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He's not to young to Soca
Immensely talented, 12-year-old Form One student of Queen’s Royal College, young Aaron Duncan entered the calypso arena at the tender age of five, winning the 2009 NJAC’s Annual Emancipation Calypso...
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Recession tips for wedding catering
It’s no secret that whenever Trinis go to any type of event, the main conversation topic afterwards (and during) will be about food. The same rings true at weddings. The variety, quantity, taste, and...
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Meditations on a Minshall mas
Members of the arts and letters community reflect on the Minshall-designed 2016 Carnival king The Dying Swan: Ras Nijinsky in drag as Pavlova.“T&T mas has played The Glory that was Greece, Imperial...
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Mac Farlane retrospective continues
Celebrated Carnival and stage designer Brian Mac Farlane’s retrospective exhibit titled Brian Mac Farlane: Through the years, continues at the Art Society until February 16. Mac Farlane is one of three...
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Chacachacare: Cotton and Revolutionaries
The ghostly ruins of an abandoned leper colony, the spirits of rebels, and the hint of the first peoples all reside on the island called Chacachacare today. The place is mainly a haunt for yachties and...
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Cooler Park Carnival delivers for the masses
Green House Entertainment, which recently saw the debut of its ultra premium inclusive event Finesse in La Vega, outdid themselves with their annual cooler fete experience (Cooler Park) and attracted a...
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The greatest SME show on Earth
It took an absurdly long time for me to realise it, but by following the script of Carnival coverage I met all the way back in the 1980s; I was actually missing the entire point of the festival...
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New senior calypso monarch crowned
Pocket powerhouse N’Janela Duncan-Regis scored an unprecedented beaver-trick as she was crowned Couva Junior Calypso Monarch for the fourth straight year when the Couva Carnival Committee (CCC) staged...
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Employees shine at TSTT’s calypso competition
The best of TSTT’s writing, composition, singing and performance talent was on full display at TSTT’s Richmond Street, Port-of-Spain, carpark on January 29 during the annual company calypso competition...
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Andra Day rises as soul songstress
A phone call from Stevie Wonder changed Andra Day’s life. He called Day and asked if he could work with her. Wonder heard about the songstress from his now ex-wife Kai Millard Morris, who discovered...
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The mosquito master speaks: It’s not Zika, it’s mosquitoes
“How could you declare a national emergency for Zika when we have no cases of the virus in Trinidad?” asked UWI Professor Dave Chadee, one of the world’s foremost experts on mosquito borne diseases and...
View ArticleMy story of rising out of the ashes
Last week some readers were commenting about various ideas of recovery after a mental health crisis. Prompted by the subject of the past few weeks—childhood traumas and adversity—the question kept...
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RBC donates $250,000 to NGOs to expand educational services
RBC Royal Bank, through its Education Foundation continues to support children and their access to education in Trinidad and Tobago by disbursing financial aid to non-governmental organisations that...
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Time for Panorama review?
Desperadoes’ undisputed Panorama win on February 6 marked the 11th time the band has won the contest which essentially declares for it the title of leading steelband in the world. This maintains...
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Contesting the Carnival
By the time you get to read this, it’ll all be over, officially that is. Although as we all know, until the fat lady stretches her vocal chords and wind down, wind up last gaspers at Maracas, Mayaro...
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Not all narratives have equal value
Kevin BaldeosinghA book about an academic controversy might seem esoteric and irrelevant to even the intelligent lay reader in T&T, but this account by Mary Lefkowitz, a historian specialising on...
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The benefits of volunteering
Part 1 While on the surface volunteering may seem to be a time consuming effort with no reward to be gained, ask anyone who has volunteered before and they will surely tell you that it was worthwhile....
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Carnival 2016 gets a Pass Mark
After much revelry and merrymaking, hopefully we can all settle down to the supposedly peaceful and reflective period of Lent, complete with sacrifices for 40 days, most of which will be broken....
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Prison champs take stage
Woodford Square, Port-of-Spain, came alive with the sweet sounds of kaiso music on February 3, as the T&T Prison Service held its grand calypso fiesta concert where each monarch from the various...
View ArticleT&T Music Fest celebrates Diamond Jubilee
The T&T Music Festival Association celebrates its Diamond Jubilee in 2016, beginning with the hosting of its 31st Music Festival from February 14 to March 12 at venues in North, South and Tobago...
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