Tomorrow‘Conservation and Recovery of Endangered plants, including Bermuda’s Governor Laffan’s Fern’ a free presentation by Marge From, Director of Plant Conservation at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo at 6pm in the Education Auditorium at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo. Ms From will talk about her organisation’s role in the effort to conserve Bermuda’s endemic Governor Laffan’s Fern and other plant conservation projects. Donations are welcome. For more information contact Lisa Greene at elgreene@ibl.bm .September 21Bermuda Summer of Love concert and CD release celebrating John Lennon at Bermuda Botanical Gardens. Various table options and ticket prices available. See www.ptix.bm for tickets or doublefantasybermuda.com .September 20 to 29The Bermuda Musical and Dramatic Society with The City of Hamilton present Shakespeare in the Park performance of ‘Macbeth’ at Fort Hamilton at 8pm. No performance on September 24. Tickets $25 at Daylesford Theatre Box Office. Members Box Office: September 11 and 12 from 5.30pm to 7pm. Public box office from September 13 to 19 from 5.30pm to 7pm and at the gate one hour before 8pm curtain and at www.bmds.bm from September 13 to 19.September 22Chewstick Griot Session with Rachel Brown from 8pm to 1am. Entry $10 at the Chewstick Neo-Griot Lounge & Café.L’Alliance Française des Bermudes Pétanque Tournament at the Bermuda College at 4pm. This is the French form of boules. Bring your favourite wine, snacks and blanket or beach chair, as well as your pétanque balls, if you have them. L’Alliance Française will provide baguettes, cheese and snacks for the children, as well as the chance to win a basket full of French specialities by guessing its weight. The minimum fee to enter the raffle is $10 and additional donations welcome. Playing pétanque is free.Bermuda Rugby Football Union family fun day at Snorkel Park in Dockyard from 1pm to 7pm. Tickets $20, plus $5 for wine, beer or Swizzle. Food available from 2pm to 6pm.Marine Science Day 2012 at the Bermuda Institute for Ocean Sciences (BIOS) from 11am to 4pm at BIOS’s Ferry Reach campus, St George’s. Free parking and admission. All day activities including ask a scientist, information on climate change and weather, plankton tows on the BIOS boat, wacky science, puppet shows and more. Hot lunch, snacks and drinks available. E-mail Vanessa.Shorto@bios.edu for more information or visit www.bios.edu .September 23Shine’s Second Annual Sunset Jazz Cruise on the MV Bermudian leaving Dockyard at 6pm. Tickets are $55 before September 23 and $65 after (plus $2.50 BermudaTix fee) from www.bdatix.bm. For more information, call 293-9092.Let’s Move Day, to get more people exercising. Join the Walking Club at Chaplin Bay at 7am, and participate in one of two walking routes (Shelly Bay Field to the Arboretum or TN Tatem Middle School to the Arboretum) or do something on your own and then log your miles on the website. Special obstacle course for children at the Arboretum from 3pm until 7pm. For more information, or to register go to www.health.gov.bm or call 292-4110.September 25Bermuda Debate Society annual general meeting at 5.30pm at the Inspiration Office, first floor, Continental Building, 25 Church St, Hamilton.The Duke of Edinburgh Award invites all award trustees, award council members, award leaders, assessors, parents, participants and friends to their annual general meeting at 5.30pm at the Argus Building, 14 Wesley Street in Hamilton.September 26 and 27Boarding School Fair from 4.30pm to 7.30pm at Fairmont Hamilton Hotel. Brings your friends and family. For more information contact Tory Dodge at tory@schoolstoknow.com or see www.schoolstoknow.com .September 28 and 29School Works presents a Neuroeducation Conference entitled ‘Literacy and the Brain: A Neuropsychological Framework for Effective Classroom Strategies and Interventions’ for educators, related professionals and parents. The conference will be on September 28 from 6pm to 8pm and Saturday 29 from 9am to 4pm at the First Church of God, Pembroke. Registration