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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20241116T183000
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SUMMARY:Candlelight: From Mozart to Chopin
DESCRIPTION:Aldo Dotti plays a 65 minute programme of piano favourites\, outdoors at the Jumeriah Al Qasr’s Céleste poolside restuarant. The programme: \nMozart: Rondo alla Turca from Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major\, K 331\nMozart: Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major\, K.332 – I. Allegro\nMozart: “Queen of the Night” Aria (Der Hölle Rache) from The Magic Flute\, K.620\nBeethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor\, Op.67 – I. Allegro con brio\nBeethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor\, Op.27 No.2 (“Moonlight Sonata”) – I. Adagio sostenuto\nBeethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor\, Op.13 (“Pathétique”) – III. Rondo: Allegro\nLiszt: Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat Major\, S.541\nChopin: Nocturne in E-flat Major\, Op.9 No.2\nChopin: Waltz in C-sharp Minor\, Op.64 No.2\nChopin: Scherzo in B-flat Minor\, Op.31 No.2 \nThe ticket includes a 20% discount on several of the hotel’s bars and restaurants on the same day; and for AED 530 you can include a three-course dinner at Pierchic too\, which itself is a pretty romantic location …
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/candlelight-from-mozart-to-chopin-2/
LOCATION:Jumeirah Al Qasr\, Madinat Jumeirah\, Umm Suqeim\, Dubai
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250125
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250210
DTSTAMP:20250124T165620Z
CREATED:20250124T150934Z
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SUMMARY:Al Hosn Festival
DESCRIPTION:Two weeks of Emirati culture\, past and present – “a living expression of Abu Dhabi’s cultural heritage” – in what is probably the traditional heart of Abu Dhabi. \nBuilding on the success of the last festival\, the 2025 event sees the return of the traditional crafts area Makers Space – “through a rich programme of workshops\, talks and design showcases\, guests can learn skills for camping\, adventure and navigating the environment\, and explore how a deep history of life lived in harmony with the landscape is echoed in fresh approaches to design in the UAE today”. \nAlso returning is the Gahwa Championships for the preparation of traditional Arabic coffee; House of Artisans will present Al Teeb\, a celebration of traditional Emirati perfumery; and isitors can also learn more about Emirati culture with Sanad Al Sanaa\, a play showcasing national values like hospitality\, solidarity and cooperation.  \nThe festival’s rousing main show\, created in partnership with Abu Dhabi Heritage Police\, brings together shadow-play projections\, grand poetry recitals\, and a performance of the traditional Al Tcholeeb – horseriders chant poetry in rhythm with their horses’ hooves as they celebrate their victorious return to Qasr Al Hosn. \nNew this year is a Women’s Majlis\, rooted in the desert environment\, and a chance to get up close and personal with the hunting animals of the region. There are performances\, souks\, F&B\, arts and crafts\, family workshops\, camels\, poetry\, film\, gaming\, fashion\, and more … \nThe full programme is here. The festival open 4pm to 11pm every day. \n  \n  \n \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/al-hosn-festival/
LOCATION:Al Hosn\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Festival,Heritage
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250131
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250210
DTSTAMP:20250129T101842Z
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SUMMARY:Sikka Art and Design Festival
DESCRIPTION:The latest edition of what is being presented as one of Dubai Culture’s flagship initiatives is back in Al Shindagha Historic District. We’re not sure exactly what you’ll get this year – the website wasn’t working when last we tried it\, though you may have better luck; there seems to be no overall directory/guide available; and the Instagram feed is busy but somewhat incoherent. \nStill\, we’re promised “a rich agenda filled with exhibitions\, programmes\, activities\, live performances\, visual arts\, unique culinary experiences and beyond … a celebration of art which focuses on supporting and showcasing the works of Emirati\, UAE and GCC-based artists”. \nWe do know that something over 40 public art pieces and installations will be displayed across 19 houses and en plein air around Al Shindagha. The festival programme has more than 450 workshops\, talks and panel discussions\, over 100 live performances\, 13 theatrical shows\, and six orchestral performances (among them performances by the Firdaus Orchestra\, the Emirates Youth Symphony Orchestra\, and the Dubai City Sound ensemble). \nThe last Sikka Art and Design Festival apparently attracted nearly 162\,000 visitors. “This year’s edition promises to raise the bar even higher\,” opines the press release. It must be worth checking out …
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/sikka-art-and-design-festival-3/
LOCATION:Al Shindagha\, Dubai Creek\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Festival
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250210
DTSTAMP:20250128T093009Z
CREATED:20250128T092847Z
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SUMMARY:Sharjah Biennial 16 opening programme
