March 14th, 2018 Bermuda Calendar Update
Morning Troops!
Okay, well, I think that’s enough tank rain for a while – who else is ready for some sunshine?
Here is your weekly update with all the new events added to the site since last week’s post. As always, be sure to check out the Quick Recap Section at the bottom of this post for a full listing of all upcoming events on the island, including those previously covered in previous posts.
PS: Happy Birthday Baldy!
Two very unique music groups from one of the most prestigious universities in the world, Harvard University, will be performing live as the Fairmont Southampton proudly presents The Harvard Krokodiloes at the iconic Waterlot Inn on Wednesday, March 14th.
The following evening, The Harvard Krokodiloes, 12 tuxedo-clad male undergraduates, are Harvard University’s oldest and finest a cappella singing group, delighting audiences worldwide with their unique blend of a cappella harmony and humour. They have been travelling to Bermuda for over 40 years during their Spring Break, and are thrilled to show their musical skills at Waterlot Inn from 6pm on Wednesday, March 14th.
For more information, visit the Concierge Desk, or contact Concierge.Southampton@Fairmont.com.
Caring for someone experiencing mental health difficulties can be challenging, so the Bermuda Hospitals Board’s Community Mental Health Services is hosting the Family Support Group: Understanding the New Mental Health Act on Wednesday, March 14th.
From 6pm to 7.30pm in the KEMH 1st Floor Conference Room, across from the staff cafeteria, this family support aims to bring caregivers and families together for confidential support and understanding of one another. You can come meet with Mental Welfare Officers who will discuss their work supporting clients and their families at MWI and in the community. They will also help you gain a better understanding of the Mental Health Act and how it affects you and or your loved one.
This is a free event.
For more information, contact 236-3770 or family.support@bhb.bm.
Enjoy a walking food tour including tastings at 7 delicious and unique eateries throughout Hamilton at the new weekly Bermuda Food Tours.
The meeting point for the tour is in front of the English Sports Shop at 49 Front Street at 10.45am on Thursdays and at 11.15am on Fridays and Saturdays. For the next three to three and a half hours, guests will enjoy an opportunity to eat, drink and explore this culinary journey while historical, architectural and cultural points of interest are highlighted along the way. The tour currently takes place from Thursdays to Saturdays and will expand to include Tuesdays and Wednesdays later this spring.
Tickets are $99 per person and the group size is limited to 12.
For more information, or to purchase tickets, visit www.BermudaFoodTour.com.
BUEI and Ocean Rock Wellness present Stress: How it’s Destroying your Health on Thursday, March 15th.
This promises to be an amazing opportunity to understand stress and its effects on your health from a functional medicine perspective. You will receive a free copy of Healing Bermuda at this event.
Functional medicine is a relatively new and rapidly popular style of medicine, in which you heal the body from the root cause. Learn the types of stress, the effects on the whole body system and some of the unexpected ways stress presents itself in the body. As specialists in acute and chronic disease and backed with years of experience in the areas of functional and nutrition medicine, yoga, acupuncture, and body work, the practitioners of Ocean Rock Wellness Ltd. will teach you all the secrets you need to know about prevention and management of stress for you and your loved ones.
The lecture will be at 7.30pm in the Tradewinds Auditorium, with registration and the free book giveaway and signing from 7pm. Harbourfront are offering a 10% discount (food only) to anyone dining there before or after the event. Reservations are available from 5pm for the sushi bar with Sushi Happy Hour prices on selected sushi and drinks available until 6.30pm. The full menu will be available from 6pm. Please mention the lecture when booking to avail of the discount and note that it cannot be combined with any other special offers. For dinner reservations call 295-4207.
Tickets are $20 for members, $25 for non-members, $10 for students, and are non-refundable within 24 hours of the event.
For more information, or to purchase tickets, contact 294-0204 or visit BUEI’s Oceans Gift Shop.
A number of brave Bermuda residents will have a hair-razing experience at Harrington Sound Primary School in aid of St. Baldrick’s Foundation at Connor’s Rockin The Bald on Friday, March 16th.
Connor Stout is supporting St. Baldrick’s Foundation in honour of his father who passed away in December 2017. From 2pm in the school hall, Connor and friends will be braving the shave to raise money for children’s cancer charity, The St. Baldrick’s Foundation.
For more information, or to donate to any of the participants, visit www.StBaldricks.org/events/mypage/13221/2018 or visit their Facebook Page.
The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs presents A Reading by Grenadian Author Jacob Ross on Friday, March 16th
The reception in Bermuda National Gallery will begin at 5.30pm for a 6pm start of the reading. Jacob Ross is the author of The Bone Readers, Pynter Bender and Tell No-One About This, as well as the Winner of the inaugural Jhalak Prize in 2017.
