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,...
Embark, Culture, Food and Cuisine
By Anu Lakhan ● Issue 125 (January/February 2014)
It starts with a cookie
This has a great deal to do with a chocolate chip cookie. That is to say, this is about almost everything worth thinking about. A little...
Embark, Culture, Music, Reviews
By Sheldon Cadet ● Issue 125 (January/February 2014)
Caribbean playlist (January/February 2014)
Carnival roundup One way to tell Trinidad Carnival is getting near: soca artistes start releasing their big tunes on the radio, in fetes,...
Embark, Culture, Festivals and Events
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 124 (November/December 2013)
Caribbean Datebook (November/December 2013)
BAHAMAS Feel the rush The Bahamas comes alive at year-end with the annual Junkanoo masquerade, as costumed dance troupes “rush” through...
Embark, Arts and Architecture, Culture, Theatre and Dance, Festivals and Events, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago
By Various Contributors ● Issue 124 (November/December 2013)
Word of mouth (November/ December 2013)
City of lights Angelo Bissessarsingh recounts the sights and sounds of Trinidad’s Divali Nagar, an annual grand fair in the weeks before...
Embark, Culture, Fashion and Jewellery, Jamaica
By Alia Michele Orane ● Issue 124 (November/December 2013)
In the bag: Jamaican designer Kesi Gibson
We all know what it’s like to follow in our parents’ footsteps. With her mother creating mosaics using exquisite materials,...
Embark, Culture, Literature, Reviews
By Various Contributors ● Issue 124 (November/December 2013)
Caribbean Bookshelf (November/December 2013)
Jamaica in Black and White: Photography in Jamaica, c 1845–1920, by David Boxer and Edward Lucie-Smith (Macmillan Education, 304 pp, ISBN...
Embark, Culture, Music, Reviews
By Various Contributors ● Issue 124 (November/December 2013)
Caribbean Playlist (November/December 2013)
Recent tunes to get your feet tapping