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Wednesday (May 21)¥ The annual calligraphy exhibition at the Albareh Art Gallery in Adliya ends today. The 'Words and Alphabets' exhibition has on display the works of Bahraini artists Abbas Yousif, Abdul, Elah Al Arab and Jamal Abdul Rahim, Moroccan artists Hakim Ghazali and Abdulla Hariri, Syrian artist Ahmed Moualla, Iraqi artist Hassan Massoudi, Tunisian Khalid bin Slimane and Egyptian Mohamed Abla. For details contact 17717707.
Thursday (May 22)
¥ Last day of the World Press Photo exhibition being held at the Seef Mall featuring more than 200 prize-winning photographs of photo journalists from all over the world covering human interest, politics, sports and travel. The images in the exhibition will also be available in the World Press Photo Yearbook, which will be on sale at the venue. For details contact 17295502.
¥ An art exhibition will be held at the British School Bahrain's new premises in Hamala. Twenty-five students will be exhibiting their work - 17 at GCSE-level and eight at A-Level. The main themes for this year will be Links and Connections, Transition and Barriers and the paintings will be a mixture of representational, semi-abstract and abstract work including portraiture, the figure, video art, wire sculpture, installation and painting. Notable pieces at the exhibition will be MTV-animated 'shorts', a wake for a rag doll, large-scale gloss-paint 'suspects' portraits, farmyard chic, plasticised portraiture and obsessive collections of the macabre. For details contact 17710878.
¥ The Young Goans Club will host its annual May Queen contest at the Marina Club poolside in Manama. The event is by invitation only and begins at 8.30pm. The contest is open for women of all nationalities aged between 15 and 28. The event will feature a fashion show and entertainment will be provided by cover band Aryan Fame alongside a DJ from Music and Lights. For details contact 39659539, 39939659 or 36355164.
¥ Bahrain-based Indian artist Tejbir Singh ends his exhibition being held at the Alliance Franaise in Isa Town today. It is open from from 9am to 2pm and from 3pm to 9pm. Special tour of the exhibition will be organised on request. For more details contact 17683295 or email maison.jamsheer@afbahrain.com.
Friday (May 23)
¥ The Fiesta sa OWWA 2008 will take place at the Delmon International Hotel, Manama from 1pm to 7pm.
The event will feature a Flores De Mayo (Flowers of May) parade of women dressed in traditional costumes, live entertainment and traditional games for children and adults. Proceeds of the event will go to 'Tuloy-Aral', a scholarship programme of the Philippine Government for the underprivileged and street children. This will also be extended to support the Triskelion Charity Fund of TI-Bahrain. For details contact 39156380, 39747687 and 36305711.
Saturday (May 24)
¥ A photography exhibition - Double Vue is being held at La Maison Jamsheer in Muharraq. It has been created by award-winning Lebanese-born Canadian artist Camille Zakharia. The exhibition aims to reflect the impact Bahrain's economic boom has had on the cultural and social development of the country and its people. He has captured the changing of the country's landscape by exploring its streets, towns, villages, alleys, farms and barren desert. The photographs feature Muharraq, and other villages as well as its government housing projects of the 1960s to 1980s and compounds. They also capture new skyscrapers and new developments. The exhibition runs until June 19 and is open to the public from 9am to 2pm and 4pm to 8pm daily. For more details contact the director of the Alliance Francaise, Olivier Huynh-Van at - maison.jamsheer@afbahrain.com or 17683295.
Sunday (May 25)
¥ Drop-in Meditation at the Bahrain Meditation Centre in Adliya every evening from 7 -7.30pm. Visitors can practice meditation in a serene and friendly atmosphere. For registration contact the centre on 17712545.
¥ A 'Bowl for Charity' tournament is taking place at the Funland Bowling Centre in Manama daily from 6pm onwards. Finals will be held on May 30. Children and adults are invited to support the club's major tournament, which offers participants the chance to win prizes totalling $5,000 (BD1,890). Money raised at the event will be used to purchase equipment and other items needed at the Bahrain Child Protection Centre, Zinj, the Bahrain Deaf Society, Naim, and Al Rahma Centre for Youth Care, East Riffa. Entry is BD5 per person. For details contact Ismail on 39692345.
Monday (May 26)
¥ The British Council will begin a photography exhibition titled 'North, South, East and West' to showcase climatic changes at the Bait Al Quran in Manama until June 5. For details contact 17574100.
Tuesday (May 27)
¥ Saudi artist Zahra Bu Ali is exhibiting her artwork called 'Miniatures' at the Bahrain Arts Society. It will feature her works which include oil on canvas and paper, acrylics on paper, etching and printing from zinc, copper, wood, multimedia works, small-scale sculptures as well as a large-scale multimedia. A hand-made artist book with etchings and prints will also be available. For details contact 17590562.
