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Lamakaan has been open since 2010. Here are the events held since then, month by month, and the recordings of talks and performances on our YouTube channel.

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Events in July 2013

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Enthenthadooram - film on Educat
Fri Jul 5, 7:30 PM
Ravinder pasunoori
The Short Film mostly concentrated on Education and its Importance. Especially in Telangana Region, rural area people not interested to encourage their children for higher education, due to the poverty problem. In this context we planned to educate t ... Read More »
Pitch Session by Entrepreneurs
Sat Jul 6, 10:30 AM
Jai Eapen
This is an event to promote Startup Leadership Program (SLP) within the entrepreneur fraternity in the city. SLP is a non-profit organization that's meant to help the future CEOs understand the various building blocks of setting up a startup. It goes ... Read More »
Puppetry Workshop for KIDS
Sun Jul 7, 10:30 AM
Sphoorthi Theatre for Educational Puppetry-STEPARC
Puppetry Workshop for kids between 6 to 10 yrs by Sphoorthi Theatre for Educational puppetry, Art & Carft (STEPARC) a non-voluntary organisation.

STEPARC has already done a show in Lamakan which was well received and parents and children showed ke ... Read More »
Silence Please (Telugu Play)
Thu Jul 11, 7:30 PM
Samahaara
Samahaara Workshop Production

"Silence Please"
A comedy in Telugu.

A scientist and homeowner goes temporarily blind after an experiment goes wrong. A theif enters the house but somehow, due to mistaken identity, remains as though he is a part ... Read More »
An Evening of Indian Folk Music
Fri Jul 12, 7:00 PM
Studio E1E
A musical evening where you get to hear folk music from different parts of India. Watch Neelkanth, Sudipto, Harinarayan and Akhil perform folk songs in various Indian languages like Hindi, Oriya, Bengali, Gujarati etc. Experience the magic of traditi ... Read More »
Start-Up Saturday
Sat Jul 13, 10:30 AM
Ramesh Loganathan
This is a monthly Start-Up meet by entreprenuers, companies, partnership or temporary organisation to share their Ideas, successes and Failure with like-minded people in the industry.

Held at Lamakaan every second Saturday at 10-1pm, it has an ag ... Read More »
Photoshop for Photograpers-Basic
Sat Jul 13, 3:00 PM
Ram Nagesh Naidu
The Adobe Photoshop (Beginner-Basics) for Photographers FREE Seminar

No Hidden Charges….Truly Sharing of Knowledge.
Whether you’re a portrait, landscape, wedding, travel, hobby or commercial photographer (or even a serious shooter who just wants ... Read More »
Open Sourcing Society-with Roy
Sat Jul 13, 7:30 PM
Biju Mathew
Revolutions over Facebook, Dissent on Twitter, crowd sourcing of knowledge, freedom through software. Is the world changing with the ideas of open sourcing of data, software, media and knowledge? Will the closed cathedrals of the dominant be replaced ... Read More »
A torch-bearer for Women rights
Sun Jul 14, 10:30 AM
Disha Centre for Social Justice
Disha Centre for Social Justice cordially invites you to M.A.Vanaja 3rd memorial lecture by Dr.Galab, Director, CESS on Child Rights and their implementation to remember one of the torch-bearers for Women and human rights.

Known to her friends a ... Read More »
HWMF Listening Post
Sun Jul 14, 4:00 PM
Hydeabad Western Music Foundation
The Saxophone in Jazz Music

The Saxophone from the time of its invention more than just a hundred years ago has played a pivotal role in the development of Jazz music. The saxophone has firmly etched its mark in jazz,classical, pop.and almost all ... Read More »
GoodBye Bafana - Film on Mandela
Thu Jul 18, 7:00 PM
Sumanaspati Reddy
GOODBYE BAFANA is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.

On the 95th Birthday of the greatest living freedom fight ... Read More »
Press conference - gender issue
Fri Jul 19, 11:00 AM
Disha, An Association to fight gender discrimination
It's an 'unfair' game of membership that's currently underway at the city's Secunderabad Club. Repeatedly under attack for its women-unfriendly rulebook, the 135-year-old club has now decided to 'award' its lady members permanent membership, a privil ... Read More »
Cracking a B Plan
Sat Jul 20, 11:00 AM
Subhash Achanta
A B-Plan Workshop for Entrepreneurs and Startups. Read More »
Theatre and Acting Workshop
Sat Jul 20, 12:00 PM
Krysh Gopal


Discovering the self through Acting and Theatre.
an Introduction to the basics of the craft and techniques of Acting.


