The Kharkiv Times

8 free IT workshops
2016-04-13 19:00, 2016-04-06 19:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
Starting from March 30, every Wednesday, Nikolay Pavlov, Data Scientist @ Azzurro.io, will hold a series of Data Analysis with R workshops, reports the IP-portal DOU.UA.
Where: Fabrika.space (Blagoveshchenska Street, 1).
When: every Wednesday from 30 March to 18 May
Time: 19:00 to 21:00
Price: free admission
Attention! Be registered and carry a laptop with pre-installed R language and IDE R-Studio.
Read more here.

Bold Head Day - it's cool!
2016-04-13 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Moscow)
April 15-16, Kharkiv to host a flash mob dedicated to the International Day of the bald, according to NewsRoom.
In honor of the holiday, event partners will make a pleasant surprise: hairdressers of the city offer guests free branded shaving procedure, while restaurants and pubs will treat drinks and give gifts. The event will be followed by contests on social networks. The holiday tournament in petanque will be held on April 16 in the Gorky Park.
The organizer of the festival Oleg Yegorov, yet does not disclose all the details of the event.
Organizers of the festival: creative association LightTeam, Laboratory of internet marketing TessLab, model agency L-models and design studio “Grossdesigner”.
Hashtag holiday #gladheadday

“Creating Mobile Apps: Native, Hybrid or Cross Platform Framework?”
2016-04-12 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/Moscow)
Ciklum Kharkiv invites you to attend Speakers’ Corner “Creating Mobile Apps: Native, Hybrid or Cross Platform Framework?” by Nick Lototsky, DevPro Full-stack Engineer. You will be able to cover the following positions:
AGENDA:
1. Naitive. iOS/ Android;
2. Hybrid. Cordova. Telerik AppBuilder;
3. Cross platform;
3.1 Xamarin;
3.2 Code sharing with Xamarin;
4 Making choice;
5. Q&A session.
Join the event on the preliminary registration and get a new portion of knowledge!
Where: Otakar Yarosha street 18D, “Dvizhenie”, 3rd floor, office of “Ciklum”
When: 12 April
Time: 19:00-20:30

Meeting for the Front-end developers from INSART
2016-04-12 19:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
Subject: ECMAScript and TypeScript.
Speakers:
1. Dmitry Dulin (JavaScript Developer, Ainstainer Software Development Teams): How to use ECMAScript 2015 today
2. Igor Nepipenko (Full Stack Developer, Valor-Software): TypeScript – expanding our toolkit
Organizer: INSART
Where: Fabrika.space (Blagoveshchenska Street, 1).
When: April 12
Time: 19:00
Price: free admission (registration)

JavaScript event "React - to be or not to be? And why so?"
2016-04-11 18:00 - 21:00 (Europe/Moscow)
JavaScript community of Kharkiv, together with Waverley Software invites all fans of JS to the meeting “React – to be or not to be? And why is that?”.
Ilya Tokarenko: Angular and React comparison.
Sergey Rassokha: React JS and why it’s awesome.
Where: Fabrika.space (Blagoveshchenska Street, 1)
When: April 11
Time: 18:00-21:00
Price: 100 UAH
Registration is required.

Master Class "Perfect Memory"
2016-04-10 18:30 (Europe/Moscow) | AlterSchool, Chernyshevska Street, 80, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Forget the shopping list at the store, forget time in a second after looked at the clock? No, your memory is not bad, you just do not know how to use it.
And to the principles of correct and fast memorizing is dedicated to our master class. Usefulness – 100%
MC holds Alexey Bessonov, director and trainer of Alexey Bessonov Memory Development Center.
Price: 40 UAH
Where: AlterSchool
Registration.

