TODAY

Bermuda Chamber Choir 'Love's Pleasure and Sorrow' (secular choral works spanning five centuries/five countries, featuring Brahms' 'Liebeslieder Walzer', and The Treble Choir, Anglican Cathedral, Church Street, 7.30 p.m. Tickets: adults $15, students $10. Available: Pulp & Circumstance (upper Queen Street), the Anglican Cathedral, and Bermuda School of Music.

TOMORROW

Bermuda Garden Club Open House from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.: Warwick Parish, Harbour Road and Tamarind Vale. Private homes, decorated with local floral arrangements, opened by the Garden Club of Bermuda. Admission: $30. Tickets at the venue. Suggest bus number eight from Hamilton or Somerset to Middle Road, Spicelands Riding Centre stop. Proceeds to horticultural scholarships. See our brochure at concierge desk or www.gardenclubbermuda.org

Bermuda National Gallery/Ministry of Culture and Social Rehabilitation. Lunchtime lecture series: 'Contemporary Art Of The Caribbean: The Case for Jamaica' by Veerlee Poupeye, Ph.D. This lecture introduces and critiques key developments in Caribbean contemporary art since the 1980s, with a special emphasis on Jamaica. 12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. The series is free to members and we ask a $5 donation from non-members.

May 8 to 17

The Bermuda Musical and Dramatic Society presents 'Intimate Apparel', a play by Lynn Nottage about Esther, a black seamstress in New York City at the turn of the 20th Century who dreams of opening a beauty parlour for black women and finding the right man. Can she fashion her dreams and make them come true? Showtime: Daylesford Theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets $25 can be purchased from Daylesford Theatre Box Office until May 7, and one hour before performances. Box office hours Monday to Friday 5.30 p.m. to 7 p.m., and online at www.bmds.bm when the box office is closed. Telephone bookings can be made during box office hours on 292-0848.

May 8

World Red Cross & Red Crescent Month 'Red, White & Do' Day. For a $2 donation the community is encouraged to wear red and white, and also to do something positive for their home, school or office.

Bermuda National Gallery PartnerRe Art Lecture Series. The Journey of Jamaican Art: Art, Cultural Institutions and Society, by Veerlee Poupeye, Ph.D. 5.30 p.m. reception for 6 p.m. lecture. General admission $25; members: $15. This lecture introduces modern and contemporary Jamaican art, placed in its social and institutional context, and in comparison with concurrent and comparable developments elsewhere in the Caribbean and the African Diaspora.

May 9

Historical Heartbeats Lecture Series 'Prisoners in Paradise' – visits to Darrell's, Burts, Ports and Long Islands from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Speaker Andrew Bermingham. Departure aboared the Coral Sea. Light refreshments will be served. $10 fee for this lecture. Spaces limited. Contact the officer for advance ticket purchase. 292-9447 or krobinson@gov.bm.

May 13

Seniors Learning Centre at the Bermuda College invite members and interested persons over age 55 to attend the annual general meeting at 2.30 p.m. in the College Cafeteria. 'You are Adding Years to Your Life, And Life to Your Years'.

May 14

Bermuda Garden Club open house series 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.: Hamilton Parish, Long Lane, Tucker's Town. Private homes, decorated with local floral arrangements, opened by the Garden Club of Bermuda. Admission: $30. Tickets at the venue. Suggest bus number one to from Hamilton or St. George's to to South Road, Long Lane stop. Proceeds to horticultural scholarships. See our brochure at concierge desk or www.gardenclubbermuda.org.

May 21

Bermuda Garden Club open house series from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.: Pembroke Parish, Between the Walls off Pitts Bay Road. Private homes, decorated with local floral arrangements, opened by the Garden Club of Bermuda. Admission: $30. Tickets at the venue. Visit Harbour Nights and then walk approximately three-fifths of a mile from Hamilton Ferry terminal to Between the Walls. Proceeds to horticultural scholarships. See our brochure at concierge desk or www.gardenclubbermuda.org

May 28

The Bermuda Guild of Stitchery presents a lecture with famed stitcher Jane Greenoff from 7 p.m. until 8.30 p.m. Topic: 'Inspiration for Stitching from Antique Samplers' Church Hall, Christ Church, Devonshire $10 which includes talk and light refreshments.

EXHIBITIONS

Ace Gallery 'Contemporary Vietnamese Painting' (six artists with different styles whose work draws from Vietnamese local life), Ace Global Headquarters building, 17 Woodbourne Avenue, Pembroke. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. Admission free. Groups by appointment, 295-5200.

Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard Until May 23.'More than One' (open juried members' show). Further information: 234-2809, see website www.artbermuda.bm or e-mail artcentre[at] ibl.bm

Bermuda National Gallery Until September 4: Bacardi Ltd. Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Bermuda Art. Further information: 295-9428 or see website www.bng.bm

Bermuda Society of Arts Until May 14: Onions Gallery: Tech Art. Edinburgh Gallery: Frank Dublin – 'Recent Work'. Upper level, City Hall, Church Street. Gallery hours: Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission free. Further information: 292-3824.

Commissioner's House, Bermuda Maritime Museum, Dockyard: Commissioner's House, Bermuda Maritime Museum, Dockyard:The Exploring Voyage of HMS Challenger in Bermuda 1873. A selection of original and reproduction photographs depicting Bermuda, which were used as evidence in the scientific reports of the Challenger voyage, 1872-76. From the Fay and Geoffrey Elliott Collection. 'U-505 Captured', an exhibit that tells the remarkable story of the capture off western Africa and the hiding of the submarine U-505 at Bermuda. On permanent display.Open daily 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (last admission 4 p.m.). Admission $10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 children, free for members and children under five. Museum information 234-1333, www.bmm.bm, e-mail marmuse@logic.bm.

Crisson & Hind Fine Art Gallery: Hand-carved African sculptures by master Shona artists of Zimbabwe, including stone heads, animals, abstracts. Second floor, Crisson Building, 71 Front Street. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday.

Kaleidoscope Arts Foundation/Elliot Gallery 27 Jubilee Road (corner of Jubilee Road and Parsons Lane), Devonshire. From April 22: 'A Day in the Life of Bermuda' (photographs shot over 24 hours by 12 photographers). Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or by appointment. Further information: 236-5963 or e-mail kaleidoscopeartsfoundation@logic.bm

Kafu Gallery: Further information: 295-5238, e-mail info@kafu.bm

Masterworks at BF&M foyer: Vintage Bermuda travel posters. Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke. Open during normal business hours. Admission free.

Masterworks Foundation at Camden House, Botanical Gardens, Paget. Paintings from the Bermudiana Collection. Open Tuesdays and Fridays 12 noon to 2 p.m. Further information: 236-2950. Admission free.

Masterworks at Colonial Insurance Foyer Gallery: 'Recent Gifts and Acquisitions' (fiscal year 2003-2004) plus Dr. Pestana's lead soldiers exhibit, 35 Reid Street. Open Monday to Friday 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission free.

Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, Rick Faries Gallery 'Artists in the Gardens' Spring series: April 24-May 13: Chris Marson (oils/acrylics/watercolours). May 15-27: NeShawn Hollis (oils), May 29-June 17: Marion Watlington (acrylics/watercolours).