Until 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.TOMORROWPechakucha Night with 20 slides in 20 seconds and eight inspirational talks with Nicky Gurret, architect, Calix Smith, artist, Sarah Vallis, landscape architect, Lucinda Spurling, filmmakers and others. Free although donations are accepted. At Daylesford Theatre. Doors open at 6pm and show starts at 6.30pm. For more information e-mail arp@logic.bm or gurret@northrock.bm.Ministry 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 Centre for the Performing Arts 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 3TRFC Halloween Party at Docksiders. Tickets $20 in advance and $25 at the door from 9pm to 3am. Prizes for costumes. Tickets at www.ptix.bm.Girlguiding Bermuda will be holding its biennial Fun(d ) Fair at the St Paul’s Church Hall Paget, from 10am to 4pm with games, crafts, white elephant stall, refreshments; fun castle and face painting and more.Bermuda 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 4Grow Biointensive Gardening Course starts today and runs for four consecutive Sundays from 9am to 11.30am. Tickets are $100 (includes $24 book). Instructor: Frances Eddy has been teaching Grow Biointensive for ten years. To register contact: Franceseddy@logic.bm or 238-0059.Aberfeldy 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 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 5The City Music and Jazz Festival free lunchtime concert at Queen Elizabeth Park featuring the Saltus Jazz Band at 12pm and the Tony Bari Trio with Elka Maranzana at 1pm.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 6The City Music and Jazz Festival free lunchtime concert at Wesley Square Wayne Davis Band at 12pm and Dayton Wharton duo at 1pm.November 7The City Music and Jazz Festival free lunchtime concert at Nellie’s Walk in front of City Hall with The Unit at 12pm and James Richardson at 1pm.Award winning documentary ‘Nefarious: Merchant of Souls’ about modern-day slavery at CedarBridge Academy in the Ruth Seaton James Centre for the Performing Arts at 7pm. Tickets are $5 at www.bdatix.bm. For more information call 295-9640.Masterworks 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 8The City Music and Jazz Festival free lunchtime concert at Dr EF Gordon Square with Tempo at 12pm and Drew’s Blues Band at 1pm.Up With People concert at the Fairmont Southampton entitled ‘Music The International Language’. Tickets are $30 at www.bdatix.bm. Entertainers are from all genres and include Stevie Darrell, Shine Hayward, Desmond Smith and others. Telephone 333-3624 for more information.Bermuda 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 9The City Music and Jazz Festival free lunchtime concert in Victoria Park with CMJF Band at 12pm and Yellow Brick Road featuring Arijahknow Live Wires at 1pm.Saltus Grammar School alumni ‘Christmas in November’ cocktail reception from 5.30pm to 7.30pm. Details to follow.Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science 2012 Gala Celebration at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel. Black tie event with guest speaker, Dr Sylvia Earle, a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence and visionary leader in marine exploration. Tables are $5,000 and individual tickets are $250. Contact Vanessa Shorto at 297-1880 x 204 or Vanessa.Shorto@bios.edu .Masterworks 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 10 to 17Twenty fifth World Rugby Cup Classic at National Stadium. Daily tickets can be purcahsed for $25 or five day pass for $100 at www.ptix.bm.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 Opera on film series continues in glorious HD with ‘Verdi‘s Otello ’at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute at 5pm. For information see 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.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 11The City Music and Jazz Festival concludes with a double showcase at City Hall with shows from 6pm to 8pm and 9pm to 11pm. Tickets are available at City Hall for $30 per show or $50 for both shows, and $75 VIP includes reserved seating at both shows and a complimentary cocktail reception between shows at the Bermuda Society of Arts Gallery. For a complete talent line up see www.cityofhamilton.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 16St Peter’s Church 400th Anniversary Celebrations Gala Banquet at Rosewood Tucker’s Point with 7pm reception in the gallery and 8pm dinner in the Camden ballroom with speaker Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dr Richard Chartres. Evening dress with medals. Tickets $200 per person. Music by Toni Bari.Bermuda 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 17St Peter’s 400th Anniversary Celebrations coffee with Caroline Chartres ‘Why am I still an Anglican’ hosted by Grace Rawlins 9.30am in the Somers Lounge at the St George’s Club at 6 Rose Hill, St George. $15 per person.Bermuda 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 24Caledonian Society St Andrew’s Day Ball at Fairmont Southampton Hotel in the Poinciana Ballroom at 6.30pm. Black Tie Dress Code. Tickets are $150 at www.ptix.bm or from Ian Hind at IHind@becl.bm. All are welcome.Bermuda 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 27Caron Bermuda Community Service Award Breakfast at Fairmont Hamilton Princess from 8.30am to 10am. For information telephone Berni Ingemann at 236-0823 or bingemann@caron.org .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.December 31Jimmy Keys New Years Eve dinner show at Fairmont Hamilton Princess at 8pm. Tickets are $169 inlcuding dinner, show, dancing and grats at www.bdatix.bm .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 .