As the African Film Festival of T&T (AFFTT) celebrates its fifth year of existence, the Festival will be holding its first screening in San Fernando. The Festival will run from May 20 to 26 and will showcase films from the African continent and diaspora. Festival founder and director Asha Lovelace said while the milestone is … Continue reading
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First Film and Folklore Festival on Sunday (April 26, 2019)
T&T’s first-ever Film and Folklore Festival will take place on April 28. Founded by Annisia Cadogan and Leslie Ann Wills-Caton of FIXERfilm Studios, the launch of the Festival will feature an immersive experience and a film screening. Wills-Caton said the Festival came about through the production company’s passion for telling the Caribbean narrative. “In 2017, … Continue reading
Colouring for adults: Dreamscapes by Chinyere Brown (April 15, 2019)
In recent years, colouring books for adults have become more and more popular. A local version, Dreamscapes, has been created by artist and sociologist Chinyere Brown. Brown, who was born in Jamaica, grew up in Trinidad and has a Guyanese mother, said she was inspired to create a colouring book with Caribbean motifs and familiar … Continue reading
CYC brings traditional knowledge to community (March 13, 2019)
Dry Season Programme Begins “The Dry Season brings hard times and everything seems to be in short supply. It’s a good time, however, to drink from the wellspring of traditional Caribbean knowledge.” The Caribbean Yard Campus will begin classes in its Dry Season Programme beginning on April 8. The courses featured in the 2019 Programme … Continue reading
Jan15,2017. Audre Lorde’s experience of black self-hatred in the Caribbean
Audre Lorde, a lesbian mother warrior poet feminist activist with caribbean roots, ventured to the Caribbean in 1990 for vacation. She was almost denied entry to one Caribbean island because of her… Source: Jan15,2017. Audre Lorde’s experience of black self-hatred in the Caribbean
Selling T&T dancers to the world (January 15, 2017)
Dancer and choreographer Kieron Sargeant was so troubled by the lack of paid opportunities for dancers in T&T outside of Best Village and Carnival that he opened an agency which places dancers in jobs around the world. The Kieron Sargeant Dance and Performing Arts Agency, which was opened in January 2016, has showcased T&T culture … Continue reading
CNTM Week 10 (unpublished)
Today’s episode was a look back at the competition thus far. There were flashes of issues that would come up later in the competiton, like Yugge performing for the cameras and the other girls We take a look back at our journey and find out a little bit more about all of our models, including … Continue reading
CDM Conference 2016 – Defining Caribbean Dance Music (August 7, 2016)
Now is the time for Caribbean Dance Music (CDM) producers, artists and DJs to come together to determine what the genre entails, says promoter Karrilee Fifi. It is for this reason she has organized the second annual Caribbean Dance Music Conference, scheduled for August 12 to 14. Published in the T&T Guardian on August 7, … Continue reading
Short story collection 16 launched (May 15, 2016)
The launch of “16: A Collection of Short Stories” drew a packed-to-capacity crowd to the Kaiso Blues Cafe on April 25. The book features authors such as Elspeth Duncan, Judith Theodore, Ty N. Batson and June Aming. Editor Jeanne Mason said the unifying factor shared by the 16 authors is that their stories are characteristic … Continue reading
CNTM Week 4 – Hopefuls raise the drama stakes (November 24, 2015)
We’re now in the fourth episode of Caribbean’s Next Top Model 2015, and it’s clear who’s emerging as the clear leaders in the fashion stakes as well as the drama stakes. Richard Young said generally he didn’t think the girls understood what their purpose as a model was. “The model is an intermediary between the … Continue reading
