Lamakaan

A casting director has one day to find the leads for a community theater production of Romeo and Juliet. But what seems like a simple task proves impossible when the pool of actors includes extreme method actors, performers who just don't know what to do with their hands, and one particular woman who may or may not think she's a cat. This hilarious comedy will bring you to the last place you'd ever want to be...behind the doors of a casting session

Inviting all youngsters and adults for a Puppetry Play on the Birth Story of Lord Ganesha. It is the storytelling from Indian Mythology using puppets to tell how he got elephant head. A Puppet play by Sphoorthi Theatre-STEPARC.

Entry fees-Rs100/- for adults and Rs 50 for children below 8 years, Rs 75/- for children above 8 and below 15 years.

Entry passes at the Gate.

"Story Creators" is a Work Shop, which aims at making the participants understand, learn and replicate the process of generating a story on the spot. The focus of the Work Shop is completely on LEARNING THE PROCESS OF GENERATING A STORY. This Work Shop is meant for all those who would like to create really unique stories meant for movies or short films or novels or short stories or even for paintings and sculpture. (YES, you have read it right. Even for paintings and sculpture.) Simply put, if you are aspiring to acquire the ability and skill to create a story that stands unique with your own signature on that story, this Work Shop is for you.

The workshop is conducted by Adi Babu, a teacher in English Language and Literature for 27 years.

For Registration : Pl call 9052906210.

"LIFE IS WAITING: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara" – is a film directed by Iara Lee.

Forty years after its people were promised freedom by departing Spanish rulers, Western Sahara remains Africa’s last colony. This film chronicles the everyday violence experienced by Sahrawis living under Moroccan occupation and voices their struggle for self-determination through creative resistance and non-violence.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/123847322
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/LifeIsWaiting
Website: http://culturesofresistancefilms.com/western-sahara

Bio:
Iara Lee, a Brazilian of Korean descent, is an activist, filmmaker, and director of the Cultures of Resistance Network. In 2010, she released her feature-length documentary entitled CULTURES OF RESISTANCE, which explores how creative action contributes to conflict prevention and resolution. As an extension of her commitment to the issues explored in the film, she also founded the Cultures of Resistance Network, an organization that promotes global solidarity, supports efforts to secure peace and social justice, and brings together artists and changemakers from around the world.

Iara has also continued to produce and direct documentary films. She just finished two new docs: K2 AND THE INVISIBLE FOOTMEN, shot in stunning northern Pakistan, it is about the plight of the unsung heroes, the indigenous porters of majestic K2, the earth’s second-highest peak. LIFE IS WAITING: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara, looks at 40 years of Moroccan occupation and the sahrawi nonviolent struggle for self-determination by a people for whom colonialism has never ended. In 2013, Iara made a short film entitled THE KALASHA AND THE CRESCENT, which chronicles how an indigenous movement in northern Pakistan is responding to the challenges facing their culture. In 2012, she released a documentary called THE SUFFERING GRASSES: when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers, which examines the Syrian conflict through the humanity of the civilians who have been killed, abused, and displaced to the squalor of refugee camps.

In May 2010, Iara was a passenger on the MV Mavi Marmara, a vessel in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla which was attacked in international waters by the Israeli navy, leading to the murder of nine humanitarian aid workers. Among the many people who recorded the events on that ship, her crew was the only one to successfully hide and retain most of the raid footage, which she later released to the world after a screening at the United Nations. Iara is dedicated to the support of Palestinian civilians who have been victims of war crimes committed by the Israeli military and who suffer from the Israeli government's ongoing acts of collective punishment.

At the onset of the Iraq war in 2003, Iara decided to travel and live in the MENA region (Middle East & North Africa) in order to understand the conflict better. While residing in Lebanon in 2006, she experienced firsthand the 34-day Israeli bombardment of that country. Moved by that experience, she has since dedicated herself to the pursuit of a just peace in the region, and she is an enthusiastic supporter of those initiatives which strengthen adherence to international law in enforcing human rights. In 2008 Iara lived in Iran and supported a number of cultural exchange projects between that country and the West with the goal of promoting arts & culture for global solidarity.

From 1984 to 1989 Iara was the producer of the Sao Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil. From 1989-2003 she was based in New York City, where she ran the mixed-media company Caipirinha Productions, created to explore the synergy of different artforms (such as film, music, architecture, and poetry). Under that banner, Iara directed short and feature-length documentaries including Synthetic Pleasures, Modulations, Architettura, and Beneath the Borqa.

Iara is a member of the International Council of Advisors of the National Geographic Society, a long-time supporter of Greenpeace and Amnesty International, and many organizations around the world. Through the Cultures Of Resistance Network foundation, she connects and collaborates with activists, agitators, educators, and artists to build a more just and peaceful world through creative resistance and nonviolent action! http://culturesofresistance.org/groups-we-support

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

K2 AND THE INVISIBLE FOOTMEN is a film directed by Iara Lee.
Shot in stunning northern Pakistan, it is about the plight of the unsung heroes, the indigenous porters of majestic K2, the earth’s second-highest peak.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/126423435
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/K2InvisibleFootmen
Website: http://www.culturesofresistancefilms.org/k2-invisible-footmen

Bio:
Iara Lee, a Brazilian of Korean descent, is an activist, filmmaker, and director of the Cultures of Resistance Network. In 2010, she released her feature-length documentary entitled CULTURES OF RESISTANCE, which explores how creative action contributes to conflict prevention and resolution. As an extension of her commitment to the issues explored in the film, she also founded the Cultures of Resistance Network, an organization that promotes global solidarity, supports efforts to secure peace and social justice, and brings together artists and changemakers from around the world.

Iara has also continued to produce and direct documentary films. She just finished two new docs: K2 AND THE INVISIBLE FOOTMEN, shot in stunning northern Pakistan, it is about the plight of the unsung heroes, the indigenous porters of majestic K2, the earth’s second-highest peak. LIFE IS WAITING: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara, looks at 40 years of Moroccan occupation and the sahrawi nonviolent struggle for self-determination by a people for whom colonialism has never ended. In 2013, Iara made a short film entitled THE KALASHA AND THE CRESCENT, which chronicles how an indigenous movement in northern Pakistan is responding to the challenges facing their culture. In 2012, she released a documentary called THE SUFFERING GRASSES: when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers, which examines the Syrian conflict through the humanity of the civilians who have been killed, abused, and displaced to the squalor of refugee camps.

In May 2010, Iara was a passenger on the MV Mavi Marmara, a vessel in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla which was attacked in international waters by the Israeli navy, leading to the murder of nine humanitarian aid workers. Among the many people who recorded the events on that ship, her crew was the only one to successfully hide and retain most of the raid footage, which she later released to the world after a screening at the United Nations. Iara is dedicated to the support of Palestinian civilians who have been victims of war crimes committed by the Israeli military and who suffer from the Israeli government's ongoing acts of collective punishment.

At the onset of the Iraq war in 2003, Iara decided to travel and live in the MENA region (Middle East & North Africa) in order to understand the conflict better. While residing in Lebanon in 2006, she experienced firsthand the 34-day Israeli bombardment of that country. Moved by that experience, she has since dedicated herself to the pursuit of a just peace in the region, and she is an enthusiastic supporter of those initiatives which strengthen adherence to international law in enforcing human rights. In 2008 Iara lived in Iran and supported a number of cultural exchange projects between that country and the West with the goal of promoting arts & culture for global solidarity.

From 1984 to 1989 Iara was the producer of the Sao Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil. From 1989-2003 she was based in New York City, where she ran the mixed-media company Caipirinha Productions, created to explore the synergy of different artforms (such as film, music, architecture, and poetry). Under that banner, Iara directed short and feature-length documentaries including Synthetic Pleasures, Modulations, Architettura, and Beneath the Borqa.

Iara is a member of the International Council of Advisors of the National Geographic Society, a long-time supporter of Greenpeace and Amnesty International, and many organizations around the world. Through the Cultures Of Resistance Network foundation, she connects and collaborates with activists, agitators, educators, and artists to build a more just and peaceful world through creative resistance and nonviolent action! http://culturesofresistance.org/groups-we-support

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

Invite you all to join us for workshop "FROM RECYCLED TO UP-CYCLED" on the 19th of September 2015 at Lamakaan, Banjara Hills.

From:10:30 am To:1:30 pm • Contact No.: 9700003083 9703287377 • Last date to register: September 15th 2015 • Entry:Rs 400 This workshop is aimed at teaching you the art of creative recycling and will demonstrate several novel ways of creating innovative new products from recycled goods. During the course of this workshop you will learn to up-cycle your everyday household objects that one would normally throw away! These up-cycling projects are a great way to teach children to appreciate the value of recycling and not to mention also includes a lot of fun!! While engaging with children at a young age is necessary, there is no age limit to learn fun, new and creative things! •

What will you learn at our Up-cycling workshop?
1. How to make a support for your cell phone so you can charge it anywhere you want without having to worry about it falling
2. How to make your own set of coasters out of recycled bottle caps.
3. How to make a bookcase for the kiddies or a magazine rack for the moms out of old cereal boxes.

• What you will need?
1. Scissors, pencils and a ruler.
2. Fevicol, glue stick & a hot glue gun. (Note: hot glue guns will be provided temporarily for those who do not have one)
3. Acrylic paint, water container and brushes.
4. One cereal box for magazine rack. Three same sized cereal boxes for bookcase.
5. Your cell phone charger and either a
shampoo bottle or a coke bottle that is as wide as your cell phone.
6. Bottle caps will be provided.

Midst the busy schedule of our lives, we have are sometimes oblivion of so much going around, primarily because we do not find time for ourselves. Find the better you, through proven techniques of mind management and self- cognizance.

The session will help you identify your deeper emotions, fallacies, resilience in a totally different manner.

The session is going to be amalgamated with humor,to leave you nostalgic of yourself, yet highly entertained.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

"Pluralist India and Inclusive Politics".

Join us for a topical debate at LaMakaan on
Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 5.30 pm.

We will be joined by Asaduddin Owaisi, MP,
Prof M.Kodandaram, senior advocate Bojja Tharakam,
Manoj Mitta and others. Justice Chandra Kumar will preside.

The occasion is the book launch of "Dilli 1984 nundi Gujarat 2002 varaku: Vyavasthala vaiphalyam pai panchanama". (An Omnibus translation of 'When A Tree Shook Delhi', by Manoj Mitta and H.S.Phoolka, AND 'The Fiction of Fact-finding: Modi and Godhra', by Manoj Mitta).

