The Virgin Islands Public Television System, WTJX Channel 12 serves the public, providing quality educational programs on channels 12, 90 and 92. Each week WTJX selects highlights from its program schedule to share with the VI Source readers. For a full listing of programs visit www.wtjx.org

Set in 1967, “Little Green” is classic Easy Rawlins, with underworld violence, sophisticated crime and men who efficiently take care of business - all with a noir feel, like a black Sam Spade.

The Gibbons family rules, passed down from Grandma Althea and now enforced by Mama Yolanda, included always embodying grace and glamour and being the image of perfection.

The more things change, the more they remain the same. “The Color Complex” by Kathy Russel-Cole, Midge Wilson and Ronald E. Hall demonstrates how much “colorism” still matters.

Being open to new adventures keeps life fresh and exciting. And as you’ll see in the new novel “Decadence” by Eric Jerome Dickey, embracing new experiences can also fulfill fantasies.

She was a schemer, she was ghetto, she was the worst kind of liar, and a friendship between the two of you was Not Going To Happen. Not in a hundred years. Famous last words...

If you’ve ever had a friend (or two) that you knew better than you know yourself, then you need to share this book. “The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat” is great for one, but better for all.

 V.I. Council on the Arts, a division of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation, organizes Poetry Out Loud (POL), which encourages high school students to learn about great poetry through memorization, performance and competition.

Making a mess is called “living.” But in the novel “All I Did Was Shoot My Man” by Walter Mosley, another mess needs cleaning up soon – or somebody dies.

 Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts offers a course on learning how to use a potter’s wheel to make pots and dishes.