MUSIC
The Gozo Youth Wind Band is tonight presenting the seventh edition of this concert at the Mġarr Marina, Gozo.
The band will perform excerpts and medleys from popular musicals and classic encores performed in the BBC Proms Final Night held at the Royal Albert Hall.
Pop singers Ludwig Galea and Sarah Bonnici will be accompanying the band, which will be under the direction of its founder and musical director Joseph Grech.
The event starts at 8.30pm. Entrance is free for standing patrons. An optional premium VIP designated seated area is available strictly by reservation on 7942 1611, 9942 1611 or by e-mail at gozowindbandorchestra@yahoo.co.uk.
FILM
Anime Festival
The Eden Cinemas in St Julian’s is hosting its first-ever Anime Festival, showing feature-length films of some of the most popular anime series of all time.
All films are dubbed in English or are screened in Japanese with English subtitles.
My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising is currently being shown.
For more information, visit the event’s Facebook page and the Eden Cinemas website.
My Hero Academia: Heroes RisingDANCE
Iżfen ma ŻfinMalta
ŻfinMalta’s 2022-23 season programme includes a new series of community evening classes. Held on Mondays at 6.30pm at the ŻfinMalta Studios in Valletta, these fun and accessible classes address the fundamental human need to move.
Classes are open to participants over 18 years of age who are open to exploring the idea of movement from scratch. Individuals from all backgrounds and all levels of fitness and flexibility are invited to participate.
Each month classes will alternate between ballet and contemporary dance technique.
No previous experience of dance is expected. For more information, visit zfinmalta.org and the national dance company’s Facebook page.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Wiki Loves Monuments 2022
Malta is once again taking part in Wiki Loves Monuments, the Guinness World Record holder for the largest photography competition, which has reached its seventh edition.
The competition brings together photographers from around the world to take stunning pictures of Malta’s cultural heritage, which are to be shared on Wikipedia. Participation is free and open to all. The deadline for all submissions is September 30.
Photo uploading workshops will be held throughout September.
A jury composed of experts within the fields of cultural heritage, photography and Wikipedia will be selecting the winning entries and 10 submissions will be nominated for the international Wiki Loves Monuments contest, with the opportunity to win further prizes.
For details, visit www.wikimalta.org and the Wikimedia Community Malta Facebook page.
Valletta Fireworks by Jonathan Borg, one of the Malta finalists of the 2021 competition. Photo: WikimediaOTHER EVENTS
EXHIBITIONS
Lost in the Ether
Nicole Sciberras Debono's first solo exhibition at Il-Kamra Ta' Fuq in Mqabba, which was to close today, has been extended until Friday, September 16.
Through her works, the artist brings forward esoteric narratives of a domestic familiarity, with notes on online and para-social relationships, and the reflections of a young woman in a contemporary society.
The gallery will be open this week from 6am to noon. The finissage will take place on Friday from 7 to 10pm. For more information, visit Il-Kamra ta' Fuq Facebook page.
Read the Times of Malta review here.
Mother, Our House is on Fire by Nicole Sciberras Debono. Photo: Nicole Sciberras DebonoĦbieb
A group of women who meet regularly to paint together are putting on an exhibition at the Razzett tal-Markiż Mallia Tabone in Mosta.
They are Joanne Azzopardi, Audrey Vella, Judith Dingli, Fabiola Agius Anastasi, Mariuccia Zammit, Josephine Hili, Marita Fenech, Graziella Calleja, Elena Toncheva, Yvette Carabott and Maria Cauchi.
Titled Ħbieb, the collective exhibition runs until September 18. Opening hours: Monday to Sunday from 6 to 8pm. On Sundays, the centre is also open from 10am to noon.
For more information, visit the Razzett tal-Markiż – Cultural Centre Facebook page.
The Summer Showcase
Bureau Iniala, in collaboration with Marie Gallery 5, is presenting a curated selection of works by a number of local artists.
These are Paul Serri, Trevor Borg, Vince Briffa, Ryan Falzon, Victor Agius, Isabelle Borg, Stefan Spiteri, Sheldon Saliba and Joseph Farrugia.
The showcase aims to be a way for artists and collectors to enjoy works that do not necessarily fit within one collective narrative.
The Summer Showcase closes on September 22. One may visit the exhibition at Bureau Iniala, 37, Treasury Sreet, Valletta, from Monday to Friday between 10am and 4.30pm. For more information and updates, visit the Facebook page of Marie Gallery 5.
Read more about the exhibition in this Times of Malta interview.
