TODAYGilbert and Sullivan production of ‘The Producers’ at 8pm at City Hall Theatre, a Mel Brooks musical. Matinee on October 7, no performance on October8. Tickets $55 on sale now. Box Office opens one hour before each show or purchase at www.ptix.bmTomorrow’s Voices Bermuda Autism Early Intervention Centre presents ‘Anything is Possible’ with Sean Barron and Barbara Protopana, a couple who consider themselves recovered from autism. $25 per person. Pre-register on line at www.tomorrowsvoices.bm. Registration also available at the event. Call 297-4342 or e-mail info@tomorrowsvoices.bm.La Leche League of Bermuda Monthly Series Meeting. ‘This is all so new: Baby’s First Week’ at 10.30am King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH), First Floor Conference Room. All pregnant women, nursing mothers and babies are welcome. For breastfeeding assistance, call 236-1120.Bermuda Folk Club will present its annual ‘Canadian Night’ at Spanish Point Boat Club at 8pm. This ever popular musical event will feature professional and amateur talent from across the island. Cover $10.TEDx 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 14Family Fun Day Kings of Construction Challenge at Clearwater Beach at St David’s from 11am to 4pm. KOC Challenge begins at 11.30 am. BBQ lunch. $30 adults and $10 children under 12. Contact Theresa at 292-0633 or caob@logic.bm .Bermuda 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 18Bermuda Amateur Swimming Association annual general membership at 6.15pm at the Centre on Philanthropy Boardroom in Sterling House, Wesley Street.October 19 and 20MSA fair ‘Nursery Rhymes’ from 10am to 10pm. Try your luck at the various games or take the kids on the super slide. Great raffle prizes. Bingo and fabulous baked goods are available. Admission $4, children under five are free.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.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 patron $1,000, fellow $500 and friend $100. For information, contact BNG Director Lisa Howie at director@bng.bm, 295-9428 or visit www.bng.com or at the BNG, City Hall and Arts Centre, Second Floor.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 24Youth Library Pumpkin Carving Competition. Deadline October 24. Prizes will be given for the funniest, scariest and most creative pumpkin. Entry forms and rules at the Youth Library, 74 Church Street, Hamilton.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 26Bermuda Youth Library Haunted Library from 6pm to 8pm. Registration of $3. Tours will run every 20 minutes. Call 295-0487 for further information.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 27Jazz Caravan presents: ‘Brothers and Sistahs on Fire’ featuring The Giant Steps Band, Jade Minors, Phiemma Caisey, Darlene Symonds, Toni Robinson, Gina Davis and the Sax Attack Orchestra at City Hall, 8pm. Tickets $50 from Music Box on Reid Street in Hamilton or call Dale Butler 505-3409 or ddbutler@digicel.blackberry.com .PALS 32 Annual Fair at St Paul’s Christian Education Centre, Paget from 10am to 5pm. Bingo at 3pm. White elephant, baked goods, books.Bermuda Botanical Society annual plant sale. Opens at 8.30am for members, 9am for public. (Join at door). Closes 12pm in JJ Outerbridge Building, Botanical Gardens. Contact N Chudleigh 293-0128 for information or if you have plants to donate.The 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 15Youth Library family story night from 5.30pm to 7pm. Bring a picnic blanket and your dinner and enjoy an evening or stories, poetry and magic. Registration required $5. Register early to avoid disappointment.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.November 29Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda (CURB) workshop. ‘Moving towards Racial Diversity/Equity: Understanding our past, choosing an inclusive future’ from 8.45am to 1pm. Cost: $35 members or $50 non-members. All Are Welcome. Lunch is provided. To register call the Centre on Philanthropy 236-7706.December 1Kiwanis Club of Hamilton invites you to the 14th annual seniors party at Salvation Army Citadel and is from 1pm to 3pm. RSVP by November 21 by telephoning 293-4581 or 292-2386. It is a free event.WEEKLY EVENTSMondaysShine’s House of Music and Entertainment presents ‘Death by Disco’, a 70s Disco Dinner Drama featuring an all-star Bermudian cast; Nadanja & Nishanthi Bailey and more from June 28 to November 1 at 7.30pm. Tickets are $75, which includes the show, a complimentary swizzle and a four-course meal. Limited seating so book early. Contact 293-9092 or shineshouseofmusic@gmail.com .Destination Dockyard from June 11 to September 17, street festival, shopping, children’s activities, Gombeys, arts and crafts, food and more from 7.30pm. End your evening out with Salsa at Bone Fish Bar until midnight or live local entertainment at Snorkel Park Beach until 3am .Tai Chi Chuan Class from 5.30pm to 7pm at Sankofa, 1 Chancery Lane, Hamilton. Fee is $100 per month. Telephone 292-2513 to register or see www.sankofabda.com .Youth Library Tiny Tunes (Babies) at 10am. For more information on library programmes and services, visit www.bnl.bm.Meet-A-Mum Association playgroup in Warwick from 9.30am to 11am at Saint Mary’s Church (Saint Mary’s