Get Pre-Iftar Fabulous
If you’re heading out to an Iftar this evening, you’ll want to look your best. For one evening only, at Marquee in Jumeirah Beach Road, Angel Montague-Sayers will be offering a blow-dry or up-do tutorial for fabulous, weekend-ready tresses. But it doesn’t stop there, anyone who purchases the EIDEAL hot hair tool will receive their own hairstyling for free. So for the price of one hot tool, you’ll also get a fully done hair style for the night and the ability to create it yourself at home. Sounds good to us! Marquee, JBR. 4pm – 6pm. (04) 321 7395.
Give traditional Iftar a twist
Enjoy a different kind of Iftar in the award-winning Kitchen6 restaurant. For when you can’t face the thought of another hummus and meat grill, this international cuisine is cooked in six live cooking stations: Asian woks, Middle Eastern grills, European roasts, authentic Indian cuisine, an organic section and a world class dessert buffet. Kitchen6, JW Marriott Marquis, Dhs195 per person. Sunset to 8:30pm. (04) 4140000.
Friday
Spend the weekend behind bars
It’s the show that kicked off the binge watching craze and it’s back just in time for hot summer afternoons inside. Get the popcorn ready, draw the curtains and get ready to be locked up because Orange Is The New Black‘s fourth season is released on Netflix today (June 17). See you in 14 hours!
Pay It Forward
Virgin Megastore’s new Ramadan initiative allows you to Pay it Forward as you shop. Order from virginmegastore.ae and upon delivery, the box will include an instruction manual on how to repurpose the box to make a donation to the Dubai Foundation for Women & Children. Fill your box with unused, pre-loved clothing items and use the Fetchr app’s pick-up services to drop off the repackaged box at a UAE Virgin Megastore branch. And let them do the rest! Get shopping on virginmegastore.ae to pay it foward.
Beef Wellington Day
If Beef Wellington is your favourite British dish, get to Bread Street Kitchen & Bar on Friday for their personal celebratory twist to Beef Wellington Day (yes, that’s a thing). Any excuse for a little luxury indulgence, Bread Street Kitchen’s delicious Beef Wellington will be complimented by foie gras and truffle for Dhs545 for two. Bread Street Kitchen, Atlantis The Palm. (04) 4264000.
Saturday
Dream of a white Ramadan
Cool down on Saturday with a snowy ice-skating session. At the only place in Dubai where snow falls gently around you, the Dubai Ice Rink’s snow sessions provide white winter magic all year round. Dubai Ice Rink, Ground Level, Dubai Mall. dubaiicerink.com. (04) 4485111. On Saturdays from 4:30pm to 6:15pm.
Celebrate the Year of Reading
At Ripe Market this Saturday, celebrate year of reading with their much loved Book Fair where you can pick up your next summer page-turner. Little ones can join in the free storytelling sessions from Kids Cottage Nursery. Ripe Market, Times Square Centre. From 9am – 3pm.
International Yoga Day
It’s International Yoga Day and to celebrate, Dubai World Trade Centre (Hall 1-4) will be hosting a free yoga session from 7:3opm onwards. The event will commence with an introduction to yoga and end with a prize ceremony in categories such as volunteers and schools that encourage yoga practice for mental health. Visit iyd.ae for more.
Diary Dates
Wednesday 22nd
The Leila Heller Gallery’s newest exhibition comes from African photographer Seydou Keita and his black and white portraits of residents of Bamako, Mali from 1948 – 1960. The opening ceremony is this Wednesday from 8pm to 11pm however the exhibition will be open until September 1st. Leila Heller Gallery, I-87 Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz. (04) 3216942.
