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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTSTAMP:20260825T103108Z
CREATED:20260825T103108Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Stephan Kaluza: From Dust to Bloom
DESCRIPTION:Stephan Kaluza’s practice is fundamentally concerned with depictions of nature\, either as hyper-realistic oils or near-abstract renderings. These two modes of painting should be seen as different stages of the same subject in a process of transformation: disruptions creep in\, and appearances prove deceptive. Says the gallery: “At first glance\, the paintings appear to be precise\, almost preservative images of an intact world – until a second layer emerges\, sharply challenging what is being seen”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-stephan-kaluza-from-dust-to-bloom/
LOCATION:JD Malat Gallery\, ACT 2 Tower\, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Blvd 13A \,Downtown Dubai\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1926401;55.2716753
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTSTAMP:20260913T142837Z
CREATED:20260913T142736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T142837Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Oussama Diab: Reimagined
DESCRIPTION:A solo show for the Palestinian-Syrian-Dutch artist that reinterprets celebrated masterpieces from Western art. Diab revisits iconic works by artists including Picasso\, van Gogh\, Michelangelo and van Dyck\, applying his own distinctive visual language to allow the images to speak to contemporary realities. Highlights of the exhibition are two striking reinterpretations of Picasso’s ‘Guernica’\, alongside ‘La Coiffure’ also after Picasso\, two sunflower paintings inspired by van Gogh\, and reinterpretations of Anthony van Dyck’s ‘Jupiter and Antiope’ and ‘Moses and the Serpent’.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/markclosing-todaymark-oussama-diab-reimagined/
LOCATION:Artbooth Gallery\, Centro Capital Center\, Al Khaleej Al Arabi Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:24.4176064;54.4408235
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTSTAMP:20260927T122903Z
CREATED:20260927T122903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260927T122903Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Bernar Venet: Sculptures\, Furniture and Works on Paper
DESCRIPTION:A survey of works by the French artist\, “one of the most restless practitioners of his generation” as the gallery has it. Since the early 1960s Venet unusually broad range of media has included tar poured on to canvas and cardboard\, a heap of industrial coal claimed as sculpture\, paintings and drawings built from mathematical equations and scientific diagrams\, sound recordings\, photography\, performance\, poetry and stage design – and\, from the 1980s onward\, the Corten steel Arcs\, Angles and Indeterminate Lines for which he is now best known. This exhibition includes examples of three of those: sculptures in steel are shown alongside Venet’s furniture\, which translates the geometry of the sculptures into functional form\, and a group of works on paper that trace the conceptual logic running beneath it all.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-bernar-venet-sculptures-furniture-and-works-on-paper/
LOCATION:Waddington Custot\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.2048493;55.2707828
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTSTAMP:20261003T110251Z
CREATED:20261003T110251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T110251Z
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SUMMARY:Salah Elmur: Just as the Heart of a Mango is a Stone
DESCRIPTION:Bringing together paintings\, archival photographs\, sketches and ephemera produced after 2018\, this exhibition offers an immersive encounter with Salah Elmur’s world\, “one where memory\, landscape and identity merge and ripple through time” as the Jameel puts it. \nThrough paintings that intertwine memory and myth\, Elmur reflects on his upbringing near the Blue Nile. These build upon the photographic legacy of his family’s Studio Kamal in Khartoum; Elmur repurposes archival images\, offering subjects who are captured twice\, once through film and again in painting\, a new way of being seen. \nCurated by Zain Al Saie and Qutouf Elobaid. \nTo 14 March. \nImage: Salah Elmur\, Fire Behind the Mountain (2025)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/salah-elmur-just-as-the-heart-of-a-mango-is-a-stone/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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GEO:25.216757;55.3309395
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T122500
DTSTAMP:20261028T134049Z
CREATED:20261026T095820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261028T134049Z
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SUMMARY:The Curse of the Were-Rabbit: dir Nick Park & Steve Box (2005)
DESCRIPTION:Full-length Wallace & Gromit action that won Aardman an Oscar for animation. Our plasticine heroes’ latest business venture is a humane pest-control outfit called Anti-Pesto\, but a mysterious superbunny-shaped beast is decimating the town’s vegetable plots and threatens Lady Tottington’s Giant Vegetable Competition … A wild ride\, full of inventive fun and good jokes with the inevitable Wallace & Gromit charm.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-dir-nick-park-steve-box-2005/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T200000
