BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//magpie - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://magpie.ae
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for magpie
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Asia/Dubai
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0400
TZOFFSETTO:+0400
TZNAME:+04
DTSTART:20250101T000000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260516
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260517
DTSTAMP:20260417T112811
CREATED:20260414T175620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T175620Z
UID:10013626-1778889600-1778975999@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Short+Sweet Dubai: Judge’s Choice Semi-Finals
DESCRIPTION:The semi finals weekend of the festival of 10-minute plays\, today being for the Judge’s Choices. The best playlets will return to compete for the top prizes on the Gala Weekend\, 23-24 May. \nTimes\, dates\, prices: \n3.00-5.00pm 17 May AED 150 Judge’s Choice Semi-Final 1\n7.30-9.30pm 17 May AED 150 Judge’s Choice Semi-Final 2\n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/shortsweet-dubai-judges-choice-semi-finals/
LOCATION:New Covent Garden Theatre\, Mall of the Emirates\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Theatre
GEO:25.118107;55.200608
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Mall of the Emirates:geo:55.200608,25.118107
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260516
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260517
DTSTAMP:20260417T112811
CREATED:20260203T131414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T132005Z
UID:10013387-1778889600-1778975999@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Maggie Otieno: Sojourner – The Difference Is the Same
DESCRIPTION:Otieno’s first solo presentation with Efie centres on her signature transformation of reclaimed and distressed materials. Working across wood\, metal\, and mixed media\, her semi-abstract forms explore layered narratives of history\, memory\, human interaction\, and environmental survival.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-maggie-otieno-sojourner-the-difference-is-the-same/
LOCATION:Efiɛ Gallery\, 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue\, First Al Khail Street\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1399294;55.2285748
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Efiɛ Gallery 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue First Al Khail Street Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Al Khayat Art Avenue\, First Al Khail Street:geo:55.2285748,25.1399294
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260516T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260516T213000
DTSTAMP:20260417T112811
CREATED:20260414T152744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T152814Z
UID:10013613-1778959800-1778967000@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:X Fest DXB: weekend 4
DESCRIPTION:The penultimate weekend for the Junction’s short play festival: if you’ve been attending all performances\, you could have seen something like 70 original 10-minute plays by now … The strongest return to the stage to compete for the top honours of the festival on the Finals Weekend\, 22-24 May. \nUpcoming times\, dates\, prices: \n7.30pm 16 May AED 120\n7.30pm 17 May AED 120\n7.30pm 22 May tbc\n7.30pm 23 May tbc\n7.30pm 24 May tbc\n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/x-fest-dxb-weekend-4-3/
LOCATION:The Junction\, Unit H72\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Theatre
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Junction Unit H72 Alserkal Avenue Dubai United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Unit H72\, Alserkal Avenue:geo:55.2246127,25.1431157
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260516T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260516T213000
DTSTAMP:20260417T112811
CREATED:20260414T152808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T152808Z
UID:10013614-1778959800-1778967000@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:X Fest DXB: weekend 4
DESCRIPTION:The penultimate weekend for the Junction’s short play festival: if you’ve been attending all performances\, you could have seen something like 70 original 10-minute plays by now … The strongest return to the stage to compete for the top honours of the festival on the Finals Weekend\, 22-24 May. \nUpcoming times\, dates\, prices: \n7.30pm 22 May tbc\n7.30pm 23 May tbc\n7.30pm 24 May tbc\n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/x-fest-dxb-weekend-4-4/
LOCATION:The Junction\, Unit H72\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Theatre
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Junction Unit H72 Alserkal Avenue Dubai United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Unit H72\, Alserkal Avenue:geo:55.2246127,25.1431157
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260521
DTSTAMP:20260417T112811
CREATED:20260401T152118Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T152118Z
UID:10013587-1779235200-1779321599@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Collector’s Entry Point
