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Till August 5 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Snehangshu Das. Till August 6 at CIMA Gallery; 2 pm - 7 pm: Transmigrations: Myth, Memory and Make Believe ? Expressions of a collaborative workshop between seven contemporary and seven traditional artists. Till August 10 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Kartick Chandra Pyne. 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. Till 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.PERFORMING ARTS
August 4 at Birla Academy; 6 pm: Anwesha presents an evening of Bengali songs by Ranjit Choudhury, Sugata Chatterjee, Dipak Dutta, Bratati Chatterjee, Aparna Sen, Gita Biswas, Vaishali Roy, Manosree Lahiri, Krishna Bhattacharya and Srabani Bhattacharya. August 5 at Rabindra Sadan; 5.30 pm: Bhavna presents an evening of Tagore songs, readings and audio-play. Participants include Agnibha Bandyropadhyay, Uday Bhaduri, Kabita Banerjee, Gouri and Partha Ghosh, Dipak Rudra, Pramita Mullick, Pranati Tagore, Bikram Singh, Barin Roy, Manoj, Manisha, Molly Debnath, Srikanta Acharya, Subrata Sengupta, Rupa Ganguly, Rachaita Roy, Rahul Mukherjee, Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta, Gopa Roy and Urmimala and Jagannath Basu. 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: Tagore songs by Bhaswati Mukhopadhyay. August 6 at CC&FC; 7.30 pm: ABN Amro Bank, Tata Steel, Open Doors and CC&FC present Freedomscape ? a reaffirmation of faith in one?s fundamental right to freedom, through creative offerings of Usha Uthup, Tanushree Shankar, Arindam Sil, Sharmila Biswas, Sasha Ganguly, Anjum Katyal and Arjun Chakravarty. August 7 at Gyan Manch; 6 pm: An evening of Kathak by Madhumita Roy and her students. Also, the release of a VCD of a presentation on Kathak by Madhumita Roy and produced by Bhavna Records & Cassettes.DRAMA
August 4 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Kalyani Natyacharcha Kendra presents Khwabnama. Direction: Kishore Sengupta. 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 Science City Auditorium; 6.30 pm: Anamika Kala Sangam presents Ashvin Gidwani?s new play, Tamasha Mumbai Ishtyle! Direction: Bharat Dabholkar. 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 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Paramanu (Calcutta) presents Kaler Putul. Drama & direction: Sekhar Sarker. 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.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 4 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5.30 pm: Swami Rasajnananda will speak in English on Life and Teachings of Holy Mother Sri Sri Sarada Devi. August 4 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19A & B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Srimad-Bhagavad.PHOTOGRAPHS
Till August 13 (except Sunday) at Gallery Kanishka?s; 11 am - 8 pm: Freeze Frame ? an exhibition of photographs taken by lensmen of newspapers and magazines.QUIZ
August 4 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 5.30 pm: Celebrity debate. Motion: This house believes that the MTV generation is EMPTY WE. Organised as part of Calcutta Girls? High School?s sesquicentennial celebrations.INTER-SCHOOL FEST
Till August 5 at Kala Mandir: Lakshmipat Singhania Academy (LSA) presents an inter-school fest, Abhilakshya, for students of classes 6 - 12. Today at 10 am: Inauguration of on-stage events. At 10.15 am: Brainwave (quiz). At 11.30 am: Dhwani (band music). At 2 pm: Jhankaar (choreographed Indian dance). At 4 pm: Elemensheer (fashion show).All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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