See the exhibition A Room With a View. The artist Marina Héry showcases oil paintings featuring a series of landscapes and "living natures", in which she tries to catch the colours and lights of a perpetually moving city. From 9am to 8pm, Alliance Française Dubai, Oud Metha, Street 18, Dubai, 04 335 8712, www.afdubai.org
Watch the short film Project Pause – The Empty Quarter by the Dubai-based photographer Wouter Kingma. The 30-minute documentary, based on Kingma's seven-day experience in the desert, aims to encourage people to spend time communing with nature, while remaining fully disconnected from the world. 7.30pm, Dalma Mall, Mussaffah, Abu Dhabi, www.wouterkingma.com
Enjoy an evening dedicated to the poems and music of Rabindranath Tagore as part of Abu Dhabi Classics. The poet Gulzar and the classical vocalist Ajoy Chakrabarty will perform. Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 8pm, from Dh80, Al Ain Municipality Theatre, Al Ain, www.ticketmaster.ae
Register to take part in a Wilton cupcake decorating workshop and learn to bake and decorate Halloween-themed cupcakes including pumpkin heads, Frankenstein's monsters, gruesome ghosts, bad kitties and assorted creatures. October 17, 4pm to 8pm; October 23, 2pm to 6pm; October 29, 10am to 2pm, Dh300, Tavola Studio, Gold and Diamond Park, opposite FGB Metro Station, Dubai, register at 04 388 3767, www.tavolashop.com
Take part in today's fitness classes as part of the Get Driver Fit initiative. Ladies can enjoy a free Zumba class at Bodytree Studio, and everyone can attend driver bootcamp at Mushrif Park. From 11am for Zumba, Bodytree Studio, Abu Dhabi; 7pm, Mushrif Park, Abu Dhabi, www.facebook.com/GetDriverFit
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