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September 14 - 18 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm, Saturday & Sunday (11 am - 8 pm): An exhibition of paintings by Debjani Datta. Inauguration this evening at 6. 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. September 16 at Standard Chartered Bank, 21A Shakespeare Sarani; 6 pm: Inauguration of an exhibition-cum sale of Indian paintings. The entire proceeds will go towards the development of needy artists. The exhibition will continue till September 25; 10 am to 7 pm. Organised by Creative Strokes. Till September 16 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by V.V. Raman Kiran. Till September 18 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Sukanta Das. 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.DRAMA
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 15 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Rupdaksha presents Dhanapati Greptar. Direction: Tarit Choudhury. September 16 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: EZCC?s monthly theatre show features Bechara Pechara, produced by Srijak and directed by Debashis Basu. September 16 at Padatik Little Theatre-II, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Theatrecian presents The Zoo Story. Direction: Tanushree Das. September 16 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Dream Theatre presents Ebong Abanee. Direction: Gautam. September 16 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Natasena presents Gorur Garir Headlight. Direction: Saroj Roy. 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 14 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6 pm: Lake Gardens Anandam presents recitation by Bratati Bandyopadhyay and the play, Mrs. Soriano, produced by Choopkatha. September 14 at Swabhumi; 6 pm: Dance-drama presented by Uday Kumar Chatterjee and his troupe. 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 14 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 6 pm: Biswanath Roy will speak on Sri Aurobindo?s Savitri. September 14 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Tattwajnanananda will speak on Ishopanishad (Hindi). September 14 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Prabhananda will speak in English on Chhandogya Upanishad. September 14 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19 A & B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Buddhatmananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita.HINDI FORTNIGHT
September 14 at at Aikatan, IA 290 Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC?s Hindi Fortnight commences with talk, potery, music and dance.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. September 18 at Mysore Association Hall, P-94 Raja Basanta Roy Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Exhibition cum fete in aid of charity organised by Inner Wheel Club of South Calcutta. Till September 18 at Toontooni, 10 Satyen Dutta Road: An exhibition of sarees and kurtas. 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 waresDISCOURSE
Till September 14 at Jyotirmai Club, 37/1A Garcha Road; 3.30 pm - 7 pm: Shrimad Bhagwat Gyan Yagna. Discourse by Ma Purnananda.AWARD CEREMONY
September 14 at Paschimbanga Bangla Academy; 6.30 pm: Nirendranath Chakraborty will preside and present the Lila Ray Memorial Award and Somen Chandra Memorial Award to Shyamal Kumar Gangopadhyay and Alok Goswami, respectively. Samik Bandyopadhyay will participate in the discussion.CONTEST
September 14 at Kala Mandir; 6 pm: Career Craft International hosts Talent Sparkz Show Final featuring inter-school and college talent hunt contest, and singing, dancing and laughing contests.SEMINAR
September 15 at Nandan II; 6.30 pm: Seminar session on various facets of Bengali cinema. 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. For queries, kolkata@artofliving.org September 18 at The Oberoi Grand; 8.30 am onwards: MILT Attitudinal Workshop. Details at #9831109090.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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