Culture, Festivals and Events, Caribbean Diaspora
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 99 (September/October 2009)
The forecast is Sunshine: New York’s Sunshine Awards
Gilman T Figaro agrees with Atilla the Hun, who said in 1938 or so, in his calypso “The Banning of Records”: “All local talent, is my...
By Caroline Taylor and Mirissa De Four ● Issue 99 (September/October 2009)
Happenings (September/October 2009)
Pass the popcorn Caroline Taylor The Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival (TTFF), now in its fourth year, returns to the islands from...
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 98 (July/August 2009)
If you’ve had a few too many…keep walking
“When they drink they rum, they only want roti…” So starts one of the many chutney soca hits of this year, singing the praises of...
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 94 (November/December 2008)
Top ten ways to go green
1 Beware of the vampires and phantoms among us- No, I don’t mean the characters that scare us in the movies. There are actual energy...
Culture, Festivals and Events, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 94 (November/December 2008)
The nine days of Christmas
Michael Peters prepares for Christmas by waking up at 3 am for nine days to spend his time eating bread, drinking or storytelling....
Culture, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 92 (July/August 2008)
Andrea de Silva: over the rainbow
Andrea De Silva’s favourite photo, Rainbow Nation, was taken at Salybia, a picturesque beach on the northeastern tip of Trinidad. It...
By Mirissa De Four, Vaneisa Baksh and Jeremy Taylor ● Issue 92 (July/August 2008)
Book reviews (July/August 2008)
More than a one-hit wonder This is the story of a man who became famous as a Test batsman who made a century on his debut, and then was...
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 87 (September/October 2007)
Buljol, business and books
It started over a plateful of roast bake and buljol and evolved into a business relationship and friendship, which still includes a...