Bike quest with prizes
2016-04-23 10:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Kharkiv, Ukraine
“Zhilstroy -1” holds bike quest

1st place – the main prize – 5000 UAH!!!
The first 5 teams – will receive prizes from sponsors of “Zhilstroy -1”!
Participation is absolutely free.

Gather a team of 3-5 persons, register and come to the starting point – Taras Shevchenko Garden, the top area of the fountain “Kaskad”.
Registration.

Meet Up “Chat bots are new apps”
2016-04-23 15:00 (Europe/Moscow)
During the meeting, we will:

Examine the question of chat bots;
Consider art education chat bots: Retrieval-Based vs. Generative;
Build a simple chat bot;
Consider the question of sites for the deployment of IM bots;
Consider the runtime platform for chat bots;
Talk about the performance of user code on the server;
Consider the architectural Cloud Code.

Organizers: IT Cloud Academy based on Brain Academy, with the support of Qualium Systems Ltd., SSA Group and QuickBlox.
Where: Otakara Yarosha, 18 (metro Botanichnyi Sad), BC “Solaris”, floor 10, office 5
When: April 23 (Saturday)
Time: 15:00
Price: free admission
Register here.
Ask your questions by phone: +38 063 44 11 331, +38 066 44 11 331, +38 068 44 11 331.

Street Workout
2016-04-24 11:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Sports and entertainment complex Workout, Sumska Street, 81, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On April 24 Kharkiv to host the opening of the warm season on Street Workout.
The opening will take place at the sports and entertainment complex Workout on the territory of the Gorky Park.
In the program: sportsmen competitions in individual freestyle and pulling up with extra weight.
Eugene Kocherga will judge Kharkiv competition (World Champion in Street Workout, international judge, a multiple champion on power disciplines).

8 free IT workshops
2016-04-27 19:00, 2016-05-04 07:00 - 17:00, 2016-05-11 19:00, 2016-05-18 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.

Charity photo session
2016-04-28 10:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Moscow) | “EVA fotostudio”, Plekhanivska Street, 98a, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Charity photo session-action “Help the Children” – is a free photo session for all who want to help premature children from Kharkiv perinatal center, the cost of which is a voluntary humanitarian aid.
Registration lasts until April 27, 23:00.
The organizers will contact each registered person and arrange a photo session.
If you are not indifferent and want to help the children – find out more (UK).

Startup Crash Test #7
2016-04-28 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/Moscow)
For many projects Startup Crash Test becomes a first chance to tell the world about themselves and receive priceless feedback & advice.
“We have already relaunched Startup Crash Test Kharkiv in a brand new mode! On Startup Crash Test #7 you will meet teams with new ideas, fresh opinion on the projects from mentors and guests, pur famous twitter-wall, giveaway of new tickets to great events and speech from an expert whose name we can’t tell yet,” promise the organizers.
Startup teams will get a chance to check:

their business-models, marketing strategies, distribution model and other necessary elements of IT-startups;
find partners and like-minded people;
receive media coverage;
communicate with the investors and the business community in an informal environment.

Where: Fabrika.space (Blagoveshchenska Street, 1).
When: 28 April
Time: 19:00-21:00
Price: 60 UAH
More information and registration is available here.

Fashion social photo exhibition
2016-04-30 17:00 (Europe/Moscow) | “Sumskoy market”, Kultury Street, 8, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Ukraine’s first fashion photo exhibition of social topics will be held in Kharkiv!
From April 30 to May 7 in the shopping center “Sumskoy market” will be held a fashion photo exhibition on social issues – “These problems of modern society,” the grand opening of which will take place on April 30 at 17:00.
“Fifteen young models and more than 20 professional photographers, designers, hairdressers, make-up artists took part in the formation of the exhibition. Our photo exhibition – are social problems through the eyes of children – commented on the organizers of the exhibition, the heads of the production center KPV PRODUCTION – brothers Erzikovy.
Admission to the exhibition from May 1-7 is free.
Find out more (RU).

Victory Day in Ecopark
2016-05-07 - 2016-05-09
From May 7 to 9 a memorial installation Wall of Memory will be presented at Feldman Ecopark.

For more information click here.

Autocross season starts
2016-05-07 12:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Track Cherkaska Lozova, Cherkaska Lozova, Kharkiv region, Ukraine
May 7-8, in Kharkiv will be held 20th opening of the season of the national autocross as part of I stage of the Championship of Ukraine 2016 under the name “XADO Maximum”.
According to the organizers (RU), this time at the start is expected up to 50 participants from all over the country. The race will take place on the track “Cherkaska Lozova” – earth road 1100 meters in length and with a height difference of 42 meters.
The competition will begin on May 7 at 12:00 with the training and qualification runs. At 16:00 starts the first finals and prefinals.
On May 8 at 10:00 will be held all the remaining runs (at least two finals in each of the classes / groups). Approximately at 17:00, participants will distribute the places, and the organizers will award the winners.

