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T+T Actors Winning and Waiting
Even as Trinidad and Tobago’s Mishael Morgan was triumphantly brandishing her Emmy Award in LA on the night of Saturday June 25, another young talented Trini named Akil Gerard Williams was quietly working a New York stage at this year’s edition of BAMcinemaFest, a vital annual showcase of independent filmmakers. “The Young and the Restless” …
Meet an Artist in the Spirit
As the Normandie Hotel prepares to open its sprawling arms to warmly embrace the expected flow of Art aficionados to its next exhibition at the St Ann’s grounds on June 9, a quietly tireless, resilient artist named Christopher Ross-Dick is waiting to emerge as part of his own exciting, personal evolution process. Here’s how Ross-Dick …
Checking out the Many Hidden Benefits Of the Sleeping Giant Called Carnival
Observing the deluge of exciting artistic moveable feasts which have spontaneously erupted on the TT landscape with the opening up of the country after two years of COVID – 19 repression, one is forced to surmise whether the authorities are really abreast with the real benefits gained from what seems to be a super wealth- …
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Carlos Rivero and his World
In such a demanding and subjective world as the art world, the renowned painter Carlos Rivero has come to occupy a privileged place of being the finest example of Naif Art’s place in Venezuela. With a 50-year career and a vast body of work that has taken him to exhibitions in multiple cities around the world, this …
SXSW’s Lineup For Return To In-Person Festival Includes Movies With Sandra Bullock, Nicolas Cage, Pete Davidson, Rose Byrne & More
By Anthony D’Alessandro Anthony D’Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office Editor SXSW After being online the past two years because of Covid, SXSW’s film festival returns with a vibrant in-person edition for its 29th edition, which will run March 11-20, 2022. The lineup revealed Wednesday includes the types of rollercoaster, Hollywood event films for which the Austin-based fest is …
The Sweet-and-Sour After-Taste of T+T Carnival 2020
Unlike the usual Carnival Tuesday mornings we have come to know, Trinidad and Tobago is not currently a scene of constant reverberations of positive celebrations under a warm Caribbean sky. There are no hordes of Mas players and musicians pumping on trucks in quiet sensual frenzy, waiting impatiently to break out into prancing and dancing …
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STATE OF THE NATION
Time for Labour’s War Drums To Beat Out Songs of Glory
As the war drums of Labour Day vibrates violently in home-town Fyzabad, south Trinidad yesterday, this senior found himself asking himself: How come the labour movement has been able to remain historically embedded in a mind-set that speaks to subservience, poverty and lament in the face of the great abundance of resources available over decades …
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Oh My Pappa
Many Caribbean men who usually access Trinidad and Tobago trumpeter Errol Ince to re-create the Father they had lost in their personal experience, may be mildly surprised at the precious gift which has suddenly become available with revelations of the difficult events overcome by the same man whose soaring notes had given comfort to so …
Young T+T Stars in a Winning Streak that Can Ensure our Future is in Safe Hands
The hearts of every Trini soared to wuthering heights in the national stadium on Sunday night (June 13) when John-Paul Rochford made it 4-1 in injury time to beat St Vincent and the Grenadines and seal the deal for Second Place in Group C in the Concacaf Nations League. Trinidad and Tobago are next in …
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