Culture, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 85 (May/June 2007)
Sea and be seen
The 2007 Angostura Tobago Sail Week, with the theme of “The Spirit of Racing“, promises to be full of surprises as it celebrates its...
Embark, Festivals and Events, Bonaire, Puerto Rico, Sint Maarten, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, US Virgin Islands
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 127 (May/June 2014)
Caribbean Datebook (May/June 2014)
St Lucia Groove to the rhythm Twelve days. Over fifty entertainers and artists. One of the Caribbean’s loveliest landscapes for a...
Embark, Puerto Rico, United States, Barbados, Bermuda, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 126 (March/April 2014)
Caribbean Datebook (March/April 2014)
Trinidad and Tobago Put on your mas The Trinidad and Tobago calendar revolves around Carnival, many would say. In the years when Carnival...
Embark, Culture, Festivals and Events
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 125 (January/February 2014)
Caribbean datebook (January/February 2014)
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Pace yourself The shifting dates of Carnival — ultimately, it’s all timed to the phases of the moon — mean that...
Embark, Culture, Festivals and Events
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 124 (November/December 2013)
Caribbean Datebook (November/December 2013)
BAHAMAS Feel the rush The Bahamas comes alive at year-end with the annual Junkanoo masquerade, as costumed dance troupes “rush” through...
Embark, Culture, Festivals and Events
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 123 (September/October 2013)
Caribbean Datebook (September/October 2013)
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Catch a flick Eight years on, the trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff) is still going strong, as it continues to...
Embark, Culture, Festivals and Events
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 122 (July/August 2013)
Caribbean Datebook (July/August 2013)
LONDON See the colours of sound The artist Aubrey Williams (1926–1990) was a teenager in Guyana when he first heard the music of Dmitri...
Embark, Culture, Festivals and Events
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 121 (May/June 2013)
Caribbean Datebook (May/June 2013)
ST LUCIA Prepare to jam The 22nd edition of the St Lucia Jazz Festival brings a revamp: it’s now the St Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival....