DJ Rudy will belt out some peppy numbers this evening as part of Karma Sutra’s celebrations.

Where: Club Touch, Four Points Sheraton, Dubai

When: Thursday, August 30

Apartment Gorgeous will celebrate its first anniversary with a rocking event tonight. Hotshot DJs Yianni DPM and Mike Gorgeous promise to bring the house down with some foot-tapping music.

Where: The Apartment, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai

When: Thursday, August 30

A fascinating play, The Fisherman and His Wife will be staged at the Al Ghurair City on Friday evening as part of DSS activities. A mosaic workshop for children will also be held on the occasion.

Dubai artist Manisha Gawade explores interpersonal relations in a series of abstract paintings on display at the Grand Hyatt. Titled Mindspaces of Mindspaces, the exhibition is on till September 4.

Watch master chefs whip up interesting island recipes at the Hamarain Centre on Friday evening. The event is part of the DSS Food Surprises’ Pacific Week.

The tyrannosaurus of Jurassic Park fame is among several dinosaur models on display at an exhibition at Ibn Battuta Mall’s China court. The exhibition concludes on Friday.

Matt Damon stars in suspense thriller The Bourne Supremacy at 9.30pm on Showmovies Action tonight.

The National Geographic Channel will air a documentary on Dubai’s prestigious real estate development, The World - a cluster of over 300 islands in the shape of the world map.

When complete The World will be a collection of private and resort islands that are being sold by invitation only. Forty-five per cent of the islands have already been sold including Thailand, North Canada, Malaysia, Sumatra and Ireland.

The hour-long documentary will be shown in 250 million homes in 34 languages and 166 countries including the USA, Australia, the United Kingdom, Brazil and Spain.

Designers from GCC countries, including many from the UAE will be showcasing the latest trends in shaylas and abayas from today. The event is part of DSS activities.

Where: Observatory, BurJuman
When: August 23-27

Visitors to the Mercato Mall are being treated to a lively performance by Polish artistes Anna and Arkadiusz Szafraniec these days.

The ‘Glass Duo’ as they are famously called, perform on the glass harp, a distinct but now defunct instrument consisting of glass.

The origin of the glass harp dates back to 12th-century China and also to 14th-century Persia. Even masters such as Mozart and Beethoven composed many original works for the glass harp, but Anna and Arkadiusz say they prefer to play music that’s popular with the crowds.

Dance away your blues with DJ Sunil as he belts out several foot-tapping numbers alongside other DJs from Aqeel’s Power Play Productions at Karma Sutra tonight.

Where: Four Points Sheraton
When: Thursday, August 23

An exhibition featuring an amalgamation of abstract paintings and installations by celebrated Italian artist Roberto Ferrari opened yesterday.

Roberto’s paintings are expressions of the pulsating world screened through a sieve that reproduces images caught in the mind’s eye.

Where: Mondo Arte Gallery

Top notch poets from India and Pakistan will regale listeners at an Indo-Pak mushaira (poetry session) being held today to mark the independence of the two neighbouring countries.

Where: Shaikh Rashid Auditorium
When: August 16, 9.30pm onwards

DJ Lee Burridge will have the audience eating out of the palm of his hand with his trademark antics and charismatic vibe tomorrow.

Where: Peppermint Club
When: August 17, 10pm onwards

A watermelon festival (4pm-10pm), pet show (5pm-7pm) and a carnival (7.20pm) featuring musical parades, clowns, cartoon and fruit characters are among a host of interesting events lined up at the Big Fun Day grand celebration today.

An Arabic poetic session (7.30pm-10pm) will be yet another highlight of the event which is being held as part of DSS activities.

Where: Modhesh Fun City

Get yourself a cup of coffee at the BurJuman Centre and help raise money for breast cancer awareness.

One dirham of every cup of coffee bought from outlets during ‘A Cup for Cancer Day’ on 18th August, will go towards life saving awareness campaigns throughout the year.

The year-long public education initiative is centred on early breast cancer detection, diagnosis and treatment.

Get your kids down to Mercato for a dollop of Disney fun. To celebrate the release of the new Disney Pixar film Ratatouille, children can dress up as their favourite Disney character, enjoy face painting and indulge in numerous fun activities with the Disney Parlour, Pirates of Caribbean Zone, Cars Tour, Picture Corner, and Disney Story Telling corner.

Two of the main characters from Ratatouille will also mingle with visitors and movie buffs from 12th to 15th August from 5 and 10pm.

Where: Grand Cinemas, Mercato

Get your kids to participate in the Kids Fashion Week starting at Dubai Festival City from today.

The event is part of the ongoing DSS activities.

Where: Dubai Festival City

Grab your microphone and belt out your favourites at Charlie Parrot’s every Friday at Karaoke night.

There are special prizes for participation and a grand prize of two return tickets to Stockholm, with four nights’ stay included.

Where: Oasis Beach Hotel Jumeirah

Take your kids along to the Grand Cinemas in Mercato today. As part of the DSS celebration, the place will be screening Hollywood blockbusters like Chicken Little and The Chronicles of Narnia today.

Tickets are priced at just Dh12 and come along with a free box of popcorn.

Where: Grand Cinemas, Mercato

Watch a live captive storm produce multi-million lightning volts as it whips up a six-metre high transparent globe at the Galleria area of the Mall of the Emirates.

A performer will stand on top of the globe, letting the enormous voltage surge through his body and fly out of his fingertips.

Stories of real-life death-defying encounters with lightning will be yet another highlight of the show, which is part of the ongoing DSS activities.

Dance to the tunes of some foot-tapping music by DJs Javi Cannus and Abel Ribalo.

The works of painters and sculptors from various countries are on display at the Arts Oasis.

Watch international art sensation David Mach create a four-metre-high montage of one of Dubai’s most prominent landmarks using only postcards from the city.

This week’s Deep Nights features some amazing talents. Jack and Kid Creme will man the decks for this fun night. Warm-up session is by DJ Christian.

Watch Bollywood’s first family, the Kapoors – Randhir, Rishi, Rajiv and Reema – accompanied by the gorgeous Neetu Singh in a very exciting and fun-filled episode of Koffee with Karan.

This DSS chill out to some soothing jazz tunes played by the jazz trio Spectra at BurJuman. Keyboardist Vladimir (from Belarus), saxophonist Diana (Colombia) and bassist Patrick (India) play a variety of tunes ranging from cool jazz to melodic bossa nova numbers.

Expect to hear songs such as Girl for Ipanema, All of Me and Fly Me to The Moon.

Dance lovers must be familiar with Dutch DJ Bart Claessen, aka Barthezz’s hit number Barthezz – On The Move.

He now plays his hit tunes at Peppermint Club, on Friday, August 3, for Dubai’s dance lovers.

So infectious is his music that DJMag has already nominated him as the artist to look out for this year.