L’Alliance Francaise des Bermudes will be showing the French film Le Go?t des Autres at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute at 8 p.m. The film was an Academy Award nominee for best foreign language film 2000 and has English subtitles. Tickets: Members $4 and non members $7. For more information ( 292-5364.

The Friends of Verdmont present - Prisoners of the Boer War. A fascinating, little-known stories told by Andrew Bermingham, author of ‘Bermuda Military Rarities’. Guests are welcome to bring their own (small) Boer artefacts for Mr. Bermingham to examine. The event will take place at the Verdmont Museum. Open house at 2 p.m. and the talk begins at 3 p.m. Tickets $20. Light refreshments served. Seating is limited, tickets may be reserved and purchased in advance from Waterville at 236-6483.

Fred Swann Organ Concert at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Paget, Bermuda - Sunday, October 24, 2004, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $40 for adults or $20 for children under 18. They can be purchased at http://www.sacredclassics.com/tickets.htm. rhillroyalgazette.bm or ( 295-5881 ext. 154.

Cherie Richardson is the next Artist Up Front Street. Her exhibition the Essence of Woman, which features digital photography on canvas, opens on Friday evening at 5.30 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the Masterworks Gallery on Bermuda House Lane, Hamilton. For more information (236-2950. The exhibit closes on October 8.

The Autumn Exhibitions Members’ opening is this Friday evening. Paul Leseur will open the exhibitions on behalf The Bank of Bermuda Foundation. The exhibition features Painting Bermuda: 200 Years of Changing Tradition. Peter Woolcock: The Early Days Of... The European Collection: 1500 - 1950 (open now). The Bermuda Collection: 350 Years of Art in Bermuda (open now). For more information contact 292-3824.

Masterworks Foundation ‘Up Front Street’

An exhibition of sculptor Chesley Trott and his students is opening on Friday night at the Masterworks Gallery on Bermuda House Lane, Hamilton. For more information (236-2950. Opening from 5.30 to 7 p.m.

Rock Island Coffee Shop on Reid Street, Hamilton, are featuring works by John Legere until October 9.

Masterworks Foundation

Frank Chiappa is showing paintings of Azorean treasures at the Rose Gallery, Botanical Gardens, until

Bermuda Society of the Arts

Oil & Water Friday October 1 at 5.30 p.m. in City Hall, Hamilton.This is the largest body of work that Jonah Jones has shown to date, and includes studies completed in Wyoming, Bermuda and France, along with larger studio works. Opens tomorrow September 12 - October 1. Back by popular demand! The second exhibition by the Pleine Air Painters of Bermuda, an informal group of amateur and professional artists who meet regularly to paint on location. Visit our working artist studios and call by our gallery shop for locally made gifts, prints and original art. Open Monday - Sunday, 10am - 5pm. ( 234-2809 for further details.

An exhibition of sculptor Chesley Trott and his students closes on Thursday at the Masterworks Gallery on Bermuda House Lane, Hamilton. For more information (236-2950. Opening from 5.30 to 7 p.m.

ACE Global Headquarters, 17 Woodbourne Avenue, Pembroke. Open Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission free. Groups welcome. ( 295-5200 for further information/appointments.

Art museum in historic City Hall, Hamilton. The collections show both historic and contemporary art from Bermuda and the world. You will find artwork relating to Bermuda’s history through its fine and decorative arts, international art reflecting Bermuda’s multicultural heritage and excellent temporary exhibitions.for the Autumn Exhibitions will be Saturday, September 25th from 9 to 12:30. Contact Judy at educationbng.bm. New docents always welcome - and we are looking for a Portuguese speaking guide.

“Bermuda’s Defence Heritage” : Ground floor: 10-room exhibit featuring 350 years of local military history, including tributes to Bermuda’s local forces and war veterans. Also: Until December 24‘Island Scenes 1815-57’: Bermuda views by 19th century British artists Driver, Hallewell, Seymour, and Le Marchant Tupper (from the Fay & Geoffrey Elliott Collection, Bermuda Archives and Bank of Bermuda Foundation). Open 9.30a.m. - 5p.m. daily. Last admission 4:30 p.m. Admission $10 adults, $8 seniors, children $5, members free. Museum information ( 234-1418 or e-mail marmuseibl.bm