The Scene

By Oluatoyin Alleyne There is something about John ‘Slingshot’ DrePaul’s music that is contagious, resulting in the involuntary tapping of the feet and nodding of the head to the beat of his songs.

Culture Box I have had the “luck” of having to work every Mashramani Day for the past three years.

Hi Everyone, You can flip all you like, I prefer my pancakes dropped; that’s way I grew up having them, and even though I’ve mastered the art of flipping, I have to tell you, there’s only one way I want my pancakes – dropped!

By Alva Solomon Making healthy food choices can sometimes be difficult but for the advocates of good health, living a healthy lifestyle is all about choosing the right foods.

Just over a year ago, in January, 2009, The Scene visited Warren and Tracy Douglas’s refuge, Pandama Retreat, on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway and chatted with them about their vision and plans for the 17-acre refuge they were just about to open to the public.

Brand new scintillating material is promised when the curtain rises on Link Show 26 tonight at the National Cultural Centre.

Some of the pieces on show at the China Jing de Zhen Art Porcelain Trade Fair at the Chinese Association Building, Lot 3 Brickdam, Georgetown.

NEW YORK (Billboard) – Ke$ha’s “TiK ToK” held off the charity remake of “We Are the World” to lead Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for a ninth consecutive week on Thursday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Leonardo DiCaprio may not remind movie fans of a young Robert De Niro, but he has taken on one of the intense New York actor’s rewarding legacies.

(BBC) – Newly-crowned best international male at the Brits, Jay-Z’s advice to the British music industry is less is more.

LONDON (Reuters) – Veteran Irish designer Paul Costelloe told celebrities trying their hand at fashion to pack up and content themselves with their luxury lifestyles, accusing them yesterday of stealing his thunder on the catwalk.

Petite, pretty and vivacious 17-year-old Melinda Shankar is the star of a new film, Festival of Lights, set in Guyana and the US.

Culture Box I was up a few nights ago thinking about what excuse I will come up with this year when people ask me if I am celebrating Valentine’s Day.

– eating with my hands Hi Everyone, I love eating with my hands; there is something earthly and sensual about it.

Carib Soca Monarch 2010 will heat up the National Park next Saturday with performances by nine finalists and reigning Soca Monarch Shellon “Shelly G” Garraway.

Residents of Berbice and Linden are expected to be in for a treat when popular Jamaican artiste Konshens arrives later this month to perform in two concerts.

Silhouette, the local fashion house recently launched by designer Sonia Noel, is offering fantasy make-up for Mashramani and interested Mash camps and individuals are asked to register at the Barr Street, Kitty office.

Last week’s signing of 2010 Junior Calypso Monarch Tennicia De Freitas to perform at this February 19th encore performance of Mori J’Von Comedy Jam 11 marks what Producer/Director Ron Morrison says is a bold attempt to build stronger bridges between business and the performing arts Although he accepts that the local business community is far too fragile to fully support the growth and development of the creative  arts, Ron Morrison believes that neither business nor the arts have sought sufficiently diligently to explore such opportunities as exist for a mutually beneficial relationship between the two.