An event by Hyderabad Book Trust.

All are welcome to this Book launch and discussion.

We are pleased to announce one of a kind Super Hero and Princess inspired Arts and Crafts Workshop for Kids, where we will be teaching kids how to conjure up their own Super hero or a Princess in a simplistic yet powerful style.

We will be emphasizing the creativity of the kids by helping them draw their own Costumes, Super Powers and Characters. At the end of our workshop with our help they will have they're own Super hero or Princess with a unique set of skills and gifts that they created from scratch!

Our Craft class will be focusing on creating an Enchanting Princess costume for girls.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

>An old dress, t shirt,flip flops or any footwear that you would like decorate on.

>You can also carry hair bands or hair accessories to decorate on.
( you must get only one item of clothing and only one pair of footwear.)

>Bring colours of choice Can be Crayons, Sketch pens or Paints.

MATERIAL PROVIDED:

>Papers Pencils and Erasers will be provided.

>Material to make tiaras, bracelets, wands, bows will be provided.

(You can choose any two items to make.)


Entry registration - Call 9000899175

The present sessions at YOCS include a book/art review, a minor and a major. One of the firmest pillars that YOCS, a 46 year old club, stands on is its evaluation session. Judgments are made and accepted all the time. Group discussions, prose-reading sessions, poetry sessions, declamations, debates and JAM sessions also find their way into the agenda from time to time. In these three-hour sessions, over three decades of its existence, YOCS members have traversed far and wide in their intellectual discussions. YOCS has provided a platform for discussion of varied topics and works of varied individuals. Some of our gatherings can claim to have hosted presentations or aroused discussion on Kautilya and Camus, on Ramesh Sippy and Ingmar Bergman, on Des Cartes and Phaedrus, not to mention more mundane matters like nuclear disarmament, neo-colonialism, and job reservations. The members of YOCS have gathered to engage in public speaking activities and any matter is acceptable for their speeches, as long as it is within the rules of decorum. To an outsider, YOCS may seem like a gathering of blue stockings, which would be quite far from the truth. Members have had varied reasons for aspiring to the YOCS membership. For some it may be the desire to interact with others at a certain level of intellectual accomplishment; some may hope to develop and polish their communication skills in advance of their appearance in competitive examinations and job interviews, and some may just wind up at YOCS to spend an evening a week with friends.

*You don't need membership to attend sessions *It's free

Samahaara Comedy Night: 9th Edition

Date: 20th September, Sunday 2015
Venue: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills
Time: 7.30pm

Directed by Rathna Shekar Reddy

It's baaaaaaaack, with a new set of short plays and stand-up comedy. Remember how much fun we had last time? It's going to be Double the Fun as always with Comedy Plays and Stand-up. Get that funny bone tickled with mad, funny, impish, satirical and hilarious characters and situations.

For entry Passes: 9885288982

This play deals with the issues of addiction of substances and understands them deeply it was concluded that addiction is a state of mind, state of heart, state of soul or just the weak state of body.
Why does someone rely on the things outside their self? Either because his surroundings don’t have what that entity is giving, non-belonging or the self is void. If this is the right understanding then addicts of things can grow to become addicts of people and emotions. From emotions to enlightenment, they can move from lower to higher addictions. They can grow beyond this body and be eternal. The addiction controlling their body can be let go. Yes, so there is a possibility of existence of the Eternal Addicts. Yes it is possible.

The Play starts with this Idea and deeper understanding of Eternal addicts like the spiritual and divine souls of Yogis, the agitated and longing souls of the lovers and the analytical or logical souls of philosophers the play is set in a metaphorical world of rehabilitation. Addicts of different backgrounds and abused by substances of different kind enter a room where the voice of narrator talks to them and indulges them into a conversation of self-realization. The Souls of Yogi, Lover and Philosopher talk their heart out of how they passed through to higher addiction. And then there is a session where some addicts are still in denial and choose hell and some addicts accept and rehabilitate to live a life of heaven. A simple metaphoric series of monologues and amalgamation of sequences will let us see deeper into different lives.
Entry - Free

Inviting U all to the weaving world of Paper Quilling.This workshop is a 1 day workshop for 3 hrs basically focussing on weaving techniques of paper quilling.To types of weaving techniques in paper quilling ill be taught, one emphasizing on neck -piece n earrings n the other type on earrings n jhumkas.The fee for the workshop is Rs.600(with material).

"The Art of Conversation" is a Talk followed by a Discussion. The Objective of this Event is to let the audience and participants know as to what it takes to be a good conversationalist, whose ability to converse well helps her/him in building healthy relationships with others - be it in personal or familial or social or professional relationships.

Entry - 100

Inviting all youngsters and adults for a Puppetry Play on the Birth Story of Lord Ganesha. It is the storytelling from Indian Mythology using puppets to tell how he got elephant head. A Puppet play by Sphoorthi Theatre-STEPARC.

Entry fees-Rs100/- for adults and Rs 50 for children below 8 years, Rs 75/- for children above 8 and below 15 years.
Entry passes at the Gate.

Queering the Night — is a festival celebrating the ever-evolving queer art and performance space in Hyderabad; welcoming outside performers to add to this already heady mélange of wonderfully-queer expression.

This première edition brings: Māyammā — Kuttanād's very own daughter-of-the-soil kairali drag queen — the fire and brimstone of Bangalore's blossoming burlesque movement, to the hub of Hyderbad's performance-culture-scene, Lamakaan.

The event, organised by Queer Collective India's Hyderabad chapter, hopes to enable queer-identifying performers and encourage queer-themed pieces of work by presenting them to a larger audience as a means of queer advocacy. QCI also involves itself in day-to-day advocacy, inculcating a positive individualistic zeal in communities, driving social change one campaign at a time.

The Bangalore-based artistes are being curated by Queer Arts Movement India (QAMI); a collective that hopes to identify potential talent in the queer comunity across India; helping them enable their roles as social changers through the powerful mediums of art and performance.

Queering the Night 1.0 hopes to be the first of many similar events organised in Hyderabad, with a view of expanding the city's queer performance experience and encouraging local talent to participate more.

This edition features the much-celebrated film maker and performance artiste, Avinash Matta, who will be representing the Nizam city's overflowing pool of queer artistes.

Performance slots are still available for Hyderabad-based queer identifying/allied artistes. Please contact QCI.

If you would like more information, please contact:
QCI: Sachin @ +918884914690
Email: qci.hyd@gmail.com
QAMI: Romal @ +919986156123

ALFA would like to invite you to an innovative Minion Themed Recycling workshop for children.
During the course of this workshop the children will learn how to make:

1. A minion wall hanging
2. Minion Bookmarks
Note: For the first two crafts a quick coloring introduction will be given!
3. Minion water bottle
4. Minion Night light
5. Minion Secret Stash Box

What you will need to Bring?
1.Colors(Any- Poster paints, color pencils)
2.Light bulb with attached plug.
3.An old cereal box
4.Safety scissors
5.Fevicol

*Everything else for the projects will be provided by us.

Entry Fee - Rs 500

For further details contact 9700003083

'Manasulo Vennela' is a collection of 8 short stories of different women, in different conditions - including the story of a trans woman too - written by Chaitanya Pingali.

Chaithanya Pingali, is an author who wrote 'chittagong viplava vanithalu', a book that describes the freedom struggle from women perspective.

All are welcome to this evening of book introduction.

Inviting all for 'The Indian Photography Festival(IPF) - Hyderabad' from 1-10 October. (for 10 days from 10:30am-6:30pm) at Lamakaan among various other venues in Hyderabad.

The Indian Photography Festival(IPF) - Hyderabad, a Not-For-Profit initiative of the Light Craft Foundation along with the Govt. of Telangana is India’s newest international photography festival,
showcasing a wide range of photography across all genres from portraits and landscape through
photojournalism to fine-art by emerging and legendary photographers from India and around the globe.

The festival aims at congregating the greatest minds
in the field of photography and showcasing the works of emerging & renowned photographers from all
across the world and bring them to India, at the same time establishing a global platform for learning through various events. The first edition takes place in HYDERABAD the cultural capital of
TELENGANA, from 01 - 10 October 2015

FESTIVAL PROGRAMS:
 Featured Exhibitions
 Artist Talks
 Seminars & Panel Discussions
 Photo-Walks & Workshops
 Portfolio Reviews
 Open Studios
 Screenings
 Book Launches

MISSION:-
 Create Awareness about Photography and bring a plethora of topical social issues to the public through the medium of photography.
 Create a convivial space for debate, creativity, social interaction and reflection.
 Educate and Engage young & emerging photography talents from the country.
 Provide the much needed platform for the exchange of creative ideas and the latest trends in the art of photography.
 Placing Hyderabad on the map of the international photography scene in line with the other major cities of the world which have established festivals.

DATES : 01-10 OCTOBER 2015
WEBSITE : WWW.INDIANPHOTOFEST.COM
MAIN FESTIVAL HUB : STATE GALLERY OF ARTS, MADHAPUR, HYDERABAD

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

Welcome to a Blind Men’s club to have laughter like never before

“Manoranjan Tax-Free”
A comedy play in Hindi-English

Based on Chandrashekhar Phansalkar’s Marathi Play “Tax free”. Scripted & Directed by Feroze

Wednesday, 1st October, 2015, 8 PM

Donor Pass: Rs. 100/-

Online booking
www.bookmyshow.com

For more details, contact us:
sifar.theatre@gmail.com
98493 31347
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sifar.theatre

Student Think Tank for India, a student-run organisation that promotes involved inquiry and collective action. We recognize that today, a mainstream education can be supplemented and energised by adding two important ingredients: critical thinking, and civic engagement. I am based in Delhi, but a number of my team members are from Hyderabad.

This year, we have been piloting a school club in Delhi Public School, Gachibowli, where we carry out regular activities and sessions for them through our Moderators.

One of the activities we are looking to do this year is the Design for Change project. (See more at: www.designforchangeindia.com). And to come up with sustainable ideas for this, we have a Design Thinking workshop with Viraat Aryabumi, a student of CBIT who is extremely passionate about technology, design thinking and their application to pressing civic issues.

SMILE HAS BECOME AND EMOTION IN YOUR GADGETS. SO PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE SMILING FESTIVAL .
WE WILL SHOW THE NEW YOU HERE.

A Film on Gandhi and Religion's irrelevance in today's society by Dr. Gautham Kashyap produced by Veera Sanker. The duration is 12 minutes.
All are welcome.

