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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 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 Oxford Bookstore; 6.30 pm: Oxford Bookstore and Chitresh Das Dance Company, San Francisco present From Patronage to Modern Proscenium ? the evolution of Kathak by Charlotte Moraga. 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 6 at Calcutta School of Music, Sandre Hall; 7 pm: LR Global Music Foundation presents Surajit Mitra (violin), Prof. Dr Jan Brouwer (piano) of Holland and Vachagan Tadevosyan (Obo?) of Armenia. 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 6 at Tollygunge Club?s main lawn; 8 pm: The Telegraph, Reliance IndiaMobile and Spandan present The Tolly Monsoon Bash with MTV VJ Anusha, , DJ Akash, Shibani Kashyap and others. 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 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. August 7 at Sujata Sadan; 6.45 pm: Sandarbha will stage its latest production, Patan Diner Gaan. Direction: Soumitra Basu.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 5 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Adiswarananda will speak in English on The Wisdom of the Vedanta Way. August 5 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19A & B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Dr Sasanka Bhusan Bandyopadhyay will speak on Shvetashvatara Upanishad.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.CELEBRATIONS
August 5 at Swabhumi, Rang Manch: Inter-School Quiz at 4 pm & Musical Evening at 6.30 pm. 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: Event Abhilakshya (five in one) ranging from charades to drama. At 12 noon: Saaz Aur Awaaz (Antakshari). At 2.30 pm: Movers and Shakers (choreographed Western dance). At 4.30 pm: Guest performance. At 5.30 pm: Prizes.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001;
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