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DRAMA

Today at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Hattamela presents Sukhu Dukhu. Direction: Gurudas Bandyopadhyay. December 19 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Kushilav presents Tagore’s Chokher Bali. Drama: Partha Chatterjee. Direction: Runu Chowdhury. December 21 and 22 at Padatik Little Theatre; 6.30 pm: Padatik presents Ek Anjan Aurat Ka Khat. Direction Asima Bhatt. December 22 at Mukta Angan; 6.30 pm: Shouvanik presents Dant Pake Bandha. Dir: Chandan Das. December 22 at Bijon Theatre; 6.30 pm: Natya Aanan will stage Basona Brikshamuley.

DRAMA FESTIVAL

Till December 25 at Academy of Fine Arts: Nandikar’s 19th National Theatre Festival features (today at 6.30 pm): Chanda Bedni (Hindi; dir: Alakh Nandan), presented by Nata Bundele, Bhopal

ART

Till December 28 (except Sundays) at CIMA Gallery; Tuesdays to Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm: Brahma to Bapu: Icons & Symbols in Indian Art. Featuring works of well-known artists. Till December 28 at (except Sundays) at Galerie 88; 3 pm to 7 pm: Exhibition of recent works of Paul Coldwell, professor, and Charlotte Hodes, lecturer, Camberwell College of Art. Till December 22 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: The 42nd annual exhibition of the Society of Contemporary Artists. Till December 26 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm to 8 pm: An exhibition of water colours and mixed media by Sangeeta Ghoshal.

DANCE DRAMA

December 20 at Rabindra Sadan; 5.30 pm: Lalit Beena presents Tagore’s dance-drama Tasher Desh. Also, recitation by Bratati Bandyopadhyay.

MUSIC

December 21 at Nazrul Mancha; 6 pm: In aid of the development of Child Health Centre, Arogya Sandhan, Santoshpur presents Pandit Ravi Shankar and Anoushka Shankar accompanied by Bikram Ghosh, Tanmoy Bose and Abhijit Banerjee.

FESTIVAL

Till today at Sankara Hall, 93 Southern Avenue: Guruvayur Ekadasi Celebrations. Today at 4.30 pm: The concluding evening features Sampoorna Narayaneeyam, to be followed by Mahadeeparadhana and Samaradhana. Till December 27 at Saastha Samooham, 42 Lake Avenue: As part of Sastha Samooham’s annual functions, Mandala Vaaram will be celebrated daily with Veda Krama Parayanam by pundits at 7 pm; and Deeparadhanai at 8.30 pm.

EXHIBITION

Till December 19 at Identity Gallery; 10 am - 7 pm: Kashmiri Art Emporium presents an exhibition of pasmina shawl, suit pieces, Kashmiri embroidered sarees and carpets.

CONTEST

December 18 at Rotary Sadan; 10.30 am onwards: Painting competition for school students (class V - XII) organised by the West Bengal State AIDS prevention and Control society, Government of Bengal. Topic for painting: Life is beautiful - why take a risk? # 2280 0815 - 20. December 29 at The Boys’ Own Library, 2 Boys’ Own Library Row: A sit & draw and recitation competition. For enrollment, #2555-8387 (6 pm - 9 pm) on weekdays.

READING

Today at Rabindra Sadan; 5.30 pm: Bhadreswar Bangmoy’s annual cultural programme features the reading of Tagore’s Shesher Kabita, and Manush — a dance and recitation item

LECTURE

Today at The Institution of Engineers, R.N. Mukherjee Hall, 8 Gokhale Road; 5 pm: Prof. A. K. Ghose, past president, IE (India) will deliver the first Kautilya distinguished lecture on Kautilya, the art and science of mining and global mining industry future. Today at Calcutta Management Association auditorium, 1 Shakespeare Sarani; 5.45 pm: The CMA-Patton Tuesday Talkshoppe: Prof. Dilip Sinha, former vice-chancellor, Visva Bharati, to speak on ‘Aspects of Managing Complexities’. Today at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19A & B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Atmabodhananda will speak on Sri Sri Mayer Katha.

seminar

December 18 at conference hall of Academy of Fine Arts; 5.45 pm: Seminar on Indo Bangladesh Relations: The Road Ahead. December 21 at Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Gol Park; 11 am: Seminar on Emerging Trends in Information Technology includes speeches on latest scenario in the field of IT and the prospect of employment.

BOOK FAIR

Till December 22 at Barisha High School grounds; 2 pm - 9 pm: Behala Boimela 2002 along with cultural programmes and seminars.

FOOD FESTIVAL

Till December 28 (every Saturday) at the Hyatt Regency pool side; 7 pm - 10 pm: Asian Wok & Grill inludes freshly cooked Asian cuisine with a range of vegetables, seafood and meats. The dishes will be accompanied by an array of sauces and noodles.