Embark, Culture, Festivals and Events
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 120 (March/April 2013)
Caribbean Datebook (March/April 2013)
AROUND THE REGION Rally round Sports bring people together like nothing else, and in the Caribbean no game incites stronger emotions than...
Embark, Culture, Festivals and Events
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 119 (January/February 2013)
Caribbean Datebook (January/February 2013)
Around the region Jump and wave! Carnival: the origins of the festival are disputed by scholars, the name alone evokes different things for...
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 115 (May/June 2012)
Book Reviews – May/June 2012
Even donkeys can dream A humorous and engaging story, The Donkey and the Racehorse tells of a country donkey in Trinidad who dreams of...
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 110 (July/August 2011)
Happenings – July/August 2011
Carmen set to captivate T&T Set for a July premiere, the veteran Marionettes Chorale’s production of Bizet’s ever-popular opera...
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 114 (March/April 2012)
Happenings – March/April 2012
T&T celebrates with colour Known as Phagwa in Trinidad & Tobago, the Hindu festival of Holi is observed throughout the world...
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 109 (May/June 2011)
Happenings – May/June 2011
Designing Dreams in T&T “Go on designing your dreams,” Trinidad & Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar told...
Culture, Environment, Science, Trinidad and Tobago
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 104 (July/August 2010)
Maracas goes green
If you like golf or have always wanted to try it, but you’re not ready for the big league, there’s another choice out there: miniature...
Culture, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 106 (November/December 2010)
Shiva Ragoonanan: feat of clay
When he became a potter at 15, Shiva Ragoonanan learned to make deyas, small earthenware lamps (they fit in your hand) which are filled...