This event will also be the launch of So Many Islands: Stories from the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indian and Pacific Oceans, featuring work by Mr. Ross and Bermuda’s own Angela Barry.
Copies of So Many Islands will be available for purchase at the event and copies of Mr. Ross’ books are available at The Bermuda Bookstore and The Bookmart.
For more information, contact Folklife Officer Dr. Kim Dismont Robinson on 292-1681 or kdrobinson@gov.bm.
Grab a bargain at the Peace Lutheran Church Car Boot Sale on Saturday, March 17th.
From 9am until 2pm, they will have so many bargains as usual, including men’s and women’s clothing, children’s and baby clothes, household goods, DVDs, CDs, books, toys, jewelry, luggage, china and glassware and much more. You can also enjoy coffee, hot dogs or soup while shopping.
For more information, contact Carol Carvalho on 747-3377.
BUEI Films presents a screening of Twelfth Night on Saturday, March 17th.
Royal Shakespeare Company’s Twelfth Night is a tale of unrequited love – hilarious and heartbreaking. Two twins are separated in a shipwreck, and forced to fend for themselves in a strange land. Christopher Luscombe, Director of Love’s Labour’s Lost and Much Ado About Nothing (2014 and 2016), returns to the Royal Shakespeare Company to tackle Shakespeare’s greatest comedy.
The film begins at 2pm in BUEI’s Tradewinds Auditorium. You can even make a night of it since Harbourfront are offering a 10% discount (food only) to anyone dining there after the event. Reservations are required. Please mention the film when booking to avail of the discount and note that it cannot be combined with any other special offers. For dinner reservations call 295-4207.
Tickets are $20 for members, $25 for non-members and $10 for students, and are non-refundable within 24 hours of the event.
For more information, or to purchase tickets, contact 294-0204 or visit Oceans Gift Shop at BUEI.
Get dressed up for an elegant evening for a good cause at the BNG ARTReach for Education Fundraising Gala on Saturday, March 17th.
This black-tie Gala will feature cocktails, hors d’œuvres, dinner, music and dancing, set in the intimate, elegant rooms of Bermuda National Gallery. You can also expect raffles, an auction, door prize, and give-aways. The evening will begin with a cocktail reception at 7pm, followed by dinner at 8pm. This event is sponsored by AFL Limited.
The cost of tickets are $350 for Friends, $400 for Patrons, and $500 for Benefactors. All tickets will include 2018 BNG Family Membership and Benefactors will be listed in their Gala Programme and Annual Report. The cost of Tables are $3500 for Friends, $4000 for Patrons, and $5000 for Benefactors. In addition to one table (for 10 people) at the Gala, all Table Supporters will receive: Family Membership (value of $75) for each attendee; Acknowledgement in the Gala Programme and Annual Report; and Use of BNG for private events at discounted rates.
For more information, or to purchase tickets or a table, contact Ms. Jennifer Phillips at membership@bng.bm or 295-9428.
Bermuda Folk Club are hosting their March Open Mic Night on Saturday, March 17th.
From around 8.30pm at Robin Hood Pub and Restaurant, all our local musicians and those visiting the island are invited to come sing/play. Since it will be St. Patrick’s Day, you can also expect Irish and Celtic songs.
Admission is free.
For more information, contact aley22166@yahoo.com.
Are you prepared to be amazed? Come and support our local teams as you watch an exciting weekend of gymnastics at the Bermuda International Gymnastics Challenge 2018 on Saturday and Sunday, March 17th and 18th.
Based at the National Gymnastics Training Center in St. David’s, this will run from 9am until 6pm on the Saturday and from 9am until 1.30pm on the Sunday.
Participating teams will be from the USA, Canada, Jamaica, Cayman Islands and Wales, as well as our Bermuda teams from Quality Gymnastics and Bermuda Gymnastics Association.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children, and free for children under five.
For more information, or to purchase tickets, contact igcbermuda@gmail.com.
Showcasing selected prom/cotillion dresses, Blush Bermuda invites you to attend their Prom Dress Fashion Show on Sunday, March 18th.
From 3pm at the Berkeley Institute Cafetorium, there will also be a selection of primary school white graduation dresses as well as Night of Elegance dresses for middle schoolers. You can also expect invited beauty vendors as well as draw prizes.
Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door.
For more information, contact blushboutiquebda@gmail.com or 335-9696.
Here is an opportunity to own a piece of art by Bermuda’s most outstanding artists as Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard presents their 6×6 Art Sale on Sunday, March 18th.
