Until October 7Kirtan College at Spirithouse, includes tuition, vegan meals and yoga. Kirtan Concert at Spirithouse on October 6, Doors open: 7.30pm, Start: 8pm. For more information see www.spirithousebermuda.com, spirithouse@northrock.bm or 505-5073.October 5Auction preview with auctioneer Stephen Lusher at Spanish Point Boat Club on Spanish Point Road. From 10am to 6pm today.October 4Bermuda National Gallery at City Hall 5:30 pm reception featuring Ron Lightbourne on piano with 6pm to 7pm lecture with Charles Riley, professor at the City University of New York, curator, journalist and author of 31 books on the arts. The topic is ‘Impressionism, Colour Theory & the Jazz Age’. $10 members; $20 non-members.Until October 13Gilbert and Sullivan production of ‘The Producers’ at 8pm at City Hall Theatre, a Mel Brooks musical. Matinee on October 7, no performance on October 8. Tickets $55 on sale now. Box Office opens one hour before each show or purchase at www.ptix.bm.October 6Bermuda Guild of Stitchery sale, a show of work, and tea from 10am to 3pm. All proceeds will go to PALS. Tickets are $5. The venue is First Baptist Church, Middle Road, Devonshire. There will be a wide range of beautiful hand made items for sale. Admission fee includes refreshments. For information call Shina Lyons at 234-1117.Auction with auctioneer Stephen Lusher at Spanish Point Boat Club on Spanish Point Road from 10am until completion. Telephone 799-2275 for more information.Kaleidoscope Back Yard Bash from 7pm to midnight. $75 a ticket available at KAF or by calling 542-9000 or e-mail info@kaf.bm on Jubilee Road in Devonshire.Police Week kicks off with a Gymkhana at Police Field from 10am to 4pm.October 7Just Between Us Fashion Show and Tea at St Paul’s Christian Education Hall in Paget at 3pm.Aberfeldy Nursery Grow Your Own series of free gardening seminars ‘Grow Your Own Fall Flowers’ in the main slat house from 1.30pm to 2.30pm. See www.aberfeldy.bm for more information.PartnerReWomen’s 5K Run and Walk to support the Womens Resource Centre. Junior 2K Run starts at 8.30am and 5K run and walk starts at 9am at the Botanical Gardens. Register at partnerre5k.bm.Art on the Town in St George’s from 11am to 3pm at the CV Cafe on Water Street.Bermuda Red Cross scavenger hunt starting and ending at the Visitor’s Centre at Botanical Gardens at 1.30pm. Cost is $75 per adult and $30 per children under 12.October 9L’Alliance Francaise des Bermudes invites all to a French film evening at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute at 8pm. The film will be ‘Rien à déclarer’ (‘Nothing to declare’), a comedy by Dany Boon with Dany Boon, Benoit Poelvoorde and Julie Bernard. English sub-titles. Students $3, members $5, non-members $8. Tickets at the door. All members of the public are welcome.Police Week continues by showcasing dynamic Police Displays as well as a Seniors’ Tea at Police Field and Prospect Police Recreation Club respectively, starting at 12pm.October 10 and 11Schools to Know Boarding and Junior Boarding School Fair at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess. See www.schoolstoknow.com for more information.October 11Breast Cancer Awareness Week Pink Party at Coopers from 5.30pm to 8pm with fashion show, special prices, prizes and much more. Admission $5 at the door.Canadian Accredited Independent Schools boarding school fair at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess from 5pm to 8pm. For more information contact Sarah Milligan at smilligan@cais.bm.Police Week Commissioner for a Day student art competition will be on display during the Sports Day at Police Field starting at 9am.October 12Police Week Memorial Service in tribute to those who lost their lives whilst serving the Bermuda Police Service at 4pm in the Military Cemetery off Alexandra Road Devonshire followed by a BBQ at the Prospect Police Recreation Club for ex, former and retired officers.October 13TEDx Ideas forum at the Fairmont Southampton Hotel from 1 to 6pm, doors open at 12.30pm. Light refreshments will be provided during