Road off Middle Road). See www.mama.bm for more information.AlAnon Family Groups at the Caron Institute, 61 Verdmont Road Smiths from 7 to 8pm at St Peter’s Church Hall, York Street St Georges from 8 to 9.30pm. Telephone 236-8606 .TuesdaysAlAnon Family Group meeting Mechanics Building, Church Street, Hamilton. Penthouse Floor, Room 505 from 12.30 to 1.30pm. Telephone 236-8606.Paperwhites is a group for families struggling with infertility. They meet the first Tuesday of every month from 6pm to 7.30pm at Spirit House at 65 Middle Road, Devonshire. More details on www.paperwhitesbermuda.com.Bermuda National Gallery Education Opportunities: Learning with art. Youth Camera Action, for ages 11 to 14, is a photography programme for all skill levels. Photography supplies provided. Sponsored by the 2011 Catlin End-to-End. Classes run Tuesday and Thursday 3.30pm to 5pm; Saturday 10am to 11.30am. Space is limited. Contact Ms Dany Pen for more information: education@bng.bm.Meetamum Association playgroup in Paget from 9.30am to 11am in Saint Michael’s Church Hall on South Shore Road across from Elbow Beach. See www.mama.bm for more information.WednesdaysHarbour Nights on Front Street in Hamilton every Wednesday until September 5. Gombeys at 7pm, Carl Rodney Steel Pan Duo at 7.35pm and Kennel Boys at 8.30pm. For more information call 295-4201 or e-mail smadeiros-cooke@bcc.bm . During Harbour Nights children and adults can take a Tiny the Tree Frog story walk around Queen Elizabeth (Par-la-ville Park) starting at 7pm at the main gate on Queen Street. The walk is guided by author Elizabeth Mulderig who will tell the story ‘Tiny the Tree Frog Tours Bermuda’.AlAnon Family Group meeting at St Paul’s Education Centre, 69 Middle Paget from 5.30 to 6.30pm. Telephone 236-8606.Hilary’s Place at WindReach, 57 Spice Hill Road, Warwick is open from 10am to 12 noon. Family caregivers can come alone or with their care recipient for a midweek break of coffee and conversation. There is no charge. Call WindReach 238-2469 or visit www.windreachbermuda.bm for more information.Overeaters Anonymous weekly meetings. Every Wednesday lunchtime from 1 to 2pm in Stevenson Room, Wesley Methodist Church, 41 Church Street, Hamilton AND Saturday 11am to noon. All welcome overeaters, bulimics and anorexics. oabermuda@hotmail.com www.oa.org .ThursdaysShine’s House of Music and Entertainment presents ‘Death by Disco’, a 70s Disco Dinner Drama featuring an all-star Bermudian cast; Nadanja & Nishanthi Bailey and more from June 28 to November 1 at 7.30pm. Tickets are $75, which includes the show, a complimentary swizzle and a four-course meal. Limited seating so book early. Contact 293-9092 or shineshouseofmusic@gmail.com .Charlar Spanish Club for people who enjoy Spanish language and culture will meet the first Thursday of every month. For more information see www.charlarbermuda.wordpress.com or e-mail charlarbda@gmail.com.Meetamum Association playgroup meeting on Thursdays in Pembroke from 9.30am to 11.30am at St John’s Church, Hinson Cooper Room at 127 St John’s Rd, Pembroke. For more information see www.mama.bm .Bermuda National Gallery Education Opportunities: Learning with art. Youth Camera Action, for ages 11 to 14, is a photography programme for all skill levels. Photography supplies provided. Sponsored by the 2011 Catlin End-to-End. Classes run Tuesday and Thursday 3.45pm to 4.45pm; Saturday 10am to 11.30am. Space is limited. Contact Dany Pen for more information: education@bng.bm.Kiwanis Club of St George’s has meetings the first and third Thursday of each month. The first Thursday is at Ebenezer Methodist Church Hall and the second Thursday is a dinner meeting at the St George’s Club at 7pm.Youth Library Boys Club every Thursday at 3.45pm starting September 29. For more information on library programs and services, visit www.bnl.bm .FridaysPink Beach Club Happy Hour starting Friday June 15 from 5pm-9pm.AlAnon Family Group meeting at St Paul’s Education Centre, 69 Middle Road, Paget from 5.30 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.SaturdaysBermuda Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA) meets from 12.30pm to 1.30pm at the Wesley Methodist, 41 Church Street, Hamilton. Go through the metal gate on the left of the church, straight ahead to the cedar door, up the stairs and to the right. This is a Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition oriented fellowship based on the model pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous. The only qualification for SLAA membership is a desire to stop living out a pattern of sex and love addiction. SLAA is supported entirely through the contributions of its membership and is free to all who need it.Overeaters Anonymous weekly meetings in the Stevenson Room, Wesley Methodist Church, 41 Church Street, Hamilton from 11am to noon. Also every Wednesday lunchtime 1 to 2pm . All welcome, overeaters, bulimics and anorexics. oabermuda@hotmail.com www.oa.org.Thrifty Saturdays the last Saturday of every month from 10am to 2pm at the Rubber Tree Market off of Khyber Pass in Warwick. Part of the proceeds go to a children’s charity.SundaysAlAnon Family Group at the Caron Institute, 61 Verdmont Road Smiths from 7 to 8pm. Telephone 236-8606.