• Bandslam will be screened at the Don Bosco Oratory, Victoria, today at 5.30 p.m.
• A Way of the Cross will take place from Ta' Pinu Sanctuary to Għammar Hill today at 3.30 p.m.
• A collective art exhibition by members of the Community of Malta Artists is open to the public at the Cittadella Centre for Culture and Art today between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. The exhibition will remain open until March 19.
• A bazaar in aid of Augustinian misssionary in Brazil Fr Adeodato Schembri will be held at St Francis Square, Victoria, from tomorrow until March 15. Opening hours are from 8 a.m. to noon and from 4.15 to 7 p.m.
• The Gozo CCU Foundation is holding an evening of Spanish food, song and Flamenco dancing at the Calypso Hotel, Marsalforn, on Saturday at 7.30 p.m. For bookings call 2156 6496/ 7956 6496/7932 0031/9905 9653.
• The Ekoskola committees of Aguis de Soldanis and Ninu Cremona secondary schools of Victoria are organising an activity on March 24 where students will collect used batteries from households and establishments in Savina, San Ġorġ, Kaditral, Palm and Republic streets between 8.30 a.m. and 10 a.m.
• The Chorus Urbanus male section will give a recital of Gregorian chants during the second edition of the festival Is-Sagra ta' San Girgor on Friday at the Kerċem parish church. Director John Galea will also give an illustrated lecture on Gregorian chant.
• The Alliance Francaise de Malte - Méditerranée is holding a wine-tasting event sponsored by Charles Grech and Co. Ltd. with an accompanying menu degustation by chef Amand on April 9 and May 7. Sommelier Zoran Crncevic from Charles Grech and Co. Ltd will give a demonstration of wines chosen for the night. For more information and reservations call Alliance Francaise de Malte - Méditerranée on 2123 8456.
• A bazaar in aid of Fontana parish will be held at the former Stitches Boutique in Palm Street, Victoria, between March 15 and 27. Opening hours are from 8.15 a.m. until noon and from 4.15 until 7 p.m.
• The Dar Guzeppa Debono will be organising a conference on Napro Technology (natural procreative technology) at the hall in front of Lunzjata chapel on March 21 at 10 a.m. The speaker will be Dr Magaret Spiteri. After the lecture, couples will be invited for a service led by Gozo Bishop Mario Grech at Lunzjata chapel.
• A Lenten penitential pilgrimage will be organised by Kerċem parish on Friday at 6 p.m. on the occasion of the feast of St Gregory the Great. The pilgrimage will start from Salvatore Busuttil Square and proceed to the parish church where a concelebrated Mass led by Gozo Bishop Mario Grech will be held.
• The Victoria Venture Unit will hold a blood donation session at the Gozo General Hospital on Sunday, between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Parents and supporters are invited. More information may be obtained by calling Group Scout leader Lorrie Saliba on 7939 8928 or the Scouts' headquarters on 2155 6497.
• Lenten sermons for married couples by Fr Rene Camilleri will be held at Xagħra parish church between tomorrow and Friday at 7 p.m. Child minders will be in attendance.
• A photographic exhibition entitled Carnival in the City 2010 will be inaugurated by Victoria mayor Samuel Azzopardi at the Banca Giuratale, Independence Square, Victoria, today at 11 a.m.
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