• Help the community by being more helpful in a crisis with the Bermuda Red Cross’s Psychosocial First Aid Course starting on Friday, March 4. With the increase of crime and other critical incidents affecting the community, the Bermuda Red Cross have identified the need to educate and train key persons in the community to enable more to respond to these issues. This workshop will do just that. Rather than be reactive disorganised and passive, they have decided to take a proactive approach to work alongside other community stakeholders on behalf of the community. The goal is to establish and implement community crisis response/service teams. This course will run over a 3-day period starting on Friday, March 4, and continuing on Saturday, March 5, and Friday, March 11. Seven modules will be covered and the class will run from 8.45am until 5pm each day. Attendees must be able to commit to the entire workshop. The cost is $250 per person. For more information, or to register, contact Petra Spencer-Arscott on 236-8253 ext 225 or education@bermudaredcross.com.

• Raising funds for two local charities, the International Women’s Club of Bermuda presents the opening night of their Annual Art Exhibition on Friday, March 4. Each year the members of IWC create and donate one-of-a-kind works of art and photographs to be sold at their annual Art Exhibition. All proceeds from this year’s event will be donated to local charities SCARS and WindReach. The opening Gala will take place from 5.30pm until 7.30pm at The Gallery in the Chubb Building on Woodbourne Avenue. The exhibit runs until March 18 and The Gallery is open from 10am until 4pm, Monday to Friday, for viewing and purchases. Admission is free. For more information, contact Alex Nelson at nelsonalexandra@aol.com.

• Mark your diaries, fans of independent cinema. Now in its 19th year, the Bermuda International Film Festival for 2016 will be running from Friday, March 4, until Friday, March 11. BIFF has carefully curated a programme of more than 30 feature-length and short films to be screened during festival week. The programme includes a World Cinema strand featuring several Oscar-nominated films, as well as a local talent showcase, From the Onion Patch. All films will be screened in the Earl Cameron Theatre at City Hall. All panel discussions will take place at Bermuda National Gallery. The box office opened on Friday, February 5. Tickets to all BIFF 2016 screenings are $15, with the exception of the opening and closing gala presentations which are $30 per ticket. Short Film Programme tickets are priced at $5. Tickets can be purchased online at www.pTix.bm, in person at City Hall Box Office an hour before each film screening, or from the self-service kiosks at Freisenbruch-Meyer Group on Front Street. For more information, including the full film schedule (when available), visit www.BIFF.bm.

• Pan for plenty of nuggets of fun down North Shore as KingMagical Entertainment presents GoldRush on Saturday, March 5. From 9pm at Inferno 2 Lounge, music will be courtesy of China and Bussy, and B.Roc, with free shots at the door and free drinks for the first 32 ladies. Come before midnight and you’ll be in with a chance to win a bottle of Aces of Spades. Entry is $5 for ladies before midnight, $10 after, and $10 for fellas all night. For more information, contact Antoine Augustus at ant_augustus@hotmail.com or Tracy Lambert 737-4353.

• The days of piracy return to Bermuda, but this time is all in the name of an excellent community cause, at the Bermuda Sloop Foundation’s Pirates of Bermuda event on Saturday, March 5. This event will take place at Number 1 Dock on Front Street from 2pm until 5pm. As in the 18th century, privateers aboard Spirit of Bermuda have been authorised by letters of marque to kidnap more than 50 community members for their riches. Donations can be put towards freeing a hostage OR gleefully witnessing the Walking of the Plank straight into the chilly waters of Hamilton Harbour. The public are invited to come and witness their fate. Hostage contributions can be made online at www.pTix.bm. All ransom funds raised from this event help ensure the continued operation of Bermuda Sloop Foundation’s Expeditionary Learning Programmes on board Spirit of Bermuda. For more information, contact info@bermudasloop.org.

• Come out and support the Bermuda Pilot Gig Club’s Rowing Racing Crews while flexing your mental muscle at a Quiz Night Fundraiser for the Bermuda Pilot Gig Club on Saturday, March 5. The quiz starts at 8pm sharp at the Bailey’s Bay Swizzle Inn. A fun night is sure to be had with raffles, prizes, drink specials and quizmaster Mike Bishop testing your team’s trivia knowledge on a wide variety of subjects. The Bermuda Pilot Gig Club’s Rowing Racing Crews will be representing Bermuda in the 2016 World Pilot Gig Championships in the Isles of Scilly, UK. The cost is $20 per person, with teams of four to six people. For more information, or to register your team, contact Swizzle Inn Bailey’s Bay at 293-1854.

• The Passion Bermuda Mas Band present Return Fete 2016 on Saturday, March 5. This event will take place Jenny’s Car Park on the site of the Old Bermuda Bakery on Pitts Bay Road. Doors open at 9pm and music will be courtesy of Preedy, performing live. Tickets are $30 in advance, more on the door. This event is sponsored by Johnnie Walker. For more information, or to purchase tickets, contact Jumaane at Jumaane.e.davis@gmail.com, Sandra at Sandra@passionbermuda.com or 538-7842, or Corey at 334-9739.

• The Hamilton Princess joins the world in celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women at their International Women’s Day Lunch and Dinner on Tuesday, March 8. Available from 11am in Crown and Anchor Restaurant, a special three-course menu has been created for the day. Menu items include a choice of their delicious fine veal, chicken and scallop ragout, or roasted salmon with pumpkin fritters. The cost is $60, or $30 for the Ladies Special, plus gratuities. For more information, or to make a reservation, contact 298-2028 or ham.diningreservations@fairmont.

The March edition of the monthly Ciné Club from L’Alliance Française des Bermudes will be showing Samba at 8pm on Tuesday, March 8. Screening in the Tradewinds Auditorium at BUEI, this French comedy/drama with English subtitles is from directors Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, with Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Tahar Rahim. Samba migrated to France ten years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowly jobs. Alice is a senior executive who has recently undergone a burn-out. Both struggle to get out of their dead-end lives. Samba’s willing to do whatever it takes to get working papers, while Alice tries to get her life back on track until fate draws them together. All members of the public are welcome. Tickets are available at the door and cost $5 for AF/BUEI members, $10 for non-members and $5 for students. For more information, contact 294-0204 or visit www.AllianceFrancaise.bm.

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