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Krita Coelho looks at events you can't miss this week.
First ESWC Championship
Game Frontier will organise the first Electronic Sports World Cup United Arab Emirates Championship for 2008. While there will be pre-qualifiers in Dubai prior to the tournament, the UAE finals will be held at the CES/Hometech show. The UAE winners will go on to the international finals in San Jose, California, this summer, where the greatest players from around the world will compete in games that include CounterStrike, Quake III, Warcraft III The Frozen Throne, Trackmania Nations ESCW and more. The Game Zone will feature PC games, console games and mobile game areas.
Wish You Were Exhibition
B21 will host the third solo show titled Wish You Were of Dubai-based Palestinian painter Jeffar Khaldi. His work is both confronting and compassionate, presenting a striking blend of personal mythology, craftsmanship and intuition. Khaldi's use of colour, a rich mix of bright and warm tones, casts a blithe veil over the anxious tension that man has brought to his environment. Wisps of Arabic calligraphy ornament subjects depicted as Persian miniatures or reinterpreted cave-art, in a rough and violent style that employs vibrant swaths of colour, reminiscent of German neo-expressionism.
- Date: May 13 to June 12
- Time: (Preview) May 12 at 7.30pm; (Daily exhibition) 10am to 7pm except on Friday
- Venue: B21 Gallery, Al Quoz 1, near The Courtyard, opposite Spinneys warehouse
- Contact: 04 3403965 or log on to www.b21gallery.com
A Night at the 3 Poles
Dubai-based adventurer Adrian Hayes will host A Night at the 3 Poles to mark his remarkable achievement of becoming the 15th person ever to reach the Earth's three extremes. The North Pole, South Pole and Mt. Everest. At this presentation charity dinner to raise awareness for the Children's Hope Foundation and Friends of Cancer Patients, Hayes will speak about the realities of his 1,130km quest across the Antarctic continent to the South Pole, his trek from northern Canada across the Arctic Ocean to the North Pole, and his ascent of Mount Everest.
- Date: May 16
- Venue: The Grand Hyatt Dubai
- Time: 7.30 pm
- Tickets: (tables of 10 or free seating): Dh325 (inclusive of a buffet dinner and beverages)
- Available at: Online at www.timouttickets.com or Wolfi's Bike Shop, Shaikh Zayed Road
- Contact: www.adrianhayes.com
Road to Beijing
Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai, will host the Road to Beijing, a two-week celebration of Chinese cuisine, culture and entertainment counting down to the Olympic Games. The hotel will offer everything from traditional Szechuan Face Changer performances and contemporary and classic Chinese art exhibitions to interactive classes on Chinese cuisine and tea culture. Proceeds from many of the Olympic-themed fundraising dinners will be donated to charity.
- Date: May 15 to 30
- Venue: Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai
- Contact: 04 4052703
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