DTSTAMP:20261003T144152Z
CREATED:20261003T144121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T144152Z
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SUMMARY:Joke Jam
DESCRIPTION:The Pepp’s regular early-evening showcase of Dubai’s local comedy talent\, always with four standups on stage.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/joke-jam/
LOCATION:Pepperoni Comedy Club\, 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel\, One Central World Trade Center\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
GEO:25.2194872;55.2844808
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T210000
DTSTAMP:20261026T131500Z
CREATED:20261026T131500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261026T131500Z
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SUMMARY:The Big Wooden Whoopsie
DESCRIPTION:Second performance (of three) for this original comedy. Written and co-directed by top Dubai photo/videographer Ovidiu Dugulan\, it surveys the final stretch of a ten-year siege of Troy\, a job that should’ve taken three days …
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-big-wooden-whoopsie-2/
LOCATION:The Junction\, Unit H72\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Theatre
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T213000
DTSTAMP:20261026T122042Z
CREATED:20261026T122042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261026T122042Z
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SUMMARY:Bait Al Oud Strings Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:Bait Al Oud Abu Dhabi presents the third edition of its Strings Orchestra Concert\, an evening that features outstanding students and graduates\, professional musicians\, and guest artists: “experience melodies and voices coming together as the energy of young talent meets the experience of accomplished performers”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/bait-al-oud-strings-orchestra/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Qasr al Hosn\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Concert
GEO:24.482237;54.354723
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Cultural Foundation Qasr al Hosn Abu Dhabi;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Qasr al Hosn:geo:54.354723,24.482237
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T220000
DTSTAMP:20261003T125700Z
CREATED:20261003T125651Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T125700Z
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SUMMARY:Joke Hub
DESCRIPTION:A regular Mad Cat Comedy night – “Dubai’s wildest comedy show on Saturday” at “the first purpose built comedy room in the country”. The cover charge of AED 99 includes two F&B coupons.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/joke-hub-4/
LOCATION:Canopy by Hilton Dubai Al Seef\, Al Seef Street\, Umm Hurair 1\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
GEO:25.2558677;55.310187
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Canopy by Hilton Dubai Al Seef Al Seef Street Umm Hurair 1 Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Al Seef Street\, Umm Hurair 1:geo:55.310187,25.2558677
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T220000
DTSTAMP:20261019T144250Z
CREATED:20261019T144250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261019T144250Z
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SUMMARY:Halloween Special: Theatresports – Battle of the Houses
DESCRIPTION:Competitive improv – four teams teams representing the Hogwarts wizarding houses face off in a fast-paced tournament of wit\, wild imagination\, and wizardry. As ever\, the audience decides who will win the coveted House Cup of Improv Glory. And if you come in appropriate fancy dress you stand a chance to win a prize … \nAs with all Courtyard improv evenings it’s free\, but (a) donations are welcome ; (b) you need to put your name on the guestlist (via the website); and (c) it’s first-come first-served\, so get there early to grab a seat.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/halloween-special-theatresports-battle-of-the-houses-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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T220000
DTSTAMP:20261028T095607Z
CREATED:20261028T095607Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261028T095607Z
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SUMMARY:Laughter Lounge Halloween Special: Crypt of Comedy
DESCRIPTION:The Callback Comedy crew with “Dubai’s only variety comedy show … coming back from the grave for one frightfully funny night … Hosted by sinister Sunny and the nightmarish Noha 911\, featuring wickedly good improv from the Off Script crew and standup that’ll have you howling from Harsh\, Azeem\, Moncef\, Obaid and Faizan”. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/laughter-lounge-halloween-special-crypt-of-comedy/
LOCATION:New Covent Garden Theatre\, Mall of the Emirates\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T203000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T213000
DTSTAMP:20261006T104429Z
CREATED:20261006T104429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261006T104429Z
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SUMMARY:Maria Hassabi: Us