The workshop is an introductory session with a discussion of the basic instruments of an actor, a few exercises, and a ... Read More »
The Bear &The Proposal (2 plays)
Sat Jul 20, 7:00 PM
Samahaara
Samahaara
Presents
A Double bill of Anton Chekhov's short plays "The Bear" & "The Proposal"

The Bear
A young man, Smirnov, comes to Popova to get his debt back that Popova’s late husband had borrowed from him. Will he get his money back?
... Read More »
Puppet Making for Parents
Sun Jul 21, 10:30 AM
Sphoorthi Theatre for Educational Puppetry,Art and Craft-STEPARC
Simple and Colourful Animal Puppet Making Workshop for Mothers & fathers (whose kids are in the age group of 2 and Half to 5 years) by Sphoorthi Theatre for Educational Puppetry, Art and Craft (STEPARC).

This art form will help you communicate wit ... Read More »
Zumba Moves - for U'khand
Sun Jul 21, 10:30 AM
Anika Sharma
Charity event for disaster-struck Uttarakhand. The event will start off with a free-for-all Zumba® Fitness Workshop by Internationally Licensed Zumba® Fitness Instructor Anika Sharma and Hyderabad ZINs™ (Zumba Instructor Network), followed by donatio ... Read More »
Puppetry-for Parents & Teachers
Sun Jul 21, 10:30 AM
Sphoorthi Theatre for Educational Puppetry, Art &Craft-STEPARC.
Puppetry Workshop for Parents, Pre-Primary and Primary School Teachers & Parents to Explore teaching with Puppets by Sphoorthi Theatre for Educational Puppetry, Art &Craft-STEPARC.
Puppets acts as stimulus for children to engage in conversation, rea ... Read More »
TELUGU JAATHI NAVANIRMAANAM
Sun Jul 21, 3:00 PM
Krishna Rao
A discussion on "Telugu Wikipedia" to improve its context and complexion to enhance information required for Telugu Society's overall development.
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Mauna Naadham - Mime Performance
Sun Jul 21, 7:00 PM
Indian Mime Academy
This will be the workshop production of the mime workshop Natvarya. The participants of the workshop and the trainer/s will put together a mime production and present it.

Natvarya is a workshop conducted by Indian Mime Academy, the Hyderabad based ... Read More »
Social Entrepreneurship Workshop
Fri Jul 26, 5:00 PM
Dr Sandeep Kulshrestha
This is a workshop on Social Entrepreneurship focused on how a social entrepreneur brings in change for the society at large and the communities served.

Workshop on Social Entrepreneurship is being organised at Lamakaan on 26th July (between 5 pm ... Read More »
Art show of special kids
Sat Jul 27, 10:30 AM
Rekha
This is an art show by special kids who showed immense talent in the contest that was help in July. Greens is a charitable school for the Special needs children, where physically and mentally challenged.

Open to All to appreciate and encourage th ... Read More »
Red Ant Dream - Documentary Film
Sat Jul 27, 6:30 PM
DOCUMENTARY CIRCLE OF HYDERABAD
Celebrated documentary filmmaker Sanjay Kak's latest film:
‘Let us declare that the state of war does exist and shall exist’, the revolutionary patriot had said almost a hundred years ago, and that forewarning travels into India’s present, as armed ... Read More »
Photoshop for Photography - 2
Sun Jul 28, 10:30 AM
Ram
Photoshop for Photography (Beginner-Basics) Part 2
FREE Seminar
No Hidden Charges….Truly Sharing of Knowledge.
Whether you’re a portrait, landscape, wedding, travel, hobby or commercial photographer (or even a serious shooter who just wants to t ... Read More »
HWMF Listening Post
Sun Jul 28, 4:00 PM
Hydeabad Western Music Foundation
Notation Systems of Classical and Jazz Music around the world

What is the relationship of notated music to how music sounds? How does a notation system evolve through the ages to become more adaptive? Come to this listening post to find fascinati ... Read More »
Puppet Plays - Balanagamma
Sun Jul 28, 7:00 PM
Sphoorthi Theatre for Educational Puppetry-STEPARC
"Sphoorthi Theatre-Create To Inspire" Team present 2 Puppet Plays.

1.'Balanagamma' puppet play -Traditional wooden String Bommalatta of Ammapuram, Warangal District by Mothe Jaganatham and team.

2. Modern Puppet play on Mobile -E waste and Pub ... Read More »
The Open Couple - 1st show
Tue Jul 30, 7:30 PM
71mm
71mm brings back the hit comedy play - Dario Fo's "The Open Couple". Directed by Faraz Khan and performed by Anuj Gurwara & Vaishali Bisht.
At Lamakaan - An Open Cultural Space
July 30th - 7:30pm
July 31st - 7:30 pm

The Play:
Antonia has c ... Read More »
The Open Couple - 2nd show
Wed Jul 31, 7:30 PM
71mm
71mm brings back the hit comedy play - Dario Fo's "The Open Couple". Directed by Faraz Khan and performed by Anuj Gurwara & Vaishali Bisht.
At Lamakaan - An Open Cultural Space
July 30th - 7:30pm
July 31st - 7:30 pm

The Play:
Antonia has c ... Read More »