Stabroek Weekend

Moments in music

Someone approached me out of the blue this week outside a store on Sheriff Street to ask for advice on the music business; he was not a musician, but interested in recording and was wondering how to proceed.

Bond is back at the chessboard! The ageless James Bond, much like the ageless game of chess, finds himself once again playing chess in his 24th and new film Spectre. British actor Daniel Craig (in photo) plays Bond. Chess was first introduced in the 1963 film From Russia With Love when Soviet grandmaster Kronsteen crushed the Canadian chess champion Mc Adams with an elegant combination beginning with a discovered check.
Bond is back at the chessboard! The ageless James Bond, much like the ageless game of chess, finds himself once again playing chess in his 24th and new film Spectre. British actor Daniel Craig (in photo) plays Bond. Chess was first introduced in the 1963 film From Russia With Love when Soviet grandmaster Kronsteen crushed the Canadian chess champion Mc Adams with an elegant combination beginning with a discovered check.

Jamaica and Brazil contest youth, cadet chess championship in Greece

The exclusive World Youth and Cadet Chess Championships in Greece, came to a conclusion on Friday.

Making you proud

In last week’s offering, I made the point that if we want Guyanese to move beyond their ethnic positions to be comfortable under the wider umbrella of a bona fide nation, we need to work to ensure that the populace knows of the achievements and successes behind that national entity.

Lukanani and Lemons Marjorie Broodhagen  Oil 1967 (Photo courtesy of Castellani House)

Lukanani and Lemons

In this their eighth Conversation, artists Stanley Greaves AA and Akima McPherson examine Marjorie Broodhagen’s painting, Lukanani and Lemons, completed in 1967.

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