Calendar.

Details and contact information for most events listed here may be obtained on the website www.calendar.caribseek.com. Readers are invited to submit information on relevant activities, at least 45 days prior to date of your activity. Mail to: Caribbean UPDATE, 116 Myrtle Ave., Millburn NJ 07041.

Oct. 31-Nov. 2: Expo Caguas 2007, Coliseo Hector Sola Bezares, Caguas, Puerto Rico. A networking event for business people from Puerto Rico, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, and other Caribbean islands.

Nov. 1-30: National Drama Festival Month. St. Vincent & The Grenadines Dept. of Tourism.

Nov. 1-30: National Tourism Month Activities in Guyana, St. Vincent & the Grenadines and the British Virgin Islands.

Nov. 2-4: Beach Tennis Intl Championships, Aruba Tourism Authority. Details: m.jansen@aruba.com.

Nov. 2-4: Caribbean International Literary Festival. Antigua. Organized by Avonelle H. Pole.

Nov. 3-4: WIOC Calcutta Tournament. Antigua. Organized by Cedar Valley Golf Course.

Nov. 3-6: 16th Edition Fishing Tournament, Martinique Biffsh Assoc. Email: duplan@cg972.fr.

Nov. 5-9: An August conference and trade show, aimed at expanding Puerto Rico's role in the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (D.R.-Cafta), has been rescheduled for November, at the Puerto Rico Convention Center, San Juan. Details: www.caftagroup.com.

Nov. 6: Caribbean Tourism Day. St. Maarten Tourist Bureau.

Nov. 8-11: Tranquility Jazz Festival. Anguilla Tourist Board. And: 9th Annual Carriacou Sailing Series. Organized by Grenada Yacht Club. Email: setsail@ttsailing.org.

Nov. 10: 7th Annual Bonaire EcoSwim. Features eight swimming races with and without fins for participants to show off their stroke and kicks. www.aquamoonadventures.com. Caradonna Dive Adventures at 1-800-328-2288.

Nov. 10-17: Kingston Restaurant Week, Jamaica. Organized by SSCO Event Management. Email: intek01@infochan.com

Nov. 12-16: Golden Rock Regatta. St. Eustatius. Details: info@goldenrockregatta.com

Nov. 14: "US-Cuba Policy: Stumbling Towards the Post-Castro Era," London. Speaker: Phil Peters, chief Cuba policy analyst, Lexington Institute. No charge. Details: Claire Farfan, Intl Inst. For Study of Cuba, London Metro Univ. Tel: 44-20-7133-2405. Email: admin@cubastudies.org. Nov. 14-16: Point-a-Pitre Jazz Festival. Guadeloupe Tourism Office.

Nov. 15-16. A Haiti Trade and Investment Forum (HTIF), to spur economic development and democratic governance here, will be held at the Karibe Convention Center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Nov. 16-22: San Juan Cinemafest. Puerto Rico Tourism Co.

Nov. 17-19: Jayuya Indian Festival. Jayuya, Puerto Rico. Details: lrivero@prtourism.com

Nov. 18-20: Former US Vice President Al Gore will be the keynote speaker of the first Environmental Conference hosted the Govt of the Turks & Caicos Islands, at the Beaches Resort, in collaboration with the Ocean Conservancy and the National Coral Reef Institute, to examine the mutual interdependency between local actions and global initiatives.

Nov. 19: Discovery of Puerto Rico Day. Details: Puerto Rico Tourism Co.

Nov. 23-25: "International Meeting of the Left and Progressive Movements in Latin America", sponsored by Dominican President Leonel Fernandez, at the Hilton Hotel, Santo Domingo. More than 100 delegates from leftist, progressive political movements throughout Latin America are expected to attend, including the President of Brazil.

Nov. 29-Dec. 1: Cayman Islands Jazz Festival.

Nov. 29-Dec 1: Reggae Marathon. Jamaica Tourist Board.

Dec. 1: "Jubilation", 4th Annual World Gospel Festival. Antigua & Barbuda Dept. of Tourism.