From 3.30pm until 5pm, this promises to be the biggest little art show of the year. Every piece in the show is 6″x6″ and every piece will sell for $66. The artwork will never have been seen before as all artists are painting specifically for this show.
To give everyone a fair chance, only two paintings per person per purchase are permitted. Once you have purchased your paintings you may return to purchase another two.
Admission is free and proceeds will go to the Bermuda Arts Centre.
For more information, contact 234-2809, artcentre@logic.bm, or visit www.ArtBermuda.com.
The Bermuda Philharmonic Orchestra invites you to their Spring Prelude Concert on Sunday, March 18th.
From 4.30pm in the serene setting of St. John’s Church in Pembroke, this will feature the beautiful and thrilling Cello Concerto No. 1 by Hayden with guest soloist Kate Kayaian who is renowned for her stunning artistry on the cello. The concert will include a selection of additional classical pieces to sooth the senses and lift the spirits.
Tickets are $30, or $15 for seniors and students, and available from www.pTix.bm or or at the door.
For more information, contact philharmonicbda@gmail.com.
BUEI Screens presents I, Tonya on Sunday, March 18th.
In 1991, talented figure skater Tonya Harding becomes the first American woman to complete a triple axel during a competition. In 1994, her world comes crashing down when her ex-husband conspires to injure Nancy Kerrigan, a fellow Olympic hopeful, in a poorly conceived attack that forces the young woman to withdraw from the national championship. Harding’s life and legacy instantly become tarnished as she’s forever associated with one of the most infamous scandals in sports history. This movie has a running time of 120 minutes.
The film begins at 5.15pm in BUEI’s Tradewinds Auditorium. You can even make a night of it since Harbourfront are offering a 10% discount (food only) to anyone dining there before or after the event. Reservations are required. Please mention the lecture when booking to avail of the discount and note that it cannot be combined with any other special offers. For dinner reservations call 295-4207.
Tickets are $15 each, $12 for students, and are non-refundable within 24 hours of the event.
For more information, or to purchase tickets, contact 294-0204 or visit Oceans Gift Shop at BUEI.
Saltus Performing Arts department would like to invite you to their forthcoming Spring Concert on Monday, March 19th.
From 7pm in the Alumni Hall, this will feature their senior ensembles – Saltus Singers, the Concert Band and the Senior Orchestra. They will also be showcasing a number of solos and smaller ensemble items from their talented music students. There really will be something for everyone.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students.
For more information, or to purchase tickets, contact boxoffice@saltus.bm.
Let’s talk about making this your healthiest year yet as Bermuda National Library invite you to Fuelled: Book Presentation with Agathe Regina Holowatinc on Tuesday, March 20th.
From 6pm at the Library, you can join Agathe for a discussion on how to transform your body, enhance your energy and supercharge your life with her new publication, Fuelled.
All are welcome and admission is free.
For more information, contact kashakir@gov.bm, 299-0039 or 295-2905.
In honour of Dr. Shangri-La Durham-Thompson and past Principal, Dale Butler, Dellwood Middle School is proud to present to the public Professor Eddie Ming’s Production, Rhythms From La Center Place, on Thursday, March 22nd.
Doors to the Assembly Hall open at 6pm for a 6.30pm showtime. Performing on that evening are Dellwood’s Academy Workshop Drummers with Specials Guests from West Pembroke Primary School’s, Drum Academy for Little People, and The Rhythm Lab’s Percussion Ensemble: Broken Clave. All percussionists and drummers who are performing are students of Prof. Ming. They attend the following schools: West Pembroke Primary School; Elliott Primary School; Northlands Primary School; Somersfield Academy; TN Tatum Middle School; Warwick Academy; St. George’s Prep.; Saltus Grammar School; Mount Saint Agnes Academy; Heron Bay Primary School; CedarBridge Academy; Bermuda Institute; Harrington Sound Primary School; and Dellwood Middle School.
Tickets are $30 for Patrons and $10 for general admission. On sale at Dellwood Middle School’s office. Proceeds will be in aid of Dellwood Middle School.
For more information, contact 295-7404.
BUEI Screens presents The Death of Stalin on Sunday, March 25th.
The one-liners fly as fast as political fortunes fall in this uproarious, wickedly irreverent satire from Armando Iannucci (Veep, In the Loop). Moscow, 1953: when tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin drops dead, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to be the next Soviet leader. Among the contenders are the dweeby Georgy Malenkov (Jeffrey Tambor), the wily Nikita Khrushchev (Steve Buscemi), and the sadistic secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria (Simon Russell Beale). But as they bumble, brawl, and backstab their way to the top, just who is running the government? Combining palace intrigue with rapid-fire farce, this audacious comedy is a bitingly funny takedown of bureaucratic dysfunction performed to the hilt by a sparkling ensemble cast. This movie has a running time of 106 minutes.
