Origami Family Workshop - Katara - May

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Explore the mountains and valleys! Folding and flapping! Its all about Origami! 

Origami is fun, exciting, and above all can be very addictive! Originating from a Japanese word for paper folding, this ancient Japanese art has concurred the interest of many from little kids to elderly adults.

Origami family workshops with a talented Origami Addict at Katara Art Studio is popular in town these days with many families signing up to enjoy quality family time on a Saturdays!

The whole family can participate. Spaces are limited, so choose your dates as per your interest and register accordingly.

 An opportunity not to be missed! Here are the Details:

Dates: Saturdays 2nd, 9th, 16th  23th  and 30th May 2015

Time: 2pm to 4pm and 4.30pm to 6.30pm

Cost: QR100 (for 2 hours per child and free for parents)

Venue: Building 19, Katara Art Studios, Katara Cultural Village

(GPS Location at www.rush360.qa search for KAS)

Registration: Contact Afsheen on origamiaddictqatar@gmail.com or call 70546451

Instructor: Afsheen of Origami Addict. Click here to know about her

(All details of Afsheen at www.rush360.qa search for Origami)

Origami Workshop Details

Basic Crochet Classes - 2nd May

“Play around with materials, colors, stitches. Everything is allowed! Crochet is a magnificent adventure that opens the doors to your wildest imagination and creativity.”

Ever wanted to learn how to crochet? Tried learning from YouTube?
At N studio you can attend a class to get you started.

Skills you will learn:

• Holding the hook and yarn.
• Creating a chain
• Double crochet and triple crochet stitches.
• Getting started making granny square bag 

You will finish the class with new-found skills, enough to start creating some simple pieces.

Date: Starting 3rd May 2015
Duration: 2 Weeks
Number of Classes: 6  (3 classes per week)
Venue: Al Wakra
Cost: QR180 (Inclusive of all materials)
Registration: Contact Noorul  on ☎️33251825 or email N Studio at nstudio247@gmail.com
(All details of N Studio could be found at www.rush360.qa search for N Studio)

Drift Championship Round 5 - 30th April & 1st May

Watch the local and regional drifters race to test their skills this weekend at the Qatar Racing Club.

Drifting refers to a driving technique and to a Motorsport where the driver intentionally over steers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels through turns, while maintaining vehicle control and a high exit speed.

Enjoy the action packed thrilling event. Entrance is free and get your free tickets here .
Here are the details:

Dates: Thursday 30th April and Friday 1st May 2015
Times: 6pm onwards
Tickets: Free but register online here or at the entrance
Venue: Qatar Racing Club
(GPS Location at www.rush360.qa search for QRC)

Horse Racing - 29th & 30th April

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Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club will be having horse racing this week too. Here are the details

Al Fuweirat Cup Day

Date:  Wednesday 29th April 2015

Time: 5pm to 8pm

Number of Races: 8

Venue: Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club

(GPS Location at www.rush360.qa search for equestrian)

Al Ruwais & Balhambar Cup Day

Date: Thursday 30th April 2015

Time: 5pm - 8pm

Number of Races: 8

Venue: Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club

(GPS Location at www.rush360.qa search for equestrian)

Horse Racing - 22nd & 23rd April

Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club will be having horse racing this week too. Here are the details

Al Zubara Cup Day

Date:  Wednesday 8th April 2015

Time: 5pm to 8pm

Number of Races: 8

Venue: Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club

(GPS Location at www.rush360.qa search for equestrian)

Al Gharafa Cup Day

Date: Thursday 9th April 2015

Time: 5pm - 8pm

Number of Races: 8

Venue: Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club

(GPS Location at www.rush360.qa search for equestrian)

QMMF Sealine Cross Country Rally - 20th - 24th April 2015

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The Sealine Cross Country Rally 2015 will kick off tomorrow in Doha. FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship is the premier championship of Rally raid racing, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), since 1999 (from 1999 and 2002 as World Cup).

This event is hosted by Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation in Qatar. 

Two-time Dakar winner Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (Mini All4  Racing), Joan Barreda Bort (Honda CRF 450) and Mohammed Abu Issa (Honda) were the winners last time in their respective car, motorcycle and quad categories. Al three are expected to return to defend their Sealine titles this time too!

