Film and Television, United States
By Tracy Assing ● Issue 76 (November/December 2005)
Gimme tempo
MTV Tempo, the American music channel’s foray into the Caribbean market, was launched in October to cable markets across the Caribbean,...
Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, United States, Caribbean Diaspora
By George and Rosalie Leposky ● Issue 4 (Winter 1992)
Miami after Hurricane Andrew: business as usual
It’s easier to find fried plantains than a good corned beef sandwich. Cricket and soccer leagues flourish in the parks; on the radio,...
Culture, Music, People, Canada, United States, Trinidad and Tobago
By Shelly-Ann Inniss ● Issue 45 (September/October 2000)
Man with a Mission
Chandradath Singh is in Miami on a mission. Not just a professional mission of diplomacy-the pursuit of trade, tourism and investment. This...
By Jeremy Taylor ● Issue 39 (September/October 1999)
Gateway to liberty
It’s the Statue of Liberty that everyone thinks of first, rearing out of New York harbour, a sightless grey-green apparition flourishing...
Immerse, Film and Television, People, United States, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caroline Taylor ● Issue 149 (January/February 2018)
Winston Duke: “I’m unfinished” | Own words
Tobago-born actor Winston Duke, appearing in the eagerly awaited Black Panther movie, on his love of stories and magical realism, how his village childhood shaped his ethos, and his love of soca music — as told to Caroline Taylor
Arrive, Arts and Architecture, Travel, United States
By Samantha Rojas ● Issue 148 (November/December 2017)
On Florida’s “Art Coast” | Destination
You always remember your first visit to a truly great museum. For me, it was the Museo del Prado in Madrid — where my dad and I dragged...
Immerse, Culture, Arts, United States
By Alexandra Chang ● Issue 148 (November/December 2017)
Tracing Circles and Circuits | Panorama
A new exhibition spread across two museums in Los Angeles uses artworks and archival materials to show how different generations of Chinese Caribbean artists deal with issues of migration, diaspora, and cultural identity. Curator Alexandra Chang explains
Immerse, Film and Television, People, United States, Barbados
By Nailah Folami Imoja ● Issue 147 (September/October 2017)
Jason Jeffers: stories like ours | Snapshot
“Caribbean history is more important now, in these times when we are dealing with Brexit and Trump and the concept of diversity, than...