The Scene

The first Avengers took the term blockbuster to an all new level as audiences worldwide were willing to pay any price to see their beloved Marvel Comics characters in a giant team-up over and over again.

This week my focus is on the style diary of the women who performed at the GDF Anniversary concert last week: Guyanese Jacki Jaxx and Timeka Marshal and Jamaican Tanya Stephens.  

Melissa Dow-Richardson won the Ms Guyana Renaissance crown and title early last month, besting 10 other mature Guyanese women in the 7th edition of the pageant conceptualised by Negla Brandis.

So caught up are we in the throes of the ‘silly season’ that World Intellectual Property Day came and went on Sunday last without so much as a blip on our collective consciousness – at least for the most part.

Hi Everyone, A pound cake is the kind of cake you either like or dislike.

Every year, an iconic piece invades the fashion world and becomes the ultimate must have.

By Mariah Lall Even though Traits Model Management agency has only been in operation a few weeks shy of a year, it has managed to create a quite a buzz.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, long seen as one of the darlings of Bollywood and India for that matter, found herself in some hot water this past week after an advertisement she did for a huge Indian jewellery chain was slammed for being racist and promoting child slavery.

Hi Everyone, FACTS:I am deeply invested in the food of the Caribbean having a place of prominence on the world stage.

Scenes from rehearsals of Julius Caesar starring Ajay Baksh, Mark Luke-Edwards, Sean Thompson, Michael Ignatius, Lloyda Nicholas Garrett, Nirmala Narine, Paul Budnah, Max Massiah, Kirk Jardine, Chris Gopaul, John Fraser, Luigi Ferreira, Gibran Azeez, Patrick Chanderban, Stephen Asif Mohamed, Delon Sancho, Alex Rodrigues, Masud Lewis, students of the National School of Theatre Arts and Drama and the Sacred Heart Youth Group.

Consider this week’s article a continuation of my local finds from last week.

By Joanna Khan Singer/songwriter Quincy Lacon known as ‘Ego’ created history on February 28 when he won the first ever Linden Soca Monarch title.

Hi Everyone, There is hope amidst the maddening preference for foreign and imported food.

It has been said before, but bears repeating – there is not much scope for talented locals who desire a career in music.

Jamaican-American reggae singer Tarrus Riley of “She’s Royal” fame is set to headline a concert at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Base Camp Ayanganna Thomas Lands on April 30, as part of the observances for the GDF’s 50th Anniversary.

The Demerara Harbour Bridge was used last week as a runway, as models held a fashion walk to raise awareness on domestic violence.

The local theatre community has once again gone all out for students writing the English B examination at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate level and is staging Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar at the National Cultural Centre at the end of the month.