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Till July 11 at Genesis Art Gallery; 4 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by three young artists Raj Kumar Ghosh, Pradipto Debnath and Deepak Raj Bhar. Till July 12 at Chemould Art Gallery: Paintings by Sambhu Chakraborty, Kishore Chakraborty and Nabakishore Chanda. July 15 at The Palladian Lounge, Bengal Chamber of Commerce, 3rd floor; 7.30 pm: Citi Bank, in association with The Palladian Lounge and Spandan Art Gallery, hosts an exhibition of paintings, Art for Giving, to raise funds for underprivileged children. Participating artists include Partha Bhattacharjee, Sanatan Dinda, Ashoke Mallik, Aptpo Bhattacharjee, Keshav Roy, Subhro, Avijit Dutta, Raj Kumar Ghosh, Samir Paul, Partha Dutta and K. Muralidharan. Till July 16 at CIMA Gallery; Monday: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesday - Saturday: 2 pm - 7 pm: Summer exhibition comprising works of Samir Aich, Jayasri Burman, Shreyasi Chatterjee, Jogen Chowdhury, Atul Dodiya, Ramlal Dhar, Abhijit Gupta, Somnath Hore, M.F. Husain, Prokash Karmakar, Paresh Maity, Hiran Mitra, Ashoke Mullick, Baiju Parthan, Ganesh Pyne, Paritosh Sen, Prasanta Sahu, Shuvaprasanna, Arpita Singh, T. Vaikuntam and others. Till July 31 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Tranquility and Colour ? showcasing Indian art and sculpture by leading and renowned contemporary artists. Till August 30 at K.C. Das, Esplanade East: Paintings by Shivaji Das.DRAMA
July 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6 pm: Nehru Children?s Museum presents Ekla Pagol. Drama and direction: Ramaprasad Banik. July 12 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Jangam presents Udvastu Udvastu, writtena and directed by Supriti Mukhopadhyay. July 13 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sansriti presents Fataru. Direction: Debesh Chattopadhyay. July 14 at Sujata Sadan; 6.45 pm: Sandarbha will stage its latest production, Patan Diner Gaan. Direction: Soumitra Basu. July 15 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Doubarik presents its latest production, E Parabase, written by Chandan Sen and directed by Sarbadaman Som. July 15 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Dream Theatre presents Godor Pratikshay, Bengali version of Samuel Beckett?s Waiting for Godot. Direction: Gautam. July 16 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Samikshan presents Manmoyee Girls? School. Direction: Pankaj Munshi. July 17 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Howrah Dakshinayan presents Bhitu Bhutor Bhul, written and directed by Kunal Mukhopadhyay.PERFORMING ARTS
July 11 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Bhavna Records and Cassettes presents an evening of Tagore songs by Manisha Murali Nair, Manoj Murali Nair and Rahul Mukherjee. July 11 at Sisir Mancha; 6 pm: Samokal presents Ogo Snaotali Chhele, an evening of Tagore songs and poems. Participants include Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta, Rajasree Bhattacharya, Srabani Sen, Manisha Mukherjee, Sikha Chatterjee, Chitralekha Dutta, Prajnaparamita Roy, Tanusree Dutta, Somdatta Roychowdhury, Sukanya Nath, Rudrani Pal, Anuradha Goswami, Sathi Dasgupta, Sikha Dutta and Pratap Ghosh in songs, and Tulsi Roy, Reshmi Choudhury and Rupali Agnihotri in recitation. July 11 - 13 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6 pm: Samaroha presents Barsha Utsav featuring Bangla Gaaner Asar on July 11, Barsha Mangal on July 12, and Rabindrasangeeter Asar on July 13. Participants