc. Till September 7 at Obsession Gallery, 87 Park Street; 10 am - 7.30 pm: Crafts Council of West Bengal presents Pooja — a unique collection of sarees, dupattas and fabrics from traditional weavers and dyers. Till September 12 at 359 Jodhpur Park, #4722351: Shuma Mitra’s exhibition of Puja collections. Till September 7 at Weavers Studio, 5/1 Anil Moitra Road: Weavers Studio’s anniversary exhibition showcasing trendsetting designer wear by in-house designers as well as works of Rehwa (Maheshwar), Bodhi (Baroda), Soundarya (Chennai) and Bandhej (Ahmedabad). Till September 7 at Sasha, 27 Mirza Ghalib Street: Sasha presents Dastkar Andhra’s work with handloom weavers in Andhra Pradesh. The product range includes saris, yardage, dupattas, ready-to-stitch coordinated salwar kurta sets, bed linen & table linen, natural dyeing, natural-dyed khadi & kalamkari. Till September 9 at Genesis Art Gallery; 10 am - 7.30 pm: Angana presents an exhibition of its autumn collection.

WORKSHOP

Till September 12 at 6 Merlin Park: Marudhara organises a workshop on Rajasthani folk song. Details at #4607356.

KIDS’ CORNER

September 7 & 8 at Toys Kemp, Camac Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: To mark the first anniversary of Toys Kemp, Lego organises a free building competition, Just Imagine, for children in the age groups 5-8 years and 9-12 years.

LECTURE

September 7 at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandir, Vivekananda Sabhagriha, Belur Math; 2.30 pm: Prof. Tapan Raychaudhuri, former professor of Indian History and Civilization at Oxford University and presently emeritus fellow of St Anthony’s College, will speak on ‘Religious sensibilities of modern Bengalees’. September 7 at The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall, 6 pm: Supriya Bhattacharya will speak on ‘India’s Spiritual Tradition — Yoga’. September 7 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak on ‘Yuge Yuge Ynader Aagaman’. September 8 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P. Lal reads Krishna’s advice to the Pandavas at the end of their forest-exile, in the 145th weekly session of his complete English transcreation of Vyasa’s Mahabharata.

BOOKS

September 7 - 17 at Prudential Hall, Park Street; 11 am - 8 pm: Book Line presents an exhibition-cum-sale of Indian and foreign general books.