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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921
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SUMMARY:On Photography: The Shortest Shadow
DESCRIPTION:A three-day discussion-based practical seminar (evenings\, 6-9pm) investigating photography’s seeming constraint – its ‘short shadow’\, edging in on what already exists – and how that makes it a radical driver of modern art and thought. The seminar leader is Rohit Goel\, Director of the Bombay Institute for Critical Analysis and Research (BICAR). \nThis course is free\, and all necessary materials are provided by Sharjah Art Foundation.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/on-photography-the-shortest-shadow/
LOCATION:Sharjah Art Foundation\, Flying Saucer\, Sharjah\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Photography,Workshop
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921
DTSTAMP:20260913T143550Z
CREATED:20260913T143550Z
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SUMMARY:Makers Days
DESCRIPTION:Dubai Culture’s Makers Days initiative is back – two days intended to promote creative manufacturing in Dubai by bringing together makers\, designers\, artists\, creative entrepreneurs\, manufacturers\, and fabricators with a view to promoting new opportunities for SMEs (both manufacturers and people who might want something made). It’s aiming to attract more than 150 participants for a programme of workshops\, talks\, panel discussions\, networking sessions; a Maker’s Connect programme will provide “curated mentorship opportunities”; and there will be guided visits to a selection of production facilities within the Al Quoz Creative Zone. \nApplogies for the lack of detail; we have gleaned this much from a press release but there doesn’t seem to be any online information either at Dubai Culture’s website or Alserkal’s. The programme will probably be published first on Instagram\, so maybe keep an eye on that. We’ll try to keep abreast of this and update when we can …
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/makers-days/
LOCATION:Concrete\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Networking
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921
DTSTAMP:20260825T151100Z
CREATED:20260825T145801Z
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SUMMARY:Spider's Web
DESCRIPTION:The final performances for H72 Productions’ treatment of the Agatha Christie play – a country-house thriller-comedy with clues aplenty and a good helping of plot contrivances (including a most convenient hidden door in the study that of course leads to a secret passage) and a disappearing corpse. There are shows at 2.30pm and 7.30pm.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/spiders-web-3/
LOCATION:The Junction\, Unit H72\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921
DTSTAMP:20260407T140543Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T140543Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Shezad Dawood: Skin of Dreams
DESCRIPTION:Shezad Dawood’s 25-year career spans painting\, textiles\, sculpture\, ceramics\, film\, performance and digital media. Fascinated by ecologies and architecture\, his work connects art\, science\, music\, environmentalism and technology to explore both alternative histories and futures\, through a process of continuous world-building expressed as an explosion of colour and multi-layered narratives; and that should make this first mid-career retrospective of the artist a must-visit. The exhibition\, which is curated by Jessica Cerasi\, features more than 40 works including painting\, sculpture\, monumental film installations\, and interactive virtual reality experiences.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chnace-shezad-dawood-skin-of-dreams/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921
DTSTAMP:20260521T161140Z
CREATED:20260521T161140Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Laila Majid and Inaam Zafar: Body Quotidian
DESCRIPTION:Recent works by Laila Majid and Inaam Zafar that explore the human body and its presence in contemporary life through metaphor and symbolism. In Majid’s practice\, sculptural and photographic works unfold through slow revelation; Zafar’s practice explores themes of death and decay\, while foregrounding the body as a perishable entity. Bringing together these works\, Body Quotidian explores how light\, material\, gesture and atmosphere filters bodily experience; Moving between domestic scenes and abstraction\, the exhibition reflects on the quiet\, everyday moments through which the body continues to shape how we see and inhabit the world. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-laila-majid-and-inaam-zafar-body-quotidian/
LOCATION:Al Mureijah Square\, Sharjah
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921
DTSTAMP:20260915T175453Z
CREATED:20260915T175329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T175453Z
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SUMMARY:Artist's Room: Shezad Dawood
DESCRIPTION:Dawood’s New Dream Machine Project centres on a 3m-high rotating and flickering light sculpture\, an homage to artist and writer Brion Gysin’s Dreamachine; driving the mechanism is a perforated cylinder emitting pulses of light at the frequency of the brain’s alpha waves\, said to induce altered states of consciousness. Originally commissioned for the Abraaj Group Art Prize in 2011 and first presented at Art Dubai that same year\, the work is part of the Art Jameel Collection and has rarely been exhibited since. \nHere the sculpture is presented alongside two smaller Recyclages prototypes and archival materials tracing the project’s history. \nTo 31 January.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/artists-room-shezad-dawood/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921
DTSTAMP:20260915T180055Z
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SUMMARY:Artist's Room: Walid Siti
