DRAMA

Till January 7 at Mukta Angan; 6 pm onwards: Krishti Unnayan hosts an all-Bengal short play competition. Today at 6 pm: Natak Shurur Aage by Roddur; at 7 pm: Samikaran by Bangaranga. January 3 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Choopkatha presents its latest production, Mrs. Soriano. Direction: Dolly Basu. January 3 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sundaram presents Munni O Saat Chowkidar. Dir & acting: Manoj Mitra. January 4 at Rangmanch, EZCC Multiplex, Salt Lake; 6 pm: Little Thespian presents Lohar. Direction: S.M. Azhar Alam.

MUSIC

January 3 at Kala Mandir; 5 pm: The 17th session of Ballygunge Music Conference features Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (sarod), Ustad Rashid Khan (vocal) and Saswati Sen (Kathak). January 3 at Niranjan Sadan; 5.30 pm: A musical soiree to mark the golden jubilee of Sree Bharati Music College. January 3 at Srijan rooftop; 6 pm: An evening of operatic and jazz and pop songs featuring Sumona Roy with Mary Lou Muratory on the piano. January 3 at Ali Akbar Sangeet Kaksha, CF-339 Salt Lake; 4.30 pm: Darbari presents an evening of Hindustani classical music featuring Saberi Bhattacharya (vocal), Ritam sarkar (guitar), and Ajanta Sen (vocal). January 3 at 4.30 pm & January 4 at 9.30 am; at Indumati Sabhagriha, National Council of Education, Jadavpur: Vistar presents its 28th Children and Rising Talents Classical Music Conference in memory of Sangeetacharya Anil Roy Chowdhury. Till January 5 at Rabindra Sadan: Paschimbanga Rajya Sangeet Academy and EZCC present the 17th anual classical music conference. Today at 5 pm: Ranajit Sengupta (sarod), Sandipan Samajpati (vocal), Brijbhusan Kabra (guitar) and Gundecha Brothers (dhrupad). Tomorrow at 10 am: Purnima Sen (vocal), Debashis Chakraborty (guitar), Tashpal (vocal), Purbayan Chaterjee (sitar) and Ulhas Kashalkar (vocal); at 5 pm: Anirban Dasgupta (sarod), Arun Bhaduri (vocal), Nayan Ghosh (tabla) and Aslam Khan Niazi (vocal). January 4 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 5 pm: Paramparik presents its third annual classical music conference featuring Manas Chakraborty (vocal) and Tejendra Narayan Majumdar (sarod). January 4 at Utpal Dutt Mancha, Behala; 4 pm: An evening of classical music featuring Dipali Nag, Kanchan Sarkar (vocals), Probir Banerjee (electric guitar), Shikha Ganguly and Bela Mukherjee (vocals).

DANCE

January 3 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, Salt Lake; 6 pm: An Odissi recital by Pitambar Biswal and his troupe. Till January 15 at Kalamandalam Performing Arts & Research Centre; 5 pm: Kalamandalam Dance & Music Festival 2004. Today: Bharata Natyam by Abhoy Pal and group choreographies in Bharata Natyam by artistes of Kalamandalam Calcutta. Tomorrow: Bharata Natyam by Tania Dewanjit & Suchismita Aditya, and Reshmi Bagchi & Subhra Kundu, and group choreographies in Bharata Natyam by artistes of Kalamandalam Calcutta January 4 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, Salt Lake; 6 pm: Bharata Natyam recital by A. Vadivudevi of Thanjavur and participants of her workshop.

FILM SHOW

January 3, 5 & 6 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre; 6 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents Beastly Beauties, a package of films. Today: Alice (Jan Svankmajer/1988).

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till January 4 at Asutosh Birth Centenary Hall; 3 pm - 8 pm: The 43rd all-India photographic exhibition hosted by East Calcutta Photographic Association. Slide shows at 5 pm, 6 pm & 7 pm.

VARIETY

January 3 at Sarat Sadan, Behala; 5 pm: Songs by Neelkantha Mukhopadhyay, classical dances by Sinjinee Odissi Dance Academy, and drama Kenaram Becharam by Sannidhya (Behala) Natya Charcha Kendra. January 3 at K.M.C. Park, B.C. Road, Behala; 5.30 pm: Agrani Sangha felicitates tabla player Bikram Ghosh. Also, a cultural programme with Raghab Chatterjee, Antara Chowdhury, Bangla band Keya, and film personalities. The proceeds will go towards Behala Bikashan, a school for mentally challenged children. January 4 at Asutosh Birth Centenary Hall, Indian Museum; 12 noon: The anual social and get-together of Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College Alumni Association.

reading

January 4 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P.Lal reads of Vidura’s continuing advice to despondent Dhritarastra, specially concerning the 17 types of men who “beat air with fists”, six virtues of ministers, 10 unwelcome guests and seven obstacles to prosperity, in the 211th weekly session of his complete English transcreation of Vyasa’s Mahabharata.

FOOD

Till February 29 at Trincas; 12 noon onwards: The Triple SSS Affair — an innovative range of soups, sandwiches and salads. Bookings at # 22298947. Till January 11 at Pakwan, 70 B Purna Das Road, #2465-3476/ 8101: Kool Kebabs — an array of 62 varities of kebabs and an exotic menu for the Yuletide Season!