From the monthly archives:

November 2008

Upgrading

29 November 2008

Headsup — upgrading. Just in case there are problems, take note.

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Podcasting – Culture, Arts, and CARIFESTA Series Ep. 7

16 November 2008

The seventh episode is now  live. It continues the discussion on the cultural industries in the Caribbean, paying close attention to those industries which currently exist, and how CARIFESTA relates to them all. Culture, Arts and CARIFESTA – Episode 7  

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Podcasts …?

14 November 2008

Not to worry. I haven’t forgotten. I got sidetracked by the USA and Obama and all the subsequent excitement, and I’ve fallen behind by a couple of weeks. However, look for two more podcasts over the weekend. That will conclude the series on Culture, Arts and CARIFESTA. And then? We’ll see.

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In Memoriam Miriam Makeba

13 November 2008
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ArtOvation

8 November 2008

Go check it out.

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Friendship Around the World Award (Part I)

5 November 2008

Geoffrey Philp linked me in this some time ago, and I’m going to try indulge in it now.  Friendship Around the World Award Jack Mandora, whose blog I admire, has passed this award along to me with the mandate of sharing it with friends whom I’ve met through blogging. I will add that they became [...]

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Why Obama matters to all of us, everywhere

5 November 2008

Four Fingers and a Thumb On a hot day in a school in Laventille, I am reasoning with a student. This beautiful young woman of 17 years or so. I say to her, what do you want to be? She laughs and says a stripper. Her classmates laugh too, because to them it is a [...]

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Obama, Elections, History

4 November 2008

I’m in New York City this week. I’m in New York today. It’s part of a regular pilgrimage we make to the city every year if we can make it; above all, my husband’s a theatre director, and this is part of his investment in his career, this is part of his own research. Since [...]

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Update – on various things

2 November 2008

The CARIFESTA podcast for this week is being edited. I just happen to be out of town for the whole week, with a fairly busy schedule, so it’ll go up when it goes up. Watch this space.

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