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• The Kids' Club of the Kempinski Hotel, San Lawrenz, is holding an Easter egg hunt in the gardens of the hotel today from 10 to 11.30 a.m. All young hotel guests and children accompanying their parents for Easter Sunday brunch at L'Ortolan...
The Kids' Club of the Kempinski Hotel, San Lawrenz, is holding an Easter egg hunt in the gardens of the hotel today from 10 to 11.30 a.m. All young hotel guests and children accompanying their parents for Easter Sunday brunch at L'Ortolan Restaurant are invited to participate. For more information call 2211 0000, or e-mail info.sanlawrenz@kempinski.com.
Musician David Tanton will be playing an acoustic session in the Artisan Market of the Bay Street Complex, Paceville, today between 3.30 and 4 p.m. This will be followed by live gospel music from the band Footprints and a performance by Lyndsey Pace.
The Thai community in Malta, with the help of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, is holding celebratory activities for the festival of 'Songkran', at the Excelsior Grand Hotel, Floriana, from today until Tuesday between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Activities aim to promote Thai culture. There will be Thai handicrafts, food, films, Thai boxing, and a classical dance show by Thai dancers in costume, among other things. Admission is free. For more information call 9921 8339 or 270 2208.
The International Movement of Prayer Blessed Pope John XXIII is holding its usual evening of prayer for peace and new evangelisation of the world at the church of Our Lady of tal-Ħerba, Birkirkara, on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Mass will be celebrated followed by 20 minutes of adoration.
A bazaar in aid of Paola parish church will be held at the Paola parish centre, Church Avenue, from Wednesday until April 22 from 9 a.m. to noon and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The next group meeting for parents and people involved with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) sufferers organised by the ADHD Family Support Group will be held on Friday at the Junior College, Msida, at 6.30 p.m. There will not be the usual PSD sessions for children aged seven and above with ADHD so participants are asked not to bring their children. Call Tessa Anastasi on 2137 2542 or 7986 8840 for more information.
A prayer meeting for the sanctification of priests and for priestly and religious vocations will be held on Saturday at Our Lady of Lourdes parish church, San Ġwann. Mass will be celebrated at 9.45 p.m. followed by adoration until midnight.
YWCA (Malta) will be holding its monthly cards/games/tea party at the Imperial Hotel, Sliema, on April 22 at 4.30 p.m. Call 2132 4424 or 2733 7721 to confirm attendance.
A marriage enrichment course in Maltese organised by Genesis2 providing insight on relationship skills and spiritual input will begin on April 23 at 7.30 p.m. at Sgħajtar parish centre, Naxxar. For more information call 9942 9907.
The Malta Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce is holding its annual fundraising dinner in aid of the Special Projects programme on May 8 from 7.30 p.m. in the Grand Marquee, Villa Arrigo, San Pawl tat-Tarġa. The funds raised are to support gifted students studying any of the arts, crafts and music courses organised by the society. More information is available from the society's premises, Palazzo de La Salle, 219 Republic Street, Valletta, open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; call 2124 4339, 2124 4400, e-mail info@artsmalta.org or visit www.artsmalta.org.
Din l-Ħelwa is accepting donations of any items suitable for sale at their spring fete, due to take place at the Msida Bastion Garden of Rest on April 26. Proceeds from this event will go towards the maintenance of this historic site. Items should be dropped at the garden on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings between 9.30 a.m. and noon, or call Mary Aldred on 7906 7374 or 2138 6169. The Msida Bastion Garden of Rest is to be found by taking the second turning on the left below the public library on Great Siege Road, Floriana.