Sakharam Binder tells the story of Sakharam’s women. They are the castoff wives- homeless and destitute - taken in by the protagonist as domestic servants and sex partners.Laxmi is shy, submissive and pious while Champa, her successor is brash, voluptuous and spoiled.

One of Vijay Tendulkar's most controversial plays, this play vividly captures the strange and complex pathology of Sakharam, who while on one hand, wants to please his women, on the other hand, bullies them as well. He is, in one moment, a freethinking crusader for women’s rights and the very next moment sees him as a philistine- scornful of their devotion to him.

He strongly believes in exploiting the corrupt system for his own gain but realizes too late the price of playing the game.

For passes: 8374734142

"Nonverbal Communication, popularly known as Body Language," is a Workshop, which aims at letting the participants know FIRST HAND the importance of nonverbal communication in all sorts of communication, viz., personal/familial/academic/professional/occupational/social.

Samahaara
presents

"Pinocchio" & "Half-Chicken"
(Two plays by Children in English)

Director- Pejjai Nagaraju

A Samahaara Workshop Production

Date: 03rd Oct 2015
Time: 06:00 pm
Venue: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills.

Entry by Donation Rs. 50/-


Half-Chicken

The play “Half-Chicken” is about a chicken hatched with only half a body, one leg, one wing, one eye, and only half as many feathers as the other chicks. She becomes the centre of attention at the ranch where she is born, because the animals consider her very special and unique. With her uniqueness, she is propagated as half chicken Baba. Half-Chicken Baba becomes vain because of this attention and decides to leave the ranch to visit the king Sri Krishnadevaraya. On her journey she meets people who are in need of help but she does not help them. What happens to Half-Chicken as a result of this is what we will know from this delightful short play.

Pinocchio- The robot

This play is devised from a play Pinocchio 3.5 which was written by Eric Cobel. Gill Bates is a computer magnate. He has a Software Company, billions of dollars, power but something is missing from his life: children. So he builds a little robot named Pinocchio. The present play is about Pinocchio who gets diverted easily from others.

A short documentary film about Basant, the spring festival of the Sufis in north India. The video covers a day in the life of qawwals and Sufis at the shrine of Nizamuddin Aulia in New Delhi, India. The Sufi festival of Basant is related to a legend of Amir Khusrau and Nizamuddin Aulia, is celebrated each year on the eve of Basant Panchami.
Entry - Free

Inviting all for a screening of "Human" by Yann Arthus-Bertrand.

What is it that makes us human? Is it that we love, that we fight ? That we laugh ? Cry ? Our curiosity ? The quest for discovery ?
Driven by these questions, filmmaker and artist Yann Arthus-Bertrand spent three years collecting real-life stories from 2,000 women and men in 60 countries. Working with a dedicated team of translators, journalists and cameramen, Yann captures deeply personal and emotional accounts of topics that unite us all; struggles with poverty, war, homophobia, and the future of our planet mixed with moments of love and happiness.

Filmmaker and artist Yann Arthus-Bertrand spent 3 years collecting real-life emotional stories from more than 2,000 women and men in 60 countries. Those emotions, those tears and smiles, those struggles and those laughs are the ones uniting us all.

Entry - Free.

Hyderabad Western Music Foundation is pleased to present “Reading With The Tunes”, a music & literature initiative… for youngsters by youngsters,

“Reading With The Tunes” – 3rd edition

Music: We have The Aga Skifflers, a group of keen teenagers who are taking music seriously and enjoying having opportunities to experience many different forms of music, along with Aga Khan’s music teacher, Nigel Jackson.

Theatre: For the occasion of celebrating Agatha Christie’s 125th birthday, Kovida Yalamanchi has written a short play that will be presented by the MISH Mashers: a group of middle and high-schoolers from Mosaica International School who have a penchant for drama and love to imitate accents from across the globe! Play name: Guess Who Dun It?
Be prepared to solve the crime!


Sunday, 4th October, 12-1pm @ Lamakaan, Banj.hills, opps. GVK

All are invited. Entry free.
For more information contact: ykovida@gmail.com or info@hydmusic.com
www.hydmusic.com


All are invited.

Workshop on "Understanding Sufi Literature and Qawwali" By Yousuf Saeed (New Delhi) 3 pm to 6:30 pm followed by a screening of his film "Qasba Sanskriti – The Small Town Stories: Amroha & Bilgrami" at 7pm.

While listening to Sufi music and Qawwali becomes more and more trendy, there are debates on what the true Sufi music is. Is it some meditative chanting that provides peace and tranquility to an individual in today’s stressful urban life? Is it supposed to involve a lot of rhythm and high octave vocals using the names of god or Ali, as often exhibited by contemporary Indian cinema or pop music groups? Or is there something more to Sufi music and literature than mere self-indulgence? Does it have a social relevance in today’s life? Could it help us connect to our pluralistic past? Or could it help us learn ways to coexist in today’s multicultural society? These are some of the questions that we hope to address in an intensive short workshop involving music practitioners and media professionals who have been researching or practicing these themes since many years.

The workshop will include an informal lecture-interaction, poetry recitations, screening of audio/video clips as well as documentary films. The main presenter of the workshop is Delhi-based author and filmmaker Yousuf Saeed, who along with his team has been successfully conducting such workshops for last couple of years, the details of which can be seen on www.ektara.org. Kindly register in advance for participation.

What to expect and who can attend:
This workshop is open for anyone interested in learning to appreciate Sufi poetry, music and Qawwali better. The participants do not have to have a prior knowledge or training of music, nor is there an age-bar. The participants do not have to be Sufis or belonging to any particular religion or community. Anyone with an interest in music, literature and cultural history can enroll in this workshop. Most presentations will be given in English with some Urdu/Hindi content. Kindly note that this is not a course for learning music, but is meant to learn appreciating music, poetry and their social contexts. Although 4 hours are not sufficient for a comprehensive understanding of such a subject, it is hoped that by the end of the workshop, the participants would be able to better appreciate the nuances of Sufi music, poetry, and Qawwali and its historical context. We wish to keep this half-day completely informal, friendly and homely. You are free to ask questions and raise doubts whenever you wish. The workshop would include a midway break for tea. Registered participants will get reading and listening material (in digital format).

SCHEDULE OF WORKSHOP


3:00 pm: Introduction with the participants; what to expect in this workshop.

Illustrated introduction to Sufism and Sufi music
This illustrated lecture makes an easy introduction to the role of Sufism or Islamic mysticism in the development of Indo-Islamic poetry, music and culture.

3:30 pm: A short documentary: Sufi Sama (12 mins, filmed at Nizamuddin dargah) followed by a discussion on Chishti Sufi tradition and the use of music. Musical heritage and legends of Amir Khusrau.

3:45 pm: Introduction to the heritage of Amir Khusrau and Nizamuddin Aulia in the promotion of Sufi music.

4:00 pm Film screening: Sufi Soul – The Mystic Music of Islam (anchored by William Dalrymple). Followed by short tea break (10 mins)

5:00 pm: Sufi literature in north India and Deccan (poetry reading). Also answering questions regarding poetry.

5:45 pm: Where to find the best live or recorded Sufi music in India and what places to visit to see a vibrant Sufi culture. End of workshop at 6:30 pm.

7 pm: Film screening Small Town Stories - Qasba Sanskriti, two films about Amroha and Bilgram. (See synopsis of films)

Entry Registration - 300/- Call: 9642731329

You are cordially invited to "Small Town Stories - QASBA SANSKRITI - Amroha & Bilgrami" a film presenting the ethnographic sketch of north India's small towns Amroha & Bilgrami exploring the shared cultural traditions, arts and crafts, in the voice of its local residences.

In today’s India where the corporate media focuses only on big cities and urban glitz, Qasba Sanskriti, a short series of documentary films, travels to some historic qasbas or small towns in Uttar Pradesh which continue to carry the age-old traditions of sycretic culture and shared living between people of different religions and sects.

Director: Yousuf Saeed- Nawed Akhter Duration: 40 mins
This documentary explores the material culture, performative arts and crafts of Amroha, a small town near Delhi in north India, especially focusing on the evolution of Islamic and syncretic cultural values and interdependence between different communities and sects of people, through their arts, crafts, religious rituals and iconography. Amroha is not only famous for its handicrafts such as woodwork, handlooms, embroidery, and percussion instruments, but also for being a centre for the production of Urdu literature, poetry and music. The story of Amroha’s communal harmony is told in the film in the voices of its Hindu and Muslim residents.
This film is a cultural sketch of Bilgram, a small town near Lucknow in north India, especially focusing on the performative arts associated with the Shia rituals of Ashura on Muharram. For many centuries Bilgram has been a rich centre of refined culture and literature, producing several scholars, poets as well as administrators for the historic province of Awadh and beyond. The film also looks at the syncretic or plural values ingrained in the daily lives of the people of Bilgram, where the Muharram is commemorated by Shias, Sunnis and Hindus with equal passion, using local iconography and plural symbols.

Entry - Free

As a part of the ongoing Indian photo festival,conducting a guest artist talks at Lamakaan .

Hearing artist's talk about their work can be fascinating. We have a series of artist talks by eminent photographers sharing their photography techniques and inspirations. A good opportunity for photographers and photography enthusiasts to ask questions about their work and progress and share their ideas.

Artist Talk - Ritika Baheti

7 PM @ Lamakaan

Artist Talk - Chirodeep Chaudhuri

7:30 PM @ Lamakaan

Artist Talk - Krishnendu Saha

8:00 PM @ Lamakaan

An evening of Kuchipudi dance recital by Amy Kumar and Pranati Goturi.

For dancers Amy and Pranati, dance is not merely a passion but a divine path to unify the inner soul with the Almighty. Nrityanjali is a humble attempt by the dancers to take the audience on a scintillating and soulful journey via the medium of Kuchipudi.

Pranati, an 18 year old Engineering student has been learning Kuchipudi since the tender age of 4. Pranati gave her Arangetram in 2007. Having given around 200 stage shows all around the country, Pranati is the reciepient of the prestigious National level award "Bal Shree" given to her by Hon'ble Union Minister for HRD Smt. Smriti Irani. She is also the first ever Kuchipudi dancer to have the POGO Amazing Dancer award given to her by Aamir Khan and Saroj Khan in Mumbai. Pranati has many other awards to her credit and is a regular performer.

Amy is a 25 year old research scientist who has been training in dance since 1999. She finished her Arangetram in 2004. Amy has done her Masters in Biomedical Genetics from VIT and is a gold medalist. She has given around 150 shows till date. She is a choreographer and also teaches dance. Her passion and aspiration is to come up with an innovation to combine dance and science.