Exhibition of decorative rodents and snails
2016-05-14 10:00 - 2016-05-15 16:30 (Europe/Moscow)
The goal of the exhibition is to show the guests purebred guinea pigs, rabbits, rats, gerbils, chinchillas, degus, hamsters and snails.
Read more here.
Where: Exhibition Center “Buzok” (Sums’ka Street, 25).
When: 14 and 15 May.
Time: Saturday 10:00-19:00, Sunday 10:00-16:30.
Price: Free admission.

Bridge of Generations to unite teens and elderly
2016-05-15
On Sunday May 15, the Bridge of Generations event will be held in the retro zone of Gorky Park.
Where: Gorky Central Park of Culture and Rest
When: May 15
Time: 13:00
Price: Free admission
For more information click here.
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Magic show "13 Illusions"
2016-05-17 15:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Concert hall “Ukraine”, Sumska Street, 35, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On May 17 at the stage of the concert hall “Ukraine” will be held a large, bright and unique magic show “13 illusions”.
Thirteen magical, mysterious, exclusive items on the program will make children jump with delight, and adults – puzzle over the question of how the obvious can be so incredible. Los Angeles, Monaco, Paris gave a standing ovation to this show.
Vitaly Gorbachevsky – winner of the Grand Prix awards of the International festival of magicians (Monte-Carlo, Monaco), World Magic Awards (Los Angeles, USA), Mandrake D’Or Awards (Paris, France), and Vitaly Luzkar – the winner of the TV show “Ukraine Got talent – 3 “(2011), winner of the Grand Prix prize and audience award of the International competition of illusionists.
Tickets cost from 100 to 450 UAH. For more information – (057) 705-08-21.
Tickets can be purchased at the box office of the concert hall “Ukraine” at Sumska Street, 35.

Barland Championship 2016
2016-05-18 10:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Moscow) | SEC “Karavan”, Heroiv Pratsi Street, 7, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Second All-Ukrainian championship Barland 2016 Healthy Living will be held in at the Shopping and Entertainment Center (SEC) Karavan on May 18.
The strongest barmen from around the country will come to Kharkiv! Among them will be the six-time champion of Ukraine and five-time world champion Elizaveta Soboleva!
Championship will consist of three parts – Mixology (the art of mixing drinks) Flaring (demonstration performance of barman in style of barman show) and Tandem Flaring (performance of two barmen in synchronous show in flaring style).
The championship is dedicated to healthy lifestyle!
There will be no alcohol!
The barmen will show their skills and prove that the non-alcoholic cocktails are fashionable, delicious and healthy!
Also will be offered cocktails from barmen and prizes from the partners of the championship!
Free admission!

Vyshyvanka Day
2016-05-19
Fashion students from ten educational units will present their clothing designs at an art festival on May 19.

At 18:00 a Multinational heart of Kharkiv action will see participants in embroidered shirts creating the heart of the most tolerant city of Ukraine.
At 18:30, there will be a planned flash mob – large-scale performance of Slobozhanskiy folk dance.
At 19:00 Youth Symphony Orchestra “Slobozhanskiy” will give a concert.

For more information click here.

Street Musician Day
2016-05-21
Today, from 13.00 to 19.00 in the city center will perform musical groups, dancers and singers.
According to the organizers, all six sites will be:

Near the Centre of Contemporary Art “YermilovCentre” (Freedom Square, 4)
Near the Rimsko-katolicheskaya Tserkov’ Uspeniya Prisnodevy Marii (Hoholya St, 4)
Near the “50 parallel” sign in the Garden Shevchenko
Near the monument to Pushkin (Poezii Square)
Near the Lovebirds monument (metro station “Architectora Beketova”)
Near Art area “DK” (Chernyshevska St, 13)

For more information click here.

Water Tourism Festival
2016-05-21 - 2016-05-22
May 21-22, the annual Water Tourism festival “KayakFest-2016” will take place in Zhuravlevsky Gidropark.
Everyone is welcome to take part. Participation is free, but you first need to register.
In addition, according to organizers, it is planned to establish a new record of Ukraine for mass Canoeing and kayaking. Detailed information is here (UA).
For more information click here.

Retro Rally
2016-05-21 10:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Stadium “Start”, Sumska Street, 130A, Kharkiv, Ukraine
The event dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the cult for drivers film “Beware of the Car” will be held in Kharkiv.
The program of retro-rally: exhibits from all over Ukraine, the rally in the city, the exhibition of original and restored cars, competitions on knowledge of the film with prizes. Star of festival – Volga GAZ-21.
Event duration: 21-22 May.
From 10:00 to 18:00.
You can find out more here (in Russian only).
Reference. Beware of the Car or Watch out for the Automobile (translit Beregis Avtomobilya). Is a Soviet 1966 crime comedy-drama film directed by Eldar Ryazanov, based on a screenplay by Emil Braginsky and produced by the Mosfilm.