Consume (2021) by Victor Agius (left) and Rockpool (2022) by Stefan Spiteri, two of the artists exhibiting at The Summer Showcase.Tempus Edax Rerum
Artist David Borg attempts to explore the representation of time and the thematic concept of the human condition through a series of woodcut prints on display at Gemelli Framing in Ta’ Qali.
The exhibition, curated by Hannah Dowling, runs until September 24.
For more information, visit the exhibition’s Facebook page.
Exhibition by art group Brushes
The artistic group Brushes is putting on its eighth exhibition at Palazzo Ferreria, 310, Republic Street, Valletta.
Artists Fabiola Agius Anastasi, Adrian Camilleri, John Caruana and Madeleine Vella Satariano are taking part.
The works on display include aquarelles and acrylics and varied themes.
The exhibition will be open until September 28. Opening hours: Monday to Friday, from 9am to 6pm, and on Saturdays and Sundays from 9am to 1pm.
The Cappuccino Brigade
The ninth solo exhibition of Debbie Caruana Dingli is on display at the Palm Court Lounge of The Phoenicia, in Floriana.
Curated by Charlene Vella, the collection of watercolour works is based on the artist's observations of the native Maltese population and is named after one of the paintings on display whose heroine is a bossy woman, often pictured in the artist's colourful works.
The exhibition will be open throughout September.
Read an article by the curator here.
An Ode in Stone
Artist Joe Xuereb is presenting an exhibition of limestone sculptures at The Phoenicia's Deep Nature Spa.
His rounded figures and forms represent universal shortcomings among humans such as greed, solitude and the entrapments of love.
An Ode in Stone, curated by Louis Laganà, runs until the end of September.
Read the Times of Malta interview with the artist.
The Couple by Joe XuerebAmelia Saint George works at The Phoenicia
Artist Amelia Saint George is exhibiting a number of her sculptures at The Phoenicia, Floriana.
The sculptures are in clay, bronze and mixed media, and portray animals, which Saint George is particularly well-known for, as well as some humorous sculptures that are more closely associated with her portrait sculptures.
Saint George, who has made Valletta her home, is an established, award-winning contemporary sculptor who has exhibited locally and internationally. She is also the author of several books on diverse subjects and holds sculpting lessons in her Valletta studio.
One may view her works at The Phoenicia’s reception area until the end of September.
Willie Apap – Colour and Light
A retrospective exhibition of works by Willie Apap (1918-1970), considered one of Malta’s leading exponents of 20th-century art, is currently on at Il-Ħaġar – Heart of Gozo Museum in Victoria.
The 70 works on display feature portraits, landscapes and still-lifes, dancers, human figures, sacred and ethnic works in oils and inks, and are accompanied by a lavish 100-page GEMS # 20 catalogue.
The exhibition, curated by Maria Cassar, runs until October 10. Opening hours are from Monday to Sunday from 9am to 5pm. Entrance is free.
The exhibition is supported by the Malta Tourism Authority and the Gozo Ministry’s Cultural Directorate. For more information, visit the museum’s Facebook page.
Read the Times of Malta interview with the exhibition's curator Maria Cassar here.
Acrobat and Circus Horse by Willie ApapMeet the Phoenicians of Malta
A Phoenician stone sarcophagus excavated last year at Għajn Klieb, on the outskirts of Rabat, is one of the major attractions of an exhibition that has opened at the National Museum of Archaeology in Valletta.
The exhibition brings to light the results of months of painstaking studies by a multidisciplinary team researching the sarcophagus and two other tombs discovered in the area, as well as their contents. The three tombs, although inherently different, shed light on the burial rituals of the earliest Phoenicians on the island.
The exhibition is open until October 30. The museum in Republic Street, Valletta, is open from Monday to Sunday from 9am to 4.30pm. Entrance to the exhibition is free of charge.
Dumnikani fil-Palazz: Home & Temple
A new exhibition at the Inquisitor's Palace in Vittoriosa tells of the special relationship between the palace and the neighbouring Dominican Order, especially in the post-war years.
Enemy war bombing in 1941 had left the Dominican community without a convent and a church, and they found temporary refuge beyond Vittoriosa. But they were called back by the need to fulfil their spiritual and educational mission among their people.
Eighty years ago, in August 1942, the Dominicans asked for temporary shelter at the Inquisitor’s Palace and, for almost two decades, the palace became the community’s home and temple.
The exhibition runs until January 8. The Inquisitor's Palace is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 9am to 4.30pm.