Wedding ANTISTRESS party
2016-04-10 16:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Restaurant “Avlabar”, Pushkinskaya Street, 59/45, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Preparation for the wedding is continuous stress?
Then we invite you to the wedding ANTISTRESS party!
In the program:

The atmosphere of the festival and useful advises for organizing your wedding
Wedding consultation from the wedding agency “100kisses”
Master class by a photographer Vitaly Bachako
Show of the collection of wedding dresses
A charge of positive emotions from the best artists of Kharkiv
A unique show 3D-cake
Prize drawing
Cocktail from Avlabar and sweets from our partners

And a bonus:
– Ability to make a makeup and hairdress for free
– Professional photos from top photographers
Price: 150 UAH for one person, 200 UAH if you come as a couple.
Preregistration is required!
066-573-30-09
063-366-10-77
097-13-14-763

Kharkiv Indie Game Club Meetup #2
2016-04-10 11:00 (Europe/Moscow)
The goal – a deep dive into GameDev (game development) world, and the first steps in it.
4 lectures:
1. The primary audience. Player’s portrait.
2. Stages of game development.
3. How to write a concept paper,.
4. Prototyping.
You will enjoy a warm atmosphere and a live chat with the speakers.
Where: Buchmy street 1B, the company conference room ZFort (“Continent” business center, 3 floor)
When: 10 April
Time: 11:00
Registration is required.
For any questions please contact:
Email: khindiegameclub@gmail.com
Phone: 050-304-24-48 – Aleksander

SMM Kitchen. Instagram
2016-04-09 13:00 (Europe/Moscow)
The lecture will focus on the promotion of the account in Instagram.
Speaker: Andriy Shatyrko, CEO Let’s Go Digital Agency, Kyiv.
During the event, you will be able to learn:
– Why do you need Instagram;
– Key errors of promotion;
– 40 tips to promote on Instagram;
– What metrics should be used to measure performance;
– Official advertising. How to work with it;
– Pro useful software to work with Instagram.
Such cases will be considered:
– Interior design studio SERGEY MAKHNO ARCHITECTS;
– Progress on Instagram of LOBODA;
– Addvertising accounts of the stars.
Where: Fabrika.space (Blagoveshchenska Street, 1).
When: 9 April
Time: 13:00
Find more information here (RU).

Kharkiv International Marathon 2016
2016-04-09 09:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Svobody square, Kharkiv, Ukraine
3rd Kharkiv International Marathon is going to be the most memorable holiday of sport and a healthy lifestyle in 2016.
The main purpose of the event is to promote running in Ukraine by combining professional runners, amateurs and beginners from across the country.
As part of the 3-rd Kharkiv International Marathon will be held such distances:
– 42 km 195 m
– 10 km
– Relay
– Mini-marathon (4,2195 km)
Well, the youngest runners will compete in the children’s races on 200m, 500m and 1km, which will take place the day before the marathon start.
Two main distances 10k and 42k will pass through the most beautiful places in Kharkiv: on Sumska street, Pushkinska street and on Nauki avenue. Participants will run through the Maxim Gorkiy and Taras Shevchenko parks. They will see spectacular sightseeing of the city: Constitution and Architectorov Squares, “Mirror stream”, the Historical Museum, a monument to the mythical founder of the city Cossack Kharko.
First Kharkov Marathon 2014 gathered more than 10 thousand people. Largely due to this event Kharkiv is called as running capital of Ukraine.

Photo exhibition "About Nothing"
2016-04-08 19:00 (Europe/Moscow) | gallery VOVATANYA, Kharkivska embankment, 6,, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Gamlet Zinkovskyi promises to swap around the viewer and art object, creating a special atmosphere of their interaction in the space of the gallery. The project “About Nothing” and “about everything” at the same time, combines a lot of different ideas in individual subjects, which the artist offers view as the photos in the album.
Photo collage becomes a collage substantive, composed of the works of different years: recent works, objects from the already recognizable past projects, and even “drafts” of the future.
Extensive, substantive “photo album” is a whole object that combines a variety of those things which people fill their homes and their lives with, and thus themselves.
The project “About Nothing” is the fourth Gamlet’s solo exhibition at the gallery VOVATANYA, cooperation with which the artist began in his student years.