Olympics on office sports
2016-05-21 11:30 - 16:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Territory near Kharkiv Palace Premier Hotel, Pravdy Street, 2, Kharkiv, Ukraine
The world should know champions. DataArt invites IT specialists to participate in the Olympics on office sports.
In Hahatlon program – 10 sports, individual and team competitions. Participants of the tournament and all the guests will be able to afford what they can’t do on the job: throwing a keyboard, crumple and tear the paper, breaking office equipment, draw cartoons and scream.
You will need:

Collect a team of up to 10 people (at least one member must be IT specialist)
Register until May 19 inclusively.

All participants of the Olympiad will receive gifts and prizes from DataArt.
Registration.
Regulations:

11:30 – 12:00 – gathering of participants and registration.
12:00 – 12:15 – ceremonial start.
12:15 – 14:30 – Hahatlon.
14:40 – 16:00 – rewarding of the participants, the closing ceremony.

More details:
Skype: Alina.vilk
Alina.vilk@dataart.com

"Photo of Patriot"
2016-05-22 02:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Svobody Square, Svobody Square, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On May 22, along with Vyshivanka Day at the Svobody Square will take place a charity art project “Photo of Patriot” from FRI!
Everyone can make a professional patriotic photo on the memory and update profile photo in social networks.
Positive emotions guaranteed!
The collected funds will be used for the development of the Ukrainian army.
Find out more (UK).

International Calligraphy Competition
2016-05-23 08:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
The first international student competition in Ukraine of font and calligraphy.
Participation is free. Find out more here.

Jamala gives a concert!
2016-05-26 19:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Kharkiv Opera and Ballet Theater named after Lysenko, Sumska Street, 25, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Having got a triumphed victory at the “Eurovision-2016”, beautiful Jamala hurries to share her feelings and emotions with fans and spectators!
On 26 May at the Kharkiv Opera and Ballet Theater named after Lysenko will perform Eurovision winner Jamala.
The singer will present her new album. Among the main features of the Jamala’s new album – six songs in Ukrainian language.
Price: 100-750 UAH
It is possible to buy tickets online or in the box office of the Kharkiv Opera and Ballet Theatre.

Handmade fair ARTiSHOP
2016-05-27 11:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Moscow)
This time ARTiSHOP Fair will be held in the open air, near the Kharkiv National Theatre of Opera and Ballet. The best masters and designers from all over Ukraine have prepared a summer collection of unique things which you will not find in the shops.
Organizers promise workshops, photo sessions, and of course the biggest market of designer items and handmade in Kharkiv.
When: May 27-29, from 11:00 to 19:00
Where: Kharkiv National Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Sumska Street, 25
Free admission.

IT: need or mission?
2016-05-27 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Speaker: The founder of Smithysoft – Vladimir Malyshkin.
Key issues:
1. IT skills – innate or acquired?
2. A typical portrait of a successful professional.
3. Features of training, or “how to find your cheese?”
4. “10 commandments” of the IT-person.
Where: Fabrika.space (Blagoveshchenska Street, 1)
When: 27 May
Time: 19:00-21:00
Price: free admission (registration)
For more information click here (RU).

Festival "European Kharkiv"
2016-05-28
Known artists will give master classes devoted to the creation of artistic images and implementation of ideas.
All interested persons are invited to create an image of the European Kharkiv in various genres – music, literature, theater, small architectural forms (houses made of cardboard), poster, collage, photo, drawing on the pavement, face-art.
Where: Kharkiv Municipal Gallery
When: 28 May

Race Nation
2016-05-28 09:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Zhuravlevsky hydro park, Militsionera Street, 23 A, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Find out more.

Market "Vsі.Svoi” of young Ukrainian brands
2016-05-28 10:00 - 2016-05-29 18:00 (Europe/Moscow)
On May 28 and 29, the city will host the largest market of young Ukrainian brands of clothes, shoes and accessories “Vsі.Svoi”, inform event organizers (UA).
Over 150 brands to suit all tastes and budgets as well as a rest zone and a food court will be available. All things have been created by Ukrainian masters.
Where: Fabrika.space (Blagoveshchenska Street, 1)
When: May 28-29
Time: 10:00 to 18:00
Price: free admission

Military sports festival
2016-05-28 11:00 (Europe/Moscow)
May 28, the military-technical sports festival “Defender of the Fatherland – 2016” dedicated to the Day of Frontier Guard of Ukraine, will take place at the airport “Korotych”.
Where: airfield “Korotych”
When: May 28
Time: 11:00
More information here.
