Quiz night is back!

Monday, 26th March from 8:30pm: Quiz Night at The Black Pearl - The Black Pearl, Ta' Xbiex Marina.

M&L quiz nights have now made the Black Pearl a regular haunt for their increasingly popular evening games! Get your trivia hats on and those grey cells working with a quiz designed to test your memory and general smarts in various categories such as music, nature and history, as well as movie posters and much more. Teams can be made up from a minimum of two to a max of eight people, but it’s not how many play which counts but how savvy you prove to be.

It’s the Easter hols!

Workshops at Esplora Interactive Science Centre: Tuesday, 27th March 9am - 12pm: Parallel Universe, Science through Storytelling & Wednesday, 28th March 1pm – 4pm: Grandma Got STEAM.

It can be difficult to think of ways to entertain the kids during the hols. But, the super people at Esplora have got you covered with their two regular workshops. The first one, Parallel Universe, Science through Storytelling, taking place on Tuesday, focuses on the way science and storytelling connect individuals to the world around them while the second, Grandma Got STEAM, takes the idea of bonding to a whole new level by taking two youngsters and pairing them up with one grandma to share experiences and personal stories. 

Wednesday, 28th March 10:30am - 12:30pm: Little Chefs: Figolli – Creativity for Life, L-Iklin.

Kids love creating things with their hands and, this Easter, Creativity for Life is organising a very special workshop to show them how to make figolli, the traditional Maltese Easter almond sweet. The session lasts two hours and kids will learn how to make and decorate these colourful treats. The price is 30 euros per child, and includes all the ingredients and supplies. And, they even get to wear a chef’s hat! 

For some jazz and swing

Experience the sound of Swing Nuages on Tuesday 27th March from 8:30pm at Cork's Bar - Balluta Bay, St Julian’s & Thursday, 29th March at 8:30pm at La Tartine, Mosta.

Jazz band Swing Nuages proves that it really don’t mean a thing if you ain’t got that swing! And they’re going to show you the power of music with two events this week, one taking place on Tuesday in Cork’s Bar in St Julian’s and the other on Thursday at La Tartine in Mosta. Cocktails – and some snacks – are available, but it’s the dancing which will be top of the pops. 

Wednesday, 28th March from 8pm: Jazz at is-City Bar – is-City Bar, Mosta.

And there’s another jazz event taking place in Mosta this week. Wednesday will see the legendary is-City bar featuring vibrant music in an equally vibrant atmosphere – and this promises to be a regular event, with different musicians showcasing their talents. And, we’ve been told not to miss their home-made Maltese sausage ftira!

A concert for Easter week

Wednesday, 28th March at 7:30pm: MYO Easter Concert 2018 - Teatru Salesjan, Sliema.

The Malta Youth Orchestra, under the auspices of the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, will be playing their traditional Easter concert this Wednesday. The event will be the culmination of major projects, including a three-day intensive course with local and internationally renowned guest tutors for the Wind and Brass Sections; and collaboration with the Jugendorchester Stattegg from Graz, Austria, which will form part of the String and Percussion sections. The programme will feature several styles ranging from Bach, Mozart, Strauss and Elgar to Bartok, Gershwin, Piazzolla and Pace amongst others.

Cinema…with a difference

Wednesday, 28th March from 8:30pm: Cult Movie Night – Bongo Nyah, Marsascala.

You can always rely on Bongo Nyah to organise evenings far removed from the norm. And, this Wednesday, they will be screening Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, the big-screen version of Hunter S. Thompson's seminal psychedelic classic about his road trip across Western America as he and his large Samoan lawyer search desperately for the American dream. There will be free popcorn (yum!) and happy hour on cocktails (double yum!) between 7:30pm and 8:30pm. Make sure to prebook though – check out how on the event page.

Wednesday, 28th March from 8pm: Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925) by Kinemastik Film Club – Royal British Legion, Valletta.

Kinemastik are legendary for organising great cinema nights – whether feature films or through their short film festival, organised every summer. This week head down to the Royal British Legion for the screening of classic film Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925). In 1924, neophyte filmmakers Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack hooked up with journalist and sometime spy Marguerite Harrison and set off to film an adventure. They found excitement, danger and unparalleled drama in the migration of the Bakhtiari tribe of Persia (now Iran). Although many documentary historians consider "Grass" second only to "Nanook of the North," few people have actually ever seen this iconic film. Kinemastik will be screening a restored and full-length version, complete with an authentic new Iranian score, which will astonish today’s audiences with its beautiful photography and heart-stopping adventure.