This Caribbean Space

Tag: Trinidad and Tobago

  • 40 Years Since Cubana 455 Was Bombed

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    Today at 11am at the Atrium of the Piarco International Airport a plaque will be unveiled to memorialise the bombing of Cubana flight 455. An exhibition explaining the circumstances surrounding the bombing will also be launched. Minister of National Security Edmund Dillon and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dennis Moses will join  Cuban Ambassador Vazquez Moreno  and…

  • Where’s Culture in Trinidad’s Budget?

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwIcwKdgQ64?rel=0] The conversation on my Facebook feed after the budget was read out, is that this Government, like it’s predecessors (regardless of party) doesn’t understand or value the creative sector. Finance Minister Colm Imbert spoke of spending $25 million to re-install a state of the art audio system in the National Academy of the…

  • Alice Yard: Year X

    Alice Yard turns 10 this month. The yard used to be Sean Leonard’s great-grandmother’s home. Her name is Alice Gittens and she purchased the property in 1953, and instituted the open door policy that is a feature of the space today. Sean is one of the directors of the Alice Yard. The others include Christopher…

  • A Caribbean Culture Reader

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    Meagan Sylvester shared this on her page last September 2nd. It popped up in my Facebook reminder and I thought, that this is the best place to post it, because it’s such a great list of papers and essays on our music and Carnival customs etc. So without further adieu: Mason, Peter. 1998. Bacchanal? The…

  • A House in Belmont

    A House in Belmont

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