August 15

Miss Teen Bermuda Islands R.E.S.P.E.C.T. charity concert starring international hip-hop violinist Miri Ben-Ari and the best of local artists, City Hall theatre, Church Street. Reception 7 p.m., showtime 8 p.m. Tickets: patrons $50, general admission $30. Available: Jazzy Boutique, Washington Mall.

August 16

Stefanel Group of companies presents Liquid Space Fashion Show & Beach Party at Chaplin Bay. Be prepared for an amazing event with beautiful models showing fashions from Stefanel, Sasch and Mambo, elegance, passion, ambience all in one! If you have a passion for fashion and love a great after party this is the event for you! Music by: DJ Chubb, DJ Aztec, D-Nice, Jake & Lenny, D'General Special Guest: C'Danger, FI Video DJ's. Advance ticket $40 are available from www.boxoffice.bm.

August 21 to 24

Just for Laughs Mid-Ocean Amphitheatre, Fairmont Southampton Hotel. Comedians include Bermudian Jonathan Young and internationals Derek Edwards, Finesse Mitchell, Jo Koy. 100 percent reserved seating. Tickets $55. Show and dinner sold seperately. Tickets available online at www.bdatix.bm or at Steppin' Up Menswear (Crawl Hill), Transact (Internet Lane, Reid Street), Picture Perfect (Heron Bay Plaza). Visit www.comedyevent.bm for complete information.

September 12 to 14

MotherBaby International Film Festival (MIFF) will launch its international debut in Bermuda. This three-day world-class event features powerful and inspiring films that explore issues around pregnancy, parenting, and birthing. For more information contact Sophia Cannonier-Watson at the Bermuda Health Co-op on 236-0336 or e-mail: info@healthcoop.bm. Tickets are $50 for a one day ticket, $90 for a family (two adults) one day ticket. For a single two day ticket it is $80, and for a family two day ticket it is $150. Opening night party tickets $15 (Friday).

September 13

Culture Shock Promotion presents "Sweetness is My Weakness" featuring Beres Hammond, Troy Anthony, Bobby Washington, Ras Gymsy and Ali at Somerset Cricket Club. Tickets are scheduled to be available on www.boxoffice.bm early August.

EXHIBITIONS

Bermuda Archives Until October 31: 'A Very Manifest Alteration. The Life and times of Jemmy Darrell, 1793-1816', exploring the legal status of free persons of colour in the age of slavery through historical documents written by and about celebrated pilot Darrell. Lower level, Government Administration Building, Parliament Street, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. Admission free. Group visits by arrangement with Mrs. Gaynell Weeks tel. 294-9196.

Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard Until September 5: Summer Open (unjuried members' show). September 7-October 10: 'The Nature of Things (juried members' show). Further information: tel. 234-2809, see website www.artbermuda.bm or e-mail artcentre[at] ibl.bm

Bermuda National Gallery Until September 4: Bacardi Ltd. Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Bermuda Art. Further information: tel. 295-9428 or see website www.bng.bm

Bermuda Maritime Museum, Dockyard: (1) Commissioner's House: 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. (2) From the Fay and Geoffrey Elliott Collection: 'U-505 Captured', an exhibit telling the remarkable story of the capture off western Africa and the hiding in Bermuda of the submarine U-505. (3) Steinhoff Magazine, High Cave: 'Prisoners in Paradise' : Artefacts in Bermuda cedar/stone/other materials created by Dockyard convict establishment, and prisoners of the Boer and World Wars. Open daily 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m.(last admissions at 4 p.m.) Entry: $10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 children, free for members and children under five. Further information: tel. 234-1333, e-mail marmuse@logic.bm or see website www.bmm.bm

Bermuda Society of Arts Gallery hours: Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Further information: tel.292-3824 or see website www.bsoa.bm.

Common Ground Café/Gallery Select Palette Art. Until September 12: Desert landscapes' (photographs by Scott Stallard, Charman Prize for Photography winner/BNG Biennial artist, Chancery Lane, Hamilton. Open 7.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, Saturdays 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Further information tel. 505-4290 or e-mail SPArt@logic.bm.

Corporation of Hamilton offices. 'Down through the Years', selection of cartoons (1998-2008) by Royal Gazette cartoonist Peter Woolcock, City Hall, Church Street. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday.

Kaleidoscope Arts Foundation/Elliot Gallery, 27 Jubilee Road (corner of Jubilee Road and Parsons Lane), Devonshire. August 14-September 1: 'New Works 2008' by William West. Opening reception August 14 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Gallery hours: Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or by appointment. Further information: tel. 236-5963 or email kaleidoscopeartsfoundation@logic.bm

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 236-5732. Admission free.

Masterworks at Colonial Insurance Foyer Gallery: 'Recent Gifts and Acquisitions' 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.

Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, Botanical Gardens, Paget. 'Somewhere Beyond the Sea', selection of works highlighting such artists as Georgia O'Keeffe, Winslow Homer, Albert Gleizes and Marsden Hartley.