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None other than Wegz to close out the iconic new Alamein Festival. The concert will take place tomorrow at 10pm at the U-Arena. You can grab your tickets here.

Don’t miss BUE Theatre Team’s Arees El Bahr play. The theater team has already performed at New Alamein and is now taking the show to Rawabet Art Space in Cairo tomorrow and Saturday. The show starts at 8:00 pm. Secure your spot here.

This is the last week you'll be able to fly through the sky on a paramotor. Sky Sports Egypt are offering a 15-minute bird’s eye view of Alamein in North Square until tomorrow. Buy your tickets here.

Tamer Ashour is taking over the Porto Said beach tomorrow. Gates open at 6:00 pm and the singer will take the stage at 8:00 pm. Get your tickets here.

Don't miss the chance to explore the diverse visual and cultural evolution of Egyptian film with the Afichat w Aflam exhibition at Bibliothek. This exhibition showcases a vast selection of late artist Pierre Sioufi’s collection of more than 10k pieces of Egyptian cinema memorabilia. The third edition is now on display, showcasing film posters and collectables from the 1990s to 2017, and will continue through to Monday, 2 September.

End Sahel season on a high note with Adriatique at AHM Club in Silversands, where you can dance the summer away, or what’s left of it. The event will take place this Saturday, 31 August, and you can get your tickets here.

HAPPENING LATER-

Komedy Koshk + Boom Room: Prepare for a Stand Up Comedy Night with Khaled Jwad, Paula Rizk, Mohamed Farghaly, Engy Hashem, and Abdoul in collaboration with Komedy Koshk at Boom Room at Madinaty’s Open Air Mall. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, 3 September at 9:00pm. Grab your tickets here.

And if you want to LOL but Madinaty is too far away, the High Five stand up comedy show with Abdelrahman Mohamed, Badr Nour Eldin, Gamal Ramzy, Fekry Tarek, and Pola Samwel is coming to Theatro Arkan in Sheikh Zayed on Friday, 6 September starting 8:00 pm. Book your spot for the show here.

Think you have what it takes to write a real page turner? Attend this Fiction Workshop withMai Serhan at Diwan Heliopolis and find out. The workshop will begin on Saturday, 14 September and sessions will take place every Saturday for six weeks. Book your spot here.

!_StoryHed_! Let’s hear what the soda can has to say

!_StoryTags_! Ears to the ground

?EARS TO THE GROUND-

Objects are people too…? Everything Is Alive presents a unique and imaginative premise: unscripted interviews with inanimate objects played by improvisers. Hosted by Ian Chillag, the show is a whimsical exploration of everyday items — like playing cards, mouse traps, or paper towel dispensers — sharing their life stories.

It gets kind of deep. The episodes show seemingly trivial objects with a surprising depth of emotion and existential reflection. The items are granted personalities and voices to explore their purpose in the background of human existence. Don’t knock it till you try it.

Let’s hear what the soda can has to say. The premiere episode features a soda voiced by Louis Kornfeld — offering a tale of unfulfilled expectations as it sits forgotten in a refrigerator. The episode’s climax is this ritualistic act of consumption — someone drinks the soda can. We’re led into the final exchange between the human and the can in this absurd bittersweet moment that is somehow extremely touching.

WHERE TO LISTEN- You can listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart, and Podbean.

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