ATTEND the Shopping Soiree, where you will find quality, handmade crafts and gift items from local vendors, including toys, homewares, clothing, artwork, jewellery and accessories. From 10am to 2pm, Abu Dhabi Golf Club, Khalifa City A, Abu Dhabi, info@shoppingsoiree.ae
SEE the opening of the exhibition Fluid Forms, in which the artist Faig Ahmed presents a solo exhibition that explores the cultural and physical dexterity of Middle Eastern carpets. He employs weaving techniques to create rugs with contemporary design and structure such as Shift (pictured). At 7pm, Cuadro Fine Art Gallery, Building 10, DIFC Gate Village, Dubai, 04 425 0400, www.cuadroart.com
BOOK a consultation this month at Vivandi Hair Spa and receive either an intensive wheat moisturising treatment or an anti-dandruff session free, or enjoy 50 per cent off the regular price of a Hair B. Toxx treatment. From 9.30am to 6.30pm, Suite 404 B2, Gulf Towers, Oud Metha Road, Dubai, 04 335 3336, www.hairspa.ae
SEE an exhibition of drawings by international artists as part of the 2014 conference Crossing the Line: Drawing in the Middle East, hosted by American University in Dubai. thejamjar, Street 17A, Al Quoz, Dubai, 04 341 7303, www.thejamjardubai.com
TAKE PART in a photography competition organised by the Fondation Alliance Française, which ends on January 8. Submit photos that represent the theme Climate: A State of Emergency. Free to participate, Oud Metha, Alliance Française Dubai, 04 335 8712, www.afdubai.org
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