DESCRIPTION:Curated by Alia Swastika\, Amal Khalaf\, Megan Tamati-Quennell\, Natasha Ginwala and Zeynep Öz\, Sharjah Biennial 16 features works by more than 190 participants\, including over 200 new commissions. \nThe SB16 Opening Programme weekend\, which runs at locations in Sharjah City\, Al Hamriyah\, Al Dhaid\, Kalba\, Al Madam and other venues across Sharjah\, will give us a chance to see how the curators have approached their theme – ‘to carry’. That’s described as “a multivocal and open-ended proposition … The ever-expanding list of what to carry\, and how to carry it\, is an invitation to encounter the different formations and positions of the five curators as well as the constellation of resonances they have gathered”.  What do we carry when it is time to travel\, flee or move on? What are the passages that we form as we migrate between territories and across time? What do we carry when we remain? What do we carry when we survive? \nSo sB16 curatorial projects reflect on what it means to carry change and its technological\, societal\, animistic or ritualistic possibilities. “As carriers of different processes and offerings\, the curators have cultivated their projects together and apart\, allowing room for listening\, mutual support and the sharing of resources.” \nSB16 runs to 15 June. Here’s the opening programme: \n\n6 February \n10an-10.20am Official Opening Al Mureijah Square  \nWelcome remarks by Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi\, President and Director of Sharjah Art Foundation\, followed by an introduction to Sharjah Biennial 16 by the curators \n10.20am-12pm \nTour: Galleries 1–6 and heritage houses Al Mureijah Square\nPerformance/Activation: Michael Parekōwhai Gallery 3\nPerformance/Activation: John Clang Bait Hussein Makrani\nActivation: Jorge González Santos Bait Haider Abadi \n12.30pm–1.30pm \nTour: Calligraphy Square \n1 pm–1.30 pm \nPerformance: Reetu Sattar Calligraphy Museum \n1.45 pm–2.15 pm \nTour: Bank Street Building \n2.30pm-3.30pm \nLunch Bait Obaid Al Shamsi \n3.30pm-5.30pm \nTour: Arts Square Bait Al Serkal\, Majlis\, Bait Obaid Al Shamsi\, Sharjah Art Museum \n3.30pm–4.00pm \nPerformance. Sancintya Mohini Simpson Bait Obaid Al Shamsi \n4.00pm–4.30pm \nPerformance. Rully Shabara  Arts Square \n4.45pm–5.30pm \nPerformance. Mila Turajlić Collections Building \n\n7 February \n9am-10am The Flying Saucer / Al Madam / Al Dhaid \nTour:  Flying Saucer \n11.30am–12.30pm \nTour. Al Madam Buried Village Al Madam \n1.30pm–3.00pm \nLunch Old Al Dhaid Clinic \n3.00pm–5.30pm \nTour. Al Dhaid venues Old Al Dhaid Clinic\, Arts Palace and Farm \n3.30pm–4.00pm \nPerformance. Luana Vitra Old Al Dhaid Clinic \n4.30pm–5.00pm \nPerformance. Joe Namy Arts Palace and Farm\, Al Dhaid \n\n8 February\n10.00am–1.00pm \nTour: Al Hamriyah Al Hamriyah Studios\, Old Al Diwan Alamiri \n12.00pm–1.00pm \nLunch Old Al Diwan Alamiri \n2.00pm–3.30pm \nTour. Old Al Jubail Vegetable Market \n3.00pm–3.30pm \nPerformance. Ellen Pau Old Al Jubail Vegetable Market \n4.00pm–7.00pm \nTour. Al Qasimiyah School \n4.30pm–6.00pm \nPerformance. Bilna’es Al Qasimiyah School \n8.00pm–9.00pm \nFilm. Roy Samaha Mirage City Cinema\, Al Mureijah Square \n\n9 February\n10.00am–12.00pm \nTour. Kalba Ice Factory \n10.30am–11.00am \nPerformance: Septina Layan Kalba Ice Factory \n12.00pm–1.30pm \nLunch: Fen Café & Restaurant\, Kalba Ice Factory \n3.00pm–4.00pm \nTour: Buhais Geology Park \n5.00pm–6.00pm \nTour. House of Wisdom\, Sharjah \n7.00pm–8.00pm \nPerformance. Tishani Doshi Sharjah Performing Arts Academy \n\nSome performances are seated and spaces may be limited. Check the programme – you may be need to preregister separately. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/sharjah-biennial-16-opening-programme/
LOCATION:vrs Sharjah locations
CATEGORIES:Art,Biennial
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250210
DTSTAMP:20250204T174425Z
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SUMMARY:Gidion's Knot
DESCRIPTION:The final performances (at 2pm and 8pm) for this powerful two-hander by Johanna Adams. Over the course of a parent/teacher conference\, a grieving mother and an emotionally overwhelmed primary school teacher have a fraught conversation about the tragic suicide of the mother’s son. Gidion may have been bullied – or he may have been an abuser … As his story is slowly uncovered\, the women try to reconstruct a satisfying explanation for Gidion’s act as they come to terms with their own feelings of culpability. \nOsman Aboubakr directs Eliane Germanos and Caroline Hamrén. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/gidions-knot-3/
LOCATION:The Junction\, Unit H72\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250210
DTSTAMP:20241016T133046Z
CREATED:20241016T133046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241016T133046Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Post-Impressionism: Beyond Appearances
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition of masterpieces from the Post-Impressionist period that is organised into in nine sections\, each celebrating both the individual styles and the shared themes that connect this transformative era in art – visitors can follow paths dedicated to Neo-Impressionism\, Cézanne\, Gauguin and Pont-Aven\, Van Gogh\, the Nabis\, Toulouse-Lautrec\, Odilon Redon\, Prints\, and the new movements that emerged. The final section\, which includes works by the Egyptian artist Georges Hanna Sabbagh\, illustrates how the influence of Post-Impressionism reached beyond Europe.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/last-chance-post-impressionism-beyond-appearances/
LOCATION:Louvre Abu Dhabi\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20241208T143000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20241208T160000
DTSTAMP:20250917T193340Z
