Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casino hosted another successful RLife Live event on June 19 2013. The Global Day of Discovery event with DJ Chuckie and the Dirty Dutch crew kicked of the ‘Summer of Discovery’, a summer-long calendar of Rlife Live events at Renaissance locations around the world. DJ Chuckie also announced that during the weekend of September 6 to 8, will host the launch of the Electric Festival (EF).

Poetry is an Island investigates the life of Caribbean Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott. The film includes poetry - recited by the poet himself - and features places in St. Lucia that are meaningful to him. The film also shows conversations with Walcott on themes such as poetry, Caribbean languages, painting, his Dutch (Sint Maarten) heritage, theatre and society. The project and the film will have its world premiere during the 2013 edition in the presence of Derek Walcott himself.

Maggy's Aruba 11th annual Beauty Festival starts tonight with an opening event from 7pm - 9pm. During this six day event several international make-up artists and aestheticians will be available for workshops, consultations, make-overs, cabine sessions and hair & skin analysis.

Aside from showcasing a number of films from Venezuela, the Aruba International Film Festival (AIFF) announced today that it will host some of its neighboring country’s most recognizable names in film and television Maria Conchita Alonso (multiple Grammy Award Nominee and Hollywood movie star), María Alejandra Martín, Hilda Abrahamz, Ivette Domínguez, and actor Albi de Abreu. Also the filmmakers behind the Venezuelan hit Brecha en el Silencio (Breach of Silence), Luis and Andrés Rodriguez, will attend along with members of the cast to conduct an audience Q&A after the screening of their film.