Trinidad-style Carnival coming to Phoenix, Arizona, USA this Memorial Day weekend
Map of Phoenix Metropolitan Area Valley of the Sun (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Trinidad has long been the birthplace of Trinidad-styled Carnivals the world over, and each year it seems another Trini-style Carnival celebration is launched in another North American or European outpost.
This May, a new one takes root in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Heralded as the “first ever” Trinidad & Tobago-styled Carnival, the Phoenix Carnival debuts 25–28th May (Memorial Day weekend in the US) in “the Valley of the Sun”. It also asserts to be one of only a few such carnivals officially sanctioned by the government of Trinidad & Tobago. Read more 
Debra Ehrhardt visits Brooklyn and the Bronx next on “Jamaica Farewell” US tour
Debra Ehrhardt in "Jamaica Farewell"
It’s an old Caribbean favourite – Jamaica Farewell – and it’s been touring the US starring Debra Ehrhardt. Its next stop is New York City, playing the Bronx and Brooklyn on 21st and 22nd April, having recently sold out performances in Windsor, CT and Somerset, NJ. Read more
Survivor looking for answers about Lara Cancer Treatment Centre radiation
Photo credit: the Society of Radiographers of T&T
A member of MEP’s board of directors Susan Dore was among those who received excess radiation treatment from the Brian Lara Cancer Treatment Centre.
After the release of the report this year, she has written the following letter to the editor of all the major newspapers. To their credit, the Trinidad & Tobago Express interviewed her for a story which appeared a few days ago. Read more
April ONLY: up to 40% off new & renewal Caribbean Beat subscriptions
As a special thank-you, now through 30 April, 2012, we are offering our loyal readers and subscribers up to a whopping 40% off new and renewal subscriptions to the magazine of the true Caribbean! Read more
“Coming Home” by Theresa Awai premieres at Trinidad’s Queen’s Hall
Nikki Crosby, Clifford Learmond, Caroline Taylor and Cecilia Salazar (left to right) stand behind playwright Theresa Awai
It is not often that an award-winning team of local actors are assembled on one stage, led by an award-winning director in a gripping local play by an award-winning local playwright. But that is what audiences can look forward to next weekend as the decorated cast of Theresa Awai’s “Coming Home” take the stage in the play’s Queen’s Hall premiere.
Written by Cacique Award-winning actor and playwright Theresa Awai, “Coming Home” is a provocative, poignant, funny and ultimately heart-warming new work that tells the story of how one family’s decades’ old secrets, jealousies, and rivalries are uncovered when four strong-willed siblings battle over their deceased mother’s will. As the action unfolds, we find that blood is indeed thicker than water… until everyone reads the will.
Cacique Award-winning director Raymond Choo Kong has pushed himself and his cast to dig deep for this challenging work, giving audiences a rare opportunity to see some of Trinidad’s most well-known actors – often best-known for their comedic skills – showing their dramatic chops. Read more
