Happenings – March/April 2011 By Mirissa De Four | Issue 108 (March/April 2011) A round-up of current and coming events on the Caribbean calendar
Miami: SoBe Exciting By Mark Lyndersay | Issue 108 (March/April 2011) Salsa, speedboats and shopping: Mark Lyndersay flies in to south Florida
Red carpet for Randy Crawford By Nazma Muller | Issue 108 (March/April 2011) The headline act at this year’s Tobago Jazz is one of many treats in store. Nazma Muller sampled the musical menu
Paramaribo: rolling in the deep By Jonathan Ali | Issue 108 (March/April 2011) After strolling through the charming city of Paramaribo, Jonathan Ali takes on the Suriname River as it flows through the rainforest
The man Brian MacFarlane By Lisa Allen-Agostini | Issue 108 (March/April 2011) Since 2005, he’s dominated Trinidad & Tobago’s Carnival with what he calls “theatre mas” – costumes that are more than just bikinis and beads...
How Machel Montano is misunderstood By Laura Dowrich-Phillips | Issue 108 (March/April 2011) The former wild child of T&T Carnival is back. He explains to Laura Dowrich-Phillips his absence from the party circuit last year...
Roger Mooking: his middle name is Multi-tasking By Donna Yawching | Issue 108 (March/April 2011) Trinidad-born Roger Mooking is in demand in Canada as a chef, TV host, singer-songwriter…Donna Yawching tries to count his talents
Rituals of resistance: the Canboulay Riots re-enactment By Ray Funk | Issue 108 (March/April 2011) Each year, with drums and fire, Trinidad re-enacts a struggle for emancipation. Ray Funk and Jeffrey Chock witness this renewed tradition
Music for the mas By Essiba Small | Issue 108 (March/April 2011) Essiba Small surveys the soca scene for possible winners in the Road March race and on the party circuit for Trinidad & Tobago Carnival...
Saving the picture history of pan By Kim Johnson | Issue 108 (March/April 2011) Invented in the streets of Port of Spain, the steelband now has a photo archive recognised in Unesco’s Memory of the World register
Patrick Parson: soulful messiah of Ballet Creole By Donna Yawching | Issue 108 (March/April 2011) Patrick Parson brought Afro-Caribbean dance to Toronto two decades ago. He told Donna Yawching how he made history
Grenada’s Underwater Sculpture Museum: something rich and strange By Melody Wren | Issue 108 (March/April 2011) Melody Wren took the plunge and visited the world’s first underwater sculpture park, in Grenada
Book Reviews (March/April 2011) By Various Contributors | Issue 108 (March/April 2011) The new books that are reflecting the region right now
CD Reviews (March/April 2011) By David Katz | Issue 108 (March/April 2011) The new music that are reflecting the region right now
Nothing’s taboo for Tanya Stephens By Garry Steckles | Issue 108 (March/April 2011) One of Garry Steckles’ favourite singers, Tanya Stephens tells it like it is
The real James Bond By James Ferguson | Issue 108 (March/April 2011) He spent many years living quietly in Jamaica, and his passion was birdwatching. James Ferguson explains how this innocuous gent became Agent 007
Breakfast is for champions By Franka Philip | Issue 108 (March/April 2011) Franka Philip tucks into some winners, from a Caribbean variation on porridge to the Trini favourite, doubles
An appetite for travel By Bridget van Dongen | Issue 108 (March/April 2011) Rosemary Parkinson cooks her way round the country in Nyam Jamaica. Bridget van Dongen followed hungrily in her footsteps
Trinidad Carnival Diary: Carnival 365 days a year By Laura Dowrich-Phillips | Issue 108 (March/April 2011) It’s a way of life for the anonymous Saucy Diva, whose blog at Trinidad Carnival Diary is wildly popular
