TODAY

The SPCA Annual General Meeting will be held at the Visitor's Centre, at the Botanical Gardens at 6.30 p.m. All are welcome for cocktails from 5.30. The guest speaker will be Bel Browning, RSPCA Education Officer of Mallyhams Wood, England.

TODAY

The alumni in Bermuda of The University of Buckingham in the United Kingdom will be holding a reception for vice chancellor of the University, Dr. Terence Kealey, and one of the professors in the faculty of law, Dr. Mary Welstead at the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club, in Paget, at 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tickets are $30 and for more information ( Leopold Mills at Trott & Duncan 295-7444 or evenings at home on 295-3936 or e-mail velnmillsibl.bm.

TOMORROW

L'Alliance Francaise des Bermudes invites all to a French film evening at the B.U.E.I. (Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute) at 8.00 p.m. The film shown will be "Les uns et les autres" (177 minutes) by Claude Lelouch with Geraldine Chaplin, Fanny Ardant and Robert Hossein. English sub-titles. Members $4 and non-members $7.

TOMORROW

Seminar for Teachers on Japanese Art, Culture and Traditions Organised by the BNG for the Bermuda Union of Teachers. Teachers sign up through the BUT12.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.

NOVEMBER 10

The Family and Friends of Tyaisha Cox invite the public to sign their petition to make school zones safer. The signings will take place at the Bermuda Library under the veranda between 12-3 p.m.

NOVEMBER 10 - 13

Not The Um Um Productions Ltd. presents Double X "Comical History Tour" 20 years of our favourites at the Fairmont Southampton Princess Mid-Ocean Amphitheatre. SOLD OUT.

NOVEMBER 10

Bermuda National Gallery Wednesday Lunchtime Series weekly 12.30 - 1:30 p.m. Admission free. The Story Begins: 1503-1684 Bermuda Millennium Historical Film Series The Sea Venture wreck, early life on the island, the Bermuda Company and the beginning of slavery. 30 minute video presentation.

NOVEMBER 13

The Bermuda Farmers Market is calling all singers and musicians who want to perform at the re-opening to come along. If you can spare half an hour on the 13th or any other Saturday between 8 a.m. and noon you will be a welcome addition to the market atmosphere. Let Francis Eddy know on franceseddyibl.bm what time you would like to come. Amplification is not essential, but if electricity is needed they have facilities.

NOVEMBER 13

Bermuda Culinary Arts Festival Event

The third preliminary round of the Escoffier Cup 2004 cooking competition at International Imports on Par-la-Ville Road. Audience members receive wine and samples of the chefs' dishes. Tickets are $50 and are available from International Imports. The final will be held on November 13 at the Bermuda Culinary Arts Festival at the Fairmont Southampton Princess from November 10-16. For more information about the Festival, a schedule of events and reservations please visit www.bermudaculinaryarts.com or call 295-2508.

NOVEMBER 13

The Bermuda Guild of Stitchery presents a show of work and a sale of handmade items at the Mount Saint Agnes auditorium from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets are $5. Refreshments and all proceeds are donated to PALS. For more information, contact Gail Rego at 236-3410.

NOVEMBER 14

One Vision Promotions will be holding a walk -a - thon in aid of another One Vision Community Football Tournament for the Hamilton Parish community. The walk will depart at 8.30 a.m. from Shelly Bay Parking Lot to Blue Hole Hill and back to Shelly Bay. Donations will be greatly appreciated in order to raise funds for necessary equipment. Everybody, Come out and Walk, walk, walk, 'Cause Walking is Good4U.' For pledge forms and more info, please call 293-3830.

NOVEMBER 18, 19 & 20

The Reading Clinic Conference Preventing and Addressing Reading and Writing Difficulties in Primary Schools. Contact Ann Dunstan on 292-3938.

NOVEMBER 17

Masterworks London Exhibition at the Guildhall Art Gallery, Corporation of London. The exhibition will feature works which are part of the Masterworks Bermuda Collection. The exhibition runs until January 9, 2005. For more information visit www.masterworks.bm, email mworksibl.bm or ( 236-2950.

NOVEMBER 18

PartnerRe Art Lecture Series 2004/5African American Artist, Michael Ray Charles One of the most engaging artists working in the US today, Michael Ray Charles was included in the PBS Series entitled Art:21Art in the Twenty-First Century http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/charles/ alongside such artists as Barabra Kruger, Matthew Barney, Andrea Zittel and Mel Chin. 5.30 p.m. reception 6 p.m. lecture Tickets: $10; Members: $5. Call to reserve, pay at the door.

NOVEMBER 19 & 20

Warwick Academy Presents the Production "Aladdin" at 7 p.m. on both days. Tickets available from the Main Office at the school. Adults $10 and students $5.

NOVEMBER 20

Concert: The Music Division of the Bermuda International Languages & Arts Institute is presenting their 'Inaugural Festival Concert': The Duo Pianists, Eugene & Elizabeth Pridinoff, at 8 p.m. The presentation of this highly esteemed piano duo serves to present the most brilliant standard of musical performance. As Steinway artist representatives (an award given only to acclaimed international artists by Steinway & Company, International), the Pridonoff's have given "rave" performances, and have been sought world-wide as master-class presenters and teachers for the world's young and emerging artists. Not only do the Pridonoff's represent the most esteemed pianism of the world, but their performances never fail to electrify their international as well as professional audiences. Among the major repertoire exclusive for piano duo, programming will include the lush Second Suite of Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Tickets are $40 Patron, $30 Adults, and $15 Students (17 and under). Tickets available at Meyer Travel, Pulp & Circumstance (Paper), Visitor's Bureau (beginning 17th Nov.), and BILAI (Credit Card) at 296-5676, and E-mail: international.languagesnorthrock.bm or visit www.boxoffice.bm.

NOVEMBER 26

PROJECT ACTION: Volunteers needed to help with various tasks and golf course duties Project Action free transportation for seniors and the physically challenged

Friday-November 26, 2004 Belmont Hills Golf Course 7am - Noon. Riddells Bay Gilf Course 12-noon to 5 p.m.

Inaugural Sir John Plowman Golf Classic featuring Jim Thorpe, multiple senior/champions tour winner. For more info email: sirjohnplowmanclassicnorthrock.bm.

DECEMBER 1

Bermuda National Gallery Wednesday Lunchtime Series weekly 12.30 - 1:30 p.m. Admission free. Sea, Salt and Slavery: 1684-1834 Bermuda Millennium Historical Film Series. The Triangular salt trade, the U.S.-British War of 1812, convicts at Dockyard, education and Emancipation. 30 minute video presentation.

DECEMBER 1

Bermuda National Gallery Christmas Evening Eat, drink, sing your hearts out and be merry with your friends at the BNG! 5.30 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. Tickets: $10; members: $5

DECEMBER 2

Caroling at Camden - 5.30 p.m. - 8 p.m. - Under the distinguished patronage of the Premier the Hon. W. Alex Scott, J.P., M.P. and Mrs. Scott. Bring the whole family, a blanket and picnic, and join our choirs to bring in the holiday season with music and song - on the steps of Camden in the Botanical Gardens.