What's On | Wednesday, 11 March 2009

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NIGHTLIFE

March 14
Club Sandwich Session 3
DJ Bob and Vinc will be in session at Chiaroscuro, Strait Street, Valletta from 22:00. Entrance is at €2.

EXHIBITIONS

March 13 - April 26
Urbanisation Games
Exhibition by Adrian Scicluna at the Main Hall of St James Cavalier dealing with various aspects of local urbanization, using some popular games as metaphors.

Until March 15
Holidays in Malta
An exhibition of watercolours by Walter Busuttil at Heritage Malta Head Office, Merchant Street, Valletta. Free Entrance. Open Monday to Friday from 09:00 - 17:00 (last admission 16:30).

March 18 - April 5
Goran Cejkov
Hollingsworth International Financial Services Ltd and Artitude Gallery are supporting Goran Cejkov’s exhibition of latest artworks, held at Artitude Gallery, in Tigne Street, Sliema. The exhibition will be open daily from Tuesdays to Saturdays from 10:00 - 13:00, 16:00 - 19:00. More info: 21316708/ 99844653, artitudegallerymalta@hotmail.com

Until March 18
Blackout
Series of films at sculptures by Mark Mangion at Malta Contemporary Art, 8, Off Racecourse Street, Marsa. Open on Wednesday - Friday from 18:00 to 21:00 and weekends from 17:00 to 21:00. The artist will be giving a talk at the venue on March 7 at 20:00.

Until March 19
Changing Malta
Exhibition at St James Cavalier tackling the issue of overdevelopment in Malta.

Until April 17
The Victor Pasmore in Malta Exhibition
An exhibition by Heritage Malta in collaboration with the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts (MCCA) featuring works by Victor Pasmore at the Gozo Area Exhibition Hall of Heritage Malta, St Martin’s Quarters, The Citadel, Gozo. Free Entrance. Open Monday to Friday, 08:00 – 16:00 (last admission 15:30).

MUSIC

March 13
Acoustic Roots
Carrie Haber will be performing alongside Chasing Pandora at The Gut, Chiaroscuro, Strait Street, Valletta. Doors open from 21:00.

March 20
Akustika
Acoustic music night at the St James Cavalier Music Room from 20:00. Tickets are at €7. Bookings: 21223200, boxoffice@sjcav.org

March 21
Doom Metal Assault Vol. 1
Greek band Reflection will be joined by Nomad Son and Dawn Of Anguish for a gig at Poxx Bar, Paceville. Entrance is at €10. Doors open at 20:30, gig starts at 21:00 sharp.

March 27
Cumshaft
The classic rock band, featuring Rex (Xtruppaw, Norm Rejection) on bass, Kevin Vella (Ivan Filletti, NV) on guitar and Michael Briguglio (Norm Rejection, Dripht) on drums will be playing at Play Rock, Paceville. Doors open at 22:00. Entrance is free.

THEATRE

March 13 - 15
Porn - The Musical
Original new comedy musical is written by Malcolm Galea, Kris Spiteri, and Boris Cezek - collectively known as Indiskarf - at MITP, St Christopher’s Street, Valletta. Stefan leaves Malta for America after discovering some upsetting details about his fiancé’s sex life.

March 20 - 22; 27 - 29
Devil’s Advocate
Unifaun Theatre Productions will be staging Donald Freed’s play, as directed by Michael Fenech. The two-hander will feature Manuel Cauchi and Paul Portelli. The play is based on dialogues between Mons Laboa and General Noriega before the latter’s capture by American soldiers in Panama. Bookings: boxoffice@sjcav.org or 21223216. Tickets on March 20 will be sold at a concessionary price of €12. Tickets on all other nights are at €15.

March 21, 22
Spiru Cefai u r-Ruh tal-Baruni
Comedy held at the Catholic Institute, Floriana. Directed by Frederick Camilleri. Bookings can be made from the Booking Office at the Catholic Institute 21238429, the Bar of the Catholic Institute Floriana 21242551, Tereza Bazaar (Haz-Zabbar) 21892730, Carmen Azzopardi (Tar-Rabat) 21454836 or the Hotline 79555514.

LITERATURE

March 19 - 22
Festaktieb ‘09
Fair of discounted local books. Organised by PEG Ltd and held at the Scouts Association Hall, opposite Sarria Church in Floriana. Opening hours are 10:00 to 20:30 on March 19, 16:00 to 20:30 on March 20, 10:00 to 20:30 on March 21 and 10:00 to 20:30 on March 22.

FILM NIGHT

March 13
Warchild
Film by Christian Wagner, showing at the German-Maltese Circle, Messina Palace, 141, St Christopher’s Street, Valletta from 19:00. www.germanmaltesecircle.org

TALK

Tonight
A curtain is raised
The German-Maltese Circle will be organizing a talk delivered by H.E. Dr Caroline Gudenus, Ambassador of Austria, entitled ‘A curtain is raised - with a wire scissors against the separation of Europe’. The talk will deal with the abolishing of the Iron Curtain between Austria and its neighbouring countries in June 1989, which marked the beginning of the end of Europe’s division and eventually led to the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Held at Messina Palace, 141, St Christopher’s Street, Valletta. Starts at 19:00. www.germanmaltesecircle.org

QUIZ NIGHT

Thursdays
Snoopy’s Pub Quiz
Quiz at Snoopy’s Bar and Restaurant, Sliema starts at 20:30. The format of the event follows a typical UK pub quiz format: each table booked is considered to be a team. Quiz packs containing 40 questions on different topics are given out to each team, who would in turn be given an hour’s time limit to fill in their answers. After the hour elapses, correct answers will be called out by the quizmaster, after which the winning table is announced. Winners receive a €20 discount off their bill. A free bottle of The Stump Jump (Australia), imported by Bicanter Wines, will be given to the winning table and runners up. Participation is set at €2 per person. Those interested in participating are kindly asked to contact quizmaster David Darmanin on 99458567.

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