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September 21 - October 5 (except Sundays) at Gallery Katayun, 4A Auckland Square; 2 pm - 7 pm: Gallery Katayun presents Vibgyor, a solo exhibition of paintings by eminent artist Subrato Gangopadhyay from the Gallery?s exclusive collection. Till September 25 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Ruchin Soni and Nidhi Khurana. Till September 29 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Ramkumarer Lokdevi: Terracotta sculptures. Till September 24 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre; 2 pm - 7 pm: Chandana Hore?s New Works 2005. Till September 25 at Standard Chartered Bank, 21A Shakespeare Sarani; 6 pm: Creative Strokes presents an exhibition of paintings based on festivals of India. Till October 7 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Conversations in Acrylic ? an exhibition of Indian art and sculpture. Featuring works of well-known artists.PERFORMING ARTS
September 22 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: Lokayan ? EZCC?s evening of folk music and dances of Pururlia like Natua, Naachni and Chhau by Gunadhar Sahis and his group, and folk songs by Swapan Mukherjee. September 24 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Charcha: Marga Sangit - Bishnupur Gharana. Short discourse by Subhas Chowdhury; Amiya Ranjan Bandopadhyay (khayal) with Manilal Nag (sitar) and Samar Saha (tabla). September 26 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Bhavna Records and Cassettes presents an evening of Tagore songs in solo and duets by Manisha Murali Nair and Manoj Murali Nair.DRAMA
September 21 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Sansriti will stage Phataru and Cadavers. Direction: Debesh Chattopadhyay. September 21 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sundaram presents Operation Bhomragarh. Drama, direction and acting: Monoj Mitra. September 21 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Ajantrik?s latest production, Pratham Path, written and directed by Romaprasad Banik. September 22 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sayak presents Saanjhbela. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya. September 22 - 25 at Max Mueller Bhawan; 6 pm - 7 pm & 8 pm - 9 pm: The Creative Arts presents its new production, The Merry-go-round, directed by Ramanjit Kaur.talk
September 21 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 6 pm: Biswanath Roy will speak on Sri Aurobindo?s Savitri. September 21 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Narendrananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakra Lila Prasanga. September 21 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Prabhananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. September 21 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19 A & B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Buddhatmananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita.FILM SHOW
Till September 22 at Nandan-II; 4 pm & 6.30 pm: The Consulate General of Italy in Calcutta, in collaboration with West Bengal Film Centre and Federation of Film Societies, is screening a package of Italian films (with English subtitles). Today at 4 pm: The Spider?s Stratgem (dir: Bernardo Bertolucci); at 6.30 pm: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (dir: Giuseppe Tornatore). September 23 - 25 at Nandan-II; 3 pm & 5 pm: Nihongo Kaiwa Kyookai, in collaboration with Nandan and the Consulate General of Japan, Calcutta, holds a Japanese film festival, 13th Cinemanippon.EXHIBITION
September 21 - 23 at Jyotirmai Club, 37/1A Garcha Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Exhibition of designer saris, suits, ghagras and glasses from Rashmi Thakker?s collections. Till September 22 at Swabhumi; 12 noon - 8 pm: Tvastr and Gonoshasthaya Grameen Textile host an exhibition of Dhakai Jamdani, Tangail and Pabna sarees, Lungees, Dhutee and Gamchha sourced from the weavers of Bangaldesh. Till September 24 at 8/2 Loudon Street, 2nd floor: Earthy Myths exhibits hand-printed and embroidered georgettes, casual and formal kurtas, shirts and bags. Till September 26 at Soumya?s Creation, 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road, #24763690; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: An exhibition of costume jewellery together with the produce of Self Help Handicrafts Society, three groups of Dhokra, Madhubani and Vegetable Dye artisans. Till September 26 at P-249 Purna Das Road; 11 am: Darbari?s lifestyle section offers products from NGOs and artisans who have not been able to secure a direct retail outlet for their products. Till October 8 at CIMA Gallery; 11 am - 8 pm: Art in Life showcases T-shirts, jewellery, masks, carpets, dhurries, books, bags, tribal art, mats, dhokra, linen, wall hangings, decorative art, stoles and scarves. September 22 - October 5 at Sasha, 27 Mirza Ghalib Street; 10 am - 7 pm; Sundays (10 am - 1 pm): Sasha, an NGO and founder member of Fair Trade Forum, presents Mahotsav ?05, an exhibition of the festival collection of deigner women?s wear from Sonam Dubal and Anshu Arora Sen.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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