The Scene

Since the launching of Miss Berbice I’m A Big Deal Beauty and Empowerment pageant the organisers through RD Production have been on the move in Berbice.

Come next week thousands of mostly youths from Guyana, the Caribbean and the US will be journeying to the Linden/Soesdyke Highway as the Seventh Day Adventists Conference of Guyana host its first ever regional camporee.

Can exuberance look graceful in a ballet performance? Yes. And Isaiah Luther is the man who makes it happen.

Today, from 4.30 pm, the Indian Cultural Centre will screen the film Chandni, starring Sridevi Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor and Vinod Khanna.

Last Saturday evening saw the sashing of eight of the nine gorgeous contestants vying for the Miss Earth Guyana crown at the Aracari Hotel and Resort.

Come tomorrow evening the National Park will come alive when what is described as Guyana’s biggest car and bike show—Nik Shine Ride—kicks off and the finest and shiniest working old and new car, minibus and SUV face off for over $1 million in cash and prizes.

When Yohlanda Kerr won the Guyana Model Search back in 2009, hers was the coveted name and look.

At a time when the world is celebrating the existence of women, the SHADES Women’s Club was launched last Saturday evening at the Georgetown Cricket Club.

Today at the Promenade Garden from 3pm women will be celebrated as the High Commission of Canada to Guyana in collaboration with the Government of Guyana host an International Women’s Day 2018 Expo & Concert at the Promenade Gardens.

‘Do art, nobody ever fails it’ were the words that began Tonya Edinboro-Williams’s creative journey.

Stabroek News Photographer Keno George and make-up artist Decarla Hodge this past Wednesday launched ‘Melanin and Honey’, a collection of photos of African Guyanese women that seeks to endorse that black is beautiful.

Berbician Bunty Singh copped the Chutney King title for a second time at this year’s National Chutney competition at the Leonora Ground on the West Coast Demerara on February 18.

Two Fridays ago, Onikha Joseph clinched the coveted Calypso Monarch title after stiff competition from ten other contestants before a large gathering at the National Park.

On Sunday last, contestants of the I’m A Big Deal Miss Berbice Beauty and Empowerment Pageant put aside the glitz and glam associated with pageantry to team up with the police of Rose Hall Outpost, the mayor, workers of the town council and youths in a clean-up exercise around the Berbice town.

Drummers from around will soon have the opportunity to participate in the country’s first drum festival next week Sunday and the chance to win over $1 million in cash and prizes.

New graduates of the National School of Theatre, Arts and Drama are expected to entertain patrons next Saturday, when they perform in Michael James’s Skin Teeth Nah Laugh, a comedy.

Kareem ‘cKush’ Lewis’s latest song “Another Day” has been blowing up the airwaves on 94.1 Boom FM and 98.1 Hot FM since its release last month.

Poetry on a stool and tassa drumming are among the treats as the Rupununi Music and Arts Festival continues today at the Manari Ranch.

Police Constable of Brickdam Police Station Michael ‘Smallie’ Small placed third with his song “Help Meh Stop the Violence” at the Junior Calypso competition on February 3, at the Mahaicony Fun Park.