Hi Troops!I am kind of shocked and distressed to find out that it isn’t Friday yet — is anyone else having a really long week or is it just me? Anyway, enough of this complaining, here are the latest Bermuda events:* The next in the Historical Heartbeats Lecture Series will be today as the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs hosts the 7th Annual Dr Kenneth E Robinson/Cyril Outerbridge Packwood Memorial Lecture. Dr Keith Tinker will speak on The Bermudas and the Bahamas: A Tale of Two Sister States at 12.30pm at Coco Reef. The fee is $15, which includes the talk and lunch. For tickets, contact the Department of Community & Cultural Affairs on 292-1681.* The struggles and triumphs of a society’s prejudices and battles with sexual orientation and everyone’s right to equality, respect and dignity — if this sounds like a subject matter close to your heart, then you won’t want to miss the Centre for Justice’s free movie screening of the Bahamian film, Children of God, tomorrow night at BUEI. Light refreshments will be served from 6pm with the film starting at 6.30pm and then followed by a post-movie panel discussion featuring the writer/director, Kareem Mortimer, Chen Foley (Centre for Justice), Pastor Sylvia Hayward-Harris (The Vision Ministry), Nelleke Hollis (Amnesty International Bermuda) and moderated by Rick Richardson. For more information, call 542-8181 or e-mail info@justice.bm* If you think that Friday is too late to start the weekend then you’ll be interested to know that Ming Mambo are inviting local salseros to their next Social Night at Inferno Lounge on Thursday, August 23. From 9pm until 1am, local DJs will be bringing their salsa, bachata and other Latin music playlists so you can either chill out and soak in the ambience or strap on your dance shoes and join in. For more details, visit www.mingmambo.com.* Bermuda Department of Tourism invite you to their outdoor entertainment event, Bermuda Nights at Barr’s Bay Park. This is one of their signature events and aims to showcase Bermuda’s best local entertainers, cultural performers and Bermy food in a stunning outdoor setting to offer a true Bermudian experience. The next is this Saturday, August 25, with future dates being September 8th and 22nd, and will be from 8pm until 11pm each night. Please note that all events are weather dependent — for more information visit www.gotobermuda.com or contact the Bermuda Department of Tourism on 292-0023.* To mark September as National Gynaecologic Cancer Awareness Month, Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre is hosting a free health talk on Thursday, September 6. This will be presented by their Education Officer, Rhonda Smith-Simmons and will talk about the five major cancers of the female reproductive system, the signs and symptoms of each, which is the most preventable, who is at greatest risk, and the latest treatments and therapies. Online registration is available www.cancer.bm. For further information, contact 236-1001 or e-mail info@chc.bm.* They say that prevention is better than cure — but how about learning how plants contain the power to be both? Naturopathic physician Dr Kuni Frith-Black is hosting a series of Fall Herb Classes in Paget — Introduction to Medicinal Herbs and Plants in Bermuda is a nine week programme on Saturdays between 11am and 3pm from September 8 until November 3. The flyer contains a breakdown of what each week will cover and pricing information can be obtained by contacting Dr Kuni Frith-Black directly on 238-1227.For full events listings and flyers, please visit www.NothingtodoinBermuda.com — the above is abbreviated content from that site.