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15 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 26 SEPTEMBER 2018 LISTINGS WHAT'S ON ACTIVITIES SEPTEMBER 28 Science in the City Malta's largest science and arts festival is back with plenty of surprises. Save the date for the 28 September in Valletta from 6pm till midnight. This year's theme is Science is Cul- ture, to celebrate the European Year of Cultural Heritage and Valletta's European Capital of Culture. Science shapes all as- pects of culture, from commu- nication to different art forms, health, food and technology. There will be over 30 activities happening on the night from art installations to exhibitions, science theatre to shadow pup- petry, science film festivals to maths music concerts, street performances to live experi- ments. UNTIL OCTOBER 7 Valletta and the Dominicans: A Common Journey Valletta and the Dominicans: a common journey is an exhi- bition narrating how the story of the City of Valletta has of- ten intertwined with that of the Dominican Community in the capital. Heritage Malta and the Parish of St Mary of Porto Salvo and St Dominic have teamed up for an exhi- bition of paintings, prints, manuscript volumes, object d'art, vestments and curious paraphernalia from the na- tional and Parish collections to narrate Valletta's Domini- can print. This exhibition will delve into the Dominican mis- sion in the Valletta story, the spiritual comfort it offered to the Valletta community, espe- cially in times of distress, the contribution of the parish con- fraternities and the Dominican artistic heritage and personali- ties. The exhibition is open till 7th October at the Dominican Priory in Valletta on a daily basis from 10:00 to 16:00.. On the occasion of the festivity of St Dominic, opening hours will be extended until 20:00 on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th . Admission is free. OCTOBER 6 Notte Bianca The much-awaited magical night in Valletta is happen- ing soon! Notte Bianca is hap- pening on Saturday 6 October 2018. Notte Bianca is an an- nual event that takes place in October and lights up the city- scape of Valletta with a spec- tacular nocturnal celebration of people, culture and arts. The streets and cultural ven- ues in the Maltese capital play host to a motley assortment of entertainment. All of Valletta, from City Gate to Fort St Elmo, comes alive on Notte Bianca, guaranteeing a memorable night that truly holds some- thing for everyone. MUSIC AND NIGHTLIFE OCTOBER 3 Cliff Zammit Stevens – 10th Anniversary Concert The hugely-talented and in- ternationally-renowned tenor Cliff Zammit Stevens returns to Malta for his largest solo concert to-date, in a night of unforgettable music in cele- bration of the 10th anniversary of his career. He will be joined by special guest Ira Losco. The concert will be held for one night only on 3 October 2018, in St George Square in Vallet- ta. The concert will also sup- port The Marcy Foundation, which was launched in August this year in honour or Zammit Stevens' mother, who passed away last year. EXHIBITIONS UNTIL OCTOBER 14 Transformer multisite exhibition Transformer is a multifac- eted, two-year project that builds relationships between the Maltese artistic context and international cultural net- works through a series of bor- der-crossing curatorial and ar- tistic exchanges. Produced by Blitz, Valletta, and Central St Martins, London, the project includes curatorial research, artist residencies, public talks, workshops, an online platform, and a multi-site exhibition in spaces across Malta. The ac- tivities are a collaboration be- tween project partners from Malta, the United Kingdom, Spain, Morocco, and Greece, with the aim of building a net- work which will help develop Artist Run Organisations (AROs) and the contemporary art context in Malta. For more information visit transformer- malta.com 5 OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2 Parallel Existences In his long-awaited new ex- hibition, celebrated photogra- pher Alex Attard creates alter- native identities for historical, centuries-old documents that were severely damaged during the war, and which have since formed part of the Notarial Archives in Valletta. These never seen before, mangled and distorted volumes have lain static, buried in boxes, out of sight, for decades – their reason for being, gone. Parallel Existences will be on show at Valletta Contemporary in Val- letta between 5 October and 2 November 2018. UNTIL OCTOBER 27 Nisga: Storja Kontemporanja Can the Maltese artist be defined? … is there a prefer- ence for particular topics or themes ? … and does the na- tion come into this definition? A team of curators and crea- tives have come together to present the complex and mul- tifaceted identity of the Mal- tese artist. Twentieth century works of art from public and private collections, including works in traditional media juxtaposed against video art, have been carefully chosen to create meaningful dialogues. Works on display include key pieces, some of which have rarely been on display or are mostly known through books. The event is free at Spazju Kreattiv. THEATRE SEPTEMBER 28-29 Sfumat Sfumat recounts the story of Alex, in the words and actions of those around him, particu- latly his father Charles, and his daughter Maria. Alex nev- er appears on stage, with the audience forming their own opinion based on what the other characters reveal. The production, held at the Sale- sian Theatre, also marks ten years of the Salesian Worship Team. OCTOBER 4-14 US/THEM The animated narrative, 'US/ THEM', which sees brutal ter- rorism coinciding with child- like innocence, is coming to Strait Street. On 1 September 2004 – the first day of school, or Russian 'Knowledge Day' – a group of Chechen terrorists stormed into a school in the small town of Beslan, taking 1,200 hostages. The siege last- ed three days. Hostages were confined within the walls of the school's gymnasium. The massacre left 334 dead, in- cluding 186 children. Notte Bianca is back on October 6 Transformer multisite exhibition is on until October 1