DESCRIPTION:A group show of works by emerging\, mid-career and established artists priced at $3\,000 and below\, conceived as an accessible entry into collecting “whether you’re just starting or looking to expand your collection with thoughtful additions”. The artists: \nAhmad Kasha\nAhmad Moualla\nAntoine Deeb\nArda Aslanian\nJude Maharmeh\nLynn Issa\nKhaled Jarada\nMajd Kurdieh\nMayar Obeido\nOmran Younis\nRabee Kiwan \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-collectors-entry-point/
LOCATION:Fann à Porter\, The Workshop\, Villa 45\, St. 23b\, off Al Wasl Road (opposite Box Park)\, Jumeirah 2\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1966736;55.2461631
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fann à Porter The Workshop Villa 45 St. 23b off Al Wasl Road (opposite Box Park) Jumeirah 2 Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=The Workshop\, Villa 45\, St. 23b\, off Al Wasl Road (opposite Box Park)\, Jumeirah 2:geo:55.2461631,25.1966736
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260520T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260520T220000
DTSTAMP:20260417T112811
CREATED:20260401T094236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T094236Z
UID:10013549-1779307200-1779314400@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Wednesday Night Impro: Maestro
DESCRIPTION:The Courtyard’s popular evening of elimination improv. Ten actors converge for a night of scenes\, songs and games based on audience suggestions. After each round you score the players on a scale of 1 to 5\, and the one with the lowest score is knocked out. Eventually only one remains\, to be crowned the Maestro. “Fast-paced\, unpredictable\, and hilarious” says the promo\, and you couldn’t argue with that. As with all Courtyard improv evenings it’s free\, but you need to put your name on the guestlist (via the website); and it’s first-come first-served\, so get there early to grab a seat. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/wednesday-night-impro-maestro-65/
LOCATION:Courtyard Playhouse\, Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Improv
GEO:25.177696;55.2504958
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B Al Quoz 1 Dubai United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1:geo:55.2504958,25.177696
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260524
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260525
DTSTAMP:20260417T112811
CREATED:20260223T175311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T175311Z
UID:10013473-1779580800-1779667199@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Anthony Akinbola: Get Well Soon
DESCRIPTION:Durags are stretchable fabrics worn over the head to shape and protect the hair; in Akinbola’s practice\, they are both culturally loaded objects and a material he can reconfigure. For this solo show\, Akinbola assembles durags into compositions that are drawn from the structure of classical floral still-life paintings. Translating this genre into fabric allows the image to form through construction; petals emerge through stitching\, density\, and layering. The flower is not painted; it is built. \nAlongside the floral arrangements\, Akinbola works through another motif: bricks. Says the gallery: “The brick pattern … introduces a different register: a wall\, a structure\, a longing. It gestures toward the search for something that lasts\, and toward the idea of home as legacy … The title Get Well Soon operates as both a cue and a condition\, an everyday phrase that carries hope and uncertainty at once”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-anthony-akinbola-get-well-soon/
LOCATION:CARBON 12\, 17th Street\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CARBON 12 17th Street Dubai United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=17th Street:geo:55.2246127,25.1431157
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260527T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260527T220000
DTSTAMP:20260417T112812
CREATED:20260401T094337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T094337Z
UID:10013551-1779912000-1779919200@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Wednesday Night Impro: Maestro
DESCRIPTION:The Courtyard’s popular evening of elimination improv. Ten actors converge for a night of scenes\, songs and games based on audience suggestions. After each round you score the players on a scale of 1 to 5\, and the one with the lowest score is knocked out. Eventually only one remains\, to be crowned the Maestro. “Fast-paced\, unpredictable\, and hilarious” says the promo\, and you couldn’t argue with that. As with all Courtyard improv evenings it’s free\, but you need to put your name on the guestlist (via the website); and it’s first-come first-served\, so get there early to grab a seat. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/wednesday-night-impro-maestro-66/
LOCATION:Courtyard Playhouse\, Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Improv
GEO:25.177696;55.2504958
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B Al Quoz 1 Dubai United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1:geo:55.2504958,25.177696
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260601
DTSTAMP:20260417T112812
CREATED:20251008T153054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T112713Z
UID:10012885-1780185600-1780271999@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Of Land and Water: Works from the Sharjah Art Foundation Collection
