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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
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240228
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240306
DTSTAMP:20240214T132113Z
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SUMMARY:Xposure International Photography Festival 2024
DESCRIPTION:The eighth and biggest edition of what is arguably the world’s largest in-person photography festival (20\,000+ visitors last year) runs 28 February to 5 March in Expo Centre Sharjah. \nMore than 400 photographers from over 50 nations will be showing work\, and with more than 90 solo and group exhibitions it’s expected there will be over 2\,500 prints on display. Xposure also has more than 65 workshops and masterclasses\, 45 talks and panel sessions\, a programme of upskilling and portfolio reviews\, and a trade show with 20 manufacturers and retailers (most with special deals on offer). \nThere will also be the prizegiving for the annual Xposure Photography Awards\, the main ones coming on the evenings of 3 and 4 March. \nWhether you’re a seasoned professional or an amateur with a passion for photography\, Xposure almost certainly has something for you; and there’s more of a focus this year on art prints\, so collectors are covered too. At this price\, what’s not to like? Preregister here for a visitor’s badge. \nXposure is open daily 10am to 10pm (except Friday 1 March when it’s 2-10pm). \n \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/xposure-international-photography-festival-2024/
LOCATION:Expo Centre Sharjah\, Sharjah
CATEGORIES:Festival,Photography
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240301
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240304
DTSTAMP:20240110T130012Z
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SUMMARY:March Meeting 2024
DESCRIPTION:Sharjah Art Foundation’s annual convening of artists\, curators\, scholars and arts practitioners from around the world to discuss issues in contemporary art focuses this time on collectives whose practice intertwines artmaking and community building in various forms of collaboration that advance social justice. \nThrough talks\, roundtable discussions\, lectures\, workshops\, performances and more\, MM 2024 invites participants to radically reimagine more inclusive\, equitable\, sustainable and liveable futures. It will examine collaborative methods and modalities that both reappraise artistic\, curatorial and activist approaches and reconfigure the role of art and artists in our current lived realities. It also considers alternative forms of coming together\, such as learning platforms\, activist movements\, correspondences or publishing\, which can serve as toolkits for social justice\, solidarity and political mobilisation. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/march-meeting-2024/
LOCATION:Sharjah Art Foundation — Calligraphy Square\, Sharjah
CATEGORIES:Art,Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240301
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240311
DTSTAMP:20240219T145130Z
CREATED:20240219T145101Z
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SUMMARY:Big Bad Wolf Book Sale
DESCRIPTION:The self-styled “World’s Biggest Book Sale” is returning to Sound Stages\, Dubai Studio City\, from 1-10 March\, open daily 10am to midnight with something like two million titles in various genres on sale at discounts of up to 75 percent on RRP. Should be something for everyone …
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/big-bad-wolf-book-sale/
LOCATION:Dubai Studio City\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Words
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240301T210000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240302T033000
DTSTAMP:20240213T100701Z
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SUMMARY:Boogie Box x Warehouse Party
DESCRIPTION:Boogie Box has scheduled another of its superlative back-to-the-best-of-yesterday nights – yep\, a six-hour warehouse rave in an actual warehouse. It’s another of the Box’s leftfield venue finds\, this one The Hangar at JA The Resort\, which is actually an industrial space used as a workshop for boats (there’s a mini marina by the hotel). So the high ceiling\, unglitzy finishing and rough edges should help deliver the full warehouse rave experience. \nExpect a premium sound system\, enhanced lighting and visuals\, art installations and decor inspired by the 90s. Headliners are Anthea\, “one of the most charismatic selectors on and off the decks”; and the prolific German house/techno producer (and magpie favourite) Isolée. Also on the wheels of steel / Ableton-and-Macbooks are Kyle Bower and hometown hero Nasrawi. \nTake glowsticks and expect to bop till past 3am. We’re citing the basic door price on the night but there are bargains for early bird purchases and premium deals for extras. \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/boogie-box-x-warehouse-party/
LOCATION:JA The Resort\, Jebel Ali\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Party
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240302T080000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240302T214500
DTSTAMP:20240228T103738Z
CREATED:20240228T103602Z
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SUMMARY:National Youth Orchestra Camerata and Soloists
DESCRIPTION:The Global Notes series – the sponsored replacement for Amira Fouad’s long-running Opera Studio recital programme\, and now presented by Dubai Opera with Encore Performing Arts and Royal Grammar School Guildford Dubai – continues with the National Youth Orchestra in a chamber concert programme of favourites ranging from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Handel’s Water Music to Gershwin’s Summertime\, Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody\, and modern film scores. \nThe soloists will include the prize winners from the NYO Solo Concerto Competition 2024: Alexandra Derkaloustian (First Prize)\, Renée Youssef (Second Prize)\, Oscar Lucero Beschi (Third Prize) and Sian Willgoss (Most Promising Talent). \nThis year marks the sixth anniversary of the NYO. The orchestra is led by Amira Fouad of Encore as its artistic director and Jonathan Barrett as conductor. \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/national-youth-orchestra-camerata-and-soloists/