DESCRIPTION:A 6m bench along the front edge of the stage compresses the space into a narrow\, linear runway. Five dancers trace this boundary through a sequence of calculated tableaus\, their bodies caught between rest and anticipation. The bench acts as a structural pivot\, serving simultaneously as physical support and a choreographic frame. Facing the audience directly\, the cast establishes a shared field of attention. Both individually and as an ensemble\, as well as among themselves and with the viewers\, the dancers navigate presence in real time. The performance unfolds within this shared alignment\, fostering a quiet exchange of attention and perception. \nThis is part of the fifth edition of Perform Sharjah\, Sharjah Art Foundation’s season of curated performances that serve as an engaging space for exploring\, remembering and imagining – “treating the body as a site of artistic inquiry\, the programme shifts fluidly between intimate reflection and collective experience”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/maria-hassabi-us/
LOCATION:Cultural Palace\, Cutlural Square\, Al Riqa Suburb\, Sharjah
CATEGORIES:Dance,Performance
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GEO:25.3555237;55.42869
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T210000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T220000
DTSTAMP:20261003T143628Z
CREATED:20261003T143628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T143628Z
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SUMMARY:Valentina Danubio: I Love Them\, But …
DESCRIPTION:An hour of new material from the always excellent Valentina\, this time on the people we love\, the things they do that drive us crazy\, and all those moments that make relationships so complicated.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/valentina-danubio-i-love-them-but/
LOCATION:Pepperoni Comedy Club\, 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel\, One Central World Trade Center\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
GEO:25.2194872;55.2844808
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T210000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T220000
DTSTAMP:20261014T073914Z
CREATED:20261014T073914Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T073914Z
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SUMMARY:Candlelight: Vivaldi's Four Seasons
DESCRIPTION:One of the Candlelight favourites. Vivaldi wrote the original as concerti for violin and orchestra\, but it’s often arranged for a quartet – as here\, performed by the Gulf String Quartet. The ambiance is (non-flammable) candlelight\, of course. The performance lasts around an hour. \nThe programme: \nConcerto No.1 in E Major\, “Spring”Concerto No.2 in G minor\, “Summer”Concerto No. 3 in F Major\, “Autumn”Concerto No. 4 in F minor\, “Winter”La Folia \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/candlelight-vivaldis-four-seasons/
LOCATION:Al Majlis\, Mina A'Salam Hotel\, Madinat Jumeriah\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Chamber concert
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GEO:25.1330986;55.183466
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102
DTSTAMP:20260204T101924Z
CREATED:20260204T101924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260204T101924Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Artists’ Rooms: Kamruzzaman Shahdin
DESCRIPTION:A monumental one-room installation that restages the Bangladeshi artist’s The River Remembers. Originally commissioned by the Diriyah Biennale Foundation and created in 2023\, this large-scale textile work has handcrafted threads mapping the colour of the water of the Teesta and the Brahmaputra\, two rivers flowing through the Bengal delta. Engraved brass disks convey the memories and migration stories of two women in the artist’s life whose own lives were strongly marked by the river.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-artists-rooms-kamruzzaman-shahdin/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.216757;55.3309395
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102
DTSTAMP:20261013T153326Z
CREATED:20260803T151828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T153326Z
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SUMMARY:Salah Elmur
DESCRIPTION:Bringing together paintings\, archival photographs\, sketches and ephemera produced after 2018\, this exhibition promises an immersive encounter with Salah Elmur’s world – “where memory\, landscape and identity merge and ripple through time”\, exploring the artist’s shifting sense of belonging and distance from his homeland\, Sudan\, in times of exile and political rupture. \nCurated by Zain Al Saie and Qutouf Elobaid. To 14 March. \nImage: Salah Elmur\, Fire Behind the Mountain (2025)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/salah-elmur/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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GEO:25.216757;55.3309395
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261101T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261101T213000
DTSTAMP:20261027T172909Z
CREATED:20261027T172909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261027T172909Z
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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 intimate room where sitting in the front row is a decision you may come to regret”. The door price includes one drink.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/comedy-at-the-speakeasy-10/
