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July 18 - 24 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Monsoon Bonanza ? an exhibition of works of aesthetics by eminent contemporary artrists. Participants include Ganesh Pyne, Laxma Gaud, T. Vaikuntam, Prabhakar Kolte, Bijan Choudhury, Prokash Karmakar, Sanat Kar, Ramananda Bandopadhyay, Sanatan Dinda, Partha Bhattacharjee, Jhuma Chattopadhyay, Aditya Basak, Partha Shaw, Ram Kumar Manna, B.R. Paneswar, Paritosh Sen, Suhas Roy, Suman Roy and Chintamani Kar. Curated by Jhuma Chattopadhyay. July 18 - 31 at names-AN.art, 207A Rashbehari Avenue; 3.30 pm - 8 pm: Monsoon Fiesta, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by eminent artists of Bengal. Till July 31 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Tranquility and Colour ? showcasing Indian art and sculpture by leading and renowned contemporary artists. Till July 19 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Roop presents an art exhibition. Till August 1 at The Palladian Lounge, Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry: Works of Partho Bhattacharjee, Sanatan Dinda, Ashoke Mullick, Apto Bhattacharjee, Keshav Roy, Shekhar Kar, Sekhar Roy, Subhro, Avijit Dutta, Raj Kr. Ghosh, Samir Paul, Parhto Dutta, Sadhan Sengupta and Murlidharan. Till August 30 at K.C. Das, Esplanade East: Paintings by Shivaji Das. July 20 - 26 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Works of Ashish Ghosh, Chandra Nath Saha, Farhad Hussain, Sagar Chakraborty, Shubhabrata Bose, Sudipta Dutta, Sujata Kar and Sujit Saha.DRAMA
July 18 at Academy of Fine Arts & July 20 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sudrak presents two short plays, Pratimar Kal and Pakhiwala. July 18 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Mass Theatres presents Nabajanma. July 19 at Academy of Fine Arts & July 22 at Uttam Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sayak presents Daibaddha. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya. July 19 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Little Thespian presents Shuturmurgh (Hindi). Direction: S.M. Azhar Alam. July 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Rangakarmee presents Kashi Nama. Design & direction: Usha Ganguli. July 20 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Natyargha Natya Sanstha?s latest production, Nidhiramer Pala. Direction: Pulak Lahiri. July 21 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sundaram presents Operation Bhomragarh. Drama, direction and acting: Monoj Mitra. July 21 at Sujata Sadan; 6.45 pm: Sandarbha will stage its latest production, Patan Diner Gaan. Direction: Soumitra Basu. July 22 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: Choopkatha will stage Dui Taranga. Direction: Dolly Basu.PERFORMING ARTS
July 18 & 19 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6 pm: The Dover Lane Music Conference presents Iman Sandhya featuring Suranjana Bose (vocal), Ashim Chowdhury (sitar) and Sandipan Samajpati (vocal) on July 18; and Tumpa Bhattacharya (vocal), Pratik Srivastab (sarod), Purbayan Chatterjee (sitar) and Shasank (flute) on July 19. July 18 at Swabhumi; 6 pm: A dance programme highlightling Tagore?s contribution towards folk dances of Bengal. Presented by Nrityabitan Cultural Troupe. July 18 at Devayatan Cultural Hall, 1 Ibrahimpur Road, Jadavpur; 6.30 pm: Devotional songs by Ratna Mitra abd Abanti Bhattacharya. July 19 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Classical and creative dance performances by city?s leading performers. Also, felicitation to Guru Govindan Kutty, Shanti Bose and Gayatri Chatterjee. July 19 at Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, 3 Regent Park; 6 pm: Swastika Mukhopadhyay, Aniruddha Singha and Debasish Basu will render songs of Dwijendralal Roy on his birth anniversary. July 20 at Kaushik Hall of Nari Seva Sangha, Jodhpur Park; 6 pm: University Women?s Association of Calcutta presents Sraboner Gaan by Enakshi Chattopadhyay. July 21 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: An Evening of Malhars featuring Buddhadev Dasgupta (sarod) and Maskoor Ali Khan (vocal) with Samar Saha (tabla) and Gourab Chatterjee (harmonium) July 23 at Chakrabaithak Club, Rabindra Sarobar; 7 pm: Bhajans and thumri by Sohini Roy Chowdhury. July 24 at Birla Academy; 6 pm: Surkanan Music Circle presents an evening of classical music featuring vocals by Purnima Chowdhury and Maitreyee Chatterjee, and sitar recital by Partha Bose.PHOTOGRAPHS
July 18 - 30 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 7 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents Foot Fetish, an exhibition of photographs by Ashish Avinkunthak. Inauguration today at 6 pm. July 19 (5 pm - 8 pm), July 20 & 21 (2 pm - 8 pm) at Gaganendra Pradarshasala: Kalamandalam presents an exhibition of photographs on the completion of 50 years of Guru Govindan Kutty?s stay in Calcutta.EXHIBITION
Till August 26 (Monday to Friday) at Stills Archive of Roopkala Kendro, Block GM, Sector V, Salt Lake; 12 noon - 6 pm: To mark 50 years of Pather Panchali, an exhibition titled Pather Panchali from Parimal Ray?s collection.TALK
July 18 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Balabhadrananda will speak in Bengali on Yuganayak Vivekananda. July 18 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19A & B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Dr Jagat Jiban Ghosh will discuss Samaj O Vijnan.SEMINAR
July 18 at Vidyasagar Hall of the Asiatic Society, 1 Park Street; 11 am: Inauguration of a three-day national seminar on Buddhist Literary Heritage in India: Text and Context. Organised by Natial Mission for Manuscripts, Govt of India, and coordinated by Calcutta University Manuscript Resource Centre.WORKSHOP
July 18 at Kalamandalam Performing Arts & Research Centre, 49/61 Prince Ghulam Muhammed Shah Road, Golf Green; 12.30 pm: Guru P. Govindan Kutty will inaugurate a five-day workshop on Kalarippayat, martial art of South India, to be conducted by Sariful Islam Mallick. July 20 - 28 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Salt Lake; 11 am - 5 pm: Workshop on Kuchipudi dance to be conducted by Raja Reddy and Kaushalya Reddy. Details at #23356796. July 20 onwards (every Wednesday; for six weeks) at P-78 Lake Road; 6.30 pm - 8 pm: Oikantik organises a workshop on Lesser Heard Tagore Songs to be conducted by Prabuddha Raha. Details at #9831171362. July 22 - 24 at Abstract Apple, 8 Nandlal Jew Road; 4.30 pm - 6.30 pm: Workshop on Pot Relief Work and Glass Painting to be conducted by Sunaina Sadarangani. Details at #9831811502 July 24 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Salt Lake; 10 am - 8.30 pm: Mukta Shilpa, in collaboration with EZCC, presents Future Vision: Naari in conception and creation ? a daylong workshop on contemporary and folk painting, poetry, story, drama, music, filmmaking, exhibition and seminar by creative women. July 24 at Satya Anusandhan (Gurukul), Narendrapur: Workshop on Relaxation-Unwinding-Meditation for adults. Organised by Pramila Agarwal, chief psychologist & counsellor; #22299013, 24772087, 9433239895.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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