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Women in Art celebrates 20 years
Valdeen Shears-NeptuneTwenty years ago one artist decided that women should have more of a voice in the industry. It was the birth of the Women in Art Organization. Launched with just 25 members on...
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Trini finds his Waze
If you use the navigation app Waze and have access to the Waze Coach function, listen out for a familiar accent. One of the voice actors hired to voice this function is T&T’s Steven Edwards,...
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Alice Yard opens ‘YEAR X’
Alice Yard turns ten in September this year. The self-described “space for conversation and experiment among artists, musicians, writers, and others” said in a press release that it would be...
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Like a Wild West town
Last week we looked at how Sangre Grande emerged from the forests to become a major cocoa trading centre. It was a rip-roaring environment and was described in 1910 as follows: “I strolled about Cunape...
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For the Love of Dance
Eugene Joseph is one of T&T’s dance icons. The 72-year-old is known for his Eugene Joseph Dance School where many ordinary people learnt to do ballroom dancing. Ballroom dancing was once a key...
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The sunset of Sunrise
There’s no hesitation when I reach for my wallet after I find a small software product that does exactly what it promises and does it exceptionally well.The problem is that big software companies often...
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‘Crazy Legs’ serious about humour
Kimron Ramparas’ broad, brilliant smile is no joke. It’s real, even when he’s off camera. But when he’s in front of it, he makes people laugh. Ramparas is part of a social media comedy circuit,...
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Out of Africa: ‘Carnival is my celebration’
In this land of many peoples and people of many ancestries, how do people see their ethnic heritage? How do they practice it, ignore it, or celebrate it? On the occasion of our 54th year of...
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I can’t make you love me
“You cannot make anyone care for you if they do not want to,” she said to the other young woman with her.We were on the evening walk around the Eddie Hart Savannah. I was on lap three, the power walk,...
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Out of Africa: ‘Ethnicity means more than race’
Asa HodgeFinal year student at UWI, St Augustine When you have to fill in a form asking you your race, what do you put?If there are options, I would usually select African, or if I have to input it...
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How real is our free speech?
ReviewKevin Baldeosingh This book by historian and political writer Timothy Garton Ash is an exhaustive treatment of all the various issues and arguments centring around free speech. And I do mean...
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Celebrate International Literacy Day
According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), it is estimated that some 775 million adults around the world lack minimum literacy skills. This means that...
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Starlift to discuss the future of pan
MHTL Starlift Steel Orchestra will host a panel discussion on the topic—The History of Pan, Its Future and Potential—at 7 pm next Wednesday at its House of Music pan complex, off Mucurapo Road,...
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YMCA introduces free fitness open days
Since its inception in T&T in 1964, the YMCA of T&T has been focused on the development of children and youth. A release said the mission of the “Y” as it’s commonly called, is to develop...
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The opening of a new school term brings the ritual of the frenetic rush to complete repairs to schools nationwide. Wear and tear of facilities cost tax payers millions of dollars in refurbishments....
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Persad brings drama to Central
“Except for the Ramayan Ballet,” said Seeta Persad, “not many people are involved in local productions in T&T.” The dedicated playwright/actress intends changing this and, having written several...
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Pan to save the land
From establishing itself as one of the fastest rising steel orchestras in the land, First Citizens Supernovas is now in the promotions business. The Surrey Village, Lopinot steelband, ably led by Amrit...
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Dish the spartan list of superfoods, No shortcuts in weight loss
Kevin BaldeosinghMost diets work; and nearly all diets fail. That is, most diets do help people lose weight, but most diets do not help people to keep off the weight. On July 24 this year, Health...
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Trini couple still feel pain of 9/11
An 87-year-old Trinidadian woman who survived the 9/11 attacks in the United States along with her husband of 30 years recalled her harrowing experience at her home in east Trinidad on Friday.The...
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Celebrating the big X
As creative space Alice Yard enters its tenth year of existence—Year X, as they have branded it—its co-founders, architect Sean Leonard, artist Christopher Cozier and writer Nicholas Laughlin, say the...
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