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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240223
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SUMMARY:Sikka Art and Design Festival 2024
DESCRIPTION:The 12th edition of Sikka runs from 23 February to 3 March 2024 at the Al Shindagha Historic Neighbourhood (it’s moved from Al Fahidi to simplify access and increase the range and number of exhibits and event spaces – all part of sprucing up the festival and making it generally more Official). There’s a lot going on – lots of murals and outdoor installations\, lots of art and photography exhibitions\, live performances\, film screenings\, poetry evenings\, workshops\, “homegrown F&B concepts”\, and a programme of panel talks by our friends at Karama Arts Club. \nBut if you’d like to find out exactly what’s happening when and where\, don’t bother with the website at sikkartandesign.com – it seems to be inactive. There’s no Twitter/X or Facebook presence with the promised @sikkaplatform account. And Sikka’s Instagram is enthusiastic and busy but skimpy in terms of hard information. \nThat leaves the Dubai Culture page for the Sikka festival. It looks good but in fact it’s full of lorem ipsums and placeholder images\, which is frankly a bit shoddy. If you persevere with clicks on ‘Your Guide to Sikka 24’ you will get to a page from where you might think you can download the full programme … but no. You can in fact download a PDF for day one but the other links are all dead or barely sentient (try the ‘Sikka Houses’ page\, but prepare to be disappointed quite quickly). Don’t bother clicking on ‘Download the full programme here’\, or ‘Register’\, or ‘Download your Sikka map here’; they don’t go anywhere. (And the map lower down the page shows the old Al Fahidi location by default\, but at least you can drag it over to Al Shindagha.) \nSeveral events are capacity-limited\, though\, so registration will definitely be required for those. Since preregistration doesn’t seem to be available\, perhaps there’s an onsite facility for personal visitors. \nThe lack of information and the duff website are really disappointing. Sikka has always had a cool\, open-access\, let’s-do-it-here vibe\, and even if that’s being organised away the festival is bound to be a fun visit. Still\, it would be better if we knew some more about the timed events or those that do need prebooking. \nThe festival is free to enter. It’s open from 4pm and closes at midnight on weekends\, 11pm weekdays. Access is best via Metro (the Al Ghubaiba stop) or cab (book online with code SIKKA50 to get your Hala Taxi trip at half price).
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/sikka-art-and-design-festival/
LOCATION:Al Shindagha\, Dubai Creek\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Festival
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240225
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240304
DTSTAMP:20240221T213451Z
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SUMMARY:Alserkal Art Week
DESCRIPTION:The always enjoyable Alserkal Art Week\, a taster for Art Dubai that has become established in the own right\, runs this time from 25 February to 3 March. All the Alserkal Avenue galleries seem to be committed\, along with guest exhibits at pop-ups and design houses; there should be more than two dozen exhibitions on show. \nHighlights include Can You Hear Me?\, a major show in Concrete by the pioneering video artist Nalini Malani – more about that here. Alserkal Arts Foundation’s public art projects return with This is Not Your Grave\, a new commission by Dima Srouji. There’s a Majlis Talks programme on 27 February; and that will be followed by Alserkal Lates\, with most of the Avenue’s galleries\, stores and F&B outlets staying open till 10pm. \nExhibitions already open: \n\nCarbon 12 André Butzer Becoming Matisse\nCustot Gallery Landon Metz Being Infinite\nFiretti Contemporary Laura Lappi  Metamorphosis\nGulf Photo Plus Maen Hammad Landing\nIshara Art Foundation Sheher\, Prakriti\, Devi group show\nIwan Maktabi Noor Al Suwaidi The Eye of the Beholder\nLawrie Shabibi Mandy El-Sayegh A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose\nLeila Heller Gallery Aref Montazeri Immortal Mirror\nLeila Heller Gallery Carpets of Eden\, Gardens of Fantasy\nLeila Heller Gallery Dale Chihuly solo show\nTashkeel Ji-Hye Kim Summits of Solitude: Narratives in Nature\nVolte Art Projects Rashid Rana It Lies Beyond\nZawyeh Art Gallery Posters for Gaza group show\n\nExhibitions opening on 27 February for Alserkal Lates: \n\n1×1 Art Gallery Graciela Magnoni Watan\n1×1 Art Gallery Owais Husai For Every Horizon That You Leave Behind\nAyyam Gallery Faisal Samra Immortal Moment\, Coping with the Shock\n\nCustot Gallery Kenia Almaraz Murillo Invitation to a Mystical Dreamland\nElmarsa Gallery Rachid Koraichi An Ode to Intertwined Histories\nFiretti Contemporary The Fifth Wife group exhibition\nGallery Isabelle Mohammed Kazem and Vikram Divecha Rest\nGreen Art Gallery Ana Mazzei How to disappear\nGrey Noise Iqra Tanveer Lament of a Tree\nMestaria Gallery Charmaine Chanakira Taking L’s\nThe Third Line Farah Al Qasimi Toy World\nVolte Art Projects Manjit Bawa I Was Born a Poet\n\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/alserkal-art-week-3/
