Event listing

The Muju Jazzy Brunch is held every Friday between midday and 5pm at the Dragon Resort & Hotel on Amwaj Island. The Muju Jazzy Duo, featuring South African musicians Jamelo and Sariefa, will provide entertainment. There are also activities for children such as close-up magicians, balloon modellers, face-painting and more. The brunch also offers unlimited beverages, all for BD25 per person. Children aged six to 12 pay half-price to dine.  Discounts are available for advance and larger bookings. For details, call 16039800 or email rm@mujuamwaj.com

The Royal Golf Club’s new All You Can Eat Buffet will be held every Saturday lunchtime in Prego! Italian Restaurant. It will include salads, pastas, pizzas and risottos as well as Italian desserts for BD12 net for adults (members’ discount applies) and BD5 net for children under the age of 12, inclusive of unlimited selected soft drinks. Children under the age of five eat for free. The buffet is available between midday and 3pm. For details, call the club on 17750777.

Dine around the central water fountain and under palm trees in Sofitel Bahrain Zallaq Thalassa Sea and Spa’s Saraya Restaurant every Saturday with an Arabic brunch buffet of Middle Eastern and North African cuisine. The brunch is from 12.30pm to 3.30pm at BD18 net per person inclusive of soft beverages and BD22 net per person with selected beverages.

Every Tuesday there is a Moroccan night from 7pm to 10.30pm with similar prices as the brunch. For details, visit www.sofitel.com.

Refresh your first aid skills with a CPR and basic life support course from 9am to 12.15m priced at BD25 or an optional additional three hours for full First Aid qualification at BD15 extra from 1pm to 4pm at Layla Garden in Saar. For details, email firstaidbox.bahrain@gmail.com or call 39363622 or visit www.first-aidbox.com.

A Belgian mussels promotion, with celebrated chef Paul Vanlacker, returns today to the Mövenpick Hotel Bahrain. Start with a garden salad followed by a bowl of mussels priced at BD15++ per person. For details, contact 17460000, email hotel.bahrain.fb@moevenpick.com  or visit www.moevenpick-hotels.com/bahrain.

The Shaikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Centre for Culture and Research will hold a calligraphy workshop – an Introduction to the art of Ruqaa by calligrapher Saad Busaad from February 1 until 26. Participation will be by selection and there is a course fee. The deadline for submissions is today. For details, contact 17322549 or visit www.shaikhebrahimcenter.org.

To showcase the history of Dilmun, the Ministry of Culture has organised an exhibition at the Bahrain National Museum as part of the venue’s 25th anniversary celebrations. The display illustrates the archaeological heritage of the kingdom and its pioneering cultural role in the region. The event runs until today. For more information, call 17298718.

The 2014 Autumn Fair will be staged at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre from today until January 29. Today and Friday the exhibition is open from noon until 10pm.

On Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday the exhibition is open from 10am to 1pm and 4pm to 10pm.
 
On Sunday and Monday a ladies-only morning will be staged from 10am to 1pm and then open to the general public from 4pm to 10pm. Entry costs 700fils. For more information, visit www.theautumnfair.com.

A photographic exhibition called Inside India will be held at the Bin Mattar House in Muharraq at 7pm. The images are by four Bahrain-based photographers Haya Al Khalifa, Rasha Yousif, Saji Antony and Stephanie Ravel. It will run until February 20. The exhibition will coincide with India’s National Day celebrations. Opening times are Saturday to Thursday from 9am-1pm and 4-7pm.

The Mövenpick Hotel Bahrain has a ‘Swiss gourmet feast’ taking place throughout January and February on Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 7pm onward at Silks Restaurant. On Mondays, the hotel serves a selection of traditional seafood dishes for BD18.200++ per person. The Seafood Night is BD22.300++ per person. Also, experience the Thursday night brunch at BD22++ per person.

The Mövenpick Hotel Bahrain is also offering a five-course menu and unlimited selected beverage priced at BD24++ per person on the February 14. Win a stay in Mövenpick Dead Sea or Beirut for three nights and prolong your Valentine’s Day celebrations. Lots of other prizes to be won and roses will be given to all the ladies.

For details, contact 17460000, email hotel.bahrain.fb@moevenpick.com  or visit www.moevenpick-hotels.com/bahrain
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Yogalates, the latest fitness craze combining Pilates exercises with the postures and breathing techniques of yoga, is coming to the Royal Country Club this month. Classes cost BD2 for members, BD4 for residents of Riffa Views and BD5 for visitors. For details, contact 17750777.

St Christopher’s School will host the Young Musicians of the Gulf (YMOG) on January 28-30 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Participants from 15 schools across the Gulf States will visit the kingdom for three days of musical competition. The best musicians will compete for the title Young Musician of the Gulf. They will be judged by British-born composer, conductor and organist Michael Hankinson, conductor Richard Dickins and violinist Chloë Hanslip. For details, email marketing@st-chris.net or call 1759 8499/86.

In celebration of its third anniversary, artBahrain.org presents ‘In Dialogue’, an exhibition that brings together works of artists Rashid Al Khalifa, Modhir Ahmed, Walid Siti and Abdulrahim Sharif. It will run at The Waterline Gallery, Bahrain Financial Harbour, until January 25. The exhibition is open to the public from Sunday to Thursday, 10am-7pm and Friday and Saturday from midday to 6pm.

The BIC Dragster Xperience is the latest offering at the Bahrain International Circuit in which visitors get the chance to sample a state-of-the-art Top Fuel Dragster. For details, visit www.bahraingp.com.

The Royal Golf Club has special offers on dining. On the first Friday of each month, four adults get to enjoy the full carvery for the price of three and on the second Friday of each month, children aged 12 and under can eat for free. The third Friday of the month will feature a special beverage station while the fourth Friday is Russian Week featuring caviar and beverage stations. The Links Friday Carvery Feast costs BD18 net per person with unlimited selected soft drinks or BD27 net per person with unlimited selected beverages. For details, contact 17751262.

The Bahrain Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is staging a Sponsored Dog Walk to raise funds on January 31. Friends and family can sponsor walkers for every kilometre walked around the Askar courses.  Children will walk 2km and adults 4km. There will be a BBQ and refreshments. The walk starts at 10.30am. For details, visit Facebook, at AWC, Thrift Shop and www.bspca.org

The Dogfather Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre is staging a boutique event sale on February 8 from 10am to 2pm at the Dilmun Club. It will include designer labels, fashion accessories, electronics, household goods, bric-a-bracs, cakes, cookies and cupcakes.

Punchline Media is staging another Chuckle Club featuring comedians Adam Bloom, Silky and James Acaster on January 29 at 8.30pm at the Bahrain Rugby Football Club, on January 30 at 8.30pm at The British Club and on January 31 at The Regency Hotel at 8pm. Doors open at 7.30pm and tickets are BD15. There will also be a Valentine Special event at the Rugby Club on February 19 at 8pm, at The British Club on the February 20 at 8.30pm and at the Intercontinental Regency Hotel on February 21 at 8pm. Tickets cost BD15. For details, contact 36663509 or email info@punchlineme.com.