Dates for the diary

Words BookstoreCafé will host its Afterwords CineClub featuring Finding Vivian Maier, a critically-acclaimed documentary about a mysterious nanny who secretly took 100,000 photographs that were hidden in storage lockers and discovered decades later. There is no charge to attend.
For details, email info@wordsbookstorecafe.com

Bushido will celebrate the venue’s sixth anniversary with a performance by international star Christina Milian on May 29.
For more details call 17583555 or 17581487.

Liverpool football legend Jamie Carragher will be visiting Bahrain on May 29. He will talk about his career at a dinner held at the Radisson Blu Diplomat Hotel, Residence & Spa at 7.30pm.
Tickets cost BD30 and include a gourmet feast, a comedy show, a prize raffle and a sports memorabilia auction.
To purchase tickets, visit https://ssmena.com/bahrain/ or email bahrain@ssmena.com

Words BookstoreCafé will hold a beginner’s workshop for enthusiasts who would like to improve their photography knowledge and skills on May 30, June 6 and 13, from 3pm-4.30pm. The three-session workshop will be hands-on and you will be required to bring your own camera. The cost is BD66, which is payable in advance to Words by Saturday.
To sign up, email info@wordsbookstorecafe.com

The Bahrain Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BSPCA) is staging its Annual Fashion Show, entitled The name is Bone.... James Bone, at the Bahrain Rugby Football Club, on June 5. Tickets, priced BD15, will include entry, a meal and refreshments. There will also be entertainment and a raffle. Tickets are available from the Rugby Club, British Club, Thrift Shop and the AWC at Askar. 
For details, contact 17591231.

The next monthly meeting of the Bahrain Writers’ Circle will be held on June  8 at 7.30pm at Coral Bay.

SPLASH out and have some fun at Wahooo! and you could drive away from City Centre Bahrain in a brand new car.
The popular mall waterpark is staging a promotional draw with a 2015 Kia Soul as the main prize.
“Cool the summer heat with winning,” said a Wahooo! spokesman.” Not only will you spend a splashing day with us but you will also get a chance to get into the draw.”
Every entrance ticket purchased until June 15 will entitle the holder to participate in the prize draw which will be held on June 16.
The 2015 Soul, which starts from BD6,550, is plusher, quieter, and ‘totally tailored for comfort’, its makers say, as well as being loaded with advanced car technology.

The Indian Club May Queen Ball 2015 will take place on May 28 at the club premises in Gudaibiya. The pageant will feature 16 women, aged 18 to 26, competing for the title, combined with music and dance routines from Bollywood troupes and fusion dancers.
The four rounds of competition will be composed by leading choreographer Kevin D’Cunha with the winner taking away a crown, $750 (BD283), a diamond ring, a return airline ticket to India, electronic gifts as well as gift hampers and more.
The runner-up will receive $500 (BD188), electronic gifts and hampers. The third-placed contender will walk away with $250 (BD94), electronic gifts and hampers. The best attire, best hairstyle and best smile winners will each receive $100 (BD38) and gift hampers.
For details, contact D’Cunha on 39901147 or the club on 17253157.

BAHRAIN CINEMA CLUB
Film: Days of Being Wild
Director: Kar Wai Wong
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau
Running Time: 1h 34mins
Synopsis: Set in 1960, the film centres on the young, boyishly-handsome Yuddy, who learns from the woman who raised him that she is not his real mother. Hoping to hold onto him, she refuses to divulge the name of his real birth mother. The revelation shakes Yuddy to his very core, unleashing a cascade of conflicting emotions. Two women have the bad luck to fall for Yuddy. Perhaps due to his unresolved issues, he passively lets the two compete for him, unable or unwilling to make a choice. Later, Yuddy learns of his birth mother’s whereabouts and heads out to the Philippines.
For more information, call Huda Tabbara on 3968232