fee is $120. Call 337-7077 for information and registration details.September 29 and 30Bermuda Society of Arts (BSOA) from 10am to 4pm Paper Painting Workshop with Elizabeth St Hilaire Nelson. Watch a short video of her at work. She will be teaching her unique figurative collage technique, a first for Bermuda. See www.paperpaintings.com. For more information visit our website at www.bsoa.bm .September 29Dale Butler presents his film ‘Havana Tap’, featuring Mitchelle Trott dancing with an 84 year old Professor of Cuban dance. Admission $1o in aid of Giant Steps Band tour to Cuba at 8pm at 35 Angle Street, opposite Hubies come and see a travelogue.Emperial Net 10K Walk for Men & Children at 10am to focus on fatherhood, parenting and the importance of family. Course options 10K: Rockaway Ferry starts at 10am, 5K: Sandys 360 estimated start 11am or 3K Watford Bridge estimated start 11.15am.A night honouring Bermuda’s deceased entertainers in the Fairmont Southampton Amphitheatre featuring Rochelle Simons Lacomte, The Dynamic Duo, Stevie Darrell and more. Prizes for the best 70s costume. $80 general admission from Secrets, Caesar’s Pharmacy, 27th Century, The Edge and Memory Bank.Image Entertainment’s First Bermuda Comedy Competition ‘Come Wreck Shop’ at the Ruth Seaton James Centre for the Performing Arts at CedarBridge Academy at 8.30pm. Tickets $52.50 at www.bdatix.bm.September 29 and 30Culture Fest Unity in the Community will take place in the Royal Naval Dockyard. On Saturday there will be a 10K walk for men and their children at 10am leaving the Rockaway Ferry parking area. For more information go to www.bermudaculturefest.com or telephone 295-4917 or e-mail info@bermudaculturefest.com .September 30CARE Learning Centre will be having a Fun Run Walkathon Fundraiser with walkers starting at 8.30am and runners at 9am. Entry Fees: adults $20, under 18 $10 and late entries $30. Registration forms at Sportseller in the Washington Mall, and return to Sportscellar by 4.30pm on September 28. Race numbers issued and late entries accepted between 11am and 2pm on September 29 at CARE, 38 Mount Hill, Pembroke. Enter next to Arnold’s Market, St John’s Road on Underhill Lane to CARE parking lot.Giant Steps Band first ‘Jazz Caravan’ Concert will be held at 4pm at the Leopards’ Club at 4pm. Admission $50. Tickets Music Box or Dale Butler 505-3409 or ddbutler@logic.bm .October 2The United States Consulate General is holding a voter outreach effort. Consulate officers will be available at ACE headquarters on Pitts Bay Road to help Americans register to vote and/or request an absentee voter ballot by using the www.fvap.gov website. Consul General Robert Settje will be on hand from 12pm to 12.30pm to request his own absentee voter ballot and introduce himself to American citizens resident in Bermuda. Interested Americans should visit the IT Training Room on the lobby level of ACE headquarters between 11.30am and 1.30pm . Questions about the event or about absentee voting should be directed to VoteHamilton@state.gov.October 3Sedgwick LLP, attorneys, will be holding their tenth annual 2012 Hot Topics Seminar at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (BUEI) starting at 2pm. The half-day program will provide up-to-date insight on critical claims and underwriting issues of concern to the Bermuda insurance industry. For information contact Jason Wiesner at Jason.wiesner@sedgwicklaw.com .October 4 to 7Kirtan College at Spirithouse, includes tuition, vegan meals & yoga. Kirtan Concert at Spirithouse on October 6, Doors open: 7.30pm, Start: 8pm $60 Early bird special $45 for concert if paid by September 15. For more information see www.spirithousebermuda.com, spirithouse@northrock.bm or 505-5073.October 4Bermuda National Gallery at City Hall 5.30pm reception- featuring Ron Lightbourne on piano with 6 to 7pm lecture with Charles Riley, professor at the City University of New York, curator, journalist and author of thirty-one books on the arts. The topic is Impressionism, Colour Theory & the Jazz Age. $10 members; $20 non-members.October 