Clik here to view.
Groundbreaking African film to open TT Film Festival
Published: Tuesday, July 30, 2013Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandie Newton in a scene from Half Of A Yellow Sun. The T&T Film Festival (ttff) has announced that the Nigerian drama Half of a Yellow Sun,...
View ArticleBirdsong pays tribute to Teddy Belgrave
Published: Tuesday, July 30, 2013On August 1, Emancipation Day, Birdsong will pay musical tribute to Ian “Teddy” Belgrave, the band’s founding captain, who passed away on July 19. The function will...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mixed feelings about Carnival video
Peter Ray BloodPublished: Tuesday, July 30, 2013Screenshot from a promotional video of T&T Carnival on Youtube. Just under seven minutes in duration, a promotional video of T&T Carnival on...
View ArticleBig steelband explosion in Woodbrook
Published: Wednesday, July 31, 2013The Woodbrook Community Association (WCA) is staging Pan on D’Avenue...A Street Parade, on August 24, from 6.30 pm-3 am. With the parade heading in a westerly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
JUAN PABLO’S dancing dream
Tremaine Soca WarnerPublished: Wednesday, July 31, 2013Juan Pablo Alba Dennis dances on stage with the Metamorphosis Dance Company during their show Language of the Soul at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A royal feast
Published: Wednesday, July 31, 2013TOP: Members of the CIC Past Students’ Union, Mark Bishop, left, and John Allum display their dishes, Pork in apple sauce via email and St Mary's had a Little Lamb at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vocalist seeks funds to complete music degree
Bobie-lee DixonPublished: Thursday, August 1, 2013Jean-Marc Tardieu seen here with American country music legend Willie Nelson, is trying to raise funds to complete his degree in the US. PHOTO COURTESY...
View ArticleJust Friends launch mas on Sunday
Published: Friday, August 2, 2013The Ziegfeld Follies will be coming to Port-of-Spain for Carnival 2014. The elaborate Broadway theatrical production will be reenacted by the Just Friends...the fun...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Public Administration Ministry hosts Emancipation celebrations
Published: Friday, August 2, 2013Kerry Moses performs his way to first place during the Ministry of Public Administration’s Mr and Miss Emancipation competition at the Old Fire Station corner...
View ArticleCalypsonian O’Connor celebrates mom
Peter Ray BloodPublished: Friday, August 2, 2013It was one of the best organised birthday celebrations I have attended. On July 25, the 2012 calypso monarch Duane O’Connor hosted a 75th birthday...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Invaders to show versatility
Published: Friday, August 2, 2013CAL Invaders’ executive member and music director Desiree Myers, second from left, and fellow pannists of the legendary Woodbrook steelband.Caribbean Airlines Invaders...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kidjo moves crowd at Emancipation show
DAVID CUFFYPublished: Friday, August 2, 2013African singer Angelique Kidjo, joins with New York-based soca entertainer Two Face as they are backed by the Juenes Agape choir during her performance at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Who is the best calypsonian?
Peter Ray BloodPublished: Friday, August 2, 2013PulseValentinoWho is the best calypsonian of the 20th century? This question has been asked so many times and no one has ever been able to come up with a...
View ArticleCabinet approves $3m for Carifesta 2013
Kalifa ClynePublished: Monday, August 5, 2013100-strong T&T team for Suriname...Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to send a contingent of 100 people to Suriname for the Caribbean Festival of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
From Benin with love
Simon LeePublished: Monday, August 5, 2013Angelique Kidjo was joined onstage by the energetic Wasafoli Dancers. PHOTO: ANDY HYPOLITEWhat better way of ushering in the Emancipation holiday, than dancing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Poor production but rich performances at female pan jazz concert
DAVID CUFFYPublished: Tuesday, August 6, 2013Natasha Joseph performed with her band MAW-B at Panwomen Is Boss. PHOTO: ANDY HYPOLITEA disappointingly poor production coupled with the embarrassingly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bumper year for Bajan Crop Over
Culture minister wants more Trini inputLaura Dowrich-PhillipsPublished: Tuesday, August 6, 2013 Ladies from band, Blue Box Cart, cross the stage at The National Stadium, in Bridgetown, during Kadooment...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Panyards plan to fight crime
Charles Kong SooPublished: Tuesday, August 6, 2013Uni Stars member Michael Green, left, and Pan Trinbago’s Trustee, Allan “Pablo” Augustus pull Uni Stars at the corner of Oxford and Abercromby Streets...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Electric ascendance of Etienne Charles
Published: Wednesday, August 7, 2013With his simple declaration, “sound is my art...I just try to create,” Trinidadian jazz trumpeter Etienne Charles puts into context his role of creator and producer...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Film festival to screen 22 Caribbean features this year
Published: Thursday, August 8, 2013God Loves the Fighter, directed by Damian Marcano, written by Alexa Bailey, with Lou Lyons, Jamie Lee Phillips, Abdi Waithe, Jaleel Waithe and Muhammad Muwakil, will...
View Article