The 'Funniest Person in Bahrain' contest will conclude tonight with previous winners competing for the title. The event is organised by Khalifa Shaheen Digital Images (KSDi) and the Aqua Fuego lounge. Tickets are BD5 each or free if you bring a pet lama. The show will begin at 9pm at the club located at the Days Hotel in Manama. For details, contact 17593993.
The Albareh Art Gallery in Adliya is hosting an exhibition of works by internationally-renowned Sudanese artist Mohammad Omar Khalil. The exhibition entitled 'Paolo Ucello, the Battle of San Romano' will be held until March 1. For details, contact 17172000.
Famous Danish filmmaker Lars Von Trier's film 'The Europa' will be screened as part of Prerana Film Society's weekly classic film exhibition at the specially arranged auditorium of Kannada Sangha in Manama at 8pm.
The film features an international cast including French-American Jean-Marc Barr, German actress and actor Barbara Sukowa and Udo Kier, expatriate American Eddie Constantine, and the Swedes Max von Sydow and Ernst-Hugo JŠregŒrd.
For details, contact 39643309.
Thursday (Feb 18)
Alliance Francaise Bahrein and Shaheen Group will present renowned Oud player Saad Mahmood Jawad in a concert called 'Dreams of Oud' at 7.30pm at the Alliance Francaise Auditorium in Isa Town. Admission is free for all. For details, contact 17683295 or log on to www.afbahrain.com
Al Riwaq Art Space in Adliya will host a solo exhibition of photographic works by Bahraini photographer Abdullah Al Khan until February 27. His photographs document many of Bahrain's social, historical and traditional events of the kingdom. For details, contact 17717441.
Stand-up comedy show, 'Komic Sutra Tour' by Nitin Mirani will be held at the Elite Resort and Spa, Al Fateh Highway, from 7pm to 10pm.
Accompanying him will be Firas Alola, Ibrahim al Khairallah, Yousif Taha, Sherif Azab, Faraz Shafiq and Abdullah Mohammed. The event will be hosted by Waddah Swar.
Tickets are BD30, BD20 and BD10 and are available at Second Cup and Vergnano CafŽ or online at ticketation.com. For details, contact 39124042 or 39857359.
Friday (Feb 19)
British band Nine Below Zero will be appearing at The Upstairs Downstairs Restaurant in Adliya. Dinner concert is for BD30 and concert only BD15. For reservations, contact 17713093.
Sunday (Feb 21)
'A chair and a painting' art exhibition opens at the Albareh Art cafŽ.
The collective exhibition which will be held until March 5 brings together nine international Arab artists from Iraq, Jordan, Sudan, Syria, Oman and Bahrain. Each artist produced a canvas and a chair to be displayed in the cafŽ.
Materials used for chair making are used wood, integrated cottons, and metal.
Exhibiting artists include Ahmed Al Bahrani, Delair S. Shaker, Fadi Yazigi, Khaled Farhan, Mahmud Al Obaidi, Mohamad Al Ameri, Nazar Yahya, Nizar Sabour and Salman Al Malik. For details, contact 17717707.
Tuesday (Feb 23)
A mixture of contemporary calligraphy, abstract paintings and bi-lingual poetry will be highlighted at the Elham23, the art group's monthly gathering, which will be held at the Albareh Art Gallery in Adliya. Artists featuring for this month's gathering include Egyptian Bahrain-based artist Jehan Saleh and Bahraini student, poet and painter Masooma Al-Noaimi. The evening will begin at 7.30pm and entry is free.
For details, contact 39416121, email elhambahrain@yahoo.com or visit www.elhambahrain.net