4 to 13Gilbert and Sullivan production of ‘The Producers’ at 8pm at City Hall, a Mel Brooks musical. Matinee on October 7, no performance on October8. Tickets $55 on sale September 10. Box Office opens one hour before each show or purchase at www.ptix.bm .October 6Police Week kicks off with a Gymkhana at Police Field from 10am to 4pm.October 7Art on the Town in St George's from 11am to 3pm at the CV Cafe on Water Street.Bermuda Red Cross scavenger hunt at Riddells Bay Golf and Country Club.October 9Police Week continues by showcasing dynamic Police Displays as well as a Seniors’ Tea at Police Field and Prospect Police Recreation Club respectively, starting at 12pm .October 11Police Week Commissioner for a Day student art competition will be on display during the Sports Day at Police Field starting at 9am .October 12Police Week Memorial Service in tribute to those who lost their lives whilst serving the Bermuda Police Service at 4pm in the Military Cemetery off Alexandra Road Devonshire followed by a BBQ at the Prospect Police Recreation Club for ex, former and retired officers.October 13Police weekends with the Police Ball at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess’ Gazebo Room. Guests will enjoy cocktails at 6.30pm followed by dinner in the Harbour View Ballroom at 7.30pm .October 20 and 21The Bermuda Kennel Club 2012 Bermuda Dog Shows at Somersfield Academy. For information see www.show.bkc.bm.October 1716th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Fun Walk 6pm start from Barr’s Bay Park. Register today, $30 and receive a free walk pack while supplies last at BF&M on Pitts Bay Road, Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre, 46 Point Finger Road or online at www.racedayworld.com .October 20Bermuda National Gallery fundraiser The Art of Music Series- Opera Night featuring Laura Aikin, American Soprano Opera singer from 7pm to 10pm en plein air, Bacardi. Tickets are VVIP $1,000, VIP $500 and general admission $100. In collaboration with Bacardi Limited. Contact the BNG at 295-9428 for more information.October 27 to November 9Bermuda Society of Arts (BSOA) workshop with visiting botanical arts and teacher Margaret Best. For more information telephone 292-3824, e-mail bsoa@ibl.bm or see their website at www.bsoa.bm .October 27The Gilbert & Sullivan Society start the next season of Metropolitan Operas on film in glorious HD with ‘L’Elisir d’Amore’, sung in Italian with English subtitles, at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration (BUEI) at 5pm. For information go to www.metoperafamily.org or e-mail Matt Nester at opera@gands.bm. Tickets on sale September 4 $35 for adults and $30 for students. Book at least five performances simultaneously for $30 each via www.gands.bm or www.premierticketsglobal.com direct, or purchase at door.October 30Bermuda National review of artist portfolios with Holly Bynoe, Photographer & Editor of ARC Magazine from 10am to 4pm. Contact the BNG for details at director@bng.bm. She will also give a lecture at the BNG at City Hall with a reception at 5.40pm and lecture from 6 to 7pm. Tickets $10 members; $20 non-members. The topic will be contemporary Caribbean art and the making of ARC.November 3The Annual Old School Party for the preferred and mature people only at The Spinning Wheel.The Parenting Tool Kit a free symposium for parents and a day of fun for children from 11am to 4pm at Dellwood Middle School.November 8Bermuda National Gallery student lecture at Bermuda College at 12.30pm. Christa Clarke, Curator, Arts of Africa and Senior Curator, Arts of Africa and the Americas, Newark Museum, New Jersey. The topic will be highlights of the Newark Museum Collection with a Focus on Contemporary African Art. For more details contact: director@bng.bm Free; open to all students from all schools.November 9Bermuda Red Cross Premier of the movie ‘Skyfall 007’ with cocktails and raffles.November 10The Gilbert & Sullivan Society Metropolitan Operas on film series continues in glorious HD with ‘Verdi‘s Otello ’at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration (BUEI) at 5pm. For information see www.metoperafamily.org or e-mail Matt Nester at opera@gands.bm. Tickets on sale September 4 $35 for adults and $30 for students. Book at least five performances simultaneously for $30 each via www.gands.bm or www.premierticketsglobal.com direct, or purchase at door.Image Entertainment’s First Bermuda Comedy Competition finals at the Ruth Seaton James Centre for the Performing Arts at CedarBridge Academy. Tickets at www.bdatix.bm.November 17The Garden Club of Bermuda’s Christmas in November from 10am to 4pm at Orange Valley, Devonshire with crafts, bake sale, lemon stand, plant sale enchanted garden, pony rides and John Cox’s book of ghost stories on sale. Tickets (available on the day) at $20 Adults, $10 ages ten to 18, under age ten free. For more information www.gardenclubbermuda.org .November 23Bermuda National Gallery The Art of Music Series- Reinterpreting the Biennial Exhibition featuring Milton Raposo and Joy T Barnum, Michael Jones, Brian and Nicola Swan, James Richardson, Makeem ‘Haz’ Bartley, Kate Ross, Heather Nova, John Woolridge from 5 to 7.30pm at the BNG at City Hall. Tickets: $75 members; $100 non-members and includes open bar and canapés.November 24The Gilbert & Sullivan Society Metropolitan Operas on film series continues in HD with ‘Adès’ The Tempest’, at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration (BUEI) at 5pm. For information see www.metoperafamily.org or e-mail Matt Nester at opera@gands.bm. Tickets on sale September 4 $35 for adults and $30 for students. Book at least five performances simultaneously for $30 each via www.gands.bm or www.premierticketsglobal.com direct, or purchase at door.WEEKLY EVENTSMondaysShine’s House of Music and Entertainment presents ‘Death by Disco’, a 70s Disco Dinner Drama featuring an all-star Bermudian cast; Nadanja & Nishanthi Bailey and more from June 28 to November 1 at 7.30pm. Tickets are $75, which includes the show, a complimentary swizzle and a four-course meal. Limited seating so book early. Contact 293-9092 or shineshouseofmusic@gmail.com .Destination Dockyard from June 11 to September 17, street festival, shopping, children’s activities, Gombeys, arts and crafts, food and more from 7.30pm. End your evening out with Salsa at Bone Fish Bar until midnight or live local entertainment at Snorkel Park Beach until 3am .Tai Chi Chuan Class from 5.30pm to 7pm at Sankofa, 1 Chancery Lane, Hamilton. Fee is $100 per month. Telephone 292-2513 to register or see www.sankofabda.com .Youth Library Tiny Tunes (Babies) at 10am. For more information on library programmes and services, visit www.bnl.bm.Meet-A-Mum Association playgroup in Warwick from 9.30am to 11am at Saint Mary’s Church (Saint Mary’s Road off Middle Road). See www.mama.bm for more information.AlAnon Family Groups at the Caron Institute, 61 Verdmont Road Smiths from 7 to 8pm at St Peter’s Church Hall, York Street St Georges from 8 to 9.30pm. Telephone 236-8606 .TuesdaysAlAnon Family Group meeting Mechanics Building, Church Street, Hamilton. Penthouse Floor, Room 505 from 12.30 to 1.30pm. Telephone 236-8606.Paperwhites is a group for families struggling with infertility. They meet the first Tuesday of every month from 6pm to 7.30pm at Spirit House at 65 Middle Road, Devonshire. More details on www.paperwhitesbermuda.com.Bermuda National Gallery Education Opportunities: Learning with art. Youth Camera Action, for ages 11 to 14, is a photography programme for all skill levels. Photography supplies provided. Sponsored by the 2011 Catlin End-to-End. Classes run Tuesday and Thursday 3.30pm to 5pm; Saturday 10am to 11.30am. Space is limited. Contact Ms Dany Pen for more information: education@bng.bm.Meetamum Association playgroup in Paget from 9.30am to 11am in Saint Michael’s Church Hall on South Shore Road across from Elbow Beach. See www.mama.bm for more information.WednesdaysHarbour Nights on Front Street in Hamilton every Wednesday until September 5. Gombeys at 7pm, Carl Rodney Steel Pan Duo at 7.35pm and Kennel Boys at 8.30pm. For more