The film begins at 5.15pm in BUEI’s Tradewinds Auditorium. You can even make a night of it since Harbourfront are offering a 10% discount (food only) to anyone dining there before or after the event. Reservations are required. Please mention the lecture when booking to avail of the discount and note that it cannot be combined with any other special offers. For dinner reservations call 295-4207.
Tickets are $15 each, $12 for students, and are non-refundable within 24 hours of the event.
For more information, or to purchase tickets, contact 294-0204 or visit Oceans Gift Shop at BUEI.
Nakternl Entertainment presents Housestyle Takeover on Saturday, March 31st.
From 10pm, the lower level of Pier 6 Complex will be transformed into an oasis of house music set to blow your mind with an extensive light show and a dance performance from Bermuda’s hottest dance crew, Rebel Dance Crew. Music will be courtesy of two of the hottest house DJs from Toronto, Tricky Moreira and Dave Rankin, alongside their resident DJs, Mike Shawr and DJ Fozzy.
Early bird tickets are $35 until March 10th, $45 thereafter, and $75 for VIPS. VIP tickets include premium bar line access and free giveaways, with Bottle Service available. Tickets are available from www.pTix.bm.
For more information, contact info@nakternlentertainment.com.
Enjoy two weeks of flips and fun at the Bermuda Gymnastics Easter Break Camp 2018 from Monday, April 2nd.
Based at their St. David location, they offer a number of exciting activities for campers aged 4 to 12 to participate in and have fun while learning gymnastics, including an Easter Egg Hunt.
Full Day registration is from 9am until 4pm, with early drop off at 8.30am and late pick up at 5.30pm included. Half Day registration is from 9am until 12.30pm or from 12.30pm until 4pm.
Week 1 will run from Monday to Friday, April 2nd to 6th at a cost of $305 for Full Days and $205 for Half Days. Week 2 will run from Tuesday to Friday, April 10th to 13th at a cost of $245 for Full Days and $165 for Half Days.
For more information, visit www.BermudaGymnastics.bm or contact 295-0589.
Bermuda College Radio presents 90s Luv 2: The Encore (Lip Sync Battle) on Saturday, April 7th.
Doors to the Earl Cameron Theatre at City Hall open at 7pm for an 8pm showtime, when you can expect special guest performances by Bodhi Company and Leonie Dill. This event is proudly powered by One Communications, Caesars Pharmacy and Bermuda College.
Tickets are $35 and available at Bermuda College Bookstore, Mystiques (Bermudiana Arcade), SweetSaak Bakery (St. George’s) or www.pTix.bm. All proceeds go towards Nadanja & Nishanthi N’tertainent Scholarship fund, Bermuda College Foundation and Antoine Williams journey with Raleigh Bermuda.
For more information, contact 737-7827.
Back by popular demand, One Communications presents the world’s top illusionist as Reza Returns to the Fairmont Southampton with an all-new show from Friday to Sunday, May 11th to 13th.
The early show will be at 7pm and the late show at 10pm on Friday. On Saturday, the early show will start at 1pm and the late show at 8pm. Finally, on the Sunday, there will be a special Mother’s Day show at 3pm that they promise will blow your mind so come out to witness some of the biggest illusions the world has ever seen.
This event is high energy with state-of-the-art entertainment and is suitable as a family-friendly event.
The cost is $45 for children under 15, $75 for general admission, and $150 for VIP admission. VIP tickets include an express lane, gift bag, table seating up front and personal with the illusionist, complimentary keepsake Photograph, and waiter table service. Tickets will be sold at Audio Visual Hamilton and Somerset stores, the Fairmont Southampton, and online at www.pTix.bm.
For more information, contact Shanika Smith at 333-1589.
