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 20 and 21The Bermuda Kennel Club 2012 Bermuda Dog Shows at Somersfield Academy. For information see www.show.bkc.bm.October 20Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo Zoo Boo with Ghastly ghouls, a magician, wicked witches, and a haunted Halloween for BZS members from 6pm to 8pm at BAMZ. Tickets are $30 per child (includes entry for two adults). For tickets, contact Joanne Chisnall at 293-2727 ext. 2130 or volunteers.bzs@gov.bm.Art Walk in the East. Bermuda’s art community will be out in full force from 6pm to 10pm. Take a fun free walk around St George, buy arts and crafts and maybe get a start on your Christmas list.Cancer 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 22Thirtieth PGA Grand Slam of Golf at Port Royal Golf Course. Tickets available at www.pga.com or Washington Mall in Hamilton on October 17 from 11am to 1pm.October 23Bermuda Environment and Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) documentary and panel discussion from 7.30pm until 9pm at Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (BUEI) about Bermuda’s water catchment and usage. Tickets $20 from Music Box or office@best.org.bm. Attendees will receive a 15 percent discount at Harbourfront Restaurant from 5:30pm with reservations made under ‘Best’. For more information, contact BEST at 292-3782.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 27Masterworks Super Saturday ‘How does your garden grow’ with harvest themed crafts from 10am to 2pm in the Botanical Gardens in Paget. Free.Bermuda Arts Centre Zombie Walk from Grey’s Bridge in Somerset at 11am to Mangrove Hallows (Somerset Bridge). The walk is to raise money for the Bermuda Arts Centre in Dockyard. Pledge sheets at their Facebook page or call 234-2809.Jazz 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 2Bermuda School of Music First Friday Faculty Lunchtime Concert at noon featuring classical guitarist Jerremiah Smith and pianist Oliver Grant at Wesley Methodist Church. For information visit www.musicschool.bm or call 296-5100.November 3Bermuda Folk Club Paul Gibbons night. Doors open 7.30pm and music starts at 8pm at Spanish Point Boat Club, Spanish Point, Pembroke. Cash bar. Admission: $10 non-members, $8 members. For more information telephone 295-1030, e-mail info@folkclub.bm or see www.folkclub.bm .The 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 5 to 9City of Hamilton City Music and Jazz Festival showcasing Bermuda’s top musicians. Pop-up concerts that will happen throughout the city from 12pm to 2pm in Victoria Park, Wesley Square, Queen Elizabeth Park, Nellie’s Walk and Dr E F Gordon Square. Finale will be at City Hall Theatre on November 11 from 6pm to 8pm and 9pm to 11pm. Tickets $30 per show or $50 for both shows or $75 for VIP tickets. Available at at City Hall. For full schedule see www.cityofhamilton.bm/events .November 7Masterworks lecture with Jacqueline Alma and KASE, Chris Burville, Betty Lindo Perry and Caroline Troncossi at 5.30 at the Masterworks gallery in the Botanical Gardens in Paget.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 9Masterworks chili cookoff from 5.30pm to 8pm. All proceeds to support their camp bursary programme. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children. Tickets at Masterworks in the Botanical Gardens in Paget. To enter e-mail mworks@logic.bm or telephone 299-4000 .Bermuda Red Cross Premier of the movie ‘Skyfall 007’ at Specialty Cinema in Hamilton. The evening starts at 5pm with a cocktail reception and canapes at Astwood-Dickinson at 5pm. Movie at 6.45pm or 9.30pm. Tickets are $50 aby e-mailing redcrossdevelopment@logic.bm or call 236-8253 ext 226 to book.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 14Masterworks round table discussion ‘Artists working towards a beautiful failure’ at 2.30pm at Masterworks in the Botanical Gardens in Paget.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 16Bermuda Aquarium and Zoo after dark series. Three tours from 6pm to 8pm for ages three to five accompanied by an adult. A guided tour around the facility will include a look at some of the nocturnal animals that call BAMZ home. Flashlights required. Tickets are $20 for BZS members; $35 for non-members. Price includes a drink and slice of pizza for children’s dinner. Fee: $20 for BZS members; $35 for non-members. Price includes a drink and slice of pizza for children’s dinner.November 17Bermuda Aquarium and Zoo after dark series. Three tours from 6.30pm to 8.30pm for ages five to seven accompanied by an adult. A guided tour around the facility will include a look at some of the nocturnal animals that call BAMZ home. Flashlights required.The 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 24Bermuda Aquarium and Zoo after dark series. Three tours from 6.30pm to 8.30pm for all ages. Children under five must be accompanied by an adult. A guided tour around the facility will include a look at some of the nocturnal animals that call BAMZ home. Flashlights required. Fee: $20 for BZS members; $35 for non-members. Price includes a drink and slice of pizza for children’s dinner.The 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 28Swan’s Running Club presents ‘Let’s Walk, then Run’ a workshop for beginners. Learn how to avoid injuries, stay motivated and more at 6pm at The Youth Library Auditorium at 74 Church Street, Hamilton. All walkers, walking clubs, runners and interested people welcome. For more information contact Keith Smith at aspkms@yahoo.com or Kathi Rogers at 735-4935.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.December 1 and 2Bermuda Chamber Choir Concert with Saturday concert at 7.30pm and Sunday concert at 4pm at Wesley Methodist Church in Hamilton. Featuring Britten’s Ceremony of Carols and other seasonal music. For ticket information visit www.musicschool.bm or call 296-5100 .December 6Masterworks Christmas at Masterworks at the Botanical Gardens in Paget. Details to follow.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.