TODAY

BZS Leap Around the Sound: Bermuda Zoological Society's 7.2-mile Fun Run-Walk-Cycle around Harrington Sound celebrating the Year of the Frog. Start and finish at Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo. Entries $15, late $20. Entry includes goody bag, T-shirt, admission to BAMZ, cool drinks. Entry forms available at the Aquarium¹s Front Desk; Sportseller, Washington Mall; or www.bamz.org. Early entry deadline: noon, March 7. Late entries and number pick-up at 8 a.m. on event day, or March 7, 5-7 p.m. at BAMZ. Event warm-up at 8:30 a.m. Cyclists start 8:45 a.m., runners 8:55 a.m., walkers 9 a.m. No roller-bladers permitted. All cyclists must wear proper safety equipment. Sponsored by Nature Valley and Butterfield & Vallis. For information: call 293-2727.

Business and Professional Women's Conference celebrating International Woman's Day 2008. Angela Clay, author of 'Loving the Me I see' and local presenter Naomi Schroter Managing Director of Bermuda Learning Solutions, and Cheryl Packwood, CEO of BIBA will be the main presenters at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess from 9. a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration fee $175 for members and $200 for non-members and includes coffee breaks and lunch. Telephone 732-5896 or email bpwabermuda@yahoo.com or go to their website at www.bpwabermuda.free.bm .

TODAY AND TOMORROW

Magic Fest 2008 featuring magician and funny man Carl Andrews, Randy Cabral, Splash 'n' Boots and local magicians at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the New Berkeley Institute, Berkeley Road, Pembroke. Tickets are $24 and available at Shannon's Boutique or at www.boxoffice.bm. Telephone 537-1991 or email bermudamagic@hotmail.com.

March 10-15

Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society 'Gums' (comedy skits), Daylesford Theatre, Washington Street, 8 p.m. Tickets: $25. Available: www.boxoffice.bm or at Daylesford from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. (tel. 292-0848).

March 12

PALS Audio-visual presentation by Ann Smith Gordon: 'Travels in Poland Land of Beauty and Treasures', Mount St. Agnes Academy auditorium, Dundonald Street, 8 p.m. Tickets ($15) available at the PALS office, 18 Point Finger Road, Paget. (tel.236-7257).

March 14 & 15

CMB Enterprises presents An Evening of Jazz at City Hall at 8 p.m. Featuring Chiara Sivello and her quartet. Patron tickets are $60 for the Friday and reception, regulation admission $50. Available at Peoples Pharmacy, 27th Century Boutique and www.boxoffice.bm. 234-0453.

March 15

Smooth Jazz Concert sponsored by KJAZ 98.1 radio station. This month featuring Kirk Whalum at the Fairmont Southampton at 8.30 p.m. Go to www.boxoffice.bm for more information.

March 22

Kiwanis Club of Hamilton Night of Poetry & Song, Pembroke Sunday School hall,7 pm. Tickets (including refreshments): patrons $20, at the door $15, seniors/children 12 and under $5. Emcee Marshall Griffin of KJazFM. Performers include Prospect Primary School Choir, Francis Patton Primary Choir , Tony Robinson, Poet Vernette Dorian, Devaughan DeGraff, Somerset Brigade Youth Band, Poet Paul Adderley. David Bean, Gary Bean, The Ambassadors for Harmony, Magic Boyles and poet Leo Mills. For tickets contact Carole Clarke at 292-2386, or Steve McMinn at 297-7557.

March 24-28, April 7-11

Bermuda National Gallery/Kaleidoscope Arts Foundation Mural art camp for 8-14 year olds, Kaleidoscope, cnr. Jubilee Rd and Parsons Lane, Devonshire, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost: members $300, others $350, inc. art materials. Further information/registration: Fiona at kaleidoscopeartsfoundation@logic.bm or tel. 236-5963.

March 24-28

Hasty Pudding Theatricals City Hall box office for 'Fable Attraction' open 12 noon to 2 p.m.

March 25

US Consulate 'Harvard in Hamilton for Habitat': Free benefit performance featuring singers Harvard Krokodiloes, Harvard Din & Tonics, and Radcliffe Pitches, Anglican Cathedral, Church Street, 12 noon. Donations accepted by Habitat for Humanity Bermuda. All welcome.

March 26-29

Hasty Pudding Theatricals 'Fable Attraction', City Hall theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets: $25. Online reservations: www.boxoffice.bm or City Hall box office March 24-28 12 noon to 2 p.m.

March 27-30

Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard Watercolour workshop with Canadian artist/instructor Marilyn Timms, SFCA, SCA. Further information/registration: tel. 234-2809 or website www.artbermuda.bm

EXHIBITIONS

Ace Gallery 'Contemporary Vietnamese Painting' (six artists with different styles whose work draws from Vietnamese local life), Ace Global Headquarters building, 17 Woodbourne Avenue, Pembroke. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. Admission free. Groups by appointment, tel. 295-5200.

Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard Until April 11: 'Partners' (group show by invited artists who created their work in partnership). Further information: tel. 234-2809, see website www.artbermuda.bm or e-mail artcentre[at] ibl.bm

Bermuda National Gallery Until April 4: Winter exhibitions: 1. Cultural Reflections (Inuit art from the Dennos Museum Centre collection, Innuit wall-hangings from the Judith Varney Burch Collection. 2. African Affinities. 3. Byllee Lang (tribute), Bermuda Collection. From April 25: Bacardi Ltd. Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Bermuda Art. Further information: tel. 295-9428 or see website www.bng.bm

Bermuda Society of Arts Onions Gallery: Artists' Voices (mixed media celebrating visual/performing arts), Edinburgh Gallery: Coins for Canvas (silent auction of works by local artists to benefit BSoA). Studio A: 'Sierra Leone' - Grey Debut Photo Exhibit (Alexander Winfield). Studio B: Suzette Matson: 'Illusions' (debut exhibition). Upper level, City Hall. Gallery hours: Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission free. Further information: tel. 292-3824.

Kaleidoscope Arts Foundation/Elliott Gallery March Until March 31. Ernst Arnold Bauer: 'Art Pure' (mixed media paintings and lithographs), Old Elliott School building, 27 Jubilee Road, Devonshire. Gallery hours: weekdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Official opening March 6 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Further information: tel. 504-3469 or email kaleidoscope@northrock.bm

Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, Botanical Gardens, Paget.'Somerwhere Beyond the Sea' — highlights from the Masterworks Collection. Admission $5. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday. Sundays by appointment. Further information: tel. 236-2950 or visit website www.bermudamasterworks.com

Masterworks Rose Garden Gallery 'Afrik Eco Art: Recent Bermudian Works' by Marie-Denise Douyon. Closing reception March 14 5.30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Rock Island Coffee Richelle Richards solo exhibition. Further information tel 296-5241.

Trevor (Cosmic Consciousness) Todd March 14-April 3: 'Colour and Sound Healing' — mixed media paintings, Blu Bar & Grill, Belmont Hills, 92 Middle Road, Warwick. Charity silent auction/official opening March 14, 6.28 p.m. to 8.28 p.m. Further information: tel.236-2390 or 337-1477.