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15 WHAT'S ON EXHIBITIONS UNTIL JUNE 15 Frammenti/Fragments Collective exhibition at St James Cavalier, Valletta by Brendan Buttigieg, Julia Grech and Matthew Schembri, three art undergraduate students in their final year at the Faculty of Education at the University of Malta. The chosen theme – Frammenti / Fragments – reflects the differences between the artists themselves and their artistic work. If we observe ourselves and our surroundings, we soon realise that everything could be interpreted as made of many fragments which are combined together. JUNE 12-21 New Weapons Collective exhibition at Blitz, St Lucy Street, Valletta. Featuring work by Aava Anttinen, Rachel Channa Kremer, Zhanna Bobrakova, Sarah Crew, Bonamy Devas, Valerie Driscoll, Helena Goñi, Benjamin Knight, Albena Martinova, Laura Marques, Hana Vojackova, Dario Srbic, Parvaneh Rahimi, Dana Strango, Hengxi Li, Trilokjit Sengupta and Mengjiao Yu. The exhibition is a collaboration between BLITZ and Central Saint Martins University of the Arts London. MUSIC AND NIGHTLIFE JUNE 12 Massimo Ranieri & Band Live The popular Italian singer Massimo Ranieri will be performing live in concert on the stage of the Republic Hall at Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta at 20:30. Tickets from €45 are on sale online from www. cmcpromotionsmalta.com or call 9982 1250. JUNE 12 Clique presents Solid Gold Party at Clique, Paceville from 22:00. Featuring Glenn Frantz (Extended Set), Daniel Simler, MU DY, Chris and Jeff Freaks. Entrance is free. JUNE 13 Winter Moods Veteran pop band celebrates three decades since its inception with an intimate gig at Fort St Elmo at 19:00. Tickets are at €15 and €25. Bookings from www. ooii.com.mt. JUNE 13 Get Funky: Hipster Sunset Boat Party Boat party at the Hornblower, departing from Dawret Il- Gzejjer, Bugibba at 18:30. Tickets are at €15. Bookings: 9999 2401. JUNE 12-14 Ghanafest 2015 Annual festival of Maltese folk song and Mediterranean music. Featuring acts from Malta, the Mediterranean, Africa and India. Taking place at 19:00 at Argotti Gardens, Floriana Tickets are at €3 per night or €7 for a three- day block ticket available at the door. For more information and a full programme, log on to: www.maltafolkmusicfestival.org. JUNE 23-25 Kelma Kelma Nota Nota: Kuncert tal-Qaddisin A series of three concerts that combine traditional and contemporary music and Maltese literature at Pjazza Teatru Rjal, Valletta at 21:00. Tickets: €15 for general admission; €10 for children, students, seniors and €30 block ticket (for all 3 events). FILM FESTIVAL JUNE 15-21 Valletta Film Festival First edition of the Valletta Film Festival will take place across various venues in the capital city. The event will consist of an official competition (feature films, docs and shorts) and four other sections. In total around 45 feature films will be screened at the first edition of the festival at five of the city's most attractive locations. For more information and a full programme log on to: http://www.vallettafilmfestival. com/. PUBLIC LECTURE JUNE 17 Bread and Bakers in 18th Century Malta Lecture by Dr Noel Buttigieg at Phoenicia Hotel, Floriana at 18:00. During the lecture, Buttigieg will xplore how, in the eighteenth century, managing bread and bakers went far beyond food and nutritional values, but became an exercise in political and economic power with great social, cultural and symbolic significance. Organised by Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar in conjunction with Slow Food Malta (SFM) and the International Institute for Baroque Studies at the University of Malta. A €5 donation is kindly solicited. maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 10 JUNE 2015 THIS WEEK Virtù Ferries This week's winner is ALEX EHRHARDT with his photograph taken when attending the Venice Carnival in Piazza San Marco, Venice. MaltaToday and Virtù Ferries have teamed up to take one lucky winner and a companion every week to Sicily, with two tickets to be won every week in our photography competition. Already been on holiday? Good: we're sending you back if your best photograph from your holidays and travels makes the cut. That's right: send us a good quality image of your holidays and we'll send the best one to the gateway of Italy with Virtù Ferries. Malta - Sicily Express Ferries For more information visit www.virtuferries.com or contact by telephone 23491000 RULES OF THE COMPETITION maltatoday Conditions apply: 1. Tickets for each week's competition can only be won by one person who submits one entry of a high-res image with description. Entrants with more than one entry WILL NOT be considered. Entrants must send a description of photo. 2. Winners will be informed before the end of the week, and then announced on maltatoday.com.mt and MaltaToday on Sunday. 3. By entering this offer, entrants consent to their photos being published and owned by Mediatoday Co Ltd. 4. The entrant with the best photograph will be awarded two (2) return tickets, valid for travel to any Virtù Ferries destination. Mediatoday's decision is final. 5. Tickets are issued free of charge, excluding port charges, and in accordance with Virtù Ferries' rules and regulations. All taxes and charges are to be paid accordingly by the winning entrant upon the issuance of tickets. 6. This offer is closed to employees and contributors of Mediatoday Co. Ltd and Virtù Ferries, or their family members. This week's theme: Travel SEND US PHOTOS FROM YOUR FAVOURITE HOLIDAY PHOTO COMPETITION WINNER! Photos should be a hi-res image (one per individual entry) with a sentence or two about what inspired you to take your photo. Entrants are kindly reminded not to send in personal family pictures that might be unrelated to theme subjects unless expressly requested. If sending a photo by post, address it to: 'MaltaToday photo competition', Mediatoday, Vjal ir- Rihan, San Gwann, SGN9016 Please supply your daytime telephone number, your name, your home address and an email address. Send the photo via email on info@mediatoday.com.mt [SUBJECT HEADING: MaltaToday photo competition] by next Friday at 9am. Themes may change from one week to the other Winter Moods to perform 30th anniversary concert