Need to know | Event calendar (Sept/Oct 2020) By Shelly-Ann Inniss and Caribbean Beat | September/October 2020 • Digital Issue Make the most of September and October, even during the time of COVID-19
Need to know | Event calendar (Jul/Aug 2020) By Shelly-Ann Inniss, Sheldon Waithe and Shivanee Ramlochan | July/August 2020 • Digital Issue Essential info to help you make the most of July and August — even in the middle of a pandemic
Game fishers By Caribbean Beat | Issue 24 (March/April 1997) Game fishers This is the season for St Maarten’s big fishing tournaments: the Lions Annual Fishing Tournament and the Annual Big Game Fishing Tournament are both held in March, while the Sea Rescue Foundation Fishing Tournament and the Caribbean Liquors Annual Fishing Tournament are both in June. And if you like the sound of that, …
Need to know | Events calendar (Mar/Apr 2020) By Shelly-Ann Inniss and David Katz | Issue 162 (March/April 2020) Essential info to help you make the most of March and April across the Caribbean — from a film festival in St Vincent to Carnival in Jamaica
Phagwah: Rite of Spring | Album By Caribbean Beat | Issue 162 (March/April 2020) Celebrated in Trinidad since the nineteenth century, Holi — also known as Phagwah — is the Hindu spring festival, and a time to enjoy the company of friends and neighbours. At the 2019 celebrations in Aranguez, photographer Ziad Joseph captured the joyful free-for-all of colour
Easter in the islands | Did you even know By Caribbean Beat | Trivia, Issue 162 (March/April 2020) Our trivia column tests your knowledge of Caribbean Easter traditions. See how many of our questions you can answer correctly
Need to know | Events calendar (Jan/Feb 2020) By Caribbean Beat and Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 161 (January/February 2020) Essential info to help you make the most of January and February across the Caribbean — Carnival Kings and Queens in T&T, Barbados’s Hometown Festival, Jamaica Jamaica! exhibition, and more
Carnival backstage | Closeup By Georgia Popplewell and Laura Dowrich-Phillips | Issue 161 (January/February 2020) Carnival is a time to shine: from performers on the soca and calypso stage to costumed masqueraders in the street and fete-goers showing off their most acrobatic dance moves. But “the greatest show on earth” wouldn’t be possible without the dedication of the many thousands who work behind the scenes — year-round or seasonally — on the organisation and logistics of the festival. Laura Dowrich-Phillips and Georgia Popplewell meet four of the people whose backstage efforts make Carnival happen
