Life Style/Culture

By Azmat Haroon World Book Day was marked by Qatar University (QU) to promote the culture of reading among youth in Qatar. During the festival, which began on April 23, from Ibn Khaldoon Hall, a series of exhibitions, workshops, lectures, poetry rea...

Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra will perform music of Edward Elgar, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Georges Bizet and other masters in a nod to the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts of the United Kingdom, on Saturday and Sunday, 7.30pm at Katara Opera House. Scots...

Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art marks the end of its first solo artist exhibition, Cai Guo-Qiang: Saraab, with a closing celebration on May 26, from 11am to 6pm. The ceremony will include Cai Guo-Qiang in conversation with Qatari artist and writer...

Anecx-Qatar, the Qatar chapter of the Alumni of NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, India, is all set for its upcoming sports and cultural extravaganza titled  Anecx Aaravam 2012. The main attraction is an Inter-Alumni Volley Ball Tournament, wh...

BY RAYNALD C RIVERA Groundbreaking Canadian entertainment company Cirque du Soleil (‘Circus of the Sun’) is set to capture the hearts of thousands of Doha audience as it debuts here with its longest-running touring show ‘Saltimbanco’. A viv...

Events & Beyond in cooperation with Transfast World Wide money transfer will be organising the first-ever mini concert of TreceFamilia, a rap group in Qatar. The group composes original lyrics and tunes for various programmes and events like the jing...

InterContinental Doha in association with Global DJs and ILQ-iloveqatar.net will host for the first time in Doha the artist behind popular hits Deja Vu, Hot, Love, No Limit, 10 Minutes, Amazing, Club Rocker, Wow and many more. Romanian superstar “I...

A new art fair devoted to “affordable” contemporary art will be held in Hong Kong next year, organisers said yesterday, confirming the city’s new status as a regional art hub. The fair is being put together by Affordable Art China, which has...

  Katara Art Center Fashion Boutique presents “The Art of Being a Woman” Fashion Show featuring an exclusive line of abayas tomorrow, 7pm at the Katara Art Centre, Building 5. The Fashion Show will showcase 15 abayas designed exclusively for...

  The first-ever ‘Mal Lawal’ exhibition being organised by the Qatar Museums Authority will award thousands in prizes to art collectors who will win in various categories. The exhibition will be divided into two parts namely private collecti...

InterContinental Doha along with Craic Attack will host a night of top class comedy on Sunday, May 13 from 7pm until midnight, featuring the Stars from the Official British TV Show Whose Line Is It Anyway. This is the only show of its kind to cr...

The Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra will perform music by the Three B‘s – Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms – on Saturday, May 12, at 7.30pm at Katara Opera House. Francesco Tristano will solo in Bach’s D Minor Key...

Officials at the award function. The Pan Arab Web Awards Academy has honoured Qatar Museums Authority with the best interactive award for the QMA Facebook page and with the Best Web-Design Award (under the Governmental Organisations Category) for ...

  As part of its vital role in encouraging reading and writing in the region, BQFP organised a competition to celebrate World Book Day in which 1,500 children wrote letters to bestselling international author Sally Grindley. Over the past month B...

  Qatar’s B-Boys will be showing off their best breaking skills during a Red Bull BC One to be held at The Pearl’s La Croisette in Doha. The winner of this event, which will take place tomorrow at 7pm will be representing his country in the ...

Iraqi Armenian artist Shetha Faraj Abbo Al Numan will showcase her paintings at an exhibition titled ‘Between Structuralism and Gestalt’ which opens at Katara Gallery Building 19 on May 8. The exhibition which runs until June 9 explores the rele...

  World renowned French pianist, Michel Dalberto, treated the audience of the third concert of the 2011-2012 American School of Doha Chamber Music Series to a stunning piano recital that included popular compositions by Claude Debussy, Maurice Rave...

  By Francesca Astorri Doha: Takashi Murakami’s first exhibition in the Middle East opens here today at Al Riwaq Exhibition Hall. More than 70 works of the Japanese artist will be on display over 2,300 square-metre of exhibition space. The ev...