• The eighth Opera vs Pop Under the Stars concert will be held on July 27 at 8.30pm in the courtyard of the Gozo Ministry, Victoria, by the Gozo Youth Orchestra in collaboration with the ministry and the US embassy. For tickets e-mail gozo windbandorchestra@yahoo.co.uk or call 9942 1611, 7942 1611.

• Birdlife Malta is organising a boat trip on August 8 to the cliffs of Ta’ Ċenc, to encounter flocks of Scopoli’s Shearwater (Ċiefa). The meeting place is at the Marfa jetty, opposite Riveria Hotel, at 6.40pm. Tickets are €7 for members and €10 for non-members, and €6 for children under 14. To book, e-mail events@birdlifemalta.org.

• A blood donation session will be held at the Gozo General Hospital on Tuesday from 1 to 5pm.

• The diocesan Eucharistic Movement will hold a prayer evening at St Francis church, Victoria, on Saturday at 8.30pm, followed by Mass at midnight.

• Don Bosco oratory is organising a pilgrimage to Turin, Italy, and places associated with Don Bosco from September 9 to 15. For further information call the oratory on 2155 6616 or 9948 7751.

charles.spiteri@timesofmalta.com

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