LOCATION:Alserkal Avenue\, Al Quoz 1\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240228
DTSTAMP:20240216T143838Z
CREATED:20240216T143838Z
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SUMMARY:Rachid Koraïchi: An Ode to Intertwined Histories
DESCRIPTION:A solo exhibition with examples of many of the disciplines and media that made up Koraïchi’s practice\, all “showcasing his abiding fascination with the creation of deeply layered seams within the spiritual\, political and intellectual”.\nKoraïchi often speaks of belonging entirely to writing\, wanting to reveal the secrets of texts by great mystic poets and writers such as Rûmî\, Ibn Arabi\, Attar and Rabia Al Adawya. “Writing and drawing are not two different things'” he said in a recent interview. “They are essentially one and the same – they come\, so to speak\, from the same breath”. Koraïchi’s ‘alphabet of memory’ is anchored in the world of glyphs and cyphers\, where he nurses his fascination for texts function\, aesthetics and cultural significance. \nThe exhibition is centred on the two site-specific scultpures Les Prieurs and Les Priants (above); accompanying them will be 2D work ranging from 3m silk organza tapestries to meticulously detailed canvases. \nTo 25 May. \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/rachid-koraichi-an-ode-to-intertwined-histories/
LOCATION:Elmarsa Gallery\, 23 Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Sculpture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240228
DTSTAMP:20240206T142418Z
CREATED:20240206T142418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240206T142418Z
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SUMMARY:Ana Mazzei: How to disappear
DESCRIPTION:The Brazilian artist has been given regular solo shows at Green Art Gallery every couple of years\, and they’re always interesting. Her widely (and sometimes wildly) experimental practice appropriates different materials\, connecting to the environments in which she works; art\, architecture and landscapes are connected in installations\, settings and objects\,”like pieces and fragments of myths\, lives and fictions … At other times\, her works function as observation devices framing this vast repertoire from a specific point of view”. To 20 April. \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/ana-mazzei-how-to-disappear/
LOCATION:Green Art Gallery\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240228
DTSTAMP:20240226T151102Z
CREATED:20240212T174529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240226T151102Z
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SUMMARY:Manjit Bawa: I Was Born a Poet …
DESCRIPTION:Paintings and drawings by Manjit Bawa (1941-2008)\, a modernist master of 20th-century Indian figuration whose work is distinguished by expressive line and colour. To 30 April. \nThe exhibition marks the inauguration of Volte Art Projects’ new Alserkal Avenue space under the name Volte Masters – the focus of which “will be to showcase international modern masters and create new art historical dialogues around their work”. \nThe main direction would appear to be the promotion of modern Indian masters in particular; for Alserkal Art Week\, two works by the noted Indian video artist Nalini Malani are being presented by Alserkal Avenue with support from Volte Art Projects. Curated by Nada Raza\, Director of Alserkal Arts Foundation\, these will be at Concrete between 25 February and 3 March – an evening outdoor projection of the multimedia installation Ballad of a Woman (2023)\, with Malani’s 2020 Whitechapel commission Can You Hear Me? showing inside the space. \nRight: Manjit Bawa\, Krishna (offset print). Below: Nalini Malani\, Can You Hear Me? (2019-2020) (still) \n \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/manjit-bawa-i-was-born-a-poet/
LOCATION:Volte Art Projects\, Warehouse 13\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240228
DTSTAMP:20240212T174611Z
CREATED:20240212T174611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240212T174611Z
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SUMMARY:Chiaroscuro
DESCRIPTION:A group exhibition of 20 artists and designers in the central atrium of ICD Brookfield Place\, curated by Michèle Lamy and presented in collaboration with Carpenters Workshop Gallery. \nThe exhibition “finds inspiration in the city’s starkly contrasting landscape as it shifts from day to night”; Lamy has divided the show into two corresponding\, sections\, ‘The Darkness’ (“a mysterious space where beguiling forms take shape in the depths”) and ‘The Light’ (“explores the power of light and its ability to bend materials on various scales\, from the glass and metals used to build the city of Dubai to intricate objects of astounding beauty crafted by true masters”). \nThe participants: Omar Al Gurg\, Zeinab Alhashemi\, Maarten Baas\, Aldo Bakker\, Campana Brothers\, Nacho Carbonell\, Wendell Castle\, Jose Davila\, Vincenzo De Cotiis\, Studio Drift\, Kendell Geers\, Roger Herman\, Studio Job\, Martin Laforêt\, David/Nicolas\, Rick Owens\, Latifa Saeed\, Verhoeven Twins\, Atelier Van Lieshout and Khaled Zaki. \nTo 15 March. \nRight: Rick Owens\, Curial Aluminum (2022). Below: Nacho Carbonell\, Inside a Forest Cloud (2019)
