Calypso History Month: From Calypso to Soca Music
Calypso has played a very important role in the processes of confrontation, revolution, and revival in the Caribbean, as well as the invention and establishment of the Caribbean identity and heritage. Overtime, women have...
Green Screen Environmental Film Festival: Changing the World through Art
The theme for this year's Green Screen Environmental Film Festival was PERSPECTIVE. It represented a call to pause and look critically at our landscape, locally, regionally and internationally, with the dual lenses of climate change action and adaptation.
Caribbean Christmas Gifts Everyone would love!
If you’ve got a co-worker from any one of the Caribbean Islands, who has family from the Caribbean diaspora, or you want to take him a piece of the Caribbean with you, absolutely do not purchase a floral print t-shirt or a beach board. There’s much more authenticity that the Caribbean has to offer that anyone, tourist or native, can appreciate during the season.
Education and The Modern-Day Relationship
While this was not meant to be an in-depth study, it does go to show that oftentimes you can learn a lot about relationships among your own circle of friends and during those treasured lunchtime conversations. How do you think education impacts your choices in relationships?
NEW FIRE Festival 2019
The warmth and friendly smiles seen throughout the festival epitomized the truly wonderful time visitors, workers and campers experienced. The campers truly enjoyed this weekend out in the open, part of a naturally serene and picturesque environment.
A NEW FIRE musical experience
The New Fire Festival successfully showcased various local artistes and offered an outlet for greater appreciation of our local music and culture.
5 Things You Didn’t Know about the Caribbean
There’s still so much to uncover when it comes to the melting pot of cultures that is the Caribbean.
CARIFESTA: An Explosion of Caribbean Culture
My Instagram feed during CARIFESTA was alive with colour! It was beautiful. I was thrilled to see my friends sharing images and videos showcasing various food, theatre, and artistic expressions from across the Caribbean...
Make Cocoa King Again
It’s no secret that some of the best cocoa in the world comes from Trinidad and Tobago. One of the country's local food technologist is advocating a new approach for cocoa to reclaim its former glory.