All are welcome.

Love Art?! Big News for all Art Lovers!!!

Always wanted to create your own works of art??? Then Lamakaan is the place to be from 9/10/2015 to 18/10/2015 !!!!! Here's your chance to delve into the colours and swirls of modern and contemporary art and learn art like never before with oodles of fun and lots activities ! Come join us as we look into the works of some of the greatest artists of the world and to create your own masterpieces!

We are a group of young artists from Tagore's Santiniketan, West Bengal, coming to take you on an exploration into the world of art and help channel your creative energy into beautiful works of art. Presenting workshops on painting, sculpture and print making, from 9/10/2015 to !8/10/2015 , where we will look at how art has changed, what art means and how to give our perspectives physical form through the medium of art.

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Following is the list of the exciting programs coming your way!

9/10/2015 (4.00 pm to 6.00 pm) and 10/10/2015 (10.00 am to 12.00 pm): Introduction to Modern Art (Painting); Exploring the art of some the world's greatest Modern artists and discovering how to create a modern art work!

11/10/2015 (10.00 am to 12.00 pm) and 13/10/2015 ( 4.00pm to 6.00pm); Abstract Expressionism (Painting) ; Let yourself go wild and free as you work on your Expressionist painting!

14/10/2015 & 15/10/2015 (4.00pm to 6.00pm) : Print Making; Lino Cut : Learn this simple age old technique of printing and give it a fun twist, print on scarfs, t-shirts, or on absolutely anything!!!

16/10/2015 to 18/10/2015 (4.00 pm to 6.00 pm) : Sculpture and Installation Art : Chisel out your feelings and enter the post-modern and contemporary art times with installation art, where we will be experimenting with space, lights, sounds and videos!
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Each day shall begin with a small talk on the theme, followed by painting/printmaking/sculpting and end with a small discussion of the work and experience of the participants.


Fees : For entire duration of all programs - Rs.1500/-
For select programs only - Rs. 700 (per program)
All materials shall be provided
Sign up for workshop beginning from 4/10/2015

Instructors : Ms.Sreemukhi Mekala, BFA History of Art
Mr.Sumantra Sardar Rana, MFA Painting
Mr.Ratnesh Shukla, MFA Sculpture.



See all you Art enthusiasts soon!!!

Telangana has been at the forefront of according property rights to women way back in 1987. We also have a long history of women who have shouldered the responsibility of property management along with men. But this basic right is still not available to all women. Lets talk.

A novitiate gives birth to a child in a convent, who is found dead in a wastepaper basket. A court-mandated psychiatrist and the Mother Superior of the convent clash during the resulting investigation. The mother calls the conception a miracle, while the psychiatrist clearly sees the human intervention. A battle of wills, Christian beliefs, morality & science ensue, while the young novitiate is increasingly being exposed to the 'big, bad world'. The age-old question still persists - science or belief?
Sutradhar presents John Pielmeier's 'Agnes of God', directed by Vinay Varma.
9th & 10th October, 2015
at 8 PM on both days, at Lamakaan
The play is open to all ages.
Contact Rita Ghosh on 9849063890 for tickets.

Headstart Startup Saturday Hyderabad - October 2015

Theme- "Hyderabad, enabler for healthcare startups"

KINDLY NOTE - Tickets MANDATORY for attending the event. Please ensure you purchase your ticket. We have limited seats.
Book your tickets here - www.meraevents.com/event/sshyd_oct

Brief introduction - Be it the U.S. spending Trillions, or the strong growth in spending across the globe; health care is one sector that is buzzing in the startup world.Along with this huge opportunity lies some visible and invisible potholes/hard stops. As more and more early stage startups need mentors, funds and a support ecosystem to overcome these problems and become successful, Startup Saturday Hyderabad October is all set to showcase what the city has for the health care startups.

We discuss the support system available in Hyderabad via the large nationally acclaimed healthcare providers/hospital chains, pharma majors, life sciences research companies to healthcare innovation centres/labs at institutions like Apollo and LVPEI, startups solving the existing problems at grassroots in rural areas, improving the existing healthcare infrastructure with better online/mobile/offline information services or creating a hybrid franchisee model, all the way through to building health care gadgets and diagnostic devices.

Agenda-
09:45 am - Registrations
10:10 am - Intros
10:20 am - Ecosystem Announcements (& Hyderabad4innovation.in/news)

Featured Startups-
10:30 am - TBA
10:45 am - TBA
11:00 am - TBA
11:15 am - TBA
11:30 am - TBA

11:45 am - Panel discussion with healthcare experts, accomplished entrepreneurs, and enablers.

12:30 pm - Networking

Link to facebook event page - https://www.facebook.com/events/523799451116033/

For nominating panelist or startup speakers, write to us at hyderabad@headstart.in

Tweet: #SSHYD @starthyd

A novitiate gives birth to a child in a convent, who is found dead in a wastepaper basket. A court-mandated psychiatrist and the Mother Superior of the convent clash during the resulting investigation. The mother calls the conception a miracle, while the psychiatrist clearly sees the human intervention. A battle of wills, Christian beliefs, morality & science ensue, while the young novitiate is increasingly being exposed to the 'big, bad world'. The age-old question still persists - science or belief?

Sutradhar presents John Pielmeier's 'Agnes of God', directed by Vinay Varma.

9th & 10th October, 2015

at 8 PM on both days, at Lamakaan

The play is open to all ages.

Contact Rita Ghosh on 9849063890 for tickets.

Inviting all for a quick workshop and demo on 'How to make Bathukamma Flower decoration' for children as well as adults by Arunjyoti Lokhanday.

Arunjyoti ji, an activist and 'do-it-yourself' workshop holder is bringing this activity to Lamakaan.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

An afternoon with Gautam Navlakha while he shares his thoughts on "The War within: The story of Kashmir".

Gautam Navlakha is a civil liberties, democratic, and human rights activist; and a journalist. He is engaged in the longstanding activism by the People's Union for Democratic Rights, Delhi as a veteran activist. Navlakha has worked as a secretary of the People's Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR), and has also been a convener of the International People's Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Kashmir. He has done a great amount of work in Kashmir, and in the recent times, his focus of work has been the areas of Chhattisgarh.

Presenting an evening of talk on the philosophy of Bulleh Shah by Inayat Ali Shah, PhD student from MANUU.
With given name Syed Abdullah Shah Qadri, Bulleh Shah was a poet, humanist and philosopher who practiced the Sufi tradition of Punjabi poetry.

The verse form Bulleh Shah primarily employed is the Kafi, popular in Punjabi, Sindhi and Saraiki poetry.

Bulleh Shah's writings represent him as a humanist, someone providing solutions to the sociological problems of the world around him as he lives through it, describing the turbulence his motherland of Punjab is passing through, while concurrently searching for God. His poetry highlights his mystical spiritual voyage through the four stages of Sufism: Shariat (Path), Tariqat (Observance), Haqiqat (Truth) and Marfat (Union). The simplicity with which Bulleh Shah has been able to address the complex fundamental issues of life and humanity is a large part of his appeal.

Many people have put his kafis to music, from humble street-singers to renowned Sufi singers like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pathanay Khan, Abida Parveen, the Waddali Brothers, Sain Zahoor and band Junoon.

Bulleh Shah's verses have been an inspiration to painters as well like Geeta Vadhera.

All are welcome to this evening of Sufism.
Entry - Free.

Keep Rolling presents - A collection of 4 short plays ....

SUBTEXT - Short Play
A short laugh riot, which explores the true meaning, behind the seemingly normal conversation we have every day...
This play also won the audience choice award at last year's SHORT AND SWEET play competition...

FANS - Short play
Two movie crazy fans explore the possibility of a new screenplay, that shall make them superstars.. Only to be bought crashing back down to reality...
This Play was shortlisted to be featured in competition at the recently concluded SKITS festival by Dramanon...
The Promo Video to this skit won the runner up for the best Promo Video Award.

THE UNUSUAL SUSPECT - Short Play
There is a bomb scare as a cop interrogates a group of people at a railway station. He finds the usual set of characters, who give him an unusual set of stories.
This play was shortlisted for being in competition at the recently concluded SKITS short play festival held by DRAMANON.
The Play was in contention for winning the BEST SCRIPT award (was among the 7 shortlisted for the award)

GUNIEA PIG - Short play
A customer at a restaurant finds his soup delivered to him with a Guinea Pig in it, much to his dissent.

But then, the waiter is not someone who would back down, as he begins his attempt at convincing the customer that this soup, is actually good for him.

A satirical take on Marketing strategies in today's world!

Entry - Free

Workshop on understanding and creating modern expressionist art!
At 4.00pm come and join the fun and let the artist in you out!
Fees : 700/-
All materials will be provided.
Contact 8972132325 for further details

A exclusive event designed for short films, to show case some serious work in the short films category. With this event the studio wants to create an eco system for filmmakers to co exist & evolve, this is forum will address practical pain points of filmmaker like production (including pre & post), casting & other important issues. After the entire list of movies is screened we have a 30-45 min focused discussion moderated by the studio to find ans to some of the current problem of film making. A bi-monthly event held to promote short films; we call for short films entries to be sent to us. We accept films below 45 mins in this type. Your work can be submitted to Octopus Studios, the set of independent curator will go through the films & select a set of films. We screen selected short films to an elite audience who are short film enthusiasts. We introduce the filmmakers as well cast & crew to the audience. The entire event is open & free of cost, it’s also held at place which has actually inspired the idea - Lamaakan-An Open Cultural Space. Entry - Free

Learn the age old method of printing! Linocut printmaking workshop! Learn to take manual prints of your art! Print on paper, make cards for loved ones, print on your tshirts or anything you'd like!
4.00pm to 6.30pm on 14/10/15 and 15/10/15
Open for ages 15 and older
Fees : 700/-
All tools and material will be provided
For details contact : 8972132325

An evening of Hindustani classical and semi classical music by Harini Rao.