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/chiaroscuro/
LOCATION:ICD Brookfield Place\, Al Mustaqbal Street\, DIFC\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Design,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240228
DTSTAMP:20240213T155151Z
CREATED:20240213T155133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240213T155151Z
UID:51718-1708992000-1709078399@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Elastic Visions
DESCRIPTION:A group exhibition curated by Faridah Folawiyo\, showcasing artists of African origin across the world and examining how artists from Africa and the diaspora see the restrictive concepts of Eurocentric cultural superiority. The show aims to stretch audiences’ limits and perceptions\, inviting them to consider the elasticity and hybridity of influence and output. Folawiyo is a Nigerian curator with a background in Middle Eastern studies\, and she’s also interested in the historic dichotomy created by Orientalism and its interrogation by Edward Said. \nThe exhibited artists include: \nKesewa Aboah Ghanaian-British artist and model who uses her own body as a paintbrush\nKevin Claiborne New York-based conceptual artist whose work examines intersections of identity\, social environment and mental health within the Black American experience\nFadekemi Ogunsanya multidisciplinary artist from Nigeria who explores African culture\, blended with mythology and folk art\nEnam Gbewonyo British-Ghanaian textile and performance artist exploring womanhood and humanity while advocating the healing benefits of craft\nAmina Kadous Cairo-based artist whose work explores memory\, identity and the ephemerality of experience \nAlso being displayed at Efie Gallery are more than 70 vinyl record sleeves belonging to El Anatsui that offer a unique glimpse into the cultural inspirations which have shaped the career of one of Africa’s foremost contemporary artists. \nTo 27 May. \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/elastic-visions/
LOCATION:Efiɛ Gallery\, 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue\, First Al Khail Street\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240228
DTSTAMP:20240213T160835Z
CREATED:20240213T160835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240213T160835Z
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SUMMARY:Charmaine Chanakira: Taking L’s
DESCRIPTION:The latest work from the Zimbabwean artist is described by the gallery as “a vibrant celebration of life’s unexpected lessons\, captured through a fusion of neo-expressionism\, Japanese Manga\, Pop Art\, and African art influences … Her art – alive with bold hues\, playful doodles\, and profound symbolism – serves as a mirror to our innermost thoughts and feelings\, revealing the unseen layers of our consciousness”. \nTaking L’s explores themes of loss\, love\, and learning through an upbeat lens\, offering a visual storytelling experience that celebrates resilience and the joy found in artistic exploration: “Chanakira’s exhibition is a testament to the strength derived from involuntary lessons\, vulnerability and the power of collective support”. \nTo 20 March. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/charmaine-chanakira-taking-ls/
LOCATION:Mestaria Gallery\, Unit 35\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240228
DTSTAMP:20240216T105035Z
CREATED:20240216T105035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240216T105035Z
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SUMMARY:Farah Al Qasimi: Toy World
DESCRIPTION:The Third Line’s fourth solo exhibition with Farah Al Qasimi\, Brooklyn based but Abu Dhabi born\, is a collection of still and moving images in colour and – for the first time – black and white too. \n“Black and white images automatically historicize\,” she says. Adds the gallery: “The glossy veneer of history allows us to indulge in theory immune from personal responsibility. Too often\, we forget that the now we live is but prototype for future history.” This looks like being an important show\, about images\, meaning and how the links between them need to be decoded. “All we have are our sigils\, these images. Without them\, we lie alone\, prostrate in the desert under a starless sky …” \nTo 19 April. \nRight: Farah Al Qasimi\, Camel Bones n.d. (archival inkjet print)
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/farah-al-qasimi-toy-world/
LOCATION:The Third Line\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Photography
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240228
DTSTAMP:20240223T142158Z
CREATED:20240219T094427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240223T142158Z
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SUMMARY:Elham Shafaei & Sara Al Haddad: Threads of Existence
