TOMORROW

Somerset Seventh Day Adventist Church is holding a free health screening with professional consultations at the Somerset Marketplace from 1 pm to 5 pm. Blood pressure, and blood sugars tested we will also look at weight.

January 8, 9 & 10

Transact Bermuda Third Annual Just for Laughs Bermuda with Danny Bhoy, Jonathan Young, Matt Kirshen, Arj Barker, Tom Papa and Shaun Majumder. January 8 at 8 pm. Gala event with round tables and drink service. Tickets $100. January 9 at 8 pm and 10.30 pm and January 10 at 7 and 10 pm. Tickets 0 $75. Available at Transact enter via Trends Shoe Store on Reid Street or Picture Perfect at the Heron Bay Plaza. For more info go to www.comedyevent.bm or telephone 292-7232.

January 15

Bermuda Sea Cadet Association Annual General Meeting at 18 hours at the Mariner's Club at 22 Richmond Road in Hamilton.

January 31

The Bermuda Union of Teachers is celebrating their 90th anniversary with a Breakfast Banquet at the Fairmont Southampton Resort. Keynote speakers will be Thulus Nxesi, General Secretary of the South African Democratic Teacher's Union and President of Education International. Pre-breakfast cocktails 8 am to 9 am and breakfast banquet at 9 am. Attire- semi-formal. Tickets $50. Tickets available from BUT headquarters by December 15. Call 292-6515 to RSVP.

EXHIBITIONS

Ace Gallery ACE Building, Woodbourne Avenue, Pembroke. For information/opening hours/group bookings telephone 295-5200.

Bermuda Archives Until December 21: 'A Very Manifest Alteration. The Life and times of Jemmy Darrell, 1793-1816' — exploring the legal status of free persons of colour in the age of slavery through historical documents written by and about celebrated pilot Darrell. Lower level, Government Administration Building, Parliament Street, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. Admission free. Group visits by arrangement with Mrs. Gaynell Weeks tel. 294-9196.

Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard From November 30: Small Paintings (mixed media) exhibition and sale by many artists. Low prices, great art! Call 234-2809, see website www.artbermuda.bm or e-mail artcentre[at] ibl.bm

Bermuda National Gallery Ondaatje Wing: History of Bermuda Art (with focus on photography). Watlington Room: European Collection 1500-1900. Further information: tel. 295-9428 or see website www.bng.bm Gallery hours: Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., closed Sundays.

Bermuda Maritime Museum, Dockyard: (1) Commissioner's House: 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. (2) From the Fay and Geoffrey Elliott Collection: 'U-505 Captured', an exhibit telling the remarkable story of the capture off western Africa and the hiding in Bermuda of the submarine U-505. (3) Steinhoff Magazine, High Cave: 'Prisoners in Paradise': Artifacts in Bermuda cedar/stone/other materials created by Dockyard convict establishment, and prisoners of the Boer and World Wars. Open daily 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.(last admissions 4:00 p.m.) Entry: $10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 children, free for members and children under five. Further information: tel. 234-1333, e-mail marmuse@logic.bm or see website www.bmm.bm

Bermuda Society of Arts, upper level, City Hall, Church Street. Until January 14: Onions Gallery: Winter members' small show. Edinburgh Gallery: Edges — recent works by Proctor Martin to benefit 'A Mile of Smiles'. Studio A: Bermuda High School GCSE students exhibit. Studio B: Layers — recent works by Ampah Tivakam Hubbard. Studio C: Places, Figures, Faces — recent works by Emma Ingham-Dounouk. Gallery hours: Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Further information: tel.292-3824 or see website www.bsoa.bm.

Common Ground Café/Gallery Select Palette Art. Until 3 p.m. February 19 'Changing Tides' — photography by Gretchen Gurr. Opening reception January 9 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. 11 Chancery Lane, Hamilton. Open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, Saturdays 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Further information Susan Pearson tel. 505-4290 or e-mail SPArt@logic.bm.

Corporation of Hamilton offices. 'Down through the Years' — Selection of cartoons (1988-2008) by The Royal Gazette cartoonist Peter Woolcock, City Hall, Church Street. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. Due to popular demand will be on for several more weeks.

Crisson & Hind Fine Art Gallery: Hand-carved African sculptures by master Shona artists of Zimbabwe, inc. stone heads, animals, abstracts. Second floor, Crisson Building, 71 Front Street. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday. Tel. 295-1117, fax 295-1125.

Elliot Gallery 27 Jubilee Road, Devonshire (corner of Jubilee Road and Parsons Lane), Devonshire. Gallery hours: Monday to Friday 10 am to 2 p.m. or by appointment. Further information: tel. 236-5963 or email kaleidoscopeartsfoundation@logic.bm

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

Masterworks Foundation at Camden House, Botanical Gardens, Paget. Normal hours: Open Tuesdays and Fridays 12 noon to 2 p.m. For further information: tel 236-5732. Admission free.

Masterworks at Colonial Insurance Foyer Gallery: 'Recent Gifts and Acquisitions' 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, Botanical Gardens, Paget. Until January, 2009: 1. 'Charge of the Light Brigade': Selections from the Permanent Collection based on theme of artists capturing Bermuda's elusive light. 2. Henry Moore drawings inspired by Bermuda shells (previously unseen by the public). 3. 'Charles D Shaw Green: Bermuda Works' — paintings inspired by the South Shore and the Aquarium. Open Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission: members/children under 12 free, others $5. Call 236-2950.

Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, Rick Faries Gallery: Until December 17 (Select works on display until January 7): 'Looking Back, Going Forward' — Jodie and Scott Tucker (photography/multi media). Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Saturday. Admission: members/children under 12 free, others $5. Further information: tel. 236-2950.

Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, Rose Garden Gallery: Until January 9 (4 pm): Cosmic Consciousness Charity art show by Trevor Todd at Masterworks. Beneficiaries: Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Bermuda, PALS, Masterworks Foundation, Orchid Charity Club. Gallery hours: Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission: members/children under 12 free, others $5. Further information: tel. 236-2950.