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  • Keith Waithe: making the flute talk

    By Mark McGowan | Saturday, September 6, 2008 | 0 Comments

    Keith Waithe: making the flute talk

    Keith Waithe’s passion for music and cross-cultural relationships has seen the birth of the Buxton Fusion, which features Waithe on flute backed by local musicians on traditional African and Indian instruments. The band’s best known and liked piece... Read more »

  • Culture Box

    By Staff | Saturday, September 6, 2008 | 0 Comments

    Who stole my Carifesta? Who is that cruel person that came in the middle of the night as I slept and stole Carifesta from under my bosom leaving me events-less, all dressed up and nowhere to go but still armed with a few tickets? Since they were printed... Read more »

  • Tastes Like Home

    By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, September 6, 2008 | 0 Comments

    Tastes Like Home

    I clean my plate for Dirty Rice Hi Everyone, Dirty Rice, don’t let the name of the dish fool you, it is one of the best tasting rice dishes you will ever eat. And for a rice fanatic like me, eating Dirty Rice for the first time was eureka! I am so thrilled... Read more »

  • One to watch

    By Iana Seales | Saturday, September 6, 2008 | 0 Comments

    One to watch

    Little ‘J’ eyes the big time A basically unknown but gifted Simeon Joseph did two things this past month that made people sit up and take notice; he took a popular folk song and made it his own and he pretty much ruled the airwaves. Simeon Joseph This... Read more »

  • New eatery serves up healthy fruit drinks

    By Staff | Saturday, September 6, 2008 | 0 Comments

    New eatery serves up healthy fruit drinks

    There is a new spot in town that is serving up healthy fruit smoothies, and breakfast and lunch specials. Pineapple drinks on offer Fruit Fusion Deli & BDee’s Ice-Cream was opened on Tuesday at Lot 8 North Road Lacytown; it is the second such business... Read more »

  • Suriname: bigger and better

    By Oluatoyin Alleyne | Saturday, August 30, 2008 | 0 Comments

    Suriname: bigger and better

    When Suriname heard Guyana was hosting Carifesta X its cultural gurus were immediately propelled into action as they wanted to show some “neighbourly love” by bringing the largest contingent to the culture and art celebrations. It did. By Thursday... Read more »

  • Culture Box

    By Staff | Saturday, August 30, 2008 | 0 Comments

    Super what? It was an amazing stroke of brilliance or luck (we suspect it was the latter) that saw the organizers of the second Carifesta concert at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence on Sunday night, select Kirk Jardine as host. Because had it not... Read more »

  • Tastes Like Home

    By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, August 30, 2008 | 8 Comments

    Tastes Like Home

    One of a kind chicken curry Hi Everyone, For years I have missed eating chicken curry they way I wanted to, the way I had grown to love it. Sure I’ve cooked and eaten chicken curry here in Barbados, but I could never purchase the chicken the way I wanted... Read more »

  • Craft couture rocked Carifesta

    By Iana Seales | Saturday, August 30, 2008 | 2 Comments

    Craft couture rocked Carifesta

    Gorgeous bags, hats, jewellery and hot, edgy hairstyles were promised and they were delivered at the Carifesta’s Hair and Accessory Show on Wednesday night at the Sophia exhibition site. From short, sexy haircuts coloured without any bleach to bob cuts... Read more »

  • River Bottom is tops

    By Oluatoyin Alleyne | Saturday, August 30, 2008 | 0 Comments

    River Bottom is tops

    If the Carifesta secretariat did not deliver on any of the other promises it made it certainly hit the nail on its head when it promised that the Jamaican play, River Bottom, would have been a “belly full of laughter.” Led by Jamaica’s renowned... Read more »

  • Lavonia Springer gets the car

    By Melissa Charles | Saturday, August 23, 2008 | 9 Comments

    Lavonia Springer gets the car

    “I started this pageant with a one-track mind, aiming to win,” said the new Jamzone queen, 21-year-old Lavonia Springer days after she won the coveted crown. Lavonia Springer Copping the 2008 Jamzone crown – and car – did not pose much difficulty... Read more »

  • Gospel celebration for Carifesta

    By Mark McGowan | Saturday, August 23, 2008 | 3 Comments

    Gospel celebration for Carifesta

    Carifesta is here and the Christian community will not be left out of the celebrations as there is a big gospel concert on the calendar of activities dubbed the ‘Carifesta Gospel Celebration’. Miriam Corlette-Williams The concert is set for August... Read more »

  • Culture Box

    By Staff | Saturday, August 23, 2008 | 0 Comments

    Carifesta’s double dose The pace at which things change in this country is remarkable, but even more so is the attitude of our people; one month we are bored with the Carifesta ads and the upcoming festival, and in a heartbeat we are suddenly bursting... Read more »

  • Tastes Like Home

    By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, August 23, 2008 | 0 Comments

    Tastes Like Home

    Green seasoning A must-have in many kitchens Hi Everyone, It is that certain something that makes you go ‘ummm’ as you eat, it’s that mysterious flavour that makes certain dishes uniquely delicious, and it is that special seasoning that defines... Read more »

  • GFW 2008 launched

    By Zoisa Fraser | Saturday, August 23, 2008 | 0 Comments

    GFW 2008 launched

    Models, designers, lights cameras and action were the order of things last week Friday night when the stage was set for the second Guyana Fashion Weekend (GFW) billed for October 1 to 5. With the event creating quite a stir last year it has now garnered... Read more »