Signs of sunny days ahead
A sure sign that sunny days are coming back: Wine Down Happy Hour at Lemon Tree is back tomorrow. The relaunch coincides with their St Paddy’s celebration featuring Irish grub, green beer and Guinness. Happy hour will run from 5pm until midnight through the summer, with a DJ and regular drink specials. Drinks tickets are $7 each or ten for $60.A special tribute to the late Pilot Edward McDonald Welch takes place Saturday night at the Earl Cameron Theatre. Roots, Rock, Cherokee and Me will begin at 7pm with a Cherokee flautist, Taino Indian singer, St David’s Native Dancers, Somerset Brigade Band, Calvert (Kelly) Zuill and a video presentation by Dale Butler. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for children and are available from Brinky Tucker on 297-1597.Taste Of The Nations Wine Tasting an evening of seven wine tastings, hors d’oeuvres, door prizes, raffles and music next Thursday from 5.30pm until 8.30pm at Gosling’s Wine Cellar on Dundonald Street. Tickets are $50 and proceeds will benefit Bermuda 2013 NatWest Island Games XV. Tickets are available from Island Embroidery at 117 Front Street or by calling 295-4352.Marks & Spencer and Angelo’s Bistro in the Walker Arcade are teaming up once again for a wine pairing dinner next Thursday at 7pm. The evening will include a cava and canapés reception, a four-course gourmet dinner, five wine pairings and coffee. Attendees will receive a 15 percent discount on mixed case of M&S wines. Tickets cost $99 per person. Reserve your spot by contacting Lorraine on 295-0031 or lloughlin@tess.bm.The Bermuda Latin Vibes’ March social takes place at Inferno 2 Lounge on North Shore next Thursday. Social dancing begins at 9pm, featuring the latest in salsa, bachata, merengue and reggaeton for all skill levels. Admission is $10. For more information, contact 705-8423 or info@BermudaLatinVibes.com.BeneEsse’s 60 Exercises in 60 Minutes will take place in the Arboretum on Saturday, March 23. From 10.30am, learn about 60 body weight exercises that you can do at home without equipment. Each minute will focus on a different exercise but, don’t worry, you don’t have to do all 60. Attendees can sit out at any time and rejoin when ready. This is a free event. For more information, contact info@beneesse.net.Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute are having a Spring Splash on Saturday, March 23. From 1pm until 4pm, you can enjoy lots of fun-filled family activities, including arts and crafts, face painting, wacky scientist costume contest, storytime, tours, matinee family movie, food stalls, live demos and labs in the BUEI Education Centre. Entry is free and there will also be a chance to win a family membership for one year. For more details, contact 292-7219, info@buei.org or visit www.buei.org.Do you sometimes feel that you could do with a little help to be more successful? Inspire Bermuda would like to help you fulfil your highest potential in life at their Empowering You Workshop on Saturday, March 23. This will run from 9.30am until 4.30pm at Suite Solutions on Mill Creek Road and aims to teach you the principles to achieving success, the power of goal-setting, and how to develop both personally and professionally. The cost is $225 per person, which includes lunch, and tickets are available from www.ptix.bm or e-mail sign-up@inspirebermuda.com.Greenrock and the Earth Hour Council are hosting a free community party at City Hall on Saturday, March 23. Earth Hour Expo 2013 will run from 5pm until 10pm and will feature live entertainment, a special lights-out spectacle from 8.30pm until 9.30pm, a children and family area, Belco bikes, green technology, life-size board games, the City Market (farmers’ market), a food court, a glow-in-the-dark fun run and environmental theme movies. Events run from 5pm onwards. For more information, visit www.Greenrock.org.Melange Charity are currently seeking brave men to volunteer for their Male Waxing Fundraising Event at Bersalon/Inner Sanctum on Front Street on Wednesday, April 17. From 5.30pm until 8pm, you can sponsor and cheer on these intrepid guys having their back, chest or legs waxed. For more information, or to download a sponsor sheet, go to www.melange.bm or e-mail melange4@yahoo.com.For full events listings and flyers, please visit www.NothingtodoinBermuda.com. The above is abbreviated content from that site.