Art, Expo & Fashion

Tuesday, September 30 – Kingston, Jamaica: It's now down to two and everyone is guessing and wagering who will win the big prize of over a million dollars and a record deal in the Digicel Rising Stars 2008 competition. The competition for the top position as Digicel Risings Star 2008 has been intense with numerous twists and turns. At the beginning of the 2008 Digicel Rising Stars season there were jitters as to whether this season will be as successful as previous seasons. With the end of the season just days away, it is...

New York, NY (MS. RAINE INC.): With a history of producing some of Brooklyn's most daringly artistic runway shows, EyezonFashion Model Management want the borough's fashion-centered population to experience Déjá Vu, their highly anticipated 2008 Fall Style event.  By capturing the biggest and best elements from their past shows, EyezonFashion is adding yet another twist to their usually unusual fashion staging.

Wild exotic prints, ingenious designs, and an awe inspiring presentation are just a few of the things audiences can expect at the launching of up and coming designer, Petra Moore's first collection. Moore's effort entitled 'Safari' uses lots of cottons and silks to capture the exotic and natural essence one expects from such an adventure.

A British rapper has landed a part in an upcoming movie based on the life of Notorious B.I.G. London musician and songwriter Poni bagged a role in the new flick after attending auditions in New York. Notorious, which is produced by Sean Diddy Combs and stars Golden Globe-winning actress Angela Bassett, is due for release in January 2009.

Saturday, September 6; Kingston, Jamaica: After tropical storm Gustav passed over Jamaica, the producers of Digicel Rising Stars offered a gospel-themed night Sunday last, August 31. Though there are no indications that the tropical storm had anything to do with the event, many viewers are very pleased with the latest addition in genre to the talent competition.

NEW YORK, July 16, 2008 - Caribbean high fashion and luxury lifestyle magazine Ocean Style is proud to unveil Grammy award-winning superstar Mariah Carey as she graces the cover of the current issue.

Monday June 2, 2008 – Scarborough, Tobago… Kaj Designs, Trinidad and Tobago’s newest couture fashion house, offered the Fashion Week Trinidad and Tobago (FWTT) audience a sensual take on jungle wild life when it unleashed WILD THINGS on Friday May 30, 2008.  Kaj’s newest collection awakened the feline senses with lavish infusions of safari and animal print in soft chiffons, silk chamois, crinkle cotton and lambs wool.  With only the fashion forward and confident woman in mind, WILD THINGS featured daring asymmetric cuts, plunging necklines, cold-shoulder blouses and draped layered skirts with bold slits.

Thursday May 29, 2008 – Scarborough, Tobago... In signature Kaj style, Kevin Ayoung-Julien will titillate the senses when he unleashes WILD THINGS, his newest collection, at the first ever Fashion Week Trinidad and Tobago (FWTT).  On Friday May 30, 2008, the audience at FWTT’s evening of Conscious Fashion will be treated to indulgent infusions of safari and animal print that awaken the feline senses.

Do you eat your roti with your hands or a knife and a fork?  Who makes the best roti?  And yes, the question of all questions: bone-in or boneless?

These are all questions pondered by roti-lovers worldwide which will become food for thought when The Urban Recreation Association® of Toronto presents www.OnceUponARoti.com at Harbourfront Centre's World Routes Island Soul festival (Lakeside Terrace, Monday August 4, 4 p.m.). At Once Upon A Roti the answer to eternal roti questions will not be definite or decided but they will certainly be debated and delicious!

Carivog International UK announces the first round of screening for participants in the 6th Miss Trinidad & Tobago UK Pageant and Cultural Show has begun.  Under the distinguished honorary patronage of Her Excellency Mrs Glenda Morean Phillip SC, former High Commissioner of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago to London, now Ambassador for the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to the United States of America and Mexico and Permanent Representative to the Organisation of American States, delegates will be selected during the month of June.  The finals and cultural show will be held at The Bloomsbury Theatre, London on Saturday 20 September 2008.