NASSAU, BAHAMAS – For the past 24 years, the One Family Junkanoo group has been a staple in the East Street community, creating leaders and helping those in need. It is an achievement that group chairman Darren Bastian says its members are most proud of. Despite winning the 2018 Boxing Day Junkanoo parade, Bastian said […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Yes, the holidays are over, the decorations and lights must come down, but think twice before throwing out that old Christmas tree as Ardastra Gardens and Zoo wants to recycle it for some of its animals. For the second year, the zoo has launched its recycling of Christmas trees initiative, which has […]
Group to pay tribute to sculptor, the late Stephen Burrows NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The One Family Warriors are hoping to continue its winning streak, by capturing a two-straight victory at tomorrow’s New Year’s Day Junkanoo parade. With a total of 87.55 points, the group was declared the unofficial winner of the Boxing Day Junkanoo […]
Tickets still on sale today until parade begins NASSAU, BAHAMAS – With less than 24 hours before the kick-off of the New Year’s Day Junkanoo parade, president of the Junkanoo Corporation of New Providence (JCNP), Silbert Ferguson, on Sunday assured that the challenges groups faced on Boxing Day, which resulted in lengthy delays, have […]
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS – On the heels of the past year’s successful Year of Rejuvenation, the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has declared 2019 the Year of Festivals in the Caribbean. Throughout 2019, the region will celebrate the unique rhythm and tempo of each CTO destination. “The Year of Festivals will focus on the fascinating events that have become an […]
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Royalty, Real Housewives and the fathers of two Kardashian babies were among the celebs that fanned out across Miami for a week of glamorous parties toasting the world’s best artists during Art Basel. Less than 24 hours after announcing she was splitting from her husband, Cardi B was spotted Wednesday […]
A Bahamian musical artist and her band are boasting a strong performance in an internationally acclaimed competition. Singer Kamilah Gibson and her band recently competed in the popular AfroPunk Festival Battle of the Bands competition in Brooklyn, New York with hopes of being selected to perform her original tunes live in front of thousands of people. While […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Huge sculptures of sea life are dotted about New Orleans’ aquarium and zoo , all of them made from plastic trash that washed ashore. There’s a great white shark made partly of bottle caps and beach toys and a jellyfish made mostly of cut-up water bottles. The artwork, part of a project called Washed Ashore : Art […]
The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas’ (NAGB) controversial “We suffer to remain” exhibition came to a close Sunday, with a moving rendition of Sonia Farmer’s poem ‘A True and Exact History’. Eleven cultural champions loaned their voices to the stirring performance. Artists and collaborators in the project said, they were left feeling “stunned and angry” by the British […]
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A life-size bronze statue of a red-haired, freckled Archie will soon greet visitors at a New Hampshire town in honor of the local man who drew the comic book character and his group of wholesome teenage friends. Bob Montana illustrated Archie, Betty, Veronica and Jughead from 1942 until his death in […]
LONDON (AP) — A new art exhibition in London depicts Michael Jackson as a savior, a saint, an entertainer, an icon, a monarch, a mask and a mystery. The National Portrait Gallery show explores the way contemporary artists have been drawn to the late King of Pop, as an artistic inspiration, a tragic figure and […]
By The Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A work of art that’s a free-standing building designed by the late abstract artist Ellsworth Kelly is coming to the outskirts of the University of Texas in Austin. The building is called “Austin” in keeping with Kelly’s tradition of naming works for their location. It opens Sunday. […]
What started out as quiet visits to the shores of Bimini by the late Freedom Fighter Dr. Martin Luther King, not only introduced Biminites to a giant of a man, who would go on to capture the Nobel Peace Prize and the hearts of many, but connected two nations – The Bahamas and the United […]
NASSAU, The Bahamas — Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, the Hon. Michael Pintard recently met with the Cultural Affairs Division and discussed present and future initiatives for the promotion and preservation of culture in The Bahamas. Among those present were representatives of the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, the National Dance School of […]