Dec. 1-2: Authentically Bahamian Christmas Trade Show. Bahamas Ministry of Tourism. Email: erolle@bahamas.com

Dec. 1-8: Caribbean Jazz Cruise. From solo piano performances to trios, quartets and full seven-piece bands, the many sounds of jazz will take center stage aboard the Crystal Symphony's cruise. As the ship embarks from Miami on this seven-day voyage through the Caribbean, the lineup features noted jazz performers and five times its usual complement of musicians. Crystal Symphony will call upon Key West, Fla; Puerto Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico; and Belize City, Belize. Details: Mimi Weisband 310-203-4305. Email: publicrelations@crystalcruises.com

Dec. 3-5: 31st Miami Conference on the Caribbean Basin, Inter-Continental Hotel, Miami. Workshops on agribusiness, apparel, energy, financial services, technology, telecom, transportation,tourism. Features heads of state as keynote speakers. Details: Caribbean-Central American Action, 1818 N St. NW, Suite #310, Washington DC 20036. Tel: 202-466-7464, Ext. 28. Fax: 202-822-0075. Website: www.C-caa.org.

Dec. 3-10: Bacardi Artisan Fair. Puerto Rico Tourism Co.

Dec. 4-5: Puerto Rico Tourism Investment Conference (PRTIC) at Puerto Rico Convention Center, San Juan PR. Jean Claude Baumgarten, president of World Travel & Tourism Council, and John McCarthy, CEO of Mexico Leisure Real Estate Development Partners, have been confirmed as keynote speakers.

Dec. 5-10: Antigua Charter Yacht Show. Organized by Antigua Charter Yacht Meeting. Email: info@antigua-charter-yacht-meeting.com

Dec. 6-13: Bahamas International Film Festival.

Dec. 8: Caribbean Comedy Festival. Antigua & Barbuda. Details: Gordon "Banks" Derrick. Tel: 268-560-5149.

Dec. 12: "Scientific Research in Cuba: Highlights & Future Prospect," London. Speaker, Luis Alberto Montero-Cabrera, Havana Univ. Scientific Council. Details: Claire Farfan, Intl. Inst. Study of Cuba, London Metro. Univ. Tel: 44-20-7133-2405. Email: admin@cubastudies.org.

Dec. 14-16: 30th Annual Carriacou Parang Festival on Carriacou. Celebrates the holiday season with the unique music, dance, entertainment and traditions of Carriacou, which is reachable by St. Vincent Grenada Air (SVG), St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada. Carriacou is also reachable via The Osprey, a motorized catamaran that departs twice daily from Grenada. Details: Grenada Board of Tourism in Carriacou at (473) 443-7948 or www.grenadagrenadines.com.

Dec. 15-Jan. 2: National Carnival, St. Kitts. Details: Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Environment.

2008

March 28-30: 35th International Rolex Regatta. St.Thomas, US Virgin Islands. An annual favorite on the Caribbean racing calendar, catering not only to handicap yachts but also to one-design sailboats of at least 24 feet and beach cats. Details: Bill Canfield. Email: styc@vipowernet.net or 340-775-6320. The regatta web page is www.rolexcupregatta.com. And: Barby MacGowan. Media Pro Int'l for Rolex. Email: barby@mediapronewport.com. Ph +1 401-225-0249. Or: Wally Bostwick. St. Thomas Yacht Club. mobile +1 340-690-2898. Email: newsdog@viaccess.net. And: Key Partners (KPMS). Phone: +41 32-724-2829. Email: info@regattanews.com. Web: www.regattanews.com

April: The Association of Caribbean States (ACS) has been selected as the honoree at the 11th International Book Fair of the Dominican Republic, in Santo Domingo. For two weeks, it assembles hundreds of exhibitors, artists and visitors from different parts of the world,

Aug. 1-31: Belize Tourism Expo, Belize City. Organized by Suzette Gibson, BETEX Manager (Belize Tourism Industry Assoc.) Email: info@betex.bz.