The Beat goes on: Caribbean Beat turns 25
Caribbean Beat marks its 25th anniversary In early 1992, passengers boarding BWIA planes across the Caribbean, South and North America, and...
Caribbean Screenshots (March/April 2017) Film Reviews
Site of Sites Directed by Natalia Cabral and Oriol Estrada, 2016, 61 minutes A pair of coconut trees frames a beach at sunrise, waves...
Caribbean Playlist (March/April 2017) | Music Reviews
Bright Eyes — Victor Provost (Paquito Records) Virgin Island steelpan jazz virtuoso Victor Provost sets an optimistic tone with his...
Caribbean Bookshelf (March/April 2017) | Book Reviews
Canouan Suite and Other Pieces, by Philip Nanton (Papillote Press, 75 pp, ISBN 9780993108679) Paintings can sometimes speak words; poems...
Thank God it’s Monday
The saying “less is more” perfectly describes Trinidadian Chandra Maharaj’s creations. She’s been designing for as long as she can...
Fanny Eaton: forgotten beauty
When Fanny Eaton died in west London on March 4, 1924, her memories were already lost to senility. She had worked as a cleaner, a...
Vahni Capildeo: shapeshifter, time traveller
“When my name was announced, it was as if time split and there was a parallel universe in which some other, ‘real’ poet was receiving...
Caribbean Screenshots (January/February 2017) | Film Reviews
I Am Not Your Negro Directed by Raoul Peck, 2016, 93 minutes Raoul Peck is not one to shy away from tackling major historical figures in...