DESCRIPTION:How do borders and ideologies attempt to contain open stretches of land and water\, and segregate those who inhabit them? What ties us to a place\, and what severs us from it? Which ways of living and knowledge can move freely across borders\, unbound by race and political ideas like the winds and tides? \nOf Land and Water brings together works by nine artists and collectives from around the world that grapple with some of these questions\, offering different perspectives on our association with and relationship to land\, water and homeland.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-of-land-and-water-works-from-the-sharjah-art-foundation-collection/
LOCATION:Kalba Ice Factory\, Al Gurm\, Kalba\, Sharjah
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.0518688;56.3538633
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kalba Ice Factory Al Gurm Kalba Sharjah;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Al Gurm\, Kalba:geo:56.3538633,25.0518688
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260601
DTSTAMP:20260417T112812
CREATED:20251012T135021Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251012T135215Z
UID:10012903-1780185600-1780271999@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Constructing the Orient: Fragments of a Western Dream
DESCRIPTION:Drawn from the private collection of Bassam Said Freiha plus key loans from the Ary Jan Gallery\, this exhibition of Orientalist works  unfolds across five thematic sections\, each focusing on a central motif within Orientalist visual language and examining how artists shaped their subjects into recurring archetypes. From imagined interiors and bustling marketplaces to archetypes of men and women\, the works on view invite audiences to reflect on how the ‘Orient’ was constructed through Western eyes and how these images continue to shape perceptions today.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-constructing-the-orient-fragments-of-a-western-dream/
LOCATION:Bassam Freiha Art Foundation\, Cultural District Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:24.5335392;54.4095952
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Bassam Freiha Art Foundation Cultural District Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Cultural District Saadiyat Island:geo:54.4095952,24.5335392
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260601
DTSTAMP:20260417T112812
CREATED:20260108T165515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T165915Z
UID:10013223-1780185600-1780271999@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Urdu Worlds
DESCRIPTION:A contemporary art exhibition dedicated to the Urdu language: according to Ishara\, “the show explores how language provides the tools with which we create and shape our internal ‘worlds’. Words\, rather than simply describing our surroundings\, give rise to our private lived experiences and shared cultural understandings”. \nCurated by Hammad Nasar\, the exhibition is a visual conversation around language between Ali Kazim and Zarina (it’s also the first comprehensive presentation of Kazim’s works in the GCC). Born in Aligarh\, India\, Zarina weaves Urdu script\, proverbs and poetry into her delicate print works; Ali Kazim\, a multimedia artist based in Lahore\, Pakistan\, grounds his ‘Urdu world’ in a sense of place while exhibiting an eclecticism of influences that reflects the composite and layered history of the language.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-urdu-worlds/
LOCATION:Ishara Art Foundation\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Ishara Art Foundation Alserkal Avenue Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Alserkal Avenue:geo:55.2246127,25.1431157
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260601
DTSTAMP:20260417T112812
CREATED:20260112T180943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260123T120106Z
UID:10013231-1780185600-1780271999@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Picasso\, the Figure
DESCRIPTION:A landmark monographic exhibition that traces Picasso’s lifelong preoccupation with the human form. Included are more than 130 artworks from the Musée National Picasso-Paris and other institutions\, as well as Louvre Abu Dhabi\, DCT Abu Dhabi\, and other regional collections that suggest the artist’s influence on the Arab world (also featured are works by key Arab modernists who have engaged with Picasso’s legacy). \nThe exhibition offers a chronological itinerary of Picasso’s radical transformations\, intertwining figuration with enduring mythological archetypes across painting\, sculpture\, drawing\, and ceramics. It is curated by Cécile Debray\, Virginie Perdrisot-Cassan (both from Musée national Picasso–Paris) and Aisha AlAhmadi (Associate Curator at Louvre Abu Dhabi).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-picasso-the-figure/
LOCATION:Louvre Abu Dhabi\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:24.5302924;54.4451578
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Louvre Abu Dhabi Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Saadiyat Island:geo:54.4451578,24.5302924
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260601
DTSTAMP:20260417T112812
