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Join us on Thursday, August 5th or Friday, August 6th for two Backstage productions: “The Business Lunch”, directed by Shreya Maheswari and “Players and Pawns” written and directed by Philip Apaza. Doors open on this night of comedy and drama at 7:00 pm. Come enjoy the show and support local talent!
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British Council brings together Entrepreneurs from the Creative Industries
Since the launch of its first award in the UAE in 2007, the British Council’s YCE – Young Creative Entrepreneur programme has created a unique platform to recognise and encourage young entrepreneurs in the creative industries who contribute significantly to the cultural and economic success of the country.
To celebrate the success of this YCE programme, the British Council have invited to the UAE, award-winning UK film producer, Anna Higgs. Anna is founder and co-producer at an innovative production company – Quark Films, and is also one of the finalists of UK Young Screen Entrepreneur Award in 2010. Read more »
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Introduction
There are 202 nationalities registered in Dubai speaking an impressive number of different languages. By default English has become the common language denominator to communication within the Dubai society which leaves limited place to the other cultural communities.
Shelter has successfully launched in May 2010 a platform to promote language exchange between Dubai’s residents called “Speak Dating”. As the word tells, this is about matching people that have common interests in teaching/learning a language and a perfect complement to traditional language classes. Read more »
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Dear Poetry lovers and friends who humor me,
We are officially on a break from poeticizing in public in Dubai till the weather makes sense again, but since I am around for a few days, we thought we would read to each other.
It’s a smaller venue, the screening room in Shelter, but do join us for an intimate performance. Luckily, our favorite poeticians ARE around and we have a great line up of word warriors ready to drown you in imagery. Read more »
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Zouk Lambada is a dance style evolved from the lambada dance style and is typically danced to zouk music or other music containing the zouk beat, such as Arabic or RnB music. The style of Zouk Lambada that is taught on the UAE is Rio-style Zouk, which is the style also danced in Brazil, Australia, the Netherlands, Spain, and some other European countries. It uses a modified, slower and smoother version of the lambada. Read more »
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Please note that due to unforeseen circumstances, Mark-It, that was meant to take place this weekend has been post-poned. We will keep you updated on the dates of the next one.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Thanks,
The Shelter Team
Maybe you are a serious art collector. Perhaps you’re simply interested in finding an inexpensive way to furnish a new home. Or maybe you’re looking for a new piece of jewellery for yourself. Weekend markets are a great way to keep your wallets in check and yet buy the most beautiful products that would be a neighbours envy and the owners pride.
After its sell-out debut in May, The “Mark-It” is scheduled once again for Friday, July 9th and Saturday, July 10th 2010 and will include vendors with exotic wares, collectibles, crafts, and merchandise of all kinds. The Mark-It boasts of an atmosphere that is friendly and chilled out. Once tired of shopping, simply relax with a foot massage or unwind with some great beverages and snacks to the tune of a funky DJ. The organisers have thought of it all, children are entertained with fun animated feature films in cinema style while parents are busy trying on the wares. The event runs from 5pm till 10pm on Friday and 11am till 10pm on Saturday. Read more »
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On Friday the 2nd of July, we will be putting together Care Packages for the labourers for the camp in Sharjah that was recently featured on the front page of 7Days under the headline “Labourers Left to Starve”. You can find the article here: http://www.7days.ae/storydetails.php?id=95493&page=localnews&title=Labourers%20left%20to%20starve
We will be sorting the items between 10am to 4 pm at Shelter, and volunteers are very welcome. Deadline for dropping donations/supplies to Shelter is Thursday July 1st. Everything collected is going directly to the labourers at the camp in Sharjah of 400 men.
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