Bask in the Glow
All the advertisements, the tickets, the pre-event paraphernalia for that first Glow fete repeated the same mandate: “wear white!” In...
West Indies Cricket: The Next 11 . . .
Whether the team performs magnificently or otherwise, there’s nothing in the world like West Indies cricket. There was a time when...
What’s Fun & Fresh in the Caribbean this Month
Another life Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy Carlos Eire (Free Press, ISBN 0-7432-1965-1) Growing up in a wealthy...
The First Carifesta
The first Caribbean Festival of Culture and Arts, Carifesta I, was celebrated in Guyana in 1972. For the English-speaking Caribbean, this...
Carifesta VI: Singing in the Rain
“Oh shoot, it’s raining!” They were an odd foursome, gathered to taste the joys of Carifesta. Allison was an Australian...
All Souls’ Day: remembrance of friends past
I remember being bathed in the soft golden glow of a thousand flickering candles, as the crisp November night air carried the scent of...
