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Trini rap takes spotlight at Hard Local
New Fire, the concert series which features the best of T&T’s exciting diverse progressive music movement, takes place tonight at De Nu Pub (formerly the Mas Camp Pub).Tonight New Fire presents the...
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Carib wants its bottles back, please
Carib Brewery, the drink juggernaut that produces close to one million bottles of beer every day and exports to 31 countries, is pleading for you to return its bottles.It wants the empty Shandy bottles...
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En Mas’ An alternative space for Carnival performance
Until June 7 at the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) in New Orleans, the new exhibit En Mas’: Carnival and Performance Arts of the Caribbean delivers what nine very different artists with roots in the...
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Musical lamps under the UWI bushel
Final year UWI music students Mark Forde and Jamal Morgan pulled out all stops for their music recital on May 22 in front of an audience of campus colleagues and friends and a smattering of music...
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Forever changes
It’s been a momentous week in journalism. In Washington, after two years of reporting by the UK Guardian and Washington Post of the classified information leaked by Edward Snowden, the NSA finally shut...
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Love Movement’s pan dream now a reality
Founder and musical director of The Love Movement, Bernadette Laughlin-Scott saw one of her long-standing dreams become a reality on May 24, with the birth of the group's long-awaited “baby,” The Love...
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Liam Teague: Virtuoso in new pan concerto
Christopher L Ballengee During its 2012 international tour of the Americas, the Washington, DC-based National Symphony Orchestra gave a concert at Napa in Port-of-Spain in honour of T&T’s 50th...
View ArticleUTT Fashion: Path to new careers
As a part of the celebration of UTT Fashion Week 2015, the five top fashion students of the 2015 graduating class of Caribbean Academy of Fashion and Design (CAFD) shared their stories after four years...
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Trini Mas in Dallas
The flag of T&T is expected to fly high come September 17-20 when Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex’s Carnival is held in Dallas, Texas, USA. Bandleaders/designers Melissa Stephen and Marie-Térese Syé...
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More En Mas
Sculptor and visual artist Hew Locke’s Give and Take depicts a processional performance curated by Claire Tancons for the BMW Tate Live series at Tate Modern in London (an indoor Carnival at the time...
View ArticleWITH RAKE EFFECT, LOW-STAKES CASINO GAMES CAN BE UNBEATABLE
Scouting for the right games is an essential part of long-term poker success, and a case can be made that it’s the most critical decision a player can make. The only way to make any money in poker —...
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Can I scrape mould off of food and eat it?
Believe it or not, you can eat food with fuzz. But only when it comes to certain stuff.Nobody wants to waste food. So when you see something hairy in your cream cheese or suspicious spots on your...
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Swap shrimp for lobster, roll with it
One of the most popular seafood delights is the lobster roll. But everyone can’t readily afford lobster, so here’s this recipe, an attempt to concoct a poor man’s lobster roll.Swap shrimp for lobster...
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Brides go Bold
It’s that time of year again when wedding bells chime loud and blushing brides and grooms exchange heartfelt ‘I do’s. ‘ This year, tradition has gone out the window as Trini brides turn to less...
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The Sundar Popo Story Triumphs Again
A review by Wesley GibbingsThe May 22-24, Iere Theatre rerun of Sundar—A Love Story provided yet another opportunity for T&T audiences to experience an outstanding theatrical production that...
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CaribbeanTales teams up with Banyan Archives
CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution (CTWD) presented a panel discussion on the role of film and new digital technologies in healing the historical hurts created by our colonial past, CTWD said in a...
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Katherine Bethel: She gets an A for B’s ice cream
Katherine Bethel began her entrepreneurial journey almost 30 years ago at Prizgar Road, San Juan, with the founding of B’s Homemade Ice Cream. She and her husband, Andy, started selling ice cream from...
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The myth of being double-jointed
No doubt you know someone (or more likely, knew someone as a child) who boasted they were double-jointed. These braggarts would then bend their thumbs all the way back to meet their forearms. But for...
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Robinson hounoured at first Distinguished Lecture series
In rising from humble beginnings to become an international figure, former president and prime minister ANR Robinson left an indelible mark on the world. This was made clear by all speakers as the...
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How Maggi noodles became an iconic Indian snack
India has ordered tests on Maggi noodles after some were found to contain high levels of lead. They have been temporarily banned from sale in Delhi and some grocery chains have taken them off their...
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