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From Haiti to Miami, a Journey in Art
March 28, 2013 | 2:57 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Wolfgang Senatus (CJ Photo) Wolfgang Senatus, who was born in Port-au-Prince and was brought to Miami at the age of 2, has taken his brush to walls across the Little Haiti neighbourhood and Miami's Wynwood area, helping to spearhead a burgeoning public art movement. Haiti is very much on the mind of Senatus, who is also known as Wolfgang Mosaic, who has lent more...
Arts & Culture , Haiti , News , Videos
Nassau: Caribbean Art Destination
January 17, 2013 | 1:01 am | 0 Comment
NASSAU has long been a hub of Caribbean tourism, but it's now starting to draw for a new reason: art. As the creative sector continues to grow in the Bahamas, those who venture beyond Bay Street are starting to find a vibrant art scene. And Caribbean Journal talked to some of the Bahamians who are working to make Nassau, particularly its downtown, into the Caribbean's art more...
Arts & Culture , Bahamas , News , Videos
Baseball, Bahamian Style
November 15, 2011 | 3:39 am | 0 Comment
The islands of the Bahamas could be the next great source of prospects for Major League Baseball, with the country turning baseball into a potentially fruitful sport. Caribbean Journal takes a look at the growing popularity of baseball in the Bahamas, the humble roots of the modern incarnation of the sport -- and the new wave of talented Bahamians making their way across more...
How to Define Reggae
September 11, 2011 | 8:00 pm | 1 Comments
Above, from left: Major Daps, Ossie Dellimore, Ed Robinson, Qshan Deya (Photo: Caribbean Journal) What is reggae? It's a word that has a meaning simultaneously static and dynamic. To answer the question, Caribbean Journal talked to four major reggae artists from around the Caribbean at the Coalition to Preserve Reggae in Brooklyn, New York. We talked to Jamaica's Major more...
Arts & Culture , Jamaica , St Vincent and the Grenadines , Videos
Nevis: the Caribbean’s Greenest Island
July 22, 2011 | 10:33 am | 0 Comment
As part of this edition of Caribbean Journal's Country in Focus feature, we take a look at the island of Nevis, which is moving to the forefront of the Caribbean's green sector, with a drive in both eco-tourism and green energy. Nevis already has an established wind farm, along with a geothermal project with serious potential. The project, by West Indies Power, could more...
In the Diaspora, a Beacon for Reggae
June 28, 2011 | 8:00 am | 0 Comment
By Alexander Britell Every Saturday afternoon in Miami, the world of reggae finds a home at the WDNA 88.9 FM studio, where Jamaican native Howard Duperly operates his Reggae Ride program, a musical odyssey that takes listeners from the Mento music of the 1950s to the latest music of the present day. Duperly, who is also WDNA's sales and marketing director, has turned more...
A Conversation with Angela Brown-Burke, VP of Jamaica’s People’s National Party
May 7, 2011 | 12:09 pm | 0 Comment
Angela Brown-Burke is the vice president of Jamaica's People's National Party, along with being Councillor for the Norman Gardens Division and Minority Leader in the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation. Caribbean Journal talked to Brown-Burke about the ongoing problems of extradition in Jamaica, the dual citizenship matter and the recent World Bank report that tied more...
Nassau’s Graycliff: A Caribbean Mecca Becomes a Luxury Empire
March 22, 2011 | 11:09 am | 0 Comment
On a quiet street in Old Nassau, a 17th-century manor is the home of one of the Caribbean's most vibrant entrepreneurial spirits. Owner Enrico Garzaroli has turned the former mansion of pirate John Howard Graysmith into a global brand, with the world's third-biggest wine cellar, a robust cigar factory and a new chain of airport lounges in Nassau, Nashville and, soon, West more...