CREATED:20260203T120257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T120257Z
UID:10013385-1780185600-1780271999@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Reflections: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Villain Collection
DESCRIPTION:Modern and contemporary works from Syria\, Lebanon\, North Africa\, and the UAE selected from the private collection of Fairouz and Jean-Paul Villain – a pair of collectors for whom the acquisition of works has been a way of engaging with artists and the places they call home. As the Foundation puts it\, “their collection brings together works that speak to personal histories and cultural exchange … while inviting you to experience the region through their eyes”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-reflections-modern-and-contemporary-art-from-the-villain-collection/
LOCATION:Bassam Freiha Art Foundation\, Cultural District Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:24.5335392;54.4095952
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Bassam Freiha Art Foundation Cultural District Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Cultural District Saadiyat Island:geo:54.4095952,24.5335392
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260601
DTSTAMP:20260417T112812
CREATED:20260414T181128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T181128Z
UID:10013629-1780185600-1780271999@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Sara Naim: From the Perspective of Language
DESCRIPTION:Sara Naim’s fourth solo show at the gallery is also her first public exhibition of paintings\, large-scale works produced between 2023 and 2026 that move between figuration and abstraction. The exhibition is accompanied by a new video performance\, Mother Practices Her Tongue (2026)\, which “abstracts the Arabic language into gestures and sounds that no longer produce coherent meaning … Together\, the paintings and video extend Naim’s ongoing investigation into how meaning is constructed through inherited systems such as language\, symbols\, and ideology”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-sara-naim-from-the-perspective-of-language/
LOCATION:The Third Line\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Third Line Alserkal Avenue Dubai United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Alserkal Avenue:geo:55.2246127,25.1431157
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260601
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260602
DTSTAMP:20260417T112812
CREATED:20260316T180413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T180413Z
UID:10013525-1780272000-1780358399@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Bashar Khalaf: The Field of Dreams
DESCRIPTION:Khalaf explores the relationship between self\, object\, and other through a focus on ‘steel’ in public spaces: The Field of Dreams\, or “dreams as minefields”\, remind us of the modern structures of unbridled capitalism and the transformative domination of life. This is delivered via two series of oil paintings\, The Junk Garden and The Protective Shield. The latter is particularly powerful\, using garbage bins as symbols of resistance during the First Intifada – juxtaposing their role as protective barriers against the colonial settler machinery with the oppressive use of steel barrels to enforce isolation.\nKhalaf asks questions about humanity’s choices in the face of hegemony and the nature of freedom in contemporary society.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-bashar-khalaf-the-field-of-dreams/
LOCATION:Zawyeh Gallery\, Warehouse 27\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Zawyeh Gallery Warehouse 27 Alserkal Avenue Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Warehouse 27\, Alserkal Avenue:geo:55.2246127,25.1431157
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260601
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260602
DTSTAMP:20260417T112812
CREATED:20260415T100546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260415T100546Z
UID:10013632-1780272000-1780358399@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE All the Lands from Sunrise to Sunset
DESCRIPTION:“All the lands from sunrise to sunset”\, a phrase attributed to the Mesopotamian king Sargon of Akkad\, graphically invoked his claim to total dominion. Taking this assertion as both point of departure and provocation\, this exhibition includes works by Alla Abdunabi\, Fatma Al Ali\, Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck (whose series of the same name provides the exhibition’s title) and Michael Rakowitz. Together they consider the persistence of imperialism through language\, image\, material\, and myth. \nSays the gallery: “Rather than presenting empire as a concluded historical form\, the exhibition treats it as an ongoing condition – one that mutates\, rebrands\, and embeds itself in contemporary visual culture … Across these practices\, the exhibition resists singular narratives. Instead\, it stages overlapping temporalities in which ancient empires\, colonial enterprises\, and contemporary geopolitical formations mirror and refract one another … Rather than offering resolution\, the exhibition invites sustained attention to the ways power endures\, adapts\, and continues to structure how the world is seen\, remembered\, and lived.”
