By Various Contributors ● Issue 90 (March/April 2008)
Happenings (March/April 2008)
More mas in St Maarten Judy H Fitzpatrick There’s something especially captivating about Carnival in the tiny Dutch/French island of St...
By Various Contributors ● Issue 89 (January/February 2008)
Happenings (January/February 2008)
Jumpin’ jazz After criticism of the use of the word “jazz” for music festivals with more R&B flavour, some Caribbean islands have...
Culture, Festivals and Events, Caribbean Diaspora
By Erline Andrews ● Issue 89 (January/February 2008)
Carnival come back again
To find the West Indian American Carnival parade in New York City, head for central Brooklyn—then just follow the throngs in feathers, or...
Culture, Festivals and Events, Sports, United States, Trinidad and Tobago
By Laura Dowrich-Phillips ● Issue 88 (November/December 2007)
The buzz (November/December 2007)
Tobago’s waters will be in for some extra traffic this November, as divers from all over the United States congregate on the island for...
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 88 (November/December 2007)
Island hopper (November/December 2007)
Film festivals, Carnival, and folks dressed as pirates…it must be Christmas in the Caribbean. November begins with Catholic families...
Culture, Festivals and Events, Barbados
By Laura Dowrich-Phillips ● Issue 88 (November/December 2007)
Sunscreen and movie screens
For Monica Cooper, the idea of staging a film festival in the Caribbean was the perfect excuse to combine play with work. A filmmaker,...
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 87 (September/October 2007)
Island hopper (September/October 2007)
From Canada to Trinidad and Tobago, the best of Caribbean culture will be on show during September and October, when Caribbean people will...
Culture, Literature, Festivals and Events
By Caroline Taylor ● Issue 87 (September/October 2007)
The books are back: the Caribbean Literary Festival
Just in its second year, the Caribbean Literary Festival is set to return to Antigua this November. The festival was launched by...