Million-dollar mas | The deal
As the region’s pre-Lenten carnival celebrations reach a fever pitch, Natalie Dookie explores the year-round business of Carnival, which has grown far beyond Caribbean shores The post Million-dollar...
View ArticleAlison Sealy-Smith: the voice of the Storm | Closeup
When the popular, acclaimed animated X-Men ‘97 was released last year, its star was Barbadian-Canadian actress Alison Sealy-Smith voicing the iconic Storm/Ororo Munroe (having also voiced the original...
View ArticleBetty Hope-Gittens: these boots are made for walkin’ | Inspire
She’s been awarded both in Barbados and Canada for her work in business, tourism, and philanthropy. But for the indomitable Betty Hope-Gittens, as Donna Yawching learns, trekking some 435 miles around...
View Article“I prefer offering the viewer the skeleton of an image” | Screen buzz
Trinidadian-Canadian director Richard Fung talks to Jonathan Ali about his documentary The Enigma of Harold Sonny Ladoo The post “I prefer offering the viewer the skeleton of an image” | Screen buzz...
View ArticleIan Harnarine: “Doubles have been the great democratiser in Trinidad” |...
Jonathan Ali talks to Ian Harnarine about his feature film, Doubles The post Ian Harnarine: “Doubles have been the great democratiser in Trinidad” | Screen buzz appeared first on Caribbean Beat Magazine.
View ArticleSam Selvon at 100 (1923–2023) | Icon
In partnership with the Bocas Lit Fest, Caribbean Beat celebrates the centenary and legacy of Trinidad-born author Samuel Selvon (1923–2023) The post Sam Selvon at 100 (1923–2023) | Icon appeared first...
View ArticleOn view: the work of the late Denyse Thomasos | Art buzz
In a special career retrospective, the work of the late Trinidadian-Canadian artist Denyse Thomasos is on show in Canada The post On view: the work of the late Denyse Thomasos | Art buzz appeared first...
View ArticleMishael Morgan: “I was designed for that moment because of where I came from”...
Trinidad-born Mishael Morgan on making Daytime Emmy history; living with purpose; and the power of storytelling — as told to Caroline Taylor The post Mishael Morgan: “I was designed for that moment...
View ArticleBookshelf (May/June 2021) | Book reviews
This month’s reading picks from the Caribbean, with reviews of A Million Aunties by Alecia McKenzie; Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden; An Autobiography of the Autobiography of Reading by Dionne...
View ArticleDionne Brand: The reinvention of poetry | Closeup
Born in Trinidad and based in Canada, writer Dionne Brand has spent decades exploring the transgressive possibilities of poetry, says Shivanee Ramlochan — breaking through boundaries of genre in her...
View ArticleAndré Alexis: the puzzle of “home” | Closeup
Born in Trinidad, brought up in Canada, writer André Alexis is a “Nowherian” — and that complicated identity, along with his passion for exploring big ideas, drives his philosophical and deeply...
View ArticleMan with a mission
Chandradath Singh is in Miami on a mission. Not just a professional mission of diplomacy-the pursuit of trade, tourism and investment. This extra mission is personal, and has more to do with...
View ArticleRichard Fung: no easy readings
My conversation with Richard Fung doesn’t begin with the most pleasant of topics. It’s only a few days after the horrific incident in Orlando, Florida, that saw forty-nine people gunned down at a gay...
View ArticleToronto: summer in the city
They may not have written any soulful ballads about it (yet) — but Toronto in summer is well worth singing about. For one thing, it’s not cold. As any West Indian who lives year-round in the city will...
View ArticleAnton Gabriel: the man with the golden boots
Boots on the ground. That’s where it all started for Anton Gabriel. The 63-year-old accountant retired from his corporate job two years ago, and promptly started thinking about what to do next. Trini...
View ArticleFrank Francis: riding Toronto’s jazz trane
It’s Saturday night and the Trane Studio is packed. A smoking-hot trumpeter sizzles onstage; an appreciative audience sits rapt. Situated miles away from Toronto’s overheated Entertainment District,...
View ArticleBrownman blows up a storm
In an intimate jazz bar in mid-town Toronto, a well-fed horn is making some startling statements to a rapt, respectful crowd. Attached to its mouthpiece and blowing up a storm is The Brownman – a tall,...
View ArticleJim Westlake charts new waters
The RBTT and RBC merger The US$2.2 billion takeover of the RBTT Financial Group (RBTT) by Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has redrawn the Caribbean banking map, creating one of the region’s biggest...
View ArticleFamily’s fortunes: Aston “Family Man” Barrett
Among the venues the greatest bass guitarist in the history of popular music has played in recent months: Sherpa and Yetis in Breckenbridge, Colorado; the Big Easy Concert House in Boise, Idaho; the...
View ArticleSandra Brewster: the shape of a name
“The history of Buenos Aires is written in its telephone directory,” suggested Bruce Chatwin in his book In Patagonia. The insight is true of most places. The phone book’s catalogue of names,...
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