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-all-the-lands-from-sunrise-to-sunset/
LOCATION:Green Art Gallery\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260601T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260601T220000
DTSTAMP:20260417T112812
CREATED:20260401T095739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T095739Z
UID:10013559-1780344000-1780351200@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Monday Night Comedy: This Is Impro / Film Noir Improvised
DESCRIPTION:A two-act evening of spontaneous scenes and songs based on audience suggestions\, by some of our most experienced players and guests. After warming up with some fun games and scenes\, the improvisers bring the 1950’s Film Noir genre to life on stage using audience suggestions in an improvised murder mystery. “Heroes with blackened hearts and dames with revenge on their mind … everything is completely improvised each week\, and no two stories are the same. Join us amongst the murky underworlds where crime and passion cross swords and you’re never far from a man in a hat”. \nIt’s free\, but you need to put your name on the guestlist (via the website) – it’s first-come first-served\, so get there early enough to grab a seat.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/monday-night-comedy-this-is-impro-film-noir-improvised/
LOCATION:Courtyard Playhouse\, Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Improv
GEO:25.177696;55.2504958
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B Al Quoz 1 Dubai United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1:geo:55.2504958,25.177696
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260603T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260603T220000
DTSTAMP:20260417T112812
CREATED:20260401T094417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T094417Z
UID:10013552-1780516800-1780524000@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Wednesday Night Impro: Maestro
DESCRIPTION:The Courtyard’s popular evening of elimination improv. Ten actors converge for a night of scenes\, songs and games based on audience suggestions. After each round you score the players on a scale of 1 to 5\, and the one with the lowest score is knocked out. Eventually only one remains\, to be crowned the Maestro. “Fast-paced\, unpredictable\, and hilarious” says the promo\, and you couldn’t argue with that. As with all Courtyard improv evenings it’s free\, but you need to put your name on the guestlist (via the website); and it’s first-come first-served\, so get there early to grab a seat. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/wednesday-night-impro-maestro-67/
LOCATION:Courtyard Playhouse\, Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Improv
GEO:25.177696;55.2504958
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B Al Quoz 1 Dubai United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1:geo:55.2504958,25.177696
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260607
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260608
DTSTAMP:20260417T112812
CREATED:20260120T105511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260120T105511Z
UID:10013327-1780790400-1780876799@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Jorge Tacla: Time the destroyer is time the preserver
DESCRIPTION:While Jorge Tacla was only an adolescent during the 1973 coup against Chile’s democratically-elected socialist president Salvador Allende\, the upheaval left an irrevocable mark on his politics and practice. Titled after a line from a TS Eliot poem\, Tacla’s “most expansive presentation to date” examines how enduring truths can be excavated in the aftermath of a destructive incident. \nStructured as eight ‘chapters’\, the exhibition traces Tacla’s sustained challenge to the supposed hierarchies of human suffering\, false binaries of victim and perpetrator\, and the structural violence connecting seemingly disparate events; the paintings reassert the primacy of human memory and perception in navigating the complexities of representation and interpretation. By depicting buildings and landscapes ‘in negative’\, the artist defines form through absence\, “creating images that reflect on how events are inscribed within individual and collective consciousness”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-jorge-tacla-time-the-destroyer-is-time-the-preserver/
LOCATION:Al Mureijah Square\, Sharjah
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260607
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260608
DTSTAMP:20260417T112812
CREATED:20260128T101401Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T101401Z
UID:10013356-1780790400-1780876799@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE All Manner of Experiments: Legacies of the Baghdad Modern Art Group
DESCRIPTION:Curated by Nada Shabout of NYUAD’s al Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art\, this exhibition investigates and celebrates the work and influence of one of the most important art movement of the mid-Century Middle East. Dr Shabout brings together work by the artists from the Baghdad Modern Art Group\, as well as those who the group influenced both at the time and in later generations.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-all-manner-of-experiments-legacies-of-the-baghdad-modern-art-group/
LOCATION:NYUAD Art Gallery\, Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:24.5302924;54.4451578
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=NYUAD Art Gallery Saadiyat Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Saadiyat:geo:54.4451578,24.5302924
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260608T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260608T220000
DTSTAMP:20260417T112812
CREATED:20260401T095855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T095855Z
UID:10013560-1780948800-1780956000@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Monday Night Comedy: This Is Impro / Film Noir Improvised
