Today

Bermuda Folk Club is holding an Irish night at the Spanish Point Boat Club starting at 8 p.m. Pay at the door. $8 for non-members, $5 for members for a great evening of live music and local entertainment.

Pembroke Community Club Children's Fair from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at St. Paul's Christian Education Centre. Raffles, game stalls, train rides, food, plants and more.

The Bermuda Youth Library presents The Children's Reading Festival: Celebrating Literacy from 9.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Libro Lion, Gilly, Belco Bird, Happy, Sparky and Friends will be there to share their favourite stories. There will be a special capoeira display, stories by local authors and the Bermuda Hogges and ISL Soccer players. Also juggler David Vernon Black and a magic show by Mr. Slick. Telephone 295-0487.

Tomorrow

Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art Grand opening, Botanical Gardens, Paget, 12 noon to 4 p.m. All welcome.

March 3

The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Bermuda would like to invite members, caregivers, supporters, and friends to its general membership meeting on Monday, March 3, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. at St. Mark's Church Hall. Please call 297-0575 for further information.

The Bermuda National Association of Social Workers invites the public to celebrate Social Work Month. 'Building on Strength in A Diverse Community' from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Hamilton Cathedral Hall. Information booth and refreshments. Guest speakers at 12 p.m. Tawanna Wedderburn. Topic: 'The Power of the Brain - Parenting a pre-teen in the 21st Century'. 1 p.m. Claudette Fleming on The Power to Impact - the Many Faces of Social Work. Free and open to all professionals and the public.

March 6

Bermuda Cancer & Health Centre Living Well Presentation on Colorectal Cancer with Dr. Thomas Clancy from Brigham & Womens Hospital, Boston at 7 p.m. at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute. Free.

March 7

Bermuda School of Music Free lunchtime concert featuring string, guitar and piano faculty playing Vivaldi, Beeethoven, Scarlatti, Bartok and Piazzola, school's recital hall, F.S. Furbert tower at old Berkeley Institute, Pembroke, 12 noon.

March 8

BZS Leap Around the Sound: Bermuda Zoological Society¹s 7.2-mile Fun Run-Walk-Cycle around Harrington Sound celebrating the Year of the Frog. Start and finish at Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo. Entries $15, late $20. Entry includes goody bag, T-shirt, admission to BAMZ, cool drinks.

Entry forms available at the Aquarium¹s Front Desk; Sportseller, Washington Mall; or www.bamz.org. Early entry deadline: noon, March 7. Late entries and number pick-up at 8 a.m. on event day, or March 7, 5-7 p.m. at BAMZ. Event warm-up at 8:30 a.m. Cyclists start 8:45 a.m., runners 8:55 a.m., walkers 9 a.m. No roller-bladers permitted. All cyclists must wear proper safety equipment. Sponsored by Nature Valley and Butterfield & Vallis. For information: call 293-2727.

Business and Professional Women's Conference celebrating International Woman's Day 2008. Angela Clay, author of 'Loving the Me I see' and local presenter Naomi Schroter Managing Direction of Bermuda Learning Solutions, and Cheryl Packwood, CEO of BIBA will be the main presenters at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess from 9. a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration fee $175 for members and $200 for non-members and includes coffee breaks and lunch. Telephone 732-5896 or email bpwabermuda@yahoo.com or go to their website at www.bpwabermuda.free.bm .

March 8 & 9

Magic Fest 2008 featuring magician and funny man Carl Andrews, Randy Cabral, Splash 'n' Boots and local magicians at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the New Berkeley Institute, Berkeley Road, Pembroke. Tickets are $24 and available at Shannon's Boutique or at www.boxoffice.bm. Telephone 537-1991 or email bermudamagic@hotmail.com.

March 12

PALS presents Travels in Poland Land of Beauty & Treasures an audio visual slide show with Ann Smith Gordon at 8 p.m. in the Mount Saint Agnes auditorium. Tickets are $15 and available at the PALS office at 18 Point Finger Road, or telephone 236-7257.

March 14 & 15

CMB Enterprises presents An Evening of Jazz at City Hall at 8 p.m. Featuring Chiara Sivello and her quartet. Patron tickets are $60 for the Friday and reception, regulation admission $50. Available at Peoples Pharmacy, 27th Century Boutique and www.boxoffice.bm. 234-0453.

March 15

Smooth Jazz Concert sponsored by KJAZ 98.1 radio station. This month featuring Kirk Whalum at the Fairmont Southampton at 8.30 p.m. Go to www.boxoffice.bm for more information.

March 22

Kiwanis Club of Hamilton Night of Poetry & Song at the Pembroke Sunday School Hall at 7 pm. Patron Tickets $20 or $15 at the door. Seniors and children 12 and under $5. Master of Ceremonies Marshall Griffin of KJazFM. Performers include Prospect Primary School Choir, Francis Patton Primary Choir, Tony Robinson, Poet Vernette Dorian, Devaughan DeGraff, Somerset Brigade Youth Band, Poet Paul Adderley. David Bean, Gary Bean, The Ambassadors for Harmony, Magic Boyles and poet Leo Mills. For tickets contact Carole Clarke at 292-2386, or Steve McMinn at 297-7557

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, tel. 295-5200.

Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard March 2-April 11: 'Partners' (group show by invited artists who created their work in partnership). Call 234-2809, see website www.artbermuda.bm or e-mail artcentre[at] ibl.bm

Bermuda National Gallery Until April 4: Winter exhibitions: 1. Cultural Reflections (Inuit art from the Dennos Museum Centre collection, Innuit wall-hangings from the Judith Varney Burch Collection. 2. African Affinities. 3. Byllee Lang (tribute), Bermuda Collection. Further information: tel. 295-9428 or see website www.bng.bm

Bermuda Society of Arts From February 22: Onions Gallery: Artists' Voices (mixed media celebrating visual/performing arts), Edinburgh Gallery: Coins for Canvas (silent auction of works by local artists to benefit BSoA). Studio A: 'Sierra Leone' - Grey Debut Photo Exhibit (Alexander Winfield). Studio B: Suzette Matson: 'Illusions' (debut exhibition). Upper level, City Hall. Gallery hours: Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission free. Further information: tel. 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.Open daily 9:30am to 5pm (last admission 4 pm). Admission $10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 children, free for members and children under five. Museum information tel. 234-1333, www.bmm.bm, e-mail marmuse@logic.bm.

Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art March 2: Grand opening and Charman Prize exhibit by invitation. Public opening March 2 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Regular gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 12 noon Saturdays by appointment.

Call 236-2950 or visit website www.bermudamasterworks.com