visual slide presentation by Ann Smith Gordon tomorrow night.

`Adventures in Alaska' will give viewers the opportunity to experience the rugged beauty of Alaska.

Tomorrow's fund-raising event gets underway at 8 p.m. at the Mount St. Agnes School Auditorium. Tickets are $10 and are available from PALS volunteers or the PALS office on Point Finger Road in Paget.

For more information 236-7257.

*** The Bermuda Zoological Society and the Island's Earth Day 2000 Committee presents the four-part lecture series titled `Living in Harmony with the Environment' this week.

The first lecture in the series, `Herbal Therapy in Bermuda' by environmentalist David Chapman, will take place Thursday at the BAMZ at 7.30 p.m.

The cost per lecture is $5, payable at the door, with the proceeds benefitting the BZS.

Light refreshments will be available.

*** Kidfest 2000 presents the Desrosier Dance Theatre this weekend at the City Hall Theatre.

Circus Dream takes spectators on a journey into a circus that could only happen in a dream. Choreographed by Montreal native Robert Desrosiers, the show features bizarre and humorous creatures frolicking in a fantasy.

There will be two performances on Sunday, at 1 and 3.30 p.m.

Tickets are $15 and are on sale at The Bookmart, located in the Phoenix Store on Reid Street in Hamilton.

*** The Eastern District of the Bermuda Girl Guide Association proudly presents a Musical Concert this weekend.

The event will feature the Somerset Brigade Band, under the direction of Major Leslie Lowe, as well as songs, dance and music by the Eastern District Brownies and Guides.

Saturdays concert begins at 7.30 p.m. at Holy Trinity Church Hall on Trinity Church Road in Hamilton Parish.

Tickets will be available at the door and are $15 for patrons, $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12.

*** The Friends of the College Library 1999/2000 lecture series presents Slaves and Slaveholders in Bermuda, 1616-1782. Saturday's 7 p.m. lecture, which will take place in the Bermuda College Library in the Clocktower Building, will feature professor Virginia Bernhard discussing her recent book.

Admission is free for FOCL members and $5 for the general public. tickets are available by calling 239-4034.

Copies of professor Bernhard's book will be available for sale at the event.

*** The National Dance Theatre of Bermuda will celebrate the millennium with a special summer production.

The August 9 to 12 millennium performance will also mark the Dance Theatre's 20th anniversary.

Seven dances from the NDTB's repertoire, all choreographed by Conchita Ming over a 20-year period, will be recreated by a cast of local dancers including Sophia Cannonier.

The NDTB was founded in 1980 as an umbrella organisation which recruits dancers for its performances from all groups and schools on the Island. It is a registered charity and the Company in Residence at the Bermuda College.