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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 2 MARCH 2025 5 ALMANAC Nature Notebook Thrift Shop Pop-Up Join Friends of the Earth Malta as they partner with BirdLife Malta to host a Thrift Shop Pop-Up event! Clothes and accessories will be for sale! Come and sustainably celebrate International Women's Day! Bring your friends, family, and those special women in your life! Don't forget to check out the Denim Design Corner, sponsored by Friends of the Earth Malta Youth! Saturday, March 8, 10 AM - 3 PM Salina Nature Reserve, In-Naxxar Victor Falzon, Green idea of the week 194 Learn more: https://foemalta.org/event/thrift-shop-pop-up-3-25/ Don't miss this Give nature a voice. Become a BirdLife member 5. Carnival Fun Fair Date: 3 March Location: Playmobil FunPark, Hal Far Exciting games at the Playmobil Carnival Fun Fair! -Toss game, Fish pond, Memory game, Prize wheel, Sort the balloon colour -Raffles (tickets at the door) -Playmobil voucher -Meal (pasta red sauce, pizza margherita, nuggets with fries and water or squash) 5. Sip, Savour & Share at Blackley's 1906 Date: 5 March Location: Blackley's, Pieta Experience the Historic Charm of Blackley's 1906. For the first time ever, step into the beautifully restored Blackley's 1906 for an exclusive wine tasting and platter pairing event in collaboration with Master Cellar. Immerse yourself in a carefully curated selection of exquisite wines, expertly paired with artisanal flavors, all within a venue that exudes heritage and elegance. 5. Egle Lape Jazz Quartet Date: 8 March Location: Teatru Salesjan, Sliema Experience jazz like never before in an exclusive, newly created space within the Teatru Salesjan auditorium. Designed for intimacy and atmosphere, this special setup under the balcony transforms the venue into a cozy, cabaret-style lounge, where guests can enjoy live music up close in a warm and immersive setting. Adding to the experience, full table service will be available, allowing you to sit back, relax, and savor the music without interruption. 5. Be Tikka Banda for a Day Date: 8 March Location: Park Nazzjonali Ta' Qali Be Tikka Banda for a Day is an exciting experience where talented musicians step into the world of Tikka Banda. A hands-on music session where musicians learn and perform like a true Tikka Banda musician. A mix of networking, rehearsals, and full band energy, where we take over the public and get the crowd moving. 6. Michael McIntyre: MACNIFICENT Date: 14-15 March Location: MFCC, Valletta Michael McIntyre is back on stage with his brand new show MACNIFICENT! Much has happened in the five years since his last tour and Michael will be making mirth from the madness of it all. Michael is the host of two of the BBC's most successful entertainment shows, the BAFTA-winning Michael McIntyre's Big Show and The Wheel, which he devised and also hosts for NBC in America. His previous tours have sold over four million tickets and broken box-office records around the world. 6. MYO Chamber & Ensemble Concert Date: 15 March Location: St Agatha's Auditorium, Rabat The highly anticipated SPMC musical this year is none other than LUCA! Audiences will dive into the magical, heartwarming world of friendship, adventure, and self- discovery. Get ready to be transported to the sun-soaked Portorosso, where the beauty of the sea meets the power of dreams. 7. Catch & Craft – A Seafood and Craft Beer Experience Date: 14 March Location: Grabiel Terrazza, Wied il-Ghajn The ultimate craft beer and seafood experience awaits! If you're into seafood and craft beer, Catch & Craft promises to be a dinner you don't want to miss! We have teamed up with Grabiel Terrazza in Marsascala, a local institution for anything seafood and fish, to bring you a 5 course seafood and fish menu paired with great tasting craft beers, for a humble price of €49.50. Full Menu below. 8. Masters of Melody Date: 15 March Location: De Redin Bastions, Mdina Metropolitan Cathedral The Count Roger Band Club presents Masters of Melody. A concert commemorating some of the musical giants that left a rich musical history amongst Maltese Band Clubs. Metamorphosis - A Violin Students' Recital 959. White Wagtail A small bundle of white, grey and black feathers darts across your widscreen as you drive. It's the white wagtail (M. zakak abjad), a common winter resident here. They arrive in autumn from northern Europe or Russia, where it gets deathly cold, and spend winter enjoy- ing our balmy climate, foraging in fields, town squares, playgrounds and roadsides. Wagtails are gregarious birds, and love to sleep in large groups in nice big sheltered trees, known as roosts. Our biggest winter wagtail roost is the row of ficus trees in Pjazza Assedju – yes, right in the heart of Valletta. Every evening throughout winter thousands of wagtails congregate there for the night. And every year BirdLife vulunteers pick an evening and go count them as they fly in. Last month we counted 14,780 – that's more than twice the human population of the city!