intermissions. Tickets $65 at www.ptix.bm. An inspirational afternoon of local and international speakers with ideas worth spreading.SPCA Animal Expo 13 at the Botanical Gardens from 10am to 4pm. Free admission. Donation of a tin of cat food most welcome upon entry. Paid Parking per vehicle (Berry Hill entrance only). The Shelter will be closed on the day of the Expo. See www.spca.bm for more information.Police week ends with with the Police Ball at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess’ Gazebo Room. Guests will enjoy cocktails at 6.30pm followed by dinner in the Harbour View Ballroom at 7.30pm .October 14Bermuda Botanical Society presentation by Axel Bubenzer on ‘Some Rare and Unusual Plants; their History, Propagation and Nurture’ at 4pm at the Visitors’ Centre, Botanical Gardens. Admission $5 Members, $10 Non-members.October 20 and 21The Bermuda Kennel Club 2012 Bermuda Dog Shows at Somersfield Academy. For information see www.show.bkc.bm.October 1716th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Fun Walk 6pm start from Barr’s Bay Park. Register today, $30 and receive a free walk pack while supplies last at BF&M on Pitts Bay Road, Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre, 46 Point Finger Road or online at www.racedayworld.com .October 19Breast Cancer Awarness Month Gibbons’ Charity Shopping Day with a $5 donation at the door, receive sore wide discounts and specials.October 20Cancer is a Word not a Sentence Annual Melange Breast Cancer Fundraising Gala at the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club from 7 to 10pm $40 light dinner, guest speaker and silent auction. See www.melange.bm or e-mail melange4@yahoo.com. Entertainment and guest speakers: Kim West (surviving and thriving), Carla Cann, ‘Imaging Center’, and Taneya Burch ‘Touch Therapy’. Proceeds to PALS, LCCA, and Bermuda Cancer and Health Center.RHADC (Dinghy Club) 7-10pm $40 light dinner, guest speaker and silent auction visit www.melange.bm or email melange4@yahoo.com. Hosted by Mélange. Bermuda National Gallery fundraiser The Art of Music Series- Opera Night featuring Laura Aikin, American Soprano Opera singer from 7pm to 10pm en plein air, Bacardi. Tickets are VVIP $1,000, VIP $500 and general admission $100. In collaboration with Bacardi Limited. Contact the BNG at 295-9428 for more information.October 21Aberfeldy Nursery Grow Your Own series of free gardening seminars ‘Grow Your Own Veggies’ in the main slat house from 1.30pm to 2.30pm. See www.aberfeldy.bm for more information.October 25Breast Health Talk presentation at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute from 6 to 7.30pm with guest speaker Breast Specialist Dr David Green of Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre and Dr Jane Brock of the Breast Specialist Pathology Team at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Sponsored by Cablevision.October 27 to November 9Bermuda Society of Arts (BSOA) workshop with visiting botanical arts and teacher Margaret Best. For more information telephone 292-3824, e-mail bsoa@ibl.bm or see their website at www.bsoa.bm .October 27The Gilbert & Sullivan Society start the next season of Metropolitan Operas on film in glorious HD with ‘L’Elisir d’Amore’, sung in Italian with English subtitles, at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (BUEI) at 5pm. For information go to www.metoperafamily.org or e-mail Matt Nester at opera@gands.bm. Tickets on sale September 4 $35 for adults and $30 for students. Book at least five performances simultaneously for $30 each via www.gands.bm or www.premierticketsglobal.com direct, or purchase at door.October 29Pembroke Hamilton Club annual Inc annual general meeting at 7.30pm at the Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU), Union Square, Hamilton. All financial members are encouraged to attend.October 30Bermuda National Gallery review of artist portfolios with Holly Bynoe, Photographer & Editor of ARC Magazine from 10am to 4pm. Contact the BNG for details at director@bng.bm. She will also give a lecture at the BNG