LOCATION:Moon Bar\, Mina Al Salam\, Madinat Jumeriah\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
GEO:25.135127;55.185968
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261101T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261101T210000
DTSTAMP:20261028T132647Z
CREATED:20261026T131613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261028T132647Z
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SUMMARY:The Big Wooden Whoopsie
DESCRIPTION:The final performance for this original comedy. Written and co-directed by top Dubai photo/videographer Ovidiu Dugulan\, it surveys the final stretch of a ten-year siege of Troy\, a job that should’ve taken three days …
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-big-wooden-whoopsie-3/
LOCATION:The Junction\, Unit H72\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Theatre
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261109
DTSTAMP:20261105T092911Z
CREATED:20261104T100222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261105T092911Z
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SUMMARY:Dubai Design Week
DESCRIPTION:Dubai Design Week goes from strength to strength as the region’s design festival and establishing Dubai’s position as the design capital of the Middle East. This time there’s a very busy\, very programme around d3 includes installations\, new commissions\, exhibitions\, talks\, workshops\, a marketplace\, and the region’s leading fair for contemporary design\, Downtown Design. \nThe Middle East’s leading mainly-B2B fair for contemporary and high-quality design is full of globally acknowledged design brands\, but there’s a lot of regional design talent on show too – more than in previous years\, we felt\, which is probably a measure of the increasing confidence and the opportunities available. Downtown Design has its own website (here)\, is open to the public midday to 8pm 5 to 8 November (to 6pm on the last day)\, and unlike most DDW features has an entrance charge – AED 80 per day\, AED 150 for four days. \nElsewhere exhibitions abound. Many are experimental\, even esoteric\, but most are genuinely stimulating and several are bursting with practicality. We particularly liked the UAE Designer Exhibition\, always a showcase of how younger designers are approaching the constraints and possibilities of applying materials to cultural identity; and Woods Bagot’s reflections on a busy 25 years in the region\, from hospitality design to urbanism. \nFive design practices have been selected for Abwab 2026\, DDW’s long-running commissioning programme – Dalia Rafeh\, Grace Shieh\, Kanaka Raghavan\, UBIK and VARUSSI\, founded by Owais Asif Khan and Samreen Junaid Wani. \nMoving away from its previous format of individual pavilion\, Abwab this time is a curated indoor group exhibition; its theme\, In Other Words\, seeks to look beyond language as speech or writing to the visual\, material and spatial systems through which knowledge\, memory and meaning are produced and exchanged. Audiences are able to move around\, between and through the works; so In Other Words considers language as something that can be inhabited\, inherited\, interrupted\, reassembled and understood differently according to where we stand. The responses to this brief are genuinely interesting – we particularly liked Dalia Rafeh’s Shhhhhhhh\, a 7m installation of red light that repeats the familiar Arabic letter ش and its association with the call for quiet. \nThe other big public-facing event is the Urban Commissions prize\, which this year went to Three Gardens and a Room from Reem Nassour’s NAO Architects studio – which “explores how the spaces around us can shape the way we feel\, move\, gather and connect”. The project reimagines the garden through interconnected environments arranged around a shared central space; it’s an exercise in deploying foliage\, colour\, shade\, thermal comfort\, materiality and filtered light to create variety for the visitor. \nAnd at the weekend (7-8 November\, ) the Marketplace will feature 80+ independent makers\, homegrown businesses and entrepreneurs\, alongside F&B and live performances. Always buzzy\, always interesting; check out the participants here. \n \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/dubai-design-week/
LOCATION:d3
CATEGORIES:Design fair
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261103T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261103T213000
DTSTAMP:20260928T125325Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T125325Z
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SUMMARY:Promis le Ciel | Promised Sky: dir Erige Sehiri (2025)
DESCRIPTION:Sehiri’s intimate drama follows four generations of Ivorian immigrant women as they find solidarity\, conflict and sometimes a sense of displacement in one another’s company. We’re dropped into the lives of Marie (Aïssa Maïga)\, Naney (Debora Lobe Naney) and Jolie (Laetitia Ky)\, as the three roommates care for a little girl\, Kenza (Estelle Kenza Dogbo)\, a displaced child who appears to have miraculously survived a migrant shipwreck before the three women found her. Female relationships are complicated enough as is\, even between those on a level playing field; but in their adopted home in Tunisia none of the women are equals from a socio-economic standpoint … \nScreens in the CinemaNA series of contemporary Arab cinema. Curated by NYUAD Arts Professor of Film and New Media Scandar Copti\, CinemaNA – which is celebrated 10 years of programming – is presented by the NYUAD Film and New Media Program in partnership with The Arts Center.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/promis-le-ciel-promised-sky-dir-erige-sehiri-2025-2/
