Amitabh Bachchan on the big screen, a gallery painted in every possible shade of orange, a listening session that feels more like someone’s living room than an event, and a new burger spot for when Sunday calls for absolutely no plans. This week’s itinerary moves between cinema, art, local sound and small pleasures — all best enjoyed out of the heat.

Where? Cinema Akil, Alserkal Avenue

Cinema Akil’s Bachchan: Back to the Beginning retrospective is a chance to see exactly why Amitabh Bachchan became one of the most defining faces in Hindi cinema — not through a phone screen or a half-watched streaming session, but properly, in a cinema.

Tuesday’s programme includes Kaalia and Abhimaan: two films that show very different sides of Bachchan, from the larger-than-life intensity he became famous for to something more intimate and emotionally complicated. Whether you grew up watching his films or are simply curious about the star behind so many iconic scenes, this is a good place to start.

The retrospective runs until July 9, so do not leave it too late. And by the way, every ticket includes a complimentary karak chai.

Where? Ayyam Gallery

Orange is the colour of fire, heat, ripe fruit, summer sunsets, and that particular golden light Dubai gets just before the evening begins. But it can also be quiet, nostalgic and almost tender.

Ayyam Gallery’s new summer collective, Tangerine Dreams, takes this one colour and lets it lead the way. Across works exploring memory, identity, landscape and transformation, orange appears in all its possible moods — vivid and celebratory in one moment, reflective and almost melancholic in the next.

The exhibition is accompanied by Roisin Kelly’s poem Oranges, which turns the simple act of choosing fruit into something much more intimate. A fitting reminder that colour can carry more feeling than we usually give it credit for.

Where? Selected Apple Stores

For anyone looking after children this summer: here is a plan that does not involve another afternoon of hearing “I’m bored.”

Apple Camp is a free 90-minute creative session for children aged 6 to 10 and their families. Using iPads, Freeform and Apple Pencil Pro, kids get to build their own superhero crew — drawing, taking photos, adding emoji and sending their characters on missions to help others.

It is not really about learning the tools perfectly. It is about making something together, telling a story and giving children a reason to take their imaginations seriously. Apple provides the devices, and a parent or legal guardian needs to stay for the session.

Where? Loop, Business Bay

Business Bay has a new place for those days when one coffee somehow turns into lunch, a meeting, dinner and then “just one more tea.”

LOOP has opened at Trillionaire Residences by Binghatti, overlooking the Dubai Canal, with a Mediterranean-inspired menu and a rhythm that moves from breakfast to late-night shisha without making a big deal out of it. Start with specialty coffee and a Turkish breakfast spread, come back for a business lunch, bring friends for dinner or stay longer than planned on the terrace.

Where? AMOR Dubai

Dubai’s local music scene is at its best when it makes space for its own voices. At AMOR Dubai, Emirati rapper, producer and sound engineer Saud G is bringing his new EP, Makani, to life with a release party that feels bigger than a standard artist performance.

The title translates as “my place,” and that sense of belonging sits at the heart of the project. Expect polished trap production, rapid flows, Gulf-rooted delivery and a room full of people who are genuinely invested in the next generation of UAE music. KLO will be behind the decks, setting the tone for the night.

Where? Lulu & the Beanstalk

For a softer, slower music plan, head to Lulu & the Beanstalk earlier in the evening. Sonic Majlis, created with Vinyl Souk, is part listening session, part conversation and part actual majlis. Ahmed Hameed will play a carefully selected set of vinyl records and share the stories, memories and moments attached to each one.

Where? Scratch Burger Studio, Jumeirah 1

Scratch Burger Studio arrived in Jumeirah at the end of June, bringing a compact, walk-ins-only approach to the city’s increasingly serious burger scene. No bookings, no complicated concept, no reason to pretend you are not here primarily for a burger and chips.

Go early, bring someone who does not mind sharing fries, and be prepared to wait a little if everyone else has had the same idea.