Andromeda Gardens, Barbados | Wish you were here (Mar/Apr 2019) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 156 (March/April 2019) Postcards from the Caribbean’s most extraordinary places
Need to know | Events calendar (Mar/Apr 2019) By Philip Sander, Kellie Magnus and Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 156 (March/April 2019) Essential info to help you make the most of March and April across the Caribbean — from music festivals to Holi poems to Jamaica’s Champs athletics extravaganza
Bookshelf (Mar/Apr 2019) | Book reviews By Shivanee Ramlochan | Issue 156 (March/April 2019) This month’s reading picks, with reviews of Unwritten: Caribbean Poems After the First World War; Theory; The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story; The Ice Migration; and Forged from the Love: Colin Laird, Caribbean Architect; plus a bookshelf Q&A with Jamaican-British poet Raymond Antrobus
Playlist (Mar/Apr 2019) | Music reviews By Nigel Campbell | Issue 156 (March/April 2019) This month’s listening picks, with reviews of the latest by Super Blue; Triple Kay International; and more from various artists
Q&A with Shabier Kirchner | Screenshots (Mar/Apr 2019) By Jonathan Ali | Issue 156 (March/April 2019) Antiguan filmmaker Shabier Kirchner talks about his new short, Dadli
Resurrection rice | Cookup By Franka Philip | Issue 156 (March/April 2019) Brought to Trinidad from West Africa via the United States, Moruga hill rice was a staple of the Merikin community for generations, writes Franka Philip. Now entrepreneur Mark Forgenie wants to make this traditional food available to all
Destra Garcia: queen of queens | Closeup By Nigel Campbell | Issue 156 (March/April 2019) T&T’s self-proclaimed Queen of Bacchanal is a Carnival mainstay. But, two decades into her career, Destra Garcia remains underestimated by local fans and critics, argues Nigel A. Campbell
Stories of steel — the future of the steelpan | Panorama By Mark Lyndersay and Sharmain Baboolal | Issue 156 (March/April 2019), Caribbean Innovation (15 May 2020) Carnival is the season of steelpan. But behind the Panorama stage, the future of T&T’s national musical instrument will be shaped by administrators, craftspeople, arrangers, and educators — like these men and women profiled by writer Sharmain Baboolal and photographer Mark Lyndersay
Alicia Alonso: forever prima | Backstory By Nazma Muller | Issue 156 (March/April 2019) How did Havana come to be one of the world’s leading centres of classical ballet? Nazma Muller tells the story of prima donna assoluta Alicia Alonso, and her influence on generations of Cuban dancers
Unfinished Sentences: the inheritance of loss | Snapshot By Georgia Popplewell | Issue 156 (March/April 2019) Trinidadian filmmaker Mariel Brown set out to make a straightforward documentary about her writer father. But as Unfinished Sentences evolved, it turned into a nuanced exploration of grief, family, and artistic ambition, writes Georgia Popplewell
Seven days in Tobago | Destination By Nixon Nelson | Issue 156 (March/April 2019) A mere week could never be enough to savour all the pleasure of Tobago — but Nixon Nelson suggests a seven-day sampler, from beaches to waterfalls to Store Bay’s curried crab
Karasabai, Guyana: Makonaima’s treasure | Offtrack By Annette Arjoon | Issue 156 (March/April 2019) Karasabai, a Macushi community in Guyana’s Pakaraima Mountains, is rich in wildlife and legend alike, writes Annette Arjoon-Martins
Good prospect | Personal tour By Caribbean Beat | Issue 156 (March/April 2019) From architectural landmarks to a growing foodie scene, the Brooklyn neighbourhood of Prospect Heights — home to Trinidad-born architect Roxanne Ryce-Paul — may be rapidly gentrifying, but it still holds on to elements of its history
Home to Antigua | Home ground By Bridget van Dongen | Issue 156 (March/April 2019) Returning to Antigua after eight years away, Bridget van Dongen couldn’t wait to re-introduce herself to the island that made itself her home
Diva Amon: as deep as it goes | Discover By Erline Andrews | Issue 156 (March/April 2019) The portion of the sea below two hundred metres is our planet’s biggest habitat, and the least known. Erline Andrews meets Trinidadian marine biologist Diva Amon, pioneering deep-sea research in our region
A flag on the island | On this day By James Ferguson | Issue 156 (March/April 2019) When a British military force landed in Anguilla fifty years ago, it was a strangely anachronistic moment in Caribbean colonial history — but one that Anguillans welcomed with open arms, suggests James Ferguson
Running commentary By Kellie Magnus | Issue 78 (March/April 2006), Issue 156 (March/April 2019), Caribbean Resilience (1 May 2020) Kellie Magnus used to run with headphones on. Back in Jamaica, she discovers a whole new soundtrack
