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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 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 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. Till October 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. Till October 9 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Drawings and paintings by Biplab Dalai. Till October 16 (except Saturday) at Galerie La Mere, 3 Regent Park; 4 pm - 8 pm: Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture presents an exhibition of paintings and drawings on Durga. Till November 3 (except Sundays & October 10 - 12) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of Ganesha paintings by Ramananda Bandyopadhyay.DRAMA
October 5 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Anya Chetana presents Hari Bansha, translated and directed by Debabrata Dasgupta. October 5 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Barasat Anushilanee presents Ek Rashik Doubarik. Drama & direction: Romaprasad Banik. October 6 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Rangakarmee will stage Court Martial. Design & direction: Usha Ganguli. October 8 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Anya Theatre presents Tagore?s Shodh-Bodh. Direction: Bibhas Chakraborty. October 8 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Taki Natyam presents Abasya Kartan. Drama & direction: Romaprasad Banik. October 8 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Bohurupee presents its latest production, Deepdanda. Direction: Kumar Roy. October 9 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Jasimuddin?s Sojon Badiyar Ghaat. Direction: Goutam Halder.PERFORMING ARTS
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 5 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Madhur Tomar ? a programme of songs and recitation. Participants include Sreeradha Banerjee, Shampa Kundu, Madhurima Dutta Choudhury, Rinki Ganguly, Debmalya Chatterjee, Indrani Dutta Mullick, Anuradha Goswami, Pranjaparamita Roy, and Sukanya Nath in songs, and Sovansundar Basu, Aisarjya Basu and Madhumita Basu in recitation. Also, poetry-reading by Pradip Basu, Susemli Dutta and Sumitava Ghosal. October 6 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Classic mime by Suman Mukherjee.EXHIBITION
Till October 5 at Sasha, 27 Mirza Ghalib Street; 10 am - 7 pm: Sasha, an NGO and founder member of Fair Trade Forum, presents Mahotsav ?05, an exhibition of the festival collection of designer 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.BOOK LAUNCH & READING
October 5 at Oxford Bookstore; 6.30 pm: Oxford Bookstore and Penguin India launch the City of Sin and Splendour: Writings on Lahore, followed by a book reading session by editor Bapsi Sidhwa. The poems of Allama Iqbal will also be recited by Vijay Kichlu in Urdu and Anjum Katyal in English.FILM SHOW
October 5 at Max Mueller Bhavan Auditorium; 6.30 pm: Two films by Amlan Data: Song of the Mountains/2005 (a study of five fundamental elements of nature) and Everything Remains ? a film on Chitpur Road/1998.ALBUM LAUNCH
October 5 at Jibanananda Sabhaghar; 12 noon: Release of a cassette-cum-VCD titled Ras Chhara Rasogolla, an album of eight modern folk songs rendered by Jhumki.talk
October 5 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 6 pm: Biswanath Roy will speak on Sri Aurobindo?s Savitri. October 5 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Prabhananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. October 5 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19 A & B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Buddhatmananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. October 6 at MACE, 78 Syed Amir Ali Avenue; 6 pm - 7.30 pm: The Woven Journey - Heritage of the Bengal Handloom: A presentation by Kasturi Gupta Menon, former development commissioner, handloom. For registration, call #22875326 Ext. 245.WORKSHOP
Till October 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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