Embark, Festivals and Events, Bonaire, Puerto Rico, Sint Maarten, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, US Virgin Islands
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 127 (May/June 2014)
Caribbean Datebook (May/June 2014)
St Lucia Groove to the rhythm Twelve days. Over fifty entertainers and artists. One of the Caribbean’s loveliest landscapes for a...
Embark, Arts and Architecture, Literature, Festivals and Events, Barbados
By Various Contributors ● Issue 127 (May/June 2014)
Word of mouth (May/June 2014)
Festivals need love too Barbados’s literary festival is back this year, with a line-up of renowned Caribbean writers. Shakirah Bourne...
Engage, Culture, Travel, Festivals and Events, Venezuela
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 127 (May/June 2014)
Baby John
In the small town of Curiepe, east of Caracas, the festival of San Juan, celebrated during the summer solstice in June, is a tangible...
Embark, Festivals and Events, Sports, Trinidad and Tobago
By Various Contributors ● Issue 126 (March/April 2014)
Word of mouth (March/April 2014)
Take a stand At West Indies cricket grounds, the game is only half the fun. Denise Chin enjoys the party at Port of Spain’s Queens’...
Embark, Culture, Festivals and Events
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 125 (January/February 2014)
Caribbean datebook (January/February 2014)
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Pace yourself The shifting dates of Carnival — ultimately, it’s all timed to the phases of the moon — mean that...
Arrive, Culture, Fashion and Jewellery, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago
By Zahra Gordon ● Issue 125 (January/February 2014)
Robert Young: Carnival in the belly
Robert Young’s name is synonymous with his clothing label The Cloth, which started twenty-seven years ago in Trinidad as a design...
Culture, Music, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago
By Garry Steckles ● Issue 125 (January/February 2014)
One for the road: Trinidad & Tobago’s biggest road march hits
Hard to believe it’s that time again — it seems like just yesterday Trinidad and Tobago’s 2013 Carnival was wrapping up, and now the...
Embark, Culture, Festivals and Events
By Various Contributors ● Issue 125 (January/February 2014)
Word of mouth (January/February 2014)
We ent going home Franka Philip’s guide to making it through 2014’s longer-than-usual pre-Carnival fete season It’s not a sprint,...