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Till July 19 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Roop presents an art exhibition. Till July 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. Till July 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 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.DRAMA
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. Dir: 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. Dir: Soumitra Basu. July 22 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: Choopkatha will stage Dui Taranga. Direction: Dolly Basu.EXHIBITION
July 19 at British Council, L & T Chambers, 16 Camac Street; 6.30 pm: British Council, in association with Sexual Health Resource Centre (SHRC) and Naz Foundation International, presents an exhibition, Driven, by Jason Taylor. The exhibition documents the oives of India?s truck drivers who are often held responsible for carrying the HIV virus. Also, a panel discussion on HIV and AIDS: Discrimination and Stigmatisation in India. Speakers include Jason Taylor, Dr Rakesh Agarwal and Dr Dipika Sur. ay Dutta will join the panel with songs on HIV and AIDS awareness. n 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.PERFORMING ARTS
July 19 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6 pm: The Dover Lane Music Conference presents Iman Sandhya featuring Tumpa Bhattacharya (vocal), Pratik Srivastab (sarod), Purbayan Chatterjee (sitar) and Shasank (flute). 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).STORY READING
July 19 at Jibananada Sabhaghar; 5.30 pm: Abarta and Galpo Kagaj host a story-reading session dedicated to the memory of Banaphool. Participants: Satyendra Acharya, Sekhar Basu, Subrata Neogy, Sudipto Mukherjee, Chiranjoy Chakraborty, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Chitrali Bhattacharya and Rakhi Roy.TALK
July 19 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Samiran Chandra Chakraborty will speak in Bengali on Veda Parikrama. July 19 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19A & B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Atmabodhananda will discuss in Bengali Sri Sri Mayer Katha.discussion
July 19 at Nari Seva Sangha, Kaushik Hall, Jodhpur Park; 6.30 pm: On the occasion of the book-release of Sunil Das?s play, Dharmadharmo, Sambarta hosts a discussion on the evolution of stage-songs. Participants: Devjit Bandyopadhyay, Riddhi Bandyopadhyay, Soma Chattopadhyay, Santanu Gangopadhyay and others.PHOTOGRAPHS
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. Till July 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.WORKSHOP
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.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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