DRAMA
September 17 at Academy of Fine Arts; September 19 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sayak presents its latest production, Jadiyo Swapno, based on Brecht’s The Vision of Simon Machard. Translated by Ashok Mukhopadhyay. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya. September 17 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Natasena presents Gorur Garir Headlight. Direction: Saroj Roy. September 18 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Argha presents Riot. Play & direction: Manish Mitra. September 21 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Gandhar presents Char Duar. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya.Art
Till September 18 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by members of Chitri-O-Bhaskar Gosthi. Till September 20 at Caffeine, 133A Southern Avenue; 11 am - 10 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Santanu Das and Alok Paul. Till September 22 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Expressions 2K3 — an exhibition of paintings by Sushovan Dutta, Dewasish Das, Ajay Kumar Dam, Rupmala Singh. Kakali Misra and Aveek Bhowmick. Till September 25 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 7.30 pm: An exhibition of recent works titled Chairs by K.G. Subramanyan. Till September 30 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10-30 am - 7.30 pm: An exhibition of contemporary Indian art and sculptures in various media titled Continuity features the works of both upcoming as well as established artists and sculptors. Till October 1 at CIMA Gallery; 11 am - 8 pm: A crafts exhibition showcasing decorative art of India titled Art in Life features traditional items customised for contemporary living.MUSIC
September 17 at Swabhumi; 6 pm: Hindi rock songs by Sanjeevani. September 18 at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Sharada-Argha — features devotional songs by Srikanta Acharya. September 19 at St Paul’s Cathedral; 6.30 pm: Calcutta Foundation hosts an evening of classical music by the Calcutta Foundation Orchestra under the baton of visiting conductor Ethan Chessin. September 20 at Ali Akbar Sangeet Kaksha, Salt Lake; 5.30 pm: Durbari hosts a classical musical evening featuring Anal Chattopadhyay (vocal), Abhishek Mallick (sitar recital) with Biplab Bhattacharya and Indrani Bhaduri on the tabla and Somen Poddar on the harmonium.LECTURE
September 17 at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Prabhananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. September 17 at Ramakrishna Mission Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Swami Buddhatmananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. September 17 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Shantatmananda will speak on Naradiyo Bhaktisutra.symposium
September 17 at Sangbarta, 5/1 Paramhansadev Road; 6.30 pm: Sangbarta Group Theatre hosts a symposium on Problems of Staging Tagore Plays. Participants include Bibhas Chakrabarty, Soumitra Basu and Sunil Das. Compere: Manotosh Dasgupta. September 18 at Max Mueller Bhavan classroom; 7 pm: Indo-German Association lecture on Infant Nutrition in India, by Dr N.B. Kanjilal, Superintendent, Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital, Kalyani.quiz
September 17 at Vidya Mandir; 10 am - 2 pm:The Calcutta round of the ESPN-School Quiz 2004 will be held with over 1200 students from various schools in and around city participating in the event. Quiz master: Gautam Bhimani. The programme will be telecast live on Snap Plus Channel of RPG Netcom.film festival
Till September 19 at Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute (SRFT) auditorium, EM Bypass, Panchasayar; 6 pm: Federation of Film Societies of India and Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute in collaboration with Turkish Embassy, New Delhi, hosts a Turkish Film Festival. The Line-up:(Today): Unfair Game; (Sept. 18): Raindrop; (Sept. 19): Summer Love.EXHIBITION
Till September 23 at Sasha, 27 Mirza Ghalib Street; 10 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of trendy casualwear and fashion accessories . Till September 18 at Genesis Art Gallery: Akriti of Jaipur presents Shimmer, Shine and Sparkle — an exhibition of handloom salwar kurtas/kurtis in vegetable dyes, kalamkaris, mangalgiris, cotton tussars etc. Till September 18 at Identity Gallery, 22 Ballygunge Park Road: Sundari Silk from Chennai hosts an exhibition of South cotton, silk and dress materials. September 18 - 20 at 67 Ekdalia Road, Ballygunge; 11 am - 7 pm: Aparajita holds an exhibition of traditional sarees, costume jewellery, applique bed covers, linen, terracota items and a lot more. September 18 - 30 at Swabhumi; 3 pm onwards: Swabhumi, in association with National Handlooms, hosts an exhibition of silk products from all over the country.