DESCRIPTION:A two-act evening of spontaneous scenes and songs based on audience suggestions\, by some of our most experienced players and guests. After warming up with some fun games and scenes\, the improvisers bring the 1950’s Film Noir genre to life on stage using audience suggestions in an improvised murder mystery. “Heroes with blackened hearts and dames with revenge on their mind … everything is completely improvised each week\, and no two stories are the same. Join us amongst the murky underworlds where crime and passion cross swords and you’re never far from a man in a hat”. \nIt’s free\, but you need to put your name on the guestlist (via the website) – it’s first-come first-served\, so get there early enough to grab a seat.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/monday-night-comedy-this-is-impro-film-noir-improvised-2/
LOCATION:Courtyard Playhouse\, Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Improv
GEO:25.177696;55.2504958
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B Al Quoz 1 Dubai United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1:geo:55.2504958,25.177696
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260610T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260610T220000
DTSTAMP:20260417T112812
CREATED:20260401T094525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T094525Z
UID:10013553-1781121600-1781128800@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Wednesday Night Impro: Maestro
DESCRIPTION:The Courtyard’s popular evening of elimination improv. Ten actors converge for a night of scenes\, songs and games based on audience suggestions. After each round you score the players on a scale of 1 to 5\, and the one with the lowest score is knocked out. Eventually only one remains\, to be crowned the Maestro. “Fast-paced\, unpredictable\, and hilarious” says the promo\, and you couldn’t argue with that. As with all Courtyard improv evenings it’s free\, but you need to put your name on the guestlist (via the website); and it’s first-come first-served\, so get there early to grab a seat. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/wednesday-night-impro-maestro-68/
LOCATION:Courtyard Playhouse\, Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Improv
GEO:25.177696;55.2504958
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B Al Quoz 1 Dubai United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1:geo:55.2504958,25.177696
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260615T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260615T220000
DTSTAMP:20260417T112812
CREATED:20260401T095932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T100111Z
UID:10013561-1781553600-1781560800@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Monday Night Comedy: This Is Impro / Film Noir Improvised
DESCRIPTION:A two-act evening of spontaneous scenes and songs based on audience suggestions\, by some of our most experienced players and guests. After warming up with some fun games and scenes\, the improvisers bring the 1950’s Film Noir genre to life on stage using audience suggestions in an improvised murder mystery. “Heroes with blackened hearts and dames with revenge on their mind … everything is completely improvised each week\, and no two stories are the same. Join us amongst the murky underworlds where crime and passion cross swords and you’re never far from a man in a hat”. \nIt’s free\, but you need to put your name on the guestlist (via the website) – it’s first-come first-served\, so get there early enough to grab a seat.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/monday-night-comedy-this-is-impro-film-noir-improvised-3/
LOCATION:Courtyard Playhouse\, Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Improv
GEO:25.177696;55.2504958
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B Al Quoz 1 Dubai United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1:geo:55.2504958,25.177696
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260617T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260617T220000
DTSTAMP:20260417T112812
CREATED:20260401T094614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T094614Z
UID:10013554-1781726400-1781733600@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Wednesday Night Impro: Maestro
DESCRIPTION:The Courtyard’s popular evening of elimination improv. Ten actors converge for a night of scenes\, songs and games based on audience suggestions. After each round you score the players on a scale of 1 to 5\, and the one with the lowest score is knocked out. Eventually only one remains\, to be crowned the Maestro. “Fast-paced\, unpredictable\, and hilarious” says the promo\, and you couldn’t argue with that. As with all Courtyard improv evenings it’s free\, but you need to put your name on the guestlist (via the website); and it’s first-come first-served\, so get there early to grab a seat. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/wednesday-night-impro-maestro-69/
LOCATION:Courtyard Playhouse\, Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Improv
GEO:25.177696;55.2504958
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B Al Quoz 1 Dubai United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1:geo:55.2504958,25.177696
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260619
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260620
DTSTAMP:20260417T112812
CREATED:20260414T180929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T180929Z
UID:10013628-1781827200-1781913599@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Samar Hejazi: In Circulation
DESCRIPTION:For her first solo exhibition in the UAE\, curated by Nadine Khoury\, Samar Hejazi presents a body of work that explores how forms shift\, unravel\, and reassemble over time. Working across textile\, printmaking\, and spatial intervention\, her practice suggests that meaning is something continuously in flux; the exhibition unfolds through a series of open-ended questions around stability\, resilience\, and transformation. “Hejazi’s works carry traces of memory and labour\, where making becomes inseparable from thinking\, and material itself operates as a system of knowledge …”
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-samar-hejazi-in-circulation/
LOCATION:Aisha Alabbar Gallery\, Warehouse C19\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1196663;55.217749
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Aisha Alabbar Gallery Warehouse C19 Alserkal Avenue Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Warehouse C19\, Alserkal Avenue:geo:55.217749,25.1196663
