[WATC] Things To Do In Pune - Weekend of Jul 19th, Jul 20th

Hello hello! Movie festivals, screenings, plays, musicals, heritage and good walks, board games and chess meetup - mad packed weekend.

Pic - cozy bungalow named Hill View on Aundh Khadki Road

16th Jul to 20th Jul : *Load The Box Bookfair*. 11AM, Amanora Mall - Hadapsar, free entry. Details - https://bit.ly/46OetIl

18th Jul to 20th Jul : *The Black Box Film Festival - Edition 01 - The Long Seventies, Reflections & Continuities*. Multiple timings, The Black Box - Baner, 200. Tickets - https://bit.ly/4eWmyNk

18th Jul : *Pune Auto Show - Season 5*. 10AM, Nexus Westend Mall - Aundh, free entry. Details - https://bit.ly/44SF1FY

18th Jul : *Screening - A Rifle and a Bag - An intimate documentary following ex-Naxalites Somi and Sukhram as they navigate life after surrendering, striving for a better future for their children*. 6PM, Monalisa Kalagram - KP, 300. Tickets - https://bit.ly/4lwfMQH

19th Jul : *Narayan Peth Breakfast Walk w/ The Western Routes*. 8:30AM, Kesari Wada, 900 (incl unltd food tasting at the stops). Regn - https://bit.ly/455c8Yh

19th Jul : *Mandai Heritage Walk w/ Pune Heritage Walks*. 9AM, Pune Nagar Vachan Mandir - Tulshibaug, 300. Regn - https://bit.ly/3Upjr6R

19th Jul & 20th Jul : *Open House - browse & purchase from their collection w/ Curators Of Clay*. 10AM to 6PM. Curators of Clay - Bhugaon, free entry. Details - https://bit.ly/4eWb5xe

19th Jul & 20th Jul : *Pune Chess Meetups - multiple meetups across the city*. 11AM, multiple venues, free to participate. Details (yet to post final schedule for this weekend) - https://bit.ly/4eZaaMs

19th Jul : *Musical - Chicago*. 11AM & 6PM (2 shows), St. Mira's Auditorium - KP, 200. Tickets - https://bit.ly/46zofOH

19th Jul : *Board Games Meetup - first timers and regulars, all are welcome. Games - Catan, Shasn, Secret Hitler*. 1PM to 5PM, Revive Social Cafe & Lounge - Aundh, 199 (venue charges, to be paid at the venue). RSVP - 8600709820

19th Jul & 20th Jul : *Parampara - A Baithak Series w/ Kalayaan Cultural Centre*. 5:30PM onwards. Kalayaan Cultural Centre - Erandwane, free entry (FCFS). Details - https://bit.ly/4ocjlxt

19th Jul : *Screening - My Favourite Cake (2024), dir - Maryam Moghadam, Behtash Sanaeeha, lang - Persian (with English subtitles)*. 6PM, Watermark Film Club - Kothrud, 300. Regn - WhatsApp ONLY 9422016044

19th Jul : *Classics to Pop - piano recital w/ Cantabile*. 6:30PM, Furtados - Nucleus Mall Camp, free entry. Details - https://bit.ly/4lAB6oo

20th Jul : *Snakes Around Us w/ Garudkar Vasundhara Abhiyan*. 8:30AM, Baner Hill, free to participate. Regn mandatory - 8390701644

20th Jul : *Shaniwar Wada Heritage Walk w/ Pune Heritage Walks*. 9AM, Shaniwar Wada, 400. Regn - https://bit.ly/4lVL5UN

20th July : *Alive - a Darpan 2025 award-winning Marathi play*. 5PM & 7:30PM, Shreeram Lagoo Rang-Avkash - Swargate, 400. Tickets - https://bit.ly/4eyFG3v

20th Jul : *Screening - Cinema Paradiso*. 6PM, RAAH - A Literacy & Cultural Centre - Lullanagar, 150. Regn - https://bit.ly/4lCReFV

20th Jul : *Play - G.O.A.T Grotesque Of All Time - a not quite, not quite theatre that's part inner monologue part absurd spectacle*. 7:30PM, The Box 2 : Erandwane, 250. Tickets - https://bit.ly/4mDYeTQ

*Later*
26th Jul : *Pataleshwar Caves Heritage Walk w/ Ayan Heritage Walks*. 8:30AM, Pataleshwar Caves Entrance - JM Road, 300. Regn - WhatsApp ONLY on 9881736175

02nd Aug : *Day Heritage Trip - Bhuleshwar, Changteshwar & Sangameshwar w/ Indic Journeys*. 7AM, Shivajinagar, 1799 (incl breakfast, refreshments & transport). Regn - 9371131975

*Recurring*
Saturdays :
- *East Pune Reads*, free. https://bit.ly/3SVJNfN
- *Saturday Writing w/ Pune Writers' Group*, free. https://bit.ly/3G53vmO

Sundays :
- All July - *Nature Discovery Walks w/ Ecological Society*. 7AM, multiple venues, 150. Details - https://bit.ly/4kmQF1p
- *Pune Old City Heritage Walks w/ Western Routes*, 625. https://bit.ly/40SR1G8
- *Plogging w/ Pune Ploggers*, free. https://bit.ly/4bPabk2

*F&B News*
- Hotel Shreyas (Deccan Gymkhana) has a Maharashtrian Bhojan Mahotsav, on 18th and 19th July. 550 per person. The dishes encompass Kolhapuri, Konkani, Puneri, Varhadi and Khandeshi dishes.

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