Feel the force at ‘Star Wars’ screening
• Feel the force with your movie friends at a BIFF Star Wars Special Showing on Saturday, December 19. This private viewing on behalf of the BIFFs Trust will take place at Speciality Cinema & Grill at 9.30pm.
Tickets are $35 and available from www.pTix.bm. For more information, contact hyper@ibl.bm.
• Learn how to make some sweet treats from the experts at a Pastry Cooking Class at the Hamilton Princess on Sunday, December 20. From 2pm in the Crown & Anchor Restaurant kitchen, you can join executive pastry chef Kevin Pannier as he demonstrates how to create mouth-watering pastries and desserts. He’ll be sure to ask you to join in to help so be prepared to roll up those sleeves. Afterwards, you can enjoy a light dinner in Crown & Anchor, with the dessert featuring what you’ve just learned to create. The cost is $58, plus gratuities, and limited spaces are available. For more information, or to reserve your spot, contact Dining Reservations at 298-6628 or ham.diningreservations@fairmont.com.
• Pembroke Hamilton Club (PHC) will host its annual Christmas Party on Sunday, December 20. The party will begin at 6.30pm at the OHC Building on Reid Street, following the football match at PHC Field featuring Robin Hood and PHC Zebras. Special DJs for the evening will be Jim Brown and Hailey Hypes and a cash bar will be available. Women and PHC members are free while all others are $10. For more information, contact PHCZebrasBDA@gmail.com.
• Cafe Lido invite you to come celebrate Christmas Day with them at their Full International Brunch Buffet on Friday, December 25. This extravagant brunch will feature an extensive selection of hot and cold appetisers accompanied by a delicious array of salads, cold cuts, pasta, sushi, meat and fish dishes (including carvery items and vegetarian choices) topped off by a spectacular Christmas Dessert Buffet.
There are two sittings available. The first is between 11am and 11.30am and the second sitting is between 1.30pm and 2pm. The brunch is $75 per adults and $38 for children under 10, exclusive of 17 per cent gratuities. For more information, or to make a reservation, contact 236-9884 or manager@lido.bm.
• The Hamilton Princess have worked hard to take the worry out of your Christmas Day so, after you’ve gotten up and seen what Santa Claus has left you under your tree, they invite you to get ready and make your way to the Harbourview Ballroom for a spectacular Christmas Day Brunch or Dinner on Friday, December 25. Sit back, relax and indulge as you enjoy Christmas without any of the cooking or washing up. Brunch is served from 11.30am until 2.30pm, while dinner is served from 6pm until 9pm. Their sumptuous buffet includes all your favourite holiday foods and so much more. The cost for brunch or dinner is $65 per person, plus gratuities, and is half price for children under 12. For more information, or to make a reservation, contact 298-2028 or ham.diningreservations@fairmont.com.
• The mulled wine and eggnog are sure to be flowing as you let Beau Rivage take care of you at their Christmas Day Brunch on Friday, December 25. Enjoy the spectacular view over Hamilton Harbour from the Dining Room and the Terrace as you indulge in traditional holiday dishes from around the world, including shrimp cocktail, smoked salmon, turkey and ham carving, corn bread, cassava pie, Bermuda cod fish and potato, pork roast, duck, salad bar, sushi, beef wellington carving, fresh Catch of the Day, and an array of decadent desserts, such as Yule log, Christmas pudding, weihnachtsstollen, lebkuchen, panettone, brataepfle with marzipan-almond filling, a selection of Christmas cookies, and many more delicious options. Reservations are available from 11am until 3.30pm. The cost is $58 per person or $35 for children aged 10 and under, plus 17 per cent gratuities. For more information, or to make a reservation, contact 232-8686.
• Stay stress-free while keeping your kitchen clean and join Beau Rivage for their decadent four-course Christmas Day Dinner with French Flair on Thursday, December 25. Reservations are available from 6.30pm until 9pm. The cost is $85 per person, plus 17 per cent gratuities. For more information, or to make a reservation, contact 232-8686.
• Promising a historic party, Mackeson Stout present Blast from the Past on Sunday, December 27. From 10pm at the RAA Club, St George’s, the home of old school, Jamaican sound system Killamanjaro will be performing live, alongside Bermy’s finest, including Juggling J and Magnum Force, with early warm by Prestige. This event is sponsored by Mackeson Stout, Carib Beer, WKD, Red Square Vodka, Wild Apache Promotion and Veterans In Action. Admission is $25 all night. For more information, contact apacheprod@yahoo.com.
• Bringing a little bit of Havana to Hamilton, Dare2Be invite you to make this New Year’s one to remember at their fundraising gala, A Night in Cuba, on Thursday, December 31. From 7.30pm in the Hamilton Princess’s spectacular new Harbourview Ballroom and gorgeous open-air harbourside lounge, this event will be hosted by DJ Danger Don and promises the best NYE music on the Rock, the finest cigars, and a big champagne countdown at midnight. Not only will party-goers dance in the New Year to the feverish sounds of Grammy-nominated, Afro-Cuban funk band, PALO!, you can also feast on the most exquisite five-course Cuban fare, while enjoying mojitos, cubalibres, daiquiris and a fully loaded open bar, all night long. As if that isn’t enough of an incentive, attendees will be eligible to win a door prize for a three-night trip for two in Cuba. Why not treat yourself even more and turn the evening into a staycation by availing of the Hamilton Princess Take the Elevator Home rate? Significantly discounted rates start from $219. Tickets are $290 per person and table reservations of 10 are available. Tickets are very limited so you are advised to book early to avoid disappointment. All proceeds are in aid of Dare2Be, a charity that empowers disenfranchised women with the necessary life and essential job skills, academic and technical education to secure entry level employment, and no longer require financial assistance. For more information, or to purchase tickets, visit www.pTix.bm.
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