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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. Till August 24 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Latest paintings and sculptures exhibition by Achin Potua. Till 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. 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 September 3 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Autumn Bloom, showcasing works of well-known artists. 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 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. August 19 at Gyan Manch; 7 pm: Four Women and a Trio ? a Spandan theatre production. August 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Choopkatha presents Mrs. Soriano. Direction: Dolly Basu. August 21 at Academy of Fine Arts; 10.30 am: Sanskriti presents Phataru. Direction: Debesh Chattopadhyay. August 21 at Bijon Theatre; 7.30 pm: Nandipat presents its latest production, Samadhan. Direction: Bimal Chakraborty. August 21 at Sujata Sadan; 6.45 pm: Sandarbha will stage its latest production, Patan Diner Gaan. Direction: Soumitra Basu.PERFORMING ARTS
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 Swabhumi; 6 pm: Geetanjali Music School and Nostalgia Band present a programme based on old Bengali songs with the theme, Purono Diner Adhunik Gaan. Till August 20 at Jhulanbari of Ramkanai Adhicary, 1 Baburam Sil Lane, Calcutta 12; 7 pm: Jhulanjatra Music Festival 2005. Today?s programme: Mita Nag (sitar) with Biplab Bhattacharya (tabla). August 20 at Science City main auditorium; 6.30 pm: Students of Ananda Shankar Centre for Performing Arts will present their Annual Demonstration Show. August 20 at Gyan Manch; 6 pm: Bharatanatyam Arangetram ? a Bharat Natyam recital by Sulagna Ghosh.talk
August 19 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Joy Sen will speak in Bengali on Adhunik Yogayog: Gati O Sthiti. August 19 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19 A & B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Dr. Sasanka Bhusan Bandyopadhyay will speak on Shvetashvatara Upanishad. August 19 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7 pm: Swami Snehamayanandaji Maharaj will speak on the life and teachings of Srimat Swami Niranjananandaji Maharaj. 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
August 19 - 21 at Press Club; 2 pm - 8 pm: Witness ? an exhibition of photographs by Amit Datta, Bikas Das, Jayanta Shaw, Ashok Majumder and Deshakalyan Chowdhury. Till August 20 at Gallery Kanishka?s, 2/1 Hindustan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Freeze Frame ? an exhibition of photographs by lensmen of newspapers and magazines. 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
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.competition
August 19 - 20 at Tollygunge Club; 9 am: 30 teams from leading corporate houses and business schools will participate in Bhavishya ? management games with simulation of real business situations. Hosted by Future Institute of Engineering and Management, Calcutta and Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry. August 20 at Basanti Devi College; 1.30 pm: Mathematics for Fun, an inter-school competition for students of Class VIII. Details at # 24548090.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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