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TODAYYouth Library Pumpkin Carving Competition. Prizes will be given for the funniest, scariest and most creative pumpkin. 74 Church Street, Hamilton.TOMORROWCitizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda (CURB) will be giving a free screening the powerful race relations documentary ‘The Colour of Fear’ at Penno’s Wharf, St George. (Donations welcome). Doors open at 6.30pm. The screening will be followed by a facilitated discussion.Breast Health Talk presentation at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute from 6pm to 7.30pm with guest speaker Breast Specialist Dr David Green of Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre and Dr Jane Brock of the Breast Specialist Pathology Team at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Sponsored by CableVision.October 26Bermuda Youth Library Haunted Library from 6pm to 8pm. Registration of $3. Tours will run every 20 minutes. Call 295-0487 for further information.October 27 to November 9Bermuda Society of Arts 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 27Peace Lutheran Church at 154 South Road, Paget fall bazaar from 9am to 2pm with plants, food, toys and more.Masterworks Super Saturday ‘How does your garden grow?’ with harvest themed crafts from 10am to 2pm in the Botanical Gardens in Paget. Free.Bermuda Arts Centre Zombie Walk from Grey’s Bridge in Somerset at 11am to Mangrove Hallows (Somerset Bridge). The walk is to raise money for the Bermuda Arts Centre in Dockyard. Pledge sheets at their Facebook page or call 234-2809.Jazz Caravan presents: ‘Brothers and Sistahs on Fire’ featuring The Giant Steps Band, Jade Minors, Phiemma Caisey, Darlene Symonds, Toni Robinson, Gina Davis and the Sax Attack Orchestra at City Hall, 8pm. Tickets $50 from Music Box on Reid Street in Hamilton or call Dale Butler 505-3409 or ddbutler@digicel.blackberry.com.PALS 32 Annual Fair at St Paul’s Christian Education Centre, Paget from 10am to 5pm. Bingo at 3pm. White elephant, baked goods, books.Bermuda Botanical Society annual plant sale. Opens at 8.30am for members, 9am for public. (Join at door). Closes 12pm in JJ Outerbridge Building, Botanical Gardens. Contact N Chudleigh 293-0128 for information or if you have plants to donate.The 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 Institute at 5pm. For information go to www.metoperafamily.org or e-mail Matt Nester at opera@gands.bm. Tickets $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 29Pembroke Hamilton Club annual Inc annual general meeting at 7.30pm at the Bermuda Industrial Union, Union Square, Hamilton. All financial members are encouraged to attend.October 30Bermuda National Gallery 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 1Ministry of Education town hall meeting about The Cambridge Curriculum ‘What is the Way Forward’ with Minister of Education Dame Jennifer Smith at Ruth Seaton James Auditorium at 7.30pm. All are welcome.November 2Bermuda School of Music First Friday Faculty Lunchtime Concert at noon featuring classical guitarist Jerremiah Smith and pianist Oliver Grant at Wesley Methodist Church. For information visit www.musicschool.bm or call 296-5100.November 3Bermuda Folk Club Paul Gibbons night. Doors open 7.30pm and music starts at 8pm at Spanish Point Boat Club, Spanish Point, Pembroke. Cash bar. Admission: $10 non-members, $8 members. For more information telephone 295-1030, e-mail info@folkclub.bm or see www.folkclub.bm.The Annual Old School Party for the preferred and mature people only at The Spinning Wheel. Doors open at 9pm. Tickets are $20 all night for ladies and $25 for men. After midnight $30 for men. DJ the Ice Man and Craig (Bubbles) Darrell. Part proceeds to Bermuda Society of the Blind. For more information go to www.djtouchtone.com or www.djsquare.com.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 4Aberfeldy Nursery Grow Your Own series of free gardening seminars ‘Grow Your Own Bermuda Citrus’ in the main slat house from 1.30pm to 2.30pm. See www.aberfeldy.bm for more information.CARE 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. Completed forms must be returned by 4.30pm on November 2 with entry fee to Sportseller. Cheques made payable to ‘CARE Learning Centre’. Race numbers issued and late entries accepted between 11am and 2pm on November 3, 2012 at CARE at 38 Mount Hill, Pembroke. Enter next to Arnold’s Market, St John’s Road on Underhill Lane to CARE parking lot.November 5 to 9City of Hamilton City Music and Jazz Festival showcasing Bermuda’s top musicians. Pop-up concerts that will happen throughout the city from 12pm to 2pm in Victoria Park, Wesley Square, Queen Elizabeth Park, Nellie’s Walk and Dr EF Gordon Square. Finale will be at City Hall Theatre on November 11 from 6pm to 8pm and 9pm to 11pm. Tickets $30 per show or $50 for both shows or $75 for VIP tickets. Available at at City Hall. For full schedule see www.cityofhamilton.bm/events.November 7Masterworks lecture with Jacqueline Alma and KASE, Chris Burville, Betty Lindo Perry and Caroline Troncossi at 5.30 at the Masterworks gallery in the Botanical Gardens in Paget.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 9Masterworks chili cookoff from 5.30pm to 8pm. All proceeds to support their camp bursary programme. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children. Tickets at Masterworks in the Botanical Gardens in Paget. To enter e-mail mworks@logic.bm or telephone 299-4000 .Bermuda Red Cross Premier of the movie ‘Skyfall 007’ at Specialty Cinema in Hamilton. The evening starts at 5pm with a cocktail reception and canapes at Astwood-Dickinson at 5pm. Movie at 6.45pm or 9.30pm. Tickets are $50 aby e-mailing redcrossdevelopment@logic.bm or call 236-8253 ext 226 to book.November 9 to 27Bermuda Society of Interior Designers is holding a designer wreath silent auction at Bermuda Society of Arts at City Hall to support the Eliza Doolittle Society and the BSOA fine arts scholarship. Winning bids announced at the BSID annual industry alliance cocktail party on November 27 from 5pm to 7pm at BSOA at City Hall. For more information e-mail jill.bydesign@logic.bm see www.bydesign.bm, or telephone 292-6041.November 10Continental Society of Bermuda 50th Anniversary Gala from 7pm to 12am at Fairmont Hamilton Princess in the Harbourview Ballroom. Tickets are $100 and $125 for patrons from members or at www.ptix.bm . For information e-mail continentalbda@gmail.com .The Gilbert & Sullivan Society Metropolitan Operas on film series continues in glorious HD with ‘Verdi‘s Otello ’at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (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 Annual Bermuda Comedy Competition finals at the Ruth Seaton James Centre for the Performing Arts at CedarBridge Academy. Tickets at www.bdatix.bm.November 14Masterworks round table discussion ‘Artists working towards a beautiful failure’ at 2.30pm at Masterworks in the Botanical Gardens in Paget.November 15Youth Library family story night from 5.30pm to 7pm. Bring a picnic blanket and your dinner and enjoy an evening or stories, poetry and magic. Registration required $5. Register early to avoid disappointment.November 16Bermuda Aquarium and Zoo after dark series. Three tours from 6pm to 8pm for ages three to five accompanied by an adult. A guided tour around the facility will include a look at some of the nocturnal animals that call BAMZ home. Flashlights required. Tickets are $20 for BZS members; $35 for non-members. Price includes a drink and slice of pizza for children’s dinner. Fee: $20 for BZS members; $35 for non-members. Price includes a drink and slice of pizza for children’s dinner.November 17Bermuda Aquarium and Zoo after dark series. Three tours from 6.30pm to 8.30pm for ages five to seven accompanied by an adult. A guided tour around the facility will include a look at some of the nocturnal animals that call BAMZ home. Flashlights required.The 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 24Bermuda Aquarium and Zoo after dark series. Three tours from 6.30pm to 8.30pm for all ages. Children under five must be accompanied by an adult. A guided tour around the facility will include a look at some of the nocturnal animals that call BAMZ home. Flashlights required. Fee: $20 for BZS members; $35 for non-members. Price includes a drink and slice of pizza for children’s dinner.The Gilbert & Sullivan Society Metropolitan Operas on film series continues in HD with ‘Adès’ The Tempest’, at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (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.November 28Swan’s Running Club presents ‘Let’s Walk, then Run’ a workshop for beginners. Learn how to avoid injuries, stay motivated and more at 6pm at The Youth Library Auditorium at 74 Church Street, Hamilton. All walkers, walking clubs, runners and interested people welcome. For more information contact Keith Smith at aspkms@yahoo.com or Kathi Rogers at 735-4935.November 29Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda (CURB) workshop. ‘Moving towards Racial Diversity/Equity: Understanding our past, choosing an inclusive future’ from 8.45am to 1pm. Cost: $35 members or $50 non-members. All Are Welcome. Lunch is provided. To register call the Centre on Philanthropy 236-7706.December 1Kiwanis Club of Hamilton invites you to the 14th annual seniors party at Salvation Army Citadel and is from 1pm to 3pm. RSVP by November 21 by telephoning 293-4581 or 292-2386. It is a free event.December 1 and 2Bermuda Chamber Choir Concert with Saturday concert at 7.30pm and Sunday concert at 4pm at Wesley Methodist Church in Hamilton. Featuring Britten’s Ceremony of Carols and other seasonal music. For ticket information visit www.musicschool.bm or call 296-5100 .December 6Masterworks Christmas at Masterworks at the Botanical Gardens in Paget. Details to follow.WEEKLY EVENTSWednesdaysAlAnon 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.