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August 2010

Learn more about the voyage of the Sea Venture in this video, courtesy of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

Twin Towns

The 400-year link between St. George’s and Jamestown, Virginia has been cemented with a plan for the twinning of the two towns. An official signing is expected to take place in the autumn. Historian Dr. George Cook told The Royal Gazette the twinning could bring more visitors to St. George’s. For more on the connection, see our July 2010 home page, with video above courtesy of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation.

Rooted in History

Historian Dr. Michael Gomez is to be the keynote speaker at the Fifth Annual Dr. Kenneth E. Robinson/Cyril Packwood Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, August 21 at 7 pm at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute. The title of his lecture is ‘Bermuda, Africa, Diaspora: Trilogy of the Journey’. For more information, log on to www.communityandculture.bm

A novel accomplishment

Brian Burland is the only Bermudian writer to have made it as a novelist on the international stage, but Bermuda College English lecturer Angela Barry is about to change that. UK-based Peepal Tree Press has published her first novel Gorée: Point of Departure. The book, which traces the story of the Atlantic slave trade through a complex family history, will be available in bookstores after August 26. Ms. Barry is the daughter of E.T. Richards, Bermuda’s first premier. You can read more about Ms. Barry and her literary odyssey on www.bermudasun.bm

The play’s the thing

If plays are your thing, check out the BMDS’s Famous for 15 Minutes Festival, which will see six original plays staged at Daylesford from August 13 to 21. Bookings can be made on line at www.bmds.bm. New drama group TROIKA is presenting H.I.S.T.O.R.Y at City Hall Theatre from August 26 -28. Tickets are $30 and are available from Shine’s House of Music and 27^th Century Boutique.