Save the Date: Quick Recap of Upcoming Bermuda Events
Book Signing for The Art of Kite Making – March 19th,21st and 24th
Monthly Medal #3: Indoor Golf Tournament – March 14th
Love Lessons: Thriving Together – March 14th
Alliance Française’s Annual Dinner: Soirée Maroc – March 14th
**NEW The Harvard Krokodiloes at Waterlot Inn – March 14th
**NEW Family Support Group: Understanding the New Mental Health Act – March 14th
Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals 170: Intermission Impossible – March 14th to 16th
Michael Ramsden: Is Christianity Inherently Arrogant? – March 15th
Film Night: Freedom Riders – March 15th
Bonfires and BBQs – March 15th
**NEW BUEI and Ocean Rock Wellness present Stress: How it’s Destroying your Health – March 15th
Apostolic Woman Summit and Breakfast – March 15th to 18th
Bermuda Startup Challenge 2018 – starts March 16th
**NEW St. Baldrick’s Foundation: Connor’s Rockin The Bald – March 16th
**NEW A Reading by Grenadian Author Jacob Ross – March 16th
Bermuda Triple Challenge 2018 – March 16th to 18th
No Pulse, Just God: Benefit Concert – March 17th
Paediatric Health Fair – March 17th
Bermuda International Film Festival 2018: Acting on Camera Workshop – March 17th
Around The World Whisky Dinner at The Waterlot Inn – March 17th
**NEW Peace Lutheran Church Car Boot Sale – March 17th
**NEW BUEI Films presents Twelfth Night – March 17th
**NEW BNG ARTReach for Education Fundraising Gala – March 17th
**NEW Bermuda Folk Club March Open Mic (Plus Irish and Celtic Songs) – March 17th
**NEW Bermuda International Gymnastics Challenge 2018 – March 17th and 18th
Bermuda Kite Making Classes – March 17th and 24th
Bermuda International Film Festival 2018 – March 17th to 25th
**NEW Prom Dress Fashion Show – March 18th
**NEW Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard: 6×6 – March 18th
**NEW Bermuda Philharmonic: Spring Prelude Concert – March 18th
**NEW BUEI Screens: I, Tonya – March 18th
**NEW Saltus Spring Concert – March 19th
Bermuda International Film Festival 2018: Happy Hour Shorts – March 19th to 22nd
Bermuda International Film Festival 2018 Lunch Time Shorts – March 19th to 23rd
**NEW Fuelled: Book Presentation with Agathe Regina Holowatinc – March 20th
Winter Wine Dinners at The Loren – March 21st
Cancer Talks: Colorectal Cancer – March 21st
Family Kite Workshop – March 22nd
**NEW Rhythms From La Center Place – March 22nd
Bermuda International Film Festival 2018: BerMovies – March 23rd
Entrepreneurial Leadership Summit – March 23rd and 24th
WindReach’s Denim & Diamonds Fundraiser – March 24th
Metropolitan Opera Live in HD (on film): Puccini’s La Bohème – March 24th
Bermuda International Film Festival 2018: Awards Ceremony – March 24th
Swan’s Running Club Legends Race Series: Ray Swan Flat 8K – March 25th
Bermuda International Film Festival 2018: SFX Makeup & Makeup for Film Workshop – March 25th
**NEW BUEI Screens: The Death of Stalin – March 25th
PHC Community Fun Day – March 30th
**NEW Housestyle Takeover – March 31st
April
Easter Apex Camp – starts April 2nd
**NEW Bermuda Gymnastics Easter Break Camp 2018: Week 1 – April 2nd to 6th
Metropolitan Opera Live in HD (on film): Rossini’s Semiramide – April 7th
The Rhythm Lab’s Vegan Jazz Gathering – April 7th
**NEW 90s Luv 2: The Encore (Lip Sync Battle) – April 7th
Swan’s Running Club Legends Race Series: Ludwig Cann 10K – April 8th
**NEW Bermuda Gymnastics Easter Break Camp 2018: Week 2 – April 10th to 13th
Bermuda Breeze USTA Championship Tournament – April 11th to 15th
Met. Operas on Film: The Opera House Documentary – April 14th
Metropolitan Opera Live in HD (on film): Mozart’s Cosìfan Tutte – April 21st
A Night in the Triangle: Fundraising Gala – April 21st
Blind Wine Tasting – April 27th
May
Swan’s Running Club Legends Race Series: “Sir” Stanley Burgess 5K – May 6th
**NEW Reza Returns – May 11th to 13th
26th Annual Corporate Volleyball Tournament – May 12th
Metropolitan Opera Live in HD (on film): Verdi’s Luisa Miller – May 19th
June
Free Lunchtime Concert – June 1st
Metropolitan Opera Live in HD (on film): Massenet’s Cendrillon – June 2nd
Art Exhibits
Exhibits at Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art
- Room with a View – ongoing from January 5th
Current Exhibits at Bermuda National Gallery
- Shepard Fairey: Rebel With A Cause at BNG – September 21st until further notice
IWC Art Exhibition – March 9th to 23rd
Bermuda Arts Centre Dockyard: Reflections – February 25th to March 16th
World Heritage Centre: Bermuda Panoramas by Emile Antoine Verpilleux – until further notice
Casemates: NOW: Contemporary Art Experience – March 16th to May 16th
Enjoy the rest of the week!
C
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