Writ­ing For Our Lives, a new an­thol­o­gy com­mis­sioned by The Crop­per Foun­da­tion and pub­lished by Peekash Press, will make its in­ter­na­tion­al de­but at this year’s Bo­cas Lit Fest on May 3 at the Old Fire Sta­tion in Port-of-Spain.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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).

Ear­li­er this month, the ves­sel Na­tion­al Ge­o­graph­ic Ori­on vis­it­ed T&T’s shores for the first time.

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.