Watch the classic 1922 German silent horror film Nosferatu, which is loosely based on Bram Stoker's novel Dracula as part of Alserkal Avenue and Cinema Akil's summer screening series Here Comes the Sun. The film follows the German estate agent Thomas Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim) to Transylvania, where he is meeting a client, Count Orlok (Max Schreck), whom the townspeople fear and Hutter soon begins to suspect is Nosferatu, the Bird of Death. 7pm, free entry, A4 Space, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz, Dubai, www.cinemaakil.com
Attend a workshop on painting nature with watercolours and learn different techniques, including washes, glazing, wet-on-wet, dry brush, lifting off, dropping in colour and salt technique. 5.30pm, Dh30, Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, register at 06 556 6555, rsvp@maraya.ae
Get tickets now to see Alice in Wonderland On Ice. The St Petersburg State Ice Theatre of Russia combine music and video to present the classic story of the fantasy world. September 18 and 19, 4pm on Friday; 11am and 4pm on Saturday, from Dh100, Emirates Palace auditorium, Abu Dhabi, www.timeouttickets.com
Register now to take part in a workshop on encaustic painting, based on the artwork in Louvre Abu Dhabi Stories: Immortal Figures. Participants will create a portrait on a wooden board using encaustic paint, to resemble the Fayum mummy portraits. August 15 and 19, Dh50, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, register at 02 657 5800
Attend a talk as part of the Summer Startup Sessions – a series of workshops for entrepreneurs and creatives. Sallyann Della Casa of the Growing Leaders Foundation will share how to build your business in a distinctive way by identifying your "zag" – what your company does radically differently from others. 7.30pm, The Bureau Dubai, Souk Al Bahar, Dubai, 04 427 2100, www.facebook.com/thebureaudubai
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