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Till August 1 at The Palladian Lounge, Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry: Works of Partho Bhattacharjee, Sanatan Dinda, Ashoke Mullick, Apto Bhattacharjee, Keshav Roy, Shekhar Kar, Sekhar Roy, Subhro, Avijit Dutta, Raj Kr. Ghosh, Samir Paul, Parhto Dutta, Sadhan Sengupta and Murlidharan. Till August 2 at Metropolitan Art Salon; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Ashis Chatterjee, Joydev Bose, Kaushik Gupta, Prasanna Chowdhury, Subhendu Ghosh and Subir Banerjee. August 1 - 5 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Snehangshu Das. August 2 - 9 (except Sunday) at Chemould Art Gallery; 2 pm - 7 pm; Saturday (10 am - 3 pm): Avant-Garde, a group exhibition of paintings by Arindam Bose and Barindam Bose. August 2 - 10 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Kartick Chandra Pyne. August 3 - September 3 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Autumn Bloom, showcasing works of Shyamal Mukherjee, Santosh Rohatgi, Sumon Roy, Apto Bhattacharya, Sujit Karan Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Somnath Chakravorty, Chandra Bhattacharya, Prokash Karmakar, Bratin Khan, Sanatan Dinda, Subroto Gangopadhyay, Suhas Roy and others. August 6 - 11 at ITC Sonar Bangla Art Gallery: Akar Prakar and ITC Sonar Bangla present The Tempera Show. Till August 30 at K.C. Das, Esplanade East: Paintings by Shivaji Das.PERFORMING ARTS
August 1at Swabhumi; 6 pm: Rabindrasangeet and Bengali modern songs by Shiv Kumar Biswas. n August 3 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC holds Pratibha Utsav featuring Sanjukta Ghose (Hindustani classical vocal), Amal Debnath (folk songs) and Rahuldev Mondal (Bharata Natyam). August 5 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 7 pm: Devjani Chaliha presents Usha Aniruddha Katha, a dance creation in Manipuri, based on Srimad Bhagawat Mahapuran. August 5 at Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, Regent Park; 7 pm: Bhaswati Mukhopadhyay will render Tagore songs. August 8 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Satriya Nritya Sandhya.DRAMA
August 1 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6 pm: Valedictory fucntion of the golden jubilee celebration of Lalit Kala Akademi followed by the play, Neel Mati Lal Kankad, produced by Mukhomukhi. Direction: Biplab Bandyopadhyay. August 2 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Charbak presents its latest play, Chalo Patol Tuli. Drama & direction: Arindam Ganguly. August 2 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Gayeshpur Sanglap presents Singha Deul (direction: Santanu Majumdar) and Anya Theatre presents Kaal Ba Porshu (direction: Bibhas Chakraborty). August 3 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Natyam presents its latest production, Tagore?s Tasher Desh. Direction: Abhijit Sen. August 3 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Anya Theatre presents Nakchhabita. Direction: Bibhas Chakraborty. August 4 at Sujata Sadan; 6 pm: Theatre Spandan will stage Prastaab. Direction: Sourav Gupta. August 4 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: ACT presents Ki Nilay Faou? Direction: Subho Gupta Bhaya. August 5 at Madhusudan Mancha & August 6 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Naba Mayukh Nattya Sangstha presents its latest production, Waarish. Direction: Rishi Mukherjee. August 6 & 7 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Spandan and Sanskriti Sagar present a topical musical laugh-riot, Tamasha Mumbai...Ishtyle, directed by Bharat Dabholkar. August 7 at Sujata Sadan; 6.45 pm: Sandarbha will stage its latest production, Patan Diner Gaan. Direction: Soumitra Basu. August 9 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Udvastu Udvastu, produced by Jangam and directed by Supriti Mukhopadhyay.PHOTOGRAPHS
Till August 13 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kanishka?s; 11 am - 8 pm: Freeze Frame ? an exhibition of photographs taken by lensmen of newspapers and magazines.ANNIVERSARY
August 1 at Deshbandhu College for Girls; 10.30 am: The golden jubilee celebration of Deshbandhi College for Girls will be inaugurated by Prof. Satya Sadhan Chakraborty. At 2 pm: A panel discussion on Empowerment of Women in Post Independent West Bengal (Participants: Bani Basu, Mallika Sengupta, Chitra Sen and Mahamaya Sarkar); at 5 pm: Cultural programme featuring recitation by Subir Basu and a dance-drama, Indian and Her Future. August 3 at Jibanananda Sabhagriha; 6.30 pm: Natyaranga?s 33rd anniversary celebration. Felicitation to Birendra Kumar Bandyopadhyay. Reading of verse drama by Bibhas Chakraborty, Dwijen Bandyopadhyay, Dulal Lahiri, Sumita Bandyopadhyay, Anwesha Ghosh, Anindita Bandyopadhyay, Surajit Bandyopadhyay and Dr Amit Roy. Drama songs by Probal Kanti Roy.EXHIBITION
Till August 5 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace; 11 am - 7 pm: Crafts Council of West Bengal presents Monsoon Magic, an exhibition to promote a wide and varied range of crafts and textiles. August 8 - 10 at Satyam Towers, 3 Alipore Road, Flat no. 9A2, #24792697, 9831228486; 10 am - 7 pm: Namrata Kanoi displays her range of designer jewelley, bags and footwear. Till August 26 (Monday to Friday) at Stills Archive of Roopkala Kendro, Block GM, Sector V, Salt Lake; 12 noon - 6 pm: An exhibition titled Pather Panchali from Parimal Ray?s collection.TALK
August 1 at Sahitya Akademi Jeevantara Bhavan Sabhaghar; 5.30 pm: Sahitya Akademi?s literary forum meeting features Martin K?mpchen, eminent German scholar, who will discourse on Rabindranath and Germany. August 1 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19A & B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Amalendu Chakraborty will speak on Swami Abhedananda O Bharatia Sanskriti.INTER-SCHOOL FEST
August 1 - 5: Lakshmipat Singhania Academy (LSA) presents an inter-school fest, Abhilakshya, for students of classes 6 - 12. Today at LSA, 10 am: Ad Ads (banner making) and Metamorphosis (body makeover). At Swabhumi, 10 am: Dhoondte Reh Jagoe (treasure hunt). At Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Centre, 1 pm: Frequency (RJ Hunt).WORKSHOP
August 1 - 9 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Salt Lake; 10 am - 5 pm: Workshop on Manipuri dance to be conducted by Darshana Jhaveri. Details at #23356796. August 2 - 7 at 105 Southern Avenue: The Art of Living (Part 1) workshops with morning and evening courses. Details at #9831197704, 24660828. August 3 - 6 at Kreasions, 12/2-A Bakul Bagan Road: Workshop on Indian & Malaysian batik and tie ?n? dye. Details with Nandini Dhar, #24850080.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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