CULTURE & THE ARTS
Pain For Those Who, like Selvon and Marcano, ate the Cascadura
The folklore in Trinidad and Tobago about the prized member of the catfish family known as the Cascadura (and in Guyana and Brazil as Hassar), speaks ominously of: “Those who eat the Cascadura will, the native legend says, wheresoever they may wander end in Trinidad their days,” For wanderlust T+T native sons like Sam Selvon …
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Caribbean stars bringing home Chee$e.
Caribbean film enthusiasts can expect a sumptuous treat of original Caribbean creativity when Chee$e, the movie opens the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival at the IMAX Cinema, Roxy Roundabout, St James, from September 21-28 after a two-year hiatus. He might have been first seen as a 32-year old Caribbean-island novice newly-arrived in California to pursue an acting career. But …
How Indian Music Served as a Good Dose of Medicine for TT’s Positive Development
It wasn’t by chance that Indian music featured prominently in the recent 60th Anniversary of Independence celebrations here. That’s because the Indians who came here as indentured labourers – which some say was a “milder” form of slavery- brought their music with them as one of the foundation tools for preserving their culture which would …
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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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STATE OF THE NATION
It’s Time to Appreciate Our Teachers
The recent move by teachers to rest and reflect on the First day of school last Monday was very disruptive to in which teachers are heavily relied upon for much more than presiding over classes, such as: In addition to their own family responsibilities, teachers perform a crucial duty as foster parents to children who …
How We Managed to Achieve Black Power and keep Comfortably squeezed in the White Colonial Noose
While a massive amount of comfort can be drawn from the display of our nation’s powerful projection as evidenced in the utterances and actions by President Paula-Mae Weeks and others at the recent opening of Parliament, something important was definitely missing. Even as we were celebrating victory over white colonialism, I wish to respectfully proffer, …
How Police can Arrest a whole Capital City While Tobago’s Duke Removes his Dunce-Cap Crown from Farley’s Fuqued-up Head
Our new email address is : williamsrudolph72@gmail.com While two major events could have easily made the hit list in this tiny Caribbean twin-island democratic republic’s (1.6 million people on 1,864 square feet of land) comedy of errors where citizens swear that God is a Trinidadian, observers will pause abruptly on realizing that the stories are …