CREATED:20241202T152355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250917T193340Z
UID:59089-1733668200-1733673600@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial: Bik Van der Pol’s The poem that jumps the fence
DESCRIPTION:Artist duo Bik Van der Pol (Liesbeth Bik and Jos Van der Pol) engage in collaborative projects on how art constructs public spaces for speculative thought and collective creativity. The poem that jumps the fence features weekly performances on Abu Dhabi Beach and workshops connecting words and sand as real and symbolic material that binds our world; every Sunday afternoon\, a performer writes a poem in the sand\, only for it to fade away. During workshops in collaboration with local poets and writers\, participants generate text for the performances. \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/public-art-abu-dhabi-biennial-poetry-workshop-1-in-between-us-within-bik-van-der-pols-the-poem-that-jumps-the-fence-2/
LOCATION:Abu Dhabi Beach\, Al Hisn Street\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Poetry,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250209T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250209T180000
DTSTAMP:20250204T154010Z
CREATED:20250204T153745Z
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SUMMARY:Willow: dir Ron Howard (1988)
DESCRIPTION:Warwick Davis stars as Willow Ufgood in this Tolkien-ish family-friendly mix of fun\, fantasy and action; the diminutive Willow teams up with a wandering rogue swordsman (Val Kilmer) to protect a baby princess who has miraculously fallen into his care. It is foretold this baby girl will bring about the end of the rule of evil sorceress-queen Bavmorda (jean Marsh\, obviously having a lot of fun in the role) … A swashbuckling epic adventure with heart and soul\, and some brilliant special effects too.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/willow-dir-ron-howard-1988/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250209T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250209T190000
DTSTAMP:20241119T161351Z
CREATED:20241119T161351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241119T161351Z
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SUMMARY:Remote Abu Dhabi by Rimini Protokoll
DESCRIPTION:Rimini Protokoll pushes the boundaries of conventional theatre. During this performance walk within the collective’s ‘Remote X’ series (2013–ongoing)\, you are invited to explore the growing presence of artificial intelligence in future cities; for this tour\, designed specifically for Abu Dhabi\, you wear headphones (provided) and are guided by a computer-generated voice (in Arabic or English) into familiar and unfamiliar sites “that emerge as if from an imagined film”. \nThe starting point is the Landmark Tower on the Abu Dhabi Corniche Family Park. The Rimini Protokoll experience is remarkable and can be eye-opening; the collective has done Abu Dhabi a couple of times in the past\, as part of early Abu Dhabi Art extras\, and we’d heartily recommend the trip … \nThis is part of the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial. \nFuture dates: \n16 February \n6 April\n13 April\n20 April\n27 April \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/remote-abu-dhabi-by-rimini-protokoll-10/
CATEGORIES:Experience,Tour/Visit
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250209T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250209T190000
DTSTAMP:20241119T163041Z
CREATED:20241119T163041Z
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SUMMARY:Remote Al Ain by Rimini Protokoll
DESCRIPTION:Rimini Protokoll pushes the boundaries of conventional theatre. During this performance walk within the collective’s ‘Remote X’ series (2013–ongoing)\, you are invited to explore the growing presence of artificial intelligence in future cities; for this tour\, designed specifically for Al Ain\, you wear headphones (provided) and are guided by a computer-generated voice (in Arabic or English) into familiar and unfamiliar sites “that emerge as if from an imagined film”. \nThe starting point is Al Jahili Fort. \nThe Rimini Protokoll experience is remarkable and can be eye-opening; the collective has done Abu Dhabi a couple of times in the past\, as part of early Abu Dhabi Art extras\, and we’d heartily recommend the trip … \nThis is part of the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial. \nFuture dates: \n23 February \n6 April\n13 April\n20 April\n27 April \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/remote-al-ain-by-rimini-protokoll-10/
CATEGORIES:Experience,Tour/Visit
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250209T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250209T190000
DTSTAMP:20250128T083748Z
CREATED:20250128T083748Z
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UID:60354-1739120400-1739127600@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Performance Co/Lab
DESCRIPTION:An ongoing programme of performance exercises such as contact improvisation\, breath work\, acting warm-ups\, games\, and techniques aimed at “performing artists\, creatives\, and curious individuals looking to explore movement practices. Instructors are multidisciplinary theatre artist and game designer Carlos Páez González; and dance creator\, director\, and teacher Mary Chase. \nWe’ve heard good things about these sessions. They’re free\, but spaces are limited …
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/performance-co-lab-3/
LOCATION:421 Arts Campus\, Mina Zayed\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Performance,Workshop
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