March 28 - April 5, 2008

This will be the 11th Anniversary of the Bermuda International Film Festival. The festival welcomes visitors to attend screenings as well as opening and closing night parties and workshops on film-related topics. Screenings take place at four venues: Liberty Theatre (270 seats), Little Theatre (160 seats), The Tradewinds Auditorium at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (148 seats) and Southside Cinema (425 seats) located on the former US naval bas in St. David’s near the airport. This past year’s attendees included Michael Douglas, who received the festival's Prospero Award for Excellence in Film.

Aside from our March festival, we also hold the BIFF Kids Children’s Film Festival in October, a monthly Film Series throughout the year, and eight weeks of Summer Film Production Camps during the summer for kids 7-16. Our BIFF Kids festival includes a School Screening Series that annually sees more than 700 students from nursery, primary, middle and secondary schools in Bermuda enjoy a film screening at the Liberty Theatre.

March 29th at 8pm.

Why? Because our use of fossil fuels –symbolized here by a light bulb- is contributing to global climate change. In 2007, the people of Sydney, Australia, decided that they could send a powerful message for change by turning off all their lights at the same time. More than 2 million citizens and businesses did so. Now, the World Wildlife Fund is taking Sydney’s history–making moment global by encouraging people, businesses, and communities all over the world to turn off their lights and demand action on climate change. See video. Join this global effort to Re-Energize: Time For A Carbon Sabbath campaign. Spend the time together over a candlelit picnic of simply prepared local food.

Easter at BUEI!

Friday, Saturday & Sunday; March 21, 22 & 23 open 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (BUEI) is designed to amaze, excite and inform every visitor. You will leave with a new understanding and appreciation of the world’s oceans, their beauty and power, their diversity in plant and animal life and their importance to the very survival of our planet. BUEI features two floors of inspiring interactive displays that reveal the secrets of the deep ocean. Discover Bermuda’s greatest unsolved mystery the “Tucker Cross” and view other amazing marine artifacts discovered by legendary diver and explorer Teddy Tucker.

Open in March 2008!

The Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art has a new home and will have a Grand Opening Members night on February 29, 2008.

The Charman Prize!

Businessman, John Charman has generously agreed to put forward $10,000 per year for an art competition which will be known as the Charman Prize. Organised as an annual art show, artists who are resident on the island will be able to submit work for the chance to win the $10,000 prize. The show will be juried by a panel of both local and overseas judges; names to be announced at a later date. The entries will be displayed in the Rick Faries Gallery in the new Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, and will be an opportunity for local artists to showcase their works during the opening of Bermuda’s first ever purpose built museum in March 2008.

John Charman says “I am delighted to be able to showcase the extraordinary artistic talent that exists within our community. This annual prize will properly confer excellence and recognition to the worthy recipient”.

All shows mentioned will take place at Masterworks in the Botanical Gardens behind Camden. Call (441) 236 2950, or visit our website.

Wear Purple on March 7, 2008

United Nations General Assembly cited two reasons:
To recognize the fact that securing peace and social progress and the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms require the active participation, equality and development of women;
and;
To acknowledge the contribution of women to the strengthening of international peace and security.

The Women’s Resource Centre
invites you to WEAR PURPLE ON FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2008
because purple is the colour of women’s empowerment.

A most picturesque hole in Bermuda - 16 at Port Royal.

Golf Tournaments at the Bermuda Golf Courses begin in November: Visiting golfers are invited to play a game of golf on the Callaway system: everyone has an equal chance at winning weekly prizes. Please book your tee-off time early. Visitors pay reduced greens fees.

Wednesday at St. George’s Golf Course a par 62 (4,043 yards) course.

Monday at Ocean View Golf Course (starting Jan 8) a challenging 9-hole par 35 (2,940 yards)

Pl ease note Port Royal Golf Course will be closed from January 2, 2008 for rennovations.

Sunday at the West End is the Place to Be!

Hands of Craft at the Bermuda Craft Market! Meet a different artist each week and learn how to make a banana leaf ornament, 3-D paper art, gemstones and fiber optic wire wrapping. Also, an animated discussion about the crafted Gombey dolls and queries about needlework. Anything you make, you take!

From 1-4pm enjoy a Bermuda Tasting at the Bermuda Craft Market. Enjoy a sampling of Bermuda products including Outerbridge Pepper products, Horton's Rum Cakes, Bermuda Jam Factory's homemade pepper jellies, Sallie's jams, Frog & Onion's rum swizzle and fish chowder, Gosling's Bermuda Gold liqueur, new products (jams, sauces and cake) and Bermuda Honey. Or head over to Bermuda Glassworks to watch professionals create fabulous glass objects and don’t forget to try some samples from the Bermuda Rum Cake Factory.

The Tour ends with a Skirling Ceremony at Fort Hamilton.

Monday is the perfect day to spend in Hamilton and learn a bit about Bermuda. A Guided Walking Tour of the City of Hamilton begins at 10am at the Visitors’ Service Bureau near the Ferry Terminal. A knowledgeable Tour Guide takes you past some of Bermuda's historic points of interest including City Hall & Arts Centre, the Sessions House, the Anglican Cathedral and Fort Hamilton. Tour the Sessions House (House of Parliament in Hamilton) and learn about the powerful role Parliament plays in Bermuda during a 45-minute tour. The tour ends at Fort Hamilton where you will see a Skirling Ceremony at 12noon overlooking the Harbour at Fort Hamilton on the outskirts of Hamilton, authentic kilted pipers, drummers and dancers perform to the bagpipe “skirl” of the Bermuda Island Pipe Band.

Join the Botanical Gardens Walking Tour at 10.30am on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays (weather permitting) at the Botanical Gardens Visitor’s Centre in Paget. Sub-tropical fruit groves, cedar and banyan trees, formal gardens, sensory garden for the blind, cacti, succulents and display houses with exotic plants are a few of the 15 permanent collections in the lush 36 acres. You can also stop in at Camden (the official residence of the Premier of Bermuda), noon - 2pm (unless official functions are scheduled).

St. George's is a World Heritage Site - don't miss it!

On Wednesday mornings at 10.30 a Historical Re-enactment takes place in the Town of St. George’s, a World Heritage Site. Gather in King's Square and begin a guided tour through narrow alleys and lanes of this historic old town, which have hardly changed since the 17th century. At 11:45am The Mayor greets visitors back into King's Square for the Ducking, light-hearted, re-enactment of public punishment, beginning at 12 noon. Have some lunch and reconvene at the Cruise Ship Terminal on Ordnance Island to learn more about St. George’s as a World Heritage Site.

The have lunch at Cafe Gio, The White Horse or Tavern by the Sea, all are right on the water and off of King's Square.

Every Wednesday at 10am take a fantastic free tour of Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) in St. George’s. This hour long tour takes you through the laboratories, ground and research vessels (when at the dock) of this marine research institution.