TODAY AND TOMORROW

Bermuda International Race Weekend Today, 10 a.m. Bermuda International 10K & 10K Charity Walk, National Sports Centre, Devonshire. Tomorrow, 8 a.m. Bermuda International Marathon & Half Marathon, Front Street, Hamilton. Organised by the Bermuda Track & Field Assoc. Info: 236-6086.

TODAY

Warwick Academy drama department presents Sleeping Beauty written by Brian Way. Tickets are $20/$10 in the main office. Location in the PPMH. Doors open at 6.30 p.m. and curtain is at 7 p.m.

Bermuda National Youth Library movie day with Transformers at 2.30 p.m. for free.

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 .

Pearls of Distinction Pink Ice Centennial Ball given by Sigma Xi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Guest speaker Dr. Debbye Turner, Miss America 1990, motivational speaker and staff correspondent on the CBS Early Morning Show. Tickets $150. Email flood_t@yahoo.com or telephone 737-1908. Cocktail reception 7 p.m. , dinner at 8 p.m. and dancing until 10 p.m.

TOMORROW

Wedding Portfolio 2008 11th Annual Bridal Fair and Fashion Show 'Today is the Day' presented by Anthony's and other Event businesses. At the Fairmont Southampton Resort from 12 p.m. until 5 p.m. Samples, demos, previews, prizes and more. $5 at the door.

MONDAY

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

Character Builders Project/TN Tatem Middle School Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day observance, 60 Middle Road, Warwick, 2 p.m.

TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY

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

WEDNESDAY

The Bermuda War Veterans Association annual general meeting will be held at the Bermuda Sailor's Home at 7.30 p.m.

THURSDAY

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.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

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 26

A number of workshops are being offered for teachers around the island including at The St. George's Foundation, Bermuda Maritime Museum and the Bermuda Insurance Institute among others. Deadline for registration is January 18. Contact jpreece@bii.bm or telephone her at 295-3532 for more information.

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