BERMUDA CALENDAR
Until October 20
G&S On-line bookings for Broadway musical, 'Dreamgirls' (October 10 to 20 also at City Hall Theatre). See website www.bermudamusicaltheatre.com
September 13
Friends of Lefroy House Association Meeting, Lefroy House, 7 Lagoon Road, Ireland Island, 7 p.m. Guest speaker: Estlyn Harvey. Topic: Nursing home care. Anyone interested in the elderly, incl. members, family, volunteers, welcome. Membership dues: $10 per year. Further information: Marie Bremar tel. 234-0525 or Myra Bristol 234-0255 afternoons/evenings.
September 19
Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute Audio visual presentation by Ann Smith Gordon. Topic: Tracing Bermuda's development. Tradewinds auditorium, 7 p.m. Tickets: active volunteers free, members $15, others $20. To purchase: tel. 297-7314. Credit cards accepted.
September 22
Bermuda Zoological Society Zoobilee: 'All Aboard for An Island Tour' Fundraiser evening of good wine, food, live music for BAMZ. 7.30 p.m. to 11.30 p.m. at BAMZ. Tickets: $100. Tel. 293-2727 ext. 138 or e-mail campaign.bzs@ gov.bm
October 10-20
G&S Broadway musical 'Dreamgirls', City Hall Theatre. Evening performances 8 p.m. except October 14. Matinees: October 13, 14, 20 at 3 p.m. Tickets: $40. For on-line bookings see website www.bermudamusicaltheatre.com — except during City Hall Box Office hours: 12 noon to 2 p.m. Monday to Friday.
Exhibitions
ACE Galleries: (HQ Building). Until end August: Josip Generalic — the ACE collection of a Croatian naive painter, ACE global headquarters, 17 Woodbourne Avenue, Pembroke. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. Admission free. Groups welcome by
appointment ☎ 295-5200 for all information.
Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard September 9-29 'Just Pastels VII' (work by students of professional artist Sharon Wilson). Further information: tel. 234-2809, visit website www.artbermuda.bm or e-mail artcentre@ ibl.bm
Bermuda National Gallery Ending today: Summer exhibitions: 1. 'Essential Elements 1947-2007: John Kaufmann 70th birthday retrospective. 2. 'Hair in African Art'. Further information: tel. 295-9428 or see website www.bng.bm
Bermuda Society of Arts Until September 19: Onions Gallery: 'Diversity of Friends' (mixed media). Edinburgh Gallery: BAMZ photo contest/David Raine Memorial poetry competition, 'Our Green Earth'. Studio A: Kok Wan Lee 'Recent Work in Charcoal'. Studio B: Kimberley Tucker 'Summer Texture'. Upper level, City Hall Gallery hours: Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 4 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 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (last admission 4.30 p.m.). Admission $10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 children, free for members. Museum information tel. 234-1333, www.bmm.bm, e-mail marmuse@ logic.bm.
Caisson & 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.
Elliot Gallery September 6-10: Kaleidoscope Summer art camp work — opening: September 6 5.30 p.m. to 7 p.m.) Next show: September 11-October 1: Henry Ward (paintings). Official opening: September 13 6-8 p.m. All at Old Elliot School building, 27 Jubilee Road, Devonshire. Gallery hours/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. Until September 13: '21 Square Miles' (oils and acrylics by artist-in-residence Richard Tait). Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday. Further information: ☎ 236-2950 or visit website www.bermudamasterworks.com
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.