Need to know | Event calendar (May/June 2021)
Essential info to help you make the most of May and June — even in the middle of a pandemic
Heartland album: Andrea de Silva & Alva Viarruel explore the landscape of Indo-Trinidadian culture
Roopnarine Birbal, known to his friends as “Sarge,” cuts sugarcane on lands his family owns at San Pedro Poole. Despite the end of...
Word of mouth (May/June 2017)
Keep it pure David Katz looks forward to the multifaceted Pure Grenada Music Festival Unlike the many genre-specific festivals regularly...
Datebook | Caribbean Events Calendar (May/June 2017)
Don’t miss . . . Fiesta de San Juan 24 to 27 June Trinidad, Cuba Caribbean festivals usually mean love, partying, and a salutation to...
Book reviews (September/October 2008)
In the house of the spirits In 1956 Frances Henry, a young white American student, arrived in Trinidad to research the Orisha faith, and...
Island hopper (May/June 2006)
In May and June, Caribbean music lovers are spoiled for choice, with big events nearly every weekend showcasing rhythms to suit nearly all...
Tobago
Most people who know me think I’m either a workaholic or a lazy so-and-so: the ones who know me really well know that I’m in fact both....
Gaiutra Bahadur: enigmas and arrivals
On 4 November, 1903, a British merchant ship named The Clyde pulls into the mouth of the Demerara River, the harbour of Georgetown, capital...
