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V This week maltatoday, Sunday, 1 March 2015 WHAT'S ON collective, Gabriele Grones, Jacopo Dimastrogiovanni, Elia Nadie and Debora Fella. The idea behind Afterselfie was conceived at the 2014 edition of the Curatorial School at VIVA (the Valletta International Visual Art Festival), one of the Valletta 2018 Foundation's projects from its diverse Cultural Programme. Afterselfie is, first and foremost, a cultural exchange between Malta and Italy as a number of Maltese and Italian artists will be showcasing their work in both countries. After being displayed at St James Cavalier, the exhibition will then move to Palazzo Trentini in Trento, Italy and will run from May 15 to 31. MARCH 7-APRIL 5 The Overlooked Performance Photography exhibition by Alex Attard at St James Cavalier, Valletta, presenting itself as a showcase of the ephemeral art beneath the face of Renzo Piano's new Parliament for Valletta. The Overlooked Performance exhibition is both an artistic expression and a document to the skin beneath the face of an historic architectural intervention and to the temporalit y of man at his workplace. The exhibition is curated by Vince Briffa. UNTIL MAY 1 The Roman Inquisition in Malta Exhibition at the Inquisitor's Palace, Birgu. The exhibition narrates the multifaceted role of the Inquisitor as supreme judge of the Holy Inquisition and Apostolic Delegate representative of the Papacy. It offers a unique and unprecedented opportunit y to get to terms with stories of witchcraft, magical spells, theft and profanation of the sacred and a myriad of other curious episodes from the past. For more information, log on to w w w. heritagemalta.org or call 2166 3731. THEATRE AND DANCE MARCH 4, 15 Love's Labour 's Won Live screening of the Royal Shakespeare Company production at St James Cavalier, Valletta on March 4 at 20:00, with an encore at March 15 at 18:30. Christopher Luscombe directs the second of Shakespeare's matching pair of comedies that rejoice in our capacit y to find love in the most unlikely places. Better known as Much Ado About Nothing, the play is performed under the title Love's Labour's Won, a name possibly attributed to it during Shakespeare's lifetime. Tickets are at €12, €10 and €8. Bookings: boxoffice@sjcav.org, 2122 3200. MARCH 6, 7, 8; 13-15 The Vagina Monologues Performance of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues at Palazzo Pereira, 224, Republic Street, Valletta at 20:00. Cast includes Julia Calvert, Paula Fleri-Soler, Faye Paris, Nicky Schembri, Becky D'Ugo and Steffi Thake. Directed by Nanette Brimmer. Tickets at €12 can be purchased from the Box Office at Embassy Cinemas, Valletta or booked online via w w w.ticketline.com. mt. The play is rated 16+. Part of the 'Mara: Perspettivi ' event, running at Palazzo Pereira from March 5 to 22. MARCH 7 International Ballet Gala Ballet performance of contemporary and classical ballet at Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta at 19:30. Featuring world-famous ballet stars from the Bolshoi Theatre (Moscow), Mariinsky and Mikhailovsky (St Petersburg) and Hungarian National Ballet (Budapest). Tickets range from €25 to €55. Bookings: http://booking.mcc.com.mt/ Event/3757/. MARCH 7, 8; 12-15; 19-22 Old Times Unifaun Theatre production of Harold Pinter's drama at St James Cavalier, Valletta at 20:00. Directed by Chris Gatt. Cast includes Mikhail Basmadjian, Laura Best and Pia Zammit. Tickets are at €12 and €18. Bookings: 2122 3200, boxoffice@ sjcav.org. SCREENING MARCH 7, 18, 20, 29 Papusza Screening of the Polish film at St James Cavalier, Valletta. The film tells the true story of Papusza – the first Roma woman who put her poems into writing and published them, and therefore confronted the traditional female image in the gypsy communit y. For screening times and booking information, log on to: sjcav.org. SPRING EQUINOX MARCH 20, 21 Spring Equinox Experience the Spring Equinox at Mnajdra Temples. Tickets can be purchased from all HM sites/museums for the price of €25 per person and €15 for HM members and will include a tour of Mnajdra Temples and access to the Visitor Centre. www.gourmettoday.recipes Community-based cultural organisations get financial boost Creativity within local communities is set to receive a boost thanks to a funding programme which focuses on unlocking their potential. The funding programme – aptly called Creative Communities - will focus on community-led creative and artistic activities, primarily addressing local communities. It provides the opportunity for training, research and the develop- ment of artistic projects led by the community for the community, while celebrating cultural diversity. The fund is open to voluntary organizations regis- tered with the Commissioner for Voluntary Organi- sations. According to the latest stats, there are 177 voluntary organizations operating within the cultural sector in Malta – around 16 per cent of all registered VOs. In 2010, 90 active band clubs in Malta and Gozo showed a participation of 4,123 resident or trainee band players and 1,426 committee members. The total number of active volunteers reached the 30,134 mark. This year, Creative Communities will be allocating a total of €100,000. The deadline to apply is 2 April at noon for projects to be carried out between June 2015 and June 2016. Exceptionally for this first call, 10 per cent of the allocated funds may be granted to projects carried out between January 2015 and June 2015. The second deadline of this fund is 30 October 2015 at noon for projects which will be carried out between February 2016 and February 2017. The total allocation for this call will be €50,000. The following deadline would then be carried out between June 2016 and June 2017. The deadline will be announced at a later date. Each project may be allocated a maximum of €5,000. The amount requested cannot exceed 80 per cent of the total expenditure of the project. This fund is com- petitive and will be evaluated according to established criteria. These include the project's impact on the local community, the project management and its quality and outcome. Arts Council Malta will be organizing four public information sessions about the fund. These will be held between 9 and 11 March in Malta and Gozo. The sessions will be held in Maltese except for one session which will be held in English. The launch of the programme forms part of the larger restructuring of Arts Council Malta, said Arts Council Malta director strategy Toni Attard. "Arts Council Malta will bring together several national cultural funding programmes, allowing for greater transparency, accountability and accessibility," he said. The programme forms part of a new strategy which has diversity and communities as one of its main pil- lars. "At a time when so much cultural initiative stems from local communities, we felt the need to invest in their creativity, particularly by encouraging initiatives focusing on diversity, training and research," said Cul- ture Minister Owen Bonnici. "Art can help pull com- munities together, create connections and overcome challenges creatively. By supporting it, we are going to the heart of the community." More info and application forms from maltaculture. com. For more info call on 2339 7009 or email on fundinfo@maltaculture.com Papusza Spring Equinox