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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 29 JANUARY 2017 32 This Week MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT JANUARY 31 Exquisite operatic classics Lunchtime concert at the Oratory of St Francis, Valletta. Featuring Adriana Yordanova Fenech (soprano) Alan Sciberras (tenor), Miguel Rosales (baritone) and Sofia Narmania (pianist). Programme will include excerpts from Giuseppe Verdi's 'Don Carlo', Gaetano Donizetti's 'L'Elesi d'amore', George Bizet's 'The Pearlfishers' and Giacomo Puccini's exquisite operas 'La Boheme' and'Manon Lescaut'. The performance will also include romantic songs by Paolo Tosti and a sacred song by Antonio Vivaldi 'Domine Deus'. Organised by Barocco Malta. Bookings: baroccomalta@gmail. com. FEBRUARY 11 Rhythms of Vision 'Rhythms of Vision' connects contemporary music with video art and photography, and will be taking place at the Manoel Theatre, Valletta at 20:45. This concert features a programme of '20th century and contemporary chamber music. Each work in the programme is assigned to a video artist, portraying a visual backdrop to the live performance of the music. 'Rhythms of Vision' is part of the Modern Music Days concert series, organised by the Manoel Theatre in collaboration with the Malta Association for Contemporary Music, supported the Valletta 2018 Foundation. FEBRUARY 11 Promise Keeper & Sam + Ziz (Brodu) Gig by American band Promise Keeper with support from Zizza and Samwel of local act Brodu at Young Falcon, Floriana at 21:30. Promise Keeper live shows combine the aesthetics of a Weimar cabaret with sophisticated pop that marries seductive vocals and pared-down post punk guitars and synths with nods to vintage analogue funk, Italo-disco, country, and blue-eyed soul. Also featuring DJ sets by Karl Baldacchino and Kurt C. Calleja. Entrance is at €8. Organised by Be-Wild events. TODAY WHAT'S ON Feast of St Bosco The Feast of St Bosco will be celebrated in Victoria, Gozo today. Citrus Festival Annual citrus festival in aid of the Malta Community Chest Fund held at San Anton Gardens, Attard from 09:30. Various items will be sold at the stalls including citrus fruits grown in the Orange Grove at San Anton Palace, as well as various food items prepared by the Chef at San Anton Palace. Other food stalls and various artisan products will also be available. During this year's event, the general public has the opportunity to take a Palace tour during which three new State Rooms will be opened for visiting, for the first time ever. Entrance is free. Film screening: Illégal Moviment Graffitti will screen the movie Illégal (2010) directed by Olivier Masset-Depasse at 67, Strait Street, Valletta at 18:00. The movie tells the story of Tania and her son Ivan, who live illegally in Belgium. One day Tania is arrested, but her son manages to escape. Separated from Ivan she is placed in an immigration detention center for women and children. While utterly refusing to face expulsion, Tania begins a fight to preserve her dignity, identity and humanity, as well as find her son. Language: French with English subtitles. Entrance is at €3 and includes free finger food. Film screening: The Goonies Imitosis Film Nights will be screen the beloved childhood adventure classic The Goonies at The Hole in the Wall, Sliema at 19:30. You don't see many spiders in the cooler months as there's precious little prey about for them to catch. Many spiders therefore spend winter in a semi-torpid state (basically asleep). Some days ago I needed to lift a small log and lo and behold, lurking underneath I found a magnificent specimen of woodlouse spider, with the unmistakeable red-brown front part contrasting with the pale brown abdomen. No prizes for guessing what this spider eats, with a giveaway name like that. Woodlice – those cute bugs that roll into a grey ball – are not much sought after as food items thanks to their armour-plated body. But the woodlouse spider (M: brimba tal- ħanżir l-art) has the perfect cutlery for the job: a fearsome pair of fangs that easily penetrate the woodlouse's armour and immobilise the animal. The spider then proceeds to suck the poor pill-bug dry: the perfect winter smoothie. GREEN IDEA OF THE WEEK 445 TURN OFF COMPUTERS AT NIGHT: By turning off your computer instead of leaving it in sleep mode, you can save 40 watt-hours per day. If you don't want to wait for your computer to start up, set it to turn on automatically a few minutes before you get to work, or boot up while you're pouring your morning coffee. Visit Friends of the Earth's website for more information about our work, as well as for information about how to join us. You can also support us by sending us a donation - www.foemalta.org/donate Text and photo Victor Falzon The battle to prevent catastrophic climate change just got harder as Donald Trump stepped into the White House. Friends of the Earth stands with colleagues on the other side of the Atlantic in rejecting and fighting against the divisive, hateful rhetoric used by Donald Trump, and in resisting his institutionalization of fossil fuel interests in the White House. The Friends of the Earth International federation is committed to supporting the many global struggles to protect the environment, freedom of religion, LGBTQ people, vulnerable communities, people of colour, women, migrants and everyone scapegoated and demeaned by Trump's rhetoric and politics. It is committed to ensuring social and climate justice. Friends of the Earth US president Erich Pica said that the majority of Americans reject Donald Trump's extremist agenda. That's why he lost the popular vote by almost 3 million voters. We will fight against normalizing his vision in the US, as well as globally. World leaders and movements must challenge Donald Trump and any leader that seeks to divide based on hate and environmental destruction. Friends of the Earth is calling on world leaders and movements to challenge Donald Trump and any leader that pledges environmental destruction and seeks to divide based on hate, including the racist, divisive and populist political movements rising in Europe. Resisting Trump and standing for justice 542. WOODLOUSE SPIDER US act Promise Keeper will perform in Floriana Tonight: The Goonies at The Hole in the Wall, Sliema