Register to take part in the Abu Dhabi Swimming Festival, which promotes swimming as a fun and engaging sport to maintain a healthy lifestyle through a variety of races in categories for children and adults, including a family-fun challenge, adult relay and junior splash dash. October 29, from 7am, various prices, Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, register at www.swimabudhabi.com
Book your spot at the launch of Ignite Surface SUP Yoga, led by Emily Bodhi of Under The Bodhi Tree. Swap your yoga mat for a paddle board and get a full-body workout by challenging your balance and get into nature with this spiritually nurturing activity. Saturday, October 15, 8.30am to 9.30am, Ignite Surface, Riva Beach Shoreline 7&8, The Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, 04 456 2482, www.ignitesurface.com
Visit the Science Film Festival 2016 and enjoy family-friendly activities to inspire young people through the wonders of science, including workshops on material science, science shows, planetarium shows, experiments and brainteasers. Tuesday, October 12, 9.30am to 6.30pm, Dh5 to enter Dubai Municipality's Creek Park, Dh15 for adults; Dh10 for children, Children's City, Dubai, www.goethe.de /gulfregion
Sign up your children, ages 4 and older, for Technology and its Discontents, a workshop in which kids can create sculptures and scenes using dough and then bring them to life with light and sound. All materials will be provided. Friday, October 14, 4pm to 6pm, free, Seminar Room, NYUAD Art Gallery, NYU Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, register at www.nyuad-artgallery.org
See Eye of the Beholder, a photography exhibition by the Wednesday Group Photographers International, featuring images that explore the city, sea, desert and Emirati people. Open 10am to 9pm, Etihad Modern Art Gallery, Bateen Area, Street 4, Villa 4/2, Abu Dhabi, 02 667 1229, www.etihadmodernart.com
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