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260622T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260622T220000
DTSTAMP:20260417T112812
CREATED:20260401T100032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T100107Z
UID:10013562-1782158400-1782165600@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Monday Night Comedy: This Is Impro / Film Noir Improvised
DESCRIPTION:A two-act evening of spontaneous scenes and songs based on audience suggestions\, by some of our most experienced players and guests. After warming up with some fun games and scenes\, the improvisers bring the 1950’s Film Noir genre to life on stage using audience suggestions in an improvised murder mystery. “Heroes with blackened hearts and dames with revenge on their mind … everything is completely improvised each week\, and no two stories are the same. Join us amongst the murky underworlds where crime and passion cross swords and you’re never far from a man in a hat”. \nIt’s free\, but you need to put your name on the guestlist (via the website) – it’s first-come first-served\, so get there early enough to grab a seat.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/monday-night-comedy-this-is-impro-film-noir-improvised-4/
LOCATION:Courtyard Playhouse\, Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Improv
GEO:25.177696;55.2504958
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B Al Quoz 1 Dubai United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1:geo:55.2504958,25.177696
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260624T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260624T220000
DTSTAMP:20260417T112812
CREATED:20260401T094701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T094701Z
UID:10013555-1782331200-1782338400@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Wednesday Night Impro: Maestro
DESCRIPTION:The Courtyard’s popular evening of elimination improv. Ten actors converge for a night of scenes\, songs and games based on audience suggestions. After each round you score the players on a scale of 1 to 5\, and the one with the lowest score is knocked out. Eventually only one remains\, to be crowned the Maestro. “Fast-paced\, unpredictable\, and hilarious” says the promo\, and you couldn’t argue with that. As with all Courtyard improv evenings it’s free\, but you need to put your name on the guestlist (via the website); and it’s first-come first-served\, so get there early to grab a seat. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/wednesday-night-impro-maestro-70/
LOCATION:Courtyard Playhouse\, Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Improv
GEO:25.177696;55.2504958
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B Al Quoz 1 Dubai United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1:geo:55.2504958,25.177696
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260628
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260629
DTSTAMP:20260417T112812
CREATED:20260113T092721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260113T092721Z
UID:10013262-1782604800-1782691199@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Jumana Emil Abboud: The Storyteller and the Obedient Tide
DESCRIPTION:Jumana Emil Abboud’s first solo exhibition in the Emirates draws on the lineage of Palestinian folktales and their continued resonance in the present – how stories inhabit landscapes\, shape personal histories and collective memory\, and create an enchanted relationship to the landscape. \nThe works in this show are like traces and fragments left by the tide’s ebb and flow; “they drift across time and geography\, fact and mythology\, and are grounded in the context of the Palestinian struggle for liberation and return” says the gallery. “Mirroring the exhibition’s title\, the tide’s devotion to the moon’s pull and the storyteller’s slow telling prompt the central question of the exhibition: how do we carry light\, across oceans\, across ruins\, across silence\, without letting it be extinguished?”
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-jumana-emil-abboud-the-storyteller-and-the-obedient-tide/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.216757;55.3309395
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Al Jaddaf:geo:55.3309395,25.216757
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260630
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260701
DTSTAMP:20260417T112812
CREATED:20260401T115753Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T115812Z
UID:10013574-1782777600-1782863999@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Elusive Territories
DESCRIPTION:Elusive Territories is group show for 15 prominent Palestinian artists whose work examines the relationship between exile\, memory\, and homeland – three dynamics that constantly engage with one another\, especially at this critical time. Says the gallery: “Throughout the exhibition\, elusive yet persistent glimpses of an absent homeland emerge from between the cracks of the abstraction. For these artists\, abstraction becomes a tool for piecing together fragments of Palestine\, in an ongoing process of identity formation journey …” \nParticipating artists: \nYazan Abu Salameh|\nNabil Anani\nTayseer Barakat\nKamal Boullata\nBenji Boyadgian\nSamia Halaby\nKhaled Hourani\nMohammed Joha\nBashir Makhoul\nSliman Mansour\nHosni Radwan\nRana Samara\nRuba Salameh\nSamir Salameh\nVera Tamari
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-elusive-territories/
LOCATION:Zawyeh Gallery\, Warehouse 27\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Zawyeh Gallery Warehouse 27 Alserkal Avenue Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Warehouse 27\, Alserkal Avenue:geo:55.2246127,25.1431157
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921
DTSTAMP:20260417T112812
CREATED:20260407T134814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T140543Z
UID:10013601-1789862400-1789948799@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE 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
GEO:24.4856096;54.357172
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street Abu Dhabi;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street:geo:54.357172,24.4856096
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR