Morning Troops!

There seems to be a holiday for every occasion, no matter how strange or random.  For example, National Gorilla Suit Day is on January 31st, Bad Poetry Day is on August 18th, and Cookie Monster Day is on November 2nd. Your favourite thing is not celebrated?!  Then great news as today, March 26th is Make Up Your Own Holiday Day! Hmmm…wonder if there’s already a Grilled Cheese Appreciation Day..  Anyway, here are the latest Bermuda events for Spring:

If you are interested in writing or performing poetry, this is a literary experience not to be missed!  The Bermuda College Literary Society and Division of Liberal Arts presents Javon Johnson, Slam Poet on Wednesday, March 26th and Thursday, March 27th.  Not only is Javon Johnson an award-winning poet, he holds a PhD in Performance and Communication and is also a Professor at San Francisco State University. Teachers of English should find him especially interesting.  Javon will be hosting a Spoken Word Performance/Workshop in the Bermuda College Library at 5.30pm on Wednesday, March 26th.  The following day, there will also be a Spoken Word Performance and Q&A Session from 2pm until 4pm at the Bermuda College lecture theatre G301 in North Hall.  Both events are free and open to the public.  For more information, contact svirgil@college.bm.

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Morning Boys and Girls!

I’m just giving you a heads-up that tomorrow is the International Day of Happiness in case you’d like to make an extra effort to spread happiness, especially to those who need it most. Hope that this will make some of you happy – here’s the latest rundown of things to do in Bermuda:

Tomorrow’s Voices will host its first Training Institute Workshop in a series of workshops for 2014 on Wednesday, March 19th.  The workshop entitled, Let’s Play! The Importance of Play in the Development of Children, will be held from 6pm to 8pm at Tomorrow’s Voices located in the Sunshine League Building on King Street in Hamilton.  The workshop will highlight the importance of play in the development of children and its increased recognition world-wide.  During the workshop, attendees will examine the importance of play, learn various techniques to teach play, discover tools to engage in play, find out how to effectively incorporate peers, and assess their effectiveness, as a parent, teacher or other professional, engaging children in this area.  Admission is $25 for attendees and they will be provided with a Professional Development Certificate upon completion of the workshop.  All proceeds benefit the Tomorrow’s Voices Autism Centre and the families it supports.  For more information, or to RSVP, contact Thea Furbert at 297-4342 or email info@tomorrowsvoices.bm.

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Morning Kids!

I am loving this extra sunlight in the evenings but I HATE the first few mornings after the clocks move forward.  Many more Bermuda springtime events are being added to the calendar – I can only imagine how busy summer is going to be:

Photographer David Liittschwager will be giving a talk at BUEI on Thursday, March 13th.  David is a contributing photographer to National Geographic and other magazines and is in Bermuda collaborating with the LookBermuda team led by Jean-Pierre Rouja on the LookBermuda Nonsuch Island project.  As well as his book, A World in One Cubic Foot, David will also be discussing other exciting works in progress.  Doors open at 6.30pm with Happy Hour prices on drinks at Harbourfront.  The lecture itself will start at 7.30pm and Harbourfront are offering a 20% discount to anyone dining there before or after the event.  Reservations are available from 6pm – please mention the lecture when booking to avail of the discount.  Tickets are $20 for members, $25 for non-members and available by calling 294-0204 or visiting Oceans Gift Shop at BUEI.

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Morning Ladies and Gents!

Hope you all managed to indulge in many delicious pancakes yesterday.  It’s a new month already and there are plenty of things to do in Bermuda in March and beyond:

The faculty of the Bermuda School of Music will be performing in a free Lunchtime Concert on Friday, March 7th.  This will be at the Wesley Methodist Church at noon and will feature viola, violin, piano and guitar music.  For more information, contact info@musicschool.bm.

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