"Look in ah Different Way" - An appreciation of the Canvasses & Frames Exhibition in celebration of Caribbean Heritage Month 2013
These artists in this exhibition are gathering the history scattered fragments of the collective memory of the Caribbean. In the view of the curator they, in discovering the impossibility of representing that reality, have enabled the freedoms of creation and distinctions are being drawn, he says, between Caribbeans and the Caribbean between expression and politics, between identity and nationality. Their way of being is distinctly singular. The individual cannot be denied.
Fuh Fun Hosts Caribana Dance & CD Launch Party
Fuh Fun Invites you to Caribana Dance & CD Launch Party on Cari-Bana Sunday
Admission: $50.00
Date: August 04, 2013
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Days Inn Hotel
Address: 185 Yorkland Blvd Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cash Bar
Antoinette Mia Pettis: Rising Star
Actress Antoinette Mia Pettis is a multi-talented entertainer now living and working in Hollywood, California by way of Texas.
Although she does not know much of her own ethnic background, Antoinette’s fondest childhood memories were formed around the time spent in a Guyanese household. In those important developing years, she identified herself as the unofficial daughter of a strong West Indian family. Antoinette’s physical appearance allows her to perform diverse roles. Exposure to the wide variety of Guyanese cultural experiences (from African, Portuguese, Chinese and East Indian influences) enhanced the foundations of her acting talent. The long dance lessons taught by Auntie Mickey in the family living room was the birthplace of Antoinette’s “riddim” which she was able to showcase at cultural events.
Arti Cameron, Miss Guyana World 2011-2012
Arti Cameron has recently completed her reign after two active years as Miss Guyana World 2011-2012, and now joins a growing elite list of former queens who have represented Guyana at the prestigious Miss World pageant.
From “Canvas to the runway” Dominican fashion debutant stirs heads
From “Canvas to the runway” Dominican fashion debutant stirs heads
By Lin-Jay Harry-Voglezon
Expectations of the “Caribbean Fashion Tourism 2013”, held on Tuesday, 4th June at the Grand Ballroom, New Yorker Hotel, Manhattan, may have been dampened. For by the time the 8th of the 13 ensembles of fabric were sashayed across the runway approximately 80% of the less than capacity filled room had departed. The show time started beyond the scheduled 7pm and as the more than 40 models, inclusive of twelve males, changed from one designer’s couture to another, the estimated 5-10 minutes intervals lingered without even meaningful Caribbean rhythms.
Caribbean redefined – “ bona fide sociology of Caribbean literature” urged!
Caribbean Studies Symposium:
Caribbean redefined – “ bona fide sociology of Caribbean literature” urged!
By Lin-Jay Harry-Voglezon
If the day long engaging symposium on “the current state of Caribbean research” held on April 17 at Brooklyn College, is evidence of new thinking then Caribbean academics are leading a new path of Caribbean identity and sense of self. The multidisciplinary discourse presented by the 13 Caribbean Professors and DJ Rupture (Jace Clayton) on Caribbean immigrant communities was partly in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Caribbean Independence. Sponsored by the Social Studies Department of Brooklyn College, subjects ranged from urbanization, community gardens, gentrification, “race, gender and identity in carnival”, Caribbean musical genre and instruments, “authors meeting critics”, to “texting the diaspora”.
Last Lap Lime 2013
Last Lap Line
Date: Monday August 5, 2013
Time: 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Location: Woodbridge Fair Grounds
Address: 100 Porter Ave, Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada
Tickets: $15.00 Advance Purchase
For more info visit Last Lap Lime Website
Sacred Secrets by Verian Mentis Barker, Guyanese American Author
Peppered with beatings, incest, drugs, and murder, this story of abuse sends us careening through the rages and indiscretions of a father, and provokes our own rage at a mother whose efforts were more to cover up her husband’s physical abuse, than they were to protect her children.
New Charmaine Blackman Music Video
Guyanese born internationally acclaimed Singer/Entertainer Charmaine Blackman has released a new video titled "Follow your dream"
For more info about Charmaine Blackman
Guyana Association of Georgia 7th Annual Tea Party
The Guyana Association of Georgia is holding its 7th Annual Tea Party
Date: Saturday July 27, 2013
Time: 4.00 pm - 8.00 pm
Location: Redan Event Center
Address: 4964 Redan Rd. Stone Mountain, Georgia