Paula Lindo Friday 28 February 2020 The 33rd Biennial TT Music Festival has made sweeping changes to its composition. Festival chairman Jessel Murray said this was to make the event, which runs from March 1-28, more audience- and social-media-friendly. One major change has been the consolidation of several classes and the retirement of others. Murray said … Continue reading
Tagged with Young people …
First Citizens National Poetry Slam begins (January 14, 2020)
Registration is open for the auditions for the First Citizens National Poetry Slam (FCNPS) 2020. This year the audition process will take place over five locations spread out over two weeks. FCNPS Coordinator and 2 Cents Movement (2CM) Chief Operating Officer Atiya Douglas said, “FCNPS 2020 marks the culmination of the 10th year of the … Continue reading
By calypso, our stories are told (October 1, 2019)
Celebrating Youth in Calypso was the theme of the first concert of Calypso History Month at D Monarchs Pub on Ariapita Avenue. D Monarch’s owner, former National Calypso Monarch, Duane O’Connor, said the event was the first of many carded at the venue for Calypso History Month. Calypsonian Raeann Guerra began the evening with her … Continue reading
Spoken word, sci-fi and fantasy in a mix (July 24, 2019)
Writer and spoken word poet Brandon O’Brien’s first ever solo show, Distress Signals, will showcase his spoken word poetry and science fiction and fantasy (SFF) writing, as well as a conversation with the artist. The show takes place on July 26 at the Writers Centre, 14 Alcazar Street, St. Clair, Port-of-Spain. O’Brien has had short … Continue reading
Children make mas at Camp Zante! (June 27, 2019)
“In order to return focus to our Carnival and traditional artforms, it is important to vest the knowledge of these traditions in our young people and lay the foundation for preservation of the cultural artforms that are intrinsically T&T.” Vacation camp Zante! founder, Dara Healy made the statement as she explained why the camp focuses … Continue reading
Arts in Action for children (June 19, 2019)
As Arts-in-Action (AiA), the Applied Creative Arts, Outreach Unit of the Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA), UWI St. Augustine, celebrates its 25th anniversary as an Applied Creative Arts Company, it will be expanding its vacation camp programme. This year, the three camps being offered are Discovery Camp, Discovery by Stage and Discovery by … Continue reading
Women create history in Poetry Slam (May 13, 2019)
For the first time in history, all three finalists in the First Citizens National Poetry Slam are women. In first, second and third place respectively, were Alexandra Stewart, Shinique Saunders and 2018 defending champion Deneka Thomas. The clean sweep was even more remarkable considering that only five of the 15 finalists were women. The first … Continue reading
Girls bloom in spoken word (April 9, 2017)
Girl Be Heard Unplugged at the Little Carib Theatre on March 14 showcased the results of the Girl Be Heard project, a women-led empowerment program which uses socially conscious theatre-making to develop, amplify and celebrate the voices of young women, currently being carried out at Bishops Centenary High School in Port of Spain. Fifteen students, … Continue reading
Girl Be Heard comes to T&T (January 15, 2017)
Spoken word poetry is becoming increasingly popular in allowing young people to express the challenges they face. The latest initiative in T&T is the international pilot program of Girl Be Heard (GBH), a women-led empowerment program which uses socially conscious theatre-making to develop, amplify and celebrate the voices of young women. Director of Global Partnerships, … Continue reading
Zuwena’s fundraiser for education (January 8, 2017)
Aspiring singer/songwriter Zuwena James will be holding a second concert to raise funds to continue her education at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh, in 2017. “An Evening of Harmonies” will take place on January 13 at Garden Jewelz Foundation in Point Fortin from 6 to 8 pm. The featured guest artiste for An … Continue reading