DESCRIPTION:Two UAE-based artists reflect on “identity and the eternal quest for belonging within the ebb and flow of time … the longing for connection amid the bittersweet journey of loss. Sara Al Haddad creates delicate yarn and fibre works that embody the passage of time and hint at her inner struggles; Elham Shafaei blends painting and stitching to capture a universal longing for connection amidst loss. To 25 April. \nRight: Sara Al Haddad\, Remembering Love Aches (2018). Below: Elham Shafaei\, We Are Lost 3 (2019)\n \n \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/elham-shafaei-sara-al-haddad-threads-of-existence/
LOCATION:Aisha Alabbar Gallery\, Warehouse C19\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240228
DTSTAMP:20240219T141454Z
CREATED:20240219T141331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T141454Z
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SUMMARY:Kenia Almaraz Murillo: Invitation to a Mystical Dreamland
DESCRIPTION:The first solo exhibition in the region for the Bolivian artist is a group of six new and five existing works that represent “a journey into a dreamlike universe where her dreams blend vivid memories with powerful symbolic language”. The artist meticulously documents and illustrates her most striking dreams\, blurring the lines between reality and imagination; “each dream is a tapestry of experiences\, weaving together fragments of her subconscious with symbols that resonate deeply within her psyche”. \nTo 6 April.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/kenia-almaraz-murillo-invitation-to-a-mystical-dreamland/
LOCATION:Waddington Custot\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240228
DTSTAMP:20240220T100713Z
CREATED:20240220T100713Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T100713Z
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SUMMARY:Mohammed Kazem and Vikram Divecha: Rest
DESCRIPTION:Two of the most distinctive Dubai-based artists with works that explore the intricate relationship between labour\, rest\, and the ever-evolving urban landscape of the UAE. “Considering the dynamics of human existence\, alternating between cycles of depletion and restoration\, the exhibition highlights the vital role of rest in the perpetual movement of cities\,” says the gallery. “Rest challenges societal norms that discourage rest\, aiming to disrupt the prevailing narrative and explore possibilities on the other side of exhaustion …” To 15 April. \nRight: Vikram Divecha\, Resting Bodies (Island No.4) (2024)
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/mohammed-kazem-and-vikram-divecha-rest/
LOCATION:Gallery Isabelle\, Unit 17\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240227T080000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240227T170000
DTSTAMP:20240213T143634Z
CREATED:20240123T132832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240213T143634Z
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SUMMARY:Faisal Samra: Immortal Moment II – Coping with the Shock
DESCRIPTION:A solo exhibition with the second body of work from Faisal Samra’s Immortal Moment project\, artworks created through the accumulation of instances that push the viewer to question the opportunities of a single moment. In the first chapter of this project\, Faisal describes the technique as an expression of emotions; for the current show he defines the outcome as a shock; the exhibition will reveal the process of Coping with the Shock. \n“The dialogue between the abstract and figurative\, conceptually or formalistically\, is essential to Faisal’s work. Time\, being one of the most abstract ideas\, becomes figurative when Faisal visually notes down specific points in time through the use of charcoal and paint. The result is formalistically abstract\, but the final creation becomes figurative through several interventions\, which represent a culmination of temporal instances.” \nTo 15 April. \nRight: Faisal Samra\, PSF-P2 (2023) \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/faisal-samra-immortal-moment-coping-with-the-shock/
LOCATION:Ayyam Gallery\, B11\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240227T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240227T220000
DTSTAMP:20240221T120446Z
CREATED:20240221T120446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T120446Z
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SUMMARY:Alserkal Lates
DESCRIPTION:Alserkal Lates takes place in the middle of Alserkal Art Week\, so there should be more than two dozen exhibitions in Avenue galleries open till 10pm (half of them taking the opportunity to open on the night) – with the chance to see art but also to chat with curators\, artists and artsworld movers ‘n’ shakers. There will be scheduled artist- and curator-led tours of some of the exhibitions\, too\, which is always going to be interesting. \nAlso opening is This is Not Your Grave\, a new commission by Dima Srouji that marks the return of Alserkal’s programme of public art commissions for 2024. This edition is curated by the American art historian and gallery curator Zoé Whitley under the umbrella title ‘Walk With Me’; apparently she was particularly struck by Alserkal Avenue’s accessibility and cultural and experiential offerings for audiences on foot rather than by car; the 2024-25 commissions will be “ambitious new works whose expressive modes make concepts physically palpable\, immediately relatable and widely accessible. Dima Srouji will lead a guided tour of This is Not Your Grave at 11.30am on 28 February. \nWhitley has also curated the Majlis Talks programme\, running from 4pm under the umbrella title Let the beauty we love be what we do. She’s taking part in one of the sessions with Dima Srouji; there’s also Mandy El-Sayegh in conversation with Sara Raza\, Abbas Akhavan\, Salima Hashmi\, and Graciela Magnoni. The event will conclude with a lecture performance by Himali Singh Soin and David Soin Tappeser. \n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/alserkal-lates-4/
