Announcements
STEW. On September 3 to Rebecca née Filletti and David, the precious gift of a daughter – MARGOT AYDA CENSINA, a most welcome sister to Cora. Thanks be to God. Obituaries ANASTASI. On September 8....
View ArticleRevolutionary theatre
One of the world’s most widely performed playwrights will be remembered only a month before his death anniversary with three events being held by the Strada Stretta Concept. Dario Fo, the Italian...
View ArticleA photographer’s wandering eye
Spazzju Kreattiv is hosting a photographic exhibition titled A Wandering Eye – Attempts Outside One’s Comfort Zone by Alex Attard. There are many different genres of photography and professional...
View ArticleLecture on Chinese dyeing skills
As part of the 2017 Colourful Guizhou Culture and Art Festival, the China Cutural Centre is holding a lecture on one of China’s prized cultural heritage items, the batik dyeing creative skills of the...
View ArticleDe Valette’s armour and fighting sword reunite
In the same year when the ceremonial dagger of Grand Master de Valette was on display in Malta from the Louvre for the first time since 1798, Heritage Malta is also bringing together a number of items...
View ArticleSpectacle at Mġarr Harbour
Following the successful production of the 10th anniversary special edition of Opera vs Pop Under the Stars by The Gozo Youth Orchestra at Villa Rundle Gardens in Victoria, it is now the sister...
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DEBATTISTA. On September 10, JOSEPH, a beloved husband, father and grandfather, aged 81, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by his family and comforted by the rites of Holy Church. He leaves...
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ANASTASI. On September 8. MARK ANTHONY, aged 56. It is with great sadness in our hearts that we announce the death of our dearest Mark (Coxter). He will leave a deep void in the lives of those who...
View ArticleRock history on screen
The digital age makes the world seem that much smaller. Forty-five years after Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour filmed Live at Pompeii in the legendary Roman Amphitheatre there, he returned for two...
View ArticleThe mystery of the Bosphorus
The Malta Postal Museum and Arts Hub, together with the Turkish Embassy, is hosting an exhibition of vintage postcards depicting the Bosphorus and the Golden Horn during the turn of the 20th century....
View ArticleFaith and endurance in wartime Malta
Heritage Malta is today commemorating the 75th anniversary of the awarding of the George Cross and the Santa Marija Convoy during an event at the National War Museum within Fort St Elmo in Valletta....
View ArticleApplications for University of the Third Age
Applications are currently being accepted for the 2017-18 academic programme of the University of the Third Age (U3A). The programme starts on October 9. Lectures will be held from Mondays to...
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AQUILINA. On September 12, at Mater Dei Hospital, JACKIE, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her beloved children, Adam, Maxine and Stevie. A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday,...
View ArticleBe the light during the night
Hospice Malta is organising a midnight walk tomorrow, in aid of patients and their families. Entertainment will be provided before the walk in Buġibba Square, with animation for children with live...
View ArticleHow attitude reached America with Columbus
Christopher Columbus may have been out to explore the New World but his crew members had their own agendas. In Dario Fo’s mind, one of them, Johan Padan, was simply trying to get as far away from the...
View ArticleFinal preparations under way for Cliff Zammit Stevens concert
Preparations for Cliff Zammit Stevens’s ninth annual summer concert in Valletta on Saturday are currently in full swing. The tenor will be accompanied by the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, under the...
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AQUILINA. On September 12, at Mater Dei Hospital, JACKIE, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her beloved children, Adam, Maxine and Stevie. A celebration of her life will be held at St Dominic’s...
View ArticleConcert in aid of guide dogs
The Għaqda Filantropika Talent Mosti is presenting a concert by a section of the Armed Forces of Malta Band in aid of the Malta Guide Dogs Foundation. The foundation has so far provided 13 guide dogs...
View ArticleGħaxaq food and wine festival
The St Joseph Band Club of Għaxaq is organising a Maltese food and wine festival today and tomorrow. One will be able to taste horse meat, local pork, home-made ravioli and a Maltese platter,...
View ArticleThe religious heritage of Vittoriosa
Vittoriosa was forever transformed by the arrival of the Knights of St John in 1530. A religious community already in existence there – the Dominican Order – found itself rubbing shoulders with Greek...
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