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Till October 2 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Exhibition of visual arts by Dr Pradip Patra and Bhudev Majumder. Till October 5 (except Sunday) at Gallery Katayun, 4A Auckland Square; 2 pm - 7 pm: Gallery Katayun presents Vibgyor, a solo exhibition of paintings by Subrato Gangopadhyay. Till October 6 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: Artists Circle presents Through Another Lane, black-and white works by different generations of artists Till October 7 (except Sunday) at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue, 1st floor; 1 pm - 7 pm: Exhibition of the works of well-known painters of eastern India. Till October 7 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Conversations in Acrylic ? an exhibition of Indian art and sculpture. Featuring works of well-known artists.DRAMA
October 1 - 4 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Salt Lake; 5.30 pm: A four-day drama festival as part of Premchand 125th National Celebrations organised by Premchand 125th Birth Anniversary National Celebration Committee, ministry of culture, government of India, in collaboration with EZCC. October 1 at Padatik Little Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Padatik and Rikh present Ho Sakta Hai Do Aadmi Do Kursiyaan, a new play in Hindi written and directed by Vinay Sharma. October 1 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Anya Chhanda presents Shakunir Pasha. Direction and solo acting: Biplab Chattopadhyay. October 1 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nabamayukh Nattya Sangstha presents Waarish. Drama & direction: Rishi Mukherjee. October 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 10.30 am: Lok-Krishti presents its latest production, Page 4, written and directed by Bratya Basu. October 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Theatron presents its latest production, Shey. Direction: Saswati Biswas. October 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Rang-Roop will stage Tagore?s Shesh Raksha. Direction: Seema Mukherjee. October 2 at Tollygunge Club; 7 pm: Reliance IndiaMobile, in association with Tollygunge Club and Spandan, presents the Rangakarmee production, Court Martial, directed by Usha Ganguli.WORLD ELDERS? DAY
October 1 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: In celebration of the Day of Senior Citizens, Rotary Club of Calcutta Metro City and Bharat Petroleum present Twilight Tinkles featuring Odissi recital by Sanchita Bhattacharya and her group, and presentation of vocational excellence awards. The programme is organised in aid of Old Age Homes administered by Churches of North India. October 1 at Madhusudan Mancha complex; 5.30 pm: Indian Association of Retired Persons observes World Elders? Day with felicitation of legendary singer Ramkumar Chattopadhyay and eminent chemical engineer Dr Ashok Gopal Dutta. October 1 at Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1, EB Block, Sector 1, Salt Lake; 10.30 am: To celebrate World Elders? Day, Darbari group and school children present a cultural programme for senior citizens. Organised by Dignity Foundation - Calcutta Chapter.FILM SHOW
October 1 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 6.30 pm: The third generation of Turkish-German cinema: Head On (Gegen die Wand); Direction: Fatih Akin.talk
October 1 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak in Bengali on Yog O Tahar Abhyas.PERFORMING ARTS
October 1 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 5.45 pm: A cultural programme, Banikumar?s Mahisasuramardini, by the members of the children?s library of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Gol Park. Also, prize distribution ceremony of the art and recitation competitions. October 2 at Gyan Manch; 6 pm: Surolok presents a Ananda Taranga Jagey (a music programme), an audio-play and Tagore songs by Sudeshna Sanyal, Maitreyee Sen, Bhaskar Chakraborty, Debasree Biswas, Nilanjana Ghosh Dastidar and Suman Panthi.EXHIBITION
Till October 2 at Tvastr (Swabhumi); 12 noon - 8 pm: Jewels of Rajasthan ? an exhibition of traditional handcrafted jewellery including Thewa, Meenakari, lac and silver jewellery. Till October 5 at Sasha, 27 Mirza Ghalib Street; 10 am - 7 pm; Sundays (10 am - 1 pm): Sasha, an NGO and founder member of Fair Trade Forum, presents Mahotsav ?05, an exhibition of the festival collection of deigner women?s wear from Sonam Dubal and Anshu Arora Sen. Till October 8 at CIMA Gallery; 11 am - 8 pm: Art in Life showcases T-shirts, jewellery, masks, carpets, dhurries, books, bags, tribal art, mats, dhokra, linen, wall hangings, decorative art, stoles and scarves.PHOTOGRAPHS
Till October 2 at City Centre; 11.30 am - 8.30 pm: Freeze Frame ? an exhibition of photographs taken by lensmen of leading newspapers and magazines. Organised by City Centre in association with Gallery Kanishka?s.READING
October 2 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P. Lal reads Sanjaya?s report to King Dhritarastra of the ninth day?s battle at Kurukshetra, involving a gory clash between the raksasa Alambusa and Arjuna?s son Abhimanyu, and the encounters between Drona and Arjuna and Bhisma and Satyaki, in the 297th weekly Sunday session of his sloka-by-sloka English transcreation of Vyasa?s Mahabharata.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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