Bajans in impressive rendering of Odale’s Choice
The Barbadian delegation treated the small but appreciative crowd that gathered in the Queen’s College auditorium on Saturday night to an impressive production of Kamau Brathwaite’s Odale’s Choice. The play, which was directed by Sonia Williams, is regarded as a re-interpretation of the old Greek play Antigone written by Sophocles. The play portrays the determination [...]
Carifesta symposium examines
Raymond, the spray man, edutainment and more The youth aspect of the Carifesta X celebrations got underway on Saturday with a symposium on edutainment held at the International Convention Centre at Liliendaal. The symposium, which is the first of its kind ever held regionally, featured delegates from seven countries: Barbados, The Bahamas, Guyana, Jamaica, St [...]
Carifesta hosting a ‘source of pride’
Guyana’s hosting of this year’s Carifesta is a “source of pride” for all Guyanese according to President Bharrat Jagdeo. Speaking at last night’s Opening Ceremony held at the National Stadium at Providence, the President said that Guyana had risen to the challenge of hosting the mega event, after only having approximately a year to prepare. [...]
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’. The concert is set for August 28th and it is expected that there will be a grand exhibition and concert at the Guyana [...]
Carifesta ticket blues continue
Persons who would have turned up yesterday at the various ticket distributing venues in the hope of obtaining tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies would have left those venues disappointed. In fact, only tickets for the Grand Market and a few of the Performing Arts festivities were available at some of the main ticket [...]
Carifesta X
Guyana will be ready – Anthony Amidst a few glitches in plans and fears among some that the country is not adequately prepared to host the Carifesta X celebrations, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony says that Guyana will be ready to host the August 22-31 event. In an interview with Stabroek [...]
Ruel Johnson launching Fictions at Carifesta
Guyana Prize for Literature 2002 winner Ruel Johnson is set to launch his second publication Fictions at the upcoming mega arts festival – Carifesta. At 22, Johnson was the youngest writer ever awarded the Prize, for his work Ariadne and Other Stories. Also of note was the fact that he was born, raised and was [...]
100 pannists, 100 pieces for Carifesta opening
Normally associated with the twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, steel pan music has been an important feature of previous Carifesta celebrations. As was the case in the past, steel pan music is expected to be a prominent feature in this year’s Carifesta activities. And if everything goes according to plan, the opening and closing [...]
Authors lining up for Carifesta
List of top 100 Caribbean books to be compiled So far, fifteen writers from abroad including Nobel Prize Winner Derek Walcott have confirmed their attendance for various aspects of Carifesta, according to Petamber Persaud, Head of the Sub-committee in charge of Literary Arts. The other foreign writers who have confirmed their participation are George Lamming [...]