By: Staff Writer June 21, 2024 A United Nations Trade and Development specialist said that the creative industries have an “important role to play in the new economy,” but the…
Category: ARTS AND CULTURE
Caribbean Magazine Plus Poetry Contest, 2024
May 21, 2024 The Caribbean Magazine Plus and Arawak Media is launching its 4th Annual Poetry Contest, 2024. For the CMP Poetry Contest, 2024 we endeavour to double the amount…
2024 Short Fiction Story Contest Now Accepting Submissions
May 7, 2024 Each year it feels like the world is confronted by a new challenge, tilting on its axis towards one trouble or another. Seasons shift, people fade, the…
UWI’s Campus Literature Week Celebrates Caribbean Voices
May 3, 2024 he St. Augustine Campus of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) came alive with literary fervour from March 11-15, 2024, as it played host to…
Black people are produced through unrelenting violence.
By: Staff Writer April 30, 2024 A noted Caribbean author and Black studies scholar said that Black people are produced “through and by unrelenting violence,” as she reads excerpts from…
Popular Personalities & Political Powerhouses to Grand Marshal Atlanta Caribbean Carnival 2024
April 16, 2024 The Atlanta Caribbean Carnival Bandleaders Association (ACCBA) is pleased to have the presence of key representatives from Georgia’s political arena, community leadership and the Caribbean entertainment industry…
CDB Introduces More Robust & Response for Caribbean Creatives
April 16, 2024 The Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) Cultural and Creative Industries Fund (CIIF) was officially re-introduced to its regional clients as a re-engineered facility on April 10, 2024 at…
CDB relaunches Creative Industries Fund with potential
By: Staff Writer April 12, 2024 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) touts partnerships with civil society on capitalizing the Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Fund (CIIF), sees potential ahead for…
Jamaican-Canadian celebrity chef Noel Cunningham to showcase the best of Jamaican cuisine at the Toronto Food and Drink Fest.
April 9, 2024 Multi-awarded chef and culinary personality Noel Cunningham, an acclaimed chef from Kingston, Jamaica, is bringing a taste of Jamaica to the Toronto Food and Drink Fest 2024,…
NYC Gala To Honor Eminent Caribbean Leaders At Esteemed University Of The West Indies Event
March 26, 2024 The countdown is on to the 27th annual American Foundation for The University of the West Indies (AFUWI) fundraising gala, set for Thursday, April 18th, from 6:30…
ARTIST HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH: SUSAN MAINS
March 12, 2024 Susan Mains is a self-taught artist with a formal background in education. For more than 40 years she has explored in paint and installations the intricacies of…
La Bachata de Bionico is not poverty porn.
By: Staff Writer March 8, 2024 La Bachata de Bionico is not about “poverty porn,” but a light hearted look into the trials and adventure of a drug addict and…