Harini is an up coming performer from Hyderabad, trained under gurus Smt Swati Phadke and Smt Sudeshna Gupta. She has won the prestigious Pt. Jasraj Award of Excellence for promising talent in Hindustani classical vocal music and has been a topper at the examinations of Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Mumbai. She's performed extensively in India and the US. Her repertoire of traditional Hindustani classical and light music enthrals all audience - young and old alike. She also teaches classical music and promotes performing arts through Raageshree Foundation.
Entry - Free

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

A casting director has one day to find the leads for a community theater production of Romeo and Juliet. But what seems like a simple task proves impossible when the pool of actors includes extreme method actors, performers who just don't know what to do with their hands, and one particular woman who may or may not think she's a cat. This hilarious comedy will bring you to the last place you'd ever want to be...behind the doors of a casting session

Inviting all youngsters and adults for a Puppetry Play on the Birth Story of Lord Ganesha. It is the storytelling from Indian Mythology using puppets to tell how he got elephant head. A Puppet play by Sphoorthi Theatre-STEPARC.

Entry fees-Rs100/- for adults and Rs 50 for children below 8 years, Rs 75/- for children above 8 and below 15 years.

Entry passes at the Gate.

"Story Creators" is a Work Shop, which aims at making the participants understand, learn and replicate the process of generating a story on the spot. The focus of the Work Shop is completely on LEARNING THE PROCESS OF GENERATING A STORY. This Work Shop is meant for all those who would like to create really unique stories meant for movies or short films or novels or short stories or even for paintings and sculpture. (YES, you have read it right. Even for paintings and sculpture.) Simply put, if you are aspiring to acquire the ability and skill to create a story that stands unique with your own signature on that story, this Work Shop is for you.

The workshop is conducted by Adi Babu, a teacher in English Language and Literature for 27 years.

For Registration : Pl call 9052906210.

"LIFE IS WAITING: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara" – is a film directed by Iara Lee.

Forty years after its people were promised freedom by departing Spanish rulers, Western Sahara remains Africa’s last colony. This film chronicles the everyday violence experienced by Sahrawis living under Moroccan occupation and voices their struggle for self-determination through creative resistance and non-violence.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/123847322
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/LifeIsWaiting
Website: http://culturesofresistancefilms.com/western-sahara

Bio:
Iara Lee, a Brazilian of Korean descent, is an activist, filmmaker, and director of the Cultures of Resistance Network. In 2010, she released her feature-length documentary entitled CULTURES OF RESISTANCE, which explores how creative action contributes to conflict prevention and resolution. As an extension of her commitment to the issues explored in the film, she also founded the Cultures of Resistance Network, an organization that promotes global solidarity, supports efforts to secure peace and social justice, and brings together artists and changemakers from around the world.

Iara has also continued to produce and direct documentary films. She just finished two new docs: K2 AND THE INVISIBLE FOOTMEN, shot in stunning northern Pakistan, it is about the plight of the unsung heroes, the indigenous porters of majestic K2, the earth’s second-highest peak. LIFE IS WAITING: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara, looks at 40 years of Moroccan occupation and the sahrawi nonviolent struggle for self-determination by a people for whom colonialism has never ended. In 2013, Iara made a short film entitled THE KALASHA AND THE CRESCENT, which chronicles how an indigenous movement in northern Pakistan is responding to the challenges facing their culture. In 2012, she released a documentary called THE SUFFERING GRASSES: when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers, which examines the Syrian conflict through the humanity of the civilians who have been killed, abused, and displaced to the squalor of refugee camps.

In May 2010, Iara was a passenger on the MV Mavi Marmara, a vessel in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla which was attacked in international waters by the Israeli navy, leading to the murder of nine humanitarian aid workers. Among the many people who recorded the events on that ship, her crew was the only one to successfully hide and retain most of the raid footage, which she later released to the world after a screening at the United Nations. Iara is dedicated to the support of Palestinian civilians who have been victims of war crimes committed by the Israeli military and who suffer from the Israeli government's ongoing acts of collective punishment.

At the onset of the Iraq war in 2003, Iara decided to travel and live in the MENA region (Middle East & North Africa) in order to understand the conflict better. While residing in Lebanon in 2006, she experienced firsthand the 34-day Israeli bombardment of that country. Moved by that experience, she has since dedicated herself to the pursuit of a just peace in the region, and she is an enthusiastic supporter of those initiatives which strengthen adherence to international law in enforcing human rights. In 2008 Iara lived in Iran and supported a number of cultural exchange projects between that country and the West with the goal of promoting arts & culture for global solidarity.

From 1984 to 1989 Iara was the producer of the Sao Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil. From 1989-2003 she was based in New York City, where she ran the mixed-media company Caipirinha Productions, created to explore the synergy of different artforms (such as film, music, architecture, and poetry). Under that banner, Iara directed short and feature-length documentaries including Synthetic Pleasures, Modulations, Architettura, and Beneath the Borqa.

Iara is a member of the International Council of Advisors of the National Geographic Society, a long-time supporter of Greenpeace and Amnesty International, and many organizations around the world. Through the Cultures Of Resistance Network foundation, she connects and collaborates with activists, agitators, educators, and artists to build a more just and peaceful world through creative resistance and nonviolent action! http://culturesofresistance.org/groups-we-support

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

K2 AND THE INVISIBLE FOOTMEN is a film directed by Iara Lee.
Shot in stunning northern Pakistan, it is about the plight of the unsung heroes, the indigenous porters of majestic K2, the earth’s second-highest peak.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/126423435
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/K2InvisibleFootmen
Website: http://www.culturesofresistancefilms.org/k2-invisible-footmen

Bio:
Iara Lee, a Brazilian of Korean descent, is an activist, filmmaker, and director of the Cultures of Resistance Network. In 2010, she released her feature-length documentary entitled CULTURES OF RESISTANCE, which explores how creative action contributes to conflict prevention and resolution. As an extension of her commitment to the issues explored in the film, she also founded the Cultures of Resistance Network, an organization that promotes global solidarity, supports efforts to secure peace and social justice, and brings together artists and changemakers from around the world.

Iara has also continued to produce and direct documentary films. She just finished two new docs: K2 AND THE INVISIBLE FOOTMEN, shot in stunning northern Pakistan, it is about the plight of the unsung heroes, the indigenous porters of majestic K2, the earth’s second-highest peak. LIFE IS WAITING: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara, looks at 40 years of Moroccan occupation and the sahrawi nonviolent struggle for self-determination by a people for whom colonialism has never ended. In 2013, Iara made a short film entitled THE KALASHA AND THE CRESCENT, which chronicles how an indigenous movement in northern Pakistan is responding to the challenges facing their culture. In 2012, she released a documentary called THE SUFFERING GRASSES: when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers, which examines the Syrian conflict through the humanity of the civilians who have been killed, abused, and displaced to the squalor of refugee camps.

In May 2010, Iara was a passenger on the MV Mavi Marmara, a vessel in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla which was attacked in international waters by the Israeli navy, leading to the murder of nine humanitarian aid workers. Among the many people who recorded the events on that ship, her crew was the only one to successfully hide and retain most of the raid footage, which she later released to the world after a screening at the United Nations. Iara is dedicated to the support of Palestinian civilians who have been victims of war crimes committed by the Israeli military and who suffer from the Israeli government's ongoing acts of collective punishment.

At the onset of the Iraq war in 2003, Iara decided to travel and live in the MENA region (Middle East & North Africa) in order to understand the conflict better. While residing in Lebanon in 2006, she experienced firsthand the 34-day Israeli bombardment of that country. Moved by that experience, she has since dedicated herself to the pursuit of a just peace in the region, and she is an enthusiastic supporter of those initiatives which strengthen adherence to international law in enforcing human rights. In 2008 Iara lived in Iran and supported a number of cultural exchange projects between that country and the West with the goal of promoting arts & culture for global solidarity.

From 1984 to 1989 Iara was the producer of the Sao Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil. From 1989-2003 she was based in New York City, where she ran the mixed-media company Caipirinha Productions, created to explore the synergy of different artforms (such as film, music, architecture, and poetry). Under that banner, Iara directed short and feature-length documentaries including Synthetic Pleasures, Modulations, Architettura, and Beneath the Borqa.

Iara is a member of the International Council of Advisors of the National Geographic Society, a long-time supporter of Greenpeace and Amnesty International, and many organizations around the world. Through the Cultures Of Resistance Network foundation, she connects and collaborates with activists, agitators, educators, and artists to build a more just and peaceful world through creative resistance and nonviolent action! http://culturesofresistance.org/groups-we-support

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

Invite you all to join us for workshop "FROM RECYCLED TO UP-CYCLED" on the 19th of September 2015 at Lamakaan, Banjara Hills.

From:10:30 am To:1:30 pm • Contact No.: 9700003083 9703287377 • Last date to register: September 15th 2015 • Entry:Rs 400 This workshop is aimed at teaching you the art of creative recycling and will demonstrate several novel ways of creating innovative new products from recycled goods. During the course of this workshop you will learn to up-cycle your everyday household objects that one would normally throw away! These up-cycling projects are a great way to teach children to appreciate the value of recycling and not to mention also includes a lot of fun!! While engaging with children at a young age is necessary, there is no age limit to learn fun, new and creative things! •

What will you learn at our Up-cycling workshop?
1. How to make a support for your cell phone so you can charge it anywhere you want without having to worry about it falling
2. How to make your own set of coasters out of recycled bottle caps.
3. How to make a bookcase for the kiddies or a magazine rack for the moms out of old cereal boxes.

• What you will need?
1. Scissors, pencils and a ruler.
2. Fevicol, glue stick & a hot glue gun. (Note: hot glue guns will be provided temporarily for those who do not have one)
3. Acrylic paint, water container and brushes.
4. One cereal box for magazine rack. Three same sized cereal boxes for bookcase.
5. Your cell phone charger and either a
shampoo bottle or a coke bottle that is as wide as your cell phone.
6. Bottle caps will be provided.

Midst the busy schedule of our lives, we have are sometimes oblivion of so much going around, primarily because we do not find time for ourselves. Find the better you, through proven techniques of mind management and self- cognizance.

The session will help you identify your deeper emotions, fallacies, resilience in a totally different manner.

The session is going to be amalgamated with humor,to leave you nostalgic of yourself, yet highly entertained.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

"Pluralist India and Inclusive Politics".

Join us for a topical debate at LaMakaan on
Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 5.30 pm.

We will be joined by Asaduddin Owaisi, MP,
Prof M.Kodandaram, senior advocate Bojja Tharakam,
Manoj Mitta and others. Justice Chandra Kumar will preside.

The occasion is the book launch of "Dilli 1984 nundi Gujarat 2002 varaku: Vyavasthala vaiphalyam pai panchanama". (An Omnibus translation of 'When A Tree Shook Delhi', by Manoj Mitta and H.S.Phoolka, AND 'The Fiction of Fact-finding: Modi and Godhra', by Manoj Mitta).

