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‘It’s a party invitation’
Late last week, the Internet exploded. That’s a bit of an exaggeration of course, though social media, which thrives on the viral, is given to multi-megaton blasts of uninformed opinion and nuclear...
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The pleasure principle of the derriere
The trailer of the documentary Bottom in the Road suggests a look at the carnivalesque and performance of the female body at Carnival time. It conjures the favourite line from this year’s Carnival...
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Curtain comes down on T&T Film Festival
Every day of the T&T Film Festival (TTFF), T&T Guardian columnist and film writer, BC PIRES, has been picking a Film of the Day. Pires has been writing about film from an informed lay...
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India inspires Danielle
Earlier this year, former Miss T&T Danielle Jones-Hunte was mid-way through a three-month professional sojourn in Mumbai, India, when she fell ill. A bout of dysentery, which coincided with chicken...
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Dignity and the choice to self-disclose mental health status
If someone were to ask me if they should self-disclose their mental health status, I’d undoubtedly say not if they want to preserve their dignity. I’d probably consider the society in which they live...
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From irreverent to president
Haiti is a land of dreams (some might say nightmares), so I wasn’t entirely surprised to hear that the Kompa singer I’d watched dropping his pants onstage years ago at the World Creole Music Festival...
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Celebrating life: between the finite and the infinite
As I watched the rare “super moon” eclipse last night, I felt lucky to be able to catch such a unique spectacle on a clear night. Looking up into the night sky, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of awe...
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Reggae star Asher on US tour
Local reggae singer Marlon Asher will leave T&T on Friday for a tour of the United States with American hip-hop group, Kottonmouth Kings.Asher has three tracks on the Kottonmouth Kings’ newest...
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BpTT campers ‘steaming’ with self-confidence
Some 200 children from Mayaro ended a recent vacation camp with mixed emotions after enjoying five weeks of fun activities, sports, music, field trips and inter-active learning. The feedback from the...
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Time to target the real bad guys
From my balcony the scent of flowering plants wafts up from the courtyard below. I’m amazed my sense of smell has returned after days of Parisian flu. I stick my head out to soak up the late September...
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Soca legend McIntosh gets Sunshine honour
Among this year’s honorees for Sunshine Awards Hall of Fame, which will be held on October 3 in Manhattan, is the legendary soca music arranger and keyboardist Frankie McIntosh. Since the mid-1970s,...
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Beyond the Lullaby
He knew it was a set up from the moment we handed him into the arms of the nursery assistant. I’m sure an eight-month-old baby has no concept of abandonment, betrayal or separation but, as he turned...
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The enduring Donaldson legacy
Most would have seen the name, John S Donaldson, inscribed in letters large on a fairly large building on Wrightson Road in Port-of-Spain. In recent times that name has been subsumed, relegating “John...
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From despair to success
As Alta continues annual student registration at classes across Trinidad, we rally our readers to share the message of our anti-stigma campaign: No shame. Go brave. You can read. Students who benefited...
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Art of the muses: Developing quality music
What makes for great music? The answer is as diverse as the many forms music can take. Music preferences can vary by taste, cultural background, social context and education. Music has been described...
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Calypso icons bounce back
Calypso icons Mighty Sparrow and Black Stalin are rapidly recovering from ailments they both suffered in recent years. One of the best gifts Stalin (Dr Leroy Calliste) received after celebrating his...
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Acclaimed authors preview south Bocas lit fest
The third annual NGC Bocas Lit Fest South comes off this afternoon at San Fernando Hill. Last weekend two writers who had been celebrated in previous years by Bocas gave an audience at the Learning...
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Dwayne Bravo: Crowd Pleaser
He turned 32 on October 7, and Santa Cruz’s Dwayne John Bravo has risen to and maintains his global cricket superstar status as one of the world’s leading allrounders. He now has his heart set on...
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Choosing your wedding planner
Brides who are short on time because of work commitments, who are planning a large-scale or complex wedding or those who simply want to ease their stress level, may willingly acknowledge that they need...
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The Chinese Trinidadians...the second wave
Many decades after the failure of the 1806 project to introduce Chinese hired labour to Trinidad, the ship Australia set sail for the West Indies, arriving in Port-of-Spain on March 4, 1853. Four...
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