LOCATION:The Arts Center @ NYUAD\, NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261103T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261103T220000
DTSTAMP:20261027T171927Z
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SUMMARY:The Comedy Lab @ Easy Tiger
DESCRIPTION:Mad Cat’s standup team at their regular stop at the Easy Tiger bar in Abu Dhabi’s Al Ain Palace. The door price of AED 99 includes two drinks …
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-comedy-lab-easy-tiger-39/
LOCATION:Al Ain Palace Hotel\, Corniche Road\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261105
DTSTAMP:20261029T114249Z
CREATED:20261029T113757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261029T114249Z
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SUMMARY:Wafa Al Falahi: Feathers in the Reeds\, Milk in the Mud
DESCRIPTION:The Emirati artist’s first solo exhibition features an imaginary bestiary on paintings\, works on paper and ceramic sculptures. Al Falahi’s creatures each carry a feeling\, a memory or a premonition\, says the gallery: “Pieced together from what has stayed with the artist after moving through a place\, recomposed through memory\, childhood and fantasy\, they emerge from papier mâché\, pastel and pigment\, raised in thick relief on the canvas\, before stepping\, in clay\, into the space of the gallery … Al Falahi’s fables carry no fixed morals: beauty sits alongside violence\, innocence alongside desire\, and their meaning stays open\, as it does in a dream”. \nTo 24 November. \nThis show inaugurates Hunna Art’s new space in Alserkal Avenue\, promising a new exhibition every month and a public programme of talks\, encounters and evenings. The gallery is dedicated to amplifying the voices of a new generation of women artists from the Arabian Peninsula and the broader Arab world. \nImage: Wafa Al Falahi\, Courtship Dance (2026)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/wafa-al-falahi-feathers-in-the-reeds-milk-in-the-mud/
LOCATION:Hunna Art\, Warehouse 49A\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261105
DTSTAMP:20260915T164600Z
CREATED:20260915T164600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T164600Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Alaa Itani: A Momentum for the Horizon
DESCRIPTION:A visual meditation on the horizon as both boundary and promise\, a visible line that remains perpetually distant. Alaa Itani’s solo show brings together reverse glass paintings of horizons\, blurred landscapes\, and moving cloud formations; he explores landscape as acts of temporal displacement\, a process informed in part by his work as a researcher and archivist through which he has closely encountered the work of Arab modernist painters – especially the Lebanese artist Rafic Charaf (1932-2003).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-alaa-itani-a-momentum-for-the-horizon/
LOCATION:Gallery Isabelle\, Unit 17\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261105
DTSTAMP:20260916T094614Z
CREATED:20260916T094614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T094614Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Tirdad Hashemi and Soufia Erfanian: I Bloom Where You Hold Me
DESCRIPTION:Collaborative works from Tirdad Hashemi and Soufia Erfanian’s ongoing Flower series\, unfolding across gallery walls covered with hand-drawn graffiti; rooted in the artists’ shared and individual experiences\, the works consider what it means to care for\, sustain and grow alongside one another. For Hashemi and Erfanian\, tending to plants\, relationships and artistic practice all share a common faith in growth. And even amid destruction\, flowers return and spring cannot be stopped:the act of tending becomes a method of resistance. \nPrimarily oil pastel on paper\, the drawings use a rough and immediate visual language. Flowers are built from loose\, gestural marks; colours bleed as figurative scenes appear almost like small windows embedded within wild fields. The process is similarly intertwined. Hashemi and Erfanian move freely across the same surface; one may begin a work and the other finish. At other times\, their marks overlap as they work simultaneously.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-tirdad-hashemi-and-soufia-erfanian-i-bloom-where-you-hold-me/
LOCATION:Gallery Isabelle\, Unit 17\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261104T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261104T210000
DTSTAMP:20261003T135649Z
CREATED:20261003T135649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T135649Z
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SUMMARY:Cineolio's Cinenights