information call 295-4201 or e-mail smadeiros-cooke@bcc.bm . During Harbour Nights children and adults can take a Tiny the Tree Frog story walk around Queen Elizabeth (Par-la-ville Park) starting at 7pm at the main gate on Queen Street. The walk is guided by author Elizabeth Mulderig who will tell the story ‘Tiny the Tree Frog Tours Bermuda’.AlAnon Family Group meeting at St Paul’s Education Centre, 69 Middle Paget from 5.30 to 6.30pm. Telephone 236-8606.Hilary’s Place at WindReach, 57 Spice Hill Road, Warwick is open from 10am to 12 noon. Family caregivers can come alone or with their care recipient for a midweek break of coffee and conversation. There is no charge. Call WindReach 238-2469 or visit www.windreachbermuda.bm for more information.Overeaters Anonymous weekly meetings. Every Wednesday lunchtime from 1 to 2pm in Stevenson Room, Wesley Methodist Church, 41 Church Street, Hamilton AND Saturday 11am to noon. All welcome overeaters, bulimics and anorexics. oabermuda@hotmail.com www.oa.org .ThursdaysShine’s House of Music and Entertainment presents ‘Death by Disco’, a 70s Disco Dinner Drama featuring an all-star Bermudian cast; Nadanja & Nishanthi Bailey and more from June 28 to November 1 at 7.30pm. Tickets are $75, which includes the show, a complimentary swizzle and a four-course meal. Limited seating so book early. Contact 293-9092 or shineshouseofmusic@gmail.com .Charlar Spanish Club for people who enjoy Spanish language and culture will meet the first Thursday of every month. For more information see www.charlarbermuda.wordpress.com or e-mail charlarbda@gmail.com.Meetamum Association playgroup meeting on Thursdays in Pembroke from 9.30am to 11.30am at St John’s Church, Hinson Cooper Room at 127 St John’s Rd, Pembroke. For more information see www.mama.bm .Bermuda National Gallery Education Opportunities: Learning with art. Youth Camera Action, for ages 11 to 14, is a photography programme for all skill levels. Photography supplies provided. Sponsored by the 2011 Catlin End-to-End. Classes run Tuesday and Thursday 3.45pm to 4.45pm; Saturday 10am to 11.30am. Space is limited. Contact Dany Pen for more information: education@bng.bm.Kiwanis Club of St George’s has meetings the first and third Thursday of each month. The first Thursday is at Ebenezer Methodist Church Hall and the second Thursday is a dinner meeting at the St George’s Club at 7pm.Youth Library Boys Club every Thursday at 3.45pm starting September 29. For more information on library programs and services, visit www.bnl.bm .FridaysPink Beach Club Happy Hour starting Friday June 15 from 5pm-9pm.AlAnon Family Group meeting at St Paul’s Education Centre, 69 Middle Road, Paget from 5.30 to 6.30pm. Telephone 236-8606.Vasco Da Gama Club happy hour in collaboration with Seabreeze Salsa and Premier Distributors from 5pm to 1am in the V-Lounge at the Vasco Da Gama Club on Reid Street in Hamilton.SaturdaysBermuda Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA) meets from 12.30pm to 1.30pm at the Wesley Methodist, 41 Church Street, Hamilton. Go through the metal gate on the left of the church, straight ahead to the cedar door, up the stairs and to the right. This is a Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition oriented fellowship based on the model pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous. The only qualification for SLAA membership is a desire to stop living out a pattern of sex and love addiction. SLAA is supported entirely through the contributions of its membership and is free to all who need it.Overeaters Anonymous weekly meetings in the Stevenson Room, Wesley Methodist Church, 41 Church Street, Hamilton from 11am to noon. Also every Wednesday lunchtime 1 to 2pm . All welcome, overeaters, bulimics and anorexics. oabermuda@hotmail.com www.oa.org.Thrifty Saturdays the last Saturday of every month from 10am to 2pm at the Rubber Tree Market off of Khyber Pass in Warwick. Part of the proceeds go to a children’s charity.SundaysAlAnon Family Group at the Caron Institute, 61 Verdmont Road Smiths from 7 to 8pm. Telephone 236-8606.