Culture

Get ready for an explosive night of live music as Portuguese band 800 Gondomar take over The MAG Club tonight, Friday 2nd October.

A joint exhibition of artworks by Rose Ann Victor and Nadine Collado will open at the Fine Arts Gallery on 26th October.

Local lovers of reading, writing and storytelling are invited to the inaugural Bookside Chats event, a new series of relaxed, 'fireside' chats created to celebrate local writers and foster community engagement with literature. The series debuts on Wednesday 14th October from 6:00–7:00 pm at BOOKGem, featuring local author Sonia Golt.

A seminar focusing on writing by women in Gibraltar will take place on Friday 9th October at the John Mackintosh Hall. The event will be followed by a recital of poems and other literary extracts by women writers.

An exhibition of comics produced by Joseph (Pepe) Piñero opened yesterday evening at the GEMA gallery.

A new single by Gabriel Moreno has just been released—titled ‘Layers’, the track combines the Gibraltarian singer songwriter’s trademark poetic lyrics and melancholy guitar work.

Today we look at ‘Forgotten Patio’, a painting by Karl Ullger currently on display at the GEMA gallery. The work won the first prize in the Gibraltar International Art Exhibition in 2021 and depicts a patio in the Road to the Lines area of Gibraltar’s Upper Town.

An online seminar discussing the origins, development and future of Llanito took place this morning. Titled “Linguistic Diversity Under Threat: Global South and Global North Perspective,” the event was organised by Dr Pedro Álvarez‑Mosquera, Director of the LinguaSOUTH Chair at the University of Salamanca.

A new children's book by GHA Dementia Coordinator Karen Truman has been launched to help young people understand Alzheimer's and dementia. Mama's Treasure Chest is aimed at children aged 5 to 11, features familiar Gibraltar landmarks, and will form part of this year's Gibunco Gibraltar Literary Festival Schools Programme.