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October 3 - November 4 (except Sundays & October 10 - 12) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 6 pm: An exhibition of paintings on Ganesha by Ramananda Bandyopadhyay. October 3 at Galerie La Mere, 3 Regent Park; 6 pm: Usha Ganguli will inaugurate an exhibition of paintings and drawings on Durga at 6 pm. The exhibition will continue till October 16 (except Saturdays) between 4 pm and 8 pm. October 3 - 8 at Chemould Art Gallery; 2 pm - 7 pm (weekdays) & 10 am - 3 pm (Saturday): Paintings by Abhijit Guha, Suktara Guha, Sanju Manna, Biswajit Paul and Sudhir Biswas. October 3 - 9 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Drawings and paintings by Biplab Dalai. Inauguration this evening at 6. Till October 4 at Sreepally Ajanta Art & Craft Centre, Purba Putiary, Kudghat; 4 pm - 9 pm: Drawings, paintings and sculptures by the students of the Centre. October 5 - 31 (except Mondays and holidays) at Gurusaday Museum, Bratacharigram, Joka; 11 am - 4.30 pm: An exhibition on Durga in Folk Art of Bengal. 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 3 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Rangapat presents its latest production, Mohit Chattopadhyay?s Tusher Aagun. Till October 4 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Salt Lake; 5.30 pm: 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. Today: Dansagar by Theatre Commune at 5.30 pm, and Barda by Nandikar at 7 pm. Tomorrow: Seminar & reading of selected stories of Premchand at 11 am; plays Bade Bhai Saheb by Jan Natya Manch, Delhi, and Maiyyat by Rangakarmee. October 4 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Ensemble presents Snirir Neeche. Direction: Sohag Sen. October 5 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Anya Chetana presents Hari Bansha, translated and directed by Debabrata Dasgupta. October 6 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Rangakarmee will stage Court Martial. Design & direction: Usha Ganguli. October 7 at Padatik Little Theatre-II, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Theatrecian presents The Zoo Story, an Edward Albee play. Direction: Tanusree Das.PERFORMING ARTS
October 3 at St Xavier?s College Auditorium; 6 pm: Swapnokalpa presents an evening of Odissi dance and dance-drama Chandalika. Choreographed and performed by Swapnokalpa Roychowdhury. October 3 at Vivekananda Hall, Ramakrishna Mission, Sarisha; 5 pm: Tarun Pradhan Smriti Sansad, in memory of Tarun Pradhan, presents a programme of songs, titled Tumi Kemon Korey Gaan Karo Hey Guni. Participants include Pandit Shyamal Lahiri, Mandira Lahiri, Manomoy Bhattacharya, Achin Mukherjee, Pubali Debnath, Prabuddha Raha and Shilpi Aditya Basu. October 3 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Srijoni presents a Kathak dance recital by Souvik Chakraborty and different choreographies by his students. October 5 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC presents a Aagomoni Gaan ? an evening of songs on the coming of Goddess Durga ? by Nupurchhanda Ghosh and Chandidas Mal. October 6 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Classic mime by Suman Mukherjee.VARIETY
October 3 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 4 pm: Manasi literary magazine and cultural centre presents a programme of recitation, reading of self-composed poems and songs, along with felicitation to several personalities from the field of art and culture. Also, the release of the Puja numbers of Manasi and Ansh.EXHIBITION
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. Till October 8 at Startrack Gallery, 56 Chowringhee Road, opp. Nehru Children?s Museum; 10 am - 8 pm: Imported household items, kitchenware, gift items, melamine dinner sets, etc.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. Till October 4 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of photographs by the members of Chhayapath.BOOK LAUNCH
October 3 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 6 pm: Y.C. Deveshwar, chairman, ITC, will release Ganesha: The Power, the Passion and the Paradox, a book featuring 124 Ganesha paintings by Ramananda Bandyopadhyay.WORKSHOP
October 3 - 8 at Jyotirmai Club, 37/1A Garcha Road; 6 pm - 9 pm (Saturday and Sunday: 4 pm - 9 pm): The Art of Living workshop for those 21 years and above. Details at #9433360029, 9830093910. October 7 & 8 at Jyotirmai Club, 37/1A Garcha Road; 6 pm - 8 pm: Satyananda Yoga Kendra hosts a workshop on The meaning and application of Yoga in our daily lives, to be conducted by Swami Muktidharma Saraswati, a senior Swami from New Zealand, on the tradition of the Bihar School of Yoga, Munger. Details at #22242333.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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