E-Flux Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. Courtesy Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
E-Flux Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. Courtesy Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
E-Flux Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. Courtesy Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
E-Flux Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. Courtesy Guggenheim Abu Dhabi

5 things to do today: Attend workshops at Guggenheim Abu Dhabi or relax at the Sense Spa


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Start the year off with a visit to the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Art Workshops. Take part in a variety of workshops for children and adults of all ages, inspired by the current exhibition Seeing Through Light: Selections from the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Collection. Daily until January 19, various timings on various days, Dh50, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, www.guggenheimabudhabi.ae

Relax with the Sense Voya Facial at the Sense Spa in Rosewood hotel Abu Dhabi. This 45-minute treatment will rejuvenate and revitalise tired skin after the excesses of the holiday season. Available until January 31, Dh295, Rosewood Abu Dhabi, www.rosewoodhotels.com

Sign up for Full Moon Yoga, part of Yogafest ME, a free, green, community event aimed at bringing yoga teachers and students together. The event is supported by volunteers and sponsorship, with proceeds going to local children's charities. Tomorrow, 3pm to 6pm, Dubai Internet City Amphitheatre, Media City, Dubai, www.yogafest.me

Try the Classic Russian Delights tasting menu at Cabana. The spread includes an array of seafood dishes, presented over six courses. January 1 to 10, from Dh250 per person, The Address Dubai Mall, 04 888 3444.

Visit Lounge@Barsha for sushi night. Sample a number of its sushi and sashimi dishes, all prepared at a live station. Every Thursday, 7pm to 11pm, Dh109 per person, Lounge@Barsha, Lobby Level, Holiday Inn, Al Barsha, Dubai, 04 323 4333 www.holidayinn.com

Sole survivors
  • Cecelia Crocker was on board Northwest Airlines Flight 255 in 1987 when it crashed in Detroit, killing 154 people, including her parents and brother. The plane had hit a light pole on take off
  • George Lamson Jr, from Minnesota, was on a Galaxy Airlines flight that crashed in Reno in 1985, killing 68 people. His entire seat was launched out of the plane
  • Bahia Bakari, then 12, survived when a Yemenia Airways flight crashed near the Comoros in 2009, killing 152. She was found clinging to wreckage after floating in the ocean for 13 hours.
  • Jim Polehinke was the co-pilot and sole survivor of a 2006 Comair flight that crashed in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49.
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