include (on July 11): Nirmala Misra, Banasree Sengupta, Srikanto Acharya, Sreeradha Bandyopadhyay, Shampa Kundu, Amarnath Mukhopadhyay, Mrinal Kanti Gayen and Achin Mukhopadhyay; (on July 12): Tagore songs by Abhirup Guha Thakurta, Pramita Mullick, Swastika Mukhopadhyay, Subrata Sengupta, Pubali Debnath, Debarati Shome, Dr Tania Das, Shilpi Aditya Basu, Sougata Dhar Choudhury and Manjish Shilpi Gosthi, and dances by Polly Guha, Sanjukta Banerjee, Koushik Chakraborty, Vandana Alase Hazra, Sanchita Batabyal, Pushpita Mukherjee and Nabankur; and (on July 13): Tagore songs by Purba Dam, Rajeshwar Bhattacharya, Sanghamitra Gupta, Rupankar, Manomoy, Anushila Basu, Basabi Dutta, Urmila Basu, Jhinuk Gupta, Patralekha Mukhopadhyay, Shinjini Acharya Majumdar, Mrinmoy Roy, Madhuchhanda Chakraborty, Abhijit Guha and Sanghamitra Chakraborty. July 11 at Swabhumi; 6.30 pm: Folk dances of Orissa (Gotipua, Ravan Chhaya and Mayurbhanj Chhau) as part of ongoing Orissa Festival. July 12 at Music World, Park Street; 4 pm - 5 pm: Retrospective ? a musical tribute to the past by percussionist Abhishek Basu. He will play the tabla, pakhawaj, kanjira, handsonic (Japanese instrument) and mouth percussions, and will be accompanied by violin and classical vocals. Some old classic compositions will also be recreated. July 12 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC?s Loknritya Samaroh features folk dances of Orissa ? Ravan Chhaya, Gotipua and Chhau of Mayurbhanj. July 14 at Srijan?s rooftop, 176 Sarat Bose Road; 6 pm: A presentation by sitar maestro Manilal Nag in a soul-search of the dhrupadi bazz of sitar and surbahar as he traces his heritage of the Vinshunpur gharana through some rare recordings. Conceived and anchored by Mita Nag. July 14 at Madhusudan Mancha basement; 5 pm: Aei Barshay Anwesha ? a programme of Tagore songs and recitation. Also, felicitation to Dr Tania Das. July 16 at Uttam Mancha; 6 pm: Saakaar presents Kabir Barsha, an evening of Tagore songs and recitation. Participants include Srikanto Acharya, Srabani Sen, Agnibha Bandyopadhyay, Subrata Sengupta and Satyakam Sen in songs. Recitation by Bijoylakshmi Barman and Satinath Mukherjee. Also, felicitation to Prasad Sen. July 16 at Tollygunge Club; 7.30 pm: Reliance IndiaMobile, in association with Tollygunge Club and Spandan, presents Rituranga (a symphony of seasons), a modern dance ballet based on a compilation Tagore songs in western symphonic style. Choreographed by Sudarshan Chakraborty and performed by artistes of Sapphire Creations Dance Workshop.IN MEMORIAM
July 11 at Samokal Art Gallery, 23 Gariahat Road, Gol Park; 6 pm: Poet Birendra Chattopadhyay will be remembered on his 21st death anniversary with a programme of poetry reading, discussion and songs. Organised by Kabi Birendra Chattopadhyay Smaran Committee in association with RAD.EXHIBITION
Till July 12 at Finesse, 11/1B New Road, Alipore; 10 am - 7 pm: Hand-woven, block-printed sarees in Maheshwari, Venkatgiri Kota and Organzas in myriad colours by Sujata Sarawgi.TALK
July 11 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Puranananda will speak in Bengali on Adhyatma Ramayana. July 15 at Landmark; 6.30 pm: Paco Underhill will share thoughts on his works and mysteries of retail.WORKSHOP
July 12 & 13 at 25 Ballygunge Park; 2 pm - 4 pm: Workshop for stylised drapes. Details at #9830116508 or 22477921.VARIETY
July 17 at Landmark; 4.30 pm: Harry Potter Quiz, Fancy Dress and Story-telling by the Storytellers.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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