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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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What we’re good at: Farming

27 September 2008

School teaches children such lies. One such lie told when I was in school was that agriculture failed in The Bahamas. Common sense back then should’ve told me that this wasn’t true. After all, people in my grandparents’ generation were feeding themselves well into my teens. My father’s mother hardly ever bought fresh fruit from [...]

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Liberty – Decisive Moments

23 September 2008

I got this one thanks to Rick Lowe of Blog Bahamas. It’s worth a second link, I think. Liberty – Decisive Moments What you make of a picture shows who you are, not just what the photograph depicts. Yet photographs do have an effect, as Lange suggested, in teaching people how to see. Admittedly, this [...]

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Nassau in the 1950s

23 September 2008

A tourist trap already. Check out this promotional film from Pan Am: Comments are welcome.

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Podcasting – Culture, Arts, and CARIFESTA Series

22 September 2008

This is something new that I want to try to develop — a series of podcasts that discuss arts and culture in The Bahamas, particularly in relation to CARIFESTA. It’s in the experimental mode right now. The first episode is done, and can be listened to online, but I’m still working out the kinks in [...]

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A Little Respect

18 September 2008

Received the following by email.  It’s from Terneille Burrows (TaDa).  Quite frankly, I was thrilled to get it. Those of us who work in the Department of Culture have made similar points in boardrooms and accountants’ offices, but the attitudes about ourselves and our artists persist. I’m not going to say more — I’m just [...]

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One Reason why Culture’s Important

2 September 2008

(but not the only one) Global Voices Online » Venezuela: Youth Orchestra Transforms Lives In 1975, José Antonio Abreu started working on his dream of creating an orchestra in Venezuela. Abreu and other 8 students, started the Old Music School José Ángel Lamas, which created a program based on new ways of learning and adapting [...]

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Oh, Look Wha Ya Do To Me

20 July 2008

That wasn’t what the concert was called, but it should’ve been.  Because if anybody doubted that we Bahamians have a lack of love for our country or our icons, last night’s event — entertainment maestro Ronnie Butler‘s farewell concert — proved them wrong.   I’m not going to say all that much.  This isn’t going [...]

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The Gaulin Wife

9 June 2008

The Gaulin Wife – Helen Klonaris’ blog Lynn Sweeting sent me this link today, and it’s with much pride that I announce it here.  I’m not always so excited about new blogs, but I know Helen, I know her work, and I encourage everybody who’s interested in thinking differently about ourselves as Bahamians take the [...]

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CARIFESTA XI

27 March 2008

For people who haven’t been paying attention, it turns out that The Bahamas is going to host CARIFESTA after all, earlier than originally announced. Trinidad and Tobago has agreed to let The Bahamas host the Caribbean Festival of Creative Arts (CARIFESTA) in 2010, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham announced Saturday. He made the disclosure during a [...]

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