Need to know | Events calendar (May/June 2019) By Nazma Muller and Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 157 (May/June 2019) Essential info to help you make the most of May and June across the Caribbean — from motorsports in Barbados to a pineapple festival in the Bahamas and a marathon in Tobago
Need to know | Events calendar (Mar/Apr 2019) By Philip Sander, Kellie Magnus and Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 156 (March/April 2019) Essential info to help you make the most of March and April across the Caribbean — from music festivals to Holi poems to Jamaica’s Champs athletics extravaganza
Carnival, Trinidad and Tobago | Wish you were here (Jan/Feb 2019) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 155 (January/February 2019) Postcards from the Caribbean’s most extraordinary places
Need to know | Events calendar (Jan/Feb 2019) By David Katz and Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 155 (January/February 2019) Essential info to help you make the most of January and February across the Caribbean — from jazz in Haiti to reggae month in Jamaica to a film festival in Barbados
Beauty and the Beast | Panorama By Caribbean Beat | Issue 155 (January/February 2019) T&T Carnival may be the world’s greatest street party, but among the glamourous bikini bands and shimmering sequins, some traditional masquerades offer a defiant take on the darker side of our history
A beginner’s guide to the Jamaica Food & Drink Festival By Shelly-Ann Inniss | News & Online Exclusives Kingston: a haven for food-lovers. Datebook writer Shelly-Ann Inniss explores the Jamaica Food & Drink Festival
Need to know | Events calendar (Nov/Dec 2018) By Bridget van Dongen, Laura Dowrich-Phillips and Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) Essential info to help you make the most of November and December across the Caribbean
Need to know | Events calendar (Sept/Oct 2018) By Various Contributors | Issue 153 (September/October 2018) Essential info to help you make the most of September and October — from Labour Day Carnival in Brooklyn to Pure Grenada’s Dive Fest and the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival
Datebook | Events calendar (July/August 2018) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 152 (July/August 2018) Your guide to Caribbean events in July and August, from CPL cricket across the islands to Emancipation commemorations
AnimeKon: welcome to the multiverse | Word of mouth By Robert Edison Sandiford | Issue 152 (July/August 2018) Robert Edison Sandiford visits Barbados’s annual AnimeKon and finds everything from cosplay to sci-fi writers and video games
A tale of two flowers | Word of mouth By Suzanne Bhagan | Issue 151 (May/June 2018) On the other side of the world from Trinidad & Tobago, Suzanne Bhagan experiences the Japanese cherry blossom spring festival, and remembers the golden poui trees that bloom at home
Datebook | Events calendar (May/June 2018) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 151 (May/June 2018) Your guide to Caribbean events in May and June, from Guyana’s debut Carnival to a pineapple festival in the Bahamas
Datebook | Events calendar (Mar/Apr 2018) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 150 (March/April 2018) Events around the Caribbean in March and April, from Guyana’s Easter Regatta to Carnival in Jamaica and St Patrick’s Day in Montserrat
Word of mouth (Mar/Apr 2018) By Laura Dowrich-Phillips and Subraj Singh | Issue 150 (March/April 2018) The bright colours of Guyana’s Phagwah celebrations mingle into a shade of unity, and Sint Maarten’s annual Carnival defies the ravages of Hurricane Irma
Datebook | Events calendar (Nov/Dec 2017) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 148 (November/December 2017) Events around the Caribbean in November and December, from surfing in Barbados to Christmas celebrations across the region
Caribbean spirit By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 43 (May/June 2000) US photographer Wyatt Gallery's images reflect a part of the Caribbean that is often ignored — or perhaps not ever seen — by the average holiday visitor. These images taken during a six-month journey around the Caribbean, capture the spirituality that emanates from particular places and buildings, whether they are religious or secular. They form part of a study that Gallery is continuing in Trinidad and Tobago on a Fulbright scholarship
The Basseterre beat By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 39 (September/October 1999) The St Kitts Music Festival is becoming one of the Caribbean’s most attractive music events. Patricia Meschino reports from this year’s venue in Basseterre
The comic, the thief and the Commissioner of Police By Simon Lee | Issue 39 (September/October 1999) Simon Lee learns that comedy can be dead serious
Leading the Trend By Caribbean Beat | Issue 76 (November/December 2005) Nokia Trends Jamaica creates major connections
The Big Picture By Alex Smailes | Issue 75 (September/October 2005) Ramleela, the annual re-enactment of the Hindu epic the Ramayana, photographed by Alex Smailes
The games are coming By James Fuller | Issue 98 (July/August 2009) As world-class athletes from around the region gather to compete in the region's biggest meet ever, James Fuller is there at the starting line
Rosemarie Kuru Jaggessar: queen for a day By Cedriann J Martin | Issue 107 (January/February 2011) Rosemarie Kuru Jaggessar was crowned Trinidad & Tobago's Queen of Carnival 2010. She talked to Cedriann J Martin
