De­stra Gar­cia brought gospel to Queen’s Hall re­cent­ly when she per­formed songs from her new al­bum, Re­flec­tions. She blessed the al­most ca­pac­i­ty au­di­ence with her pow­er­ful voice raised in prayer and wor­ship.

In a world that of­ten de­mands spe­cial­i­sa­tion, some of us carve a dif­fer­ent path—one that de­fies the box­es and em­braces mul­ti­plic­i­ty.

Renowned Trinida­di­an artist Che Lovelace has been award­ed the Cheva­lier de L’Or­dre des Arts et des Let­tres (Knight of the Or­der of Arts and Let­ters) by the French gov­ern­ment. This pres­ti­gious ho­n­our, pre­sent­ed by the Em­bassy of France in Trinidad and To­ba­go on Tues­day, recog­nis­es Lovelace’s ex­cep­tion­al con­tri­bu­tions to the arts and his piv­otal role in bring­ing Caribbean vi­su­al ex­pres­sion to the glob­al fore­front.

Fam­i­lies in cen­tral and south Trinidad now have eas­i­er ac­cess to the mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary ther­a­peu­tic ser­vices of­fered by the Caribbean Kids and Fam­i­lies Ther­a­py Or­gan­i­sa­tion (CK­FTO) at its satel­lite clin­ic on Ram­saran Street in Ch­agua­nas.

The Ethiopi­an Or­tho­dox Tewa­he­do Church cel­e­brat­ed Palm Sun­day (Hosan­nah) at their Holy Trin­i­ty Parish in Beetham Gar­dens last Sun­day to start Holy Week.

In the 82-year his­to­ry of The Sem­i­nary of St John Vian­ney and The Mar­tyrs of Ugan­da, there have on­ly ever been two women who have held the po­si­tion of Dean of Stud­ies. It is per­haps the most im­por­tant role at the Sem­i­nary, guid­ing and form­ing lay­men in­to priests as well as ladies in­to re­li­gious life. It is a role long held by Catholic priests, and it wasn’t un­til the 1980s that Do­mini­can Sis­ter Di­ane Jagdeo served as Dean of Stud­ies for the first five years of that decade.

Ray­mond Ram­nar­ine is prepar­ing to de­liv­er his most heart­felt per­for­mance when A Love Sto­ry takes cen­tre stage on April 26 at the Cen­tre of Ex­cel­lence, Ma­coya.

Scores of pil­grims from the St Philip and St James RC Church in Ch­agua­nas re­cent­ly made the jour­ney to two sa­cred sites in south Trinidad.

More than 700 peo­ple par­tic­i­pat­ed in the Unit­ed Na­tions’ Pho­toVoice Ex­hi­bi­tion host­ed on March 27 and 28 at East Gates Mall and April 3 and 4 at The Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies, St Au­gus­tine Cam­pus.

The Is­lam­ic Home for Chil­dren has re­ceived a sig­nif­i­cant boost thanks to a gen­er­ous do­na­tion from Marubeni Pow­er In­ter­na­tion­al Inc. The do­na­tion comes at a for­tu­itous time, as the home moves ahead with a se­ries of fu­ture-fo­cused ini­tia­tives to en­hance its self-suf­fi­cien­cy and im­prove op­por­tu­ni­ties for the at-risk youth in its com­mu­ni­ty.

Put a con­duct­ing ba­ton in the hand of com­pos­er/arranger/pan­nist/mu­sic ed­u­ca­tor, Khion de Las. Have him stand in front of a band of in­spired stu­dent mu­si­cians with jazz on their minds. Then know for cer­tain that the UWI Arts Jazz En­sem­ble is in­tent on Keep­ing the Stan­dard (high).

There is al­ways some­thing ex­cit­ing and in­trigu­ing to look for in the night sky. Nev­er a dull night in­deed, con­tends Pro­fes­sor Shirin Haque, As­tronomer at the UWI.