August 12

BUEI/BAMZ/Cambrian Foundation Lecture series: 'Protecting the Dark by Shedding some Light – Bermuda's Caves: Windows of the Past', BUEI auditorium, The Lane, Pembroke, 7 p.m. Speaker: Terrence Tyrall. Further information: tel. 297-7314.

August 21 - 24

Just for Laughs Mid-Ocean Amphitheatre, Fairmont Southampton Hotel. Comedians include Bermudian Jonathan Young and internationals Derek Edwards, Finesse Mitchell, Jo Koy. 100 percent reserved seating. Tickets $55. Show and dinner sold seperately. Tickets available online at www.bdatix.bm or at Steppin' Up Menswear (Crawl Hill), Transact (Internet Lane, Reid Street), Picture Perfect (Heron Bay Plaza). Visit www.comedyevent.bm for complete information.

EXHIBITIONS

Bermuda Archives Until October 31: 'A Very Manifest Alteration. The Life and times of Jemmy Darrell, 1793-1816' – exploring the legal status of free persons of colour in the age of slavery through historical documents written by and about celebrated pilot Darrell. Lower level, Government Administration Building, Parliament Street, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. Admission free. Group visits by arrangement with Mrs. Gaynell Weeks tel. 294-9196.

Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard Until September 5: Summer Open (unjuried members' show). September 7-October 10: 'The Nature of Things' (juried members' show). Further information: tel. 234-2809, see website www.artbermuda.bm or e-mail artcentre[at] ibl.bm

Bermuda National Gallery Until September 4: Bacardi Ltd. Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Bermuda Art. Further information: tel. 295-9428 or see website www.bng.bm

Bermuda Maritime Museum, Dockyard: (1) Commissioner's House: The Exploring Voyage of HMS Challenger in Bermuda 1873. A selection of original and reproduction photographs depicting Bermuda, which were used as evidence in the scientific reports of the Challenger voyage, 1872-76. (2) From the Fay and Geoffrey Elliott Collection: 'U-505 Captured', an exhibit telling the remarkable story of the capture off western Africa and the hiding in Bermuda of the submarine U-505. (3) Steinhoff Magazine, High Cave: 'Prisoners in Paradise': Artefacts in Bermuda cedar/stone/other materials created by Dockyard convict establishment, and prisoners of the Boer and World Wars. Open daily 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m.(last admissions at 4 p.m.) Entry: $10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 children, free for members and children under five. Further information: tel. 234-1333, e-mail marmuse@logic.bm or see website www.bmm.bm

Bermuda Society of Arts Until August 13: Onions Gallery: 'Impromptu' (members show). Edinburgh Gallery: 'Changes' (BSoA associates show). Studio A: 'New York' (Kok Wan Lee). Gallery hours: Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Closed July 31, August 1. Further information: tel.292-3824 or see website www.bsoa.bm.

Common Ground Café/Gallery Select Palette Art. Until September 12: Desert landscapes' (photographs by Scott Stallard, Chancery Lane, Hamilton. Open 7.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, Saturdays 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Further information tel. 505-4290 or e-mail SPArt@logic.bm.

Corporation of Hamilton offices. 'Down through the Years' – Selection of cartoons (1998-2008) by The Royal Gazette cartoonist Peter Woolcock, City Hall, Church Street. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday.

Masterworks Foundation at Camden House, Botanical Gardens, Paget. Paintings from the Bermudiana Collection. Open Tuesdays and Fridays 12 noon to 2 p.m. Further information: tel 236-5732. Admission free.

Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, Botanical Gardens, Paget. 'Somewhere Beyond the Sea' – selection of works from our permanent collection, highlighting such artists as Georgia O'Keeffe, Winslow Homer, Albert Gleizes and Marsden Hartley.

Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, Rick Faries Gallery: Until August 12: 'The Others' – photographs of women and children around the world by Nicola Feldman. 'Through Our Eyes' – photographs by 18-year-old Liberian refugee Jefferson D. Wilson. Proceeds of sales to support Liberian refugee children. August 14-September 2: 'Exhibition C' – local artists Jon Legere and James Cooper (photographs and mixed media). Open Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission: members/children under 12 free, others $5. tel. 236-2950.

Rock Island Coffee, Reid Street. August 4-16. La Leche League of Bermuda hosts 'Going for the Gold' photos by Sacha Blackburne.