The genie of Caribbean music
Peter Ray BloodPublished: Thursday, October 9, 2014Look Who?Look Who? is a new monthly feature that tells the stories of cultural pioneers who have been off the scene for a while. These features try to...
View ArticleCoco P tells ‘tales of survival’
Wesley GibbingsPublished: Thursday, October 9, 2014Davis “Coco P” Deen has the durable, master Trinidadian folklorist Al Ramsawak to blame for his initially confusing sobriquet as impresario, stage...
View ArticleConvent girls in Disco Inferno
Published: Thursday, October 9, 2014The Parent Teacher Association of Holy Name Convent (HNC) is getting its groove on as it hosts Disco Inferno, at The Anchorage, Chaguaramas, on October 18.The party,...
View ArticleCelebrities join families to fight Down syndrome
Published: Thursday, October 9, 2014This month is Down syndrome Awareness Month and activities are geared towards spreading awareness among the population.“Down syndrome is a condition in which a...
View ArticleOCV building Caribbean music industry
Peter Ray BloodPublished: Thursday, October 9, 2014One Caribbean Voice (OCV) is a concept that was spawned in 1997, based on John Arnold’s composition by the same name. It has since been registered as...
View ArticleTop musicians to lead First Citizens music workshops
Published: Thursday, October 9, 2014The promoters of the 2014 T&T Steel Pan and Jazz Festival (TTSJF) have recruited an exceptional line-up of facilitators for the 12th annual First Citizens...
View ArticleRaw guitar talent
Aurora HerreraPublished: Friday, October 10, 2014For the avid art and culture lover, lamentably the film festival is over. Take heart though, the Fiesta Plaza at MovieTowne is currently hosting an...
View ArticleRudder returns to school for Pan Royale
Peter Ray BloodPublished: Friday, October 10, 2014PULSEStellar cast for pan jazz festival Belmont Intermediate alumni David Michael Rudder returns to school on October 18 for a grand performance. One...
View ArticleBravo makes Bollywood cameo
Dana LaVoixPublished: Friday, October 10, 2014Bolly TalksHave you seen Hollywood’s 21 Jump Street? Did you like it? Well, get ready to like it even more when it gets a desi facelift! The film will be...
View ArticleSt Vincent soca monarch eager for Carnival
Rhondor DowlatPublished: Friday, October 10, 2014Eight-time Soca monarch winner in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Delroy Hooper, popularly known as Fireman, and his soca counterpart Rondy “Luta” Mc...
View ArticleEat, Drink, Jazz a ‘huge success’
Sharlene RampersadPublished: Friday, October 10, 2014Soca superstar Kees Dieffenthaller brought down the house at the inaugural Eat, Drink, Jazz concert on Sunday night, bringing patrons both young and...
View ArticleIt’s a house for Katrina and Ranbir
Dana LaVoixPublished: Monday, October 13, 2014Bolly Talks#BollyTalks has a Ranbir-Katrina update for you! They’ve tantalised the media throughout their five-year relationship, making us guess the...
View ArticleMusic Literacy Trust celebrates ten years of promoting steelpan
Ray FunkPublished: Tuesday, October 14, 2014On October 10, a group of benefactors, patrons and well wishers joined to the sound of sweet pan and more music at the Renaissance in Glencoe in celebration...
View ArticleNew Valsayn cinema to offer movies in 9D
Cori BaynesPublished: Wednesday, October 15, 2014For years, movie enthusiasts have put on 3D glasses for what has been known locally as the ultimate cinema experience. However, all that is about to...
View ArticleLocal production of The Wiz to honour Holder
Published: Thursday, October 16, 2014Proscenium Theatre Company will premiere The Wiz, based on L Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz on November 6, at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s. The production will...
View ArticleMark’s memory kept alive with Pan Royale
Published: Thursday, October 16, 2014D Anthony Blackman The idiosyncratic fusion of pan and Jazz, distinctively packaged to create a product with the capability of taking the conventional jazz concert...
View ArticleWhen polio stopped Carnival in 1972
Nasser KhanPublished: Thursday, October 16, 2014With the threat of the Ebola virus, the question has been posed as to whether Carnival 2015 should be postponed or even cancelled. Many have pointed to a...
View ArticleShaktiyana show brings culture to life
Published: Thursday, October 16, 2014Arti Natu, one of the finest Bharatnatyam dancers of today, was the guest dancer in the Nrityanjali Theatre’s show, Shaktiyana—the Primordial Energy, last week...
View ArticleRevel-Nation plans entertainment revolution
Peter Ray BloodPublished: Friday, October 17, 2014PULSEIn the field of event planning and promotions there is a new player in town and its intention is to become a household name in the entertainment...
View ArticleAnime Caribe takes Festival to Tobago
Published: Friday, October 17, 2014Animae Caribe 2014 Festival will go to Tobago this yearThe Festival starts on October 27 with the opening and gala screening at 7 pm at the UTT Napa Foyer and Chinese...
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