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October 12 - 16 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2pm - 7pm: Rainbow Artists and Writers Foundation present Essence of Expression, a group exhibition of recent works by 12 painters. October 12 - 22 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, 24752275; 3pm - 8pm: An exhibition of recent paintings by Anindya Roy. Till October 13 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3pm - 8pm: An exhibition of recent paintings by Nur Ali. Till October 13 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Searching presents Change & Unchanged, a group exhibition of paintings/drawings by Debasish Ghorui, Iman Chakraborty, Madhuja Dhar, Mithu Das, Pintu Sikder, Prasun Dutta, Subha Basu, Tohidul Islam and Ushasi Paul. Till October 13 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Explain her Absence: Recent works by Shubha Kenworthy. Till October 15 (except Sundays & national holidays) at The Harrington Street Arts Centre, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, 22829220/21; 12noon - 7pm: Debi by Narayan Sinha. Till October 20 (except Sundays & public holidays) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road; 11am - 7pm: Dialectica, recent works of Joydip Sengupta. Till October 29 (except Mondays & public holidays) at Gurusaday Museum Gallery, Bratacharigram, Joka; 11am - 4.30pm: An exhibition on Durga in Folk Art of Bengal. Till October 29 (except Sundays & holidays) at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, 22895438; 11am - 7.30pm: Lyrical Journeys, a watercolour show by Arup Lodh, Sandip Roy and Sudip Roy. Till November 7 at Belvedere House, National Library, Alipore; 10am - 5pm: Treasures of Ancient China. Hosted by Ministry of Culture, Government of India, State Administration of Cultural Heritage, Art Exhibitions China and Archaeological Survey of India. Till November 19 at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindustan Road: Two Stages of Invention, by the Mumbai-based CAMP. Till November 30 at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, 22894745, 40034974; 10.30am - 7pm: Indian School of Art — a group exhibition of paintings.EXHIBITION
Till October 13 at Ice Skating Rink; 11am - 8pm: Walia’s pre-Diwali lifestyle fair. October 13 & 14 at CII - Suresh Neotia Hall, City Centre Salt Lake; 11am - 8pm: Astha organises Diwali Dhamaka featuring decorative diyas, bandarwars, bags, fashion wear, saris, linens and more. October 13 & 14 at Casa Toscana, 14 Sarat Chatterjee Avenue (near Menoka cinema): Kitsch vs Quiche: a food and design exhibit showcasing funky fashion and lifestyle accessories to light up your Diwali, along with lip-smacking food and desserts. Also, contemporary Indian and Western wear, jewellery and home accessories. October 14 - 16 at Horticultural Garden, Alipore, 9339437484; 10am - 8pm: Jhankar presents Diwali Dhamaka with diyas, bandhanwars, gift items, jewellery, designer dresses and accessories. Till October 30 at Vero Moda and Jack &Jones, South City Mall: Fashion Fest at Vero Moda and Jack & Jones — celebrate this festive season with Vero Moda and Jack & Jones as they unveil their latest fall / winter collection.DRAMA
October 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Nandikar presents Madhabi. Drama: Bhisma Sahni. Adaptation, music & direction: Swatilekha Sengupta. Cast: Rudraprasad Sengupta, Debshankar Halder, Parthapratim Deb, Sumanta Ganguly and Sohini Sengupta. October 13 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Jojak presents Tagore’s Nashta-Neer, a cine play directed by filmmaker Gautam Halder. The cast includes Soumitra Chatterjee, Dulal Lahiri, Ritabhari Chakrabarty and Subhrajit Dutta. October 13 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Blank Verse presents Furrut, based on a story by Upendra Kishore Raichaudhury and with Debshankar Halder in the lead role. Drama & direction: Raja Bhattacharya. October 14 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: Theatre Passion will stage Bhyablai Bhalo. Drama & direction: Ramaprasad Banik. October 14 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30pm: Caesar O Cleopatra — a Natadha production, directed by Arna Mukhopadhyay. October 15 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Ballygunge Swapnasoochana presents its latest production, Kanyadaan. Drama: Vijay Tendulkar. Translated by Veena Alase. Cast: Meghnad Bhattacharya, Swatilekha Sengupta, Sohini Sengupta, Bejoy Mukhopadhyay and Bratya Basu. Direction: Bratya Basu. October 15 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: Bratyajon presents two plays: Canvasser (based on a story by Bibhuti Bhusan Bandyopadhyay) and Byomkesh (based on a story by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay). Direction: Bratya Basu. October 15 & 16 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30pm: Minerva Repertory Theatre presents Debi Sarpamastaa. Drama: Manoj Mitra. Direction: Debesh Chattopadhyay. October 16 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Lake Town Sreebhumi Sansriti presents Surjya Pora Chhai. Direction: Debesh Chattopadhyay.photographs
October 13 - 16 at Milan Mela complex, 10am - 6pm: Villart hosts Photo Expo 2011, an exhibition of photographs, video, POP and signage. October 15 - 25 (except Sundays) at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, 2pm - 8pm: Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre and Tasveer present Pink is the Navy Blue of India, an exhibition of photographs by Norman Parkinson.award
October 15 at Town Hall, 4 Esplanade Row (East), 3pm: Rotary International District 3291 will award the Four Way Test Award to eminent heart surgeon Dr Devi Shetty.workshop
October 11 - 16 at SmartTree, New Alipore: Pre-Diwali workshop. Photography (Oct 11 - 15), theatre and filmmaking with Tathagata Chowdhury (Oct 13 onwards), and Rangoli, cakes and decorations (Oct 14 - 16). For details, call #9830863300, 64991496. October 16 at 29 Ballygunge Place; 10am - 5.30pm: CAT-a-pult into Quantitative proficiency in just four weeks with intensive fine-tuning sessions for CAT 2011. For details, call 9874710395 or register at catlearnserv@gmail.com Till October 24 at Camlin Arts, Elgin Road: Workshop on fine arts (oil/water paintings, pastels, charcoal, sketching & shading), calligraphy, fancy writing & lettering. Also, certificate courses in French, Spanish and spoken English. For details, contact: 9830647476, 9804791446. October 13 - 15 at Happy Hours, CD-69 Salt Lake: Diwali Dhamaka workshop: Cooking Chinese sizzler for Bhai Dooj on October 13; Ten types of gift wrapping by Party Fun on October 14; Make and takeaway Rangolis on October 15. Call 9830229898, 9830227778. October 15 - 22 at Objet D’Art, 14/1B Palm Avenue: Free workshop on jewellery, in aid of charity. For details, call #9831200077.fair trade fortnight
Till October 22: Sasha is celebrating Fair Trade Fortnight in assocation with Fair Trade Forun India. This is a pan-India movement wherein all organisations associated with Fair Trade shall participate. A series of events have been organised as part of the celebrations, both in the shop and elsewhere. Today at Sasha Shop, 27 Mirza Ghalib Street; 4pm: Talk by Debanjali Banerjee from NIFT on Textile and Natural Dye.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;
Fax: 2234-8244
