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The Sheraton Bahrain Hotel’s Christmas Tree Light-Up will take place on December 9. Father Christmas will be giving out gifts to children and there will be a festive photo booth.
Sofitel Bahrain Zallaq Thalassa Sea & Spa is commemorating the start of the holiday season and festivities with the lighting of its Christmas tree as well as a rendition of traditional Christmas carols by its choir on December 10 from 6pm.
Mask Productions will be staging Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s hit musical, CATS, at the Bahrain Rugby Football Club from December 10 to 15. Tickets are priced at BD7 and BD10.
For details, contact 39047734 or email catsinbahrain@gmail.com
The Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay is opening its first Magical Christmas Market in its Lobby Majlis outlet following the switching of the tree lights last night. Traditional festive items, such as homemade chocolate truffles, gingerbread cookies, honey-glazed turkey, Christmas fruit cake, mince pies and the signature yule log cake will be available. The market will run from December 10 to January 7 from 10m-9pm.
The Palm Association is celebrating 15 years in Bahrain with a festive lunch to be held at the Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay on December 10. There will be a vendor sale at 10.30am before the start of lunch at noon, and the event costs BD22.
Tickets can be purchased from the Bahrain Rugby Football Club, Dilmun Club, British Club of Bahrain or The Bookcase until December 3. All proceeds will benefit the charity’s Feed a Family programme. For more information, call 39967896.
Al Riwaq Art Space will launch its cultural project The Nest 2015/ Market 338 from December 10 to January 9, 2016.
This will be the fifth year the Adliya neighbourhood has been transformed into a live arts space with public installations, live music and a weekly marketplace.
The Nest is a local hotspot, offering live music performances, activities for children and workshops that reflect on current topics of contemporary design and its related disciplines. There will be a full programme of events lined up including a film series curated with the Sharjah Arts Foundation.
For more details, contact 17717441, email info@alriwaqartspace.com or visit www.alriwaqartspace.com
The Mövenpick Hotel Bahrain is hosting a gingerbread house making afternoon on December 12 from 3pm-5pm. Children will be invited to decorate houses with tools and goodies provided and there will also be a counter for adults.
The event costs BD10 net. For more information, call 17460017.
The Bapco Wellbeing Project 2020, in collaboration of Bahrain Diabetic Society, will host a Walk and Talk walkathon from 3pm in Awali town centre. All proceeds raised will go towards buying insulin pumps for diabetic children in Bahrain.
La Fontaine Art Centre in Adliya is hosting a movie night on December 13 from 8pm. The Zurcher Ballet’s 2003 production will be shown, starring Karine Seneca and entrance is BD10, inclusive of a meal.
For more information, call 17230123 or email info@lafontaineartcentre.net
Words BookstoreCafe in Budaiya is hosting a ‘Soup for Syria’ charity evening on December 15. A group of chefs in the café’s soup kitchen will serve soups from the illustrated cookbook ‘Soup for Syria - Recipes to Celebrate Our Shared Humanity’ compiled by Barbara Abdeni Massaad.
All proceeds from the sale of the cookbook and any donations made during the event will go to the UNHCR’s Food Aid programme for Syrian refugees.
For more information, visit www.soupforsyria.com
Sofitel Bahrain Zallaq Thalassa Sea & Spa aims to put on the longest Christmas brunch buffet on the island with a vast selection of cuisine. It will be spread over three restaurants, with Saraya Restaurant serving international cuisine, Wok with its Vietnamese offering and Fiamma Restaurant’s authentic Italian delights. A kid’s corner with various children’s activities will also be available as well as live entertainment from the resident Cuban band.
It will take place between 12.30pm-4pm on December 25 and the price is BD42 net per person, inclusive of unlimited selected beverages.
The Mövenpick Hotel Bahrain’s Christmas brunch will take place on December 25 and will feature traditional Christmas delicacies such as roast turkey with all the trimmings, chestnut stuffing and selected beverages for BD41.
La Fontaine Art Centre, Adliya, is hosting a jazz music exhibition and concert dinner on January 21. Tickets cost BD30 and are available by emailing info@lafontainearecentre.net or by calling 17230123. Tickets booked before December 20 will receive a 10 per cent discount.
Bookings are being accepted for private Christmas parties, turkey takeaways, and Christmas and New Year dining at the Royal Golf Club’s Links Restaurant.
Executive Chef Paul Gindra and his team will be offering a Christmas Day buffet lunch featuring all the traditional favourites at a cost of BD29 net per person, inclusive of unlimited selected beverages. Santa will be taking a break from his rounds to drop off gifts for all the young diners too!
For New Year’s Eve, Chef Paul has created a four-course dinner costing BD36 net per person inclusive of a welcome beverage, while Boxing Day and New Year’s Day will see the highly-popular Jazzy A La Carte Brunch taking place at a cost of BD27 net person, including beverages.
If you prefer to entertain from home over the festive season, save yourself some work and order Chef Paul’s ‘Turkey Takeaway’. The turkey and all the trimmings will cost BD90 and will serve 10. To make your festive booking, call 17751262.
Al Riwaq Art Space will announce the two artBahrain/THE NEST Annual Art Prize winners at 5pm today, after narrowing entrants down to a shortlist of 10.
The prize is a continuing effort from artBahrain and Al Riwaq Art Space to develop initiatives in support of local artists breaking away from the conventions of traditional art and offers a new opportunity to discover and nurture local talent, as a creative platform for the young and an invitation to emerging artists to define their local identity.
Hadeel Eltayeb, arts manager at Al Riwaq, said: “We believe in supporting emerging artists and offering creative opportunities for the advancement of visual arts culture. In our announcement of the artBahrain/THE NEST Annual Art Prize, we encouraged all artists to challenge themselves by taking advantage of this opportunity to gain visibility and professionalise their artistic practice in a safe space. We were delighted to work with the shortlisted semi-finalists, and cannot wait to share their hard work with the public”.
For more information, call 17717441.
