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BOV supports Opera Month in Gozo

Wednesday, 2 November 2022, 18:16 Last update: about 3 years ago

After two years of absence due to the pandemic, Gozo was again the place to be for opera lovers during October 2022. Teatru Aurora produced Guiseppe Verdi's AIDA, George Bizet's Carmen graced the...

Blight of an island

Sunday, 30 October 2022, 10:11 Last update: about 4 years ago Noel Grima

Living in Malta on clear days we can see at a distance the huge bulk of Mount Etna across the sea. And on clear nights we can also glimpse the lights of the Sicilian littoral. That's where our...

Europe’s first Window of Chinese Books established in Malta

Sunday, 30 October 2022, 08:59 Last update: about 4 years ago

On Tuesday, 25 October, guests from China and Malta met online to jointly witness the donation of more than 200 books from Jinling Library of Nanjing to Malta Libraries and the signing of the first...

'First Lady' drama spotlights Roosevelt, Ford, Obama spouses

Monday, 24 October 2022, 07:54 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

"The First Lady" presents three influential women, three acclaimed actors playing them, and a century of history encompassing wars, presidential scandal and America's stubborn gender and race fault...

Hank Jr. unleashes Thunderhead Hawkins on bawdy blues record

Monday, 24 October 2022, 07:53 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

Sometimes it's hard to tell who Hank Williams Jr. really is behind the dark sunglasses and the beard covering facial scars. How much of him is a persona — or a stage presence — is...

Puberty runs amok in Pixar's 'Turning Red'

Monday, 24 October 2022, 07:51 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

For better and worse, "Turning Red" is like no Pixar film before it. The film, directed by Domee Shi, who made the lovely Oscar-winning short "Bao," is the first Pixar movie directly solely by a...

J. Kenji López-Alt wants you to be a wok star in the kitchen

Monday, 24 October 2022, 07:46 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

Chef and food writer J. Kenji López-Alt suspects there's something in your kitchen that you're not using near enough — the wok. The Asian deep-bottomed pot is his versatile go-to...

Under the surface

Sunday, 23 October 2022, 09:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Noel Grima

The author was born in Ceylon, today Sri Lanka, in 1943 and immigrated to Montreal Canada when he was 19 years old. He is best known for his lyrical The English Patient (1992) which was turned...

Oh Yes it is! Panto returns to Teatru Manoel

Sunday, 23 October 2022, 08:14 Last update: about 4 years ago

Ladies, gentlemen and children, please take your seats, for the return of the Manoel Christmas pantomime! Booking is now open for a delightfully delicious treat at Teatru Manoel this Christmas,...

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