The race will start on 20th April, K.M 194 as a preliminary stage, at Losail International Circuit,

The total length of Sealine race for this year will be K.M 1926.76 while the total length of the speed race will be K.M 1782.01(i.e 90% of the race will be competitive, in addition to the K.M 144.75 link stage, the rally will be completed on the 24th of April evening near Sealine. Full Schedules could be found here

Qatar Mile Round 5 - 17th 18th April

Get Ready for the 5th round of the biggest speed festival in the region! Qatar Mile the exciting Speed event organized by Qatar Racing Club will entertain the crowd this weekend at Al Khor airport runway!


Many enthusiastic performers participate in Qatar Mile from the region and this event provides a great atmosphere at the Al Khor Air strip for a family day out with entertainment activities for the whole family. Entrance is free. 

Dates: Friday 17th & Saturday 18th April 2015
Time: 9am to 4.30pm (Click here for schedules )
Venue: Al Khor Airport (Location details could be found at www.rush360.qa by searching for Al Khor Airport)

Play and Learn - Contributing to the Learning Process

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Learning through Play is fun, educational, advisable, stress free and it is the core of the learning process for children from a very young age! While this procedure takes its own course at each different stages of every child, adult intervention from the beginning as a facilitator would definitely help children get off a better start and develop vital skills.

If you have taken up that noble role of a Facilitator be it in a school, hotel, restaurant or even at your very own home and if you are living in Qatar then "Play and Learn" is the one stop place for you which will not only ease your job as a facilitator but also broaden your creativity! 

  

  

Established in 2010 Play and Learn excels in providing educational supplies, toys, furniture for classrooms and libraries, indoor and outdoor play equipment and many more high quality exclusive resources and valuable guidance to support the child's individual strength, interest and need. The wide range of products they have could be viewed here

Play and Learn is reputable and have been trusted for excellence by many nurseries and other establishments around Doha as they have successfully set up classrooms, indoor and out door play areas according to specific needs, 

 

 

The good news is they take care of the installation and provide after sales service too. More of what they do could be found here

If you are looking for some out door summer fun these days have a look at Play and Learn! Doesn't this look awesome!

How about setting up your own little library? Play and Learn would do that for you with passion since they bring you the best products from people who understand specific designs and deliver outstanding solutions! 

At Play and Learn Quality and Safety are utmost concerns and thus they choose to affiliate with world renown brands and bring them to Qatar. So you will find some excellent branded products such as Quadro, FG Library, Ultraplay etc, at Play and Learn.

  

As children play not only do they enhance their fine motor skills and gross motor skills development but they also develop cognitive, social, emotional, physical skills they would need to take them into a successful adulthood! Hence having a place like Play and Learn around town is a relief for educators as now, they could pick and select tools and items that would enable children to learn confidence, cooperation, negotiation, sharing and empathy along with developing intelligence, curiosity, flexibility, communication skills and problem solving ability.  

 

Check out GPS Location details and contact numbers of Play and Learn at www.rush360.qa by searching for Play and Learn.

Acrylic Colors - Creative Techniques and Effects - VCU Qatar - April

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Acrylic paint is a fast-drying paint containing pigment suspension in acrylic polymer emulsion. Acrylic paints are water soluble, but become water-resistant when dry. (Wikipedia)

VCUQatar is offering Acrylic Colors - Creative Techniques and Effects classes this spring. Participants must buy their own materials and bring along. Payment can be made online here or visit the VCUQatar shop in-person for registration.

Here are the details

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The focus of this class will be showing you the vast range of different effects and creative techniques you can achieve with acrylic paint and combined materials.

Start: Tue, 28 Apr, 2015

End: Tue, 16 Jun, 2015

Lessons: 8

Days: Tuesdays

Time: 5 PM to 7 PM

Location: VCUQatar, Room 177 /162 

(GPS Location of VCUQatar can be found at www.rush360.qa by searching for VCUQatar)

Cost: QAR 850 / US$ 233.50

Class Outline

We will work by using the following techniques:

• Scraping, glazing and layering: Students will learn how to ‚paint‘ with different spatula techniques and they will learn how the glazing and layering technique allows to build up colors and foundations of great depth and richness.
• Sgraffito and paint combing: Score into the wet paint to reveal the colors and paintings underneath by using different tools.
• Stenciling and Masking: Create and prepare your own stencils and apply decorative shapes on the artwork.
• Printing Techniques: Crayon Rubbing/ Frottage and Stamping with different tools.
• Collage: Glue pieces of different papers onto the working surface to achieve interesting textures and designs.
• Texturing: Achieve different texturing effects by using acrylic modeling paste. Start work on the final project
• Final Project
• Complete Final Project 

