TODAY

Just for Laughs Bermuda World famous comedians such as our own Bruce Barritt, Ed Byrne, Wendy Liebman, Greg Morton, Gerry Dee and NBC show 'Last Comic Standing' host Alonzo Bodden, Mid-Ocean Amphitheatre at the Fairmont Southampton. Tickets are $75. Times vary. For more information check out www.comedyevent.bm or www.boxoffice.bm . Special dinner packages available at Fairmont Southampton's Bacci and Waterlot Inn Restaurants.

Bermuda School of Music 'An Evening of Violin Virtuosity' featuring University of Minnesota advanced students playing dynamic works by Glazunov, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Sibelius. Wesley Methodist Church, Church Street, 7 p.m. Tickets: adults $30, children $15. Available: Bermuda School of Music, Pulp and Circumstance, at the door.

Bermuda Folk Club Open mike night and live local music at the Spanish Point Boat Club. Door admission $8 for non members, $5 for members, at 8 pm.

Smooth Jazz concert series sponsored by KJAZ 98.1 Radio Station. There will be 12 Smooth Jazz Concerts featuring: International Artists and hosted by Bermuda's Best Local Artists at the Fairmont Southampton at 8.30 p.m. featuring Bob Baldwin and Theresa Hightower. Contact www.boxoffice.bm for more information.

La Leche League Breastfeeding support group meeting for pregnant/nursing women, 1st floor conference room, KEMH, Paget 10.30 a.m. Topic: Advantages of Breastfeeding. Experienced volunteers/latest medical research/light rereshments/free literature/lending library. Further information: tel. 236-1120.

January 15 - 17

Dewars Open Golf Tournament. Registration, cocktail party on January 15, 36-hole medal play tournament from January 16 - 17, 7.30 a.m. tee time. Amateurs play for gross and net prizes. Amateur $380, ladies $380 and Ocean View Members $310. Contact 295-4640, 295-GOLF email: amadeiros@toatee.bm or info@toatee.bm or go to www.toateebermuda.com .

Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts Gala opening: 'Tango Fire' (Argentinian dancers/musicians). Foyer reception 7 p.m., performance 8.30 p.m., City Hall Theatre, Church Street. Additional performances available on January 16 & 17 at 6.30 p.m. Tickets/further information: tel.295-1291, email bdafest@logic.bm or go to www.bermudafestival.org

January 15

Bermuda National Gallery Continuous showings of 'I Have a Dream' (film) and 'Our Friend Martin' (animation) marking Martin Luther King Jr. day, 9.20 a.m. to 4 p.m.

January 16

Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts 'Tango Fire' (Argentinian dancers/musicians), City Hall Theatre, Church Street, 8.30 p.m. Tickets/further information: tel. 295-1291, email bdafest@logic.bm or go to www.bermudafestival.org

January 17

Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts 'Tango Fire'(Argentinian dancers/musicians), City Hall Theatre, Church Street, 6.30 p.m. and 8.30 p.m. Tickets/further information: tel. 295-1291, email bdafest@logic.bm or go to www.bermudafestival.org

January 18 & 19

Warwick Academy drama department presents Sleeping Beauty written by Brian Way. Tickets are $20/$10 in the main office. Location in the PPMH. Doors open at 6.30 p.m. and curtain is at 7 p.m.

January 18 - 20

Bermuda International Race Weekend January 18 - 6.50 pm KPMG Invitational Mile, Front Street, Hamilton January 19 - 10 am Bermuda International 10K & 10K Charity Walk, National Sports Centre, Devonshire. January 20 - 8am Bermuda International Marathon & Half Marathon, Front Street, Hamilton. Organized by the Bermuda Track & Field Assoc. Info: 236-6086.

January 18

Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts Eliot Fisk and Zaira Menenses (classical guitarists) playing Latin American music, City Hall theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets/further information: tel. 295-1291, email bdafest@logic.bm or go to www.bermudafestival.org

January 19

Bermuda National Youth Library movie day with Transformers at 2.30 p.m. for free.

Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts Eliot Fisk (virtuoso classical guitarist), City Hall theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets/further information: tel. 295-1291, email bdafest@logic.bm or go to www.bermudafestival.org .

Pearls of Distinction Pink Ice Centennial Ball given by Sigma Xi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Guest speaker Dr. Debbye Turner, Miss America 1990, motivational speaker and staff correspondent on the CBS Early Morning Show. Tickets $150. Email flood_t@yahoo.com or telephone 737-1908. Cocktail reception 7 p.m. , dinner at 8 p.m. and dancing until 10 p.m.

