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SUMMARY:Candlelight: From Mozart to Chopin
DESCRIPTION:Aldo Dotti plays a 65 minute programme of piano favourites\, outdoors at the Jumeriah Al Qasr’s Céleste poolside restuarant. The programme: \nMozart: Rondo alla Turca from Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major\, K 331\nMozart: Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major\, K.332 – I. Allegro\nMozart: “Queen of the Night” Aria (Der Hölle Rache) from The Magic Flute\, K.620\nBeethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor\, Op.67 – I. Allegro con brio\nBeethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor\, Op.27 No.2 (“Moonlight Sonata”) – I. Adagio sostenuto\nBeethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor\, Op.13 (“Pathétique”) – III. Rondo: Allegro\nLiszt: Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat Major\, S.541\nChopin: Nocturne in E-flat Major\, Op.9 No.2\nChopin: Waltz in C-sharp Minor\, Op.64 No.2\nChopin: Scherzo in B-flat Minor\, Op.31 No.2 \nThe ticket includes a 20% discount on several of the hotel’s bars and restaurants on the same day; and for AED 530 you can include a three-course dinner at Pierchic too\, which itself is a pretty romantic location …
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/candlelight-from-mozart-to-chopin-2/
LOCATION:Jumeirah Al Qasr\, Madinat Jumeirah\, Umm Suqeim\, Dubai
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250421
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SUMMARY:Bluewaters Art Festival
DESCRIPTION:The inaugural Bluewaters Art Festival runs 4pm to midnight from 12 to 20 April\, featuring a theme (“Re:Connect”) and “designed to transform the island into a vibrant open-air gallery”. Expect murals\,  installations\, large-scale inflatable art\, outdoor sculptures\, and indoor exhibits via collaborations with Firetti Gallery\, Studio 13 and Kanvas Room\, plus live music\, art talks and hands-on workshops (mainlky for kids). \nThere’s a schedule on the website\, but for real-time info follow @BluewatersDubai on Instagram.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/bluewaters-art-festival/
LOCATION:Bluewaters\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Festival
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250417
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250418
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Niga Sayyed and Ali Zolghadri: Silence & Noise
DESCRIPTION:The connection between silence and noise\, minimalism and maximalism\, is explored in this exhibition\, which contrasts contemporary and traditional art: Ali Zolghadri works with minimalistic black-and-white photography\, Niga Sayyed captures quiet stories from the past in pieces that evolve from traditional printmaking to contemporary mixed media.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-niga-sayyed-and-ali-zolghadri-silence-noise/
LOCATION:XVA Gallery\, Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood\, Bur Dubai\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250417
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250418
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SUMMARY:Thomas Lélu: Calm Down It’s Just Art
DESCRIPTION:Thomas Lélu’s practice interweaves photography\, installation art\, and textual elements\, frequently featuring the appropriation and recontextualisation of imagery from popular culture and media to interrogate themes of contemporary society\, consumerism\, and media representation. His methodology of exploration\, archiving\, and contextualization positions the French artist as “one of the archaeologists of our present epoch”\, as the gallery puts it. To 14 June.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/thomas-lelu-calm-down-its-just-art/
LOCATION:Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery\, 796 Jumeirah Street\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250417
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250421
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SUMMARY:World Art Dubai 2025
DESCRIPTION:World Art Dubai is back for its eleventh edition\, with more than 10\,000 artworks from 400+ galleries and individual artists who come from more than 65 different countries. WAD has grown out of its early days as a simple lo-fi affordable art fair into a bustling\, buzzy four days. It still majors on the affordable art of the title (prices from $100\, we’re told); and since there’s no jury to oversee applications\, it’s likely to be variable in quality. But then that’s all part of the vibe …  There’s a full schedule of extras like live painting\, talks\, demos\, workshops\, and more: check out the programme here. \nWAD is open 1pm to 9pm. As well as the one-day one-adult ticket at AED 30 and a four-day pass for AED 50\, there’s reduced-price entry for kids aged 12-18 and family tickets at AED 60 (two adults one child) and AED 70 (two adults\, two children). All of these represent a modest but noticeable increase on 2024 prices …
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/world-art-dubai-2025/
LOCATION:Dubai World Trade Centre\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art/design fair
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250417T103000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250417T113000
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SUMMARY:The Power of Words: When Humour Meets Visual Culture
DESCRIPTION:A conversation with around Thomas Lélu’s current Zidoun-Bossuyt show Calm Down It’s Just Art exploring the impact of language and humour in contemporary art\, and how it resonates within an international cultural context like that of the UAE. \nThe panel: \nThomas Lélu artist\nSalem Alshamsi artist\, lawyer and lecturer at Sorbonne Abu Dhabi\nJudith Benhamou art writer\nStéphanie Salha director\, Institut Français Des Émirats Arabes Unis \nRSVP to leslie@zidoun-bossuyt.com.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-power-of-words-when-humor-meets-visual-culture/
LOCATION:Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery\, 796 Jumeirah Street\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Conversation
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SUMMARY:The Fridge Open Mic / Marisa Sardo
DESCRIPTION:The Fridge’s Open Mic night is one of the best in town\, both because of the venue (good vibes\, good acoustics\, good crowd) and because of the top tech available – includes drum kit\, electric keyboard\, bass amp\, guitar amp\, mics\, plus an AUX socket for plugging in a prerecorded backing track (and it’s sponsored by Sennheiser\, for extra cred). \nPerformers can register for slots on a first-come\, first-served basis\, either online in advance or from 6.30pm on the night. Each act gets 10 minutes \nThis time there’s an extra performance in the middle of the session\, a spot for the award-winning classical guitarist Marisa Sardo. The gifted young Italian-American is currently touring the Middle East\, and she’s well worth catching …
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-fridge-open-mic-marisa-sardo/
LOCATION:The Fridge Warehouse\, Warehouse 5\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Open mic
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250417T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250417T210000
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CREATED:20250414T165111Z
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SUMMARY:En Fanfare | The Marching Band: dir Emmanuel Courcol (2024)
DESCRIPTION:The third feature film from screenwriter\, actor and director Emmanuel Courcol is a sensitive work that matches music and meaningful relationships. Thibaut\, an acclaimed orchestra conductor\, diagnosed with leukaemia \,discovers that he is adopted when a DNA test to find a possible bone marrow donor reveals a biological brother\, Jimmy. The two meet up;  Jimmy is a factory worker who plays trombone in a local marching band. When the band loses its conductor\, Thibaut steps in as replacement\, and the brothers learn more about the circumstances that have shaped each other’s lives … \nThis screening\, which is in French with English subtitles\, opens SUAD’s Francofilm Festival– a series of five films showing on consecutive nights between 19 and 23 April\, celebrating the French language and the diversity of Francophone cinema.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/en-fanfare-the-marching-band-dir-emmanuel-courcol-2024/
LOCATION:Germaine Tillion Garden\, SUAD Campus\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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