Pure Pleasure in the midst of Carnival
Wesley GibbingsPublished: Friday, February 14, 2014Pedro Lezama at the launch of his Pure Pleasure CD. PHOTO: WESLEY GIBBINGSIt’s four Saturdays before Carnival 2014. Not far away, east steelband...
View ArticleMas band Dream Team to feature in US documentary
Published: Friday, February 14, 2014Carnival 2014Dream Team bandleader Paul Singh, centre, shows off the band’s 2014 presentation I Am to US-Television regional manager Carleen Krug, left, and project...
View ArticlePanman paints third musical portrait
DAVID CUFFYPublished: Friday, February 14, 2014Martin Albino, brother of musicologist Merle Albino-de Coteau. If you enjoyed the music on the first two Portraits of Martin Albino CDs, your pleasure...
View ArticleTeam Anya eats dust, again
Sean DrakesPublished: Sunday, February 16, 2014#Tuned IN: A short-lived reality TV recap seriesAsha Daniels' design which won the challenge to dress pop princess Zendaya.The contender who amped up the...
View ArticleFor the love of Pan & Party
Joshua SurteesPublished: Tuesday, February 18, 2014You can’t have a Panorama lime without the iron men! One of the rhythm sections that played in the North Stand throughout the Panorama semi-finals on...
View ArticleFilm festival hosts screening in tribute to Stuart Hall
Published: Tuesday, February 18, 2014Critics said The Stuart Hall Project serves not only as an illuminating biography of Hall, but also as a potent “alternate” history of the world in the latter half...
View ArticleDreamers Network hosts LOL culture fest
Published: Thursday, February 20, 2014Dreamers Network (of artists) in collaboration with Playwrights Workshop, Secondary Schools Drama Association and Virtual Museum of Trinidad and Tobago is hosting...
View ArticlePrizes up for grabs in the Carnival Catwalk competion
Published: Tuesday, February 25, 2014Fashion from fetes has been in the spotlight this Carnival at adult contemporary music station 95.1FM as “fashion forward” fans were encouraged to post photos of...
View ArticleHyatt hosts the Ultimate Lime fete tomorrow
Published: Tuesday, February 25, 2014CEO of Rainbow Rescue for Boys Judy Wilson, receives a cheque representing part proceeds of 2013’s Lime all-inclusive from Russell George, general manager of Hyatt...
View ArticleHarrydass shares musical talent with Norwegian youths
Cori BaynesPublished: Tuesday, February 25, 2014Clifton Harrydass is teaching Norwegian youths how to play pan. PHOTO COURTESY CLIFTON HARRYDASSFor years the steelband has won international acclaim,...
View ArticleThree T&T authors among OCM Bocas Prize finalists
Published: Wednesday, February 26, 2014Gaiutra BahadurThree T&T authors have made the longlist of ten for the leading prize for Caribbean literature. Poet Roger Robinson, novelist Robert Antoni and...
View ArticleCutting through the stink
Simon LeePublished: Wednesday, February 26, 2014It’s easy to dismiss 3Canal as pretty bourgeois showbiz boys (to men) or even J’Ouvert opportunists, but beneath and beyond their superb entertainment...
View ArticleKaiso Karavan visits Under the Trees
Peter Ray BloodPublished: Wednesday, February 26, 2014Former calypso monarch Kurt Allen performs with Kaiso Karavan at The Normandie, St Ann’s, where he received several encores. PHOTO: ABRAHAM DIAZIn...
View ArticleSon Of God premieres for cathedral fund-raiser
Published: Thursday, February 27, 2014A scene from the movie Son Of God with Diogo Morgado as Jesus. The Archbishop’s Appeal together with MovieTowne will host the premiere of Son of God simultaneously...
View ArticleTop stars shine at Soca on D Hill
Published: Tuesday, March 4, 2014Fitz Rian St Hilaire, Atlantic Calypso Monarch 2014.Top soca stars Bunji Garlin, Fay Ann Lyons, Kerwin Du Bois and 2014 Chutney Soca Monarch KI headlined Soca on D...
View Article300 celebrate opening of family play park
Published: Tuesday, March 4, 2014Digicel endorsee Kees Dieffenthaller performs at King George V Play Park. It was indeed a fitting tribute to the Port-of-Spain communities when The Digicel Foundation...
View ArticleStalin headlines Little Carib show
Published: Thursday, March 6, 2014Foreday Mornin’ Entertainment will present Love Yuh Own … in celebration of Calypso Music at the Little Carib Theatre, corner White and Roberts streets, Woodbrook,...
View ArticleWelcome to Warlock: Where Hollywood meets Nollywood
Joshua SurteesPublished: Monday, March 10, 2014On set in Petit Valley, aka “Valleywood”, director and producer Jeffrey Alleyne, left, instructs the young cast of Welcome To Warlock, Shane Piango,...
View ArticleFree screening of award-winning LGBT film Children of God
Published: Monday, March 10, 2014Johnny Ferro (Jonny), left, and Stephen Tyrone Williams (Romeo) in a scene from Children of God.In light of the ongoing debate on homosexuality and gay rights, the...
View ArticleUTT musicians to recreate early T&T music
Ray FunkPublished: Wednesday, March 12, 2014The UTT musicians who will perform at Napa on Saturday evening. Early Trinidad string band music will be performed live for the first time in almost a...
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