Today

Bermuda Diabetes Association is holding Denim for Diabetes Day. The public are invited to support Denim for Diabetes Day Fundraising Telethon, which will be aired on ZBM TV9 from 8pm to midnight. Lock in your pledges and help us achieve our goal. All proceeds are slated for the Bermuda Diabetes Association's building fund. Information for Denim for Diabetes Day can be obtained from the Association's Resource Centre at Beacon House, 2 Beacon Street, Hamilton HM10 or telephone 297-8427 or Sara McKittrick on 236-3668.

The Bacchanalian Society of Bermuda is hosting a Wine Tasting Competition Fundraiser for the Continental Society of Bermuda. The event takes place at the National Sports Centre Pavilion, North Field, Frog Lane, Devonshire. For more information please telephone 291-1474. Admission for first-time participating teams is $30 per person. Those teams, which have attended previous events, pay $20 per person. The Bacchanalian Society will then make a donation to the Continental Society of Bermuda. Please RSVP your team indicating the number of participants (you plus one or two, as the case may be). Crack a bottle and let the tasting begin. Time from 6.30pm.

Partner Re Art Lecture Series with Ebony G. Patterson assistant professor in painting and drawing at the University of Kentucky 'Gangstas: Disciplez and the Doiley Boyz' at the Bermuda National Gallery. Reception is at 5.30pm . Lecture is at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 for Members and $20 for non-members. Seating limited. Call to reserve 295-9428. Email education@bng.bm or go to www.bng.bm. Her lecture looks at the machismo through fashionable trends, such as skin bleaching of the Jamaican dance hall culture. Her lecture will raise questions about perceptions of masculinity within the 'blink' culture and pose larger questions about beauty, gender ideals and constructs of masculinity within popular black culture.

Tomorrow

Free Christmas themed arts & crafts at Masterworks in the Botanical Gardens from 10 am - 2 pm.

Wesley Methodist Church Teddy Bear Tea to aid Windreach Recreational Village with crafts, games, stories and food from 2pm to 4pm at Wesley Methodist Church Hall at 41 Church Street in Hamilton. For more information telephone 236-5866 or teddybearteaparty@yahoo.com .

The Fairmont Hamilton Princess 125th Anniversary Celebration Cocktails and silent auction at 7pm with dinner and entertain to follow at 8pm. Tickets are $125 and includes dinner, drinks and entertainment. The evening's proceeds will benefit The Bermuda National Trust. To purchase tickets please call 298-5720 or 236-6483.

November 27 and 28

The Bermuda Chamber Choir presents Händel's Messiah at the Museum and favourite Christmas Carols. The Bermuda School of Music Treble Choir and Suzuki String Orchestra will be featured. The event takes place in the Queen's Exhibit Hall, National Museum, Dockyard. On Saturday and Sunday at 6.30pm and Sunday Children's matinee at 3pm. Ferry Service Saturday Only Hamilton at 5.30pm and leaving Dockyard at 9pm. Tickets Adults: $40 and Students $20, are available at CTravel (292-3033) and Bermuda School of Music (296-5100).

Sunday

Overeaters Anonymous meeting. All welcome. (Overweight, bulimics and anorexics). Every Sunday at 7pm to 8pm in the Red Cross Building (near the hospital) 9 Berry Hill Road (training room 2). No dues or fees.

December 2

Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art will be carolling from 5.30 to 7.30pm at Camden House at the Botanical Gardens in Paget. Bring a rug, wrap up warm and join in with the St. John's Youth Choir, The Somersfield Choir, The Bermuda Police Choir and the Bermuda School of Music as they perform carols and Christmas songs. The new exhibit Floral Lane will be on view to the public and entry to the museum is free for the evening. Drinks will be served, bring a picnic if you like. Telephone 236-2950 for more information.

December 3

Bermuda College presents 'Tis The Season', a fundraiser in aid of the Destination Kenya Project from 5.30pm to 9.30pm in the Student Hall at the Bermuda College. Will include Kenyan food samples, Kenyan culture displays, table decor tips, eco-wrapping displays and more. Adult tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Student tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. To make a donation or for more information telephone 236-9000 extension 4381 or extension 4058 or email sriley@college.bm or aharvey@college.bm .

December 4 to 24

The Fairmont Hamilton Princess will host its annual Teddy Bear Tea. The children's Christmas tea is served daily between 2.30pm and 5pm. An etiquette class will be held on December 5, 12 and 19. Children are encouraged to bring a brand new teddy bear or other stuffed animal which in turn will be donated to various Bermuda charities for families in need. On Saturdays and Sundays, children will enjoy a special storytelling with Santa Claus at 3.30pm.

December 4

Home-Grown Alternatives Craft Fair will take place at St. Paul's Christian Education Centre in Paget from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church Grand Pre-Christmas Fish Lunch and White Elephant Sale, Baked Goods, Crafts and refreshments from 10am to 4pm in Astwood Hall, Pink Church on the corner of Church and Court Streets.

December 5

The Ensemble Singers presents a Celebration of Christmas Music including Chilcott's Jazz Mass. Wesley Methodist Church Hamilton. Sunday, December 5, at 4pm Tickets $30 at Music Box and at the door.