The Laventille Steelband Festival Foundation will host several events this weekend, beginning with a book and website launch today and their annual steelband street parade on Sunday.

Pan Trinbago will be celebrating Steelband Month in August.

When K2K Alliance and Partners launches its 2013 Carnival presentation The Human Race on Thursday (August 9) at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s, patrons will experience what the next generation of mas presentations will look like – futuristic, unique, sophisticated, sexy and haute couture.

CHILD ABUSE. The words strike fear to the heart of all parents and victims of such a crime. How do we warn our children of the hidden dangers out there when the topic is so sensitive and taboo? Would you believe in the form of a comic book?

The Little Carib Theatre, under the patronage of Peter Minshall, will present pan maestro Len “Boogsie” Sharp in concert on Friday August 10 and Saturday August 11 at the theatre, White and Roberts Streets, Woodbrook.

Pakistan-based tabla player Ustad Tari Khan will perform in Trinidad and Tobago alongside TT’s Gayatones Orchestra with Rishi Gayadeen and singer/dancer Sangeeta Jagdeo.

US-based Swami Ishtananda will be at the Vedanta Soiciety, 17 King Street, Princes Town to lecture on “Narada Bhakti Sutra – the Art of Living” tomorrow (August 4) at 6.30pm.

The production of An Echo In The Bone, a play by Jamaican playwright Dennis Scott continues this weekend at the Central Bank Auditorium, Port-of-Spain.

There are only 20 of its kind in the world and specially invited guests will have the opportunity to bid on their very own bottle of Angostura’s Legacy at a special Dinner and Dance at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad, Port-of-Spain.

Now in its second season, the 2012 edition of the “Trinbago Kids Got Talent” competition is already displaying the abundant creative arts ability of TT’s youth.

The team at Hikers Inc will lead an expedition this Sunday (August 5) to Cyril Bay.