October 7 to 17

The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Bermuda presents 'Oliver!' book, music & lyrics by Lionel Bart at City Hall Theatre. Tickets are $55 available at www.premiertickets.bm or www.gands.bm.

October 7

Breast Cancer Awareness Annual Fun Walk 3K/5K at Barr's Bay Park from 5 p.m. to 5.45 p.m. Vendors and information tables, 6 p.m. walk starts. 8 p.m. reception with music and speakers honouring survivorship. Participant packs available at BF&M and Sportseller $30. Pledge forms and information available on www.chc.bm.

October 8

The Bermuda National Trust's 39th Annual General Meeting takes place at the Botanical Gardens at 6 p.m.

October 10

Bermuda Feline Assistance Bureau BFAB fundraiser. Orange Valley House. Take a tour of the house built by Captain William Cox in 1802 on 10 acres of woodland and citrus orchards. The house has remained in the Cox family for six generations and is filled with family heirlooms and antiques, including Bermuda cedar furniture and portraits. From 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. authors John Cox and Tracey Caswell will be on hand to sign copies of their books. Books will be on sale at cost ranging from $10 to $20 each. At Orange Valley House, 14 Parsons Lane, Devonshire. For more information telephone 337-7228 or e-mail: lhudson@northrock.bm. Tickets are $40.

Car Boot Sale at St. Mary's Church Hall, Warwick from 9 a.m. until noon. MAMA will be raising funds from the sale of refreshments and its own stall of children's toys and clothes. They are hoping to provide the emergency waiting room at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital with books and toys for children waiting to be seen by a doctor.

Bermuda Rose Society sale at Tulo Valley at 8 a.m.

October 11

Sail Festival at Barr's Bay Park from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. A family fun day sponsored by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. There will be vendors, fun castle, boat viewing, races, pirates wandering about, the town crier and DJ Bubbles providing music. Call 737-0024.

I.O. Odd Fellows Manchester Unity Lodge members and friends are cordially invited to attend the 119th Annual Thanksgiving Service to be held at the Emmanuel Baptiste Church on Dundonald Street Hamilton at 4 p.m. Repast at the Manchester Unity Hall on Union and Victoria Streets, Hamilton.

October 13

L'Alliance Francaise des Bermudes invites everyone to a French film evening at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute. The film is 'La tourneuse de pages' with English subtitles. Students $3/Members $5/Non-members $8. Tickets at the door. The film begins at 8 p.m.

October 15 to 31

1 in 8 Busting Out at The Elliot Gallery at Kaleidoscope Arts Foundation, 27 Jubilee Road, Devonshire. Bermuda Cancer & Health have partnered with Gibbons Company and Kaleidoscope Arts Foundation in this, a unique expression of support, creating a visual impact of the disease.

October 15

Bermuda National Gallery Partner Re Lecture James Count Early, director of Cultural Heritage Policy, Centre for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, will speak about Art, Culture and Politics at the Bermuda College in Room G301 from 1 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. Free admission.

October 16

Breast Cancer Awareness Month Annual Denim Day. What do your jeans say about you? Make a donation and wear jeans to work. Go to www.chc.bm.

Internationally known poet Melody Van Putten will be reading and signing 'Soul Poems: Life as Fertile Ground', and 'Obamatyme: Election Poetry' at True Reflections Bookstore on Chancery Lane from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

October 16 and 17

MSA Fair 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Games, super slide, raffle prizes, Bingo and baked goods. Admission is $2 with children under 5 free.

October 19

The Bermuda Shakespeare Schools Festival 2009 from October 19 to 21. Runs for three nights starting at 7.30 p.m. Tickets on sale at the participating schools' offices. Tonight Saltus Grammar School's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'and Bermuda High School's 'The Taming of the Shrew'. Performances at Berkeley Institute.

October 20

The Bermuda Shakespeare Schools Festival continues with Somersfield Academy's 'Much Ado About Nothing' and Warwick Academy's 'Romeo and Juliet' at 7.30 p.m. Tickets on sale at the participating schools offices. Performances at Berkeley Institute.

Bermuda Maritime Museum & Bermuda Zoological Society Lecture on Eskimo workers in the Western Arctic, Commercial Whaling Industry,1848 to 1914. A free lecture by Dr. Mark Cassell. Free admission. Donations are welcome at 6.30 p.m. in the Education Room at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo.

October 21

The Bermuda Shakespeare Schools Festival continues with CedarBridge Academy's 'Macbeth' and The Berkeley Institute's 'Tempest'at 7.30 p.m. Tickets on sale at the participating schools offices. Tickets are $10 for adults and students. Performances at Berkeley Institute.

October 22

Breast Cancer Awareness Month Pretty in Pink Party at AS Coopers Front Street (main store) from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

October 23

Breast Cancer Awareness Girls Night Out at City Hall. The Celebrity Look Alike Party. Laughter is the best medicine. Presenting Sybil and friends. An evening of glitz and glamour with impersonations of Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Celine Dion, Madonna and more. For tickets go to www.chc.bm

October 24

Breast Cancer Awareness Month 'With Men in Mind' at Goslings Wine Cellar, 9 Dundonald Street, Hamilton 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. for cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and live entertainment. For information on this event and tickets email melange4@yahoo.com.

Bermuda Botanical Society annual Plant Sale in the Jack King Building, Botanical Gardens. 8.30 a.m. for members (join at the door), 9 a.m. for non-members. Closes 12 noon. Proceeds to scholarship fund. For information, or if you have plants to donate, call 293-0128.