An event by Hyderabad Book Trust.

All are welcome to this Book launch and discussion.

We are pleased to announce one of a kind Super Hero and Princess inspired Arts and Crafts Workshop for Kids, where we will be teaching kids how to conjure up their own Super hero or a Princess in a simplistic yet powerful style.

We will be emphasizing the creativity of the kids by helping them draw their own Costumes, Super Powers and Characters. At the end of our workshop with our help they will have they're own Super hero or Princess with a unique set of skills and gifts that they created from scratch!

Our Craft class will be focusing on creating an Enchanting Princess costume for girls.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

>An old dress, t shirt,flip flops or any footwear that you would like decorate on.

>You can also carry hair bands or hair accessories to decorate on.
( you must get only one item of clothing and only one pair of footwear.)

>Bring colours of choice Can be Crayons, Sketch pens or Paints.

MATERIAL PROVIDED:

>Papers Pencils and Erasers will be provided.

>Material to make tiaras, bracelets, wands, bows will be provided.

(You can choose any two items to make.)


Entry registration - Call 9000899175

The present sessions at YOCS include a book/art review, a minor and a major. One of the firmest pillars that YOCS, a 46 year old club, stands on is its evaluation session. Judgments are made and accepted all the time. Group discussions, prose-reading sessions, poetry sessions, declamations, debates and JAM sessions also find their way into the agenda from time to time. In these three-hour sessions, over three decades of its existence, YOCS members have traversed far and wide in their intellectual discussions. YOCS has provided a platform for discussion of varied topics and works of varied individuals. Some of our gatherings can claim to have hosted presentations or aroused discussion on Kautilya and Camus, on Ramesh Sippy and Ingmar Bergman, on Des Cartes and Phaedrus, not to mention more mundane matters like nuclear disarmament, neo-colonialism, and job reservations. The members of YOCS have gathered to engage in public speaking activities and any matter is acceptable for their speeches, as long as it is within the rules of decorum. To an outsider, YOCS may seem like a gathering of blue stockings, which would be quite far from the truth. Members have had varied reasons for aspiring to the YOCS membership. For some it may be the desire to interact with others at a certain level of intellectual accomplishment; some may hope to develop and polish their communication skills in advance of their appearance in competitive examinations and job interviews, and some may just wind up at YOCS to spend an evening a week with friends.

*You don't need membership to attend sessions *It's free

Samahaara Comedy Night: 9th Edition

Date: 20th September, Sunday 2015
Venue: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills
Time: 7.30pm

Directed by Rathna Shekar Reddy

It's baaaaaaaack, with a new set of short plays and stand-up comedy. Remember how much fun we had last time? It's going to be Double the Fun as always with Comedy Plays and Stand-up. Get that funny bone tickled with mad, funny, impish, satirical and hilarious characters and situations.

For entry Passes: 9885288982

This play deals with the issues of addiction of substances and understands them deeply it was concluded that addiction is a state of mind, state of heart, state of soul or just the weak state of body.
Why does someone rely on the things outside their self? Either because his surroundings don’t have what that entity is giving, non-belonging or the self is void. If this is the right understanding then addicts of things can grow to become addicts of people and emotions. From emotions to enlightenment, they can move from lower to higher addictions. They can grow beyond this body and be eternal. The addiction controlling their body can be let go. Yes, so there is a possibility of existence of the Eternal Addicts. Yes it is possible.

The Play starts with this Idea and deeper understanding of Eternal addicts like the spiritual and divine souls of Yogis, the agitated and longing souls of the lovers and the analytical or logical souls of philosophers the play is set in a metaphorical world of rehabilitation. Addicts of different backgrounds and abused by substances of different kind enter a room where the voice of narrator talks to them and indulges them into a conversation of self-realization. The Souls of Yogi, Lover and Philosopher talk their heart out of how they passed through to higher addiction. And then there is a session where some addicts are still in denial and choose hell and some addicts accept and rehabilitate to live a life of heaven. A simple metaphoric series of monologues and amalgamation of sequences will let us see deeper into different lives.
Entry - Free

Inviting U all to the weaving world of Paper Quilling.This workshop is a 1 day workshop for 3 hrs basically focussing on weaving techniques of paper quilling.To types of weaving techniques in paper quilling ill be taught, one emphasizing on neck -piece n earrings n the other type on earrings n jhumkas.The fee for the workshop is Rs.600(with material).

"The Art of Conversation" is a Talk followed by a Discussion. The Objective of this Event is to let the audience and participants know as to what it takes to be a good conversationalist, whose ability to converse well helps her/him in building healthy relationships with others - be it in personal or familial or social or professional relationships.

Entry - 100

Inviting all youngsters and adults for a Puppetry Play on the Birth Story of Lord Ganesha. It is the storytelling from Indian Mythology using puppets to tell how he got elephant head. A Puppet play by Sphoorthi Theatre-STEPARC.

Entry fees-Rs100/- for adults and Rs 50 for children below 8 years, Rs 75/- for children above 8 and below 15 years.
Entry passes at the Gate.

Queering the Night — is a festival celebrating the ever-evolving queer art and performance space in Hyderabad; welcoming outside performers to add to this already heady mélange of wonderfully-queer expression.

This première edition brings: Māyammā — Kuttanād's very own daughter-of-the-soil kairali drag queen — the fire and brimstone of Bangalore's blossoming burlesque movement, to the hub of Hyderbad's performance-culture-scene, Lamakaan.

The event, organised by Queer Collective India's Hyderabad chapter, hopes to enable queer-identifying performers and encourage queer-themed pieces of work by presenting them to a larger audience as a means of queer advocacy. QCI also involves itself in day-to-day advocacy, inculcating a positive individualistic zeal in communities, driving social change one campaign at a time.

The Bangalore-based artistes are being curated by Queer Arts Movement India (QAMI); a collective that hopes to identify potential talent in the queer comunity across India; helping them enable their roles as social changers through the powerful mediums of art and performance.

Queering the Night 1.0 hopes to be the first of many similar events organised in Hyderabad, with a view of expanding the city's queer performance experience and encouraging local talent to participate more.

This edition features the much-celebrated film maker and performance artiste, Avinash Matta, who will be representing the Nizam city's overflowing pool of queer artistes.

Performance slots are still available for Hyderabad-based queer identifying/allied artistes. Please contact QCI.

If you would like more information, please contact:
QCI: Sachin @ +918884914690
Email: qci.hyd@gmail.com
QAMI: Romal @ +919986156123

ALFA would like to invite you to an innovative Minion Themed Recycling workshop for children.
During the course of this workshop the children will learn how to make:

1. A minion wall hanging
2. Minion Bookmarks
Note: For the first two crafts a quick coloring introduction will be given!
3. Minion water bottle
4. Minion Night light
5. Minion Secret Stash Box

What you will need to Bring?
1.Colors(Any- Poster paints, color pencils)
2.Light bulb with attached plug.
3.An old cereal box
4.Safety scissors
5.Fevicol

*Everything else for the projects will be provided by us.

Entry Fee - Rs 500

For further details contact 9700003083

'Manasulo Vennela' is a collection of 8 short stories of different women, in different conditions - including the story of a trans woman too - written by Chaitanya Pingali.

Chaithanya Pingali, is an author who wrote 'chittagong viplava vanithalu', a book that describes the freedom struggle from women perspective.

All are welcome to this evening of book introduction.

Inviting all for 'The Indian Photography Festival(IPF) - Hyderabad' from 1-10 October. (for 10 days from 10:30am-6:30pm) at Lamakaan among various other venues in Hyderabad.

The Indian Photography Festival(IPF) - Hyderabad, a Not-For-Profit initiative of the Light Craft Foundation along with the Govt. of Telangana is India’s newest international photography festival,
showcasing a wide range of photography across all genres from portraits and landscape through
photojournalism to fine-art by emerging and legendary photographers from India and around the globe.

The festival aims at congregating the greatest minds
in the field of photography and showcasing the works of emerging & renowned photographers from all
across the world and bring them to India, at the same time establishing a global platform for learning through various events. The first edition takes place in HYDERABAD the cultural capital of
TELENGANA, from 01 - 10 October 2015

FESTIVAL PROGRAMS:
 Featured Exhibitions
 Artist Talks
 Seminars & Panel Discussions
 Photo-Walks & Workshops
 Portfolio Reviews
 Open Studios
 Screenings
 Book Launches

MISSION:-
 Create Awareness about Photography and bring a plethora of topical social issues to the public through the medium of photography.
 Create a convivial space for debate, creativity, social interaction and reflection.
 Educate and Engage young & emerging photography talents from the country.
 Provide the much needed platform for the exchange of creative ideas and the latest trends in the art of photography.
 Placing Hyderabad on the map of the international photography scene in line with the other major cities of the world which have established festivals.

DATES : 01-10 OCTOBER 2015
WEBSITE : WWW.INDIANPHOTOFEST.COM
MAIN FESTIVAL HUB : STATE GALLERY OF ARTS, MADHAPUR, HYDERABAD

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

Welcome to a Blind Men’s club to have laughter like never before

“Manoranjan Tax-Free”
A comedy play in Hindi-English

Based on Chandrashekhar Phansalkar’s Marathi Play “Tax free”. Scripted & Directed by Feroze

Wednesday, 1st October, 2015, 8 PM

Donor Pass: Rs. 100/-

Online booking
www.bookmyshow.com

For more details, contact us:
sifar.theatre@gmail.com
98493 31347
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sifar.theatre

Student Think Tank for India, a student-run organisation that promotes involved inquiry and collective action. We recognize that today, a mainstream education can be supplemented and energised by adding two important ingredients: critical thinking, and civic engagement. I am based in Delhi, but a number of my team members are from Hyderabad.

This year, we have been piloting a school club in Delhi Public School, Gachibowli, where we carry out regular activities and sessions for them through our Moderators.

One of the activities we are looking to do this year is the Design for Change project. (See more at: www.designforchangeindia.com). And to come up with sustainable ideas for this, we have a Design Thinking workshop with Viraat Aryabumi, a student of CBIT who is extremely passionate about technology, design thinking and their application to pressing civic issues.

SMILE HAS BECOME AND EMOTION IN YOUR GADGETS. SO PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE SMILING FESTIVAL .
WE WILL SHOW THE NEW YOU HERE.

A Film on Gandhi and Religion's irrelevance in today's society by Dr. Gautham Kashyap produced by Veera Sanker. The duration is 12 minutes.
All are welcome.

