August 30

Mothers Against Destructive Devices (MADD 2) is holding a rally at Victoria Park from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. They are calling all mothers to take a stand. Speaker Barbara Rogers of Pennsylvania, director of the Christ Like Skills Programme will be speaking on family life skills. Following the rally there will be a Parent Support Group held at the Evening Light Pentecostal Church on Parsons Road in Pembroke every Monday starting October 6 and will continue until June 1, 2009.

Sand Sculpture Competition presented by the Bermuda Department of Tourism in association with the Bermuda Institute of Bermuda Architects, at Horseshoe Bay, Southampton. To enter fill out an entry form or email at sandtasticdays@bermudatourism.com. Entry free. Space limited. All entries will receive goody bags. Telephone Nicky Gurret at 295-4597 or Department of Tourism at 292-0023 for more information.

Bermuda Federation of Musicians and Variety Artists/Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Social Rehabilitation 'Jazz Command Performance', new Berkeley Institute, Pembroke, 6 p.m. Featuring Bermuda's number one jazz band, 'The Unit', plus Rickeisha Binns, Aimee Bento, Lavette Phillips-Fuentes and Sia Spence. Awards to female singers who contributed to local music scene in '50s to '70s, plus jazz compere/radio host Derick (CJ) Symonds. Poetry, songs, dance, prizes. Jam session w/Unit for musicians and instruments who buy a ticket. Tickets ($100) available: People's Pharmacy, Hott 107.5, Music Box, Shine's Music Studio.

September 3

The Bermuda National Gallery is to again play host to Princeton University's renowned all male a cappella group, The Princeton Tigertones will give a special lunchtime concert at the BNG from 12.30 p.m. to 1.15 p.m. Tickets are $5 available at the door (free for BNG members).

September 12 -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. Bermuda Folk Club night with American acoustic country pop group Avenue B at Spanish Point Boat Club at 8 pm. $10 at the door. For more information telephone 291-2070 or go to www.folkclub.bm

September 19

5th annual Bermuda Cancer & Health Centre Charity Golf Classic at the Belmont Hills Golf Club. 7.30 a.m. check in at the Golf Shop. A light breakfast will be served. 8 a.m. shot gun start. 1.30 p.m. Check-in at Golf Shop. A light lunch will be served. 2 p.m. Gun Start. Reception and prize presentation after play. Draw at 6 p.m. To reserve your place telephone Taneisha Martin at 292-4995 or e-mail charitygolf@bm.shroders.com .

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 Gallery hours: Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., closed Sundays.

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.

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.

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

Kaleidoscope Arts Foundation/Elliott Gallery, 27 Jubilee Road (corner of Jubilee Road and Parsons Lane), Devonshire. Until 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 am to 2 p.m. or by appointment.

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. Free.

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

Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, Rick Faries Gallery: August 14-September 2: 'Exhibition C' – local artists Jon Legere and James Cooper (photographs and mixed media). Open Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.tel. 236-2950.