DRAMA
July 17 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Chetana presents Samoy Asomoyer Brittanto. Direction: Suman Mukhopadhyay. July 17 on the main lawns of Tollygunge Club; 7 pm: The See Saw — a Theatre World presentation, written and directed by Bubbles Sabharwal. July 18 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3.30 pm: Ajantrik presents Bhusandir Maathe. Direction: Sujit Chatterjee. July 18 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Samakalin Sanskriti’s latest production, Manab Manabir Rupkatha. Direction: Sudipto Sarkar. July 18 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Rangakarmee presents Kashinama. Direction: Usha Ganguli. July 18 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.45 pm: Dwandwik presents two short plays, Subha and Debshishu, both directed by Moloy Chowdhury.Art
Till July 25 at Inox, City Center, Salt Lake; 10 am - 10 pm: Priyanka Gupta’s solo exhibition of paintings, titled “I am only Human...”, continues... Till July 31 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Paintings and sculptures by a group of talented artists. Till July 20 at names-AN.art (207A Rashebhari Avenue, near Bharat Sevasram Sangha/Bijon Setu); 11 am - 8 pm: The Monsoon Magic — the second show of gallery names-AN.art features works of both renowned masters and upcoming talents. Till July 18 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Dharma Bhushan Gupta. Till July 18 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 7 pm: Art exhibition by the students of Patha Bhavan.EXHIBITION
Till July 25 (except Monday) at Victorial Memorial Hall; 10 am - 5 pm: Victorial Memorial, in collaboration with information & cultural affairs dept, government of West Bengal, presents Pankha — Handfans of the Indian subcontinent: A collection by Jatin Das. Till July 25 at Nirvana China House, 8B Middleton Street; 11 am - 8 pm: Nirvana China House is showcasing original Chinese porcelain from Jingdezhen in south China’s Jiangxi province. Till July 18 at 25 Hindustan Road, 2nd floor, Calcutta 29; 11 am - 7 pm: Kapor Boutique presents an exhibition of cotton & silk sarees, salwar & kamiz, kurtis & tops, and ethnic dopattas.TALK
July 17 at K.P, Bose Memorial Hall, adavpur University campus; 6 pm: Prof. Amiya Kumar Bagchi, director, Institute of Development Studies, will speak on Role of Library & Information Services in Modern India: The Point of View of a Social Scientist. July 17 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Gokulananda will speak on Holy Mother in the Perspective of Tradition and Modernity. July 17 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19A & B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak in Bengali on Manusher Divya-Swarup. July 18 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P. Lal reads of Krishna’s attempt to reconcile Karna to the Pandavas by inviting him to be Draupadi’s sixth husband, and Karna’s refusal despite the revelation of his identity as Kunti’s premarital first-born, in the 238th weekly session of his complete English transcreation of Vyasa’s Mahabharata.PHOTOGRAPHS
Till July 31 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 7.30 pm: Tamasha: Present Perfect — an exhibition of photographs by Sandesh Bhandare. Till July 19 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Creative Photography Association presents its second annual photography exhibition.BOOKS
Till July 20 (except Sunday) at 5A Bhawani Dutta Lane, College Street crossing, Calcutta 73; 10 am - 6 pm: National Book Trust is organising a Book Bazar.WORKSHOP
July 17 & 18 at Nehru Children’s Museum; 4 pm - 7 pm: Workshop on stress awareness and management, organised by Viswaas. Details at #24543759. July 19 - 25 at Bharatiyam, IB-201 Salt Lake; 10 am - 5 pm: Tin Disharir Gaan — a workshop on the songs of Atulprosad Sen, Rajanikanta Sen and Dwijendralal Roy, to be conducted by Maitreyi Majumdar. Details and registration at #2335 6796.performing arts
July 17 at Calcutta Cricket & Football Club; 8 pm: An evening of ghazals by Vibhas Kichlu. July 18 at Tagore Research Institute, Kalighat Park; 5.30 pm: Anandabrati presents Aaj Shravaner Amantrane, an evening of Tagore songs on monsson and recitation. Participants include Pramita Mallick, Abhirup Guha Thakurta, Swapna Ghosal, Biva Sengupta, Arnab Roy, Bijoylakshmi Barman and Antara Das. July 18 at Lavkush, 2A Beltala Road; 6 pm: Bhowanipore Sursagar Society presents a classical vocal recital by Anjana Nath, disciple of Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty.COMPETITION
July 18 at The Boys’ Own Library, Goabagan; 10 am: The 46th All Bengal Recitation Competition. Details at # 2555 8387 (6.30 pm - 9 pm).
