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Wednesday (June 4) • Filipina singer Roselle Nava will perform at the Adhari Hotel’s Tobasco Charlie’s today and tomorrow. Doors open at 8.30pm and tickets priced at BD3 are available at the Adhari Hotel and the Delmon International Hotel. Resident Filipino band Lokshakti and DJ Jojo will also be on stage. For details contact 36326883 or 17224242. 

• St Christopher’s School in Isa Town is holding its 16th annual art exhibition featuring nearly 1,000 pieces of work by 60 students studying on GCSE and A’level art courses. The exhibition is open to the public at 2pm until June 10. For details contact 17788101.

Thursday (June 5)

• The Bahrain Welsh Society is holding a summer party combined with an annual general meeting at the Khalifah Gardens. The party begins at 7.30pm for the 8pm meeting, which will be followed by sushi and shawarmas. A BD10 ticket includes membership fees for the Bahrain Welsh Society. For details contact 39617624.

• Bahrain Hash House Harriers is holding a general knowledge quiz, open to members and guests at the British Club. The quiz will start at 7.30pm and will offer fun prizes. The registration fee for members and non-members is BD2.5. For details contact 17862620.

• The Bahrain Rugby Football Club is holding its annual end-of-season ball at the Gulf Hotel in Adliya. The gala dinner and dance event begins from 8pm and is open to members for BD25 and to non-members for BD28. Tickets will be available at the club’s reception. For details contact 17695809.

• The Summer Marathon Series begins today with the Bahrain Road Runners organising a series of marathon events which will be held every Thursday until June 26. It will include a 3km and 5km run to start at 5.30pm at the Awali Cinema car park. For details contact 39685547.

Friday (June 6)

• Bud Music…Live! 2008 will take place at the Rock Bottom Cafe in the Ramee International Hotel, Juffair, headlined by Grammy award-winning New York-based hip-hop band De La Soul with support from The Beat, Mamas Gun and Skank Sinatra. Doors open at 7.30pm. Tickets are priced at BD14 and are available from HavaJava, BMMI shops, Krumz Resturant, Rock Bottom, Ramee Hotel and Alosra Supermarket. For details contact Gail Potter on jumpmediasales@gmail.com.

• The Karavali Konkans Association is hosting the Bahrain heat of the Gulf Voice of Mangalore Konkani singing contest at the Karnataka Social Club in Manama. It will begin at 10.30am. For more details contact 39278607 or 39063953.

• The British Club will host a Filipino Theme Night Festival to offer a cultural insight into Philippines. The festival will present Filipino fares with live entertainment. For details contact 17728245.

• The Bahrain Cricket Association (BCA) will hold a six-a-side, soft ball cricket tournament at the Al Najma Club. The matches will start at 8am to 10pm. The registration fee is BD50 and the BCA will provide teams with T-shirts. For more information contact 39004114.

Saturday (June 7)

• The Dilmun Club is hosting a comedy night with Simon Bligh, Tony Woods and Keith Farnan, from the Comedy Store in London, taking to the stage. Tickets are priced at BD12 for members and BD16 for guests, inclusive of buffet supper. For details contact 17690926

Sunday (June 8)

• A photography exhibition – Double Vue is being held at La Maison Jamsheer in Muharraq created by award-winning Lebanese-born Canadian artist Camille Zakharia. 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.

Tuesday (June 10)

• Dr Rajesh, Ayurveda physician and Panchakarma expert, will present a free lecture at La Fontaine Centre of Contemporary Art in Manama on Tuesday at 7pm. A vegetarian menu accompanied by Sitar and Tabla will be available at the restaurant terrace from 8pm. price is BD15 net per head. For details contact 17230123 or email       lfccart@batelco.com.bh.

Alliance Française de Bahreïn, in partnership with the French Embassy and support of the Golden Tulip Hotel is organising a French Film Festival at the Seef Cineplex 2. The festival aims at exploring the different dimensions of movie making, without restricting it to any specific genres or age groups with themes ranging from dramas to comedy and animation to musicals.

Tickets are priced at BD2 with a special price for schools in the morning at BD1.500.

For details contact 17683295 or maison.jamsheer@          afbahrain.com.

Wednesday at 8pm: Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé (Not Here To Be Loved) directed by Stéphane Brizé.

Thursday at 8pm: Les visiteurs (The visitors) directed by Jean-Marie Poiré with cast members Jean Reno, Christian Clavier and Valérie Lemercier.

Friday at 8pm: ‘U’ directed by Serge Elissalde with cast Vahina Giocante, Isild Le Besco and Marie-Christine Orry.

Friday at 8pm: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The umbrella of Cherbourg) directed by Jacques Demy with cast Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo and Anne Vernon.

Saturday at 8pm: Le petit lieutenant (The Little Lieutenant) directed by Xavier Beauvois and cast Nathalie Baye, Jalil Lespert and Roschdy Zem.

Sunday at 8pm: Le lait de la tendresse humaine (The milk of human kindness) directed by Dominique Cabrera with cast Marilyne Canto, Patrick Bruel and Dominique Blanc.