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September 12 - 18 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Sukanta Das. Till September 12 at Gallery Kanishka?s; 11 am - 8 pm: Burnt Sienna ? terracotta paintings and sculptures by Nabendu Sengupta. Till September 13 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings and drawings by Chayan Raha and Sanjay Singha. Till September 15 at Sculpture Gallery, C/26 Bapuji Nagar, opp. Krishna Glass Factory; 4 pm - 8 pm: Bronze Haikus by 10 eminent sculptors: Manik Talukdar, Shankar Ghosh, Niranjan Pradhan, Sunil Kumar Das, Ashim Basu, Anil Sen, Chandan Bhandari, Kinkar Saha, Chandan Roy and Tapas Sarkar. Till September 16 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by V.V. Raman Kiran. 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. September 14 - 18 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm, Saturday & Sunday (11 am - 8 pm): Paintings by Debjani Datta. Inauguration on September 14 at 6 pm. September 14 - 19 at Gandhara Art Gallery: The monsoon show features works of Aditya Basak, Badri Narayan, Chandra Bhattacharjee, Ganesh Haloi, Jogen Chowdhury, Jaya Ganguly, Prabhakar Kolte, Laxma Gaud, Lalu Prasad Shaw, Paritosh Sen, Prokash Karmakar, Samir Aich, Sudhir Patwardhan, Suhas Roy, Shuvaprasanna, Sunil Das and Veena Bhargava.DRAMA
September 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Kalyani Natya Charcha Kendra presents Khwabnama. Direction: Kishore Sengupta. September 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Samakalin Shilpidal presents Chhayanat. Direction: Ambar Roy. September 15 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Rashbehari Srishti will stage Shunyata, written and directed by Amit Sarkar. September 16 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Dream Theatre presents Ebong Abanee. Direction: Gautam. September 17 & 18 at Kala Mandir; 6 pm: Megha Arts Group from Mumbai will stage Kuch Tum Kaho Kuchh Hum Kahin, starring Apara Mehta and Smriti Irani of Kyon Ki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi fame. Direction: Tushar Joshi. Organised by Sangit Kala Mandir.PERFORMING ARTS
September 12 at Sisir Mancha; 6 pm: Shilpi Jajabar presents an evening of songs and poems of the yesteryears. Participants: Sukanya Nath and Madhurima Dutta Choudhury in songs, and Basudev Nandi and Reshmi Choudhury in poetry-reading and recitation. September 12 at Swabhumi; 6 pm: Bengali modern songs by Debosrita Basu. September 13 at Rabindra Sadan; 5.45 pm: Chakratirtha?s first anniversary programme features Desh Dekhachchho Andhakare? ? recitation by Pradip Ghosh, Kajal Sur, Kingshuk Roy Choudhury, Shuktisree Saha, Anutosh Mukherjee, Basabdatta Majumdar, Dalia Basu Saha, Tuhina Dutta, Subir Dhar, Anupam Choudhury, Pritha Mukherjee Ghosh, Kakali Chakraborty, Samir Ghosh, Indrani Ghosh and Chhanda Chatterjee; songs by Suman Panthi, Debasree Biswas, Apala Basu and Sumita Pal; dance by Meghamala Aich Roy, Angana Joardar, Satabdi Rakshit and Suchhanda Sarkar. Concept & direction: Kajal Sur. September 13 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC presents a Kathak dance recital by Sudeshna Maulik and her troupe. September 14 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6 pm: Lake Gardens Anandam presents recitation by Bratati Bandyopadhyay and the play, Mrs. Soriano, produced by Choopkatha. September 15 at Jibanananda Sabhaghar; 5.30 pm: Souhardya 70 hosts its monthly poetry-reading session along with discussion and painting. Participants include Utpal Kumar Basu (discussion), Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Sudhendu Mallick, Ardhendu Chakraborty, Namita Choudhury, Amitabha Chowdhury, Sandip Chattopadhyay, Sangita Bandyopadhyay and Susmeli Dutta in poetry-reading; Abhik Basu (nursery rhymes), Hiranmoy Mitra (painting) and Moushumi Karmakar (songs). September 15 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: A sarod recital by Suro Ranjan Mukherjee with Arup Chattopadhyay on the tabla. September 15 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: Padatik Dance Centre presents an evening of Kathak dance by its students. Choreography: Madhumita Roy, Souvik Chakraborty, Bidisha Banerjee, Mitul Sengupta and Sandip Mullick.talk
September 12 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. September 12 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 6 pm: Dr Gita Ghosh will speak on Sri Aurobindo?s Life Divine. September 12 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Purananada will speak in Bengali on Adhyatma Ramayana.FILM SHOW & DRAMA
September 12 at Oxford Bookstore, 17 Park Street; 6.30 pm: Neo, in collaboration with Oxford Flash and Oxford Dialogue, presents the screening of The Hand of Fate (direction: Nirmalya Majumder) and the staging of Blues (direction: Amrita Panja); the screen and stage adaptations, respectively, of Katherine Mansfield?s The Fly.EXHIBITION
Till September 20 at 14/97 Golf Club Road; 12 noon - 8 pm: Sravasti offers Thakurbarir Poshak along with KeyaChaitali?s collection of katha, batik, dhakai, printed silk and cotton saris, kurtas, kutis, T-shirts, wrap-arounds and Saradins, with special emphasis on Podyo-Poshak based on Tagore?s poems. Till September 18 at Toontooni, 10 Satyen Dutta Road: An exhibition of sarees and kurtas. Till September 13 at Shuma?s, 359 Jodhpur Park; 10 am - 8 pm: Exhibition of Puja collection of patchwork and hand-crafted sarees. Till September 26 at P-249 Purna Das Road; 11 am: Darbari?s lifestyle section offers products from NGOs and artisans who have not been able to secure a direct retail outlet for their products, which include cushion covers, mobile and patchwork bags, short tops, Madhubani paintings, dokra, glazed terracotta pottery, stationery, wood and metal furniture.DISCOURSE
Till September 14 at Jyotirmai Club, 37/1A Garcha Road; 3.30 pm - 7 pm: Shrimad Bhagwat Gyan Yagna. Discourse by Ma Purnananda.SEMINAR
September 12, 13 & 15 at Nandan II; 6.30 pm: Three seminar sessions on various facets of Bengali cinema. September 12: Rituparno Ghosh will deliberate on the language of literature and the language of cinema. September 13: Debajyoti Mishra and Mousumi Bhowmick will speak on Role of Music in Bengali Cinema. September 15: Goutam Ghose will speak on Experiment of Form in Bengali Cinema.Organised by Cine Central Calcutta, BFJA and Anamika Kala Sangam along with Srilab Communication Pvt. Ltd.WORKSHOP
September 15 - 18 at 12B Russel Street, 8th floor (opp. Canara Bank); 10 am - 12 noon: The Art of Living workshop for media professionals. Last date of registration: September 13 by 2 pm. For queries, kolkata@artofliving.orgAll those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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