The Scene

Hi Everyone, My mother loves the American, Southern-style, soft, leavened quick bread known as biscuits.

I am considering deactivating my Facebook account for a while. The social media platform, which happens to be my daily source of constant news updates is, I believe, starting to have a negative effect on my psyche.

  The classical “Mash in Guyana” song celebrates thirty years since it was first recorded this month.

  A number of international and local Guyanese artists are expected be fired-up on stage at Congress Place Auditorium tomorrow night when Carib Feedback Productions holds its Africa Unite international musical showcase.

Promoters recently held their second year of the ultra-premium all-inclusive event themed ‘Finesse’ as a precursor to Trinidad and Tobago’s Carnival celebration.

While she only made her debut as a model just over a year ago, 18-year-old Ambika Ramraj has wasted no time in taking ownership of which ever stage she steps out on.

I stayed away from the television last Friday. I knew seeing Donald Trump being sworn as the 45th President of the United States would have driven me up a wall even further as I already find his politics to be burdensome and aggravating.

Last week Simpli Royal launched this year’s Mash Queen pageant at the Umana Yana during which six beautiful queen hopefuls introduced themselves and paraded in front of the audience giving a taste of what is to come on February 19, when the pageant will be held.

Designer Sonia Noel will host her second annual ‘Women in Business Expo’ in collaboration with the Women’s Association for Sustainable Development (WASD) on March 25 and 26 at the Pegasus Hotel.

Reigning Chutney King, Chait ‘Bunty’ Singh Mohanlall, better known as Bunty Singh says that as his year at the top winds down Guyanese can look forward to hearing much more from him as he has every intention of retaining his crown and straddling the top of the ladder for at least another year especially it took him four tries before he made it to the top.

Hi Everyone, What’s Cooking is a series in which I answer questions you may have about food or cooking but are too shy to ask.

Time and time again I am reminded that our outlook on beauty—or should I say our perception of what should be deemed beauty—is forever dictated to and influenced by our environment, culture, history and social upbringing among other factors.

Former Miss India Guyana Brittany Singh has denied that she breached any of her contractual agreements with the organisers of the pageant and claims that it was she who decided to return the crown, but her attempt was rejected and the organisers later chose to strip her of the crown.

The Timehri Film Festival (TFF) is getting ready to host its second annual screening and is inviting persons to make submissions for the festival billed to be held from May 31 to June 4, in Georgetown.

The Indian Cultural Centre (ICC) through the High Commission of India to Guyana will be hosting a lecture by its dance department in collaboration with its students to be addressed by internationally acclaimed danseuse and choreographer Pranaame Bhagwati.

  The stage is set for the Children’s Mashramani celebration which will feature the nation’s youth in costumes, dramatic presentations, calypso, dance and masquerade as well as choir singing competitions nationwide.

Artist and designer, Sameer Khan has been making waves in the designing arena and is the mastermind behind many of the Mash costumes, the spectacular upside down Christmas tree and the suspending presents at the Giftland Mall that were the buzz of the holidays and led to numerous selfies being posted on the Facebook with his work portrayed in the backdrop.

As Menswear Week wraps up, I ponder on why my husband showed no excitement towards the newest men’s fashions; there was no latent desirability either.

Hi Everyone, What’s Cooking is a series in which I answer questions you may have about food or cooking but are too shy to ask.

After years of participating in the Miss Caribbean Talented Teen pageant Guyana finally got some success when Miss Guyana Talented Teen Aliya Wong was adjudged first runner-up at the December 30, 2016 pageant in St Kitts and Nevis.