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Duke Concert Chorale at Warwick Academy

Nothing to do in Bermuda?l Warwick Academy are hosting a free concert with the Duke University Concert Chorale on Tuesday. The Warwick Academy Upper Primary Choir and the Warwick Academy Jazz Band will also perform, from 7.30pm in the Phoebe Purvis Memorial Hall. For further information, call the Warwick Academy main office on 236-1917.l The eighth edition of the Bermuda Documentary Film Festival (Bermuda Docs) runs from Thursday, March 14 until Sunday, March 17 in the Tradewinds Auditorium at BUEI. This year’s line-up includes such varied subject matters as a look at the life and work of a gang reformer, the story of how Western pharmaceutical companies and governments blocked access to low-cost AIDS drugs for the countries of the global south and an interracial love story during the Civil Rights era. Tickets are $15 per film and available online from www.bdatix.bm, SportSeller or Fabulous Fashions. For more information, call 232-2255, e-mail bermudadocs@northrock.bm or visit www.bermudadocs.com.l Good news for anyone who likes the Vin Diesel look over 40 brave Bermuda residents will have their heads shaved on Friday, March 15 to raise money for children’s cancer research. The St Baldrick’s Foundation invites you to come and witness the shearing at Bermuda Athletic Association on Woodlands Road from 4.30pm. Food and drink will be available for purchase. For more information, or to donate, visit www.stbaldricks.org/events/mypage/eventid/961/eventyear/2013.l A battle of the grapes by continent is the latest twist on a wine-tasting evening at Gosling’s Wine Cellar on Friday, March 15. Event takes place from 6pm until 8pm and will be in support of the Bermuda Women’s National Volleyball Team competing in the 2013 Nat West Island Games. Tickets are $50 and available from www.pTix.bm.l Sorry adult runners, you’ll need to find something else to do that weekend as the 2013 KPMG Round the Grounds Race on Sunday, March 17 is for juniors ONLY! Held at the Botanical Gardens in Paget, this is for four- to 18-year-olds. The first race starts at 1pm. Masterworks will provide children’s activities on the day and refreshments will be available. The race is sanctioned by the Bermuda National Athletics Association in association with Mid-Atlantic Athletics Club. To register, visit www.racedayworld.com or contact the race director on 531-0303.l As a greedy girl, I get very excited by this kind of thing the City Food Festival runs from Monday, March 18 until Saturday, March 23. It kicks off on the Monday at 8am with a complimentary continental breakfast (as long as supplies last) in front of City Hall. The finale event will be a food festival in No 1 Car Park on the Saturday from 2pm until 10pm. Bruce Barritt and Joe Gibbons will host, with more than a dozen city restaurants and bars featured, offering a wide variety of foods and specialty drinks. Tickets are $40 for five tickets, or $10 for single tickets, and will be available in advance from www.pTix.bm or at the event. For more information visit www.cityofhamilton.bm from Monday.l Nothing says spring quite like a beer-soaked boat! The countdown has begun for the Renegades RFC Booze Cruise the first of 2013. The event takes place Thursday, March 28 (don’t worry, the next day is a public holiday). The Elizabeth will depart Albuoy’s Point at 6.45pm, returning at 10pm. Tickets are $60 in advance, available from cruise@renegades.bm and the price includes all you can drink.l The 75th Annual Bermuda Agricultural Exhibition takes place at the Botanical Gardens from Thursday, April 18 until Sunday, April 20 from 8am until 6pm. As well as the usual exhibits of flowers, vegetables and animals, the show will feature local bands, equestrian events, dance troupes, school choirs, storytelling, dog agility, community booths, decorated eggs and kites, craft vendors, food stalls, school exhibits and more. Entry is $10 for adults, $5 for seniors or children under 16 and free for children under five. Full details can be found in the 2013 catalogue at www.bdaexhibition.bm.For full events listings and flyers, please visit www.NothingtodoinBermuda.com. The above is abbreviated content from that site.