at City Hall with a reception at 5.40pm and lecture from 6 to 7pm. Tickets $10 members; $20 non-members. The topic will be contemporary Caribbean art and the making of ARC.November 3The Annual Old School Party for the preferred and mature people only at The Spinning Wheel. Doors open at 9pm. Tickets are $20 all night for ladies and $25 for men. After midnight $30 for men. DJ the Ice Man and Craig Bubbles Darrell. Part proceeds to Bermuda Society of the Blind. For more information go to www.djtouchtone.com or www.djsquare.com .The Parenting Tool Kit a free symposium for parents and a day of fun for children from 11am to 4pm at Dellwood Middle School.November 4Aberfeldy Nursery Grow Your Own series of free gardening seminars ‘Grow Your Own Bermuda Citrus’ in the main slat house from 1.30pm to 2.30pm. See www.aberfeldy.bm for more information.CARE Learning Centre will be having a Fun Run Walkathon Fundraiser with walkers starting at 8.30am and runners at 9am. Entry fees: adults $20, under 18 $10 and late entries $30. Completed forms must be returned by 4.30pm November 2 with entry fee to Sportseller. Cheques made payable to ‘CARE Learning Centre’. Race numbers issued and late entries accepted between 11am and 2pm on November 3, 2012 at CARE at 38 Mount Hill, Pembroke. Enter next to Arnold’s Market, St. John’s Road on Underhill Lane to CARE parking lot.November 8Bermuda National Gallery student lecture at Bermuda College at 12.30pm. Christa Clarke, Curator, Arts of Africa and Senior Curator, Arts of Africa and the Americas, Newark Museum, New Jersey. The topic will be highlights of the Newark Museum Collection with a Focus on Contemporary African Art. For more details contact: director@bng.bm Free; open to all students from all schools.November 9Bermuda Red Cross Premier of the movie ‘Skyfall 007’ with cocktails and raffles.November 10The Gilbert & Sullivan Society Metropolitan Operas on film series continues in glorious HD with ‘Verdi‘s Otello ’at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (BUEI) at 5pm. For information see www.metoperafamily.org or e-mail Matt Nester at opera@gands.bm. Tickets on sale September 4 $35 for adults and $30 for students. Book at least five performances simultaneously for $30 each via www.gands.bm or www.premierticketsglobal.com direct, or purchase at door.Image Entertainment’s First Annual Bermuda Comedy Competition finals at the Ruth Seaton James Centre for the Performing Arts at CedarBridge Academy. Tickets at www.bdatix.bm.November 17The Garden Club of Bermuda’s Christmas in November from 10am to 4pm at Orange Valley, Devonshire with crafts, bake sale, lemon stand, plant sale enchanted garden, pony rides and John Cox’s book of ghost stories on sale. Tickets (available on the day) at $20 Adults, $10 ages ten to 18, under age ten free. For more information www.gardenclubbermuda.org .November 23Bermuda National Gallery The Art of Music Series- Reinterpreting the Biennial Exhibition featuring Milton Raposo and Joy T Barnum, Michael Jones, Brian and Nicola Swan, James Richardson, Makeem ‘Haz’ Bartley, Kate Ross, Heather Nova, John Woolridge from 5 to 7.30pm at the BNG at City Hall. Tickets: $75 members; $100 non-members and includes open bar and canapés.November 24The Gilbert & Sullivan Society Metropolitan Operas on film series continues in HD with ‘Adès’ The Tempest’, at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (BUEI) at 5pm. For information see www.metoperafamily.org or e-mail Matt Nester at opera@gands.bm. Tickets on sale September 4 $35 for adults and $30 for students. Book at least five performances simultaneously for $30 each via www.gands.bm or www.premierticketsglobal.com direct, or purchase at door.WEEKLY EVENTSFridaysPink Beach Club Happy Hour from 5pm to 9pm.AlAnon Family Group meeting at St Paul’s Education Centre, 69 Middle Road, Paget from 5.30pm to 6.30pm. Telephone 236-8606.Vasco Da Gama Club Happy Hour in collaboration with Seabreeze Salsa and Premier Distributors from 5pm to 1am in the V-Lounge at the Vasco Da Gama Club on Reid Street in Hamilton.