TODAY

Payroll tax return assistance from the office of the Tax Commissioner from 10 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. at the office of the Tax Commissioner, 40 Church Street, Hamilton in the F.B. Perry Building on the First Floor. RSVP Karen Ball at 297-7750 or email kball@gov.bm as seating is limited.

Live Health Bermuda 100 Day Challenge January 16 - April 24, information session at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute. Six p.m. for weigh-ins and 7 p.m. for information session. Guest speaker Jane DeVille-Almond, founding member of the National Obesity Forum of Britain.

TOMORROW-SATURDAY

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.

SATURDAY

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.

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. Tickets/further information: tel.295-1291, email bdafest@logic.bm or go to www.bermudafestival.org

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

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 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

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 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

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

February 3, 4

Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts Angélique Kidjo (African pop diva), Fairmont Southampton Princess, 8.30 p.m. Tickets/further information: tel. 295-1291, email bdafest@logic.bm or go to www.bermudafestival.org

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.

Crisson & Hind Fine Art Gallery: Hand-carved African sculptures by master Shona artists of Zimbabwe, inc. stone heads, animals, abstracts. Second floor, Crisson Building, 71 Front Street. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday. ? 295-1117, fax 295-1125.

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.

Masterworks at Colonial Insurance Foyer Gallery: 'Recent Gifts and Acquisitions' (fiscal year 2003-2004) plus Dr. Pestana's lead soldiers exhibit, 35 Reid Street. Open Monday to Friday 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission free.

Rock Island Coffee Further information tel 296-5241.