The Scene

Tomorrow afternoon the National Cultural Centre will come alive in the name of the Lord as some of the most known local gospel singers will take to the stage to launch the Flights of Hope – Guyana Hinterland Outreach Ministry.

Guyanese Onel Sanford-Belle has taken a quantum leap from broadcast journalism to film producing and landed squarely on her feet, with her music video being selected for screening at Cinemondays in New York, and her team winning best filmmaker(s) for the month of December last year.

Culture Box We have decided that we rather like the film Pretty Woman, and no, not because it’s a sort of modern-day Cinderella story; although that is as good a reason as any.

Hi Everyone, Raise your hand if like fried chicken. Raise both of your hands if you like homemade fried chicken.

The National Park is expected to come alive this evening with high-class gospel entertainment from both international and local gospel artistes. 

The Mackenzie Sports Ground is set to come alive tonight when 15 soca singers square off to cop a place in this year’s final of the soca competition.

The Link Show turns 25 years old this year and for its silver anniversary, it will link with Cellink for special performances around the Mashramani season.

Guyanese Ramon Dummett is growing into a mini-institution on the island of Barbados, but it is the kind of fame he takes no credit for, saying instead that Christ has lifted him up and continues to “take him to the unreachable places”.

Bad karma Some days it feels like the world is conspiring against you.

Jam versus jelly versus marmalade Hi Everyone, “Would you please pass the jelly?”

She’s a woman with a passion to help in the fight against child molestation and has combined her talent for writing and singing to push her cause.

Maria Benschop’s Nothing to Laugh About, which is a collection of satirical sketches, is set for a repeat tonight at the National Cultural Centre after opening to good reviews at the Theatre Guild in November last year.

Local actor turned playwright Errol Chand will direct and play the lead role when his play, Two Plays, One Night opens at the Theatre Guild next weekend.

There’s a kind of hush that makes you feel you should be whispering.

Road hogs With new rules in place regarding how this country’s roads ought to be used, we ventured into several areas where changes were supposed to have been made only to feel very let down.

Describing our cuisine Hi Everyone, What is your answer when someone asks you to describe our cuisine or asks you what type of cuisine we have?

Godfrey Naughton’s No Tricks, No Business, which packs a serious dramatic punch and delivers an interesting, humorous story about the business of body snatching, is set for an encore at the National Cultural Centre (NCC) later this month.