Thursday (April 16) Former Manchester United, Chelsea and Scotland national team manager Tommy Docherty will give an after-dinner speech at the British Club, in Adliya, tonight.

The event will be open to members and their guests 7.30pm onwards.

Nicknamed ‘The Doc’, the 80-year-old Glasgow-born soccer legend will give an insight into his playing and managerial career, starting in 1947 when he first signed for Scottish giants Glasgow Celtic.

For more information, contact the British Club reception on 17728245.

 

 

The bilAteRalrelaTions exhibition will be opened today by Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa Minister of Information and Culture and the German Ambassador Dr Hubert Lang opens today and will run until April 25 at the Art Hall, National Museum Bahrain.

Participating artists include painters Adnan Achmed, Faika Al Hassan and Jaffar Al Oraibi from Bahrain and Marion Labani and Monika Al Fehaid from Germany, sculptors Ali Al Mahmeed, Fuad Albinfalah and Khalil Hashimi from Bahrain and photographers Khalil Hammad from Bahrain and Manfred Erber and Steffi de Vos from Germany.

The exhibition is organised by Art Lounge, the Ministry of Information and Culture, the Economic Development Board, the Bahrain Arts Society and the German Embassy.

For details contact Marion Labani on 39212060.

 

Indian DJ Benson will perform at Club Seven at the Mishal Hotel, Hoora. His career began 14 years ago and he has performed in Mumbai, Goa, Bangalore, Delhi, Calcutta, Nepal, Dubai, Thailand, Bali, Hong Kong, Singapore, UK, US, Spain and Panama. He has also worked with various renowned artists including Rishi Rich, Juggy D, Jay Sean, Veronica, Raghav, Bally Sagoo and Bomay Vikings as well as many others. DJ Fadi and DJ Reaves will also entertain the crowd.

Tickets are BD5 for men and BD3 for ladies. For details contact 39992260.

 

The Awali Ladies Hospitality Group and the Indian Ladies Association is jointly hosting the Brides of India fashion show at the Bapco Club Awali.

Doors open at 6.30pm and the show starts at 7.30pm sharp. Tickets are BD5 for adults inclusive of dinner, BD2.5 for children aged 10 to 13 and free for children from five to nine. All proceeds from the show will go to local charities. There are also door prizes to be won. For details contact Musrat Hashmi on 39799345 or email husrat@alhashmi.com.

 

Saudi Arabian DJ Baloo returns to Bahrain for the 10th installment of his monthly residency with Likwid Productions, ‘Ubergroove’ on Thursday at the Coral Beach Club.  For details contact 39649590.

 

Friday (April 17)

A joint exhibition ‘Temptations of an Angel’ between Bahraini poet Qassim Al Heddad and Bahraini artist Lubna Al Amin ends today at the Albareh Art Gallery in Adliya. Al Heddad has written a collection of poems about Berlin, Paris and his country Bahrain and Lubna has participated in many solo and group shows in Europe and Bahrain. The exhibition was first showcased in Berlin, followed by Bahrain and later will end in Paris.

 

Aqua Fuego at the Marine Tower, Hoora, will host a club party with DJ Salime at 9pm.

The evening offers the chance to win free drinks and enter a grand prize draw which includes a trip for two to Dubai and two Platinum Aqua Fuego Memberships.

Entry is BD3 for men before 11pm and BD5 after, BD3 for couples and free for ladies. Dress code is smart casual.

For details contact 36110200 or email aquafuego@live. com

 

Saturday (April 18)

La Fontaine Centre of Contemporary Art, Manama, will present the Gulf Jazz Festival brought to Bahrain by Witold Wnuk, founder of the Gulf Chamber Philharmonica – with seven musicians and different performances today and tomorrow.

American singer and pianist Karen Edwards with European guitarist Jarek Smietana and his trio will perform today. The programme includes jazz standards, soul and jazz rock.

Tomorrow a funky and smooth jazz night will be presented by famous Dutch trumpet player Saskia Laroo with American pianist and singer Warren Byrd.

Both shows begin at 8pm. Tickets are BD20 for concert only and BD25 for concert and dinner for each night. For the two nights, entry is BD36 for concerts only and BD45 for concerts and dinner. For details contact 17230123.

 

iSpace will be conducting a workshop on photography for amateur and professional photographers as part of its new initiative on providing training to Mac lovers and digital media professionals at the iSpace store in Hamala at 4pm.

The workshop ‘Photography and Aperture 2.0’ will focus on the various techniques of shooting a picture in addition to handling an image on the Mac- Aperture platform.

For details contact iSpace at 17611922 or email info@i-machines.com.

 

Sunday (April 19)

A regional Photography Workshop for women led by Hazel Thompson is running until April 22 at the Al Riwaq Gallery. For registration and details contact Rayyah Fathalla on 17261555 ext 260.

 

Monday (April 20)

TaBu Nightclub Bahrain, located on the first floor at the Phoenicia Tower, Manama, is holding salsa classes for beginners. There will be 13 classes at a cost of BD30 or BD3 for each class.

For details contact 39994199 or email tabu.bahrain@yahoo.com.

 

The Bahrain Institute of Hospitality and Retail (BIHR) in association with Gulf Training Solutions and Bahrain Society of Training and Development is organising a seminar on the ‘Secrets of Emotional Intelligence and Resonant Leadership’ to be held at the Diplomat Radisson SAS Bahrain, Manama. The speaker at the event will be expert in leadership development and emotional intelligence, Dr Richard Boyatzis. For details contact BSTD on 17825518 or BIHR on 17693233.

 

Tuesday (April 21)

British artist Andrew Hodgson is holding an exhibition of water colour paintings, inspired by life in Bahrain at Lina’s Café at the Diplomatic Area until May 8.

In his first one-man show in Bahrain, the artist is exhibiting his impressions of life in the kingdom using delicate washes to capture the essence of Bahrain including the flavour of the souk and the heat of the desert.

Andrew has lived in Bahrain for two years and comes from Lancashire.

For details contact him on 17750980 or email         a.hodgson1@gmail.com

 

Paddy Armstrong, director of Marketing and ex-Housemaster and Bursar at Blundell’s School in the UK, will be visiting Bahrain today ,tomorrow and the day after at the British Council, Khamis. He will discuss any aspect of UK education, particularly boarding school for boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 18.

Blundell’s School, founded in 1604, is a co-educational boarding and day school which aims to provide pupils with an excellent academic curriculum and a range of extra-curricular activities focusing on sports, music and drama.

For more information on the school, visit www.blundells.org. 

To book an appointment with Mr Armstrong email the British Council on nada. bader@britishcouncil.org.bh or on pa@blundells.org.

 

Transformation of Memories, a group photography exhibition led by Camille Zakharia is being held by the Al Riwaq Gallery at the Al Aali Shopping Complex, Seef, until April 30. The exhibition is the result of a four-week workshop led by the Lebanon-born artist. Sixteen participants, from a cross-section of backgrounds, explored the effects of urbanism on the social identity of local communities and a selection of the participants’ images, curated by Mayssa Fattouh, is been displayed alongside the works of Camille Zakharia. For details contact 17581176 or email         info@alriwaqgallery.org

 

The Bahrain Boat Show International at the Amwaj Marina, Amwaj Islands, starts today. It will held daily until April 25 from 4pm to 10pm. Entry is BD3 per head. For details contact 17585303.