A new week, new plans. A cinema dome in the mountains, an exhibition that speaks through walls, a female-led bar takeover, a secret anti-party, a new Mexican spot, and a slow Sunday at the farmers’ market.

A mix of art, music, food, and film — some nights out, some daytime plans, some places you already love and some you might be discovering for the first time. Here is what is worth your time this week.

Where? Hatta Wadi Hub

Roxy Cinemas have opened its first-ever cinema dome at Hatta Wadi Hub, running until December 31.

Worth checking out? Definitely. This Tuesday at 5 pm, they are screening Zootopia 2 — highly recommended.

Where? Honeycomb Hi-Fi

This Wednesday, Honeycomb Hi-Fi is handing the bar over to an all-female lineup, led by Raiza from Agite Club alongside nine brilliant bartenders from some of the city’s most respected venues — including Boca, Nobu, Galaxy Bar, Carbone, Nina, and others.

For one night only, the Garden Bar becomes a rotating showcase, with a new duo behind the bar every hour, each pouring their own signature drink from 8 pm to 1 am.

An international female selector will be on the decks, setting the tone for the night.

It is going to be a special evening celebrating great drinks, community, and the women shaping Dubai’s bar scene.

Where? Aisha Alabbar Gallery, Warehouse C-19, Alserkal Avenue 17th St, Al Quoz Industrial Area 1

In Marks of Return, Palestinian contemporary artist Salma Dib explores the wall as a living surface — one that carries resistance, memory, and refusal.

In the Palestinian context, walls are never passive. They divide and confine, but they also become sites of expression, layered with marks that turn stone and concrete into shared records of presence and defiance. Dib draws from this visual language of the street, translating it into works that feel urgent, raw, and unresolved.

Her compositions are built through layering, scraping, and interruption. Nothing is seamless. Instead, the surfaces remain fragmented and open, echoing the instability of memory itself — always vulnerable, yet persistent. This approach culminates in a monumental work made up of 25 individual pieces, brought together as one: fractured, collective, and deeply symbolic.

Dib reclaims the wall not only as a structure of separation, but as an active archive — a space where voices endure, memory resists silence, and presence is continually reasserted.

In Marks of Return, the wall is no longer mute. It becomes witness, record, and reminder — holding traces of a people whose marks and future refuse to disappear.

Where? Cocina Tres, Pullman Dubai Downtown — Level 2 — Business Bay

Meet Cocina Tres, a warm and laid-back Mexican restaurant in Business Bay from the team behind Honeycomb Hi-Fi. Think wood-fired tacos and tortillas made fresh, right in the kitchen.

The place feels genuinely connected to Mexico — from Oaxaca-sourced corn milled in-house, to custom ceramics, furniture, and wall textures crafted by Mexican artisans.

Where? Gulf Inn Hotel Al Nasr, 10th Street, Oud Metha, Bur Dubai

They are doing it again. An anti-party in a secret location — a place most of you have probably never been to. This time, it is the Gulf Inn Hotel Al Nasr.

This is your chance to catch the last Moist Paper party of 2025 — great music, the right crowd, and a perfect way to wrap up the year.

Behind the decks: Kirill Zhan & Mari Breslavets.

Where? Jaddaf Waterfront, Jameel Arts Centre

The UAE’s longest-running farmers’ market is now set against the waterfront at Jameel Arts Centre — and it is the perfect Sunday plan.

Every Sunday from 9 am to 2 pm, the market brings together local farmers, bakers, and artisans. Expect organic produce, fresh bread and pastries, and plenty of small-batch goods — all made and grown with care.

Come to stock up, discover new local flavours, or simply spend a slow morning meeting the people behind what you eat. A relaxed, community-driven way to do Sundays right.

As usual, don’t overwhelm yourself on Monday — the day does that well enough on its own.