The Scene

Writing is a natural talent that flows from within and it’s not the sort of skill you can easily learn; there must be passion, writer Pearl Lewis said.

Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk teams up with Hollywood actor, screenwriter and director Jon Favreau on Iconoclasts next Tuesday at 1 pm on DIRECTV Channel 999.

Following on the heels of several successful gospel concerts in recent years, Toronto-based Guyanese DJ Evangelist will be in Guyana again this Easter to host another of his “jam sessions.”

Children will once again be exposed to theatre training when Gem Madhoo-Nascimento’s two-year-old ‘Youth Theatre Workshop (YTW) resumes session next Wednesday at the Girl Guides’ Pavilion on Brickdam.

So did Jesus really rise from the dead? That is the question The Vigil hopes to answer at the Theatre Guild, starting next Thursday.

Next Tuesday, the Sidewalk Cafe screens Kings Go Forth, a World War II film from a novel of the same name.

One to watch Paul Charles has had one philosophy in his years of dancing, funny thing is he often forgets what that is and only remembers on occasion when his memory serves him well.

Culture  Box Everyone has their stories about them. Their favourites, the ones they dislike, the exceptional ones that occupy a special place, the ones reviled and destroyed.

Hi Everyone,  have you ever been to a restaurant, eaten a meal or a particular dish and then tried to replicate it at home?

Through dance and drama, the story of a devoted husband who fights a “colossal war” to liberate his kidnapped wife who is totally devoted to him, will be told on the stage of the National Cultural Centre come April 11 in a production called Ramlila.

Fashion meets pop art in a creative way next Tuesday at 1 pm on Iconoclasts on DIRECTV Channel 999, in the form of English fashion designer Stella McCartney and American artist Edward Ruscha.

The search is on for a new student designer and all interested young people have until Monday to return their completed application forms to the Facts and Roses office at Lot 43 Garnett Street, Campbellville.

Thirst Park last Saturday, was transformed into a garden for the Bishops’ High School Old Students Association inaugural Tea Party and Fashion Show, ‘Classic El Dorado – Art in Motion’.

In two weeks, ten young ladies will vie for this year’s Miss Bartica Regatta crown and according to the organizers, patrons can expect good clean competition in a relaxed and secure atmosphere.

Because Darrell Pugsley works behind the scenes he is not that well known outside the industry, and from looking at him one would never guess that he is a master at arranging and mixing music and does this for some of the best local artistes.

Culture Box Someone once said, “Nothing happens unless you first dream”; perhaps not in those exact words, but words to that effect.

Tastes Like Home Hi Everyone, Gulab Jamoon – that’s what was giving me all the pain in the kitchen two weeks ago.

Designer Sonia Noel and her team of fashion enthusiasts are going green this year, focusing on the environment and injecting a concern in her scheduled collections, as well as upcoming projects because “the time has come to think green”.

Think edgy, different and outrageously good and the picture of what Classique Dance Company hopes to project on stage at the National Cultural Centre (NCC) next weekend begins to frame.