LOCATION:Alserkal Avenue\, Al Quoz 1\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240227T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240227T210000
DTSTAMP:20240115T151414Z
CREATED:20240115T151414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240115T151414Z
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SUMMARY:Kirill Gerstein
DESCRIPTION:The Russian-American concert pianist promises an energetic\, interesting and imaginative Abu Dhabi Festival recital spanning various musical traditions. \nProgramme: \nChopin Polonaise-Fantasie in A flat major\, Op.61 \nFauré Nocturne No.13 in B minor\, Op.119 \nPoulenc Three Intermezzi (FP71/118) \nLiszt Polonaise in E major\, S.223 No.2 \nSchumann Faschingsschwank aus Wien\, Op. 26 \nGodowsky Symphonische Metamorphosen Johann Strauss’scher Themen: No.2 “Die Fledermaus” \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/kirill-gerstein/
LOCATION:The Arts Center @ NYUAD\, NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Recital
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240222T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240222T230000
DTSTAMP:20240306T125128Z
CREATED:20240206T154305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240306T125128Z
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SUMMARY:The Phantom of the Opera
DESCRIPTION:Continuing its policy of attracting established blue-chip touring performances\, Dubai Opera is running Broadway Entertainment Group’s production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s critically acclaimed musical for a three-week run. \nThe story is based on Gaston Leroux’s classic novel of a musical genius known only as ‘The Phantom’ who haunts the depths of the Paris Opera House in the 19th century. Mesmerised by the talent and beauty of the young soprano Christine\, the Phantom grooms her as his protégé – but that doesn’t go too well\, and his obsession sets the scene for a dramatic collision of jealousy\, madness and passion. \nThe show\, which celebrated 37 years last October\, has won over 70 major theatre awards – it’s Lloyd-Webber’s most successful – and reportedly has been seen by more than 160 million people worldwide; now it’s our turn … There are performances between 22 February and 10 March (not Mondays)\, with shows at 8pm on weekdays and 2pm and 8pm on Saturdays\, 2pm and 7.30pm on the Sundays. Tickets look a tad pricey\, but this is a lavish production with a big cast and a 2h45m run time that could well justify the cost. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/the-phantom-of-the-opera-2/
LOCATION:Dubai Opera
CATEGORIES:Musical
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240227T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240227T230000
DTSTAMP:20240223T131707Z
CREATED:20240223T131707Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240223T131707Z
UID:52374-1709064000-1709074800@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Funeral Home Comedy
DESCRIPTION:Abu Dhabi’s regular comedy night at an undoubtedly great location (“the UAE’s first Jamaican Restaurant & Lounge”). The AED 95 charge includes two drinks.  … \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/funeral-home-comedy-2/
LOCATION:Ting Irie\, Mamsga al Saadiyat\, Mamsha Al Saadiyat\, Cultural District\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240227T210000
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SUMMARY:Simple Minds: Global Tour 2024
DESCRIPTION:This eight-month-long Simple Minds tour genuinely is global (they started in January in New Zealand: Dubai is a stop between Australasia and Europe) and they expect to play to over one million people worldwide\, showcase their eighteenth studio album Direction of the Heart along with some of their classic hits. The setlist for past shows on the tour has a dozen songs\, many of them seriously long\, climaxing (of course) with Don’t You (Forget About Me). \nThe nucleus of Simple Minds remains Jim Kerr (vocals) and Charlie Burchill (guitars and other instruments)\, who have been together since their short-lived late 70s punk incarnation as Johnny & The Self-Abusers. Now they tour with a full band\, including Ged Grimes (bass)\, Cherisse Osei (drums)\, Gordy Goudie (guitar and keyboards)\, Erik Ljunggren (keyboards)\, and Sarah Brown on backing vocals. \nFun fact: Simple Minds took their name from a David Bowie lyric – “He’s so simple-minded\, he can’t drive his module” from Jean Genie. \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/simple-minds-global-tour-2024/
LOCATION:Coca-Cola Arena\, City Walk\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Concert
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