10 things to do today: attend the annual Art Souq exhibition, see TCA’s Collage Exhibition and more

Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for May 23, 2017, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. Ellen Fortini rounds up 10 things to do today in the UAE. Want to see your event listed here? Email us with the details and contact information at listings@thenational.ae Abu Dhabi Art exhibition The annual Art Souq exhibition features affordable artworks in a variety of styles, techniques and media. They are ideal for seasonal gift giving and feature modern calligraphic works, oil paintings, both realistic and impressionistic, as well as digital images and geometric compositions. Select works will be available for auction online until the end of Ramadan. An arts and crafts market on Thursday and Friday nights, from sunset to 11pm, includes handmade gifts from Tajikistan. Pictured: Red by Natalie Guena Daily until July 27, 10am to 10pm, Saturdays to Thursdays (closed Fridays) after Ramadan, Etihad Modern Art Gallery, Bateen Area, Street 4, Villa 4/2, 02 667 1229, www.etihadmodernart.com Al Ain Art exhibition Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority presents Collage Exhibition. The show features works by 23 Emirati and UAE-based artists from various backgrounds that use different elements and techniques to create art that conveys messages and meanings. Pictured: Falcon by Ursula Nasr Daily until June 15, 5pm to 9pm, Al Qattara Arts Centre, Al Ain, www.visitabudhabi.ae Abu Dhabi Film screening Register now to see a family-friendly screening of a newly restored version of It's a Wonderful Life presented by Cinema Space at Manarat Al Saadiyat on Saturday. The 1946 Frank Capra film was nominated for five Academy Awards and tells the story of George Bailey (James Stewart), a struggling businessman who is visited by Clarence (Henry Travers), his guardian angel, to help him learn the value of love and friendship. Saturday, 3pm, auditorium, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, register at cinemaspace-abudhabi.splashthat.com Nationwide New movie In Alien: Covenant , while on their way to a remote planet on the other side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant, led by Daniels and Oram (Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup), discover an uncharted paradise. They meet David (Michael Fassbender), a synthetic survivor of the Prometheus expedition, and discover a threat they never could have imagined. The film is the second in the Alien prequel series and the sixth Alien film overall. Sci-fi horror, directed by Ridley Scott, also starring Danny McBride, Demián Bichir, Carmen Ejogo and Jussie Smollett. Screening at cinemas across the UAE (15+) Dubai Wellness event Register to take part in the Find Your Energy qi-gong workshop at Fairmont The Palm. Experience a masterclass led by gurus from State of One that features soothing sound frequencies, before you emerge into a 60-minute workshop that includes movements, breathing techniques and visualisations and ending with a meditation. Yoga mats are available. June 3, 5pm to 7pm, Dh100 per person, Crescent Ballroom, Fairmont The Palm, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, reservations at Palm.Willowstream@Fairmont.com Dubai Art exhibition Catch the opening of Dance in the Dark, in which Iranian calligrapher Mohammad Bozorgi seeks to communicate a sense of hope through beauty in spite of the brutal wars that have devastated the Middle East. His paintings and silk-screened compositions are in vivid colours – the delicate lines transform Arabic text into fluid forms. Pictured: Our Souls Opens tonight, 7pm to 9pm, then runs daily until August 30, 10am to 8pm, Sundays to Thursdays; noon to 8pm on Saturdays (closed on Fridays), Ayyam Gallery, Gate Village Building 3, DIFC, Dubai, 04 439 2395, www.ayyamgallery.com Dubai Art event Attend Art Night at Opera Gallery and view the summer exhibition at a casual get-together. Throughout Ramadan, Opera Gallery will showcase a variety of contemporary artists who present works that use colours and textures that reflect the UAE summer. The exhibition runs until July 15 and includes works by masters Yue Minjun, Salvador Dalí and Jeff Koons. Tonight, from 7pm, Opera Gallery, Building 3, Gate Village, DIFC, 04 323 0909, dubai@operagallery.com Dubai Performance Get tickets now to see a performance by Lea Salonga. The Tony- and Olivier Award-winning Filipino singer will perform songs from Broadway hits, including Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, West Side Story, Aladdin and Mulan. September 22 to 23, 8pm, from Dh150, Dubai Opera, Downtown Dubai, Dubai, www.dubaiopera.com Dubai Kids’ camp At Kartdrome Spring Camp, Gulf Star Sports offers children, ages 7 to 15, an adrenaline-fuelled summer of go-karting, laser tag, raceroom simulators, billiards, video games, team games and competitions. June 25 to September 7, 9am-1pm, Sundays to Thursdays, from Dh995 per week when booked two weeks in advance; regularly Dh1,150, Dubai Autodrome, Dubai, info@gulfstarsports.com, 050 429 4860 Dubai Art exhibition Modernist Women of Egypt, a group exhibition, looks at how Egypt's engagement in the early 20th century – through nationalism, womanhood, activism, multiculturalism and traditions – produced an environment for women artists to develop, specifically between the 1950s and 1970s. Pictured: Metamorphose by Margo Veillon Daily until July 27, 10am to 7pm, Saturdays to Thursdays (closed on Fridays), Green Art Gallery, Street 8, Al Quoz, Dubai, 04 346 9305, www.gagallery.com listings@thenational.ae