Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for April 6, 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
Family fun
Attend a housewarming party for the new beIN lifestyle channel Home and Garden TV – HGTV – featuring workshops by leading experts in interior design and feng shui. Aisling Young and Iman Hassan (pictured) will host classes including coffee-table designing, shelf designing, as well as techniques for creating positive energy flow in the home. Workshops start at 4pm, 5pm and 6pm. Plus there will be tips and tricks, activities, including a sledgehammer game, a Twitter vending machine for prizes, and arts and crafts activities for children.
Daily until Saturday, 10am to midnight today and tomorrow; 10am to 10pm on Saturday, free, Marina Mall, Abu Dhabi, www.facebook.com/HGTVArabia
Dubai
Comic Con
Attend the Middle East Film & Comic Con and celebrate the worlds of gaming, manga, movies and TV, cosplay and more. Star guests include actor Anthony Mackie from The Avengers, Game of Thrones star Liam Cunningham, and Josh McDermitt of The Walking Dead. There will be a live video Q&A panel with filmmaker Kevin Smith, plus film screenings, merchandise, talks workshops, and much more.
Daily until Saturday, 11am to 9pm, today; 10am to 10pm, tomorrow and Saturday, from Dh100, World Trade Centre, Dubai, www.platinumlist.net
Dubai
Comedy show
Get tickets now to see Russell Howard perform live in Dubai. The British stand-up comedian and host of the TV show Russell Howard's Good News brings his Round the World tour to Dubai College.
April 20 to 22, doors open at 7pm, show starts at 8pm on April 20 and 21; doors open at 6pm, show starts at 8pm on April 22, from Dh295, auditorium, Dubai College, Dubai, www.800tickets.com
Abu Dhabi
Waterpark fun
Head to Yas Waterworld for the ladies’ night experience, where women can enjoy an Emirati-inspired adventure. Plunge into the story of the Lost Pearl, search for hidden treasures, and enjoy more than 40 rides and slides, in a private setting staffed entirely by women.
Thursdays, 6pm to 11pm, from Dh250, females only; boys up to age 8 with government-issued ID required, Yas Waterworld, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, www.yaswaterworld.com
Sharjah
Concert
Make plans to attend Tajallíyát, a concert by Jahida Wehbi. The Lebanese tarab performer, known for her vocal abilities, sets poetry to music in a concert featuring a musical arrangement accompanied by Elie Maalouf conducting the band.
Wednesday, 7pm, Dh25 for American University of Sharjah cardholders; Dh50 for non-cardholders, main auditorium, main building, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, www.facebook.com/wwwausedu
Nationwide
New movie
In the film Going in Style, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin play three lifelong friends who have fallen on rough financial times when their pensions are lost after their former company is bought out. Together they plan a risky robbery of the bank that took their money. The film is a remake of the 1979 comedy of the same name. Comedy, directed by Zach Braff and also starring Matt Dillon, Christopher Lloyd, Kenan Thompson and Ann-Margret.
Screening at cinemas across the UAE. (TBA)
Dubai
Art exhibition
In the exhibition House of Cards, Tehran-based painter Afshin Pirhashemi presents large-scale works that describe how the dominant role of media in everyday life increasingly shapes world views. The artist incorporates popular culture references as well as iconic female protagonists to portray power in various ways. Pictured: An untitled image by Afshin Pirhashemi
Daily until May 25, 10am to 8pm, Sundays to Thursdays; noon to 8pm on Saturdays (closed Fridays), Ayyam Gallery, Gate Village Building 3, DIFC, Dubai, 04 439 2395, www.ayyamgallery.com
Dubai
Performance
Attend a musical adaptation of Pinocchio presented by H2 Productions that tells the story of the wooden marionette who longs to become a real boy. The performance features vibrant scenery and costumes, music and choreography.
Daily until Saturday, 2pm and 6pm, from Dh140, Centrepoint Theatre, Ductac, Mall of the Emirates, Dubai, 04 341 4777, www.ductac.org
Dubai
Film screening
See the film Taste of Cherry as part of the Work in Progress series presented by Cinema Akil and Alserkal Avenue. The award-winning 1997 Iranian film, directed by Abbas Kiarostami, is about Mr Badii, a middle-aged man who plans to commit suicide and seeks out someone to help him. Everyone refuses, until an old Turkish taxidermist, who has attempted suicide himself, agrees to help.
Tonight, 7pm, free on a first-come, first-seated basis, The Yard, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz, Dubai, www.cinemaakil.com
Dubai
Concerts
Enjoy two nights of free concerts at Dubai Parks Nights, featuring Lebanese singer and “Queen of Stage” Myriam Fares and Iraqi singer Waleed El Shami tonight, then UAE singer Shamma Hamdan (pictured) and Bahraini singer Khalid Fouad tomorrow night.
Tonight and tomorrow, 8pm to 11pm, free, Amazium Plaza, in front of Motiongate Dubai, Dubai Parks and Resorts, Dubai, www.dubaiparksandresorts.com
