Ana de Armas — chasing the dream | Snapshot By Caroline Taylor | November/December 2020 • Digital Issue Cuban actress Ana de Armas may seem like an overnight success, but behind her rise to stardom are fifteen years of hard work, starting at Havana’s famous theatre school. Caroline Taylor says her biggest successes are still to come
Tony Hall (1948–2020) and Dennis “Sprangalang” Hall (1949–2020) | Icon By Attillah Springer | November/December 2020 • Digital Issue Attillah Springer explains the roles of T&T’s irreplaceable theatrical brothers in the ongoing struggle for cultural self-determination
Telecommuting island-style | The Deal By Natalie Dookie | November/December 2020 • Digital Issue A handful of Caribbean countries have made it easy for international professionals to work remotely from balmy tropical climes. Natalie Dookie gives the details
Anti-stoosh: Adam “DJ foreigner” Cooper | Snapshot By Amanda Choo Quan | September/October 2020 • Digital Issue From live events mixing and mashing diverse musical genres to his online Carnival Tabanca series, Trinidadian DJ Adam Cooper — also known as foreigner, based in Los Angeles — is completely reinventing what Caribbean culture can be, writes Amanda Choo Quan
The COVID strategy | The Deal By Natalie Dookie | September/October 2020 • Digital Issue The COVID-19 pandemic has already taken a heavy toll on Caribbean economies, and small businesses have been hardest hit. What can they do to survive the crisis? Natalie Dookie talks to experts in Jamaica, T&T, and Suriname for advice on how to grapple with both risks and opportunities
Maskerade | Make style By Shelly-Ann Inniss | July/August 2020 • Digital Issue It’s one of the most visible aspects of the COVID-19 era: the new ubiquity of masks, worn to slow the spread of the virus. It began months ago with practical but unflattering surgical masks, but around the world, and here in the Caribbean, designers like Trinidadian James Hackett soon got to work on more spirited versions. Shelly-Ann Inniss learns more
Ingrid Persaud: “I didn’t write the book I thought I was going to write” | Q&A By Caribbean Beat | July/August 2020 • Digital Issue Trinidad-born Ingrid Persaud, author of the novel Love After Love, talks to Caribbean Beat about her “scenic route” to a writing career and her relations with the unreliable muse
Everton Weekes (1925–2020) | Icon By Owen Arthur | July/August 2020 • Digital Issue Owen Arthur on the Barbadian cricket legend, third of “the Three Ws”