 For details of the Instructor and more please visit http://www.qatar.vcu.edu/community/8-acrylic-colors-creative-techniques-and-effects

Explore all VCUQatar Classes here http://www.qatar.vcu.edu/community

Horse Racing - 15th 16th April

Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club will be having horse racing this week too. Here are the details

Al Shahania & Al Naama Cup Day

Date:  Wednesday 15th April 2015

Time: 5pm to 8pm

Number of Races: 8

Venue: Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club

(GPS Location at www.rush360.qa search for equestrian)

Al Huwaila Cup Day

Date: Thursday 16th April 2015

Time: 5pm - 8pm

Number of Races: 8

Venue: Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club

(GPS Location at www.rush360.qa search for equestrian)

Highlights - National Street Drag - Round 5

National Street Drag Championship Round 5 last weekend at Qatar Racing Club was exciting and stunning with top dragsters unleashing the horsepower of their cars and bikes in pursuit of maximum acceleration!

With the air roaring, ground shaking and the fumes covering it was a full blast at Street 52. Enjoy the captured moments by Rush360' Team! View Our exclusive gallery below!

Watercolor Painting - Basics - VCU Qatar - April

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Water Colour is  a painting method in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-soluble vehicle. The term "watercolor" refers to both the medium and the resulting artwork. (Wikipedia)

VCUQatar is offering Watercolor Basics classes this spring. Participants must buy their own materials and bring along. Payment can be made online here or visit the VCUQatar shop in-person for registration.

Here are the details

Picture Courtesy of  VCUQatar

This is an introduction to watercolor painting focusing on the use of this transparent medium to explore both abstract and realistic subjects.

Students will learn tips for mixing paint and handling brushes, basic wash techniques and capturing the effects of light. The topics covered will include negative painting, basic color tips, painting from still life and using photographs as sources for cityscape and landscape subjects.

Start: Wed, 22 Apr, 2015

End: Wed, 10 Jun, 2015

Lessons: 8

Days: Wednesdays

Time: 5pm - 7pm

Location: VCUQatar, Room 241

(GPS Location of VCUQatar can be found at www.rush360.qa by searching for VCUQatar)

Cost: QAR 850 / US$ 233.50

Class Outline

• Introduction to watercolor painting and materials – view a wide variety of historical and contemporary watercolor painting examples. Tips for stretching watercolor paper and using the brushes to make a variety lines and shapes will be introduced
• Introduction to flat, graded and streaky washes, and negative painting techniques
• View a variety of watercolor still life examples. Painting from still life using washes and negative painting techniques. Tips for making preliminary sketches and for creating interesting negative shapes will be introduced
• Painting from still life continued
• View a variety of watercolor landscape painting examples. Introduction to creating dynamic compositions with a focus on landscape painting. Using photographs for reference
• Exploration of color schemes and color mixing. Tips for creating beautiful shadows.
• Introduction to using calligraphic line in paintings. Landscape painting continued
• Tips for putting the finishing touches on paintings. Cutting a hinged matt to display watercolor paintings

For details of the Instructor and more please visit http://www.qatar.vcu.edu/community/7-watercolor-painting-basics

Explore all the classes offered by VCUQatar here http://www.qatar.vcu.edu/community

Oil Painting (Taught in Arabic) - VCUQatar Community Classes - April - June

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Oil Painting is a stunning way of using oil to carry the colours. Learning to paint through using pigments to make different colours and experimenting with water and oil is indeed a wonderful way to explore Art.

VCUQatar is offering Oil Painting classes in Arabic. Participants must buy their own materials and bring along. Payment can be made online here or visit the VCUQatar shop in-person registration. 

Here are the details

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The classes cover all aspects of oil painting basics; from looking at and understanding a still life, preparing a background, placing the subject on the format, sketching it roughly, color mixing and application, tonal understanding and shading to create 3d Illusion, wet in wet painting technique and layered final touches.