DESCRIPTION:Founded by Emirati filmmaker and curator Nawaf Al Janahi in 2020\, Cineolio‘s mission is focused on promoting short films and expanding their audience reach internationally. Its Cinenights screening series presents a diverse selection of short films on the big screen\, celebrating cinematic togetherness and promoting intellectual and cultural exchange. \nThe screenings tonight will be followed by a discussion led by Nawaf Al Janahi. The films: \n32 Abo El Mahasein El-Shazly dir May Ziady (2023\, Egypt: 12 min) \nForce them to leave their old house and move to a new one\, director May Ziady and her aunt reflect on their memories of family members … \nAspis dir Antonio Romagnoli (2025\, Italy: 15 min) \nEvery year\, a viper awakens from hibernation and resumes its life cycle. But this year something changes … \nCinema Al Dunia  dir Amro Ali (2024\, Syria: 15 min) \nA short documentary that turns its lens on a storied Damascus movie house\, exploring its present condition and uncertain future. \nTempest dir Bridget Sutherland (2024\, New Zealand: 10 min) \nA portrait of the New Zealand artist Peter Roche\, highlighting works that speak to the dangers of the Nuclear Age and its psychological impact. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/cineolios-cinenights-6/
LOCATION:Alliance Française Dubai\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261106
DTSTAMP:20261104T135912Z
CREATED:20260804T134130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261104T135912Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Amir Khojasteh: May the Tree No Longer Burn When I Wake
DESCRIPTION:Amir Khojasteh’s third solo exhibition with the gallery presents the first body of work he has developed after leaving his home country\, Iran. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-amir-khojasteh-may-the-tree-no-longer-burn-when-i-wake/
LOCATION:CARBON 12\, 17th Street\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261106
DTSTAMP:20261005T093236Z
CREATED:20261005T093132Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261005T093236Z
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SUMMARY:Recreating Gesture: Crafting a Gold Necklace from The Iron Age
DESCRIPTION:Following showings in Paris\, Lyon\, Seoul and Shanghai\, this exhibition – “a strategic research project for L’ÉCOLE\, at the crossroads of archaeology and the history of techniques\, and goldsmithing craftsmanship” – demonstrates the skills and techniques in reproducing a Celtic torque\, a neck collar discovered in 1843 in Montans (France) and dating from the Second Iron Age (450–25 BC). The exhibition project offers insights into the complexities behind the craftsmanship of this remarkable piece. \nAn Open House themed around the exhibition on 7 November invites the community to discover L’ÉCOLE through course demonstrations\, kids’ workshops\, guided tours and other activities. \nTo 24 April. \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/recreating-gesture-crafting-a-gold-necklace-from-the-iron-age/
LOCATION:L’ÉCOLE\, School of Jewelry Arts\, Building 10\, Dubai Design District\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261105T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261105T210000
DTSTAMP:20261103T115257Z
CREATED:20261103T115257Z
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SUMMARY:Ioannis Potamousis\, Elizabeth Han\, Yizhuo Meng\, and Stanford Yu: Fire\, Fantasy\, & Dance 
DESCRIPTION:A spectacular demonstration of musicianship: two grand pianos\, eight hands playing simultaneously\, a programme of exciting rhythms and orchestral delights reworked for the keyboard. \nThe programme: \nCharles Gounodx: Waltz from Faust\nMozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro\, K.492\nSaint-Saëns: Danse Macabre\, Op.40\,\nJS Bach: Siciliano from Flute Sonata in E-flat major\nStravinsky: Infernal Dance\, Berceuse & Finale from The Firebird\nChristos Papageorgiou: Money Mambo\nBernstein: Mambo from West Side Story\nRachmaninoff: Vocalise\, Op.34 No.14\nBizet: Carmen Fantasy \nPresented in Partnership with the NYUAD Music Program.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/ioannis-potamousis-elizabeth-han-yizhuo-meng-and-stanford-yu-fire-fantasy-dance/
LOCATION:The Arts Center @ NYUAD\, NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Recital
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261105T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261105T220000
DTSTAMP:20261027T171558Z
CREATED:20261027T171558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261027T171558Z
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SUMMARY:The Comedy Lab
DESCRIPTION:Mad Cat Comedy’s regular Thursday stop in Silicon Oasis promises “insane laughs every week”.  The door price of AED 99 includes one drink and popcorn.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-comedy-lab-23/
LOCATION:Radisson Red\, Dubai Digital Park\, Dubai Silicon Oasis\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261105T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261105T233000
DTSTAMP:20261027T173314Z
CREATED:20261027T173212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261027T173314Z
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SUMMARY:Cocktails and Comedy
DESCRIPTION:“Dubai’s hottest comedy night” (aka the Mad Cat team) come to the moodily-lit speakeasy style bar in DIFC for a regular Thursday gig. The door price includes one drink.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/cocktails-and-comedy-2/
LOCATION:Bondz\, Unit 156 Level POD\, Emirates Financial Tower\, DIFC\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
GEO:25.2085919;55.2765573
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