DESCRIPTION:This Artist’s Room traces forty years of Walid Siti’s practice\, including new sculptural commissions and material from the artist’s studio. Across his body of work\, structural forms mirror geological formations\, rising summits\, Mesopotamian ziggurats\, and the Tower of Babel\, all alluding to a persistent\, often reckless\, human drive toward ascension. A newly commissioned large-scale sculpture\, Registry of the Lived\, reflects on the troubled history of Kurdistan\, displayed alongside the War Series\, an early ensemble of drawings and etchings from the 1980s made during Siti’s years of exile. \nTo 31 January. \nRight: Walid Siti\, Mountains(2013)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/artists-room-walid-siti/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260920T153000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260920T170000
DTSTAMP:20260803T154326Z
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SUMMARY:Dance of the Emerald Isle
DESCRIPTION:A second and final chance to catch this “breathtaking” show that brings dancers\, musicians\, and singers together to capture “the magic of Ireland … Prepare to be enchanted”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/dance-of-the-emerald-isle-2/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260920T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260920T173000
DTSTAMP:20260915T172928Z
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SUMMARY:Music and Sound Club: Session #1 Tape Loop Manipulation
DESCRIPTION:Sharjah Art Foundation’s Music and Sound Club is a series of fortnightly hands-on workshops and meetup sessions form anyone interested in music and sonic arts. In this first workshop on Tape Loop Manipulation\, participants woll learn how to open\, splice and reattach cassette tape to build an endless loop; from those basics they will go on to explore “how this tactile analogue technique can unlock novel creative approaches to sound design and music composition”. \nThe sessions are free\, and all materials are provided.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/music-and-sound-club-session-1-tape-loop-manipulation/
LOCATION:SAF Photography Gallery\, Al Manakh\, Sharjah
CATEGORIES:Music,Sound art
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260920T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260920T190000
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SUMMARY:Portfolio Reviews for Illustrators
DESCRIPTION:An opportunity for feedback from a successful UAE-based illustrator – Ibrahem Swaid (Noobovich)\, whose work spans comics\, games and visual development. This session is suitable for intermediate-level illustrators or comic artists working in character design\, digital painting and concept art; you are encouraged to come to the session with a clear goal or specific questions you would like addressed. \nIt’s free\, but you must apply in advance to community@sharjahart.org with a minimum of five artworks (or a link to a website containing five of your works).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/portfolio-reviews-for-illustrators/
LOCATION:Sharjah Art Foundation\, Flying Saucer\, Sharjah\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Comic art,Illustration,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260920T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260920T213000
DTSTAMP:20260913T151233Z
CREATED:20260913T151233Z
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SUMMARY:Comedy at the Speakeasy
DESCRIPTION:The Mad Cat team does the rather cool Moon Bar at the Sana Restaurant in Mina Al Salam – a great venue: quite intimate\, few distractions. Featuring surprise drop-ins\, fresh material\, and “the kind of moments that only happen in a room full of people who chose live entertainment over another night of scrolling”. The door price includes one drink.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/comedy-at-the-speakeasy-5/
LOCATION:Moon Bar\, Mina Al Salam\, Madinat Jumeriah\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260920T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260920T210000
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SUMMARY:Spirit of the East: The Art of Oriental Fusion
DESCRIPTION:“A journey of ancient tradition and modern innovation” Spirit of the East is a contemporary musical collaboration built around the original compositions of oud maestro and composer Hooman Shirali\, bringing together the colors of Eastern music with contemporary sounds\, improvisation\, and the individual expression of each artist. Hooman is joined by tabla master Sandu\, Kadir on saxophone\, and soprano Yana Mann – with the backdrop of ToDA’s immersive 360o background visuals.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/spirit-of-the-east-the-art-of-oriental-fusion-2/
LOCATION:Theatre of Digital Arts\, Souk Madinat Jumeriah\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260920T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260920T220000
DTSTAMP:20260913T152012Z
CREATED:20260913T152012Z
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SUMMARY:UAENO: To This Land\, We Belong
DESCRIPTION:Ahmed Farag conducts the full UAE National Orchestra and Choir for the start of its second season\, a concert programme of three new Emirati compositions that offer a musical journey through the UAE from its founding story and landscapes to the traditions\, memories and ideas that continue to shape the country today. \nThe Founder’s Journey by Khalid Nassir opens the programme; a six-part work inspired by the journey and philosophy of the UAE’s Founding Father. Ali Kano turns to the landscapes and musical traditions of the Emirates with his Homeland Melodies concerto\, bringing oriental instruments into conversation with the Orchestra. The third work\, by Fayez Al Saeed\, brings Orchestra\, Choir and poetry togethe; featuring the poem Lightning\, Thunder & Longing by Arif Al Khajah\, the piece moves between memory and the present\, tracing how identity and belonging are carried forward through time.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/uaeno-to-this-land-we-belong/
LOCATION:Dubai Opera
CATEGORIES:Concert
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