Note: The class is taught in Arabic, however, English Speakers are welcomed too

Start: Thu, 30th April 2015

End: Thu, 11th June 2015

Lessons: 6, no class on May 14th

Days: Thursdays

Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Location: VCUQatar, Room 179

(GPS Location of VCUQatar can be found at www.rush360.qa by searching for VCUQatar)

Cost: QAR 900 / US$ 247.50

Class Outline

• Introduction to oil color painting – show a collection of master pieces oil painting examples, showing how to begin painting , how to use the tools and materials.
• Will focus how to enable the student to develop drawing, painting skills and control the paint. How to choose objects and design an artistic composition to create balanced and beautiful painting, and Improving the observation of the color and objects, begin the first Still Life painting.
• View the shadows and highlights effects, how to put layers and underlying colors through Painting from still life using painting techniques for Still life drawing. How to choose color schemes, mixing and blending the oil colors, Continuing the still life Painting
• Starting the Second still life Painting
• Continuing the still life Painting
• Completing the still life painting 

For details of the Instructor and more please visit http://www.qatar.vcu.edu/community/6-oil-painting-taught-in-arabic

Explore all classes offered by VCUQatar here http://www.qatar.vcu.edu/community

Al Zubarah Fort & Archaeological Site

Sometimes If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday! One of  Qatar's famous tourist attraction Al Zubarah is indeed a place worthy of searching for yesterday to get a glimpse of the rich culture and heritage of today's Qatar!

Read more and view exclusive gallery of Zubarah here

Qatar National Street Drag Championship Round 5 - 9th & 10th April

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Drag Racing is a famous motor racing in which automobiles or motorcycles that are made specifically for this purpose compete, to be first to cross a set finish line. The race follows a short, straight course from a standing start over a measured distance. 

You will be able to witness some fantastic nice looking cars and motorcycle here in Qatar when all of this happens at Street 52. 

Qatar Racing Club will host the 5th Round of the Qatar National Street Drag Championship this weekend. Here are the details. Entrance is free but spectators are requested to register for free online here (registration could be done at the gates too)

Dates and Times:
Thursday 12th March  2015 - 5pm to 9pm
Friday 13th March 2015 - 5pm to 9pm

Venue: Qatar Racing Club (GPS Location at www.rush360.qa search for Qatar Racing Club)

Gates open at 2 pm on Thursday and 3pm on Friday. Complete Schedules are as follows:

Wednesday - Test n Tune
Gates open 3pm
Track Open 5-9pm

Thursday - Qualifying
1:00 Registration/Tech Open
4:00 Round #1 Qualifying Street & Bike ET
4:30 Round #2 Qualifying Street & Bike ET
5:00 Round #1 Qualifying Stock / Modified / Bike
5:30 Round #2 Qualifying Stock / Modified / Bike
6:30 Round #3 Qualifying Stock / Modified / Bike
7:00 Registration/Tech Closed
7:00 Round #1 Eliminations Street ET (cars) - TBD

Friday - Eliminations
2:00 Gate Opens
4:00 Round #2 Eliminations Street & Bike ET
4:30 Round #3 Eliminations Street & Bike ET
5:00 Round #4 Eliminations Street & Bike ET
5:30 Round #1 Eliminations Stock / Modified / Bike
6:45 Round #2 Eliminations Stock / Modified / Bike
7:30 Round #3 Eliminations Stock / Modified / Bike
8:00 Final Round Eliminations All Classes
8:30 Awards Presentation

Horse Racing - 8th & 9th April

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Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club will be having horse racing this week too. Here are the details

Ras Laffan & Messaimeer Cup Day

Date:  Wednesday 8th April 2015

Time: 4pm to 8pm

Number of Races: 8

Venue: Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club

(GPS Location at www.rush360.qa search for equestrian)

Loyalty Cup Day

Date: Thursday 9th April 2015

Time: 4pm - 8pm

Number of Races: 8

Venue: Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club

(GPS Location at www.rush360.qa search for equestrian)

Horse Racing - 1, 2 April

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Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club will be having horse racing this week too. Here are the details

 Rodat Al Maida Cup Day

Date:  Wednesday 1st April 2015

Time: 4pm to 8pm

Number of Races: 8

Venue: Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club

(GPS Location at www.rush360.qa search for equestrian)

Al Ruwais & Balhambar Cup Day

Date: Thursday 2nd APril 2015

Time: 4pm - 8pm

Number of Races: 8

Venue: Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club

(GPS Location at www.rush360.qa search for equestrian)