Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for April 8, 2017, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. Ellen Fortini rounds up 10 things to do today in the UAE.
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Abu Dhabi
Outdoor market
Made In Abu Dhabi is the final outdoor pop-up market of the season hosted by La Loupe. The event features shopping stalls with more than 60 home-grown vendors’ products, crafts and gift items, plus food, music, a kids’ corner with activities, a bouncy castle, face-painting, arts and more, offering fun for the whole family.
Today, 11am to 6pm, free entrance, Eastern Mangroves Promenade, Abu Dhabi, www.facebook.com/laloupeauh
Dubai
Performance
Register for tickets to see Bootstraps. Loom Ensemble presents a performance with 20 actors and dancers, whose characters are created out of the performers' life experiences, drawing directly on the cultural heritage of their ancestors from around the world. The event celebrates the diversity of Dubai, examines how to define success and explores how modern career goals can tear us away from our roots.
April 24 to 29, 8pm, Dh75, thejamjar, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz, Dubai, 04 341 7303, registration essential at www.thejamjardubai.com
Abu Dhabi
Art exhibition
See the exhibition The Indian Kaleidoscope at Park Rotana, presented in collaboration with Gallerie Orchid in Mangalore, India. The event showcases works in a variety of styles and genres by Indian master artists, including M F Husain, Ramesh Pachpande and Philip D'mello, as well as aspiring artists. Pictured: Horse by M F Husain
Daily until Friday, open all day, lobby, Park Rotana Abu Dhabi, Khalifa Park, Abu Dhabi, www.facebook.com/ParkRotanaAbuDhabi
Nationwide
New movie
Aftermath stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Roman, who has lost his wife and child in a plane crash. He blames Jake (Scoot McNairy), the air-traffic controller on duty, and demands answers in person. The film is based on the Überlingen mid-air collision in 2002, for which Vitaly Kaloyev, a grieving Russian father, held Danish air-traffic controller Peter Nielsen responsible. Thriller, also starring Maggie Grace, Kevin Zegers and Hannah Ware.
Screening at cinemas across the UAE. (PG-15)
Abu Dhabi
Film screening
Attend two films at Yas Mall as part of the Korean Film Festival, presented by the Korean Cultural Center in the UAE. Tunnel, directed by Kim Seong-hun, features a father who becomes trapped inside his car when a tunnel collapses. Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet, directed by Lee Joon-ik, is based on the life of the renowned Korean poet Yun Dong-ju who was detained in Japan for having participated in the Korean independence movement, and the poetry he wrote in prison. Both films are in Korean with English subtitles.
Tonight, 7pm for Tunnel; 9pm for Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet, free with registration, Vox Cinemas, Yas Mall, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, register at k-filmfest.com
Dubai
Art exhibition
Visit the exhibition Atelier M, featuring works by UAE-based French artist Myriam Schryve. Curated by Alliance Française Dubai, it shows the challenges faced by visually-impaired people. Pictured: An image by Myriam Schryve
Daily until May 15, open all day, Sofitel Dubai Jumeirah Beach, Dubai, www.afdubai.org
Dubai
Art class
Take part in a series of outdoor art classes presented by Art Square on Saturday mornings. The classes introduce aspiring artists to various painting techniques, including acrylic, spray, oil, watercolours and sketching. No previous experience is needed and all the materials will be provided.
Today, 9am to noon, free to attend, Bay Square, Business Bay, Dubai, book at www.facebook.com/artsquareDXB
Dubai
Film screening
Catch a screening of Very Big Shot as part of the Work in Progress film series presented by Cinema Akil and Alserkal Avenue. The 2015 Lebanese and Qatari drama, directed by Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya, focuses on brothers who run a drug-dealing business out of their pizzeria in Beirut. When they are tasked with delivering a shipment over the border, they conspire with a filmmaker to pull off a clever plan.
Tonight, 7pm, free on a first-come, first-seated basis, The Yard, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz, Dubai, www.cinemaakil.com
Dubai
Performance
See a performance of the musical Grease. Curve Theatre presents the story of Sandy and Danny, who meet again after a whirlwind summer romance when Sandy is transferred to Rydell High. Hit songs include You're the One That I Want, Hopelessly Devoted to You, Summer Nights and Greased Lightning.
Daily until Thursday, 8pm, plus 2.30pm today, tomorrow and Thursday, from Dh150, Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, www.platinumlist.net
Dubai
Art exhibition
Catch the final days of Image of Self, a group exhibition featuring artists' works in multimedia, including drawings, paintings, videos, sculptures and photographs, all reflecting the lessons learnt by each individual through their self-portrait. Pictured: Beans from the series It Is Fall by Behdad Lahooti
Daily until Sunday, 10am to 6pm, Total Arts at the Courtyard, Sheikh Zayed Road, Al Quoz, 04 347 5050, www.facebook.com/totalartsuae
