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Killing with kindness

9 November 2009

We on the arts community in The Bahamas often like to believe that things are different for artists in other Caribbean nations. This blog post from PLEASURE blog suggests that it’s not so:
Tomorrow, the spanking new $518 million National Academy for the Performing Arts around the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, will officially open. [...]

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On Culture, CARIFESTA, and the Bahamian Economy, Part I

17 April 2009

It came to my attention last month that our government was planning to postpone, once again, the hosting of the Caribbean Festival of Arts, if it had not yet done so. Announcements to that effect would be made very soon, I was told. The fact that such announcements have not yet been made may make [...]

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Fear: 4 packs, 10 oz. each

7 April 2009

Fear is the name of an art exhibition mounted and curated in Canada, but produced in Trinidad and Tobago. It’s the work of Christopher Cozier, whose bio notes that he is
an artist and writer living and working in Trinidad [who] has participated in a number of exhibitions focused upon contemporary art in the Caribbean and [...]

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R.I.P. Hubert Farrington December 12, 1924-December 8, 2008

10 December 2008

For those of you who hadn’t heard, Hubert Farrington, the first Bahamian classical dancer (that I know of) and the founder of the Nassau Civic Ballet, was knocked down and killed on Sunday past. (I’m not clear exactly which date he was killed, but as I heard of his death two days ago, I’m guessing [...]

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Presentation Zen: Is education killing creativity?

26 September 2008

Came across this:
our education systems (around the world) are outdated and mainly designed to meet the needs of industrialization. Sir Ken [Robinson] makes many good points — some you may not agree with — but he certainly is not saying that math and science should be taught or studied less, rather that music and the [...]

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CARIFESTA X – An Alternative to the same old, same old

19 September 2008

wonder of the world: CARIFESTA X – An Alternative to the same old, same old
The Bookman, a blog from Trinidad and Tobago, muses on art, CARIFESTA, and society.  It’s not coincidental, I think, that this week I’ve been to two talks already about the same thing:  one on Wednesday at PopOp Studios about CARIFESTA XI [...]

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CARIFESTA X: Second Report

20 August 2008

First off, a note:  though I want to update regularly — every day if possible — there’s a teeny-weeny issue to do with connectivity.  We’re online intermittently today — the hotel’s upgrading its system and of course the accompanying result is less internet service rather than more.  Presumably it’s a temporary situation — [...]

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CARIFESTA: Report from Georgetown

20 August 2008

Well, here we are in Georgetown.
After our late (LATE) arrival on Sunday night Monday morning, when we were met at the hotel by our liaison officer, we slept through a lot of the morning and didn’t get started until midday.  First things first:  we changed US dollars into Guyanese currency (exchange rate yesterday – Bank [...]

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CARIFESTA X

15 August 2008

In one week’s time, the Opening Ceremony of CARIFESTA X will be over.  
We’ll be in Guyana, the place CARIFESTA originated, celebrating the festival’s return to its birthplace.  Guyana stepped in when we in The Bahamas relinquished our commitment to host, and, despite having had only one year to plan the festival in, took the [...]

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Signifyin’ Guyana speaks out on CARIFESTA

10 August 2008

Signifyin’ Guyana: Finally!
Bahamian blogger, Lynn Sweeting (womanish words) says she’ll be participating in the upcoming festival of arts (Carifesta) in Guyana. Finally, somebody else (besides Ruel) who can lay claims to artistic talent has voiced a public commitment to doing something (ARTS RELATED!) for Carifesta. Okay, two down many to go.
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