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Till August 18 at Samokal Art Gallery, Gol Park; 4.30 pm - 8.30 pm: An exhibition of paintings, graphics and sculptures. Till August 19 at Chemould, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Paintings and drawings by Pradip Chowdhury and Chinmoy Chakraborty. Till August 21 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Recent works of Prabal C. Boral. Till August 21 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Raga...harmony of colours ? works of Apurba Biswas, Ashok Adhikary, Saumya Kanti Mukhopadhyay and Shantanu Banerjee. August 18 - 24 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Latest paintings and sculptures exhibition by Achin Potua. Inauguration by Bijan Chowdhury this evening at 6. August 18 - September 3 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: An exhibition to celebrate Gallery Sanskriti?s 15th anniversary at its new address, featuring works by eminent artists. Inauguration by Bikash Bhattacharjee today at 4.30 pm. Till August 28 (except Saturdays) at Galerie La Mere, 3 Regent Park; 4 pm - 8 pm: Freedom 2005 ? an exhibition of paintings and drawings. Till August 31 at Subham, 6th floor, 1 Rawdon Street: Reaching for the Buddha ? paintings by Anasuya Majumder. Till August 30 at K.C. Das, Esplanade East: Paintings by Shivaji Das. Till September 7 (except Sundays) at CIMA Gallery; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm; Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Concepts & Ideas 2005 ? works of Samir Aich, Akhilesh, Amitava Das, Jaya Ganguly, Prabhakar Kolte, Baiju Parthan and Yogesh Rawal.DRAMA
August 18 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay?s Chokh Gyalo. Performance: Swatilekha Sengupta. Direction: Goutam Halder. August 19 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Rang-Roop presents Tagore?s Sesh Raksha. Direction: Seema Mukherjee. August 19 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Dream Theatre presents Ebong Abanee. Script & direction: Gautam.PERFORMING ARTS
Till August 20 at Jhulanbari of Ramkanai Adhicary, 1 Baburam Sil Lane, Calcutta 12; 7 pm: Jhulanjatra Music Festival 2005. Today?s programme: Ulhas Kashalkar (vocal) with Gopal Misra (tabla) and Jyoti Goho (harmonium). August 18 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Jalsaghar and Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture present Bhav Sangeet featuring Biman Mukhopadhyay (Bhaktigeetir Sekal O Ekal) and Jatileswar Mukherjee (Kavyageeti). August 18 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Classic mime by Suman Mukherjee. August 18 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 7 pm: 35 Years of Kanishka?s: The inaugural programme of year-long celebration features Rabindrasangeet by Manoj Murali Nair and Manisha Murali Nair, and folklure by Bikram Ghosh and his folk ensemble. August 19 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: Gaaner Bhubane: Aamar Priyo Gaan ? an evening of Bengali songs by Indrani Sen, Sreeradha Bandyopadhyay, Saikat Mitra and Debmalya Chatterjee. August 19 at Kala Mandir; 6.30 pm: Dancers? Guild will stage Manjusri Smarane (a commemoration of the 71st birth anniversary of Dr Manjusri Chaki Sircar) featuring Aaj Akasher Moner Katha, Nil Sagarer Pakhi, and She Said....talk
August 18 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19 A & B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Mandukya-Karika. August 18 at The Institution of Engineers (India), Sir R.N. Mookerjee Hall, 8 Gokhale Road; 6 pm: Siba Prasad Sen delivers the 30th Ashoke Sen Memorial Lecture on Frontier Technology ? Application to River Valley Projects. August 19 at Presidency College Physics Lecture Theatre; 3.30 pm: Prof. Sukanta Chaudhuri delivers the Susobhan Sarkar Memorial Lecture on Itihaser Paath O Itihas Paath.PHOTOGRAPHS
Till August 27 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 7 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts and Kalam: Margins Write, The Daywalka Foundation present Poetic Spaces, an exhibition capturing capturing youth living in Kalighat and in an all-girls shelter home. Photographs by Tapomoy Guha Sarkar. Till August 26 (Monday to Friday) at Stills Archive of Roopkala Kendro, Block GM, Sector V, Salt Lake; 12 noon - 6 pm: An exhibition titled Pather Panchali from Parimal Ray?s collection.EXHIBITION
August 18 at Willow Birch, Park Hotel; 10.30 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of fine cotton fabrics by Century Textiles. In association with Siddarth Textiles. August 18 at P78 Lake Road; 1 pm - 8 pm: Ankur Ladies? Club hosts an exhibition of kurtas, salwar-kameez and sarees. Till August 21 at Aakriti, City Centre, Salt Lake; 11 am - 9 pm: Nimble Fingers, in association with NGO store Aakriti, is organising an exhibition of Bengal?s handicraft products.golden jubilee
August 18 at Gurudas College, Narkeldanga; 10 am: Gurudas College celebrates the 50th year of its foundation with a cultural programme and an exhibition with the theme, 1905: Phire Dekha. Inauguration by Gopal Krishna Gandhi, governor of West Bengal.magic show
August 18 at Swabhumi; 6 pm: Magician Shyamal Kumar?s magic show for children, featuring acts with fire and illusions.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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