How to hitchhike
2016-04-08 19:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Educational Hub “Spalah”, Divocha Street, 6, Kharkiv, Ukraine
In educational hub Spalah will be held unusual meeting with hitchhiker and traveler Kirill who managed to make an eight-month journey, having spent just $ 10.
At the meeting Kirill will share experiences and impressions on his last trip hitchhiking from Ukraine through the Altai, Mongolia and China to the Southeast Asia, island of Bali and the road back:

Secrets of a vegetarian diet in Mongolia
How to live in China for $ 2.5 per month, and at the same time to visit all the costly attractions.
What to do if you are robbed.
Illegal work in Bangkok and the Thai way of life.
Earn $ 380 for one night in Kuala Lumpur – the reality rather than fiction.
Visiting the Hindu festival of masochism.
Hospitalization with acute infection in Malaysia and features of Asian medicine
Why is so hard to get in Singapore?
3/4 journey passed with $ 10 in the pocket

You will learn from first-hand:

How to find motivation for the journey and overcome the fear of the unknown
How to find the time to travel / Cheap tickets
Where to go / How to create a route
How to go / Where to stay / What to eat
How to survive on $ 3 per week / Or do not spend money

And many other useful things
Registration.

Oxford Education Group competition
2016-04-08 11:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Kharkiv Academy of Continuous Education, Pushkins'ka Street 24, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Kharkiv students will receive prizes from the British-based Education Group in recognition of their talents in English.
The Oxford Education Group competition, conducted last year, gave Ukrainian schoolchildren the chance to showcase their talents in the English language. With the announcement of the winning entrants, local Ukrainian office the British Linguistics Academy will recognize and celebrate their achievements in the first official BLA Prize Giving Ceremony.
Find out more here.

Scientific lecture What Is in Man
2016-04-06 18:30 - 20:30 (Europe/Helsinki) | Karazin National University, Pravdy Avenue, 4, Kharkiv, Ukraine
The questions what is in man or where we came from to be disscussed at the Karazin Kharkiv National Universirty.
The human body is composed of a specific set of chemical elements and atoms. Surprisingly, these elements are what we call “body”.
At the lecture you will learn where, when and how the universe formed those chemical elements which we are composed of.
Entrance is free.

The Third International Business Forum
2016-04-06 10:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Find out more here. Entrance is 1 500 UAH.

Create your first cartoon!
2016-04-04 16:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
Cartoon Academy teaches how to make cartoons! They get great pleasure from the process. They are confident that no matter what you do, how old you are and where you live.
In order to be happy, you need only two things – to believe in yourself and do what you like. Cartoons is a separate world, where every adult is a child.
Imagine that your ideas and thoughts come true and begin a new life on the screen.
Find out more here. Entrance is free.

Kharkiv Theatre expects Odessits' visit
2016-04-03 19:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Shevchenko Theatre, Sumska Street, 9, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Find out more.

Adult fairy tale
2016-04-03 18:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Moskvich bar, Sumskaya Street, 19, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Performance-show party “Alice in Moskvich”
This is:

Performance – fairy tale for adults (18+)
Glitch-hop; Trap & Bass; Mustic_Dub
Sweets and cocktails from the organizers
Barman show; Fruit Tea with Alice
LED, Pixel show, Vj show
Boddy-art models and Entertainment Cosplay
After-Party till final victory! 🙂

Beginning at 18:00.
Official end at 23:00.
But as Moskvich bar is open until the last customer, fun till final victory!
Price: in advance 140 UAH; 180 UAH on the day of event.

Actor's Art Workshop
2016-04-03 15:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Actor’s Art School, Plekhanivs'ka St, 126, Kharkiv
Free workshop on the actor’s art is open for everyone!
We will understand the concepts of acting! What kind of profession is that “actor’s art”? What does it mean to become a real actor? Why do people still go to the theaters? How to expand your consciousness with the help of acting?
Entance is free, of course.

How does Star Wars Universe work?
2016-04-02 19:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Fabrika Space, Blagoveshchenskaya Street, 1, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Science-fiction has long been a just fiction. But over the years many of the science fiction predictions came true. We will look at the possibility of implementing different technologies from the “Star Wars” in the framework of modern science from the Imperial walkers to lightsabers.
Popular science lecture by a scientific enthusiast Dmitry Shevchenko, a joint discussion and questions are waiting for the guests)
You can register here.

