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SPORTSMAN PROFILE

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Former national junior captain Shaquille Williams shares his experiences and challenges faced growing in the cricket profession from the tender age of eight to present, he has made a name for himself locally and internationally through his abilities both on the field and off. He plays the position of an all-rounder, right handed batsman and off spin bowler. Locally Williams plays for the Malteenoes Sports Club in Georgetown. ‘Produce or perish’ said 25-year-old cricketer Shaquille Williams, who has been producing and displaying his capabilities since the age of eight in sports and academics. Born on the 20th March, 1994 a time before technology enveloped most of our youths’ minds. Mr Williams grew up in central Georgetown, Norton street making his environment his playground, He strongly believes that being able to bond with nature would have ‘added and helped his development in sports’ or If he was not playing cricket, it was football. basketball and genuine outdoor fun with...
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THEATRICAL REVIEW

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By: Natasha Azeez                            "Nrityageet 40 final curtain call" “We dance for the love of dance” words which will live on in the lives of the Nrityageet dancers. The curtains closed forever at the National Cultural Centre as the annual dance production Nrityageet bid farewell after 40 years on May 3 and 4, 2019. Nrityageet has been one of the longest running annual dance productions to grace the stage of the National Cultural Centre annually to mark Indian Indentureship in Guyana. Nrityageet Director Dr. Seeta Shah Roath said, “We dance for the love of dance, the love of the arts, the love of theatre arts. Our grand-parents and their ship family were producing Ramlilas in the Rice “factory” in Bel Air and Turkeyen, since they came in the 1800s. Costume making, male dancing, dramatic dance productions have been in the family for generations.”  Dr Roath explained that Guyanese will be taken ...
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ART EXHIBITION REVIEW

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Art Exhibition Review By: Natasha Azeez International Sculptor and artist, Winslow Craig A.A with his 20 year old master piece. PC: Natasha Azeez  Renowned Guyanese sculpture Winslow Craig A.A, Art lecturer at the University of Guyana and International award winning sculptor, opened his art exhibition entitled, “A Journey and Exploration of Forms” on February 14, 2019, at Guyana’s national Art gallery, Castellani House. The soft instrumental music filled the atmosphere on this romantic evening while patrons were in ‘awe’ of the magnificent wooden and wire sculptures. Of the 11 breath-taking works much attention was drawn to the spell bounding 20 year old sculpture which travelled from New Zealand. This piece was created over 20 years ago which unfortunately could not have made it to the shores of Guyana until now.  The artist works gives a detailed representation of his patience, discipline and creative vision to transform “scrap, discarded materials” into masterpie...
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MUSIC CONCERT REVIEW

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                                 Samuel Medas at RIOT 2019   A night of sweat, praise and youthful exuberance transformed the atmosphere at the Sophia Exhibition Centre. On February 23rd 2019, the fourth annual Gospel Fest under the theme ‘Riot’ brought out people of all walks of life. The audience screamed in excitement as the performers who graced the stage were local and international gospel artistes. Clement Glasgow, Christine Richardson, Lion Club, Samuel Medas, Jaron Nurse and Blessed Messenger were a few of the anticipated artistes.  Gospel Music may be considered slow and conventional, yet these artistes proved otherwise. Their distinct style and rhythm serenaded the crowd. Loud jubilation was ushered in as the first artiste of night, Clement Glasgow sang his smooth, reggae vibe songs and remixed versions of old gospel music. ‘Plan for me’, ‘A rhythm too for hard the Lord’ and ‘w...
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BOOK REVIEW

Meera Lee Patel did it again from her bestselling journal ‘Start Where You Are’ comes ‘My Friend Fear,’ “she has taken the big scary concept of fear and crafted it into a personal yet universal love letter.” Meera is an author and illustrator that was raised in New Jersey, who uses her talent in her books visually. She released this amazing journal My Friend Fear Finding Magic in the Unknown in the month of November, 2017. In My friend fear, Meera took us through a path that explained when we look deeply into the causes of fears it will always come down to one solution and that solution is not a magical solution to our problems like the all other traditional self-help journals would but it’s a solution of us being by ourselves at the end of the day. Whatever may be the problem or whatever we are worried about for example being rejected by friends, being rejected by the one person you love, being afraid to try new things or as Meera mention being afraid to move to another town, all of...
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FILM REVIEW

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Sierra Burges is a Loser One look at this film would make you question whether the amount of drama portrayed by the characters should be encouraged among young teens. The film Sierra Burgess is a loser developed from a deliberate act contrived against Sierra played by Shannon Purser. Veronica’s conspiracy resulted in Burgess obsessive love for Jamey. Sierra a major character in the film, plays a split personality role which made her both insecure and determined. She mentioned in the film during a close-up shot in her bathroom “You are a magnificent beast.” as a way of strengthening her mind to deal with the daily taunt she faced from her rival, Veronica. However, Veronica played by Kristine Froseth and Sierra then settle into an unintended friendship that encouraged Sierra to fake her identity.  Sierra’s love soon escalates into uncontrollable feelings for Jamey played by Noah Centineo. Though the film tells a romantic story, the director Ian Samuels based the movie in a hig...
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