Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for May 21, 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
Craft market
Attend the Shopping Soiree and find quality, handmade crafts and gift items from local vendors at pop-up shops featuring jewellery, home decor, clothing, toys, baby products, skincare, furniture, handbags and more.
Today, 10am to 2pm, The Westin Abu Dhabi Golf Resort and Spa, Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi, info@shoppingsoiree.ae
Nationwide
New movie
In Everything, Everything, Maddy (Amandla Stenberg) is a teenager who has lived a sheltered life due to a severe autoimmune disease that prevents her from leaving home and interacting with others. She strikes up a friendship with Olly (Nick Robinson) whose family moves in next door. When their friendship turns romantic, Maddy knows she will have to risk it all to be close to Olly. Romantic drama, also starring Anika Noni Rose, Ana de la Reguera and Taylor Hickson.
Screening at cinemas across the UAE. (15+)
Abu Dhabi
Muntada talk
Register to attend a Muntada talk presented by Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation about people living with multiple sclerosis (MS). It aims to provide practical help to those with MS and inspire them to take the initiative by highlighting success stories. Speakers include Andrew Woo, a neurology professor; Mahmood El Belushi (pictured), a trainer and life coach; and Saeed Al Habsi, of the UAE MS Support Group.
Tomorrow, 5pm, free with registration, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, register at www.shf.ae
Ras Al Khaimah
Art exhibition
See Proud Expressions, a touring public-art exhibition honouring the nation’s heroes. Artworks especially commissioned and contributed by artists, members of the public and students from schools and universities pay symbolic tribute to the UAE’s martyrs. Pictured: An image from the exhibition.
Daily until Wednesday, Main Atrium, Al Hamra Mall, Ras Al Khaimah, www.proudexpressions.ae
Abu Dhabi
Cultural exhibition
Emirati Adornment: Tangible & Intangible continues at Warehouse421. The ongoing Emirati memory project, Lest We Forget, presents an interactive exhibition that explores Emirati identity as conveyed through modes of adornment, both tangible – garments, jewellery, weapons and more – and intangible aspects, including knowledge and skills to apply henna, kohl and fragrance, as well as grooming and hairstyles. Daily until August 27, 10am to 8pm Tuesdays to Sundays (closed on Mondays), Warehouse421, Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, www.warehouse421.ae
Dubai
Family fun
Dubai Parks and Resorts have new summer packages for Motiongate Dubai, Bollywood Parks Dubai, Legoland Dubai and Legoland Water Park, plus food and beverages. Enjoy all the fun of the amusement parks at a special price this summer – from Dh195 for admission to one park with unlimited food and beverages or Dh295 for admission to two parks with unlimited food and beverages.
Motiongate Dubai open 2pm to 10pm; Bollywood Parks Dubai open 4pm to midnight; Legoland Dubai open noon to 8pm; Legoland Water Park open 10am to 7pm, Dubai Parks and Resorts, Dubai, www.dubaiparksandresorts.com
Dubai
Art exhibition
Visit the exhibition Artists for Change, presented by the Fatima Bint Mohamed Bin Zayed Initiative (FBMI), in collaboration with UAE artists and underprivileged artisans in Afghanistan. It features the largest ball of yarn ever assembled in the region. With a diameter of three metres, the yarn was handspun and dyed with natural vegetable colourings in Afghanistan. Plus, see hand-knotted carpets created by the FBMI weavers with patterns based on original artwork by four Emirati artists who donated their creations for this project. See weaving demonstrations daily during Ramadan from 4pm to midnight and try your skills on the traditional carpet loom.
Daily until June 16, 10am to 10pm, Sundays to Wednesdays; 10am to noon, Thursdays to Saturdays, Festival Square, Dubai Festival City, www.fbmi.ae
Dubai
Concert
Get tickets for Unite with Tomorrowland and see a line-up of top EDM musicians, including Martin Solveig (pictured), FrankyRizardo, Tom Swoon, Ferreck Dawn, Robert Falcon, Mikael Weermets, Siege, Arcade 82 and Barry Fore. Headliners Armin van Buuren, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Kshmr will also perform via livestream from Tomorrowland MainStage in Belgium.
July 29, 2pm to 3am, from Dh490, 21+, Festival City Arena, Dubai, www.platinumlist.net
Dubai
Performance
Get tickets to see Gems Trilogy, a contemporary dance show performed by the LA Dance Project. It features works by top choreographers, including Murder Balades by Justin Peck, Hearts & Arrows and On the Other Side by Benjamin Millepied. The performances combine the strong legwork of ballet and improvisation of modern dance to create a visual spectacle that tells a story.
September 28 to 29, 8pm, from Dh150, Dubai Opera, Downtown Dubai, Dubai, www.dubaiopera.com
Dubai
Art workshops
Register to take part in a series of art workshops with award-winning painter Mohannad Orabi as part of Alserkal Avenue’s after-iftar programming on Wednesdays throughout Ramadan. Classes include sketching and drawing, colour and composition, painting and still-life painting.
Wednesdays beginning May 31, 9pm to 11pm, free with registration, Ayyam Gallery, 11 Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz, Dubai, register at events@ayyamgallery.com
