DRAMA
October 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Naba Mayukh Nattya Sangstha presents Waarish. Direction: Rishi Mukhopadhyay. October 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Ritwik?s latest production, Alibaba. Direction: Pranab Chattopadhyay. October 29 at Uttam Mancha; 6.30 pm: Rangakarmee will stage Court Martial. Design & direction: Usha Ganguli. October 29 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Swapna Sandhani presents Bhalo Rakhosher Galpo. Direction: Koushik Sen. October 29 at Padatik Little Theatre-I, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Padatik and Rikh present Ho Sakta Hai Do Aadmi Do Kursiyaan. Direction: Vinay Sharma. October 30 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Sayak presents Saanjhbela. Dir: Meghnad Bhattacharya. October 30 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Illusion presents Kanan Pisir Japomala. Drama & direction: Suranjana Dasgupta.TALK
October 29 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Ritananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga. October 29 at the Princess Hall of Victoria Memorial; 6 pm: Ms Ekaternia Zozulya of Gorky Sadan, Calcutta will deliver an illustrated talk, The History of Russian Landscape Art. October 29 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19A & B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak in Bengali on Yog O Tahar Abhyas.PERFORMING ARTS
October 29 & 30 at Niranjan Sadan, Bijoygarh, Jadavpur; 6 pm: Uma Memorial Kalalayam presents Bharata Natyam, Mohiniyattam and Kathakali dance numbers. October 29 at Saturday Club; 5.30 pm: Diwali Dandia Utsav ? a colourful fiesta of music and dance. October 29 at Rang Durbaar, Swabhumi; 6.15 pm: Peace Concert, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of United Nations, features a vocal recital by Rajan and Sajan Mishra. October 29 at Kala Kunj; 6 pm: Sanchari presents Sharadiyo Rabindra Sandhya featuring an evening of Tagore songs by Suman Panthi, Suchhanda Ghosh, Debasree Biswas, Prithwish Biswas, Arindam Sadhu and Sucharita Banerjee. October 30 at Rotary Sadan, adjacent Nehru Children?s Museum; 6 pm: Taru-Shruti pays its homage to Rabindrasangeet exponent Ashoketaru Bandyopadhyay on his 75th birth anniversary with Tumi Ushar Sonar Bindu ? a selection of Tagore songs to trace his illustrious music career. Concept: Koushiki Bandyopadhyay. October 30 at Birla Academy; 6 pm: Rhythm?s 24th annual classical music conference features Taal Bichitra by artistes of Rhythm, sitar recital by Ashim Chowdhury and vocal recital by Arnab Chatterjee.IN MEMORIAM
October 29 at Snehalata Bhavan, 500 Keyatala Road (near Somnath Hall); 6 pm: Mitali Bharat-Bangladesh Sanskriti Sansad remembers Kanika Bandyopadhyay (born October 12, 1924) her 81st birth anniversary. Maya Sen and journalist Amitava Chowdhury will be felicitated on this occasion.EXHIBITION
October 29 - November 30 at Darbari?s lifestyle stores, P 249 Purna Das Road; 11 am - 8 pm: An exhibition entitled BAG IT showcasing pure leather ladies handbags and purses. Till October 31 at Soumya?s Creation, 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10 am - 7 pm: A getting-ready-for-Diwali showing of costume jewellery (ranging from beads and costume to more traditional ethnic pieces) and home accessories (candles, durries, ceramic, wrought iron, framed pictures, wooden trays). Till October 31 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace, 1st floor; 10 am - 7.30 pm: Crafts Council of West Bengal presents an exhibition of terracotta lamps and garden accessories, and textiles and natural dye cotton fabrics. Till November 4 at Sasha Shop, 27 Mirza Ghalib Street; 10 am - 7 pm; Sunday (10 am - 1 pm): Sasha, an NGO and founder member of Fair Trade Forum, presents The Festival of Lights, an exhibition of carved dokra and wrought iron diyas and candle stands from Orissa and Bastar, terracotta candle stands, and diyas, candles and bamboo lights.READING
October 30 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P. Lal reads Sanjaya?s report to Dhritarastra of the 10th day?s battle at Kurukshetra in which ?woman-man? Sikhandin confronts Pitamaha Bhisma, and the Pandavas devise a shabby tactic to kill Bhisma, in the 300th weekly Sunday session of his sloka-by-sloka English transcreation of Vyasa?s Mahabharata.ALBUM RELEASE
October 30 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 12.30 pm: Hon?ble Justice Shyamal Kumar Sen, chairperson, Human Rights Commission, will release an album (CD/cassette) of Tagore songs rendered by Sikha Basu.FESTIVAL
November 1 - 8 at Sri Ganesh and Sri Murugan Temples, 58/14/ 3&6 Prince Anwar Shah Road, Lake Gardens: Skanda Shasti Festival.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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