Achieve your fitness goals at Bespoke Ride, Dubai's newest indoor cycling studio, which offers daily classes and training packages for cyclists of all levels and interests, including triathletes. Real road bikes are used in a group setting that simulates cycling physics and lets you gauge your performance with scientific feedback. From 6am to 10pm, Marabea Street, Al Quoz, Dubai, 04 348 4288, www.bespoke-ride.com
Sign up to take part in KITABuDhabi, a book club that brings together readers from the capital to share their thoughts about a common text. The current book being read is Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, which imagines a dystopian future of environmental destruction and governmental chaos. The book is available at the NYU Abu Dhabi bookstore and can be downloaded for Kindle at www.amazon.com. It will be discussed on October 28, from 6.30pm to 8pm, conference centre, NYU Abu Dhabi Saadiyat Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, www.nyuad.nyu.edu
Enjoy the Pink Garden Tea Party at Fairmont The Palm in support of breast-cancer awareness. Dress in pink and taste creations created by the hotel's culinary team. Twenty per cent of proceeds will be donated to Pink Caravan. From 3pm to 5pm, Dh295 per person, Fairmont The Palm, Palm Jumeirah, reservations at 04 457 3457, palm.dining@fairmont.com
Register for a calligraphy workshop at Creekside and learn how to redefine and redesign Arabic letters using different graphic influences to create posters and other items. Tomorrow, 5pm to 6pm, Dh100, Creekside, near the Al Fahidi Historical District, Bur Dubai, register at 04 359 9220, sorour.amini@ymail.com
Get tickets to see A Dark Opera Night, a Halloween musical experience presented by the Emirates Opera Project in collaboration with The Act. The evening will feature songs from musicals, TV and film themes as well as opera arias. Come in costume – there's a prize for the best-dressed guest. October 31, doors open at 8pm, show starts at 9pm, from Dh445 per person including a three-course set menu, The Act, level 42, Shangri-La hotel, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai. reservations at 04 355 1116, reservations@theactdubai.com
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