DRAMA
October 29 & 30 at Muktangan Rangalaya: Nabankur presents its first annual drama festival. Today at 5 pm: Ek Tukro Manush (dir: Amit Das) by Muraripukur Pratisruti Natya Sanstha; at 6 pm: Abol Tabol (dir: Shantanil Ganguly) by Jhalapala; at 7 pm: Atotayee by Institute of Indian Theatre Arts; and at 8 pm: Sanbeg (dir: Parimal Das) by Bansdroni Sabyasachi Natya Sanstha. October 29 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Natya Anan presents Continuity. Direction and acting: Chandan Sen. October 31 at Academy of Fine Arts, 3 pm: Sayak presents its latest production, Saanjhbela. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharjee. October 30 at Madhusudan Mancha, 6.30 pm; October 31 at Academy of Fine Arts, 6.30 pm: Lok-Krishti presents It?s a Game. Direction: Phalguni Chatterjee. October 30 at Padatik Open Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 6.30 pm: Alternative Living Theatre presents Amma. Direction: Probir Guha. October 31 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar will stage three short plays: Lila Majumder?s Andharmoni and Duliya (direction: Swatilekha Sengupta and Goutam Halder) and Munshi Premchand?s Barda (direction: Goutam Halder). October 31 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Little Thespian will stage Lohar. Direction: Azhar Alam.performing artS
October 31 at Birla Academy auditorium; 6 pm: Rhythm?s 23rd annual classical music concert features its artistes in Taal Bichitra (direction: Sujit Saha); Purnima Chowdhury (vocal recital: Thumri, Dadra, Kajri, Tappa, etc.) with Sujit Saha (tabla) and Hiranmoy Mitra (harmonium), and Amalendu Chowdhury (sitar) with Arun Ghoshal (tabla).WORKSHOP
October 30 & 31 at Satya Anusandhan Gurukul, Narendrapur: One-day relaxation-unwinding-meditation camp (RUM). Organised by Pramila Agarwal, chief psychologist & counsellor. Details at #22299013, 9433239895.EXHIBITION
October 29 - 31 at Moksh, 22 Camac Street, 5th floor; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Anukriti presents an exhibition of designer artufacts, silverware, shawls, jewellery, saris, handicrafts, bedspreads, Indo-western outfits, artificial plants and flowers, and other items from Mumbai. October 29 - November 2 at NIFTD campus, 11/1 Watkins Lane, Howrah-1; 11 am - 8 pm: Handmade diyas, decorative candles, bandarwals, food and other Deepawali-related products created by NIFTD students. October 31 - November 1 at The Park Banquet: A pre-Diwali festive collection of fashionwear, jewellery and accessories from all over India. Inauguration by Sabyasachi Mukherjee on October 31 at 11.30 am. Event organised by Rotary Club of Calcutta Chowringhee. Till October 31 at 16 Hindustan Park; 10 am - 8 pm: Fabindia presents Pressed Bamboo Craft and Lacquerware from Vietnam ? an exhibition of tableware and home products. Till November 1 at 3 Alipore Road, Satyam Towers, Flat 9A2; 11 am - 7 pm: Namrata Kanoi displays her range of formal designer footwear and bags for the festive season.Art
Till November 2 at ITC Sonar Bangla Sheraton Hotel & Towers; 7 pm: An exhibition titled, Bonding: Unarticulated Parallels in Contemporary Indian Art. Curator: Ratnottama Sengupta. Till October 30 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Chitrakoot presents Devi ? an exhibition of paintings devoted to the celebration of Goddess Durga. Till November 1 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: First solo exhibition of Mahadeb Mukherji?s works. Till November 6 at Galerie La Mere, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, Regent Park; 4 pm - 8 pm: Durga 2004 ? an exhibition of paintings & drawings by well-known artists. Till November 1 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Barisha Silpara Art Society presents an exhibition of paitnings, drawings, graphics and sculptures by its members. October 29 - November 5 (except Sunday) at Chemould Art Gallery; 2 pm - 7 pm (weekdays); 10 am - 3 pm (Saturday): An exhibition of paintings by Puja Newar. Inauguration today at 6 pm by Wasim Kapoor. October 29 - November 14 at Metropolitan Art Salon, Suite 18, 3rd floor, 7 Chowringhee Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Jhuma Chattopadhyay.PHOTOGRAPHS
Till October 31 at Dum Dum Motijheel College; 5 pm - 9 pm: International salon of photographs organised by Photographic Association of Dum Dum.TALK
October 29 at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Sitanath Goswami will speak in Sanskrit on Bhagavad-Gita.POETRY
October 29 at Samakal Art Gallery, Gol Park; 6 pm: Bijoya Sandhya ? an evening of adda and poetry reading organised by Krittibas. Participants include Sankha Ghosh, Sunil Gangopadhyay, Sarat Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Utpal Kumar Basu, Phanibhusan Acharya, Samarendra Sengupta, Nabaneeta DevSen, Pranab Kumar Mukhopadhyay and Bijoya Mukhopadhyay. Also, songs by Esha Mitra and Rakhi Sen. The adda session will be conducted by Pankaj Saha. October 29 at Srijan rooftop, 176 Sarat Bose Road; 6.30 pm: Srijan?s monthly poetry adda. Participants include Chinmoy Guha Thakurata, Utpal Basu and Yashodhara Roy Chaudhury (Bengali); Joie Chatterjee, Mohan Kishore Dewan and Mrityunjoy Sen (English) and Krishna Kumar Dhandhania and Sohail Khan (Hindi/Urdu). Also, poetry of Raghuvir Sahay by Rajeshwar Vashishth.
