DRAMA

November 29 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nabamayukh Natya Sasntha presents its latest production, Urmila Upakhyan. Drama and direction: Rishi Mukherjee. November 29, 30 & December 1 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Krishti Unnayan Natyotsav 2004. Today: Kande Keno Behula Sondari (direction: Kheyali Dastidar) by Charbak. Nov. 30: Tomake Chai (direction: Ambar Roy) by Samakalin Shilpidal. Dec. 1: Kabi Bandyaghati (direction: Sangramjit Sengupta) by Krishti Sansad. Till November 30 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: 4th Natyamela 2004 organised by Paschimbanga Natya Academy in association with EZCC. Today: Simar Sipare by Seagull. Direction: Baharul Islam. Tomorrow: Bidishiya by Nirman Kala Manch, Patna. Direction: Sanjay Upadhyay. November 30 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Choopkatha presents Mrs Soriano, directed by Dolly Basu. December 1 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Kolkata Jogsutra presents Gangadharer Din-rattir. Direction: Shankar Roy. December 2 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Ajantrik presents Ksharon. Direction: Sukanta Basak.

performing artS

November 30 at Samokal Art Gallery, Gol Park; 6 pm: Krittibasher Adda O Kabita Paath ? poetry reading by Pabitra Mukhopadhyay, Krishna Basu, Pinaki Thakur and Paulomi Sengupta. Pranab Kumar Mukhopadhyay well begin the evening?s proceedings. Also, songs by Sukanya Nath.

Art

November 29 - December 2 at Asutosh Birth Centenary Hall, Indian Museum; 12 noon - 8 pm: Avantika, New Delhi presents its 3rd Regional Art Exhibition. November 29 - December 8 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Friends of the Academy present an exhibition of works of aesthetics. Inauguration this evening at 5.30 by Ramananda Bandopadhyay. Participating artists include Anita Roychowdhury, Arati Das, Ashit Paul, Asit Poddar, Avijit Dutta, Beena Pradhan, Bijon Choudhury, Biraj Paul, B.R. Panesar, Bratin Khan, Chanchal Mukherjee, Chitta Dey, Dwijen Gupta, Eleena Banik, Late Gobardhan Ash, Jahar Dasgupta, Jhuma Chattopadhya, Late Maniklal Bandhopadhyay, Meenakshi Dey, Molay Chandan Saha, Nabanita Javed, Nilima Dutta, Nirmal Dutta, Partha Bhattacharya, Partha Pratim Deb, Partho Dutta, Paritosh Sen, Prokash Karmakar, Rabin Mondal, Ram Kumar Manna, Ranadip Das, Sanatan Dinda, Santosh Rohatgi, Shakti Karmakar, Shyamasree Basu, Shyam Kanu Borthakur, Suhas Roy, Sutapa Khan, Tapan Mitra and Wasim Kapoor. November 29 - December 3 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Paintings by Krishna Dey and Arpita Khaskel. November 29 - December 5 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Ancient Love ? paintings by Ganesh C. Basu. Till November 30 at Galerie 88; 3 pm - 7 pm: Images & Imagination - Part II ? Works of Akhilesh, Amal Ghosh, Bikash Bhattacharjee, Bimal Dasgupta, Dipak Banerjee, Ganesh Haloi, G.R. Santosh, Jayashree Chakravarty, Krishna Reddy, Lalu Prasad Shaw, Laxman Shrestha, M.F. Husain, Partha Shaw, Prabhakar Kolte, Prafulla Dhanuka and Sujata Bajaj. Till December 2 at Metropolitan Art Salon; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Chinmoy Chakraborty and Pradip Chowdhury. Till December 3 (except Monday) at Akar Prakar, P-238 Hindustan Park; 11 am - 8 pm: The Utsa group show of paintings and sculptures. Participating artists include Anindita Singh, Aniruddha Mukherjee, Antara Basak, Ballari Mukherjee, Biswajit Nayak, Chitta Dey, Dipali Saha, Gautam Sengupta, Jaspal Singh, Lalit Maity, Pulak Mukhopadhya, Sanjeev Verma, Somnath Chakraborty and Sankar Das. Till December 4 (except Monday) at Artspace India City Gallery, 7 Deodar Street; 11 am - 7 pm: Ceramic Hangings and Others Works ? an exhibition of the ceramic works of muralist Tamal Bhattacharya. Till December 6 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Chitrakoot presents the small format exhibition of the Society of Contemporary Artists, Calcutta. Till December 31 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Prisms of Light ? a show comprising an eclectic blend of artwork and sculpture. December 1 - 9 at Nehru Children?s Museum; 11.30 am - 6.30 pm: World of Magic for Children ? an exhibition of paintings by famous Czech illustrators and display of Czech toys and dolls. December 2 - 16 at The Address, 28/1 Shakespeare sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: Paintings by Sudip Chatterjee.

EXHIBITION

November 30 - December 3 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Prerak presents Healing Thru Art - IV ? an exhibition in aid of cancer fighters. Inauguration by Ramananda Bandyopadhyay today at 5 pm.

WORKSHOP

Till December 14 at 28 Gariahat Road West: Ankan conducts a workshop on chocolate and candle making. Details with Meena Basu, #24237601, 9830611961. December 11 & 12 at Satya Anusandhan (Gurukul), Narendrapur: Weekend workshop camp on physical and mental fitness for children aged 8 to 16. Details with Pratima Agarwal (22299013), Gurukul (24772087). November 29 - December 30 at Shilp, 31 Dr Rajendra Road: A workshop on calligraphy and fancy writing for ladies and children. Details at #24757635.

SPORT

November 29 at Tollygunge Golf Club; 7.30 am onwards: Business Today - Ballantine?s Pro-Am of Champions 2005 ? the annual event where India?s top corporate decision-makers come together for a game of golf.

TALK

November 29 at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5 pm: Makarand Paranjape will speak in English on Swami Vivekananda: Today and Tomorrow. November 29 at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekamanda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Puranananda will speak in Bengali on Adhyatma Ramayana. Till December 2 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Discourse in English on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5 The Yoga of Renunciation of Action. Speaker: Swami Parthasarathy. Organised by Vedanta Cultural Foundation.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till December 5 at Victorial Memorial Hall; 10 am - 4.30 pm: Raj Bhavan Revisited ? an exhibition of photographs by S.S. Kumar on Raj Bhavan, Calcutta.

BOOKS

Till December 4 at Seagull Bookstore, 31A S.P. Mukherjee Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: An exhibition on a wide range of books on architecture and interior design.

KIDS? CORNER

November 29 at Gorky Sadan; 5.30 pm: Udbash Shishu Bhavna Kendra organises a children?s festival in the presence of Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay, P. Govindan Kutty, Dilip Gupta and other distinguished personalities. December 2 at Wonder Kids, 60 Hazra Road; 10 am - 12 noon: As part of educating children on environment, a show on animals and snakes by Dipak Mitra.