Prerelease of Kharkiv film "Under the Sun"
2016-04-02 17:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Fabrika Space, Blagoveshchenskaya Street, 1, Kharkiv, Ukraine
How many Ukrainian films do you know? The fingers of one hand will be enough to count all. And what about Kharkiv movies? Movies shot by Kharkiv director from beginning to end, where Kharkiv actors play.
But there are such films! And they are known abroad. They participate in international film festivals and win awards.
We are pleased to provide you with a unique opportunity to see the prerelease of Kharkiv studio, which will be held this Saturday, on April 2, in free space Fabrika.Space.
After watching the films the audience will be able to discuss it with the director, who will talk about the meaning of the film and process of filming.
Price: 30 UAH
Registration.

HEADS: Skittles
2016-04-01 19:30 - 21:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Fabrika Space, Blagoveshchenskaya Street, 1, Kharkiv, Ukraine
HEADS: Skittles is an entertaining and educational project about brands, their history, the ups and downs.
History of Skittles brand and its advertising campaigns is the world of madness and incredible absurdity!
Entrance is free.

Exhibition of photo-stories of the metro
2016-04-01 19:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Come In, Danilevskogo Street, 26, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Free lecture "Human Resource Management in IT"
2016-03-31 19:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
In the introductory lecture you will learn:
– How to get in IT, not being a programmer;
– Who is HR and what he/she does in IT – companies;
– What you need to become an IT – HR and get the job done in the most rapidly growing area of business.
You can also meet with teachers of the program, learn the basic concepts of HR-management and its features in IT.
Where: Pushkinska Street, 57
When: March 31
Time: 19:00
Price: free admission, registration is required!
More information here (RU).

IT-event "Optimizing of mobile games on Unity”
2016-03-30 18:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Kharkiv Premier Palace Hotel, Pravdy Avenue, 2, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Secrets of mobile photography
2016-03-29 19:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | “Tsiferblat”, Pushkinskaya Street, 74, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Igor Dunyakov will reveal the secrets of mobile photography
Alexander Nikolayev will tell about how to be a good marketing expert
Alexander Petrenko will reveal all the secrets of integration of behavioral economics.

Get out of your comfort zone and come for knowledge!
Price: 50 UAH with quick registration; 60 UAH for the lazy on the day of event

Master class: "Step out of your comfort zone"
2016-03-29 19:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Marine club, Lermontovska Street, 7, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Kharkiv to hold a large-scale master class “Come out of your comfort zone.”
Speakers: Elina Averbukh and Christina Zherebnaya – members of the Academy of experts, psychologists and founders of the training center “ELKA”.
Special guest: Dasha Kapitanova, author and talk-show hostess of TV Presenter Level Up, a business coach.
You decided to get out of your comfort zone and begin to be active?
The organizers will tell you where and how to get out of it. You will receive a powerful message to the action and find out all the details of the behavior of a successful person.
Registration is required.
The event is free.

Round Table "#IT-recruit 2.0: a chance for a new life"
2016-03-29
The round table will be held within the project “Formation of social adaptation of a stable system of Service Veterans ATO #ITRecruit”
Plan:
– Discussion of the problems of adaptation and resocialization ATO veterans;
– Presentation of the project IT-recruit 2.0 (goals, description of the individual courses and components);
– Discussion of the possibilities to attract socially responsible businesses to implement social projects.
Where: Kharkov National University of Radio Electronics (Prospect Nauky, 14, 3rd floor, room 336).
Additional information – phone: (050) 902 72 80 (chairman HOS “Youth Initiatives” Denis Tkachev), (050) 576 99 99 (head of the project “IT-recruit 2.0” Evgen Sakalo).
Details – on site (UA) and on Facebook (RU).

Humorlab Stand Up Club
2016-03-27 20:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Fat Goose Pub, Kosmicheskaya Street, 21, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Kharkiv beer restaurant “Fat Goose Pub” and the first television Stand Up show of Ukraine “Humorlab Stand Up Club” (RU) invite you to make a good meal and have a good laugh at the new show from the residents of “Lab of humor” Stand Up Jack Pot.
You are expected to see the bright hour and a half humorous confrontation of the funniest comedians of Kharkiv. Special guest – Fima Constantinovsky (from Dnepropetrovsk Team). The visitors will determine which team will hit Stand Up Jack Pot.
Tickets can be purchased here.
