The Scene

The Guyana Music Teachers’ Association annual event ‘Musicians on Stage’ is set for Sunday, July 3 at the National Cultural Centre at 3 pm.

Uncensored, live stand-up comedy is back with part two tonight and this time there will be a competition segment among upcoming comedians at the National Cultural Centre.

By Abigail Semple Excitement and splendour filled the National Cultural Centre last Saturday night when the annual Mother and Daughter pageant was held.

Hip, cool mom

I’m wondering how many people out there have a hip, cool mother who talks down tattoos and blames alcohol for many ills in society but has been inked and drinks anyway.

Sonia Noel is fresh off of the musical/fashion production, Theatrical Spectacular and will wing out next month with a strong contingent of local designers to represent Guyana at the upcoming Fashion Weekend of Trinidad and Tobago.

‘Hold Back the Dawn’, an exhibition of paintings by Betsy Karim, opens next week at the National Art Gallery, Castellani House.

Charulata (The Lonely Wife), will be screened by the Indian Cultural Centre at 5.30 pm today, in honour of the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore.

NEW YORK (Billboard) – Beyonce’s upcoming fourth solo album will be called ‘4’, a title she says was inspired by her fans.

Miss Guyana World 2010

The Guyana Festival of Musical Arts ended on a high note on Saturday last with Orlando Primo being named the overall festival champion.

It would seem that the hip, new thing for young women to do when they go to shows and parties is smoke weed.

The Scene Cartoon

By Abigail Semple “It’s called Karma baby and it goes around,” Alicia Keys sings in her song “Karma”.

Classic Tuesdays film this month is Rituparno Ghosh’s Chokher Bali. It will be screened next Tuesday at 6 pm at the National Gallery, Castellani House, Vlissengen Road, Georgetown.

Nineteen pairs of mothers and daughters will grace the stage of the National Cultural Centre next Saturday May 7, for the 20th edition of the Mother and Daughter Pageant.

It was one of the few Mondays when I didn’t have to deal with the annoying traffic on King Street.

Local rock band Feed the Flames is hoping to fuse a new sound with the reggae genre and this weekend fans will be treated to sounds that will leave a lasting impression.

All members of the public are invited to the screening of Provoked: A True Story today from 5.30 pm at the Indian Culture Centre, New Haven, Bel Air.

Beres Hammond isn’t just the soulful crooner from Jamaica we’ve grown to love all these years; he is a God-like figure posing as a man.