On Wednesday at the annual National Awards ceremony the following persons were recognised for their national service in the fields of culture and the arts. Leston Paul the Musical Arranger/ Producer/Composer/Musician received the Chaconia Medal Silver [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUFtArvmGuQ?rel=0] The Humming Bird Medal (Gold) was awarded to the: St. Margaret’s Boys’ Anglican School/Youth Steel Orchestra…
An article by Doreen St. Félix for MTV.Com. While listening to a radio transmission in Kingston, Stuart Hall suddenly felt lost. It was the early 1970s, and Hall had temporarily returned to his home country of Jamaica after two decades abroad. Back in 1951, Hall had won a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford,…
FilmTT Appoints New General Manager Port of Spain, 30th August, 2016: The Board of Directors of the Trinidad and Tobago Film Company Limited (FilmTT) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Nneka Luke to the position of General Manager effective 1st September, 2016. Chairman of the Board, Camille Selvon Abrahams shared that this selection…
On August 15th the Marshal of the High Court had the authority to return possession of the property on the corner of Connel and St. Vincent Streets in Tunapuna to the landlord. When I visited Birdsong on D-day they were defiant in the face of eviction. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cx1f3aR6ew?rel=0] When the Marshal arrived, it was very…
Ancestral Memory Mas is a new band from Jenissa Sullivan. She wants to bring back mas with meaning for Carnival 2017. I got to talk to her about her vision for her band. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGvjjYVw6dE?rel=0&w=420&h=315] The band is launching September 1st with the theme In Search of Bliss, stay tuned to this blog for details….
On Friday I got to see Michel-Jean Cazabon’s paintings for the first time. I mean his actual paintings, not prints in a book, his hardwork was before me and it was an experience. Because I was there for work I didn’t get to take them in the way I’d want to, so I’ll have to…
A total of 813 out of 1,388 plant species in the Dominican Republic researched over a five-year period are critically endangered, 249 are endangered, 268 are threatened, 45 are of moderate concern and 13 did not yield sufficient data. The data is contained on a newly published Red List of Vascular Flora in the Dominican […]…
I have long promised not only will I read more, but I will read more books from one author. I have my favourites, like Maya Angelou’s autobiography, I own and have read the entire set, 2 of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie novels, plus several of her magazine articles and essays. But I jump around so much,…
It was a pretty high powered panel that came out on Monday to speak about the eviction notice that was handed out to Birdsong Academy. The owner, Ramdath Maharai will take possession of his property on March 15. Birdsong say they will not challenge his order but they need 2 years to find a new…
The trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff) is seeking Caribbean filmmakers interested in attending its second annual Caribbean Film Mart from 24-25 September 2016. The Caribbean Film Mart, to be held during the 11th edition of the ttff, will focus on Caribbean feature film projects (narrative and documentary) in development or pre-production. The Mart seeks to foster […]…