Sakharam Binder tells the story of Sakharam’s women. They are the castoff wives- homeless and destitute - taken in by the protagonist as domestic servants and sex partners.Laxmi is shy, submissive and pious while Champa, her successor is brash, voluptuous and spoiled.

One of Vijay Tendulkar's most controversial plays, this play vividly captures the strange and complex pathology of Sakharam, who while on one hand, wants to please his women, on the other hand, bullies them as well. He is, in one moment, a freethinking crusader for women’s rights and the very next moment sees him as a philistine- scornful of their devotion to him.

He strongly believes in exploiting the corrupt system for his own gain but realizes too late the price of playing the game.

For passes: 8374734142

"Nonverbal Communication, popularly known as Body Language," is a Workshop, which aims at letting the participants know FIRST HAND the importance of nonverbal communication in all sorts of communication, viz., personal/familial/academic/professional/occupational/social.

Samahaara
presents

"Pinocchio" & "Half-Chicken"
(Two plays by Children in English)

Director- Pejjai Nagaraju

A Samahaara Workshop Production

Date: 03rd Oct 2015
Time: 06:00 pm
Venue: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills.

Entry by Donation Rs. 50/-


Half-Chicken

The play “Half-Chicken” is about a chicken hatched with only half a body, one leg, one wing, one eye, and only half as many feathers as the other chicks. She becomes the centre of attention at the ranch where she is born, because the animals consider her very special and unique. With her uniqueness, she is propagated as half chicken Baba. Half-Chicken Baba becomes vain because of this attention and decides to leave the ranch to visit the king Sri Krishnadevaraya. On her journey she meets people who are in need of help but she does not help them. What happens to Half-Chicken as a result of this is what we will know from this delightful short play.

Pinocchio- The robot

This play is devised from a play Pinocchio 3.5 which was written by Eric Cobel. Gill Bates is a computer magnate. He has a Software Company, billions of dollars, power but something is missing from his life: children. So he builds a little robot named Pinocchio. The present play is about Pinocchio who gets diverted easily from others.

A short documentary film about Basant, the spring festival of the Sufis in north India. The video covers a day in the life of qawwals and Sufis at the shrine of Nizamuddin Aulia in New Delhi, India. The Sufi festival of Basant is related to a legend of Amir Khusrau and Nizamuddin Aulia, is celebrated each year on the eve of Basant Panchami.
Entry - Free

Inviting all for a screening of "Human" by Yann Arthus-Bertrand.

What is it that makes us human? Is it that we love, that we fight ? That we laugh ? Cry ? Our curiosity ? The quest for discovery ?
Driven by these questions, filmmaker and artist Yann Arthus-Bertrand spent three years collecting real-life stories from 2,000 women and men in 60 countries. Working with a dedicated team of translators, journalists and cameramen, Yann captures deeply personal and emotional accounts of topics that unite us all; struggles with poverty, war, homophobia, and the future of our planet mixed with moments of love and happiness.

Filmmaker and artist Yann Arthus-Bertrand spent 3 years collecting real-life emotional stories from more than 2,000 women and men in 60 countries. Those emotions, those tears and smiles, those struggles and those laughs are the ones uniting us all.

Entry - Free.

Hyderabad Western Music Foundation is pleased to present “Reading With The Tunes”, a music & literature initiative… for youngsters by youngsters,

“Reading With The Tunes” – 3rd edition

Music: We have The Aga Skifflers, a group of keen teenagers who are taking music seriously and enjoying having opportunities to experience many different forms of music, along with Aga Khan’s music teacher, Nigel Jackson.

Theatre: For the occasion of celebrating Agatha Christie’s 125th birthday, Kovida Yalamanchi has written a short play that will be presented by the MISH Mashers: a group of middle and high-schoolers from Mosaica International School who have a penchant for drama and love to imitate accents from across the globe! Play name: Guess Who Dun It?
Be prepared to solve the crime!


Sunday, 4th October, 12-1pm @ Lamakaan, Banj.hills, opps. GVK

All are invited. Entry free.
For more information contact: ykovida@gmail.com or info@hydmusic.com
www.hydmusic.com


All are invited.

Workshop on "Understanding Sufi Literature and Qawwali" By Yousuf Saeed (New Delhi) 3 pm to 6:30 pm followed by a screening of his film "Qasba Sanskriti – The Small Town Stories: Amroha & Bilgrami" at 7pm.

While listening to Sufi music and Qawwali becomes more and more trendy, there are debates on what the true Sufi music is. Is it some meditative chanting that provides peace and tranquility to an individual in today’s stressful urban life? Is it supposed to involve a lot of rhythm and high octave vocals using the names of god or Ali, as often exhibited by contemporary Indian cinema or pop music groups? Or is there something more to Sufi music and literature than mere self-indulgence? Does it have a social relevance in today’s life? Could it help us connect to our pluralistic past? Or could it help us learn ways to coexist in today’s multicultural society? These are some of the questions that we hope to address in an intensive short workshop involving music practitioners and media professionals who have been researching or practicing these themes since many years.

The workshop will include an informal lecture-interaction, poetry recitations, screening of audio/video clips as well as documentary films. The main presenter of the workshop is Delhi-based author and filmmaker Yousuf Saeed, who along with his team has been successfully conducting such workshops for last couple of years, the details of which can be seen on www.ektara.org. Kindly register in advance for participation.

What to expect and who can attend:
This workshop is open for anyone interested in learning to appreciate Sufi poetry, music and Qawwali better. The participants do not have to have a prior knowledge or training of music, nor is there an age-bar. The participants do not have to be Sufis or belonging to any particular religion or community. Anyone with an interest in music, literature and cultural history can enroll in this workshop. Most presentations will be given in English with some Urdu/Hindi content. Kindly note that this is not a course for learning music, but is meant to learn appreciating music, poetry and their social contexts. Although 4 hours are not sufficient for a comprehensive understanding of such a subject, it is hoped that by the end of the workshop, the participants would be able to better appreciate the nuances of Sufi music, poetry, and Qawwali and its historical context. We wish to keep this half-day completely informal, friendly and homely. You are free to ask questions and raise doubts whenever you wish. The workshop would include a midway break for tea. Registered participants will get reading and listening material (in digital format).

SCHEDULE OF WORKSHOP


3:00 pm: Introduction with the participants; what to expect in this workshop.

Illustrated introduction to Sufism and Sufi music
This illustrated lecture makes an easy introduction to the role of Sufism or Islamic mysticism in the development of Indo-Islamic poetry, music and culture.

3:30 pm: A short documentary: Sufi Sama (12 mins, filmed at Nizamuddin dargah) followed by a discussion on Chishti Sufi tradition and the use of music. Musical heritage and legends of Amir Khusrau.

3:45 pm: Introduction to the heritage of Amir Khusrau and Nizamuddin Aulia in the promotion of Sufi music.

4:00 pm Film screening: Sufi Soul – The Mystic Music of Islam (anchored by William Dalrymple). Followed by short tea break (10 mins)

5:00 pm: Sufi literature in north India and Deccan (poetry reading). Also answering questions regarding poetry.

5:45 pm: Where to find the best live or recorded Sufi music in India and what places to visit to see a vibrant Sufi culture. End of workshop at 6:30 pm.

7 pm: Film screening Small Town Stories - Qasba Sanskriti, two films about Amroha and Bilgram. (See synopsis of films)

Entry Registration - 300/- Call: 9642731329

You are cordially invited to "Small Town Stories - QASBA SANSKRITI - Amroha & Bilgrami" a film presenting the ethnographic sketch of north India's small towns Amroha & Bilgrami exploring the shared cultural traditions, arts and crafts, in the voice of its local residences.

In today’s India where the corporate media focuses only on big cities and urban glitz, Qasba Sanskriti, a short series of documentary films, travels to some historic qasbas or small towns in Uttar Pradesh which continue to carry the age-old traditions of sycretic culture and shared living between people of different religions and sects.

Director: Yousuf Saeed- Nawed Akhter Duration: 40 mins
This documentary explores the material culture, performative arts and crafts of Amroha, a small town near Delhi in north India, especially focusing on the evolution of Islamic and syncretic cultural values and interdependence between different communities and sects of people, through their arts, crafts, religious rituals and iconography. Amroha is not only famous for its handicrafts such as woodwork, handlooms, embroidery, and percussion instruments, but also for being a centre for the production of Urdu literature, poetry and music. The story of Amroha’s communal harmony is told in the film in the voices of its Hindu and Muslim residents.
This film is a cultural sketch of Bilgram, a small town near Lucknow in north India, especially focusing on the performative arts associated with the Shia rituals of Ashura on Muharram. For many centuries Bilgram has been a rich centre of refined culture and literature, producing several scholars, poets as well as administrators for the historic province of Awadh and beyond. The film also looks at the syncretic or plural values ingrained in the daily lives of the people of Bilgram, where the Muharram is commemorated by Shias, Sunnis and Hindus with equal passion, using local iconography and plural symbols.

Entry - Free

As a part of the ongoing Indian photo festival,conducting a guest artist talks at Lamakaan .

Hearing artist's talk about their work can be fascinating. We have a series of artist talks by eminent photographers sharing their photography techniques and inspirations. A good opportunity for photographers and photography enthusiasts to ask questions about their work and progress and share their ideas.

Artist Talk - Ritika Baheti

7 PM @ Lamakaan

Artist Talk - Chirodeep Chaudhuri

7:30 PM @ Lamakaan

Artist Talk - Krishnendu Saha

8:00 PM @ Lamakaan

An evening of Kuchipudi dance recital by Amy Kumar and Pranati Goturi.

For dancers Amy and Pranati, dance is not merely a passion but a divine path to unify the inner soul with the Almighty. Nrityanjali is a humble attempt by the dancers to take the audience on a scintillating and soulful journey via the medium of Kuchipudi.

Pranati, an 18 year old Engineering student has been learning Kuchipudi since the tender age of 4. Pranati gave her Arangetram in 2007. Having given around 200 stage shows all around the country, Pranati is the reciepient of the prestigious National level award "Bal Shree" given to her by Hon'ble Union Minister for HRD Smt. Smriti Irani. She is also the first ever Kuchipudi dancer to have the POGO Amazing Dancer award given to her by Aamir Khan and Saroj Khan in Mumbai. Pranati has many other awards to her credit and is a regular performer.

Amy is a 25 year old research scientist who has been training in dance since 1999. She finished her Arangetram in 2004. Amy has done her Masters in Biomedical Genetics from VIT and is a gold medalist. She has given around 150 shows till date. She is a choreographer and also teaches dance. Her passion and aspiration is to come up with an innovation to combine dance and science.

