Datebook (July/August 2000)
JULY Jolly Harbour Yacht Club Race, Antigua and Barbuda (1st-3rd) Race from Antigua to sister isle Barbuda, overnighting at Spanish Point...
Carifesta’s festival of the arts turns full circle
Speak to anyone fortunate enough to have been at the first Caribbean Festival of the Arts (Carifesta) and their faces acquire a dreamy,...
Love after love
Painting the Spectrum: A Celebration of Love It takes a fair amount of courage to put on a film festival in the Caribbean. Resources are...
Galvanize: talking it through
Last September, as final preparations for Carifesta IX were reaching fever pitch in Trinidad, and the local press reported on the festival...
Island hopper (September/October 2006)
The biggest cultural event in the Caribbean in September and October — in fact, for the whole year — is the ninth Caribbean Festival of...
Carifesta IX: celebrating ourselves
“You going Carifesta?” Not to be left out of the excitement, the corn soup vendor on Independence Square is getting into the spirit of...
Paramaribo for pleasure
If you’ve never visited Paramaribo, here’s what you may know about the Surinamese capital: that it’s the only Dutch-speaking city in...
Booking round the islands: Caribbean literary festivals
The Caribbean’s cultural calendar overflows with carnivals and music events. But recently a new crop of literature festivals has also...
