The International Women’s Week event, Her Stories, saw an capacity crowd turn out to hear readings by a panel of authors on March 9 at the Alliance Francaise. The panel, consisting of writers Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw, Danielle Boodoo-Fortune, Dr. Angelique Nixon and Aaliyah Eniath, was chaired by poet and author Shivanee Ramlochan. In introducing the panel, … Continue reading
The T&T Film Company (FilmTT) is inviting applications for its 2017 Small Marketing and Development Grants. Film TT General Manager Nneka Luke said the grants are small investments into very specific projects based on what the organization is capable of providing at this time. In a release, FilmTT said the grants, which will range from … Continue reading
Trini-Canadian writer and actor Joseph Jomo Pierre said he felt he was drawn to come back to T&T to act as the lead character, Jason, in the Caribbean premiere of Carnival Medea. Pierre left T&T at nine years old and was brought up in Toronto, Canada. He credits his upbringing in T&T with his sense … Continue reading
The latest Trinbagonian culture podcast is T&T Unpacked, produced and hosted by Rochelle Amour and Justin Collymore. The pair started the podcast in July 2016. Collymore said the original idea was to do fake prank calls or skits, but Amour suggested doing a regular talk-show format. She said “we decided to narrow it down to … Continue reading
Musician and sound engineer Navid Lancaster has an impressive list of achievements to his name. This isn’t surprising as he has over 20 years experience in both fields, beginning at age 19 when he played guitar for a band called AK47 and then formed his own band called Broken Mirroz at age 22. Lancaster got … Continue reading
Badjohn Republic, co-creators of last year’s Machel Montano hit “Waiting on the Stage”, are back at it again, this time with a new rhythm called the Vibration Riddim. The rhythm so far features songs by Kes the Band, Voice, Kerwin Du Bois, Preedy, Danielle Veira and Marvay. Keegan Taylor, one of the founding members of … Continue reading
Among the awardees for The Financial Times’ 2016 Top 50 LGBT Future Leaders is Trinidadian Liam Rezende. He is based in London, where he works as the Marketing Communications Manager for Andaz, the Hyatt’s lifestyle brand. Rezende said he felt an immense sense of pride in being chosen as one of the Top 50 LGBT … Continue reading
Actress Susan Hannays-Abraham said her event on November 5 to raise funds to offset the costs of her cancer treatment has been a long time in planning, as she initially intended to pay for it out of her savings. However, these have dwindled significantly after the cancer returned, and her friends have banded together to … Continue reading
The concert “Shades of Blue” will showcase the musical talent of Syntyche Bishop, actress and Resident Player at the National Theatre Arts Company of T&T. She said she has been concentrating on acting for a while, but her first love has always been singing. Bishop began singing in church at age 5 and started training … Continue reading
The upcoming concert A Breath of Fresh Air, by Chandelier Productions, will feature the original compositions and arrangements of 18-year-old musical prodigy Michael Hudlin. Hudlin, who performs with the Lydian Singers and the UWI Arts Chorale, is a multiple Music Festival winner and the most recent recipient of the Suraj Boodram Prize for Best Music … Continue reading
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