January 21

Menelik Foundation/Citizens for Better Birth Film: 'The Business of Being Born', Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute auditorium, 7 p.m. Tickets: advance $15 (tel. 236-0336), $20 at the door. Proceeds to Citizens for Better Birth. Further information: www.thjebusinessofbeingborn.com or www.healthcoop.bm

January 22-23

Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts Interpreti Veneziani (classical Italian nonet), City Hall theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets/further information: tel. 295-1291, email bdafest@logic.bm or go to www.bermudafestival.org

January 24

PRIDE Bermuda special general membership meeting from 12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. at Cap-a-Laige, Charities House, Paget. Ratification of new mission statement and presentation of strategic plan 2007 - 2010. Contact 295-9970 or 236-2828.

January 25-26

Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts The Parsons Dance Company, City Hall theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets/further information: tel. 295-1291, email bdafest@logic.bm or go to www.bermudafestival.org

January 26

A number of workshops are being offered for teachers around the island including at The St. George's Foundation, Bermuda Maritime Museum and the Bermuda Insurance Institute among others. Deadline for registration is January 18. Contact jpreece@bii.bm or telephone her at 295-3532 for more information.

January 27

Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts The Parsons Dance Company, City Hall theatre, 2.30 p.m. Tickets/further information: tel. 295-1291, email bdafest@logic.bm or go to www.bermudafestival.org

Bermuda National Gallery Opening of Winter exhibitions, upper level, City Hall, Church Street. Directors' circle 4-5 p.m., members 5-6.30 p.m.

January 28, February 1

Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts The Clarinet and all that Jazz (Richard Stoltzman, clarinet; Peter Stoltzman, piano), City Hall theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets/further information: tel. 295-1291, email bdafest@logic.bm or go to www.bermudafestival.org

January 29, 31

Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts Italian Saxophone Quartet, City Hall theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets/further information: tel. 295-1291, email bdafest@logic.bm or go to www.bermudafestival.org

January 30

Bermuda National Gallery Lunchtime lecture by Jill Amos Raine. Topic: Inuit Art, Living with the Inuit, collector of Inuit art, 12.30 p.m. Admission: members free, others $5.

February 2

Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts Benjamin Grosvenor (classical pianist), City Hall theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets/further information: tel. 295-1291, email bdafest@logic.bm or go to www.bermudafestival.org

The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club offers Safety at Sea Seminars from 8 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. The fee is $100 including lunch. Info on sailing offshore, boat preparation, handling heavy weather and recommended safety equipment and emergencies at sea. Contact 294-6716 or email sailingoffice@rbyc.bm for more information and registration forms.

February 3

The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Safety at Sea Hands on Seminar from 8 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. in the water training for those who need ISAF certification for races that start outside the US. The fee is $150 including lunch. Contact 294-6716 or email sailingoffice@rbyc.bm for more information and registration forms.

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 Until January 20: Small Works 2. Further information: tel. 234-2809, see website www.artbermuda.bm or e-mail artcentre[at] ibl.bm

Bermuda National Gallery January 28-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 Until January 22: Onions Gallery: Winter members' show, bluebird houses (theme: 'Small' unjuried). Studio A: Derek Fisher. Studio B: Kok Wan Lee. Until January 30: Edinburgh Gallery: 'Recent Paintings' (Kathy Zuill) – Edinburgh Gallery, 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: '32 degrees N 64 degrees W: Approaching Bermuda' historic watercolours depicting aids to navigation and approaches to Bermuda by Driver, Seymour and Le Marchant Tupper (From the Fay and Geoffrey Elliott Collection in assn. with the Bermuda Archives). Open daily 9:30a.m. to 5 p.m. (last admission 4:30 pm). Admission $10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 children, free for members. Museum information tel. 234-1333, www.bmm.bm, e-mail marmuse@logic.bm.

Kaleidoscope Arts Foundation: Elliott Gallery Old Elliott School building, 27 Jubilee Road, Devonshire. Gallery hours: weekdays 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Further information: tel. 504-3469 or email kaleidoscope@northrock.bm

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

Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, Rose Garden Gallery Further information: tel. 236-2950. Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday. Call 236-2950 or visit website www.bermudamasterworks.com Next show: 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: tel 236-2950. Admission free.

Rock Island Coffee Further information tel 296-5241.