LOCATION:Dubai Opera Studio\, Downtown Dubai\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Chamber concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240302T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240302T150000
DTSTAMP:20240223T155547Z
CREATED:20240223T155547Z
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SUMMARY:Masterclass: Samora Pinderhughes – Approach to Composing and Creating Music
DESCRIPTION:Samora Pinderhughes and his ensemble are in Abu Dhabi for a concert this weekend. In this session for local musicians and songwriters\, Samora will discuss his approach to composing and creating music and lyrics\, and then work with participants on refining their compositions and concepts. Emphasis will be on song structure\, detail in both composing and writing music\, and creating music that speaks to both personal and sociopolitical realities. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/masterclass-samora-pinderhughes-approach-to-composing-and-creating-music/
LOCATION:The Arts Center @ NYUAD\, NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Masterclass
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240302T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240302T170000
DTSTAMP:20240223T160029Z
CREATED:20240223T160029Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Dina El Wedidi – The Creative Blocks of Music
DESCRIPTION:Dina El Wedidi shares a bill at The Arts Center this weekend with Samora Pinderhughes\, but is also leading this workshop which aims to explore the relationship between music\, self\, common struggles\, and more. Working with the idea that music is innately human\, this workshop is an invitation to get to know each other through our stories\, ideas\, sounds\, and our art. El Wedii will delve into questions such as: what does identity mean to you? What is the importance of having your own sound? What do genres mean to you? What is a creative block\, and how can we overcome it? Participants are invited to bring their own instruments to the workshop. \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/workshop-dina-el-wedidi-the-creative-blocks-of-music/
LOCATION:The Arts Center @ NYUAD\, NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240302T153000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240302T223000
DTSTAMP:20240228T184048Z
CREATED:20240228T184006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T184048Z
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SUMMARY:Culture Bus: Sikka Art and Design Festival
DESCRIPTION:A round trip to the Sikka Art and Design Festival for Abu Dhabi residents. You’ll get three hours on site: \n3.30pm: Depart from 421\n5.30pm: Arrive at Sikka\n8.30pm: Depart\n10.30pm: Arrive at 421 \nGet there 10 minutes before departure to ensure the bus leaves on time … The AED 30 return ticket doesn’t include additional expenses like refreshments\, but at least getting in to the event should be free. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/culture-bus-sikka-art-and-design-festival/
LOCATION:421 Arts Campus\, Mina Zayed\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art/design fair,Tour/Visit
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240302T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240302T210000
DTSTAMP:20240227T153813Z
CREATED:20240227T153432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T153813Z
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SUMMARY:Franco Film Festival: Lebanese Shorts
DESCRIPTION:A programme of four shorts in this season of free Francophone films at Sorbonne Abu Dhabi\, showing in the Sorbonne’s rather nice outdoor garden: \nA Broken Fan dir Assaad Khoueiry (2021) 13 min \nSomewhere In Between dir Dahlia Nemlich (2023) 15 min \nEt si le soleil se plongeait dans l’ocean des nues dir Wissam Charaf (2020) 20 min (still above)\n \nThe Trees dir Ramzi Bashour (2021) 23min \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/franco-film-festival-shorts/
LOCATION:Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi\, Reem Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240302T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240302T213000
DTSTAMP:20240223T160516Z
CREATED:20240223T160425Z
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SUMMARY:Emel Mathlouthi
DESCRIPTION:The groundbreaking vision of the iconic Tunisian artist is spotlighted in a performance ranging from folk music to electronica via straight-up rock. Mathlouthi is a songwriter\, composer\, guitarist\, and singer with an otherworldly voice that sounds equally at home in the streets\, clubs\, theatres\, or at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony where she performed in 2015. Her sound has shifted and complicated\, incorporating a dark atmosphere\, expansive electronics\, and digital glitches. \nFor this concert\, she will showcase her environmentally-themed project Everywhere We Looked Was Burning\, accompanied by electronics and a string quartet (which includes NYUAD instructor Klaudia Olborska-Szymańska on violin). \nThere will be a night souk as well\, with 40 retail vendors offering locally made artisan products\, including handmade soaps\, candles\, local artwork\, jewellery\, home décor\, and pottery. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/emel-mathlouthi/
LOCATION:The Arts Center @ NYUAD\, NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240302T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240302T220000
DTSTAMP:20240130T155207Z
CREATED:20240130T155032Z
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SUMMARY:John Legend
DESCRIPTION:The last gig in the inaugural three-month series at Abu Dhabi’s new open-air venue Saadiyat Nights sees the uber-smooth multi Grammy award winner John Legend on the stage. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/john-legend-2/
LOCATION:Saadiyat Nights\, Jacques Chirac Street\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Concert
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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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