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Non-Mariners Race. Mangrove Bay, Somerset

August 9

La Leche League of Bermuda will hold a support group meeting open to pregnant women, new mothers and babies at 10.30 am in the First Floor Conference Room at King Edward Memorial Hospital. The meeting topic is "Healthy Families, Nutrition and Weaning."LLL of Bermuda is a registered charity, offering mother-to-mother help and encouragement to women wanting to breastfeed their babies. An accredited La Leche League Leader will be present to answer questions and address concerns. The meeting discussions include the latest medical research as well as personal experience. Free literature and a lending library will be available. Light refreshments will be served. Call 236-1120 for further information.

August 21 - 24

Just for Laughs Bermuda summer event at the Mid-Ocean Amphitheatre, Fairmont Southampton Hotel.

100% Reserved Seating. Comedians include Bermudian Jonathan Young and international comedians Derek Edwards, Finesse Mitchell and Jo Koy. Tickets $55. Show and dinner sold seperately. Tickets available online at www.bdatix.bm or in person at Steppin Up Menswear (Crawl Hill), Transact (Internet Lane, Reid Street), Picture Perfect (Heron Bay Plaza). Visit www.comedyevent.bm

EXHIBITIONS

Bermuda Archives Until October 31: 'A Very Manifest Alteration. The Life and times of Jemmy Darrell, 1793-1816' — exploring the legal status of free persons of colour in the age of slavery through historical documents written by and about celebrated pilot Darrell. Government Administration Building, Parliament Street, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. Admission free. Tel. 294-9196.

Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard Until August 1: 'Blue (juried members' show). August 3-September 5: Summer Open (non-juried members' show). September 7-October 10: 'The Nature of Things (juried members' show). Tel. 234-2809, see website www.artbermuda.bm or e-mail artcentre[at] ibl.bm

Bermuda National Gallery Until September 4: Bacardi Ltd. Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Bermuda Art. Tel. 295-9428 or see website www.bng.bm

Bermuda Maritime Museum, Dockyard: (1) Commissioner's House: The Exploring Voyage of HMS Challenger in Bermuda 1873. A selection of original and reproduction photographs depicting Bermuda, which were used as evidence in the scientific reports of the Challenger voyage, 1872-76. (2) From the Fay and Geoffrey Elliott Collection: 'U-505 Captured', an exhibit telling the remarkable story of the capture off western Africa and the hiding in Bermuda of the submarine U-505. (3) Steinhoff Magazine, High Cave: 'Prisoners in Paradise' : Artifacts in Bermuda cedar/stone/other materials created by Dockyard convict establishment, and prisoners of the Boer and World Wars. Open daily 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m.(last admissions 4 p.m.) Entry: $10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 children, free for members and children under five. Tel. 234-1333, e-mail marmuse@logic.bm or see website www.bmm.bm

Bermuda Society of Arts Until August 13: Onions Gallery: 'Impromptu' (members show). Edinburgh Gallery: 'Changes' (BSoA associates show). Studio A: 'New York' (Kok Wan Lee). Gallery hours: Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Closed July 31, August 1. Tel.292-3824 or see website www.bsoa.bm.

Common Ground Café/Gallery Select Palette Art. Until September 12: Desert landscapes' (photographs by Scott Stallard, Charman Prize for Photography winner/BNG Biennial artist, Chancery Lane, Hamilton. Open 7.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, Saturdays 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Further information tel. 505-4290 or e-mail SPArt@logic.bm.

Crisson & Hind Fine Art Gallery: Hand-carved African sculptures by master Shona artists of Zimbabwe, inc. stone heads, animals, abstracts. Second floor, Crisson Building, 71 Front Street. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday. Tel. 295-1117, fax 295-1125.

Kaleidoscope Arts Foundation/Elliott Gallery, 27 Jubilee Road (corner of Jubilee Road and Parsons Lane), Devonshire. Gallery hours: 10 am to 2 p.m. or by appointment.

Tel. 236-5963 or email kaleidoscopeartsfoundation@logic.bm

Masterworks Foundation at Camden House, Botanical Gardens, Paget. Paintings from the Bermudiana Collection. Open Tuesdays and Fridays 12 noon to 2 p.m. Tel 236-5732. Admission free.

Masterworks at Colonial Insurance Foyer Gallery: 'Recent Gifts and Acquisitions' plus Dr. Pestana's lead soldiers exhibit, 35 Reid Street. Open Monday to Friday 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission free.

Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, Botanical Gardens. 'Somewhere Beyond the Sea' — selection of works from our permanent collection, highlighting such artists as Georgia O'Keeffe, Winslow Homer, Albert Gleizes and Marsden Hartley.

Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, Rick Faries Gallery: Until August 12: 'The Others' — photographs of women and children around the world by Nicola Feldman. 'Through Our Eyes' — photographs by 18-year-old Liberian refugee Jefferson D. Wilson. Proceeds of sales to support Liberian refugee children. Open Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission: members/children under 12 free, others $5. Tel. 236-2950.

Rock Island Coffee Photo exhibit: "Going for the Gold" La Leche League of Bermuda is hosting a display of photos taken by Sacha Blackburne of Bermudian mothers, fathers and babies depicting the benefits of breastfeeding in honour of World Breastfeeding Week. August 4- 16.