Until March 1

Bermuda National Trust Auction and Jumble Sale. Jumble sale: Housewares, porcelain, linens and books. Auction, furniture, paintings, china, genuine gold, carpets and more. Telephone 236-6483. Venue Jack King Building at the Botanical Gardens.

February 29

Forum on Heart Health at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. with a 6 p.m. reception.

March 1

Bermuda Folk Club is holding an Irish night at the Spanish Point Boat Club starting at 8 p.m. Pay at the door. $8 for non-members, $5 for members for a great evening of live music and local entertainment.

Pembroke Community Club Children's Fair from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at St. Paul's Christian Education Centre. Raffles, game stalls, train rides, food, plants and more.

The Bermuda Youth Library presents The Children's Reading Festival: Celebrating Literacy from 9.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Libro Lion, Gilly, Belco Bird, Happy, Sparky and Friends will be there to share their favourite stories. There will be a special capoeira display, stories by local authors and the Bermuda Hogges and ISL Soccer players. Also juggler David Vernon Black and a magic show by Mr. Slick. Telephone 295-0487.

March 3

The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Bermuda would like to invite members, caregivers, supporters, and friends to its general membership meeting at 6:30 p.m. at St. Mark's Church Hall. Please call 297-0575 for further information.

March 6

Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre Living Well Presentation on Colorectal Cancer with Dr. Thomas Clancy from Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston at 7 p.m. at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute. Free.

March 7

Bermuda School of Music Free lunchtime concert featuring string, guitar and piano faculty playing Vivaldi, Beeethoven, Scarlatti, Bartok and Piazzola, school's recital hall, F.S. Furbert tower at old Berkeley Institute, Pembroke, 12 noon.

March 8

BZS Leap Around the Sound: Bermuda Zoological Society¹s 7.2-mile Fun Run-Walk-Cycle around Harrington Sound celebrating the Year of the Frog. Start and finish at Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo. Entries $15, late $20. Entry includes goody bag, T-shirt, admission to BAMZ, cool drinks. Entry forms available at the Aquarium¹s Front Desk; Sportseller, Washington Mall; or www.bamz.org. Early entry deadline: noon, March 7. Late entries and number pick-up at 8 a.m. on event day, or March 7, 5-7 p.m. at BAMZ. Event warm-up at 8:30 a.m. Cyclists start 8:45 a.m., runners 8:55 a.m., walkers 9 a.m. No roller-bladers permitted. All cyclists must wear proper safety equipment. Sponsored by Nature Valley and Butterfield & Vallis. For information: call 293-2727.

March 8 and 9

Magic Fest 2008 featuring magician and funny man Carl Andrews, Randy Cabral, Splash 'n' Boots and local magicians at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the New Berkeley Institute, Berkeley Road, Pembroke. Tickets are $24 and available at Shannon's Boutique or at www.boxoffice.bm. Telephone 537-1991 or e-mail bermudamagic@hotmail.com.

March 12

PALS presents Travels in Poland Land of Beauty and Treasures an audio visual slide show with Ann Smith Gordon at 8 p.m. in the Mount Saint Agnes auditorium. Tickets are $15 and available at the PALS office at 18 Point Finger Road, or telephone 236-7257.

March 14 and 15

CMB Enterprises presents An Evening of Jazz at City Hall at 8 p.m. Featuring Chiara Sivello and her quartet. Patron tickets are $60 for the Friday and reception, regulation admission $50. Available at Peoples Pharmacy, 27th Century Boutique and www.boxoffice.bm. 234-0453.

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 today: Hot Stuff – chili pepper, passion, fire and brimstone! (open juried show). Further information: tel. 234-2809, see website www.artbermuda.bm or e-mail artcentre[at] ibl.bm

Bermuda National Gallery Until 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 Onions Gallery: Artists' Voices (mixed media celebrating visual/performing arts), Edinburgh Gallery: Coins for Canvas (silent auction of works by local artists to benefit BSoA). Studio A: 'Sierra Leone' – Grey Debut Photo Exhibit (Alexander Winfield). Studio B: Suzette Matson: 'Illusions' (debut exhibition). 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: Commissioner's House, Bermuda Maritime Museum, Dockyard:The Exploring Voyage of HMS Challenger in Bermuda 1873. A selection of original and reproduction photographs depicting Bermuda, which were used as evidence in the scientific reports of the Challenger voyage, 1872-76. From the Fay and Geoffrey Elliott Collection. 'U-505 Captured', an exhibit that tells the remarkable story of the capture off western Africa and the hiding of the submarine U-505 at Bermuda. On permanent display.Open daily 9:30am to 5pm (last admission 4:00pm). Admission $10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 children, free for members and children under five. 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/Elliot Gallery Until March 3: 'The Humpback Whale Film Project' – Underwater photographs by Andrew Stevenson of North Atlantic humpback whales migrating through Bermuda waters, Old Elliot School building, 27 Jubilee Road, Devonshire. Gallery hours: weekdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Further information: tel. 504-3469 or e-mail 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. Grand opening and Charman Prize exhibit on March 2. No exhibitions meanwhile. Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays by appointment. Further information: tel. 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 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 296-5241.