All are welcome.

Love Art?! Big News for all Art Lovers!!!

Always wanted to create your own works of art??? Then Lamakaan is the place to be from 9/10/2015 to 18/10/2015 !!!!! Here's your chance to delve into the colours and swirls of modern and contemporary art and learn art like never before with oodles of fun and lots activities ! Come join us as we look into the works of some of the greatest artists of the world and to create your own masterpieces!

We are a group of young artists from Tagore's Santiniketan, West Bengal, coming to take you on an exploration into the world of art and help channel your creative energy into beautiful works of art. Presenting workshops on painting, sculpture and print making, from 9/10/2015 to !8/10/2015 , where we will look at how art has changed, what art means and how to give our perspectives physical form through the medium of art.

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Following is the list of the exciting programs coming your way!

9/10/2015 (4.00 pm to 6.00 pm) and 10/10/2015 (10.00 am to 12.00 pm): Introduction to Modern Art (Painting); Exploring the art of some the world's greatest Modern artists and discovering how to create a modern art work!

11/10/2015 (10.00 am to 12.00 pm) and 13/10/2015 ( 4.00pm to 6.00pm); Abstract Expressionism (Painting) ; Let yourself go wild and free as you work on your Expressionist painting!

14/10/2015 & 15/10/2015 (4.00pm to 6.00pm) : Print Making; Lino Cut : Learn this simple age old technique of printing and give it a fun twist, print on scarfs, t-shirts, or on absolutely anything!!!

16/10/2015 to 18/10/2015 (4.00 pm to 6.00 pm) : Sculpture and Installation Art : Chisel out your feelings and enter the post-modern and contemporary art times with installation art, where we will be experimenting with space, lights, sounds and videos!
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Each day shall begin with a small talk on the theme, followed by painting/printmaking/sculpting and end with a small discussion of the work and experience of the participants.


Fees : For entire duration of all programs - Rs.1500/-
For select programs only - Rs. 700 (per program)
All materials shall be provided
Sign up for workshop beginning from 4/10/2015

Instructors : Ms.Sreemukhi Mekala, BFA History of Art
Mr.Sumantra Sardar Rana, MFA Painting
Mr.Ratnesh Shukla, MFA Sculpture.



See all you Art enthusiasts soon!!!

Telangana has been at the forefront of according property rights to women way back in 1987. We also have a long history of women who have shouldered the responsibility of property management along with men. But this basic right is still not available to all women. Lets talk.

A novitiate gives birth to a child in a convent, who is found dead in a wastepaper basket. A court-mandated psychiatrist and the Mother Superior of the convent clash during the resulting investigation. The mother calls the conception a miracle, while the psychiatrist clearly sees the human intervention. A battle of wills, Christian beliefs, morality & science ensue, while the young novitiate is increasingly being exposed to the 'big, bad world'. The age-old question still persists - science or belief?
Sutradhar presents John Pielmeier's 'Agnes of God', directed by Vinay Varma.
9th & 10th October, 2015
at 8 PM on both days, at Lamakaan
The play is open to all ages.
Contact Rita Ghosh on 9849063890 for tickets.

Headstart Startup Saturday Hyderabad - October 2015

Theme- "Hyderabad, enabler for healthcare startups"

KINDLY NOTE - Tickets MANDATORY for attending the event. Please ensure you purchase your ticket. We have limited seats.
Book your tickets here - www.meraevents.com/event/sshyd_oct

Brief introduction - Be it the U.S. spending Trillions, or the strong growth in spending across the globe; health care is one sector that is buzzing in the startup world.Along with this huge opportunity lies some visible and invisible potholes/hard stops. As more and more early stage startups need mentors, funds and a support ecosystem to overcome these problems and become successful, Startup Saturday Hyderabad October is all set to showcase what the city has for the health care startups.

We discuss the support system available in Hyderabad via the large nationally acclaimed healthcare providers/hospital chains, pharma majors, life sciences research companies to healthcare innovation centres/labs at institutions like Apollo and LVPEI, startups solving the existing problems at grassroots in rural areas, improving the existing healthcare infrastructure with better online/mobile/offline information services or creating a hybrid franchisee model, all the way through to building health care gadgets and diagnostic devices.

Agenda-
09:45 am - Registrations
10:10 am - Intros
10:20 am - Ecosystem Announcements (& Hyderabad4innovation.in/news)

Featured Startups-
10:30 am - TBA
10:45 am - TBA
11:00 am - TBA
11:15 am - TBA
11:30 am - TBA

11:45 am - Panel discussion with healthcare experts, accomplished entrepreneurs, and enablers.

12:30 pm - Networking

Link to facebook event page - https://www.facebook.com/events/523799451116033/

For nominating panelist or startup speakers, write to us at hyderabad@headstart.in

Tweet: #SSHYD @starthyd

A novitiate gives birth to a child in a convent, who is found dead in a wastepaper basket. A court-mandated psychiatrist and the Mother Superior of the convent clash during the resulting investigation. The mother calls the conception a miracle, while the psychiatrist clearly sees the human intervention. A battle of wills, Christian beliefs, morality & science ensue, while the young novitiate is increasingly being exposed to the 'big, bad world'. The age-old question still persists - science or belief?

Sutradhar presents John Pielmeier's 'Agnes of God', directed by Vinay Varma.

9th & 10th October, 2015

at 8 PM on both days, at Lamakaan

The play is open to all ages.

Contact Rita Ghosh on 9849063890 for tickets.

Inviting all for a quick workshop and demo on 'How to make Bathukamma Flower decoration' for children as well as adults by Arunjyoti Lokhanday.

Arunjyoti ji, an activist and 'do-it-yourself' workshop holder is bringing this activity to Lamakaan.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

An afternoon with Gautam Navlakha while he shares his thoughts on "The War within: The story of Kashmir".

Gautam Navlakha is a civil liberties, democratic, and human rights activist; and a journalist. He is engaged in the longstanding activism by the People's Union for Democratic Rights, Delhi as a veteran activist. Navlakha has worked as a secretary of the People's Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR), and has also been a convener of the International People's Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Kashmir. He has done a great amount of work in Kashmir, and in the recent times, his focus of work has been the areas of Chhattisgarh.

Presenting an evening of talk on the philosophy of Bulleh Shah by Inayat Ali Shah, PhD student from MANUU.
With given name Syed Abdullah Shah Qadri, Bulleh Shah was a poet, humanist and philosopher who practiced the Sufi tradition of Punjabi poetry.

The verse form Bulleh Shah primarily employed is the Kafi, popular in Punjabi, Sindhi and Saraiki poetry.

Bulleh Shah's writings represent him as a humanist, someone providing solutions to the sociological problems of the world around him as he lives through it, describing the turbulence his motherland of Punjab is passing through, while concurrently searching for God. His poetry highlights his mystical spiritual voyage through the four stages of Sufism: Shariat (Path), Tariqat (Observance), Haqiqat (Truth) and Marfat (Union). The simplicity with which Bulleh Shah has been able to address the complex fundamental issues of life and humanity is a large part of his appeal.

Many people have put his kafis to music, from humble street-singers to renowned Sufi singers like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pathanay Khan, Abida Parveen, the Waddali Brothers, Sain Zahoor and band Junoon.

Bulleh Shah's verses have been an inspiration to painters as well like Geeta Vadhera.

All are welcome to this evening of Sufism.
Entry - Free.

Keep Rolling presents - A collection of 4 short plays ....

SUBTEXT - Short Play
A short laugh riot, which explores the true meaning, behind the seemingly normal conversation we have every day...
This play also won the audience choice award at last year's SHORT AND SWEET play competition...

FANS - Short play
Two movie crazy fans explore the possibility of a new screenplay, that shall make them superstars.. Only to be bought crashing back down to reality...
This Play was shortlisted to be featured in competition at the recently concluded SKITS festival by Dramanon...
The Promo Video to this skit won the runner up for the best Promo Video Award.

THE UNUSUAL SUSPECT - Short Play
There is a bomb scare as a cop interrogates a group of people at a railway station. He finds the usual set of characters, who give him an unusual set of stories.
This play was shortlisted for being in competition at the recently concluded SKITS short play festival held by DRAMANON.
The Play was in contention for winning the BEST SCRIPT award (was among the 7 shortlisted for the award)

GUNIEA PIG - Short play
A customer at a restaurant finds his soup delivered to him with a Guinea Pig in it, much to his dissent.

But then, the waiter is not someone who would back down, as he begins his attempt at convincing the customer that this soup, is actually good for him.

A satirical take on Marketing strategies in today's world!

Entry - Free

Workshop on understanding and creating modern expressionist art!
At 4.00pm come and join the fun and let the artist in you out!
Fees : 700/-
All materials will be provided.
Contact 8972132325 for further details

A exclusive event designed for short films, to show case some serious work in the short films category. With this event the studio wants to create an eco system for filmmakers to co exist & evolve, this is forum will address practical pain points of filmmaker like production (including pre & post), casting & other important issues. After the entire list of movies is screened we have a 30-45 min focused discussion moderated by the studio to find ans to some of the current problem of film making. A bi-monthly event held to promote short films; we call for short films entries to be sent to us. We accept films below 45 mins in this type. Your work can be submitted to Octopus Studios, the set of independent curator will go through the films & select a set of films. We screen selected short films to an elite audience who are short film enthusiasts. We introduce the filmmakers as well cast & crew to the audience. The entire event is open & free of cost, it’s also held at place which has actually inspired the idea - Lamaakan-An Open Cultural Space. Entry - Free

Learn the age old method of printing! Linocut printmaking workshop! Learn to take manual prints of your art! Print on paper, make cards for loved ones, print on your tshirts or anything you'd like!
4.00pm to 6.30pm on 14/10/15 and 15/10/15
Open for ages 15 and older
Fees : 700/-
All tools and material will be provided
For details contact : 8972132325

An evening of Hindustani classical and semi classical music by Harini Rao.

Harini is an up coming performer from Hyderabad, trained under gurus Smt Swati Phadke and Smt Sudeshna Gupta. She has won the prestigious Pt. Jasraj Award of Excellence for promising talent in Hindustani classical vocal music and has been a topper at the examinations of Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Mumbai. She's performed extensively in India and the US. Her repertoire of traditional Hindustani classical and light music enthrals all audience - young and old alike. She also teaches classical music and promotes performing arts through Raageshree Foundation.
Entry - Free